Hi I'm new to android phone. When I bought my phone, the mobile store gave me some apps including paid for a deal price from dealers. But I found some apps having a prefix in their file name which on googling I found they are piracy developers. But many of other apps provided by them are already free apps from google play. But some are paid apps, for example, AVG mobile antivirus pro. The file is doesn't have any prefix. Is there any way to find if its genuine or not? Any tips regarding this is much appreciated.
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Anilnc
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i have been trying to find out too but it seems there is not much attention given on piracy. You would find various copies of same software with changes in icon and stuff to dodge copyright
I have sent an email to AVG team about this. Lets see what they say in order to identify if mine is genuine or not and hope some tips to find for other apps as well.
Hi Anil,
If its a paid app and its not from Google Play but from some other site, then its definitely pirated.
It's not from other site, the mobile store gave them a deal price. I'm 90% sure it's pirated
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It's not from other site, the mobile store gave them a deal price. I'm 90% sure it's pirated
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If it's not from the play store it is most likely pirated and a another giveaway that the software is pirated is when you say that the mobile store gave them a deal price most mobile phone stores don't do this.
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Yea that's why I got this doubt. I refused to pay him with a doubt but I believed when he said its a special dealer's offer.
WildfireDEV said:
If it's not from the play store it is most likely pirated and a another giveaway that the software is pirated is when you say that the mobile store gave them a deal price most mobile phone stores don't do this.
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Hi, for safety reasons I recommend that you use google play. Anyone who has an app knows that google play is the best showcase, if it isnt there, we have reason to suspect, that doesnt mean that all are necessarily pirates
The easiest way to check this is if the app is listed in Google Play as purchased, if it's not it may be pirated.
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The easiest way to check this is if the app is listed in Google Play as purchased, if it's not it may be pirated.
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Yea I got same idea. And in google store it shows as purchased. It shows either open or uninstall buttons in the PlayStore. But the version number is different, yet it shows. But not in the installed apps location. I searched for the app in the google play, then the app in google play is not showing to install it, it shows to open button.
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Yea I got same idea. And in google store it shows as purchased. It shows either open or uninstall buttons in the PlayStore. But the version number is different, yet it shows. But not in the installed apps location. I searched for the app in the google play, then the app in google play is not showing to install it, it shows to open button.
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Then it's not a legit app, which are from Google Play, then it might be a illegal app. I suggest you to uninstall the apps then buy them if you want updates and support the dev.
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Hi, for safety reasons I recommend that you use google play. Anyone who has an app knows that google play is the best showcase, if it isnt there, we have reason to suspect, that doesnt mean that all are necessarily pirates
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Yes I too doubt that maybe all are not pirates, but this app doesn't update to latest version as available in google play, yet it shows the open button instead of install or buy. I'm confused. Hope to get a reply from the AVG team soon.
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Then it's not a legit app, which are from Google Play, then it might be a illegal app. I suggest you to uninstall the apps then buy them if you want updates and support the dev.
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Yep, I think I will do that.
Hi,
I finally got a reply from AVG regarding the app how to check of its legit or not. I've pasted the mail below.
"We would like to inform you that if the software is not visible on "MyApps" list, then this will tell us that you did not purchased it from google store. To confirm that this is a valid application submitted to google play store, we can identify it by clicking on the "Open" button when you search the name of the application and you were able to open it, then this is a valid application. And if there is no update button, then this is an updated application."
The app not listed in my apps but after searching the app in google play, and clicking open button, it opens the app as AVG said, which means possibility of a valid app. But I am not able to update. They said the current version is 3.2.3 but my app is 3.0.3 with build number 998. I've attached a screenshot. If anyone can help it would be great.
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Google is trying to combat this. With the recent update to In-App Billing API V3, even free versions of software can have license checks to ensure the app came from the right place.
I got another reply from AVG, in response to the app I submitted them to check the originality. They said the app I have submitted and installed is original and valid file. But as that file is maybe 6 months old, it cannot be updated. Hence recommended me to purchase the latest version of the app.
STRANGE.
But if I must buy, I feel for me, this app, AVG Mobile antivirus pro is way too high in price. It is 15$ and right now with 30% off with 11$. If anyone could recommend me of any less priced best anti virus app? I was thinking about Kaspersky anti virus for mobile at 5$.
