I just got a pixel XL and it is running pie. I am getting full screen ads all the time which I have never seen before is this just normal for the stock room. How in the heck do I either kill or remove this as it is very annoying. It should I just run a custom rom.
The only way that can happen is if you granted the ads permission to operate by maybe installing an app. Check your app list. Any app that looks suspicious uninstall it. And by suspicious I mean no logo or weird name or maybe it's an app you just don't remember installing.
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Yeah I found the offending culprit and took it out not sure how it got installed but it did. It was disquised as a music player thanks for the reply
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I have recently started getting notices in my top bar advertising different products. The one which came up this morning (and is by far the most common) is for Mobo Task Killer Pro and the icon up top was "App Released". There are other notices from time to time, and I cannot for the life of me figure out which program is doing this. Anyone else have any ideas? Thanks!
Some apps use notification bar advertisements. I'm not sure how to tell exactly which app it is, but if you've installed or updated anything recently, I would look at those apps first.
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You could try downloading AdFree from the market. That might put a stop to the ads.
If you're rooted you could freeze them one by one, and see when it goes away? I haven't had an app with notification ads yet, but accuweather had a problem and displayed an error in the notification tray that wouldn't go away. I tried suppressing the permission with cyanogenmod, but it doesn't seem that it is a separate permission. You could try blocking the Internet, but it may not work.
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Well
Thanks all ... I have done quite a bit, including seeing what processes are running, which is why I turned to the boards; but please let me try this instead:
If anyone KNOWS who is pushing those status bar ads (on bootup by the way), please let me know.
Thanks
Maybe this will help.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&feature=search_result
Does anyone get random app notifications that seem like spam. Apps like "badoo" and other crap.
Also, I get random pictures in my gallery that are apparently downloaded into my phone without me knowing. I delete them, but every few days I notice 1 or a few have shown up again.
I'm trying to add screenshots, but I keep getting errors. Ill edit on computer.
edit: Here are the screenshots.
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I get those notifications every once in a while. I believe they come from certain apps like yahoo messenger used to do that. Same thing with the pictures there like cached images for apps or ads. Try using an add blocking host file if your not already it helps a lot.
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I've always used yahoo messenger and have never got those. I would double check any obscure apps you have added to your phone. Some probably have bad intentions.
I can't really see any of my apps being questionable. Of course I wouldn't really know for sure I guess. I was just hoping somebody would be able to pinpoint the problem, but it probably is something that happens quite often and is hard to pinpoint.
It is definitely caused by an app you installed. Your best bet would be to get your apps sorted by date of install and start deleting your most recent apps until this goes away.
When this happened to me, it was from some live wallpaper I had installed.
Ya I guess that makes perfect sense. I just wondered how many other people have seen it. I plan to clear everything and do a hard reset anyway. Starting from scratch cause I'm tired of ridiculous lag.
Allstar...
look for an app that removes " airpush " notifcations
AirPush Detector - Dan Bjorge
Addons Detector - Denper
Lookout Ad Network Detector - lookout labs
I get them, I think they are Go Locker ics theme.
I had that go locker ics theme...and I never had an ad like that...but meh...I got rid of all the go software save for go launcher...though I think I might be going back to the launcher pro that I had on my garminefone
This app will tell you the culprit.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
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dnorthington said:
This app will tell you the culprit.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
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Big thanks!! It showed me the one app that was causing the spam. Mp3 Music Download was the culprit. I haven't used it in awhile so I deleted it. Thanks for the tip.
[Q] Something is installing " the hobbit" & "kingdom of camelot" apps?
I'm seeing two apps that have been installed THE HOBBIT and KINGDOM of CAMELOT. I did not install them. Any idea what's installing them without my permission? And I'm not saying these are REAL apps. that's just what they are titled. Once I clicked on one and it tried to open a browser window.
Also, I noticed an app called COOL APPS that goes to a browser window: www.iconadverse.com/redirect
I'd like to find what is installing this ****.
Thanks
Maxi
Have you downloaded a free app from the Play Store lately?
A lot of apps do this to make money. Usually it installs some kind of search app.
Uninstall some recently installed apps and see if they go away.
Are you rooted? If not, its not possible for an app to install other apps in the background without user confirmation, or so I've picked up on from my reading.
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Sort your apps by installation date, and post the last dozen here.
I don't know if it's worth installing an anti-malware app at this point, but you can try Addons Detector. That might be able to find the offending app.
And odds are that what you see as apps for the Hobbit and whatever are only shortcuts placed on your homescreen by a bad developer. Either way, I'd be concerned and upset. I hope you will find the cause of this and go back to the Play Store to comment/rate as needed (unless you sideloaded it..)
