so theres an app I want to buy, on Google play but I can't. It says purchased, prompts me to install, but when I do, it tells me it can't be downloaded because I haven't purchased it.
IIRC about a year ago, I tried it out and I wasn't satisfied, but I saw it on a friends phone yesterday and it looked great, so I wanted to give it another try.
How do I actually get the app? I don't want to be forced to obtain it in a less legal manner.......
mtmerrick said:
so theres an app I want to buy, on Google play but I can't. It says purchased, prompts me to install, but when I do, it tells me it can't be downloaded because I haven't purchased it.
IIRC about a year ago, I tried it out and I wasn't satisfied, but I saw it on a friends phone yesterday and it looked great, so I wanted to give it another try.
How do I actually get the app? I don't want to be forced to obtain it in a less legal manner.......
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Try clearing market data and cache. A reboot might need to be done as well. Also make sure that your phone is at normal dpi before you start. Good luck!
Absolution 3.7/Redemption ICS A2b1
Thanks for the tips but they didn't work :/
Its also says "install" instead of purchase on the play store online... any ideas what to do?
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I can't uninstall it, under managing apps it says deviceDefault, I don't see an icon for it, but I'd like it off the phone. I don't remember seeing it when I went thru my phone when I 1st got it. Not sure if it was installed somehow thru another program, weird that some other program can install something to the root to which even I the owner doesn't even have the ability to get to the root. VERY IRRITATING!
does city id expire?
from what I've been reading you can tell it No when the trial ends (14 day supposedly) and asks you if you wanna subscribe, when you click No, it goes away.. This info was off of another phone thread, not a Note.
I saw the same thing today, and also didn't see any way to remove it.
Same here. I don't even see the app on the list except when I go to application settings. I've been reading about it and everyone's giving it bad reviews. I want it off if it's useless
You can't remove it unless you root your phone.
It has 14-day trial (starts when you first dial your phone). At the end of the trial period, you will get a prompt. Make sure you clicked NO button to permernantly disable it. It costs a few dollars per month to continue using it. So, you either purchase the service or disable it.
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You can't remove it unless you root your phone.
It has 14-day trial (starts when you first dial your phone). At the end of the trial period, you will get a prompt. Make sure you clicked NO button to permernantly disable it. It costs a few dollars per month to continue using it. So, you either purchase the service or disable it.
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Is there anyway to re-enable this thing or once you opt out, that's it?
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Is there anyway to re-enable this thing or once you opt out, that's it?
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Don't know. Why do you want to pay something like $2/month to use it? I'm pretty sure there is something similar in the app market that do the samething for much less.
foxbat121 said:
Don't know. Why do you want to pay something like $2/month to use it? I'm pretty sure there is something similar in the app market that do the samething for much less.
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I use Mr. Number, so I don't really need the City ID, but I do kinda like where it tells me where the caller is coming from, which makes spotting calls to block easy for me. I wish it was a one time fee only.
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I wish it was a one time fee only.
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That's not gonna happen. AT&T spent all its effort to jam that into your phone so that they can make recurring service charges (as most of its bloatwares do). I agree it is nice thing to have, for free. But I usually don't pick up any phone calls unless I know the number that calls in.
root + titanium backup/root uninstaller. Same as all the att bloat
Yep I rooted my phone using this sites info http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717/how-to-unlock-sim-on-your-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-bellrogerstelus/
Then used this info http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717/how-to-get-free-wifi-tethering-hotspot-on-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717/ to get my wifi hotspot activated & used it to remove the CityID stuff as well... Just like KingofKingsB said above, but with the links here, it makes sense of what he posted...
By the way Titanium Backup was the only way I could even find CityID to remove it, tried my other file managers & never could locate it.
Yes, root and uninstall it.
I posted a free app here, it does the same thing as CityID without paying subscription. Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550305&highlight=city+id
sweetboy02125 said:
Yes, root and uninstall it.
I posted a free app here, it does the same thing as CityID without paying subscription. Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550305&highlight=city+id
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My city ID expired a few days ago. I had emailed this link to myself and dug it out when it I was prompted that it had expired. I havn't noticed any difference in the service now.