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I got another reply from AVG, in response to the app I submitted them to check the originality. They said the app I have submitted and installed is original and valid file. But as that file is maybe 6 months old, it cannot be updated. Hence recommended me to purchase the latest version of the app.
STRANGE.
But if I must buy, I feel for me, this app, AVG Mobile antivirus pro is way too high in price. It is 15$ and right now with 30% off with 11$. If anyone could recommend me of any less priced best anti virus app? I was thinking about Kaspersky anti virus for mobile at 5$.
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Kasperksy is a good anti virus for the money. Another choice of mine would be Norton.
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Hello!
My colleague has pulled of the amazing achievement of installing some sort of malware on his phone, i have no idea of how he did it or what .apk he installed to get it.
It shows itself by randomly showing a notice in the pull down bar, saying something about improving battery life, when the notice is clicked it opens a website:
hxxp://get.batteryoptimizer.net/lp6.b/index.html?utm_source=cb&utm_campaign=2012-01-13.c.pro&utm_term=sweden&custom_tag=en-minasmstips-Sweden
(disabled the automatic BB-code link, site contains mentioned malware use with caution )
View of the website in the phone:
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I can not find any suspicious app anywhere on the phone, and the phone is not rooted so i can not open a ADB shell to find it either.
Anyone have any idea of what this is? How can it be removed?
I cant find any information about this when googling it either.
He had the same thing on his old phone, Nexus One, so i dont know if he got the virus when it re-synced installed apps through gmail account when installing the new phone or if he succeeded to install the same malware .apk manually on both phones.
Ill be happy for any hints at all about this.
check all .apk's in /system/apps/ and try to remove those u dont know via titanium... also try avast! internet security from market... its free and imho the best anti-malware out there for android
PS: w/o rooting forget the titanium method...
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I have seen people mention it on twitter
And from what I recall it was another app they have installed already that's spamming them with ads
this is only from what I recall from my twitter stream however, ask you friend what apps he has installed lately and check the market comments on those to see if other people have had the same issue
Uninstall all recent Market apps.. It may have been hidden inside another app, so just uninstall some apps. If you get forced to, you might have to clear data in recovery.
Its an ad nor.ally by airpush. Developers have been using this as these ads pay more. Look for an airpush locator app from the market. It will tell you what app has it built into it.
Great stuff! Quite helpful for me.
Thanks for the help everyone.
I found the app, some spanish learning app. link
Found it using theese two apps:
Addons Detector
AirPush Detector
Thanks everyone
is useless app
Received a notification of this batterycrap already 2-3 times. I will now use airpush detector to find out which damn app is the root cause for that stuff.
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Hi Guys
Thanks for the advice on this piece of malware. I installed airpush locator app, and it identified my humble 'notepad' app (that was recently updated itself)
Notepad link
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1lLmxhb3llLmZyZWUubm90ZXBhZCJd
Phew!
Hmmmmmmmm nasty indeed !!!!!!!
But everyone needs to stop calling junk like this "MALWARE",
It is "ADWARE" a well known form of spam essentially.
Where as "malware" is an application that either degrades system performance or is involved in malign activities.
It being hidden installed on your phones, against your will doesn't make it malware
The reason it matters is the rather rapidly growing assumption amongst the general public that Android is a malware troubled flatform. Which it is not.
Guru Zeb said:
Hmmmmmmmm nasty indeed !!!!!!!
But everyone needs to stop calling junk like this "MALWARE",
It is "ADWARE" a well known form of spam essentially.
Where as "malware" is an application that either degrades system performance or is involved in malign activities.
It being hidden installed on your phones, against your will doesn't make it malware
The reason it matters is the rather rapidly growing assumption amongst the general public that Android is a malware troubled flatform. Which it is not.
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Hey Guru
Good point about the naming of the problem! Although on this occasion, whether it's 'malware', 'adware', or even 'underware' the name is less relevant. I think the point is that someone has infiltrated our phones and we needed to find the culprit
Personally, if it's 'pushing' stuff to my phone without me knowing, then in my book, that's 'malign activity'.
Glad I got rid of it though
stevep said:
Personally, if it's 'pushing' stuff to my phone without me knowing, then in my book, that's 'malign activity'.
