anyone know how to update the ad-free version to the new western version without losing save data?
There is an "angry birds save your save" app in the market. Run it to backup your save data, update angry birds and then use the tool to restore your saves.
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There's an ad-free version?
Check out am app in the market called "Addfree"
It will kill 99% of the ads on all apps...
Rogue9 said:
Check out am app in the market called "Addfree"
It will kill 99% of the ads on all apps...
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That's what I thought too. I guess I was confused with what OP was asking.
some one created a recoded ad free version so there is no need for third party apps and im wondering how i keep my save file on this recoded version when i go to the standard version with apps
Isn't recoded just code for pirated?
wcalvert said:
Isn't recoded just code for pirated?
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Yep
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use a file explorer and browse to /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/ and backup the file highscores.lua
then remove your hacked version, install the market one and put the file back
be sure to set the permissions right on the file
I want to get the new levels but I don't know how to update the stock one. When I download the market version, I get two apps of angry birds one stock and the market version with all of the levels. My problem with this is that my stock version is the one with all of the levels beaten and when I open the market version, I don't have anything beat.
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aturbs said:
I want to get the new levels but I don't know how to update the stock one. When I download the market version, I get two apps of angry birds one stock and the market version with all of the levels. My problem with this is that my stock version is the one with all of the levels beaten and when I open the market version, I don't have anything beat.
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Unfortunately, you will have to root your device to get rid of system apps. Once you do however, you can either install a new ROM that doesn't have the app preinstalled, or you can use a tool like Bloat Freezer to "freeze" the app, and possibly uninstall it. Freezing it will make it look uninstalled to you, but it will still actually be on the system - the only problem is that uninstalling some preinstalled apps can prevent updates from deploying on your device. That's why it's best to freeze instead of uninstall - but it might not matter with Angry Birds.
I had the same problem but since my phone is rooted I was able to uninstall the stock Angry Birds. I downloaded the newest version of Angry Birds but the bad thing is that it has ads.
ZzFDKzZ said:
I had the same problem but since my phone is rooted I was able to uninstall the stock Angry Birds. I downloaded the newest version of Angry Birds but the bad thing is that it has ads.
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You can use an app called root tools to block ads.
I just used titanium backup and froze the stock one.
I don't think the question was answered, and I am curious as well. Basically, it sounds like if you want the new levels, you have to DL the market app to replace the built in one as there is no way to update the preinstalled version.
This means that he would lose his progress in the pre-installed game and have to start over on the DL version (and endure ads unless rooted), correct?
Is there perhaps a file that stores the progress that could be moved over to the other version?
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I don't think the question was answered, and I am curious as well. Basically, it sounds like if you want the new levels, you have to DL the market app to replace the built in one as there is no way to update the preinstalled version.
This means that he would lose his progress in the pre-installed game and have to start over on the DL version (and endure ads unless rooted), correct?
Is there perhaps a file that stores the progress that could be moved over to the other version?
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Yeah that was what I was trying to ask.
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I turned on my tablet tonight to find a pop-up from the market to let me know about a new app available - Mobo Task Killer Pro.
I've never seen this except when I'm being advised there is an update to an existing app I've got installed... Not one I don't.
Anyone seen this happen before?
Whilst the app looks decent, and I've read that task killers are a waste of time especially on honeycomb?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobo.task.killer
Got one on my phone this morning. Looking into turning this off.
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You guys probably install an app that has the Air Push service. it pushed ads to your status bar.
Get Air push detector, it will tell you which app is the culprit
I saw the ad just now in dolphin. I think out may be that.still looking though.
Edit: have gtabsimiclock installed, maybe that?
Edit 2: got the airpush detector, nothing found.
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I saw the ad just now in dolphin. I think out may be that.still looking though.
Edit: have gtabsimiclock installed, maybe that?
Edit 2: got the airpush detector, nothing found.
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i don't think its dolphin. only help i have is that i had an app called "wheelz" or something with a monster truck and it had the same air push notifications. hope that helps.
edit: that new app called "magiclocker main" has air push as well. btw, any app i come across that has them i reply to dev expressing my negative opinion of air push and uninstall the app. with enough of us doing the same we may see less of it.
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You guys probably install an app that has the Air Push service. it pushed ads to your status bar.
