Is there any way on a rooted Charge to remove the legal pop-ups that must be agreed to every time you activate GPS location services? I toggle those services quite often and the pop-ups are soooo annoying. Thanks in advance!
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Hiya,
I'm bagofbits and new to these forum's and was not sure how to contact anyone at XDA so after some after advice from LUFC (forum moderator) here is my situation.
I have a wildfire s and been viewing those forums, during the last couple of days since the change over from android market to google playground or whatever it's called these days, I've been getting a popup app in my status bar saying please download 'battery supercharger' . I've been just clearing my status bar but it just kept coming back.
Today by mistake i downloaded it and got loads of texts within minutes and ended up with a charge of £4.99, I text 'STOP' to the number given. My network provider(3) can't help and I've mailed google help about it and they have logged it and are getting back to me.
Also a number of post's on the web about it...
Anyway enough rambling, I've searched the wildfire s forum and can't see any mention of it, just thought that it would be useful to post something about it so nobody else falls victim to this.
Give me a thanks if u could please.
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Oh might be an idea to check recent downloads you have made that contain ad's that may harbor this scam.
bagofbits said:
Hiya,
I'm bagofbits and new to these forum's and was not sure how to contact anyone at XDA so after some after advice from LUFC (forum moderator) here is my situation.
I have a wildfire s and been viewing those forums, during the last couple of days since the change over from android market to google playground or whatever it's called these days, I've been getting a popup app in my status bar saying please download 'battery supercharger' . I've been just clearing my status bar but it just kept coming back.
Today by mistake i downloaded it and got loads of texts within minutes and ended up with a charge of £4.99, I text 'STOP' to the number given. My network provider(3) can't help and I've mailed google help about it and they have logged it and are getting back to me.
Also a number of post's on the web about it...
Anyway enough rambling, I've searched the wildfire s forum and can't see any mention of it, just thought that it would be useful to post something about it so nobody else falls victim to this.
Give me a thanks if u could please.
Cheers
Oh might be an idea to check recent downloads you have made that contain ad's that may harbor this scam.
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The ad you saw in your status bar used ad over the air function.
There are some apps which will detect apps using the add. Method. And will give you the ability to uninstall it.
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Thanks for the advice, I have installed firewall and virus protection now, can u advise on an app for trapping these OTA updates ?
WOW, thanks for posting this up. I'll keep an eye out for this one!
bagofbits said:
Thanks for the advice, I have installed firewall and virus protection now, can u advise on an app for trapping these OTA updates ?
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The best one and most trusted one is from lookout.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.addetector
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Try airpush detector from the market to find out what the offending app is.
Never txt stop to a random number that's how they get ya, school boy error
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School boy error
Just to set the record straight this 'thing' auto en-roles u 'before' u text stop and it applies the charge!
If I'm guilty of anything it's downloading by mistake !
Google it and see what others are saying bout it, I was just trying to help and your criticism ain't justified.
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Never txt stop to a random number that's how they get ya, school boy error
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Unfortunately this is true, you have not stopped the messages - just confirmed to the spammers that the number is live and real. 3 may be able to help you by blacklisting the numbers you are getting messages from - also have a look here if the messages persist.
This is a problem that is by no means limited to the Wildfire S - recently I recognised an app on my friend's Samsung Galaxy Ace as being malware - it was also generating notifications about some kind of battery optimizer. I managed to remove it before she accidentally signed up to anything.
Regarding the app, try some apps like Lookout Mobile Security and BitDefender . If you run a scan with these, they may find the offending app and help you to remove it. Good luck!
solution to battery supercharger text costs
saw the two text messages yesterday, spoke to Vodafone told them to block any charges today, up to which time charges hadn't gone through. So hopefully this will cost me nothing.
even if they had placed the charge, I would have asked Vodafone not to pay it, and kicked up a fuss until the agreed not to do so, or carry the cost themselves. Anybody with a mobile phone contract is in a very strong position at the moment I have noticed, getting lots of freebies off them.
thanx for ur advice
but i think it is not harmful
I like to use Google latitude so I have it enabled but I have it set manual so that it doesn't update my location automatically. But for some reason maps is running in the background and using gps. Even with latitude enabled, maps is not supposed to use gps in the background. What could be causing maps to use gps in the background?