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You installed the app therefore giving it the permissions it requests
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You installed the app therefore giving it the permissions it requests
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Well said! Yeah..and that's the point. The original app - Notepad - was a 'safe' one.. so I let it install when it said that an update was available. The latest version introduced 'extra' permissions that I didn't look out for because I assumed it was still essentially the same app and therefore it would NOT allow ads/apps to be pushed.
I'd say that was 'less-than-honest-behaviour' - Maybe it should be called 'ReadTheSmallPrintWare'
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Well said! Yeah..and that's the point. The original app - Notepad - was a 'safe' one.. so I let it install when it said that an update was available. The latest version introduced 'extra' permissions that I didn't look out for because I assumed it was still essentially the same app and therefore it would NOT allow ads/apps to be pushed.
I'd say that was 'less-than-honest-behaviour' - Maybe it should be called 'ReadTheSmallPrintWare'
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If you install via market and an apps permissions change later it does highlight them in bold to bring them to your attention.
But they should say "can push notifications to your phone".
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Hi,
i have the same problem.
I find in my install apps two apps without peculiar icon (only universal system icon). This apps have in name too samsung. I don't remember when this apps I install. I uninstall it. And now I without batteryoptimizer malware message.
(Sorry my english is bad)
Same problem. Used the airpush and addons detector and found the culprit. Pin to Pinterest.
Thanks guys.
Good news, Droidwall development has been picked up by a new dev. It's now called Android Firewall, and yes it works on 4.0 and higher--something Droidwall did not support.
It's open source and worth checking out.
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Good news, Droidwall development has been picked up by a new dev. It's now called Android Firewall, and yes it works on 4.0 and higher--something Droidwall did not support.
It's open source and worth checking out.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jtschohl.androidfirewall
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Will this app allow you to block certain apps from accessing phone data, etc.. when they have nothing to do with phone data or network?
Is there a solution for earlier android versions?
hydeah said:
Will this app allow you to block certain apps from accessing phone data, etc.. when they have nothing to do with phone data or network?
Is there a solution for earlier android versions?
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No, this is just a firewall/iptables. For further protection, like blocking certain apps from getting specific permissions, there are apps like pdroid, LBE, etc.
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No, this is just a firewall/iptables. For further protection, like blocking certain apps from getting specific permissions, there are apps like pdroid, LBE, etc.
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Thanks, I have been looking for one like that but I kept getting firewalls. I noticed firewall is simply blocking/allowing wifi/3g-4g data access. I iwll check those apps you mentioned, there is no reason why angry birds should have access to phone data.. I wonder if any one of those apps actually replace the phone data so the app/game itself does not FC when it cannot access the data it needs (my caller ID data.. )
Rom toolbox has an auto start function that tells you how many receivers an app has at startup and lets you disable them not sure if that's what your looking for or not
don't be scared it's only a phone
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Hi, I use normal home wifi, and mobile wifi with DATA PLAN when I'm out, is there a way to setup different access restriction for each one???
That is different settings for: DATA / WIFI xxx / WIFI yyy, or just treats certain WIFI Hotspots as Mobile Data like in some new JellyBean Data restriction
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Thanks, I have been looking for one like that but I kept getting firewalls. I noticed firewall is simply blocking/allowing wifi/3g-4g data access. I iwll check those apps you mentioned, there is no reason why angry birds should have access to phone data.. I wonder if any one of those apps actually replace the phone data so the app/game itself does not FC when it cannot access the data it needs (my caller ID data.. )
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LBE Privacy Guard is great. I think it's exactly what you're looking for
Anybody else having the problem that settings aren't sticking on latest version from play store?
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Have you tried flushing the rules and clearing the cache?
will give this a try
Isn't this now a stock feature of 4.4, ability to block apps from accessing certain phone information and functions?
I believe it was introduced in 4.3.
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I would suggest using xprivacy and the xposed framework. They weren't available when I made this thread, they work great. Make sure you use the 2.3 port of xposed.
hydeah said:
Isn't this now a stock feature of 4.4, ability to block apps from accessing certain phone information and functions?
I believe it was introduced in 4.3.
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I don't believe the stock feature allows for as much control as xprivacy does. And if I understand, the stock 4.4 feature won't block system apps.
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I don't believe the stock feature allows for as much control as xprivacy does. And if I understand, the stock 4.4 feature won't block system apps.
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Xposed is getting a lot of attention, are they on the track to be the next CM of Android community? Possibly.
