The last few days, both my wife (Droid X2) and I (Droid Razr) have been getting notifications and items placed on our home screen. It is usually a link to sign up for some kind of apps or advertising for jobs. When you click on them it takes you to web sites. Is anyone else getting these and if so, where the hell are the coming from and how can I stop them?
They are getting real annoying. We get 1 to 3 a day.
Any help appreciated.
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Shortcuts Getting Placed On My Home Screen
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, Jul 02 2012 04:52 PM
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:57 PM
Is there an application that you both downloaded recently around the same time? Could be coming from an application, I think.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 05:00 PM
I get a the same thing when I use a certain app, but my are icons for apps. I notice them when i use Ultimate special FX app.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 05:29 PM
My wife rarely downloads and app and I can't think of anything odd I have downloaded lately.
I don't have that FX app mentioned. I am sure it is some app causing it, just can't figure out which one.
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I don't have that FX app mentioned. I am sure it is some app causing it, just can't figure out which one.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 05:31 PM
The last few days, both my wife (Droid X2) and I (Droid Razr) have been getting notifications and items placed on our home screen. It is usually a link to sign up for some kind of apps or advertising for jobs. When you click on them it takes you to web sites. Is anyone else getting these and if so, where the hell are the coming from and how can I stop them?
They are getting real annoying. We get 1 to 3 a day.
Any help appreciated.
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It's Google AdMob ads and Auto Adding Widgets. These are both settings that you can turn off in the Play Store
Open the Play Store and press the menu button on your phone, select settings.
Uncheck "Auto Add Widgets"
Uncheck "Google AdMob Ads"
Edited by spc_hicks09, 02 July 2012 - 05:32 PM.
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 04:51 AM
Thx. It was driving me crazy.
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 05:17 PM
Unfortunately that was not it. The wife had a couple of shortcuts on hers today. I didn't but I set my ADW EX to lock the desktop so that should help prevent it. Her's said something about "Appfiles". Some new site to download apps for the android. I am going to investigate it a little and see how they are putting these shortcuts on the phones.
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Posted 03 July 2012 - 05:42 PM
Unfortunately that was not it. The wife had a couple of shortcuts on hers today. I didn't but I set my ADW EX to lock the desktop so that should help prevent it. Her's said something about "Appfiles". Some new site to download apps for the android. I am going to investigate it a little and see how they are putting these shortcuts on the phones.
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Check out an app called airpush detector... sometimes theres apps you install that have that crap with it...
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 09:22 AM
I'd try disabling the downloading of apps from unknown sources and see what that does.
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 03:19 PM
Check out an app called airpush detector... sometimes theres apps you install that have that crap with it...
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Thx. It found one program called signal booster. I uninstalled it and will keep an eye on it. The wife doesn't have that program but still run it on her phone.
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 06:12 AM
It's Google AdMob ads and Auto Adding Widgets. These are both settings that you can turn off in the Play Store
Open the Play Store and press the menu button on your phone, select settings.
Uncheck "Auto Add Widgets"
Uncheck "Google AdMob Ads"
THANK YOU!!! that was annoying
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 07:12 PM
I know it's kind of an old thread by now but I use ad network detector to find out what apps are using adds 
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