Hi, I (finally) updated my VZW Dinc phone to wildstang's 4.08.xxx ROM. Was much easier to do than I anticipated, so thank you wildstang. Forgot to backup my footprints before doing so and lost them all Anyways, my questions are as follows:
1. There are a series of apps which I thought I moved into app.disabled, however they still show up as being on my phone and have the icons in my apps list (e.g. 3G Mobile Hotspot, Amazon MP3, Apps (VZW), Twitter, and VZ Navigator). I'm guessing I must have missed a series of files and/or directories? Can someone please let me know what I need to do to move these?
2. Each and every time I turn off my GPS and then back on, I get this annoying message telling me "Standalone GPS Services: ...you are enabling access to all location information by any third party through the web,...." How do I remove that message/prevent it from being displayed?
Your help with these is much appreciated and thank you ahead of time.
I don't know about your device so I cant answer #2 but for the apps you can do a couple of things, uninstall it using titanium backup, delete it using root explorer from system/app or you could delete the apps from the rom zip and reflash it.
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Play Store will auto undisable some apps so the only way to get rid of them is to uninstall them.
I have a (4GB) Tronsmart TS7 (some times known as a Alps Glacier TS7). It's a Chinese MTK6589 based phone running Android 4.2 purchased from geekbuying.
For the most part the device is stock, there are next to no pre-installed apps apart from the usual, and the only additional apps I have installed are: Playstation, Steam, ColorNote, Shuttle+, Root Explorer DI Radio, Chrome & Gmail
The problem I have is that there are apps appearing on the device that I am not installing. So far it has been the same set of apps that appear:
Mobo Market
UC Browser
TrustGo Security
DU Battery Saver
337 Game Master
GameCenter
(there may be more)
These apps don't start appearing right after a factory reset, but start to arrive 1-2weeks later. They also seem to be packaged similarly; when I say packaged I mean opening them seems to prompt with the same menu & style (accept licence etc) before it gets to the main app. Also, after you open the app from the app drawer it then creates an icon on the desktop. Maybe opening it actually does the installing?
The apps themselves seem to be legit.
I have factory reset the device (twice), and changed my Google password but they are still appearing. They don't show up in my Play store history so they must be coming from elsewhere.
My main concern is that if it is downloading things without my permission, what might it be uploading ? Not to mention wasting my 3g data etc.
So I have a few questions:
Should I be (really) worried?
Is there a way to monitor this? eg connect to a wifi hotspot and packet capture the network traffic? or maybe use a process monitor (the ones I've tried so far haven't shown anything) to see if there is some sort of script in the background?
Can it be stopped?
Thanks in advance, I would be interested to know if anyone else has/had this problem?
I have the same problem.
I haven't tried flashing some other ROM yet, but I guess that is the only way to get it to stop installing those things.
Have you actually found any other roms to install?
For anybody's information:
You may have noticed how you always end up with a 'Tronsmart.mp4' video file appearing in your gallery app. This is damn annoying since it appears twice, once on the internal and once on the external SD card. There is an '\system\app\CopyTest.apk' file which creates both of these. Should be safe to delete it and thus prevent the file(s) appearing
I have actually decompiled this apk. It works as a service that runs when MEDIA_UNMOUNTED or MEDIA_MOUNTED is invoked, and does absolutely nothing else.
I have the same problem, those random apps installing and the video always in my gallery. I have managed to stop tge apps by using a firewall and allowing only my apps that i want to use the internet. I havent found a solution though to fix the problem. Probably tronsmart is spamming its customers...
mariosm1cy said:
I have managed to stop tge apps by using a firewall and allowing only my apps that i want to use the internet.
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What Firewall did you use? I might be able to use something like that to pinpoint the app that's causing this.
Sory for the late reply. I am usin "android firewall" free from google play store.
USB debugging disabled stopped it on mine
edit: not that easy, wasn't enough. made some cleanup by disabing/removing some system apps. seems to work so far although there are still some strange events like superuser crashing and right after that system downloader.apk reappearing. haven't seen any other junk coming back
these are the apk's i removed:
systemupdateassistant
systemdownloader
omacp
mtkbt
midtest
galaxy4
fusedlocation
engineermode
engineermodesim
cds_info
basicdreams.
Hi, I am running Cyanogenmod 11.0-InstallerXNPQ32P on Android version 4.4.4 on a Samsung Galaxy S4.
I stupidly removed the dialer app and various others that I didn't think I needed (calendar etc) using the System Uninstaller (Root) app which I got from the Google Play Store. I didn't think I needed the stock dialer app as I use another dialer version which I downloaded from Google Play Store. I now know this was wrong!