I am curious, does it actually stop these apps from trying to get data or just deny access but they keep trying. And if they keep trying when they don't get what they want, will that have any impact on battery life?
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Is Android Firewall still supported? I don't see it on Google Play anymore, and even though I have it enabled it has stopped working on my KitKat phone.
EEngineer said:
Is Android Firewall still supported? I don't see it on Google Play anymore, and even though I have it enabled it has stopped working on my KitKat phone.
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Yea I was just looking for it today and it's gone. What's the next best thing?
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EEngineer said:
Is Android Firewall still supported? I don't see it on Google Play anymore, and even though I have it enabled it has stopped working on my KitKat phone.
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Yea I was just looking for it today and it's gone. What's the next best thing?
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It seems to be working but it doesn't block ads any more..
First I had DroidWall and that was abandoned, now I have Android Firewall and that is abandoned. I think I'll look for a firewall that has been around for a long time, it has less chance of turning into abandonware.
Seriously you guys are not aware of AFWall+ ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957231
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Seriously you guys are not aware of AFWall+ ?
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Seriously, have you not read this thread?
First, there was DroidWall, which was unceremoniously discontinued and not fit for use for any Android OS past Gingerbread.
Next, the same developer launched Android Firewall. Not only did the developer also discontinue this firewall and drop it from Google Play without notice, but it appears Android Firewall now lets ads through! Note that this does not happen if you block Android Firewall in Android Firewall, so it might be that the developer deliberately modified the firewall to let ads through - someone with more knowledge would have to verify this.
Now, the same developer has released AFWall+. I'm sorry but I can't trust a firewall from a developer that has a history of abandoning their apps, especially a security app.
In each case, the developer went dark.
So now many are looking for a firewall that has been supported for a long time, and we are willing to pay for it. I don't think we are being unreasonable here, I appreciate the work that developers have done for the community but would be respectful of users if the app was discontinued with some notice and explanation, rather than leaving users vulnerable.
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Seriously, have you not read this thread?
First, there was DroidWall, which was unceremoniously discontinued and not fit for use for any Android OS past Gingerbread.
Next, the same developer launched Android Firewall. Not only did the developer also discontinue this firewall and drop it from Google Play without notice, but it appears Android Firewall now lets ads through! Note that this does not happen if you block Android Firewall in Android Firewall, so it might be that the developer deliberately modified the firewall to let ads through - someone with more knowledge would have to verify this.
Now, the same developer has released AFWall+. I'm sorry but I can't trust a firewall from a developer that has a history of abandoning their apps, especially a security app.
In each case, the developer went dark.
So now many are looking for a firewall that has been supported for a long time, and we are willing to pay for it. I don't think we are being unreasonable here, I appreciate the work that developers have done for the community but would be respectful of users if the app was discontinued with some notice and explanation, rather than leaving users vulnerable.
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Same developer ? get you stats right. DroidWall was developed by Rodrigo and sold it to Avast
There were two forks of Droidwall after that.
1. AFWall+ by me
2. Android Firewall by "Jason Tschohl"
AFWall+ is still active and currently in BETA to support Lollipop. You can see that in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957231
You heard that right, Saurik (the creator of Cydia on iOS) has released Cydia Substrate on Android - Available On google play store.
Winterboard is already available now !!!
Some people have inquired about the possibility of having a Google Play alternative, sort of like Cydia is an App Store alternative. While that may sound like a good idea, it’s not absolutely necessary like it was on iOS. With iOS, Apple would outright reject any app or tweak submitted to the App Store. Google is much more lenient on what it will accept, and it has less strict rules about the openness of certain apps. That’s why it is possible for Saurik to submit WinterBoard to Google Play and get approved. There is no absolute need for an alternative like there is with iOS.
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With all of that being stated, I think that an alternate store would be beneficial for a couple of reasons, but one sticks out above all others. I think that a Google Play alternative would be good simply for organizational purposes. On iOS, you know you go to the App Store when you want to download an App Store app, and you know you go to Cydia when you want to download a jailbreak app. The lines are rarely, if ever, blurred. With the Android situation, I can see things becoming a lot more confusing with everything being mixed in together.
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Get It On Google Play Store: Cydia Substrate
blakstar said:
You heard that right, Saurik (the creator of Cydia on iOS) has released Cydia Substrate on Android - Available On google play store.