Or you can go in and delete the data for CityID which will reset the trial period. Not that you'll want to do it every 10-15 days, but it is an option.
techntrek said:
Or you can go in and delete the data for CityID which will reset the trial period. Not that you'll want to do it every 10-15 days, but it is an option.
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Ha! Does that work? Never thought of it though, interesting. I'd classify this as an exploit, and probably shouldn't be discussed, but still interesting that if it worked.
if it's not deleted it'll take up space so might as well delete instead of just letting it stay dormant on your system. but it's your phone do what you want!!
Yup, tried it myself.
So here's my deal... I tried to purchase SuperGNES last week and tried paying with the "add to my sprint Bill option" which I have used before successfully. The purchase failed for some reason or another, but in my marketplace it shows that it is already purchased now and I have no way of paying for it. When I try to install it gives me the message "can not download because you have not purchased this app". Well durrr I know this Google, I wish I could freakin purchase it but your market has bugged on me! So anyways I have wiped data from market which doesn't help, heck I've done a full factory reset and wiped the whole phone multiple times. I have contacted Google and the dev multiple times and no one can seem to.give me an answer. What the heck can I do? Specs are as follows:
Infected ROM Eternity r137 ( or something close to that)
AnthraX Kernel test 06
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
I would go to 4shared
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Is there a reason why in the market apps that I have already bought have a price tag on them again? Normally it says purchased, but now it shows the price, and when I click to buy them, it says error. Any ideas why?
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I'm also getting the same error, don't know why.
It sucks cause Im always changing Roms and I cleaned out my SD card which deleted all my backups and things from titanium, and now I can't seem to get my paid apps and I have a lot of them, I can buy new ones, just can't retrieve my old ones lol. This blows.
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IF you already paid for the aps there should be a reciept in the google acc't associated with your phone/market. Just contact the developer, there shoul;dnt be any reason why you should have to pay twice, which hopefuly you havn't lol.
I always make a backup of my backups onto my pc, including anything from titanium pro.
probably a glitch or something. I love TB but I also use one of the ap backup aps from market just to be safe, best is the ones that save the apk.
Check your google emails for the reciept then contact the dev of the ap, most times they are cool, although I have run into a few who take their sweet azz time responding.
Backups are great but backups of backups are even better!
GL !
lol it goes through than it gives me back my money, saying order cancelled, and doesn't download the app. But if i want to buy a new app it goes through, just weird. Wanted to see if anyone else had this problem and if they did how to fix it.
settings>applications>play store>clear cache and data
haha, didn't work /:
maybe try installing a new vending.apk through root explorer?
Go to the market website on a computer and install it, doesn't ask for you to pay and it fixes it. Worked for me the other day anyways.
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Go to settings and remove all market updates and install Google Play again and it should fix the problem.
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I think the market is just acting screwy. Had a golauncher update tonight that I can't update because of an "error 921". Never seen it before until today. New play store is way buggy
Yeah, knew it was Google play...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1565070
The Google Play store is asking me to pay for apps I've already purchased. I've been installing a bunch of ROMs. Should this matter?
no it shouldnt matter if you are signed in to google account where you bought them from
You shouldn't get charged again for apps that you purchased I have a couple apps that I've purchased that's on google play that I don't have installed and I can go and install them again with no prob.
I've been seeing this when swapping around roms.
A reboot and they go back to saying purchased.
regalpimpin said:
I've been seeing this when swapping around roms.
A reboot and they go back to saying purchased.
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It happened with me with titanium backup which happens to be my most important. Later in the day it recognize it as a paid app.
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Seems to have worked itself out. Must have just been a bug.
Hello everyone,
I might have a big problem.
This morning I booted my HTC One M7 as usual, and when it finished booting it opened a browser tap with a fake whatsapp update. I closed the browser immediately, and five minutes after this, the exact same thing happened. I started thinking how this could happend, and honestly I have no clue. All my apps are from the play store, and I only download documents for school. I haven't even downloaded a new app in the last week, however 15+ of my apps aren't up to date.
