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Spam notifications?

Hi,
I just got my Galaxy Nexus yesterday, and am using it on T-Mobile USA. It's working like a champ, except that I've noticed a few weird notifications. They are not texts - they are notifications, as if they are coming from some app.
My G-Nex (is that too crass?) downloaded a bunch of my apps automatically, so it could well be coming from one of those. A couple of the notifications I noticed almost immediately after installing Google Voice. I don't recall what they said, but they took me to a web page which looked like a Google page, but there was something not quite right about it.
Then, this morning I got a notification to "back up my contacts" - and it took me to a pretty shoddy graphic telling me to install something to back up my contacts.
I realise I'm not providing much details - but has anyone seen anything that sounds like this on their new Galaxy Nexus? I expect its coming from one of the apps it pulled down, but I don't know....

Most likely just some stupid app that auto-downloaded. I'd be interested to know which it is if you narrow it down.

Nope,
The only notifications i get are ones that you would expect - SMS,Email etc
EDIT: As it has been with all my android phones

ccampbell1 said:
Hi,
I just got my Galaxy Nexus yesterday, and am using it on T-Mobile USA. It's working like a champ, except that I've noticed a few weird notifications. They are not texts - they are notifications, as if they are coming from some app.
My G-Nex (is that too crass?) downloaded a bunch of my apps automatically, so it could well be coming from one of those. A couple of the notifications I noticed almost immediately after installing Google Voice. I don't recall what they said, but they took me to a web page which looked like a Google page, but there was something not quite right about it.
Then, this morning I got a notification to "back up my contacts" - and it took me to a pretty shoddy graphic telling me to install something to back up my contacts.
I realise I'm not providing much details - but has anyone seen anything that sounds like this on their new Galaxy Nexus? I expect its coming from one of the apps it pulled down, but I don't know....
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You might want to try a factory reset? It does seem quite odd...

ccampbell1 said:
Hi,
I just got my Galaxy Nexus yesterday, and am using it on T-Mobile USA. It's working like a champ, except that I've noticed a few weird notifications. They are not texts - they are notifications, as if they are coming from some app.
My G-Nex (is that too crass?) downloaded a bunch of my apps automatically, so it could well be coming from one of those. A couple of the notifications I noticed almost immediately after installing Google Voice. I don't recall what they said, but they took me to a web page which looked like a Google page, but there was something not quite right about it.
Then, this morning I got a notification to "back up my contacts" - and it took me to a pretty shoddy graphic telling me to install something to back up my contacts.
I realise I'm not providing much details - but has anyone seen anything that sounds like this on their new Galaxy Nexus? I expect its coming from one of the apps it pulled down, but I don't know....
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I remembered reading about this kind of app-vertising (that is definitely too crass :]) in the notification bar. Take a look at this article from Androinica: How to disable ads in the Android notifications menu.
The situation sounds a lot like what you've described and it's troubling to see it crop up in the wild, as it were.
Note that I haven't had to use this myself, so hopefully the linked apps operate as advertised and can narrow down what has been installed on your phone that's opening up Airpush BS.
If that doesn't fix it, then your phone is definitely cursed and you should get rid of it immediately. I'll PM you my address so you can send it to me instead

sosquidtaste said:
I remembered reading about this kind of app-vertising (that is definitely too crass :]) in the notification bar. Take a look at this article from Androinica: How to disable ads in the Android notifications menu.
The situation sounds a lot like what you've described and it's troubling to see it crop up in the wild, as it were.
Note that I haven't had to use this myself, so hopefully the linked apps operate as advertised and can narrow down what has been installed on your phone that's opening up Airpush BS.
If that doesn't fix it, then your phone is definitely cursed and you should get rid of it immediately. I'll PM you my address so you can send it to me instead
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Found it! Thank you for the link to "Airpush Detector." That, and a related app it pointed me to, "Addons Detector" both came up with "My Settings" by JQ Soft as using Airpush. I have used this very handy My Settings app for a long time on several Android devices, but I checked it's Android Market page and sure enough the latest update to "My Settings" last week, added Airpush ads. Boatload of people complaining and - deservedly - 1-starring it now. I will be uninstalling it promptly!
Thanks for the help, I'd never have tracked this down otherwise! Relieved my Galaxy Nexus is not infected with some spyware or virus (although you could argue that's exactly what this airpush crap is)!! Anyway, I'll uninstall "My Settings" and hope the problem goes away!