Winterboard is already available now !!!
Get It On Google Play Store: Cydia Substrate
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Does that mean we will have access to ios jailbroken apps? Working on our Android?
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dark ryder said:
Does that mean we will have access to ios jailbroken apps? Working on our Android?
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Not quite. There are some tweaks available, That includes Winterboard (theme chooser for any rom, also use icon packs for any launcher on a stock rom).
This is just the beginning, as you see in the below image. But I hope it turns out to something big.
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you can check it out on google, its a major hit for android, but I guess I won't be seeing it as I no longer own an android device, but an iphone
I did see it... Absolutely ridiculous.. Didn't even work, very poor... There's Xposed Framework for such and much more options... Anyway what have you done ?! Im no fan of iPhone nor the shi*y OS, we chose Android for a reason... And it your choice, enjoy
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I did see it... Absolutely ridiculous.. Didn't even work, very poor... There's Xposed Framework for such and much more options... Anyway what have you done ?! Im no fan of iPhone nor the shi*y OS, we chose Android for a reason... And it your choice, enjoy
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LOL, the iPhone was a present from my uncle, I can't say no. But I'm sure I will return to android some day.
On Topic again...
If you use the Winterboard app found on the play store you can transform your phone into one another, I haven't tried it yet, but people are saying it has issues
Omessy7 said:
I did see it... Absolutely ridiculous.. Didn't even work, very poor... There's Xposed Framework for such and much more options... Anyway what have you done ?! Im no fan of iPhone nor the shi*y OS, we chose Android for a reason... And it your choice, enjoy
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I am terribly sorry it did not work for you, but I will point out that it was just released when you tried it. I will also ask if you meant that WinterBoard didn't work (which is somewhat to be expected: it's kind of hit-or-miss) or Substrate itself. Finally, I will point out that Substrate (in comparison to Xposed) allows you to inject into daemons, hook native code, supports Intel devices, runs on Android 2.3, and has constant-time performance (Xposed gets slower the more hooks you install); while there are certainly more things developed right now that target it for a user, I think it provides many more options to the developer. Over the last couple weeks I've been able to get it rapidly supporting all of the corner-cases people have been throwing at me with regards to random ROMs, so if your issue was with Substrate (not WinterBoard), then I somewhat expect that you might not have issues anymore with a more recent version. (If you are on an HTC version, a workaround for full support is coming in 0.9.4008, to be released to the Play Store later tonight.)
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I am terribly sorry it did not work for you, but I will point out that it was just released when you tried it. I will also ask if you meant that WinterBoard didn't work (which is somewhat to be expected: it's kind of hit-or-miss) or Substrate itself. Finally, I will point out that Substrate (in comparison to Xposed) allows you to inject into daemons, hook native code, supports Intel devices, runs on Android 2.3, and has constant-time performance (Xposed gets slower the more hooks you install); while there are certainly more things developed right now that target it for a user, I think it provides many more options to the developer. Over the last couple weeks I've been able to get it rapidly supporting all of the corner-cases people have been throwing at me with regards to random ROMs, so if your issue was with Substrate (not WinterBoard), then I somewhat expect that you might not have issues anymore with a more recent version. (If you are on an HTC version, a workaround for full support is coming in 0.9.4008, to be released to the Play Store later tonight.)
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Saurik I just install and I get an error
My android version:4.0.4/4.1.B.0.431
Hope this can help you to make better
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Saurik I just install and I get an error
My android version:4.0.4/4.1.B.0.431
Hope this can help you to make better
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I'm sorry for the late reply. This is actually caused by a bug in your Superuser application, which is stripping library paths from executions of setuid programs. This was fixed in later versions of most Superuser programs, but some people don't have that fix. I actually made a new version of Substrate a while ago that totally bypassed this kind of issue entirely, but for various reasons (mostly life stuff: life sucks sometimes) I did not get around to releasing it. There will be a big update to Substrate in the next couple days that includes this change.
Android Pay stopped being officially supported/working on Android Wear (starting with the Oreo update) outside US/UK: https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...ate-disables-android-pay-users-outside-us-uk/ and https://support.google.com/androidwear/thread/26579
I created small proof of concept app that streamlines launching/enabling of Android Pay so even with it disabled, it will only take up to two additional taps to pay with Android Pay:
Launch "Pay Enabler" (instead of Android Pay). If Android Pay is already enabled, Pay Enabler will just launch it directly.