Now, whenever someone calls me, the screen illuminates (showing my home page) and the phone vibrates as if it is notifying me of the call. However, I am not informed who is actually calling me and I am not given the option to answer or reject the call etc.
When I open the dialer that I use (True Phone) I can dial a number or call a contact etc as I normally would. However, instead of taking me to the screen to hang up, access the dial pad etc it stays on the True Phone page. I therefore cannot hang up the call. So if the person I am trying to call doesn't answer or the call goes to their answer machine I cannot hang up without selecting airplane mode or restarting the phone.
When removing the apps I thought I would be reasonably safe as the app I used to remove them (System Uninstaller (Root)) from the Google play store states that the 'deleted' apps would remain in its recycle bin and could be restored at any time. Maybe I should have known better. When I press on the recycle bin button within the app it says there are no removed apps - even though there are. If I navigate to the recycle bin folder using ES File Explorer I can see all of the backups of the apps that have been removed. But, annoyingly, the app will not recognise the backups - even though it made them itself! The backups are .conf.backup format.
I have emailed the app developer numerous times asking for help but he/she is ignoring me.
I have been researching how to get the dialer app back etc but have now discovered there is also a problem with part of my system. While I can install apps from the Google Play Store, trying to install any other apk file leaves me with the message, "Unfortunately, Package Installer has stopped."
If I go to Settings/Apps/All and select Package Installer I get, "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" and it kicks me back out to the main Settings page.
I would be extremely grateful if someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction as to how to fix these problems and get my phone back working as it was. I know I have been stupid in removing the dialer in the first place.
Unfortunately I am not really that great when it comes to the various mods and will require layman's terms if possible... Sorry
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dont worry! the same happened to me. just download the stock rom, extract the apk from system.img its named as like phone.apk or dialer.apk , and install it. this should solve your issue
Thanks very much for replying my post. The post is quite old now and I have sorted it. I had to flash the stock rom back on (i had cyanogenmod installed). It was a pain and took a while but I got there in the end. Thanks again though. I don't know how to close this thread
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Dear Sir/Madame,
I am having a few issues with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT-P5113) and I believe they may be related to apps installing themselves onto my tablet as system apps. I first started to have a problem with my music players – they will play fine until the screen times out then they stop playing until the screen is taken out of saver mode.
Another problem is that I am constantly getting a message that the system update has failed and I cannot update my tablet because I get a message saying my tablet has been modified. Finally, I am noticing that there are several apps that must be stored on my tablet as system apps – one is called sexy wallpaper, another is magic eye and I do not remember the name of the others but they just pop up even when my wi-fi is turned off.
I have tried to do a factory reset and a manual reset of the tablet to remove any apps but after the resets the wallpaper pops up again and the message of system update has failed appears. I have to believe all of the problems are related to the wallpaper app and/or the other apps that have forced themselves onto my tablet.
The other problem with my music players stopping when the display goes into saver began all of a sudden and I have had to change my display to timeout after 30 minutes so that I can listen to music on the tablet. It is not the worst option but it is a huge drain on my battery to keep the display on if I want to listen to music.
After I do a factory reset or a manual reset of the tablet, when setting up my device I have skipped the option of setting up the wi-fi but these apps show up as system apps. I move them to the trash bin immediately and it takes them a while to disappear from the apps or widget screen. I usually have to click on them after I have moved them to the trash bin to get them off the screen.
Also, I get the message that the system update has failed immediately after setting up the tablet following a reset.
I downloaded the firmware and the latest ODIN to do a flash stock ROM but I did not want to do anything until I knew that would be the best next step. Any assistance with these problems will be greatly appreciated.
The first answer to your problem is that happens when you are using a custom rom or kernel or on power saver mode, they set the cpu frequency to get low when the screen gets locked. so, when the screen goes off your cpu starts running on low frequency which is not enough to run music player seamlessly but good enough to save your battery.
Second msg is there because you have enabled root, congrats buddy. :good: so you won't be needing any more system updates from samsung now xda is your official update zone. the system files have been modified and thus system can't officially update.
Un-root is an option but since you are getting random apps installed on your pc, then it might be infected and staying on root is better since you can delete those apps causing you trouble. there are many ways to delete those apps even the samsung update app. You can get rid of. search for system app uninstallers.
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Yes you can try the odin mode and flash stock rom, it will format and install with default. it's safe and will solve your problems.