Using better battery stats, SignalCollector.ScannerThread is what is activating maps. Anyone know what that is?
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I use Autostarts to prevent stuff from running on its own. The way I have it set up, literally nothing runs on my phone without my say so. Keeps the RAM free and helps with battery life.
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I use Autostarts to prevent stuff from running on its own. The way I have it set up, literally nothing runs on my phone without my say so. Keeps the RAM free and helps with battery life.
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Looks like a great program btw. Just got it but i see multiple instances of things started. Eg. I see mail 4 times. How do i know which one to stop?
Tried it and disabled maps, but after reboot still comes back
I've never been able to stop maps. Damn thing is always running.
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I don't mind if it is open and just sitting being idle. What I care about is it using gps while it is in the background when it shouldn't be for any reason
Maps being always on is bugging me too. When I look at battery usage I almost always see something similar to the Screen using 43% and Maps using 25% of the battery with everything else only 2%-10%. Holy hell! Why the heck is Maps eating up a quarter of my battery life?
droidiac13 said:
I've never been able to stop maps. Damn thing is always running.
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Goto settings- locations- turn off GPS satellite
Whenever you want to you maps it will ask you turn on GPS satellite
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abhipati said:
Goto settings- locations- turn off GPS satellite
Whenever you want to you maps it will ask you turn on GPS satellite
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So either be annoyed one way or annoyed another? You'd think the phone would kill the Maps app since it's not even being used yet it's using a lot of battery. I don't remember my Captivate constantly running the Maps app unless I actually opened it.
I wonder if it's the weather/clock widget on the home screen. You'd think that would only periodically check GPS location for the weather. And you'd also think that it was possible to get location without using Maps.
I need to do bit research before I can answer your question in depth. But one quick solution you can you "tasker" to configure when to use maps
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So either be annoyed one way or annoyed another? You'd think the phone would kill the Maps app since it's not even being used yet it's using a lot of battery. I don't remember my Captivate constantly running the Maps app unless I actually opened it.
I wonder if it's the weather/clock widget on the home screen. You'd think that would only periodically check GPS location for the weather. And you'd also think that it was possible to get location without using Maps.
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Actually if you open a map app then only it will consume battery , you can close the app later. If you using navigation like app best is use "backitude " it will consume less battery then navigation
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I wonder if it's the weather/clock widget on the home screen. You'd think that would only periodically check GPS location for the weather. And you'd also think that it was possible to get location without using Maps.
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It can, and does (get location without Maps). AFAIK, GPS isn't used to update that location, its based on info from cell network and WiFi network.
I'm on an AT&T Galaxy S3, but am having the same issue. Maps is always using 10-15% of my battery. BBS reports SignalCollector.ScannerThread as the top wakelock. When I look at my battery I see repeated use of the GPS when I haven't actually initialized it.
Anyways, the suggestions to turn off GPS or use tasker to automate the process seem like bandaids. It would be nice to understand first what the problem or 'feature' actually is.
I'm fairly new to android, but I'm frustrated that I can't restrict apps from location services.
Also to clarify, I don't use Lattitude and attempted to turn off all location based services.
dominican2589 said:
I like to use Google latitude so I have it enabled but I have it set manual so that it doesn't update my location automatically. But for some reason maps is running in the background and using gps. Even with latitude enabled, maps is not supposed to use gps in the background. What could be causing maps to use gps in the background?
Using better battery stats, SignalCollector.ScannerThread is what is activating maps. Anyone know what that is?
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Hi,
You should try to run google maps, go to its cache settings and clear the "map tile cache". That fixed my issue of maps always running in the background. Mine wasn't using GPS, I've set it to only detect my location when I am connected to a wireless network.
Hope it helps.
LePunk said:
Hi,
You should try to run google maps, go to its cache settings and clear the "map tile cache". That fixed my issue of maps always running in the background. Mine wasn't using GPS, I've set it to only detect my location when I am connected to a wireless network.
Hope it helps.
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Let's not reactivate threads that have been dead for 3 months...
I've also witnessed a huge increase in battery consumption with the latest version(s), about half the power is consumed in Maps. Killing it doesn't last, it's launched again in background.
After a few tests, this seems to do the trick (with Maps 6.14.1 on JB 4.1.2):
In Settings / Location settings, uncheck "Report from this device".
