Hello, I was checking my phone with CCleaner and AVG and I found two unknown apps, one is called AcerOOBE [com.acer.android.oobe], I found it on the Disabled Apps on CCleaner but it doesn't appear in my settings. The other one is Shell [com.android.shell], and AVG tells me it's malware but it can't be deleted 'cause it's a system app (I rooted my device one hour ago), I'd like to know if Shell is really Malware becuase I saw in my settings that it has permission for everything, phone calls, SMS, status bar, etc.
Also I'd like to know what is OOBE, I looked over the internet but I found nothing, Idk if I should uninstall both apps, enable OOBE, keep Shell active, what should I do?
Please, if anyone can help me It'll be great
how to slow AcerOOBE problem in acerE39
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I like to try apps. I think most of you do, too.
The problem is it's really difficult to uninstall an app in Android. I have an iPod Touch, and I can't say uninstallation on iPod Touch is that easy, but Android is worst.
Is there any app (with root privilege), that can uninstall multiple apps without confirming at each app? I tried many apps on the market, but non of them worked like that. One app could remove multiple system apps without confirmations, but it couldn't do that for user apps.
Please tell me if there is a way to achieve this.
And, Google should provide an option to turn off the uninstall confirmation + the useless "uninstalled" message boxes. Or add a way to uninstall multiple apps with only one confirmation (not at each app).
Titanium Backup - you can do batch installs and uninstalls of apk files.
Did not work
I tried the trial version of Titanium Back Up. It did have a menu for that, but executing it did not work. It just hung at 0% and did not progress.
Hello,
I have bought a no-brand phone and I noticed, that every now and then some application (which is full of ads) appear in my phone without any notice. I can uninstall them but they will appear again (sometimes same, sometimes new). I have tried to factory reset the phone, but the issue still continue.
Is there any way to find out which app is installing unwanted apps? For example android logs, finding apps with installing permissions, sniffing packets to find out which app downloaded a app?
I have root permission on the phone.
Thank you in advance
My phone was serviced "reprogrammed" and when it came back I keep getting ads. I tried resetting the phone but it still keeps getting adware silently installed. Is there any way to fix this?
You are not alone. Bought this phone for my mom since she likes a bigger screen to do social media stuff. The malware popped in after the last ota. The official wirelessupdate app included on the phone silently installs random apks that pushes full screen ads and impersonates clicks even if the the phone is not being used. This is common with generic android phones coming from CHINA
I haven't figured out a way to root the phone as most rooting methods will fail(because of the sucky spreadtrum SOC which makes it difficult to root the phone).SADLY, rooting is the only way to disable/uninstall the wirelessupdate app.
However, here's a workaround I found that works.
1) restrict your network to limit background data usage (Found in settings).
2) **uninstall the malware app: finding the app may be difficult as It normally disguises itself as a system app with names like radio, settings, wifi or some application name that doesn't even make sense. It uses a lot of data and is always active. You'll know its the fake app if it poses as a system app but you have the option to uninstall it(System apps cannot be uninstalled without root/Su access).
Buttt....
The wireless update will probably install another malware app after uninstalling the current one.
3)disable notification of the app so it doesnt send fake notifications to you that opens ad based webpages as it also fakes notification, posing as a fake notif from FB, whatsapp
4) force stop it and stop the services from settings so it doesn't load or push apps while you use your phone
Restarting the phone will make the app run again
5) Remove the app's permission. By default its granted access to location, settings, storage and sometimes camera or mic. The wireless app doesnt detect this and wont turn those permission back on
6) lastly, you can contact firefly support AND PRAY TO THE GOOD LORD they know know what they're doing. Because I did and they were completely clueless on the troubleshooting or on the issue itself and even blamed the problem on the user. Ridiculously stupid.
I haven't really tried ADB yet because i don't have the time and the phone lacks resources online to restore it in case I brick it. Frankly, this phone is not worth investing time fixing especially with the quality of support it has from Firefly and the price it asked for.