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would suggest you learn more from here, going back to stock and waiting for an official update which will never come out from samsung, xda is a great place to learn. best of luck
Billysam,
Thank you for your reply. So how did it get rooted because I did not do that? The wallpaper app that pops up was not installed on the tablet by me it just started to pop up like a virus. I had installed apps from aptoide (chess, dominoes, holdem poker, etc.) and there are pop up ads that will randomly show up when playing those games. However, I have not tried to modify the tablet in any other way since I got it a few years ago.
The only reason I even did the factory resets was to get rid of the pop up from the wall paper and several other apps that were constantly trying to install on the tablet. Because I do not have the unknown sources box ticked so that I have to verify and approve non-google apps that is the only reason the apps were not installing. However, even with the security protections that I mentioned turned on the apps began installing themselves so that is the only reason I tried to factory resets. I had already tried to do the system update before the reset and I was getting the message that my table had been modified so I started making the connection in my mind that the apps were being viewed as system apps.
I have no problem in going back to stock settings or even staying rooted is that is what has happened -- it is just that I did not root the tablet myself. Knowing that it has been rooted by these apps (or viruses possibly) is disconcerting to me -- I just hope the flash will actually remove them since your assessment has me alarmed. The table is not in power saving mode so if the rom or kernel has been customized again that would have been the result of these intruding apps. Currently, the app does not show but that is because I can send it to the trash and the Wi-Fi has been disabled. Once I enable the Wi-Fi the apps force their way back onto the tablet.
The "Unfortunately, System Update has stopped” message pops up all the time even with the Wi-Fi disabled. Of course that message started about the same time as the apps started installing themselves onto the tablet. I always had the automatic update setting on so I never paid attention to whether the tablet was updating. I just assumed Samsung was sending out updates whenever they were available. I guess, in hindsight I do not actually remember seeing any updates being downloaded from Samsung so your statement about waiting endlessly is definitely correct.
So when you say the Odin mode will install with default do you mean that the tablet will go back to the original factory settings and it will allow for the update to work as normal? Or will it still be rooted and I will need to get any updates from this Xda website? Again, at this point I do not really have a preference either way I just want to know as much as I can before I take any actions.
Another curious observation is that I have not enabled Wi-Fi as I stated earlier and when I go to settings to look at the application manager the only app that it shows is the “Galaxy Tab 2 Screensaver” taking up 23.52MB of space but I don’t know if that is a system app or if it is part of the self-imposed sexy wallpaper app that I had to delete. I ask because all the other system apps do not show up in the app manager under the settings – for instance alarm, amazon kindle, paper artist, playbooks, music player, YouTube, Polaris Office, etc. The Screensaver is of course one of the apps but none of the other 60 apps are listed in the application manager only the “Galaxy Tab2 Screensaver” – I did not notice if this Galaxy Screensaver was already there since I never change the screensaver settings on my tablets. When I compare this to the way the application manager looks on my 7” (GT-P3113) the 7” has all of the apps listed in the application manager.
Also, when I compare the Android Version (4.2.2), Kernel Version (3.0.31-1978026, [email protected]#1, Tue Nov 19 18:37:42 KST 2013) and Build number (JDQ39.P5113UEUCMK3) they are virtually the same. The only difference is the 7” has slightly different Kernel Version (09#1) and Build number (P3113) so I am confused by the initial statement of a custom kernel possibility or modification of the tablet except that the self-imposed app(s) make the tablet appear to be rooted or modified? Does that make any sense? I am not a tablet guy by any stretch of the imagination but I have had to troubleshoot many a laptop plus I have had more than a few Coby tablets that all tapped out of life at some point. The Samsung tablets were actually replacements for those Coby tablets (may they R.I.P.) – in short I am still very confused. Where can I get further help in understanding not the steps to flash the rom but an understanding of what that actually does?
tzxlyd said:
I had installed apps from aptoide (chess, dominoes, holdem poker, etc.) and there are pop up ads that will randomly show up when playing those games. However, I have not tried to modify the tablet in any other way since I got it a few years ago.
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So you haven't flashed anything or tried to root. so you're clean in that manner. But Aptoide seems to be the culprit here.
"Aptoide Anti-Malware platform analyses applications in run-time and disables potential threats across all stores."
So, basically aptoide allows pirated apps, they could even give you access to the malware and viruses and not even let you know about it. So, even if you're installing a safe app like a game which is also available on the google play store(which is the safest place until now) malicious codes could be added to them over aptoide.
