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I accidently tapped a popup, what's the worst scenario?

I accidently tapped a popup in Chrome (it had the interface of Android/Chrome, it wasn't a web popup), I'm not even sure I tapped on Ok or Cancel, because I was about to tap on something else, I have 4.4.4 and root; the question is: what could have gone wrong? Am I safe?
EDIT: I have that option to install from unknown sorce disabled.

try to scan with eset smart security (get trial) & avast smart security, after scanning keep one active in your phone, enable privacy guard as well from settings.

Thank you.
By the way I forgot to say I have that option to install from unknown sorce disabled.

I did a scan with both software and nothing was found.
Isn't there something that let me check what major changes were done to my phone?
Also what are the things a malware can do?
Subscribe me to some payment service, install some app, and what else?

BEDBOI2 said:
I accidently tapped a popup in Chrome (it had the interface of Android/Chrome, it wasn't a web popup), I'm not even sure I tapped on Ok or Cancel, because I was about to tap on something else, I have 4.4.4 and root; the question is: what could have gone wrong? Am I safe?
EDIT: I have that option to install from unknown sorce disabled.
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Worse case scenario? You'll start seeing whole bunch of Gangnam-Style videos lol.

your safest bet is to backup your data, format all partitions (including /system) and reflash a rom.
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factory reset won't help if is system apps are infested. ha.
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tltan86 said:
your safest bet is to backup your data, format all partitions (including /system) and reflash a rom.
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factory reset won't help if is system apps are infested. ha.
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I suppose I should only backup photo and documents, or else I could get again the malware (if I really have it!).

google prey or similar apps to be installed as system app

i would like to install google prey or similar apps as an system app, or default app so when you factory reset the device it is already installed with the user and configuration, are the tutorials "installing app as system app" the ones that will work?
any tips for where to go or what to do? thanks

jvds said:
i would like to install google prey or similar apps as an system app, or default app so when you factory reset the device it is already installed with the user and configuration, are the tutorials "installing app as system app" the ones that will work?
any tips for where to go or what to do? thanks
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If you're rooted you can use Titanium Backup to convert it to a system app or you can use ES File Explorer with root explorer enabled to manually push it to your /system/app folder then boot to recovery and wipe cache and Dalvik/Art cache then reboot to system.
You can also use adb to adb push it to /system/app folder.
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Droidriven said:
If you're rooted you can use Titanium Backup to convert it to a system app or you can use ES File Explorer with root explorer enabled to manually push it to your /system/app folder then boot to recovery and wipe cache and Dalvik/Art cache then reboot to system.
You can also use adb to adb push it to /system/app folder.
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thanks, i tried it with airdroid, but factory reset still delete the settings, the app stays like intended but configurations and login to app is all gone. any tips?

jvds said:
will factory reset still delete it or delete the settings?
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It won't delete the app but it will delete the settings but you can also use Titanium Backup to backup and restore the app data for that app, you can also backup the app data to google and you can restore it from Google.
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Droidriven said:
It won't delete the app but it will delete the settings but you can also use Titanium Backup to backup and restore the app data for that app, you can also backup the app data to google and you can restore it from Google.
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but will titanium backup survive factory reset?
do any one know if you can also move the settings to specific locations to avoid them being deleted? for airdroid, or google prey or any other app that can track?
for airdroid the apk and the lib files hat to be moved to system folders and it stays after a factory reset, but anything that looses the settings over a factory reset is pretty much useless for stolen devices, the first step a thief takes is factory reset and format the device. all aps on play store is as good as nothing when it comes to recovering a stolen device. :silly:

jvds said:
but will titanium backup survive factory reset?
do any one know if you can also move the settings to specific locations to avoid them being deleted? for airdroid, or google prey or any other app that can track?
for airdroid the apk and the lib files hat to be moved to system folders and it stays after a factory reset, but anything that looses the settings over a factory reset is pretty much useless for stolen devices, the first step a thief takes is factory reset and format the device. all aps on play store is as good as nothing when it comes to recovering a stolen device. :silly:
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Titanium Backup will back up whatever apps, app data and settings that you want it to.
You can use Titanium Backup to make itself a system app, it won't get removed by the factory reset, then just use it to restore everything that you backed up.
There is plenty of information about all of this all over XDA and all over the internet if you'll just take the time to do some searching. Get off your butt and get to looking and you'll see.
As for the device being stolen, there are apps that you can install on the device that can be used to lock the device or wipe the device or even track the device to its location or last known location, whichever of those apps you use to secure your device can also be made into system apps using Titanium Backup. Then if its stolen and wiped the apps will still be there.
It isn't rocket science, why are you over thinking and complicating it?
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Droidriven said:
Titanium Backup will back up whatever apps, app data and settings that you want it to.
It isn't rocket science, why are you over thinking and complicating it?
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hi, i'm not trying to over complicating it, the thing is that i tried moving aps like google prey and airdroid that can locate a device to the system folders but when i factory reset the device, the apps are there but the configuration of the aps is gone, i want the configuration to stay alive with the aps, because thieves just factory reset the device at the moment they steal it and then you kiss your device good bye, at least if i can get the configuration to stay alive then i have a 50% chance against thieves, at the moment the chance is next to none.
the reason i ask is to not waste time testing things that some one already know, i searched but don't find good tutorials on that, and i'm not sure if Titanium Backup will work for that, i was expecting some one knowing the software like Titanium Backup can tel me that if i do convert an app to a system app with Titanium, that the system app and its configuration will sirvive a reset and not just the app.
i will test Titanium Backup later today when i have some free time, thanks

jvds said:
hi, i'm not trying to over complicating it, the thing is that i tried moving aps like google prey and airdroid that can locate a device to the system folders but when i factory reset the device, the apps are there but the configuration of the aps is gone, i want the configuration to stay alive with the aps, because thieves just factory reset the device at the moment they steal it and then you kiss your device good bye, at least if i can get the configuration to stay alive then i have a 50% chance against thieves, at the moment the chance is next to none.
the reason i ask is to not waste time testing things that some one already know, i searched but don't find good tutorials on that, and i'm not sure if Titanium Backup will work for that, i was expecting some one knowing the software like Titanium Backup can tel me that if i do convert an app to a system app with Titanium, that the system app and its configuration will sirvive a reset and not just the app.
i will test Titanium Backup later today when i have some free time, thanks
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Factory reset removes all data and settings when you factory reset even for system apps, there is no way to protect that data from a factory reset. You can back it up and restore it but you can't prevent it from being wiped.
There is an alternative though, you can remove the recovery, then turn USB debugging off then password/PIN protect your system settings app.
Removing recovery ensures that they can't use recovery to factory reset.
Turning off USB debugging ensures that they can't flash the device with PC or use adb/fastboot because PC won't recognise the device.
Password/PIN protecting your system settings app prevents them from getting into your system settings so they can't factory reset from settings.
The one issue with this setup is that if your device encounters an issue where it won't boot or bootloops then even YOU won't be able to fix it because you won't have recovery and you won't be able to connect to PC because you won't be able to get into settings to turn USB debugging back on to be able to flash it.
Research these things to verify its safe to do on your device because all devices are different and things are different depending on the device in question.
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thank you

I'm interested in this topic, since nobody seems care that much to write up a friendly method to do that...

Not friendly
These guys claim to know these things but fail to even give a link to a tutorial on how to do it. Its infuriating. They tell us to research but asking here on XDA is part of research. Pls give a valid tutorial on how to secure prey data so it doesn't get deleted.

[Completed] Google Play Services don't open. Huawei VNS-L31

I messed up.
So after I've caught a virus I restored my phone and weirdly enough it just did a factory reset. Whatever. I tried to open Google Play but it said it had no connection to the server.
I have searched for it (after I've checked the internet connection and deleted all data)and saw that the problem is the hosts file. I thought I need to delete it, because I had a similar problem. The only thing is that this wasn't the same problem, it said no cellular connection, and this one no server connection, and the tutorial said you have to change something, not delete this file, but I deleted it. I tried to restore backups but the hosts file was still deleted. I also tried to reinstall Google Play Services. What can I do?
I've rooted my Huawei VNS-L31 with the Android Version 6.0

ImBadAtThis said:
I messed up.
So after I've caught a virus I restored my phone and weirdly enough it just did a factory reset. Whatever. I tried to open Google Play but it said it had no connection to the server.
I have searched for it (after I've checked the internet connection and deleted all data)and saw that the problem is the hosts file. I thought I need to delete it, because I had a similar problem. The only thing is that this wasn't the same problem, it said no cellular connection, and this one no server connection, and the tutorial said you have to change something, not delete this file, but I deleted it. I tried to restore backups but the hosts file was still deleted. I also tried to reinstall Google Play Services. What can I do?
I've rooted my Huawei VNS-L31 with the Android Version 6.0
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Greetings and welcome to assist. The easiest thing to do is factory reset the phone and then reinstall stock firmware again from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...huawei-p9-lite-firmware-compilations-t3517124
Good Luck
Sawdoctor

