When browsing the internet my phone keeps forwarding me to gotfreebies .org... i have checked my apps with airpush and there was a dog whistle that said it was dodgey so i removed it.. however the prob is still happening.. Its quite annoying! is there anyway to find out what is causing the prob or will i need to reset my phone? thanks
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This happens to me when using Chrome and the stock browser, normally when on xdadevelopers website. I can't remember exactly, but i'm redirected to a site wanting me to install a battery saving app.
Amazing_Antony said:
When browsing the internet my phone keeps forwarding me to gotfreebies .org... i have checked my apps with airpush and there was a dog whistle that said it was dodgey so i removed it.. however the prob is still happening.. Its quite annoying! is there anyway to find out what is causing the prob or will i need to reset my phone? thanks
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Use some kind of virus scanning app such like dr web may help.
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I only ever get this when reading this website. Can't remember exactly what it is but it pops up mentions some sort of prize and clicking something to claim.
m4tt24 said:
I only ever get this when reading this website. Can't remember exactly what it is but it pops up mentions some sort of prize and clicking something to claim.
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Yes I get those too, rather annoying. I hope its just the site and not some app or virus.
I just got one
This happens to me every now and again, and its happened on XDA more than once.
I took a screenshot just now when it happened.
It only pops up in the browser so I assume it is most likely an ad, but it is also aware of my location.
It goes here:
gotfreebies . org/contest/au-ipad-contest/index.php?c=AU-s2
(I'm not allowed to post links so I added spaces)
It's seriously annoying and I sincerely hope something can be done about it.
I'm using a Galaxy tab 8.9 over wifi.
XDA has gotten a lot of ads lately. I hate the flash ads that play at the bottom of the screen with sound. I tend to have a few XDA tabs open and its super annoying trying to find the one thats playing.
Banner ads and flash ads don't bother me that much but these freebie.org ads just fill the entire screen on my phone. Now that is seriously annoying
had same issue. restart solved it for me.
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Getting the same ads very annyoing like a pc browser hijacker redirects browser to their site get it mainly on xda but have had it 1 or 2 times on other sites.
Would be nice to know whether this Is an XDA ad or a virus.
I also get it, only on xda. I use ICS+ Browser. Very annoying.
The flash ads with sound on my desktop are extremely annoying as well. I too open multiple windows at once, and it is a real pain trying to find the noisy window.
It is an ad. It is harmless.
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It is an ad. It is harmless.
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Is it an official xda ad? Why do they make it behave just like malware? That's what browser hijackers do. I've never seen official ads do anything as obtrusive as that.
I am getting tired of these ads, there is another similar or maybe associated ad for a site called 'mobrewards.org' too.
I get them on other phone related sites as well, just now I got one on phonearena.
I have found the google adwords complaint page and I'm going to submit a complaint.
Maybe if we all do then they'll do something about it.
support.google.com/adwords/bin/request.py?contact_type=feedback
Try "AirPush Detector" from Play Store
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Try "AirPush Detector" from Play Store
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Nothing found. It's the browser's being redirected, but only on XDA for me. I never ever see an ad like that anywhere else. No notification ads, no other unusual ads anywhere.
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The ad seems to be a browser popup, it is not associated with any apps.
It is targeted towards mobile users and it seems to only occur when using a mobile device.
If you search online for gotfreebies.org or mobrewards.org you will see that the problem is experienced by Android and iPhone users.
these ads are the ones which remind me to enable ad blocking after flashing a new firmware. adaway and root are your friends
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I spent some time looking through forums, if I missed the answer to my question you can throw me in the fire.
Running nightlie #95 and dal oc [email protected] 1200 mhz. 7.03 stable all the way up to this nightlie I haven't been able to run the XDA on the nook. It loads up and I can make a few selections than it fc's.
Is this because I changed my build.prop for netflix? Any ideas?
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it dont work fer any body on a nook, use tapatalk.
luciferii said:
it dont work fer any body on a nook, use tapatalk.
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NOT TRUE!
The XDA app (free version) looks for an IMEI number which the Nook does not have. DizzyDen has put together an app to patch your framework.jar file to give your Nook a fake IMEI based off your Serial number so apps like the XDA app, Swype, HBO GO, and the Xfinity app which look for IMEI numbers will work.