Tap "Enable" (not needed since version 5, requires Accessibility service)
Tap "Open" (not needed since version 4)
Note 1: Google started geo blocking Google Pay on Wear OS H (Android Pie/9) so Pay Enabler doesn't work on newest firmwares. It still works on Oreo.
Note 2: When connected to iOS, Play Store requires standalone connectivity (WiFi or cellular data) for enabling as it doesn't use caches (unlike when paired with Android).
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Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brouken.wear.payenabler
Source: https://github.com/moneytoo/PayEnabler
They added few more countries but there is still dozen more countries affected.
To use Google Pay on your watch, you need to: Be in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Australia, Canada, Poland, Russia, or Germany.
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https://support.google.com/pay/answer/7293863
Update 2018/11/19:
Uploaded Pay Enabler version 5 here to XDA (not on Play Store, yet). It uses Accessibility service to automate enabling of Google Pay, no more tapping "Enable". (Source is also available on Github.)
Requires manual enabling in "Settings -> Accessibility -> Pay Enabler".
Works only with English - texts "Google Pay" and "Enable". Post texts in your languages and I will include them (That shouldn't be necessary as of version 5d which supports two dozens of languages - at least for the "Enable" button).
Accessibility service is registered only for Play Store so it shouldn't cause basically any battery drain (as it doesn't poll anything)
Update 2018/11/29:
Version 5 submitted to the Play Store.
Update 2018/12/16:
Version 6 fixes detection of the enable button in some non English languages (cs, fi, hi, ko, th).
For me I have no issue yet, never got 8.0 and I do not want it.
I bought this watch for Android Pay and it has worked fine since May 2017.
Even though I hate Samsung for abandoning Android Wear, I maybe forced in time to try Samsung Pay; I know my Canadian Bank supports Samsung Pay.
Anybody have any clue why Android Pay on the Android Wear watch only works in the US, UK when other countries support it ?
AstroDigital said:
For me I have no issue yet, never got 8.0 and I do not want it.
I bought this watch for Android Pay and it has worked fine since May 2017.
Even though I hate Samsung for abandoning Android Wear, I maybe forced in time to try Samsung Pay; I know my Canadian Bank supports Samsung Pay.
Anybody have any clue why Android Pay on the Android Wear watch only works in the US, UK when other countries support it ?
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This app is a good solution until Google finally fixes. Thank you!
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No, no, thank YOU Mr Acavano.
Thanks for the fix!
moneytoo said:
Android Pay stopped being officially supported/working on Android Wear (starting with the Oreo update) outside US/UK: https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...ate-disables-android-pay-users-outside-us-uk/ and https://support.google.com/androidwear/thread/26579
I didn't test it myself (yet, I'm still on Nougat) but based on user reports, Android Pay is only getting disabled (by Google Play services?). It is reported that payments are still working if it's manually enabled.
Based on this, I created small proof of concept app that streamlines launching/enabling of Android Pay so even with it disabled, it will only take two additional taps to pay with Android Pay:
Launch "Pay Enabler" (instead of Android Pay). If Android Pay is already enabled, Pay Enabler will just launch it directly.
Tap "Enable"
Tap "Open"
Version 1 vs Version 3
It was reported to me that Android Pay doesn't show up in Settings (list of installed apps) so since version 2 it uses Play Store for manual enabling. (I will try if I can open the app manually from background once enabled to save the second click to "Open").
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Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brouken.wear.payenabler
Source: https://github.com/moneytoo/PayEnabler
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My friend, if you find a way to enable android pay on the wear24 i'll get a lot of money, you can sell a app to do this, there's a lot of people looking for it include me! The wear24 is very cheap on ebay, by without android pay is a little useless.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear/help/verizon-wear24-to-unlock-carrier-t3715300
Im in Australia, Google play store says my device is not compatible with this app.
Downloaded the version 1 and 3 apk, but upon installing it says there is a problem with parsing the package.
Help?
erwinsie said:
Im in Australia, Google play store says my device is not compatible with this app.
Downloaded the version 1 and 3 apk, but upon installing it says there is a problem with parsing the package.
Help?