I scanned my phone with malwarebytes and it couldn't find anything. I rebooted my phone after the scan, and the problem seems to be gone. I was telling this story to a friend of mine this afternoon, and my mother said that she experienced the same thing, just a couple hours before I experienced it. After further investigation, it wasn't exactly the same. When she opened whatsapp, it asked her to do a weekly back-up of her chats. At first, she closed whatsapp, but when it appeared again, she clicked yes. She wasn't very clear about this, so I don't know if it was a fake menu, or the real deal. I have also scanned her Moto g (2013), and it found no malware.
I don't know if this could be harmfull. Especially because my parents use their phones for mobile banking.
This is a screenshot of my HTC
It could easily have been done through whatsapp. Part of the reason most people have stopped using it. Viruses run rampant I'm just about all of Facebook apps. And no anti virus will find them as they are vastly different then normal viruses.
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It could easily have been done through whatsapp. Part of the reason most people have stopped using it. Viruses run rampant I'm just about all of Facebook apps. And no anti virus will find them as they are vastly different then normal viruses.
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In the Netherlands literally everybody uses it, but it's good to know that this could indeed happen! Should I be worried about this, and what should I do when it returns?
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In the Netherlands literally everybody uses it, but it's good to know that this could indeed happen! Should I be worried about this, and what should I do when it returns?
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Yeah I heard alot of people in Europe use it alot, here in the states almost no one uses it really except for kids. Most have moved to hangouts.
If I was you I would completely back up the device and then wipe everything and reflash the device.
Things like this will not be picked up by so called virus scanners.
I'am afraid that it is something like ShiftyBug (https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2015/11/04/trojanized-adware/). In the article it says that you have to install apps from third parties, but I have almost never done that. I have downloaded popcorntime in the past, but I have deletet it almost 6 months ago.
I'm afraid that if I reflash my device, that it will come back fairly soon. Is it possible that it has spread over my wifi network? Because of the fact that my mother got something similar on the same day.
But how do I know for sure that it is a virus? After I restarted my phone (12 hours ago), it hasn't shown up yet. Am I worried for nothing, or is there a big chances that I'm infected?
Thank you for all your replies!
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I'am afraid that it is something like ShiftyBug (https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2015/11/04/trojanized-adware/). In the article it says that you have to install apps from third parties, but I have almost never done that. I have downloaded popcorntime in the past, but I have deletet it almost 6 months ago.
I'm afraid that if I reflash my device, that it will come back fairly soon. Is it possible that it has spread over my wifi network? Because of the fact that my mother got something similar on the same day.
But how do I know for sure that it is a virus? After I restarted my phone (12 hours ago), it hasn't shown up yet. Am I worried for nothing, or is there a big chances that I'm infected?
Thank you for all your replies!
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The key word there is almost. If you reflash the device and it comes back then it maybe something that someopne else downloaded and was shared through your network. As you said your mother also saw it so I would go through her phone as well.
There are many apps out there that do this that are in the play store. So it is all a matter of being careful.
There is a chance. If it is big or not depends on how you use your device. It could also have come from a website someone visited. Im not saying you did but many porn sites are set to infect devices when they visit them.
If it was me. I would just start from scratch with each device and make sure that all the things installed are legit.
You could also run a logcat and try to reproduce it. That would tell you what is causing it.
Doesn't seem dangerous.
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Doesn't seem dangerous.
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Then you have not been paying attention. Any browser pop that tells you to update an app is 99% an infected apk. It is a common practice for those that take apks and re-package them with malware
After reading more i must admit you are right.... My bad:good:
So I have to flash my phone, aren't there any other options? And if not, how do I reflash The HTC firmware to my phone?
Should I make a back-up before doing this, won't the malware spread again if I instal the back-up on my phone?
Thanks again!
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Unfortunately, I still haven't been able to reproduce the problem.
I still haven't been able to reproduce the pop-up.
I do propably know where the problem came from, a friend of mine sent me a older version of soundcloud (the new one can't cache music). I installed that app, decided that it was to old for me and deleted it. The malware must have spread right after the first use. I'm planning on flashing my phone inthe weekend.
EDIT: I can reprodce the pop-up! It's linked to opening the app 'night mode', this app was downloaded in the official play store 2 years ago. Since then it hasn't got a lot of updates though.
Hey,
Time for a little update.
