I was in a VZW store the other day and was playing with an Imagio.
I noticed in Opera -> Home Page -> Media Store... there was an app to download called VCAST Widgets.
I didn't have enough time to install it and see what it is about.
It isn't available on my TP2.
Has anybody used it?
What is it?
Is it worthwhile at all?
I have VCAST Widgets loaded on my Imagio. So far the widgets aren't very useful and there is no way to uninstall them. I keep digging though to see if there is anything useful.
uncleartie said:
I have VCAST Widgets loaded on my Imagio. So far the widgets aren't very useful and there is no way to uninstall them. I keep digging though to see if there is anything useful.
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So just typical VZW bloatware
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Does anyone know if there is a good alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S' "Program Manager" widget?
This one little widget is the only reason I'm still using TWLauncher rather than Launcher Pro or ADW Launcher.
Any ideas?
you mean the App that lests you install/uninstall Apps?
there are tons of it if that is the case
Astro file manager comes build in with it
AllGamer said:
you mean the App that lests you install/uninstall Apps?
there are tons of it if that is the case
Astro file manager comes build in with it
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I'm referring specifically to the widget it provides that gives you a counter of how many programs you have running. And doesn't kill all processes when you tap on it.
i don't like the stock Task Manager, it is innacurate, it doesn't show a lot of the hidden apps running. It is a nice feature that shows how many apps are running but that's about it.
There are a lot of alternative Task Managers, but so far i've not found a good one that includes a widget
this one does but is not free
http://www.appbrain.com/app/status-widget/com.domobile.eray.widget
the next best thing is this one
http://www.appbrain.com/app/advanced-task-manager/com.james.SmartTaskManager
but it only tells you how much RAM you have left, you click on it and goes into the full screen which shows everything in detail
AllGamer said:
i don't like the stock Task Manager, it is innacurate, it doesn't show a lot of the hidden apps running. It is a nice feature that shows how many apps are running but that's about it.
There are a lot of alternative Task Managers, but so far i've not found a good one that includes a widget
this one does but is not free
http://www.appbrain.com/app/status-widget/com.domobile.eray.widget
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I love the stock Task Manager! It doesn't count the running services, which is good because I rather them be out of sight
Hmm that widget could work, but it takes up so much screen real estate.
If you or anyone know of any others, please share!
Closest I could find: http://www.appbrain.com/app/task-manager/com.futonredemption.taskmanager
[Q] Random "Free Music" app appeared on my touchpad in place of Google Play Store
My Touchpad was charging today and I just went to check on it. I unlocked the device and sitting right where the Google Play Store app shortcut used to be on my homescreen was an app called "Free Music" and it had the old itunes icon. I accidentally clicked on it as I was trying to long press it and remove it from my homescreen. It launched the Google play store as if the real app shortcut was there. After I removed it from my homescreen I checked the app drawer and did not see the app.
I am running CM 9 Alpha 2. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there malware on my TP, or a Virus? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Me too
I havent checked my touchpad with CM9A2, but my Acer Iconia with CM9-ported had this appear too.
I did not have this 3/8 afternoon, and had my tablet off yesterday night 3/8, and turned it on today 3/9, and it appeared shortly after.
Very strange and suspicious to have an itunes logo-ed shortcut "self-install"
Hope some more people can shed some insight into this.
Are we android user's getting hacked/compromised? (beyond what Google is already sucking off our tablets)
Whew
Okay, at least someone else had this happen. Now we just need to figure out what it is. Did you notice anything else funky? I couldn't find anything else that was weird, however I noticed this weird chinese app all the way in the bottom of my "All" apps list and I have since disabled it out of caution. Let me know if you have this app.
Did you just remove the app from the homescreen or open it also like I did? I really can't think of any app I installed that could have done this except one. This "watch TV" app, that I also uninstalled since just in case. I hope someone can explain this to us.
I just removed it from the homescreen (luckily did not click it to open by accident)
I dont have any Chinese/Foreign language apps on my All Apps.
I also dont have that "Watch TV" app.
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Okay, at least someone else had this happen. Now we just need to figure out what it is. Did you notice anything else funky? I couldn't find anything else that was weird, however I noticed this weird chinese app all the way in the bottom of my "All" apps list and I have since disabled it out of caution. Let me know if you have this app.