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The app is compatible only with Android Wear devices running Android Oreo. You must either select your watch when installing from web or search for Pay Enabler in Play Store directly on your watch. It's standalone app for Android Wear and nothing gets installed elsewhere.
moneytoo said:
The app is compatible only with Android Wear devices running Android Oreo. You must either select your watch when installing from web or search for Pay Enabler in Play Store directly on your watch. It's standalone app for Android Wear and nothing gets installed elsewhere.
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Ah, ok. Got it. No worries it works. Than you very much from Australia.[COLOR="Silver"
Just to be clear, this will not work on nougat?
Because as mentioned before it would be great if this brought android pay to the wear24. Verizon's videos show the watch with the android pay app so its obviously a possibility.
Thanks
AstroDigital said:
For me I have no issue yet, never got 8.0 and I do not want it.
I bought this watch for Android Pay and it has worked fine since May 2017.
Even though I hate Samsung for abandoning Android Wear, I maybe forced in time to try Samsung Pay; I know my Canadian Bank supports Samsung Pay.
Anybody have any clue why Android Pay on the Android Wear watch only works in the US, UK when other countries support it ?
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Thank you OP, it works! I wish Google would fix this or just re-enable.
And how does Samsung Pay on Gear (watch) devices work? I heard it doesn't unless you hack it hard.
transitnowapp said:
Thank you OP, it works! I wish Google would fix this or just re-enable.
And how does Samsung Pay on Gear (watch) devices work? I heard it doesn't unless you hack it hard.
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Really do I need to spell it out ?
If I am forced to use a Gear I would need to dump "Google" Pay and use Samsung Pay.
But for now my watch has not been upgraded to Oreo works fine, I will never upgrade to Oreo as my first choice.
If I have to in time go to Oreo and have the same issue everybody outside of the UK, and US has I will do two things get annoyed at the arrogance of Google "hey we do not care if you been using Android Pay now Google Pay for months, we will stop you" then I will install the Pay Enabler.
The chances are I will never be forced to by a Gear, though new watches with NFC have not been released.
I'm using it since yesterday and it is so much helpful. Thank you so much!
They added 3 more countries but there are still 14 more countries affected.
To use Google Pay on your watch, you need to: Be in the US, UK, Spain, Australia, or Canada.
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https://support.google.com/pay/answer/7293863?co=GENIE.Platform=Android&hl=en
Great news! Thanks
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Is there any way to emulate being in the US from the watch? I get to the download page with the app, but can't download it as it "is not available in my country". Any way to bypass this?
Mart1neZ said:
Is there any way to emulate being in the US from the watch? I get to the download page with the app, but can't download it as it "is not available in my country". Any way to bypass this?
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Had the same problem. A long time ago I had created a Google Account via US VPN. Now I added this as a second account on the watch and selected the account in the play store and it works.
I hope it still works like this.
It's not just Android Wear
Will your fix also work on "regular" Android 8.1 on a smartphone? I have the same issue with Google Pay on my Nexus 5x, as I now live in Hungary.
In my case, the "back-end" part of Google Pay continues to work, and I can make payments at contactless terminals using my installed credit or debit cards. But the "front-end" user interface part is disabled just as described here. If I need to change the payment card used for a transaction (or add or remove a card) it's a real pain in the ass to enable the app.
Ironically, the availability of contactless payment terminals in Hungary is excellent, while in the US they almost don't exist.
From the little research I've done on the internet, there are lots of people with Google Pay on smartphones facing the same issue, and so you might want to consider a version of your fix for the rest of us!
ikijibiki said:
Will your fix also work on "regular" Android 8.1 on a smartphone? I have the same issue with Google Pay on my Nexus 5x, as I now live in Hungary.
In my case, the "back-end" part of Google Pay continues to work, and I can make payments at contactless terminals using my installed credit or debit cards. But the "front-end" user interface part is disabled just as described here. If I need to change the payment card used for a transaction (or add or remove a card) it's a real pain in the ass to enable the app.
Ironically, the availability of contactless payment terminals in Hungary is excellent, while in the US they almost don't exist.
From the little research I've done on the internet, there are lots of people with Google Pay on smartphones facing the same issue, and so you might want to consider a version of your fix for the rest of us!
