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So lately I get this popup that tells me I won and iPhone blah blah. They crazy thing is that the popup cant be closed. I have to press ok to win this s***. Anyone else getting these? How can I protect myself against this crap?
Cloudstrife said:
This may be the wrong forum, but I like posting here because I usually get good answers
So lately I get this popup that tells me I won and iPhone blah blah. They crazy thing is that the popup cant be closed. I have to press ok to win this s***. Anyone else getting these? How can I protect myself against this crap?
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Install Adaway or NoChromo if your not rooted.
johnny8910 said:
Install Adaway
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Is this because something wrong with my phone? It's brand new... Getting these win crapphone 6 at androidauthority.com and others...
Cloudstrife said:
Is this because something wrong with my phone? It's brand new... Getting these win crapphone 6 at androidauthority.com and others...
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I would try these first. I had a simular issue which slowed the Browser down.
johnny8910 said:
I would try these first. I had a simular ussue which slowed the Browser down.
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Yeah my chrome just slows down to a crawl! I dont root my phones. Want to keep them "clean"... So there is basically nothing to do? I've run a ton of antivirus, but nothing on my phone...
Cloudstrife said:
Yeah my chrome just slows down to a crawl! I dont root my phones. Want to keep them "clean"... So there is basically nothing to do? I've run a ton of antivirus, but nothing on my phone...
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NoChromo browser can be installed without root.
Do a search in xda and you will find it
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Hey peeps, thought I'd drop off a thread and see whatchayall think. It's a startup cleaner program. Seems pretty decent and could be a good app for people like me who hate crap like fring running on autostart, etc. =P
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bright.startup2
Tried it, nice find.
Uninstalling market updates first is getting to be a pain!
This app works great! Stopped all sorts of apps from starting up! Good stuff, thanks!
**EDIT**
Only killed them once the phone was booted completely. Didn't do a logcat to verify this at first.
Haha, actually I noticed what it does is just kill the task that starts up. It doesn't PREVENT the task from starting though.
chowlala said:
Haha, actually I noticed what it does is just kill the task that starts up. It doesn't PREVENT the task from starting though.
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Should be something like startup auditor then. Actually preventing apps from starting up would require a rooted phone with the autostarts app.
paulk_ said:
Should be something like startup auditor then. Actually preventing apps from starting up would require a rooted phone with the autostarts app.
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Yeah, could there be a chance someone in the community would be able to mod the app to do so? Not sure if the dev is reading this here. Lol.
chowlala said:
Yeah, could there be a chance someone in the community would be able to mod the app to do so? Not sure if the dev is reading this here. Lol.
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I think the dev is probably trying to cater to non rooted users as well lol. Not 100% sure of this, but stopping apps from starting up at all should require a rooted phone.
chowlala said:
Yeah, could there be a chance someone in the community would be able to mod the app to do so? Not sure if the dev is reading this here. Lol.
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Somebody has. It's called Autostarts as stated. Find it on the market.
djmcnz said:
Somebody has. It's called Autostarts as stated. Find it on the market.
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We want an app that PREVENTS apps from starting up from boot, not something that starts more... haha.
chowlala said:
We want an app that PREVENTS apps from starting up from boot, not something that starts more... haha.
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As was stated twice, that's what autostarts does?
paulk_ said:
As was stated twice, that's what autostarts does?
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Hmm, my bad, sorta misunderstood both the msg here, and the app description.
chowlala said:
Hey peeps, thought I'd drop off a thread and see whatchayall think. It's a startup cleaner program. Seems pretty decent and could be a good app for people like me who hate crap like fring running on autostart, etc. =P
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bright.startup2
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nice it's like Msconfig for your phone LOL
I've been playing with this one lately and it seems to work REALLY well.
Basically it's Firefox without all the garbage ......... and it's free !
I heard about it from a friend of mine and he was right on about it.
It is available from the Google Playstore.
Anyone hre try it also ?