Did you just remove the app from the homescreen or open it also like I did? I really can't think of any app I installed that could have done this except one. This "watch TV" app, that I also uninstalled since just in case. I hope someone can explain this to us.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23450465#post23450465
I got a response from the Iconia forum, and I found my Pin to Pintrest App that allowed push installs. Do you have the same app?
Interesting
I don't have that app, but it could have been a different app that had the same type of air install thing. I uninstalled a bunch of apps that I didn't use that much, one of them might have had this feature enabled. Ill download that detector and see if any app on my tablet has that.
Thanks
Hi,
I recently installed an app, don't know which one, but I keep getting a notification of "Top Offers", mainly for a battery doubling app. I've deleted the app from the desktop, but can't find it anywhere else.
How do I remove it completely.
Thanks in advance.
ViPaSoft said:
Hi,
I recently installed an app, don't know which one, but I keep getting a notification of "Top Offers", mainly for a battery doubling app. I've deleted the app from the desktop, but can't find it anywhere else.
How do I remove it completely.
Thanks in advance.
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Settings > Applications > Manage applications
A good idea is to download Air Push Detector from the market it will tell you which app is giving you the air spam
Thanks to you both...
Found an app in Manage Applications called 'Ad-Serve' which I removed...didn't notice it before because I was looking for "Top Offers".
Installed 'Air Push Detector' and found "SkeeBall 3D" was always active, so uninstalled that.
Thanks again...
Top Offers
I, too have the Top Offers ad problem, however I did not find anything in my applications manager that looked suspicious. Any other guidance as to how to get rid of it?
T-Mobile Samsung Gallaxy SII
Install 'Air Push Detector' from the market. Run it and see what programs are running. Uninstall any that look unfamiliar or look like the culprit.
It worked for me.
Thanks to lufc for the original help.
My cousin bought new Galaxy 10 and i don't know how she did that but she has some adds popping up from time to time. I have tried to find if there is an weird app installed but couldn't find one. What do you suggest to do?
She's definitely installed some dodgy app that has caused it. IN the second screenshot, I can see a RAM cleaner. That's garbage, and they are often bundled with ads. Get rid of that. Also the "Hot apps" one. Get rid of that too. ANything that's not a legit apps such as Facebook, Whatsapp etc, uninstall it, and you'll find the ads will be gone,
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She's definitely installed some dodgy app that has caused it. IN the second screenshot, I can see a RAM cleaner. That's garbage, and they are often bundled with ads. Get rid of that. Also the "Hot apps" one. Get rid of that too. ANything that's not a legit apps such as Facebook, Whatsapp etc, uninstall it, and you'll find the ads will be gone,
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Thats the thing, i thought that too but i didn't find any on the phone apps library. When you hit on Hot apps it just take you to the play store to download the app.
Install "Nice catch" from Samsung's Good Luck. Should give you all the info you need to find out what is doing that.
Outbreak444 said:
Install "Nice catch" from Samsung's Good Luck. Should give you all the info you need to find out what is doing that.
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OK i have finally found this app. Its called Cool LED Caller Screen and when i entered to accounts in settings i saw it there.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.color.call.flash.colorphone.theme.coolled&hl=en_US
Appwatch on play store should help you find the culprit.
I just fixed that problem on the wife's phone with the free Malwarebytes app from Play Store.
Definitely some malware app installed.
I used to use the Google search bar on the home screen to pretty much search contacts, files, and other data on my phone to quickly find anything I need. Now it looks like after updating the Google app, you can only search apps now. I tried to check, settings/personal results to see if the other items where unchecked, but there's only apps now.
Does anyone know why it was removed? It kinda sucks that it's either keeping the Google app out of date and not doing the updates and or keeping Google up to date and loosing this functionality. It was really nice to be able to do that.
wasya152 said:
I used to use the Google search bar on the home screen to pretty much search contacts, files, and other data on my phone to quickly find anything I need. Now it looks like after updating the Google app, you can only search apps now. I tried to check, settings/personal results to see if the other items where unchecked, but there's only apps now.
Does anyone know why it was removed? It kinda sucks that it's either keeping the Google app out of date and not doing the updates and or keeping Google up to date and loosing this functionality. It was really nice to be able to do that.
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It's been a while. Doesn't look like a recent change.
https://support.google.com/android/thread/12118018?hl=en
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