Rad-- I'm happy you got it all sorted out. Shame it showed up in the first place, but all's well that ends well!
P.S. Your phone may still be cursed. Mail it to me anytime

Close to giving up on Android

Hi
I've been using Android for a few years. Started with Galaxy note 2 and now have LG G3. I love Android (when it works) and I love Google.
Am also Windows user but lets not go there!
I am seriously considering moving to Apple because of ongoing buggy/performance issues, previously on note 2 and now on very new G3. I just want things to work. I do not have the time to spend hours debugging/researching unfortunately.
I use the following apps frequently
Pocket
Good
Tweetcaster
Linkedin
Email
Whatapp
Facebook
Uber
Google Keep
Medium
RSA VPN
Google MAps
Amazon
Sound profile with key
Youtube
Calender
Camera
BBC
IMDB
Indeed Job search
Ebay
Avira
Issues I have experienced recently:
- slow performance, for example trying to get Uber to work in the rain in london, and I was ready to launch it in the Thames as it just wouldn't seem to load.
- calls coming in but the GUI not showing anything to take the call with.
- Slow moving between apps, responding to home/switch app button (previously having to delete all my call logs and slim down my 1500 contacts, and delete all my texts to improve performance, on my Note 2).
I realise you are all developers and probably love Android, but for a father of young children who works long hours and has -zero time, what can I do to prevent me being impacted by these issues? All suggestions welcome (Apple have enough money).
Thanks in advance for your time/suggestions.
Cheers

I also have new LG G3 (3GB version, nothing touched, factory defaults) and don't have neither of problems you have - maybe it is faulty unit
Also, I see you have Avira installed -, I don't use antivirus on Android so I don't know, but maybe it makes performance problems...

google now no longer snowing events from Gmail?

First off not sure if this is posted in correct section, mods please feel free to move if not. More of a general Android/8.0 question.
Overall I'm not a huge fan of how the Google launcher has evolved. Some of the most useful features in the past for me have been the way Google Launcher almost sources of travel assistant. If a Flight confirmation was in my email, on my desktop it would show flight arrival times Etc. Similarly it would do the same for hotel reservations and even my travel companions plans. However, I haven't seen my new pixel 2 phone do this.
And yes, im sure I have checked all the right buttons in the play launcher, have given it access to Gmail, etc. Have told it I want it to display these things ( ideally on my desktop! With the Google now widget), although it just hasn't been doing so.
Again, I'm sure this is more of a software issue than hardware, although was wondering if anyone else has been having similar frustrations, or has any solutions

Cowbell_Guy said:
First off not sure if this is posted in correct section, mods please feel free to move if not. More of a general Android/8.0 question.
Overall I'm not a huge fan of how the Google launcher has evolved. Some of the most useful features in the past for me have been the way Google Launcher almost sources of travel assistant. If a Flight confirmation was in my email, on my desktop it would show flight arrival times Etc. Similarly it would do the same for hotel reservations and even my travel companions plans. However, I haven't seen my new pixel 2 phone do this.
And yes, im sure I have checked all the right buttons in the play launcher, have given it access to Gmail, etc. Have told it I want it to display these things ( ideally on my desktop! With the Google now widget), although it just hasn't been doing so.
Again, I'm sure this is more of a software issue than hardware, although was wondering if anyone else has been having similar frustrations, or has any solutions
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Same thing is happening to me. Nothing is showing up.

Google Now is slowly getting ruined. Only think that ever show now for me is packages, calendar, events, recipes, and time to work/home. They might as well deprecate it at this point and shut down the Newstand app as that's basically what Google Now is....now. Almost every story in Google now is the same thing in my Newstand.

AndrasLOHF said:
Google Now is slowly getting ruined. Only think that ever show now for me is packages, calendar, events, recipes, and time to work/home. They might as well deprecate it at this point and shut down the Newstand app as that's basically what Google Now is....now. Almost every story in Google now is the same thing in my Newstand.
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It used to be fantastic. I travel a ton and it would always keep track of all my flights or they were on time delays etcetera. Almost like a built-in travel assistant. All I needed was the flight information in my email that was sent to me at the time I book the flight. But for some reason I'm having trouble getting that.
The only work around I found so far is to click on the envelope looking icon at the top that shows upcoming events. This has given me better luck at showing the great stuff I used to see.