Thoughts ?
No one else has tried it yet?
The Radius Kid said:
No one else has tried it yet?
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why not use Chrome Dev?
I wanted to try something that WASN'T tainted by Google.
They seem to be good at screwing up their O/S's everytime they bring out a new one.
This debloated version of Firefox seems to work really well and it's not Android.
It's nice to have options.
The Radius Kid said:
I've been playing with this one lately and it seems to work REALLY well.
Basically it's Firefox without all the garbage ......... and it's free !
I heard about it from a friend of mine and he was right on about it.
It is available from the Google Playstore.
Anyone hre try it also ?
Thoughts ?
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Asheque said:
why not use Chrome Dev?
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While we are talking about browsers, anyone know of a good flash browser. Something that will let me view websites like you would in desktop....Foxfi now sucks
edo101 said:
While we are talking about browsers, anyone know of a good flash browser. Something that will let me view websites like you would in desktop....Foxfi now sucks
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Dolphin has good flash support. Donwload the jetpack extension for it too
edo101 said:
While we are talking about browsers, anyone know of a good flash browser. Something that will let me view websites like you would in desktop....Foxfi now sucks
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Pale moon has a request desk top setting.
Top right corner/settings.
So I recently upgraded my Android device and unfortunately it's not currently rootable like my old one was and I got used to a certain ad free lifestyle and now I have ads in every single app all over the place popping up left, right and center and its annoying the heck out of me, I can't live this way!
Does anyone have any methods or ideas for getting rid of these in-app ads without being rooted? My device is the ZTE Grand X4 (Z957). Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
TaZeR369 said:
So I recently upgraded my Android device and unfortunately it's not currently rootable like my old one was and I got used to a certain ad free lifestyle and now I have ads in every single app all over the place popping up left, right and center and its annoying the heck out of me, I can't live this way!
Does anyone have any methods or ideas for getting rid of these in-app ads without being rooted? My device is the ZTE Grand X4 (Z957). Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Try Adguard. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895
install an adsblocker app
Adblock or Adguard
I learned to live with them but I tried Adblock. Arguard works well too.
Palm Trees said:
Try Adguard. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895
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Thanks this is the kind of thing I was searching for, it doesn't block everything like some of the root based tools on my old phone but it will have to do. The premium licence is kind of expensive though coming in at $25 CAD for 1 device.
TaZeR369 said:
Thanks this is the kind of thing I was searching for, it doesn't block everything like some of the root based tools on my old phone but it will have to do. The premium licence is kind of expensive though coming in at $25 CAD for 1 device.
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Literally found this like 10 or so threads down from yours, maybe you wanna look into it?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/zte-grand-x-4-rooting-progress-t3546373
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Literally found this like 10 or so threads down from yours, maybe you wanna look into it?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/zte-grand-x-4-rooting-progress-t3546373
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Yep I've posted there seems nobody has been able to come up with a working root method as of yet, but I remain hopeful some android gurus will find a way someday.
Hello, use malwarebytes and a antispyware from google play and let them scan your phone for any malware or any antispyware using blockers won't help because the ad domain must be blacklisted to work
TaZeR369 said:
Yep I've posted there seems nobody has been able to come up with a working root method as of yet, but I remain hopeful some android gurus will find a way someday.
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ZTE devices are incredibly hard to root unfortunately :/. I'm currently on a ZTE Majesty Pro running MarshMallow & it's pretty much fool proof....
LilAnt530 said:
ZTE devices are incredibly hard to root unfortunately :/. I'm currently on a ZTE Majesty Pro running MarshMallow & it's pretty much fool proof....
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That's what I was afraid of. Good thing I got this phone as a free carrier upgrade and can change to something better later.
TaZeR369 said:
That's what I was afraid of. Good thing I got this phone as a free carrier upgrade and can change to something better later.