Is using Tapatalk just the easier idea?
Guys i hate to break it to all of you but the XDA APP has work on cm7 since day 1. No mods no tapatalk pro no nothing. install it from the market and run what ya brung. i have never had a problem with it once.
EDIT: This is without any hacking of the IMEI at all.
I will have to try out the imei file. Sick of seeing "process com.quoord.tapatalkxda.activity"
Thanks for the ideas
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Guys i hate to break it to all of you but the XDA APP has work on cm7 since day 1. No mods no tapatalk pro no nothing. install it from the market and run what ya brung. i have never had a problem with it once.
EDIT: This is without any hacking of the IMEI at all.
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This is true on phones (which have an IMEI) not on the Nook...
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In my experience the XDA never worked right. On both NookieFroyo and on CM7 I could use it to browse but once I tried to login it would force close. Works great on my Eris though!
I wonder what is the advantage of the app is anyway? I just use Opera and go to the website. I'm doing it right now.
again i beg to differ I have never once had an issue with the XDA app from the day i got my nook. Never hacked anything. It has always worked perfectly every single time. Not to say other people my not have issues, but both my Nook and My Wife's nook has never had an issue.
edit: Question or clarification perhaps. Are you guys getting errors just trying to load the app or when making a reply?
The error it's typically upon logging in.
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yeah never seen that one happen.
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yeah never seen that one happen.
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When you say it worked from day one, which version of the app and CM7 are you referring to? And what are you on now?
I have a recent SD install CM7/n87 and a fresh download of the XDA free app, and it FCs everytime when you try to do anything relating to log in. Can you confirm what you're running, may have done special to get it to work?
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When you say it worked from day one, which version of the app and CM7 are you referring to? And what are you on now?
I have a recent SD install CM7/n87 and a fresh download of the XDA free app, and it FCs everytime when you try to do anything relating to log in. Can you confirm what you're running, may have done special to get it to work?
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fuul, what you describe is exactly the problem I am having
I owe this thread an apology. I had never actually tried to login on the XDA app. I just browsed forums.
Note However: Now that i have logged into the app. I can still browse fine, the only time i'm getting a FC is when i try to reply to a thread.
Again i apologize for not testing further before spouting off at the mouth. Yes there is in fact a problem, i just don't experience "as bad" of a problem as some of the rest of you.
I gotta say that its kind of rediculous this app has problems running on the nook correctly since xda seems to be the center of Nook Color hacking universe.
Then again the app is pointless when I can just use my browser. In fact I'm now getting rid of any and all apps that can be replaced with my browser. What's the point?
just get the xda premium app, that does not require an imei number or do the framework hack.
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knaries2000 said:
just get the xda premium app, that does not require an imei number or do the framework hack.
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But why? What does the app offer that browsing to the full site does not? Besides looking like crap and taking up space.
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But why? What does the app offer that browsing to the full site does not? Besides looking like crap and taking up space.
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Anytime I can use an app made for a particular forum I use that over the browser anyday. Having multiple bookmarks saved for each forum thread and for each forum starts to clutter up the rest of my non forum bookmarks. An app like XDA lets you save favorites within the app itself, therefor freeing up adding 20 some odd extra bookmarks of threads I like to keep up on.
The site provides that same functionality. You can subscribe to threads eliminating the need to fill your browser with extra bookmarks.
When I open my browser and click on my xda bookmark I'm automatically signed in and ready to pickup on all the threads I have participated in or have interest in. I just don't see the need for a xda app. There has to be a reason for the app. There must be something it does for the user the website will not. WHY!?!?!?!? LOL
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The site provides that same functionality. You can subscribe to threads eliminating the need to fill your browser with extra bookmarks.
When I open my browser and click on my xda bookmark I'm automatically signed in and ready to pickup on all the threads I have participated in or have interest in. I just don't see the need for a xda app. There has to be a reason for the app. There must be something it does for the user the website will not. WHY!?!?!?!? LOL
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Lower bandwidth for one? Noticed that with the stock browser and dolphin HD, there are times when browsing the XDA site directly it has issues rendering certain pages. Could be luck of the draw and a misbehaving ad banner for all I know, or a bad internet connection from my side, no idea. But overall the XDA app feels like it's lower bandwidth.