Need the stock phone manager/battery app please

So it seems I may have accidentally selected the Huawei phone manager app (with the battery profiles and other things) when batch deleting a few things... USA phone running android 7/EMUI 5. Could someone make a backup of their app and post it here?
Normally I wouldn't bother but it appears that I can't view battery stats or change an app's notification settings or exempt them from being closed while the phone is locked without this app.
Thanks.

Here it is, this is for BLN-L21C432, EMUI 5.0.1; it could be possible that it won't work, though.

Thank you but unfortunately that did not work. Trying to install it gave the error "corrupt apk" and moving it into the folder where it belongs didn't do anything at all.

Tried factory reset? It may just reset everything and bring this back, if not can go for dload method which will restore this.

iamshadow2008 said:
Thank you but unfortunately that did not work. Trying to install it gave the error "corrupt apk" and moving it into the folder where it belongs didn't do anything at all.
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As i thought... Share your build number, maybe another user with the same build can share an apk that'll works

How do I remove Trojan horse virus from my android smartphone?

There is a virus in my android phone named com.wgjvp.idck and I tried every possible solution to remove it but couldn't find any solution. What I did:
I hard-reset(factory-reset) my phone twice but this virus suddenly comes out.
Installed Security-Master but that also unable to resolve this problem
This virus creates a pop-up over ads due to which I am unable to perform anything. Even after successfully uninstalling this app when I lock it and open it, this virus is present already.
Two things takes place:
After uninstalling' this app, it automatically gets installed. And
USB-Debugging gets checked every time automatically.
This virus also switches-off the phone at certain interval. In setting inside apps virus name displayed as com.wgjvp.idck though on home screen the name is Nolcans.
I think possible solution could be disabling the developer option permanently or doing something due to which it should not be easily gets checked. and second is to block a particular app from installing in my phone with particular bundle-id or app-id like com.abc.xyz but I don't know how to do that.
So what should I do to completely remove this Trojan horse virus from my phone? Thanks!
Phone-Model: Swipe Elite Pro

Tkbery said:
There is a virus in my android phone named com.wgjvp.idck and I tried every possible solution to remove it but couldn't find any solution. What I did:
I hard-reset(factory-reset) my phone twice but this virus suddenly comes out.
Installed Security-Master but that also unable to resolve this problem
This virus creates a pop-up over ads due to which I am unable to perform anything. Even after successfully uninstalling this app when I lock it and open it, this virus is present already.
Two things takes place:
After uninstalling' this app, it automatically gets installed. And
USB-Debugging gets checked every time automatically.
This virus also switches-off the phone at certain interval. In setting inside apps virus name displayed as com.wgjvp.idck though on home screen the name is Nolcans.
I think possible solution could be disabling the developer option permanently or doing something due to which it should not be easily gets checked. and second is to block a particular app from installing in my phone with particular bundle-id or app-id like com.abc.xyz but I don't know how to do that.
So what should I do to completely remove this Trojan horse virus from my phone? Thanks!
Phone-Model: Swipe Elite Pro
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You have something else installed that keeps re-installing the adware when you remove it. You need to find the thing that is reinstalling it.
Have you tried the Malwarebytes app?
If you can't get this fixed, try re-flashing your stock firmware, it will overwrite all of your partitions, removing whatever is causing the problem in the process.
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Droidriven said:
You have something else installed that keeps re-installing the adware when you remove it. You need to find the thing that is reinstalling it.
Have you tried the Malwarebytes app?
If you can't get this fixed, try re-flashing your stock firmware, it will overwrite all of your partitions, removing whatever is causing the problem in the process.
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Can this be solved without re-flashing? I tried to find my phone model stock firmware but couldn't find it.

Tkbery said:
Can this be solved without re-flashing? I tried to find my phone model stock firmware but couldn't find it.
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If the device is rooted or if your device can be rooted, you can remove it but you'll have to dig through all your system files and folders until you find it.
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Droidriven said:
If the device is rooted or if your device can be rooted, you can remove it but you'll have to dig through all your system files and folders until you find it.
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Hi,
Thanks for the information. It worked for me