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tzxlyd said:
Billysam,
The only reason I even did the factory resets was to get rid of the pop up from the wall paper and several other apps that were constantly trying to install on the tablet. Because I do not have the unknown sources box ticked so that I have to verify and approve non-google apps that is the only reason the apps were not installing. However, even with the security protections that I mentioned turned on the apps began installing themselves so that is the only reason I tried to factory resets. I had already tried to do the system update before the reset and I was getting the message that my table had been modified so I started making the connection in my mind that the apps were being viewed as system apps.
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What a factory reset does?
It removes all USER DATA and restores the device back to factory settings providing that the device is not rooted. User data is defined as apps, call logs, contacts, and anything else the user has placed in the devices memory. Stuff that is on the SDCARD is not affected by a factory reset. A factory reset really only deals with the Data and the Cache partitions.
So, if your system is modified and you're not on a custom recovery(you get through flashing with odin). it will only delete data and cache, system apps will stay as it is. i.e system files modified in your case.
Unknown sources box doesn't help much either and verifying non-google app won't work since aptoide has already the permissions to allow.(that is how you could even get a pirated app installed through aptoide in the first place. makes sense? then the malicious apps also gets way in and use scripts to get into root)
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tzxlyd said:
I have no problem in going back to stock settings or even staying rooted is that is what has happened -- it is just that I did not root the tablet myself. Knowing that it has been rooted by these apps (or viruses possibly) is disconcerting to me -- I just hope the flash will actually remove them since your assessment has me alarmed. The table is not in power saving mode so if the rom or kernel has been customized again that would have been the result of these intruding apps. Currently, the app does not show but that is because I can send it to the trash and the Wi-Fi has been disabled. Once I enable the Wi-Fi the apps force their way back onto the tablet.
So when you say the Odin mode will install with default do you mean that the tablet will go back to the original factory settings and it will allow for the update to work as normal? Or will it still be rooted and I will need to get any updates from this Xda website? Again, at this point I do not really have a preference either way I just want to know as much as I can before I take any actions.
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Yes, it's not a power saving mode, and kernel isn't modified either and no, this is not a root induced by you, but it's malicious activity, so don't stay like that.
Flashing stock firmware through odin
wipes/format system,
boot/kernel,
cache,
hidden partitions and rewrites them all like it came out of the box(except data on your external memory card.) It will leave no sign of any apps or hidden codes or any data that doesn't belongs to Samsung. So no root, completely the way you bought it the first time. no need of xda anymore and you can stay without it even making update possible to work. but then you're not getting any more updates from them. but xda here on xda have so much updates if you've seen already.
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tzxlyd said:
The "Unfortunately, System Update has stopped” message pops up all the time even with the Wi-Fi disabled. Of course that message started about the same time as the apps started installing themselves onto the tablet. I always had the automatic update setting on so I never paid attention to whether the tablet was updating.
Another curious observation is that I have not enabled Wi-Fi as I stated earlier and when I go to settings to look at the application manager the only app that it shows is the “Galaxy Tab 2 Screensaver” taking up 23.52MB of space but I don’t know if that is a system app or if it is part of the self-imposed sexy wallpaper app that I had to delete. I ask because all the other system apps do not show up in the app manager under the settings – for instance alarm, amazon kindle, paper artist, playbooks, music player, YouTube, Polaris Office, etc. The Screensaver is of course one of the apps but none of the other 60 apps are listed in the application manager only the “Galaxy Tab2 Screensaver” – I did not notice if this Galaxy Screensaver was already there since I never change the screensaver settings on my tablets. When I compare this to the way the application manager looks on my 7” (GT-P3113) the 7” has all of the apps listed in the application manager.
in short I am still very confused. Where can I get further help in understanding not the steps to flash the rom but an understanding of what that actually does?
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the reason the app stops, could be because bad, overwritten, conflicting data, or even in case when you're ram is pretty much choked up all apps could start misbehaving and stop responding.
simple test, try deleting system update app's data. in settings- app manager- all apps. if it's because bad data, it will sort things out.
any app under settings-app manager you find that has uninstall option ------ is not a system app.
the apps which you can only disable and can't uninstall ------- are the apps installed on your system partition.
So, don't be confused, focus, first clear data/cache of all the apps that you suspect or is getting stopped, then uninstall the apps which you can, get rid of aptoide, Galaxy Tab2 Screensaver. use google play store or amazon and install apps from them only, or sites which you can trust. if you want to disable samsung update, disable it as well, since it will never show any update anymore and won't be getting stopped.