Last weekend, I contacted HTC's customer support due to the fact that I couldn't find my software version. They told me that I should execute a RUU, but they couldn't find the right version, so I had to contact the Dutch customer support (I didn't do this in the first place because the Dutch customer support wasn't open in the weekend).
The next monday (23-11) I contacted the Dutch customer support and asked them for the ROM, and unfortunately due to the regulations they don't publish the ROM's. However, they told me to do a factory reset and that should solve the issue. Unfortunately, it didn't. After the reset, I now get a different Whatsapp pop-up once or twice a day. The pop-up isn't connected to opening an app, like it was before the reset.
A friend of mine experienced the same problem this week on his new Moto X. All the other phones in my home network don't have this problem.
I hope someone will be able to help me!
Thanks in advance!
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Hey,
Time for a little update.
Last weekend, I contacted HTC's customer support due to the fact that I couldn't find my software version. They told me that I should execute a RUU, but they couldn't find the right version, so I had to contact the Dutch customer support (I didn't do this in the first place because the Dutch customer support wasn't open in the weekend).
The next monday (23-11) I contacted the Dutch customer support and asked them for the ROM, and unfortunately due to the regulations they don't publish the ROM's. However, they told me to do a factory reset and that should solve the issue. Unfortunately, it didn't. After the reset, I now get a different Whatsapp pop-up once or twice a day. The pop-up isn't connected to opening an app, like it was before the reset.
A friend of mine experienced the same problem this week on his new Moto X. All the other phones in my home network don't have this problem.
I hope someone will be able to help me!
Thanks in advance!
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There's a chance that it might've spread over a certain network.... Is you and your moto x friend uses the same network ?
sdeepb said:
There's a chance that it might've spread over a certain network.... Is you and your moto x friend uses the same network ?
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Yes, we both use the wifi network at our high school. But I did the factory reset friday evening, and since then I haven't connected to that network.
It might have spread through that network though.
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Yes, we both use the wifi network at our high school. But I did the factory reset friday evening, and since then I haven't connected to that network.
It might have spread through that network though.
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Depending on the malware a factory reset will not remove it. In fact most malware cant be removed that way. You have to flash the whole device to get rid of it.
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Yes, we both use the wifi network at our high school. But I did the factory reset friday evening, and since then I haven't connected to that network.
It might have spread through that network though.
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In my opinion after starting all over again as you've already been told, you should do all that you did before and monitor each step with patience and concentration to actually understand what's behind this... This may help out
sdeepb said:
In my opinion after starting all over again as you've already been told, you should do all that you did before and monitor each step with patience and concentration to actually understand what's behind this... This may help out
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As he said. Here is what I would do if I was in your place. Anyone got any extra steps to add feel free to chime in. This would kinda suck for a bit.
You will need a custom recovery. And a bit of time to set up
1. Take everything off device.
2. Format full device in recovery. Not factory reset. Format system, data, internal storage and both caches.
3. Flash complete stock firmware.
4. Get root before rebooting
5. Reboot, do not connect to wifi during set up. Do not restore anything.
6. Get Catlog from the play store and run it.
7. Then continue set up. Wifi and ect. Scan backed up files with a pc virus scan but only return what you really need.
8. When restoring from TIBU install apps fresh from the market and restore data only to apps. (sucks I know but only way to be sure) make sure to delete old back and redo.
Then monitor catlog. This will tell you everything going on. You would be able to figure it out.
Lol... Use adaway or adblocker and such pop up will be gone ... These are the new tricks from those freaking advertisement companies. They are now smart buddy. Even they can access the vibration as the pop up will come phone will get vibrate and users understand this as genuine and click on those ads . You got whatsapp pop some got browser pop up. Hope this will help u ...
Even you can flash moaAB ADBLOCKER from recovery.
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Lol... Use adaway or adblocker and such pop up will be gone ... These are the new tricks from those freaking advertisement companies. They are now smart buddy. Even they can access the vibration as the pop up will come phone will get vibrate and users understand this as genuine and click on those ads . You got whatsapp pop some got browser pop up. Hope this will help u ...
Even you can flash moaAB ADBLOCKER from recovery.
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If you would've read it fully than you'll know that the case is far bigger than what you're thinking it is