Get Air push detector, it will tell you which app is the culprit
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Thanks! Installed and found the culprit - free MP3 download app. Thing is, I like the app, and so I guess will put up with the occasional pop-up ad since it's not otherwise effecting the tablet.
It makes sense that as Android matures we will see more and more of this - afterall , Google is an advertising company that geniously used it's revenue to build software products! The fact that when you consider say the windows mobile store and the android store, there's a stark difference between the number of 'free' apps - the Reason? Advertising Revenue!
I do not have any of those apps installed. I did have notifications on in the market. Maybe that, for me.
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I do not have any of those apps installed. I did have notifications on in the market. Maybe that, for me.
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That notification only let you know of update available for installed app.
If you're getting ads something is pushing it there. I would just see what you install recently and try to single it out that way
Same here, on my Android Phone HTC Desire ...
I recently updated some Apps from the Market (including Adobe Reader, Angry Birds Seasons, Boat Browser, DroidWall, Layar, QuickPic), and 2 hours ago, a received my first "Advertisement Notification" :
"New app released, Mobo task killer pro"
I downloaded AirPush Detector: no application found, so the spammer application doesn't use the AirPush API.
We need to figure out which application is causing this ...
I got the same suspicious notification ad for Mobo Task Killer on my HTC G2 (running CM7) earlier today. It's the first thing like this I've seen, so I started looking for the source and ended up here. I don't have any of the apps mentioned by anyone above except for Adobe Reader and Angry Birds Seasons, but I highly doubt those are at fault. Got the AirPush Detector and it found nothing. I'd really like to know where this originated from.
This also just happened to me today on my stock, rooted AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 phone. Both AirPush Detector and Lookout found nothing on my phone. (I've also got AdFree running on my phone as well).
Like others in this thread, I had recently downloaded the new Angry Birds Seasons game. I also had just downloaded a free game called Wordplay. I just now uninstalled both of those games on the chance that it's either of them causing this. (Don't care how fun Angry Birds is...if it's the culprit here, it's no longer welcome on my phone).
Reviewing my app install history via AppBrain, those 2 games are really the only likely culprits to my eyes...
Edit: There's also a post about this happening over at Androidforums:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid-x/433781-market-notification-new-app-malware.html
If it was Angry Birds causing it, I'm sure there would be a lot more people reporting this than we're seeing, don't you think?
Don't have Wordplay either, so that's not the cause for me.
I can't think of anything likely in my recent install history.. Just updated Netflix and Superuser, installed Greedy Spiders, the pay versions of Android Agenda Widget and Alarm Clock Plus, and that's all I can think of in the past few days.
Is there a way we can see which apps initiated a notification?
I agree with what you said about Angry Birds except this might be a new enough event that it hasn't hit many people yet. Plus, you know that a lot of people would just ignore the ad in the notification bar and not bother to report it or search about it.
There's another thread about this topic going on over in the Anandtech forums:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=32462500&posted=1#post32462500
Me and 2 others have posted our installed apps there via links to the Appbrain web site. So far, below are the apps (minus Google apps) that the 3 of us have in common:
appbrain
angry birds/angry birds seasons
titanium backup
adobe flash player 11
soundhound
Facebook
Kindle
EDIT: Took out Amazon MP3 as it turned out not be common amongst all impacted devices.
Thank you for collecting that info and finding more forums.
I see what you mean about Angry Birds. Shouldn't rule anything out yet I guess.
I don't use appbrain, so no link, but I'll tell you which of those I have:
all angry birds
titanium backup
flash 11
soundhound
So you can eliminate these from the list:
appbrain
facebook
kindle
If I were guessing here, I'd look at Titanium Backup. Is it the free version all of you have installed?
Me and Anubis (from Anandtech site) both have the paid version of Titanium Backup, while the other guy is using the free version (from what I can tell by comparing our Appbrain app lists).
Also, to clarify: 2 of us (from Anandtech site) had Angry Birds Seasons installed while the third person had Angry Birds installed. Looks like (according to the Android Market web site) that Angry Birds Seasons latest update was 10/21/11 while Angry Birds hasn't been updated since 8/30/11, so I guess that degrades my suspicion that it might be Angry Birds/Angry Birds Seasons.