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Please install malwarebytes and an antispyware app to scan the device, it more like a virus. please check this method it worked with many devices
-Hope- said:
Please install malwarebytes and an antispyware app to scan the device, it more like a virus. please check this method it worked with many devices
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I'm not sure what you mean by that or what anti virus protection has to do with what I said. I just mean I got the phone at no cost to me from my wireless provider.
TaZeR369 said:
I'm not sure what you mean by that or what anti virus protection has to do with what I said. I just mean I got the phone at no cost to me from my wireless provider.
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here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware
download this to your phone and perform a scan
your phone is infected with an adware do a scan and delete if found
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here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware
download this to your phone and perform a scan
your phone is infected with an adware do a scan and delete if found
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What is the reason you believe I have this adware?
TaZeR369 said:
What is the reason you believe I have this adware?
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Installing non trusted apps
Allowing unknown sources
When phone starts to pop up ads everywhere its more like a adware
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Installing non trusted apps
Allowing unknown sources
When phone starts to pop up ads everywhere its more like a adware
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Well I Havnt really installed anything unsafe, what I'm talking about is regular behaviour of apps in android displaying banner and pop up ads.
TaZeR369 said:
Well I Havnt really installed anything unsafe, what I'm talking about is regular behaviour of apps in android displaying banner and pop up ads.
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Ohhh what you said is that ads pop up everywhere in every app indicating an adware behaviour
Just disconnect wifi and it will disappear
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Ohhh what you said is that ads pop up everywhere in every app indicating an adware behaviour
Just disconnect wifi and it will disappear
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That's what it feels like since most apps I use are very ad heavy. I will always need either wifi or lte on so that's not really a solution.
TaZeR369 said:
That's what it feels like since most apps I use are very ad heavy. I will always need either wifi or lte on so that's not really a solution.
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List of useful rooted and non rooted apps here
Don't forget to give Ace a thanks
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-ad-blocking-t3218167/post63142440
TaZeR369 said:
That's what I was afraid of. Good thing I got this phone as a free carrier upgrade and can change to something better later.
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That's a great model for a free placeholder device! Lol, are you on Verizon or any US carrier?
If I try to put an app (from recent apps screen) in split window, nothing happens: the option is there, but clicking on it does nothing.
Popup mode works fine.
Any options I have to enable?
It seems is an apk I have disabled, but not sure which one: if I re-enable all it works...
Gotta try one by one out of 95 disabled APKs :-(
Found it: it was appsedge
lol, love how you just DIY'ed the fix within 30min before anyone even saw the post
TheNewGuy92 said:
lol, love how you just DIY'ed the fix within 30min before anyone even saw the post
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Who knows if this may help someone... I went a little too far with deblaoting
TheNewGuy92 said:
lol, love how you just DIY'ed the fix within 30min before anyone even saw the post
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Especially when it's PEBKAC. At least they owned it not many do and continue feigning a need for attention.
volcolm said:
Especially when it's PEBKAC. At least they owned it not many do and continue feigning a need for attention.
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what?
Hello all. Often I get lag and camera failed error. It happens mostly when I launch camera from double press off power key, into video mode. The camera is unusable for some time.
*How do I update the camera APK from APK mirror. I always get app not installed when side loading system apps. This issue I had on previous Samsung flagships.
is the app your trying to sideload signed ? are you rooted ? sorrry they seem like obvious questions and i think i remember your name from back in the day on the evo 3d forum ??? so your not new to this, but had to check
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is the app your trying to sideload signed ? are you rooted ? sorrry they seem like obvious questions and i think i remember your name from back in the day on the evo 3d forum ??? so your not new to this, but had to check
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Thanks for reply. I mean they are from APK mirror but not sure if signed. I'm not rooted and have no plans to.
Hahaha you got me, I'm an old head lol. Haven't needed to get help often so yeah it's been a while
I would not side load this.
There may be a glitch with using the side key to launch it.
Try in safe mode to rule out a 3rd party app...