Same boat. It used to track my packages (through gmail).
It hasn't done that in a while though.

Yeah, same as above. I'm slowly moving things over to Outlook.

Might need to go with Google Trips to reliably get automatic importing of flight info from Gmail. I dislike how after opening up the Feed by swiping to left from home screen, I now have to click on that stupid icon on the upper right AND click it again on the bottom to get my personal info. Way too many clicks

Note 10 Plus (T-Mobile) - Samsung Messages Stutter

Here is a video of a strange stutter that is occurring on my Note 10.
https://youtu.be/y_fiNaLQ7dQ
To be honest this same thing happened on the Note 9 on one of the firmware.
I was able to stop it from happening by not updating. I never found a real resolution.
Is this happening to anyone else?
It seems to happen only when sending an regular SMS to a non T-Mobile customer.
It can be tested by just texting a random 800 number or someone you know does not have T-Mobile.
I have a factory reset. Tried different versions of the N975U firmware. As soon as RCS is enabled and used this happens.
If you have the T-Mobile Note 10 plus ; Is this happening to you?

OCD much? I believe the easiest solution would be to just ignore it and accept that that's just part of how the program works with the updated version of Samsung messages.
My T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 10 plus does the same exact thing. So did my Note 8 and so did my S8.

dharvey4651 said:
OCD much? I believe the easiest solution would be to just ignore it and accept that that's just part of how the program works with the updated version of Samsung messages.
My T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 10 plus does the same exact thing. So did my Note 8 and so did my S8.
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Its pretty Janky. Also again I have a Note 9 currently on the last version of Oreo that does not do it.
What's interesting about this note 9 oreo version is the fact that also all my contacts that are on T-Mobile and have RCS phones show with a blue dot next to their name and the text messages are in a different shade of blue.
It's clearly a glitch when the messages app switches to SMS or something similar. Perhaps OCD but it's still pretty annoying when typing quickly in a conversation.
Plus when I know it's not supposed to be like that and has seen RCS function without this happening it makes me want to figure out how to fix it.

DeeXii said:
Its pretty Janky. Also again I have a Note 9 currently on the last version of Oreo that does not do it.
What's interesting about this note 9 oreo version is the fact that also all my contacts that are on T-Mobile and have RCS phones show with a blue dot next to their name and the text messages are in a different shade of blue.
It's clearly a glitch when the messages app switches to SMS or something similar. Perhaps OCD but it's still pretty annoying when typing quickly in a conversation.
Plus when I know it's not supposed to be like that and has seen RCS function without this happening it makes me want to figure out how to fix it.
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I do not disagree that it is annoying. I am also OCD. Diagnosed and all. It used to drive me crazy just the same as it does to you but after a while, and several phones, I just accepted that it is how the program works. I have never been able to find a fix no matter how much I looked. I just gave up.

I just always thought this was an android thing. That’s happened on my last 4 android devices. It’s happens on iOS also. You can hear the sound when it sends, it just doesn’t show visually like android.

