Hello
I know that I must wear a condom while surfing the net and installing apps to keep safe but is Google.Play the only safe place to visit for Android Apps?
Or are there other good, and safe places to download free and paid for apps?
I only ask as an app I bought from the Android Market, which changed to Google.Play is no longer on the site. However the app can be found in a place called AndroidPit. I can't find any reviews of this site and I don't know if I can trust them with my credit card details.
google play is the safest and cant tell about other "unofficial" alternatives,
but to browse apps appbrain is good but when you want to download something it forwards you to google play.. there is some plugin for appbrain which enables web download but i never tried it cause i m happy with google play
1mobile.com is a decent site, you can download the vast majority of free apps. Doesn't have any paid apps though. If you're in the US, Amazon App Store is probably a reasonable alternative.
the lemming said:
Hello
I know that I must wear a condom while surfing the net and installing apps to keep safe but is Google.Play the only safe place to visit for Android Apps?
Or are there other good, and safe places to download free and paid for apps?
I only ask as an app I bought from the Android Market, which changed to Google.Play is no longer on the site. However the app can be found in a place called AndroidPit. I can't find any reviews of this site and I don't know if I can trust them with my credit card details.
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I do not recommend market alternative ,if you want to play safe applications.
Google Play at least when it is discovered malware is deleted (even remotely).
Alternative market of this assurance level do not have it ..
Actually getjar.com is good, its how I get tapatalk free and its a reputable site so should be safe
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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ancilary said:
google play is the safest and cant tell about other "unofficial" alternatives,
but to browse apps appbrain is good but when you want to download something it forwards you to google play.. there is some plugin for appbrain which enables web download but i never tried it cause i m happy with google play
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mmm safest...http://www.ghacks.net/2011/11/13/free-android-anti-virus-apps-are-proved-useless/
app brain fast web install plugin works flawlessly , and i think app brain is a good choice/alt,
sometimes smoother than goo play
Google Play is far and beyond the best and safest place to find apps, including apps up to date.
how to download removed purchased apps
the lemming said:
Hello
I know that I must wear a condom while surfing the net and installing apps to keep safe but is Google.Play the only safe place to visit for Android Apps?
Or are there other good, and safe places to download free and paid for apps?
I only ask as an app I bought from the Android Market, which changed to Google.Play is no longer on the site. However the app can be found in a place called AndroidPit. I can't find any reviews of this site and I don't know if I can trust them with my credit card details.
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if you still have the direct link to your paid app, there is a high chance it is still available in the market, even if the developer and google says other wise!
I had a similar situation for an app called pzizz which was apparently removed from the market due to changes in the company that makes it,
neither the new management nor google told me it still exists,
I managed to download it though by accessing the market from my pc and downloading it.
this could happen only if
you have the original link of the paid app ( you could not find the app by searching or browsing google play, you must have the original link)
you purchased the app before it is removed, if you didnt, the direct link for the app would not work, only if you purchased the app and signed in by the account in which the app was purchased you would be able to see the app
requesting to download the app from a computer, you cant do this directly from your phone and further when it is downloaded it will not be linked to the market
good luck
Why not Aptoide?
the lemming said:
Hello
I know that I must wear a condom while surfing the net and installing apps to keep safe but is Google.Play the only safe place to visit for Android Apps?
Or are there other good, and safe places to download free and paid for apps?
I only ask as an app I bought from the Android Market, which changed to Google.Play is no longer on the site. However the app can be found in a place called AndroidPit. I can't find any reviews of this site and I don't know if I can trust them with my credit card details.
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I saw your post and I had to reply. I worked for Aptoide, which is an independent android marketplace and they do a screening to the apps (at least the ones in their "apps" repository) so that they're free of malware. They were thinking of launching paid apps soon, but for now you have a lot of free apps that are safe to download.
Try it, maybe you'll be surprised!
What about slideme?
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Hey I am making a list of all available apk file or google play alternatives on my site so far i have managed to collect 23 and still adding just make sure to check it out it may help check gprsgeek.blogspot.com
Just made a apk hacker on for any app
check it on my site http://www.netalien.biz/newapkhackerlaunched:cowboy:
Mobango and androidfreeware could be alternative, plus apps.opera.com
Alternatives to Google Play
Some third party sites that are known to be safe are apkpure, apknite, apkmirror
Hi everbody,
I released my first game on Android recently, but I have no idea how Google Play organises its search results.