See how it goes, if problem persists, then we will get over to flashing through odin
Billysam,
I got rid of the Aptoide apps when I tried to do the factory resets so they have been removed and as you say I guess the viruses were already embedded onto the tablet from using those games. Even with all of the Aptoide apps removed I am getting the update failure message and the wallpaper app (plus sometime others) are already on the tablet after the reset. I will look at the Odin flash and I saw the steps on Sammobile. I already downloaded the Odin and the firmware files that match the build of my tablet so I believe I am ready to proceed. Can you review the instructions I copied from the Sammobile website to ensure the steps are correct?
The Sammobile steps are as follows:
• Extract (unzip) the firmware file
• Download Odin v3.10.7
• Extract Odin ZIP file
• Open Odin v3.10.7
• Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
• Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
• Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
• Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
• Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes
tzxlyd said:
Billysam,
I got rid of the Aptoide apps when I tried to do the factory resets so they have been removed and as you say I guess the viruses were already embedded onto the tablet from using those games. Even with all of the Aptoide apps removed I am getting the update failure message and the wallpaper app (plus sometime others) are already on the tablet after the reset. I will look at the Odin flash and I saw the steps on Sammobile. I already downloaded the Odin and the firmware files that match the build of my tablet so I believe I am ready to proceed. Can you review the instructions I copied from the Sammobile website to ensure the steps are correct?
The Sammobile steps are as follows:
• Extract (unzip) the firmware file
• Download Odin v3.10.7
• Extract Odin ZIP file
• Open Odin v3.10.7
• Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
• Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
• Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
• Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
• Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes
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"Backup all your Important files before doing any troubleshooting"
Yes that's right.
Billysam,
I wanted to let you know that I was finally able to get back to this today and I followed your instructions on flashing the stock firmware through Odin. From what I can tell it worked just as you described – I was able to connect the Wi-Fi, then check the update and that update error did not appear. Additionally, the system loaded music player is working as it was prior to the problem and there has not been any wallpaper application trying to force itself onto my tablet.
I truly appreciate your assistance with everything. I may at some point in the future update my tablet to the latest android platform from the instructions contained within the XDA website. Especially, now that I know the caliber of expertise within the forums.
I believe from what you indicated that will require that I root the tablet to get to the most current android system but I am definitely going to take my time to fully research the steps required before I venture down that path. I will stay away from Aptoide as my app store from this point forward – I never had any problems with those apps previously – still I do not need the hassle since as you said they can be acquired from the Google store. Again, I truly appreciate your assistance.
tzxlyd said:
Billysam,
I wanted to let you know that I was finally able to get back to this today and I followed your instructions on flashing the stock firmware through Odin. From what I can tell it worked just as you described – I was able to connect the Wi-Fi, then check the update and that update error did not appear. Additionally, the system loaded music player is working as it was prior to the problem and there has not been any wallpaper application trying to force itself onto my tablet.
I truly appreciate your assistance with everything. I may at some point in the future update my tablet to the latest android platform from the instructions contained within the XDA website. Especially, now that I know the caliber of expertise within the forums.
I believe from what you indicated that will require that I root the tablet to get to the most current android system but I am definitely going to take my time to fully research the steps required before I venture down that path. I will stay away from Aptoide as my app store from this point forward – I never had any problems with those apps previously – still I do not need the hassle since as you said they can be acquired from the Google store. Again, I truly appreciate your assistance.
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Glad that you've achieved a new level of expertise yourself. welcome to the community and do spend some time here, there are tons of great stuffs here that will take your android device to heights that no official stock update can give. rooting and getting on a custom rom not exploits your device or is harmful if you truly understand and utilise the power that it gives in your hand. you can take control of your device yourself rather than stay in the hands of malicious app developers and forced sponsored bloatwares.
This pop up ad appears many times a day.
Can't figure where its coming from and how to get rid of it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Download Malwearbytes and run a scan. Looks like adware.
Malwarebytes found nothing ugg
What happens if you go to your pull down from top notifications? I'd think it will show the running process. Hold your finger on it and should go to the 'notifications' setting for the app.
Start deleting questionable apps you downloaded recently.
I had an update recently installed on my Samsung s8. When I tried to play my music, my phone said I had to download Samsung Music Player, since then I've had ads popping up every 5 minutes. Every ad has the System UI logo and an app that I downloaded to monitor app usage confirmed it also. When I go into advanced setting or admin settings the buttons are blocked. Some say to delete any unusual apps, but how can I tell which apps or stock apps I really need?
Which music player did you install?
I agree with the Malwarebytes, you might also want to check out your skin theme. Some have sneaky ways of rolling out ads to your phone.