Both are being advertised on Facebook this week sounds like you clicked on it from there.
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My guess is that you've been clicking on things that you should be.
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After updating to kitkat my battery went downhill.
Someone suggested turning off location services and that fixed it.
Got to researching more and found someone saying to deny location services from Google search
So I used the app "app ops" from the play store then gave it root rights from in there it will list all apps that use location services and you can disable their permissions one by one to decide which ones are necessary.
Really not sure how we survive without this app.
Hope this helps.
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Good find! There are several apps by that name tho... Which one in particular are you using? I'm keen to try
Cheers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droidmate.appopsinstaller
It is a simple program that lets you take back permissions
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Well I'm not sure why, but this app just won't run on my phone....CM11 m7. I am running ART, but other people say that is compatible. I just get the same thing a small minority of users get, press install & reboot, but the app doesn't install to system. oh well :/
Did you grant it root access?
I don't think it matters for you though cm 11 has this program built in
Go to settings then privacy then privacy guard then the three dots for settings click advanced now you can change permissions
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Yes I did grant it root access. But like you said CM11 has it built in & I didn't know that until now, so thanks. It even has a counter there with the number of location access, and the stand out one is 'google play services' with a count of over 300,000. Going to have a play around with that and see if disabling location access for play services has any negative effects.
Is the app down ,I click on it and it just sticks on the XDA logo ,website forum obviously working ok ,but the app seems to have an issue
Upgrades on the server side can cause outages. Try again after some time and update to the latest version
Much of the app seems to have suddenly shifted. I'm not sure I understand many of the changes especially as it's not been updated for 2 weeks
Seems to be working for me.
i gave up on it the last update broke it
i just use website now
are you using the old version....new:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.labs.play
The app works so-so. It could definitely use tons of improvement. It's good for push notifications. Every once in a while, clicking on a push notification will start launching the XDA app but then it goes away. Relaunching manually from the app icon works fine afterward.
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i gave up on it the last update broke it
i just use website now
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Same here. It just doesn't want to load. Using the website now too.
I gave up on the app almost as soon as they released it. It is a mess. There is a thread for the app, seems backend changes made this recent mess.
Check out the new XDA app! Let us know what you think [App rolling out now]
The new app is just an upgrade to the current XDA app, so you should be able to just go into Play and hit "Update" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.labs.play The app is rolling out now, and will take hours to get to...
forum.xda-developers.com
I watched the New forums conversion and the app was behind on development. I decided then to only use the website and not the app in Beta!
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are you using the old version....new:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.labs.play
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no....read the thread psted above the new version is messed up
I thought it was just me. I switched back from iphone and didn't realize how much xda has changed since my older android endeavors.
I have not been able to use the app since 11/2 when it updated on all of my devices. It just hangs at the XDA logo. Have cleared cache, force stopped it, cleared data, and even uninstalled and reinstalled the app and it still doesn't work. There are plenty of comments on the Google Play Store with complaints about the app not working but the app developers seem to be ignoring the comments including mine. A little acknowledgement from the developers about it would go a long way.
App never worked for me. Never loaded anything.
We've got a thread about this very crash in the xda app forum (2/3 of us are on pixel 6 pro and at least one comment in google PlayStore was a p6p too)
Latest update Broken App
So the latest PlayStore update has broken the app on Android 12. On my Pixel 6 Pro it worked fine on previous version but now it freezes on XDA logo and app never loads. Tried clearing cache/data. but no difference.
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Yesterday this app would just force close after I opened it, but today it seems to open but it won't keep me logged in. How the hell can an app made by this community have so many problems? This is baffling to me.
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I have not been able to use the app since 11/2 when it updated on all of my devices. It just hangs at the XDA logo. Have cleared cache, force stopped it, cleared data, and even uninstalled and reinstalled the app and it still doesn't work. There are plenty of comments on the Google Play Store with complaints about the app not working but the app developers seem to be ignoring the comments including mine. A little acknowledgement from the developers about it would go a long way.
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I had this issue, I have a pihole and turning it off solved it. I am able to get back on with my pihole enabled after that. It was just the initial launch. So try disabling any ad blockers.
I had to delete app data a couple times yesterday because it would get the XDA loading screen and then go back to the home screen.
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I had to delete app data a couple times yesterday because it would get the XDA loading screen and then go back to the home screen.
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Same here. I find that the app doesn't refresh and I have to remove it from recents anger then relaunch. But now when I do that the behavior you describe reemerges. I hope they fix it soon.
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Same here. I find that the app doesn't refresh and I have to remove it from recents anger then relaunch. But now when I do that the behavior you describe reemerges. I hope they fix it soon.
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The app itself is so strange to begin with. It's part forum app part browser. I definitely preferred Tapatalk.