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I'm having a problem with the new market app. It sends me notifications for some dating app.
If I go into settings and untick google admob ads it doesn't make any difference.
Any thoughts how I can stop these?
Thanks
Stewart
stewarta13wsb said:
I'm having a problem with the new market app. It sends me notifications for some dating app.
If I go into settings and untick google admob ads it doesn't make any difference.
Any thoughts how I can stop these?
Thanks
Stewart
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Are you sure its the market? How do you know its the market? I noticed ads in the notification bar from a mp3 downloader, but not from the market itself.
No, not certain, but if I click on the notification it opens the market at an app for the dating people. So just a guess
Sounds like you have some kind of rougue app on your phone...Market isn't the problem...you installed another app that has this extra crap in there that tries to get you to install the dating app.
Check the apps youve installed recently and remove them until you find the one causing it
the_scotsman said:
Sounds like you have some kind of rougue app on your phone...Market isn't the problem...you installed another app that has this extra crap in there that tries to get you to install the dating app.
Check the apps youve installed recently and remove them until you find the one causing it
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I've been using the apk that was posted here since yesterday with no issues.
Im having a problem with ICS Market. Or 3.2.0. It wont let me purchase any apps. Tried clearing data. Uninstall/reinstall. I can download free apps but get an unmarked error(no info just error) when trying to purchase anything.
Sent from where ever I was when I posted this
(fingers crossed) I think I may have solved it by deleting the Air Hockey app I had downloaded from the market. I think it may have had a little 'extra' item included.
Once I know it's stopped for sure I'll name and shame the app on here... otherwise I'm still looking!
There are a few apps out there that do that, one of them is or was the free
version of a '3' network usage checker. Kept getting push adverts until I
uninstalled the thing.
OK, no more notification pop up adverts, so I'm saying avoid - Glow Hockey 2 -
Thanks for the help guys,
Stewart
is there an app that kills background services of other apps on my phone?
trapzz said:
is there an app that kills background services of other apps on my phone?
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Android Assistant from the market. It is free. Thios thing will not only kill services but prevent them from starting up. Let me know if this helps. Here is the link:
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
Omnichron said:
Android Assistant from the market. It is free. Thios thing will not only kill services but prevent them from starting up. Let me know if this helps. Here is the link:
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
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hi, omnichron.. so i assume that the app you suggested does better than kill services of apps.. it doesnt let them start up at all.
Omnichron said:
Android Assistant from the market. It is free. Thios thing will not only kill services but prevent them from starting up. Let me know if this helps. Here is the link:
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
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Hmm, guess you never heard of fast reboot? Doesn't need root... makes about 40-100 mb free within 30 seconds.
https://market.android.com/details?...SwxLDEsImNvbS5ncmVhdGJ5dGVzLmZhc3RyZWJvb3QiXQ..
trapzz said:
is there an app that kills background services of other apps on my phone?
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better to uninstall apps you dont want...
rori~ said:
better to uninstall apps you dont want...
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thats counter intuitive since i dont want to uninstall the apps that i want to use.. i just dont like that some of them hog uo batt life through their background services.
Auto Memory Manager
i'm with the OP on this. will try that link out, ta
hi all, i have been getting some pop up ads on my sensation xe recently (when i get online). i found this directly in my sd card sdcard/joy/popad that contains the ad pix. i tried manually deleting this folder. but whenever i get online, the folder regenerates itself and downloads the ads again.
i also tried scanning the phone with avast and airpush detector but couldn't find its source. can anyone help me to get rid of it? my phone is rooted and has darkforest 5.2.0 installed. thx!
steve_xyz said:
hi all, i have been getting some pop up ads on my sensation xe recently (when i get online). i found this directly in my sd card sdcard/joy/popad that contains the ad pix. i tried manually deleting this folder. but whenever i get online, the folder regenerates itself and downloads the ads again.
i also tried scanning the phone with avast and airpush detector but couldn't find its source. can anyone help me to get rid of it? my phone is rooted and has darkforest 5.2.0 installed. thx!
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Try this, It may block your ad.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&feature=search_result
I personally use this. It's called AdAway:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adaway&feature=search_result
abhishek89 said:
Try this, It may block your ad.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&feature=search_result
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i already have adaway installed and it didn't block it. i think the way these ad blocking apps work is by blocking website address. but this pop ad in my phone doesn't open any website. instead, it opens up jpg pix it downloaded and stored under the /joy/popad directory. it shows up as an notification when i'm online, even if i'm not browsing the web. that's why adaway failed to catch it.
anyway, i'll give adfree android a try and see if it works or not. but i have a question: will it cause any conflict with adaway (already installed in my phone)? do i need to uninstall adaway first? thx!
dgenx210 said:
I personally use this. It's called AdAway:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adaway&feature=search_result
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adaway was pre-installed in my phone, but it didn't work on this popad
You can try to use Lookout Ad detector to see which app is causing this.
abhishek89 said:
Try this, It may block your ad.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&feature=search_result
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dgenx210 said:
You can try to use Lookout Ad detector to see which app is causing this.