The game is called 'Get to Zero' by Will Wu and it doesn't show up as the first result when you type it in Google Play search.
Like wth? I've read up on it and it seems that Google Play also includes the app description as part of the search. That's not really fair is it considering the thing I'm searching for perfectly matches the title of the app.
The only way to search for my game seems to be adding my name at the end of the search i.e. 'get to zero will wu'. I imagine what could be the case is the name of my game includes very common words 'get' and 'to' which Google Play might filter as part of the search .
So I'd like to ask, how does one increase ASO for something like this?
Any help is much appreciated!
I also have a thread on XDA for the game here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/game-to-zero-youve-played-puzzle-game-t3108522 if you want to give feedback
It's its called data gospel
I put this it in Android system hacking feel free to move it around any other place. But this service showed up as a system service
data_gospel
then I've dug a few more details about it
And the name showed up very suspicious.
Does anyone have a clue what what this thing does.
needless to say for the time being I am disabling this
See the attached screenshot
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data_gospel app removal
Hi, I found data_gospel showed up as a threat when I scanned the phone with ESET security. I used System App Remover from the Play store to delete the app and the phone works perfectly well without without it!
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sieger007 said:
It's its called data gospel
I put this it in Android system hacking feel free to move it around any other place. But this service showed up as a system service
data_gospel
then I've dug a few more details about it
And the name showed up very suspicious.
Does anyone have a clue what what this thing does.
needless to say for the time being I am disabling this
See the attached screenshot
Sent from my JY-S3 using XDA Free mobile app
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These types of things are normal for China based devices. They have things built in that allow them to monitor what people do with their devices. Just something you will get used to if you buy devices from China.
it's a similar or sometime worse deal from US based cell phones. example there is a process called Google backup transport or something like that and another one that is so nice specific called g a proxy that stands for Google Analytics proxy and both these processes connect to Google servers to transmit your data everybody wants to be big brother watching over you
but the Chinese ones are very surreptitious and hard to detect if they come embedded along with the stock OS which does not report them as being Malware
Dear all
I install some android apps. They usually ask me to watch ads or install others apps to earn free credit. I want to know more about those applications and how do they work. For example, The app ask to install a game app to play until level 3 to earn credit. My question is How do the app know if I install other app successfully and even know when I get to certain level inside other app. How?
Rexkh said:
Dear all
I install some android apps. They usually ask me to watch ads or install others apps to earn free credit. I want to know more about those applications and how do they work. For example, The app ask to install a game app to play until level 3 to earn credit. My question is How do the app know if I install other app successfully and even know when I get to certain level inside other app. How?
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They just put advertisements of sponsors and tell their users to download sponsor's app. The user downloads and runs it. When user does this, the app runs silently behind and track properly whether you installed that app or not. After confirmation they give you money. Simple.
Actually.
There is something called Dynamic Linking.
According to certain algorithm in the Sponsers server , when ever you click a link to watch videos , or download apps
You get a url which is only unique to you.
For video it is simple , after watching a video , it redirects you to a new url .
When the user visits the spicific url , this means that the user has watched the video completely , without watching completely , you cannot get to that url.
But for apps , there is something called Dynamic Addressing.
The Server changes a specific text file which is modified inside the apk within the server before you download it.
The text file has a url unique to you and changes with everytime we download
Once you download it , the app at backdoor visits the link.
When the link is visited , the server confirms that you have downloaded the app. It then sends the sponser a signal and then you are given money..
As Simple as that
Cheers
So How do the app check to see if we reach certain level in the game?
Hi All,
I have an android app called Park+ (it is a car parking app in India). My app is not ranking on google even on its brand name my website is. I did some research and applied deep linking to the app and website. Still, the app is not ranking. has anyone tried App indexing on google and what all is required to do beyond deep linking?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. I have reached all the possible google literature available and have even reached out to John muller for the same, and his response too was he doesn't know.
Thanks in advance.