Guide to FORCE chat heads to work on Android 11

Took me 3 days.... But I'm ready to release a guide.
Overall 3 minute process just need to do everything properly
This is as title states.. to FORCE chat heads back onto your phone!
If your like me you must be dreading the new bubbles feature .. missing messages, not bubbling all the time, not closing when in the app... Just overall crap!
And they have blocked older apps from sending pictures.... but I've come up with a strange fix!!!
First and foremost, if you close the app or restart your phone you WILL have to repeat this process... Simply because messenger auto updates.... But I rarely restart my phone.. and it's worth having the working chat heads back!!!
To start: go into play store and unclick auto updates for messenger
Then delete it
Then go download the app called island, set it up and get it running
Go fine the messenger app from sep to Oct of 2019 Version 234.xxx or newer by a few releases.
Install this app onto your phone
Open app and verify CHAT HEADS is still in settings and NOT bubbles!!!
Go into Island!
Click MAINLAND and scroll down to messenger
Click messenger and on the bottom right click the 2 box's with a + on it
Now it's installed in your phone a second time under workprofile.
Go into app drawer and click the second play store(with the little icon on bottom right that's the app from the island app) search messenger and DISABLE AUTO UPDATES!!!!
(If it auto updates before you did this you will need to go into Island click island at the top beside mainland, and uninstall it, then recopy it over and reset it up.
Then
In your app drawer you will see a second messenger with a little icon on the bottom right, that's the new one, open and set it up.
Again VERIFY it has CHAT HEADS in settings, this time click it and go into the app settings with the first thing it highlights (system preferences or whatever the left option is that isn't under work)
Once it loads the Android settings to allow display over other apps click work at the top and scroll down to the messenger and allow
You now have working bubbles but can't send pics yet!
To fix that problem, update the messenger app from within the play store (WITHOUT THE BOTTOM RIGHT LITTLE ICON) it will update the app installed on your phone, it will **** your app installed in island down and do some weird semi update...
Then you open the island messenger app(with icon on bottom right) to verify it it still has chat heads I'm settings if it does you are good to send pictures now with working chat heads.(if it went to bubbles the initial restart uninstall messenger from island side inside the island app, then restart the process(happened to me a few times in my testing)
This is what I'm calling an ""in-between"" 2 restart app update. As the next shutdown you'll be dealing with bubbles ...
The few quirks:
cannot close messenger or restart phone or you will need to repeat(it's about 2 minutes flat after a restart to reset it up) (slight fix aside from never restarting to begin with is I locked the work messenger app in recents window and it doesn't close anymore!)
You can't read the mainland data(aka can't send screenshots in the app inside island that chat heads works because it can't read mainland data (but there's a way to set this up I believe in settings I just can't get adb to connect) so no pics or anything from mainland apps
(My get by for this above issue is to use the updated messenger on the mainland side to send anything pic/screenshot/video wise((or move camera apps and gallery over to island and have ability to see everything done with the island side of camera apps inside the chat heads messenger)))
There is I believe a few ways to allow them to read each other I just haven't fully sug into that yet
Video recording is for some reason cut to 15 seconds with the app in island for some reason after the force update.
Sorry for this being mad long but it's not that bad it works and really only takes 2 minutes, and if wanted I can make a 3 minute screen record of the whole process.... I just couldn't take the bubbles anymore
You can't restart your phone or close the app because after you updated the mainland app(phone side messenger app) it updated the app in island as well. That's why it closes on you when updating. You get one opening of the app """in-between""" the update being applied all the way. It sometimes sticks on the first restart but just restart the process!
This goes to show it's not a security issue, or a broken feature issue, this is Facebook doing what the want as always.

Day 2 no issues
Would like to point out it's random with the video recording, you might get 15 seconds you might get 20... Idk what's up with that but it works.
And it also gets rid of the stories bubble that was always to the far left( was always an annoyance for me )

Wanna throw an update up,
I clear my cache for all apps daily... But today she got pretty laggy so I just redid my process to get chat heads back.
All still well on this truck, but seems like the app might need a restart a week in I guess.
For me this is still worth dealing with bubbles but I wanted everyone to know what they walk into ✔
Next time it gets laggy il clear data see if that works without it fixing bubbles and repost maybe il get lucky and just a data clear will work

I hate bubbles... They are so broken

Last update.
All is well I do have to reinstall the app now and then due to it getting laggy(usually a few days in or whatever)
But otherwise has been much better to deal with then bubbles.
Clearing storage makes it update so that's a no go
So I basically reinstall it once a week or so and I'm set.
Phone's been good about staying on days at a time still solid 7 hours of screen on time with screen at Qhd 120hz 510 dpi wifi on 24/7 Bluetooth on 24/7 atnt connected and verizon connected. Streaming music and watching videos for 5 to 6 of the 7 hours alive. I'm a heavy heavy user and I'm happy finally

aVider said:
I hate bubbles... They are so broken
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Me too man drives me ****ing nuts.
I do this process 2 to 3 times a week due to messenger auto updating in the background now but I'll never stop. Someone has to know how to crack this app and shut bubbles down.
They are forcing bubbles not Android. And I've had it with this crap
Last update tho, it seems to have started auto updating in the background which is okay because it's usually every few days keeps the app fresh and running smooth.
I do my process about 2 to 3 times a week but I will continue until someone figured out how to crack into this damn app and fix this for us
Someone's gotta be able to