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just tried it. still couldn't find the source.
I had the same problem. None of the ad blockers worked. In my case I opened the spam advert, which took me to the market. I then selected view more by this developer, and checked what else I had installed by them, I uninstalled and it was sorted. In my case the app was tanks 2012.
weeder666 said:
I had the same problem. None of the ad blockers worked. In my case I opened the spam advert, which took me to the market. I then selected view more by this developer, and checked what else I had installed by them, I uninstalled and it was sorted. In my case the app was tanks 2012.
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thx for the great advice! i found the developer and uninstalled the game i downloaded from them. i believe it's the same developer causing you the problem - LeTang, Inc. now i finally successfully deleted the joy folder. n' it's not coming back any more. thx again!
Ah yes. Those guys have popads. Annoying as f***. I had their Mission Impossible game and it did the same.
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dgenx210 said:
Ah yes. Those guys have popads. Annoying as f***. I had their Mission Impossible game and it did the same.
Sent from my HTC Z715e
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yup, they should be banned from market
dgenx210 said:
Ah yes. Those guys have popads. Annoying as f***. I had their Mission Impossible game and it did the same.
Sent from my HTC Z715e
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Thanks for pointing me towards the way of getting them popads removed! I've had the same problem as you guys and only realized it was due to the Mission Impossible game when I came here.
Google should ban app developers who resort to forced-ads like these
this folder in my phone show when i run puffin browser
Hey does anyone know why I have advertisements popping up on my phone all the time?
It's random and occurs in all apps and I checked for virus with a scanner and it doesn't say anything. Has anyone had this issue before and know a solution? Idk what I clicked that might have caused this bug. Ads usually are games that lead me to the play store and not anything explicit (if that helps)
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x10user2011 said:
Hey does anyone know why I have advertisements popping up on my phone all the time?
It's random and occurs in all apps and I checked for virus with a scanner and it doesn't say anything. Has anyone had this issue before and know a solution? Idk what I clicked that might have caused this bug. Ads usually are games that lead me to the play store and not anything explicit (if that helps)
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Start in safe mode see if they still show up
If it is in games, if you're rooted try downloading an ad blocker. Since they blocked it from the Play Store you will need to Google it.
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markdapimp said:
Start in safe mode see if they still show up
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It's not that, it's ads popping up in places such as SMS or music and it's weird..
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You have something installed doing it. What did you last install before it happened?
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x10user2011 said:
It's not that, it's ads popping up in places such as SMS or music and it's weird..
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Still safe mode will disable all third party apps and any potential malware on your phone
think of it as a fail safe boot like how Windows has it
Heres how to get into it
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2852139?hl=en
how to get out of it? just shutdown your phone as you normally would and start it back
This is odd. Have you downloaded something from outside the play store? Do you have unknown sources enabled? If you didn't, then something is horribly wrong here. If you did download and install any APK, delete it.
If this is something from the Play Store itself, we have to report it.
To be completely safe, as others said, run the phone in safe mode. If they still pop up, flash the factory image...something went wrong. If they don't, it's an app.
markdapimp said:
Still safe mode will disable all third party apps and any potential malware on your phone
think of it as a fail safe boot like how Windows has it
Heres how to get into it
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2852139?hl=en
how to get out of it? just shutdown your phone as you normally would and start it back
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There is also another trick that I found some days ago.....restart the phone and then let the google logo go, when the boot animation starts keep pressing the volume down button untill u get to the lock screen....ur safe mode should be there
x10user2011 said:
Hey does anyone know why I have advertisements popping up on my phone all the time?
It's random and occurs in all apps and I checked for virus with a scanner and it doesn't say anything. Has anyone had this issue before and know a solution? Idk what I clicked that might have caused this bug. Ads usually are games that lead me to the play store and not anything explicit (if that helps)
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Please take a screenshot of such an ad to help us see what the problem might be. Also have a look at installed apps to see which one may be causing it.(preferably list all 3rd party apps you have installed, or simply a couple of screenshots)
Also as mentioned you should try safe mode(long press the "turn off" button in the power menu), to see if it still happens.(if not, it is one of your 3rd party apps.)
You could try and use a nifty app from the Play store called AirPush detector. It will look through your phone to look through which apps might be showing you unwanted advertisements.