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As Hungary is not a country supported by Google Pay, are you using your payment card that was issued by US bank? I'm curious to know what is Google Pay policy on using it abroad (as on vacation or expat) - I thought the bank requirement was only for setup/card linking. (I understand you're talking about frontend vs backend as all card data and emulation is done by Google Play services)
Anyway, you should be able to use the attached apk in the first post.
moneytoo said:
As Hungary is not a country supported by Google Pay, are you using your payment card that was issued by US bank? I'm curious to know what is Google Pay policy on using it abroad (as on vacation or expat) - I thought the bank requirement was only for setup/card linking. (I understand you're talking about frontend vs backend as all card data and emulation is done by Google Play services)
Anyway, you should be able to use the attached apk in the first post.
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Yes, all my cards are from US banks. Although I now live abroad, all my banking/finance is still US-based. I've been using Android Pay and no Google Pay for about a year without any issues from either Google or my banks. My banks are fully aware of my situation and have been really great about shipping new credit and debit cards to Hungary.
There are rare occasions where the terminal has some issue with the phone emulation, but mostly using the phone is the fastest way to pay, as the fingerprint authentication to unlock the phone eliminates the need to enter any PIN. Interestingly, as all US chip cards are non-PIN and require a signature, when using the phone to pay, I also don't need to sign any slips. The two-factor authentication does all the work.
I'll download the apk and give it a try. Thanks!
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ikijibiki said:
I'll download the apk and give it a try. Thanks!
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No joy. Payenabler-3.apk won't install on my phone.
ikijibiki said:
No joy. Payenabler-3.apk won't install on my phone.
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My bad. It only works the other way (phone apps work on Wear). Please see the first post again for "-phone" version.
Alohaaa Community,
I know a lot of you have or are planning to buy Huawei devices without the Google Services, like: Play Store, Youtube, GMail etc., that's why I decided to write this article and let you know, that there exists a better life without the Play Store. Why? Simply, because there aer already a lot of alternatives, like: Aptoide, APKPure, APKMonk, Aurora Store etc.
Alternatively I recommend you Aurora Store! Here a short instruction how you can use it to get your favorite apps with it, without needing the Google Play Store.
First, you should download the official APK, which you can find right here >>> h***s://auroraoss.com/downloads.php
After you get to the page, simply tap on the Download button from below the Aurora Store. After this, the app download should begin and you will be able to install it (If needed, enable the "Unknown Sources" from the settings, which will appear instead of the "Install" button for the app).
In one other way you can find the "Aurora Store App" by searching with the "Petal Search by Huawei"!
Well, defining it briefly would sound like this: "Aurora Store is the unofficial FOSS client to Google's Play Store, having an elegant, concise and fresh design, from where you can download or update apps". Actually, this is just a short description of the app. It can be used with or without Google Mobile Services installed on your Huawei device. You can search for apps, get details about what each app tracks and what permissions it needs, about its size, reviews, the address of the developer and much more. Aurora Store spoofs the information about your phone/tablet, the language, the region and makes available apps that aren't allowed or available in your country. Below each app page, you can also find a button, which will bring you to the apps that were developed by the same author. The number of apps is enormous!
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I always prefer the anonymous login, because it works just like having an account
I've been using the store for almost four weeks now almost daily and so far i can't find any problems - so far i've also found all the apps i need on Aurora! Personally, I see the Aurora Store as a real alternative to Google Play and its intrusive services! in the past, one always looked to have as little as possible installed on the smartfone from Google's site.....
greetzZ...
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To be honest, this app is the best alternative app to use. I have been using this app probably for 2 months now.. its really good. Only problem is that when you update apps you have to manually install them.. Like the click to install button
Billabomb75 said:
To be honest, this app is the best alternative app to use. I have been using this app probably for 2 months now.. its really good. Only problem is that when you update apps you have to manually install them.. Like the click to install button
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Yes but there is no synchronization of photos and contacts with this solution
I use only Huawei AppGallery, F-Droid and Petal Search, managed to find and install all the apps that I want.
Without GMS, I can still sync my Google Calendar and Contacts without any problem by using CalDav/CardDav sync.
ykkhern said:
I use only Huawei AppGallery, F-Droid and Petal Search, managed to find and install all the apps that I want.
Without GMS, I can still sync my Google Calendar and Contacts without any problem by using CalDav/CardDav sync.
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I'm hoping you have a solution to restore paid purchases too please lol
Lizzo said:
I'm hoping you have a solution to restore paid purchases too please lol
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Lol.... Never have to worry about this as I don't use any paid app, and I don't play game either