Make also sure to disable this stupid Google Now gadget (a real battery killer, not to mention the privacy issues - I'm not keen on providing Google with my private life data, who knows to what purpose they're collecting that!).
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Let's not reactivate threads that have been dead for 3 months...
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Why not? People are told not to create new threads, and search, but if they search and find a thread that relates to their issue they are told not to 'reactivate' a dead thread.
So in order for LePunk to keep you happy he is not to create a new thread, but to search for any past threads related to his subject. Once he finds a related thread he must not DARE post there as it will 'reactivate' a dead thread. So how was LePunk supposed to post his very helpful information? Get over yourself.
I am thankful for LePunks post in a supposed dead thread as it helped with an issue I was having.
Also, notice that LePunk has one and only post. He went out of his way to join XDA because he felt he had some information that may be helpful to someone and the response he gets is you crying. He has not posted since. Great way to introduce a new member to the forums!
Having the same issue myself. This shouldn't be the case even when location services are enabled.
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Why not? People are told not to create new threads, and search, but if they search and find a thread that relates to their issue they are told not to 'reactivate' a dead thread.
So in order for LePunk to keep you happy he is not to create a new thread, but to search for any past threads related to his subject. Once he finds a related thread he must not DARE post there as it will 'reactivate' a dead thread. So how was LePunk supposed to post his very helpful information? Get over yourself.
I am thankful for LePunks post in a supposed dead thread as it helped with an issue I was having.
Also, notice that LePunk has one and only post. He went out of his way to join XDA because he felt he had some information that may be helpful to someone and the response he gets is you crying. He has not posted since. Great way to introduce a new member to the forums!
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you reactivated a dead with nothing to say about the issue, but i have no problems with reactivating dead threads with good input.
i purchased autostarts myself it is a good app, i rarely use it but it will let you control every aspect of apps starting. it loads everything at start so just wait for it to finish, i should install it more often to control maps but i flash roms too often to remember.
Hi all, sometime last night I seemed to have tripped the options for my incoming message notification settings. Before it would just play the ringtone and display on the notifications tab like I wanted it.
Now for some reason it will do that AND the phone itself will say "New message from (person on contact list)" does anyone out there know what I'm talking about? I dont want to be in a group of people and have my phone spill out my info like that.
Does anyone know how to disable this ?:angel:
I'm thinking it's one of the following:
1) Make sure that Driving Mode isn't enabled if you're on the stock rom.
2) Navigate to Settings/Accessibility/Services then turn off "Talk Back"
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SlimSnoopOS said:
I'm thinking it's one of the following:
1) Make sure that Driving Mode isn't enabled if you're on the stock rom.
2) Navigate to Settings/Accessibility/Services then turn off "Talk Back"
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It's almost definitely driving mode. Mine was doing the exact same thing for a few days and I found the option yesterday in Settings > Language and input > Text-to-speech output. I must have tripped it when I was playing around with NFC tags.
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Does anyone know how I can get Wifi tether to start auto i can launch the app but I still have to touch the screen
And same for viper smart start app I can launch it but still have to touch screen
Is there any way I can put command to have it auto start
What apps do I need to do what I want
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Does anyone know how I can get Wifi tether to start auto i can launch the app but I still have to touch the screen
And same for viper smart start app I can launch it but still have to touch screen
Is there any way I can put command to have it auto start
What apps do I need to do what I want
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You ever have any luck with this? auto-start wifi-tether would be bad ass :good:
I would think you would be able to do it with tasker or some equivalent. I believe it was tasker that would allow you to dig into the specific functions of an app. IIRC.
Try something like this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706799
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Is there any combinations of apps that will let me achieve my goal of having a cycling mate on my headset at the same time as music?
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Is there any combinations of apps that will let me achieve my goal of having a cycling mate on my headset at the same time as music?
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I think that is hard coded in the OS that if a call comes in it stops any other app until you take or decline the incoming call. As far as I can tell NO such apps. You could ask some of the Devs if that is possible to achieve,but I haven't even heard of anyone else mentioning such a thing in my 2 years with android.
It would be nice to even have app that does a internet call like tango and talk does, without video, but with the ability to mix sound sources
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I dont remember any app that I have seen that did that. The permissions for most music apps ask for phone state for the ability to check if you are on a phone call or not.
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