I hope someone can help with this super weird issue!
I have a Samsung Galaxy S20+ and I've noticed recently that while I usually prefer to remove ads from various apps I use, I seem to be unable to do so.
Any app that requires an in-app purchase in order to remove ads doesn't seem to be working. I click on the button to remove the ads and just... Nothing happens. I can't figure out what setting or issue seems to be blocking this and would really appreciate any advice anyone can give!
Thank you in advance!
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Hi,
I am currently on the custom CM11 on my Samsung S3. My problem is that my son keeps playing with the cell and unknowingly installs apps or malware on the phone through the ads in the games. Can someone please suggest to me a way to lock this maybe a phone setting or an Apps that wont let him or anyone install anything new on the phone without a password.
Thanks,
Matt
amti366 said:
Hi,
I am currently on the custom CM11 on my Samsung S3. My problem is that my son keeps playing with the cell and unknowingly installs apps or malware on the phone through the ads in the games. Can someone please suggest to me a way to lock this maybe a phone setting or an Apps that wont let him or anyone install anything new on the phone without a password.
Thanks,
Matt
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Maybe block the ads altogether with adaway or something similar?
Turn off WiFi and mobile data maybe?
I have tried the adaway and others like it but some apps will still have ads like talking tom etc. as for the second option of turning the wifi and data off that is the only way I currently have but if the phone is lying somewhere and he gets hold of it all bets are off. I am surprised there is no popular app to password protect launching or installing new apps.
Hey guys, I'm looking to see if anyone knows of what bloat is safe to remove or not
The list on my titanium back-up is super populated and I can see some that I want to freeze for sure but I'm worried if they're tied in to any system apps that could cause my phone to go out of whack.
Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I can tell you that you need S-off before you do anything. TB used to be all you needed (I.e., root)...But now without S-off TB won't do anything to system apps.
Plus, I don't know if anyone has worked out this yet for TMO. I disabled Amazon, File Manager, Facebook for HTC, and Kid Zone...And my WiFi calling stopped working.
I'm pretty sure it was f*cking Kid Zone which did it... I've now successfully disabled Amazon and Facebook with no problems They disappear from your app drawer when you disabled them, so no point freezing them. If you disable them, you can then un-install them (if S-off), but again, no one has reported all the potential collateral problems by doing this, so I'd hold off.
This may be just an Oreo thing or maybe pixel specific but despite a ton of searching I can't find anything helpful.
When the phone is rebooted, something I do daily, it won't launch any user apps until it's unlocked.
So if I reboot and don't stay by the phone to unlock it things like slack, phoneweaver, nine, and a handful of other important apps won't start. In turn if it was close to a scheduled profile change in phoneweaver it won't work. Or if a slack message comes in it won't to the phone. Nova doesn't fill in widgets. Etc.
This is a minor headache but still annoying. Hoping someone may know why? My gut is that despite not having multiple users set on the phone Oreo doesn't load apps until you officially "login" by unlocking.
Something it would be nice to work around without compromising security ...
Appreciate anything you all may have.
_tsp
I just noticed this on my Google Pixel 2! What the hell Google? No apps auto-start until after the first unlock. Is this an Oreo or Pixel specific thing?
Did either of you two find a solution to this?
Darke5tShad0w said:
Did either of you two find a solution to this?
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No, I think it has to do with the data partition needing to be decrypted by unlocking before anything actually starts up.
It also does it on my Xiami MI 9.
I have not activated data encryption. In my opinion it is wrong that no service starts.
For example, the "Find my phone" would be good if it always started regardless of everything.
tspnews said:
This may be just an Oreo thing or maybe pixel specific but despite a ton of searching I can't find anything helpful.
When the phone is rebooted, something I do daily, it won't launch any user apps until it's unlocked.
So if I reboot and don't stay by the phone to unlock it things like slack, phoneweaver, nine, and a handful of other important apps won't start. In turn if it was close to a scheduled profile change in phoneweaver it won't work. Or if a slack message comes in it won't to the phone. Nova doesn't fill in widgets. Etc.
This is a minor headache but still annoying. Hoping someone may know why? My gut is that despite not having multiple users set on the phone Oreo doesn't load apps until you officially "login" by unlocking.
Something it would be nice to work around without compromising security ...
Appreciate anything you all may have.
_tsp
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I hope someone can help with this super weird issue!
I have a Samsung Galaxy S20+ and I've noticed recently that while I usually prefer to remove ads from various apps I use, I seem to be unable to do so.
Any app that requires an in-app purchase in order to remove ads doesn't seem to be working. I click on the button to remove the ads and just... Nothing happens. I can't figure out what setting or issue seems to be blocking this and would really appreciate any advice anyone can give!
Pretty simple question with an answer I can't seem to find. I've scoured through all of my apps but to no avail.
My s8 has the banner ads for the same app. My s20+ shows no banner ads at all. For that app or any app. I'm wondering why this is and how I can turn it on and off. Some apps won't let you fully access everything with them blocked. Hence me wanting to turn them on when I can. And since day 1 last year, I don't remember any ads being shown on the s20+.
Any help towards me solving this is greatly appreciated.
ligament121 said:
Pretty simple question with an answer I can't seem to find. I've scoured through all of my apps but to no avail.
My s8 has the banner ads for the same app. My s20+ shows no banner ads at all. For that app or any app. I'm wondering why this is and how I can turn it on and off. Some apps won't let you fully access everything with them blocked. Hence me wanting to turn them on when I can. And since day 1 last year, I don't remember any ads being shown on the s20+.
Any help towards me solving this is greatly appreciated.
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Are you using VPN (virtual private network)?
You can check in Settings > Connections.
Many adblocker apps are using VPN connections to "block" ads.
I heard that Samsung intregrated something like "Save" or "Secure" wifi into newer Android devices. Maybe this is enabled on your phone / wifi network, and also using VPN, which blocks some banner ads. AFAIK you can disable this secure wifi option ... or add your wifi network to the list of trusted networks which does not need to be "secured".