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Thank you for collecting that info and finding more forums.
I see what you mean about Angry Birds. Shouldn't rule anything out yet I guess.
I don't use appbrain, so no link, but I'll tell you which of those I have:
all angry birds
titanium backup
flash 11
soundhound
So you can eliminate these from the list:
appbrain
facebook
kindle
If I were guessing here, I'd look at Titanium Backup. Is it the free version all of you have installed?
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Thanks for sharing what apps you have in common. That really knocks the list down to a small number and I'm not seeing any comments in the Android Market right now that make any of those 4 apps sound like they're responsible for this ad that popped up in our notification bar.
The mystery continues...
Hmm.. I'm going to email the dev of Mobo Task Killer Pro and see if they can (and are willing to) shed some light on this.
Also, just noticed this in their market comments:
"Amazing
[5 Stars] by Blanca– October 23, 2011
Amazing! I woke up to an alert to download this and it's awesome. I've been on the internet for about 4 hours and it barely got to 80%. Great app!"
EDIT: and this:
Not the greatest app ever...
[2 Stars] by Nick– October 22, 2011Spam
but I'm more concerned with it being advertised in my notifications when my phone started, who told them the phone I paid for is their billboard?
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Hmm.. I'm going to email the dev of Mobo Task Killer Pro and see if they can (and are willing to) shed some light on this.
Also, just noticed this in their market comments:
"Amazing
[5 Stars] by Blanca– October 23, 2011
Amazing! I woke up to an alert to download this and it's awesome. I've been on the internet for about 4 hours and it barely got to 80%. Great app!"
EDIT: and this:
Not the greatest app ever...
[2 Stars] by Nick– October 22, 2011Spam
but I'm more concerned with it being advertised in my notifications when my phone started, who told them the phone I paid for is their billboard?
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Thanks, that's a good idea...although looking at the page on the Market for that app of theirs, I don't see any contact info for them whatsoever; no email, no web site, no blog...that seems awfully suspicious to me. Did you find contact info for them somewhere?
G.Ri said:
Thank you for collecting that info and finding more forums.
I see what you mean about Angry Birds. Shouldn't rule anything out yet I guess.
I don't use appbrain, so no link, but I'll tell you which of those I have:
all angry birds
titanium backup
flash 11
soundhound
So you can eliminate these from the list:
appbrain
facebook
kindle
If I were guessing here, I'd look at Titanium Backup. Is it the free version all of you have installed?
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Hi,
I started a similar thread on another forum site before I found this. I don't have any version of Angry Birds (once did, but SBF'd it away 6 months ago).
The apps I have in common with the list here are:
Titanium Backup (Pro)
Adobe Flash 11
Soundhound (<<< my best guess)
Thanks to those of you looking into this! The permissions for that task killer seem way out of line to me,
p.s. This happened for me on a Droid X
Been using Soundhound on my TF and phone, never had an ad notifications
Yeah, I've had Soundhound (the paid version) for a long time and never had any such issues with it. I really hope this stupid ad isn't being done via some new OS exploit in Android. I know it's much more likely that it's happening through some app using that damn AirPush or SlingLabs service, but it's worrisome not being able to verify how it happened.
Hey folks, I thought I'd share a nice free fix...
I recently switched to CM7 on my Sammy Fascinate, and restored my apps (and some data) using Titanium Backup Free Edition. Well, as most of you may know, this is will not create links between apps and Google Market when apps are installed using this method. I know there is a "Market Doctor" feature in the Pro version of Ti Backup, but I am cheap and stubborn! Well, it turns out that if you log into Google "Play" on a computer and do a remote app installation (pick an app that isn't already installed on your device), the link will be restored for all apps on your device! Super easy...and best of all? FREE! Enjoy
Just some info because I'm hooked on this game......
You CAN get more money for Dead Trigger v1.5.2 using Gamecih...
But you'll have to downgrade to an earlier version for it to work...
I saved my game to the cloud and made a TiBu backup of the game then uninstalled...
Downloaded and installed v1.1.1...
Restored my game through the cloud
Used Gamecih to Boost money
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Uninstalled and Restored TiBu backup of version 1.5.2...
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Works for gold as well
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they don't allow hacks on this site, but thank you for the info