I have a Vortex Beat 8. It's a cheap Chinese phone and doesn't have its own forum here. I have adware apps that keep installing themselves, and I think that some process built into the rom, from the factory, is causing it. Does anyone have any tips on what I can do to stop this process?
The biggest problem, with the adware, is that I'm using the phone as a security camera using the Alfred app, and once the ad pops up on the phone, the camera shuts off. I can't turn off the wifi, because I need it enabled for Alfred.
I've factory reset the phone, and disabled or uninstalled all the apps I thought looked suspicious, and yet somehow, occasionally, it will reinstall the apps. Every time I clear, uninstall and disable things, I think I've finally got the problem permanently solved, but then out of nowhere the apps are suddenly back. The last time, the phone lasted several weeks before reinstalling the apps. The previous time, it lasted about a day or two.
I believe at least one of the systemapps I disabled somehow reenabled itself, so that may be the culprit. It's called "Wireless Update". There is also a potentially suspicious system app called "Update Service Core", but I can't disable or uninstall that. I've been using "Data usage" to try to see which apps have been active, but it's hard to tell, but it's not clear form the user interface when the activity took place.
Some of the Adware apps are called "Shortcuts" and "Movies-TV". As far as I can tell they're fairly simple apps that use Android System WebView or something similar to display a website, and then popup ads occasionally.
I tried several virus/adware apps and none of them have been able to detect anything.
At some point there was an update from the manufacturer, and afterwards the problem became worse. In hindsight, I should have rejected it. As far as I know, there are no alternative roms, on the internet, for this device.
I factory reset again and this time I disabled:
Adtime
News and rewards
(System)
Duraspeed
Mobile services
wireless update
Internet
Shortly afterward, the adware app/game Red Block installed itself.
I uninstalled Red Block and installed a firewall app called NoRoot Firewall. Through the firewall I gave internet access to Alfred, Google Play, and some other Google related things. Update Service Core was requesting access and I denied it. Here's hoping that denying Update Service Core was enough to stop this madness.
I'm still struggling with this. I followed the directions at https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/216616-removal-instructions-for-adups/ to uninstall adups for the current user. You can also find more info here:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/andro...-come-pre-installed-with-unremovable-malware/
I used
Code:
adb shell pm list packages -f
to get the full list of packages and uninstalled adups and also a lock screen using:
Code:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.adups.fota
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.adups.fota.sysoper
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 io.appservice.lockappblack
However, the lock app uninstalled itself later as well as:
Movies-TV
Red Block
Shortcuts
and a new one called:
CraigsList
I had the firewall disabled at the time thinking that I had finally solved the problem. I don't know if the firewall being enabled could have prevented the reinstallation. Sometimes it crashes, and that might coincide with the apps being reinstalled. Also, the lock app renamed itself to io.appservice.lockappblack6. I also noticed that the built-in browser is called "Liberty-Browser", which makes me wonder if it's related to the lock app which has an apk called "lockAppLiberty.apk".
I noticed an app in my pm list that I didn't noticed last time: package:/system/priv-app/Ignite-Sliide_3.1.025-1405_releaseProduction/Ignite-Sliide_3.1.025-1405_releaseProduction.apk=com.dti.sliide It's not in the normal apps list and it looks sketchy af. I think it's DT Ignite, which is a known bloatware app that installs bloatware/adware without your permission. I've uninstalled DT Ignite, as well as the lock screen using the adb method above. I also uninstalled the other apps via normal means.
Here's hoping it sticks this time.
Hi guys, I used ADB shell for my Samsung Galaxy a21s to remove some unnecessary applications, today I noticed that the accessibility app is not working so if I try to open it it the screen gets black and I'm back at the home screen. Now I don't know exactly which apps I uninstalled but they were not critical system apps. Do you guys know which uninstalled apps it could be that made the accessibility app inaccessible?
I shared a picture the feature some of the uninstalled apps (there are some more) including Bixby and for example other apps like quick share printing stuff, Smart view, ...
Does anyone know a command to see the history of the deleted apps? I took a look inside the folder in which power shell normally saves the history but it didnt contain those deleted apps. Thanks in advance!