Keep trashware social media apps like WhatsApp, Tic-tok, FB, etc off the phone.
Clear system cache.
Clear cam data and try again.
thought the name seemed familiar, think weve crossed paths several times with various devices over the years, you would need root to sideload it im quite sure, as it would be trying to overwrite the original app
gav83collins said:
thought the name seemed familiar, think weve crossed paths several times with various devices over the years, you would need root to sideload it im quite sure, as it would be trying to overwrite the original app
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Noooooooo lol that's trash lol. I knew it was like this for a while but a always gave up before finding the answer. Sucks it's not like a patch as in the old days.
And yes lol HTC Evo and all Samsung flagships since the epic lol. Awesome we are still here
hayabusa1300cc said:
Noooooooo lol that's trash lol. I knew it was like this for a while but a always gave up before finding the answer. Sucks it's not like a patch as in the old days.
And yes lol HTC Evo and all Samsung flagships since the epic lol. Awesome we are still here
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Yeah I was hoping init2winit was gonna come back multibootibg on the evo 3d nine different roms was awesome
gav83collins said:
Yeah I was hoping init2winit was gonna come back multibootibg on the evo 3d nine different roms was awesome
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Definitely miss the days of flashing custom roms and having the phone freeze up so you miss your alarm to wake up for work lol
hayabusa1300cc said:
Definitely miss the days of flashing custom roms and having the phone freeze up so you miss your alarm to wake up for work lol
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lol, yeah especially with the evo3d it was great but custom roms were not great, i think maybe leedroid and king cobra were about the only stable ones, and remember the zeppelinrox v6 supercharger script , ah memories, those were the days
Go to Device Care and in memory clear the cache apps. Now try the side switch cam thing, after it launches go immediately back to Device Care and see what apps loaded since it was cleared.
It may give a clue to the cause. I've used this technique to track down some nasty little buggers. It's saved me from a factory reset.
blackhawk said:
Go to Device Care and in memory clear the cache apps. Now try the side switch cam thing, after it launches go immediately back to Device Care and see what apps loaded since it was cleared.
It may give a clue to the cause. I've used this technique to track down some nasty little buggers. It's saved me from a factory reset.
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blackhawk said:
Go to Device Care and in memory clear the cache apps. Now try the side switch cam thing, after it launches go immediately back to Device Care and see what apps loaded since it was cleared.
It may give a clue to the cause. I've used this technique to track down some nasty little buggers. It's saved me from a factory reset.
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I think I did it right
Clean it first to purge all the cache apps... if you didn't.
blackhawk said:
Clean it first to purge all the cache apps... if you didn't.
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That was after cleaning it lol
hayabusa1300cc said:
That was after cleaning it lol
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You can't clean the "reserved" apps?
I'm using the old banned 360 degrees variant, I firewall block it. Works really good.
blackhawk said:
You can't clean the "reserved" apps?
I'm using the old banned 360 degrees variant, I firewall block it. Works really good.
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Correct, I can't. Didn't know that was a thing as I never cleared from here before
hayabusa1300cc said:
Correct, I can't. Didn't know that was a thing as I never cleared from here before
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Hit this...
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Hit this...
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Yup that's what I hit. Only camera app shows up. I will try to isolate the problem and see what conditions this behavior occurs.
hayabusa1300cc said:
Yup that's what I hit. Only camera app shows up. I will try to isolate the problem and see what conditions this behavior occurs.
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Do you have the return option still available?
This problem occurs more than you might think. I am extremely annoyed at paying dearly for a smartphone full of annoying problems. I get even more annoyed because Samsung doesn't release software updates to fix this. The last update for my version was released in Feb.
Eramix3 said:
This problem occurs more than you might think. I am extremely annoyed at paying dearly for a smartphone full of annoying problems. I get even more annoyed because Samsung doesn't release software updates to fix this. The last update for my version was released in Feb.
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I was hoping last week's 1557mb update would fix this...
And no return option. I pre-ordered