Still going strong no issues
I have turned off bubbles in settings and it seems to stop the force updating.
Also now and then it seems to update all the way on the initial install of the main phone app I usually have the wife spam me until it's installed and that usually stoped the second app from fully updating
And last thing I use the main messenger app without chat heads to send screenshots only. With notifications off and batter optimization on.
All has been smooth and I plan to continue to do this

Bro i think i found a way .. 2 days now no bubbles
first uninstall Messenger and reboot phone
2nd. Install Messenger Build 240 .. and enable chat heads and stop auto update
3rd. Install Messenger Build 285.0.0.17.119 .. Done .. do not update it ..
now chat heads working + sending photos .. stable
EDIT :
it updated it self also :'( .. we need someone make a mod and modify APK

Master-ZizO said:
Bro i think i found a way .. 2 days now no bubbles
first uninstall Messenger and reboot phone
2nd. Install Messenger Build 240 .. and enable chat heads and stop auto update
3rd. Install Messenger Build 285.0.0.17.119 .. Done .. do not update it ..
now chat heads working + sending photos .. stable
EDIT :
it updated it self also :'( .. we need someone make a mod and modify APK
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Use my method. I get a week without any issues I have to reinstall about once a week but I can feel with that over the trash bubbles.
If you guys want I can post a screen record of my process being done in about a minute flat. This seems to be the only way

Yes please record it
Smittyzz said:
Use my method. I get a week without any issues I have to reinstall about once a week but I can feel with that over the trash bubbles.
If you guys want I can post a screen record of my process being done in about a minute flat. This seems to be the only way
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Master-ZizO said:
Yes please record it
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Ill have a video on youtube in an hour.
It's a bit tedious but it works once you do it a couple times it's a regular thing I just can't use bubbles

Master-ZizO said:
Yes please record it
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Sorry it took me so long to see your post brother but here it is if you follorlw the guide or this you will be fine.
The quality will get better when they finish processing it

I found out the hard way do not search a message with the chat heads messenger and then try to send them media. That does an instant update in the spot.
Like screenshots if your searching for a message (in the list of recent messages NOT within a single chat)
Make sure to use the second app for that

i found another way
i cloned Messenger v240 via LuckyPatcher to use it as Chat Heads
and installed Stock version via Playstore too for sending media via it

Coming back with an update and a perm fix.
This was not found by me so I can't take credit but I need to share the much more some way
New step by step guide:
Install messenger from play store
Go to appcloner.app and download the app cloner
After install open and click on messenger on the first screen then click dev options all the way down on the new screen, then go to Android version and type in 10
Confirm, let it clone and install and your set.
Delete play store copy and have fully functional chat heads on 11 no issues can restart phone and it's all working hope you all enjoy
I just couldn't deal with the bubbles

Smittyzz said:
Coming back with an update and a perm fix.
This was not found by me so I can't take credit but I need to share the much more some way
New step by step guide:
Install messenger from play store
Go to appcloner.app and download the app cloner
After install open and click on messenger on the first screen then click dev options all the way down on the new screen, then go to Android version and type in 10
Confirm, let it clone and install and your set.
Delete play store copy and have fully functional chat heads on 11 no issues can restart phone and it's all working hope you all enjoy
I just couldn't deal with the bubbles
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Doesn't work for me. App clones but it won't start

Joshgo said:
Doesn't work for me. App clones but it won't start
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Wait it worked but i don't know if it's because i cloned the app but it worked on the non cloned messenger tho
Edit: it was just a fluke. Worked for less than a min then gone again

Joshgo said:
Wait it worked but i don't know if it's because i cloned the app but it worked on the non cloned messenger tho
Edit: it was just a fluke. Worked for less than a min then gone again
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I will do a screen record again, it for sure works. It clones the app and makes it think it's running on an Android 10 system. I'm about a week in no issues

Joshgo said:
Wait it worked but i don't know if it's because i cloned the app but it worked on the non cloned messenger tho
Edit: it was just a fluke. Worked for less than a min then gone again
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What worked for me with this issue was enabling skip native libraries in cloning options. Plus, I cleared all data of the play store messenger app before cloning. My cloned app didn't start before but with these changes it's working perfectly so far.

Has anyone tried this module?