Since I haven't been able to get the logged in version of the free XDA app to work, I couldn't tell you beyond just this if it's worthwhile.
hi all
have installed addfree for android
but dont help me
have adds
can someone tell me, what i have to do, for a adfree evo?
thy
Try rebooting and taking a look at your /system/etc/hosts file, you should be able to see if adfree has modified it or not. Some apps have started getting ads from their own servers so there's no easy way to block them
Just hit download and install hosts. Installing it doesn't do anything, you have to refresh the hosts.
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have installed
dont helps
Maybe adaway would work better for you? Free in the market.
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@jayharper08
dont works
Companies are getting smarter and thus ads are getting harder to block. The new Pandora app is swear gets its ads from Pandora servers. Oh well.
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Are you getting notification adds or are you wanting to get rid of adds in the app?
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Are you getting notification adds or are you wanting to get rid of adds in the app?
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I've gotten random win a ipad notifications here and have checked using the airpush detector app which results in zero apps I have using it evidently. They don't happen every day either but maybe once a week or longer they do....
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I've gotten random win a ipad notifications here and have checked using the airpush detector app which results in zero apps I have using it evidently. They don't happen every day either but maybe once a week or longer they do....
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I had one pop up last week. First one I've ever seen. Hadn't seen it since. I have lookout installed and do not have or never had any bootleg apps. I don't get it. Those apps need to be pulled and gone.
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I have adds in apps
I've had an issue keeping ads away as well. I do think the deevelopers are getting a bit smarter about how they serve the ads.
Here is an old thread on the subject
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664532
It hasn't been updated in quite some time but it might help.
im just absolutely lost how/what is causing the notification popup add that i get which is for "win an ipad2..."
Itll randomly happen and not with a program up and running less its in the background. Its not a txt msg one but actual notification that sends me to a website. I scaned with lookout and all is fine. Also read up on the notification adds and thought it might be the airpush crap but the airpush defender app didn't find any apps using it when i installed it so im at a complete loss now as to why this is happening.
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im just absolutely lost how/what is causing the notification popup add that i get which is for "win an ipad2..."
Itll randomly happen and not with a program up and running less its in the background. Its not a txt msg one but actual notification that sends me to a website. I scaned with lookout and all is fine. Also read up on the notification adds and thought it might be the airpush crap but the airpush defender app didn't find any apps using it when i installed it so im at a complete loss now as to why this is happening.
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I've never seen the ad you're talking about but I wonder if Sprint is sending it to you. I used to get a bunch of text ads from Sprint until I called them up and told them not to send me anything anymore. You might just be able to call them and have them stop it.
You can never really tell what apps to trust and what not to, I guess.
Take Dolphin for instance, love the browser, but take a look at this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...e-you-visit-to-a-remote-server-in-plain-text/
Not directly "ad" related, but you get what I'm saying.
Okay I think i have some sort of malware on my phone. The other day, I had a strange advertisement in my notification bar...never seen anything like it before. I can't recall what the ad was for because I hit clear without thinking.
Now, the homepage on my phone keeps setting itself to start.infospace.com . I changed it once but now it's back. Anyone have any ideas what this could be?
You have one of those apps that are associated with that type of advertising. I think you use airpush app to stop them, but then the apps no longer work.
Yea thats the result of crack apps
My 3vO just f***k u at the 3rd dimension
el_chamuco said:
Yea thats the result of crack apps
My 3vO just f***k u at the 3rd dimension
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I don't have any crack apps
I just had a few of those too, trying to sort out what app is to blame. Thinking it may be zedge wallpaper/ringtones...
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MP3 Music Downloader does this. Just started on the most recent update like a week or two ago.
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I just had a few of those too, trying to sort out what app is to blame. Thinking it may be zedge wallpaper/ringtones...
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Do a Wipe of Everything, and try Flashing a New Rom, or Restore a Old Backup! Then see if that Fixes the Problem?
Good Luck....