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It was definitely an app that you installed, there are some apps in the playstore that if you install them will show ads. This is sketchy but I guess they want to make money somehow....
this is how many free games/apps stay free
mistahseller said:
It was definitely an app that you installed, there are some apps in the playstore that if you install them will show ads. This is sketchy but I guess they want to make money somehow....
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simms22 said:
this is how many free games/apps stay free
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Popup ads? I understand ads in the game, but I've never seen ads that pop up in system apps. That's not allowed per the google play TOS. I'll be sure to report them if you give me the names of them. I have apps on there too, and most of them don't have ads, but the ones that do are always unobtrusive.
aooga said:
Popup ads? I understand ads in the game, but I've never seen ads that pop up in system apps. That's not allowed per the google play TOS. I'll be sure to report them if you give me the names of them. I have apps on there too, and most of them don't have ads, but the ones that do are always unobtrusive.
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Oh I can't remember what app it was it was on my nexus 4, I installed something and everytime I would hit home it would popup like a sys warning message but it would be an ad.
I would run a virus/malware scan and stop using questionable apps.
jd1639 said:
...stop using questionable apps.
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This. People keep complaining about Android having viruses when they're downloading all kinds of things like "free smileys" from random sites. 99.9% of the time, Google Play has clean apps, but there are still some apps that Google needs to filter out better. They need to completely ban air push and other notification ads or really anything that doesn't stay within the app.
EDIT: This wasn't meant to bash the OP. I'm talking about other people, and hopefully the OP didn't download this kind of stuff.
aooga said:
Popup ads? I understand ads in the game, but I've never seen ads that pop up in system apps. That's not allowed per the google play TOS. I'll be sure to report them if you give me the names of them. I have apps on there too, and most of them don't have ads, but the ones that do are always unobtrusive.
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yea. these apps open in the background. and since they are "open", their ads pop up. these arent the same kinds of ads that open in the app itself, theyll open in the status bar or just pop up. again, they are usually included in free apps/games that are usually of lower quality.
simms22 said:
yea. these apps open in the background. and since they are "open", their ads pop up. these arent the same kinds of ads that open in the app itself, theyll open in the status bar or just pop up. again, they are usually included in free apps/games that are usually of lower quality.
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I thought Google banned that? http://phandroid.com/2013/09/30/google-play-notification-ads-policy/
aooga said:
I thought Google banned that? http://phandroid.com/2013/09/30/google-play-notification-ads-policy/
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looks that way.
but there are certain conditions that these app makers can use those ads.
simms22 said:
looks that way.
but there are certain conditions that these app makers can use those ads.
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Wow. That's dumb. Oh well, I would never download any of those shady apps anyway, and neither would most people, but I still wish Google would have a bit more strict guidelines.
Hi everyone,
I had a headache yesterday with an app called Zombie tsunami, from time to time it started downloading directly from the Play store without even asking me, I had to clear Chrome data to get rid of it, maybe some javascript, that started this process automatically, clearing cache wasn't enough... I don't remember the website I browsed, but it really suck, I have a Nexus 4 on 4.4.2 Stock.
Did anyone else had a problem like that?
Is there a way to prevent this?
argeualcantara said:
Hi everyone,
I had a headache yesterday with an app called Zombie tsunami, from time to time it started downloading directly from the Play store without even asking me, I had to clear Chrome data to get rid of it, maybe some javascript, that started this process automatically, clearing cache wasn't enough... I don't remember the website I browsed, but it really suck, I have a Nexus 4 on 4.4.2 Stock.
Did anyone else had a problem like that?
Is there a way to prevent this?
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Uninstall the application! Or change "permissions" or use a "firewall" to block internet access.
I did it
LS.xD said:
Uninstall the application! Or change "permissions" or use a "firewall" to block internet access.
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I did that, but after I uninstalled, once in a while it started downloading and the notification icon appear, I noticed some sites were showing a confirm dialog to download mobogenie, and this zombie tsunami is also from a mobogenie company.
argeualcantara said:
I did that, but after I uninstalled, once in a while it started downloading and the notification icon appear, I noticed some sites were showing a confirm dialog to download mobogenie, and this zombie tsunami is also from a mobogenie company.
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Have you checked if any additional apps have been installed?
Nope, no additional app was downloaded
LS.xD said:
Have you checked if any additional apps have been installed?
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I thought of that as well and checked the ALL tab on App settings menu and saw nothing, but again, I solved the issue clearing Chrome's data, just wanted to know if anyone experienced something like this
try this
goto settings\appplication manager\search for your browser/ there you scroll down u can see (clear defaults) click and give ok
now try it
hit thanks if i helped you