Theres an app that can find whats doing that but If you've just recently installed any new apps look through the reviews for them. You should be able to find which one is causing it pretty quickly that way
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You have one of those apps that are associated with that type of advertising. I think you use airpush app to stop them, but then the apps no longer work.
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Airpush is the company that does that, didn't see your post here
I would definitely find the app doing it and report it as malware. There was also a thread somewhere in the general or android section that had a thread listing them so people could avoid/report them.
After taking the advice posted I checked my recent apps, reviews are pointing to an mp3 downloader. Must not have read enough of the reviews when I got it...
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Ah thanks to the people who recommended Airpush detector. Apparently, it was the "Eastern Glow" live wallpaper I had downloaded. It uses the AirPush for notification bar advertising...not cool
I downloaded an app from applanet called addaway and ever since I tried blocking some adds from many apps such as xda every time I tried to log in it would disconnect my wifi. I I'm not rooted but I hope this helps anyone with the same issue
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eviltango said:
I downloaded an app from applanet called addaway and ever since I tried blocking some adds from many apps such as xda every time I tried to log in it would disconnect my wifi. I I'm not rooted but I hope this helps anyone with the same issue
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First have you tried to uninstall the app to see if it fixes your wifi? Does it do the same thing while you're on data? Since you aren't rooted, i would guess that the app isn't modifying the host file (as it can't) but checking for destinations that the connections are making in your ads and either hijacking them or killing them. maybe it's seeing your gateway as an ad destination and it's killing your connection to your gateway.
Either way, I wouldn't install it because the only ways I can think of the app actually doing ad blocking feel to me more like hijackers than actually an ad blocker. I would guess that's why this isn't on the play store, too many possibilities for trouble. Also I don't know if you looked at it, but applanet "Access to paid apps for free" that screams shady to me.
Isn't that app planet pirated stuff? I wouldn't trust nothing on that ****
Yes it closed my wifi as well as my 3g, I think I may uninstall the app planet
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Yes it closed my wifi as well as my 3g, I think I may uninstall the app planet
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Applanet........ is a pirate site that offers paid apps for free....... it also will load hackware on your phone and can possibly empty your bank account, marketplace account etc.. and anything else it can all just cause you wanted to save a buck......
That seem like a fair exchange...???? and now, you are crying about it messed up your phone ?? That is why we at XDA recommend never to go to these kind of sites.
Lesson learned..... I hope.........
.......... THREAD CLOSED..........
I downloaded some apps, now when I do certain things I get redirected to my browser and treo leadbolt pages choke up. I have avg premium and it hasn't stopped it, I've tried addons detector, I can't get rid of it. What can I do? I would like to find whoever thought something that annoying was a good idea and slowly eviscerate them with a dull butter knife.
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remmy5r said:
I downloaded some apps, now when I do certain things I get redirected to my browser and treo leadbolt pages choke up. I have avg premium and it hasn't stopped it, I've tried addons detector, I can't get rid of it. What can I do? I would like to find whoever thought something that annoying was a good idea and slowly eviscerate them with a dull butter knife.
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Try the AirPush Detector app from the play store - it will tell you what apps to remove to get rid of Leadbolt.
You've got to remove the applications that came with Leadbolt to make that go away - after all, you agreed to accepting the ads when you installed the applications.
Be sure to leave a very negative review for whatever application came bundled with Leadbolt.
Tried it, it didn't work
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Are you rooted? Currently I use AdFree.
No I'm not. Been I'm contact with add on detector and they say they haven't seen this before. I get redirected to a webpage when I download an app
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remmy5r said:
I downloaded some apps, now when I do certain things I get redirected to my browser and treo leadbolt pages choke up. I have avg premium and it hasn't stopped it, I've tried addons detector, I can't get rid of it. What can I do? I would like to find whoever thought something that annoying was a good idea and slowly eviscerate them with a dull butter knife.
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I Finnaly Found solution to Remove This Ads
First I Try Adways But It Doesn't Work for me
Second I Use Addons Detector and It works :laugh:
Just Scan it! Search leadbolt And The app Will Appear with leadbolt Ads , Uninstal That App Done
Work Fine To Me on Redmi 3 :laugh: