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
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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.
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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
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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
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
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You installed the app therefore giving it the permissions it requests
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
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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".
Dave
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I have succses
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.
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.
Thanks
Anilnc
Hey
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
anilnc said:
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.
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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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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 guys,
We are a small team which is about to make its first game. It is a realtime multiplayer bubble shooter. So far we have some design tests and almost no coding done. It is going to eventually be released for Android and iOS for both smartphones and tablets.
We are also looking for a good realtime backend API platform. Do you have any experiences with such?
We think we have picked the right ad platform:
www.appflood.com?site=21155
Here's a design test:
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We are hoping to be getting your feedback in this WIP thread.
We already have a site : www.popnationonline.com and a FB page : https://www.facebook.com/popnationonline?hc_location=stream
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Hello guys,
We are a small team which is about to make its first game. It is a realtime multiplayer bubble shooter. So far we have some design tests and almost no coding done. It is going to eventually be released for Android and iOS for both smartphones and tablets.
We are also looking for a good realtime backend API platform. Do you have any experiences with such?
We are hoping to be getting your feedback in this WIP thread.
this looks so awesome !!!
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Oh, thank you! We are working hard so we can make a video of the game in action. We will alsp be revealing some very cool game mechanics as soon as we have them implemented.
Available in China?
I showed this to some of my Chinese friend. They are interested.:laugh: Do you think you can make this game available in China?
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I showed this to some of my Chinese friend. They are interested.:laugh: Do you think you can make this game available in China?
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Hi, I've been reading about releasing games in China and so far I am not really sure how to do it. I know there are dozens of app stores other than google play and the app store. Putting the game there won't be a big problem I guess, but the in-game purchases will have to go through the google and apple accounts of the users. Now that I do not know if will be an issue for Chinese players. How do Chinese players pay for games? Do they use credit cards?
Also there is localization which I will do my best to get at least in mandarin and spanish.
If not, the single-player will be free anyway (albeit with ads), while the multiplayer will get a candy-crush style system of hearts you lose for a loss and you have to buy in order to play more.
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Hi, I've been reading about releasing games in China and so far I am not really sure how to do it. I know there are dozens of app stores other than google play and the app store. Putting the game there won't be a big problem I guess, but the in-game purchases will have to go through the google and apple accounts of the users. Now that I do not know if will be an issue for Chinese players. How do Chinese players pay for games? Do they use credit cards?
Also there is localization which I will do my best to get at least in mandarin and spanish.
If not, the single-player will be free anyway (albeit with ads), while the multiplayer will get a candy-crush style system of hearts you lose for a loss and you have to buy in order to play more.
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Releasing game in China is tricky but not impossible.
First you must decide how you are going to make money.
If you go with the mobile ads route, then just find company that has an SDK that provides ads.
If you want in-app purchase, you just need to find a Chinese payment SDK that takes Chinese payment methods.
Google play is not supported well in China so you will have to find a different submission service that takes your APK and send it to all top stores in China.
My favorite is appigniter.com
They have payment and mobile ads SDK. And pays you through your paypal account.
There are others like
papaya
onepf.org
inmobi
All interesting choices but not sure how good they work.
Thank you very much! That did help a lot. We will surely try to include a Chinese payment method, it is a gigantic market after all.
SohanM said:
Hey PopNationOnline
Uploading to each of the app stores in China can be a painstaking process. To make this process easier, you can try App Publish by InMobi. Its free and you will have to upload your app once and your app will be published to around 160 app stores across the world. I think it'll really help you.
Disclaimer: I work for InMobi
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Haha, free advertisement. Still, thank you! I might just end up using it.
I talked to a Papaya representative in China and he was very keen on making me give up the idea of using their payment SDK and dealing with China in general. I found it very strange.
Hi GUYS,
I am new to the android world, I have been an iphone user from iphone 3gs to iphone 5s, recently I shifted to ios to android and I am curreclty using Samsung Note 3, I am very happy with the performance of the device but when it comes to the App experience I give full marks to IOS.
I thought i would start this thread for users like me who might be having problems in the android world with APPS.
eg:
1. I never found an alternative app for "ibank" which is was using on my MAC and iphone.
2. No good alternative for "Filemaker Go."
So I request all the users of this community to share the name of such alternatives apps, so that it might help in easy switching between the platforms.
I am still looking for multiple accounts emails software blackberry was great here.
At present syncing all other email address to 1 single account but thats not I require
For multiple accounts email you can use
1. Boxer.
2. CloudMagic email.
3. MyMail
On iOS I used to use "App Price Drops" app for notification of price drops of app. Can anybody tell an alternative to this app for android?
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Hi GUYS,
I am new to the android world, I have been an iphone user from iphone 3gs to iphone 5s, recently I shifted to ios to android and I am curreclty using Samsung Note 3, I am very happy with the performance of the device but when it comes to the App experience I give full marks to IOS.
I thought i would start this thread for users like me who might be having problems in the android world with APPS.
eg:
1. I never found an alternative app for "ibank" which is was using on my MAC and iphone.
2. No good alternative for "Filemaker Go."
So I request all the users of this community to share the name of such alternatives apps, so that it might help in easy switching between the platforms.
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Little googling took me here
http://alternativeto.net
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Already been to this site.
But see the site lists so many apps as alternatives for FileMaker go and I have tested almost all but none came closer to the functionalilty of FileMaker pro.
The main motive behind starting this thread is to help users to save time and install the best alternative app that the other helpful users of this community propose rather than installing each app that sites like alternativeto.net suggests.
I hope the community will help.
Guys which app are you using to sync outlook with your PC over local WiFi not through internet.
For iOS I used to use todo version 7
Hoping for a reply
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Already been to this site.
But see the site lists so many apps as alternatives for FileMaker go and I have tested almost all but none came closer to the functionalilty of FileMaker pro.
The main motive behind starting this thread is to help users to save time and install the best alternative app that the other helpful users of this community propose rather than installing each app that sites like alternativeto.net suggests.
I hope the community will help.
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Agree
Hey guys
Any one knows android apps for.
1. Textexpansion.
2. Watching prices of apps and if the prices falls we could get a notification.
Please reply
Guys found an app more or like the iOS app "Textexpander".
The name of the app is "Everclip".
Please try it out and if know a better app than this one than please do share the name of the app here.
Guys anyone know a good notification app for controlling volume
Hoping for a reply
Hello all, I searched extensively for an answer about this on here and the Android docs but found nothing.
I'm using a Pixel 3AXL that still has security updates thru 03/22(-ish)
Google is trying to beg me to upgrade to Android 12 and I don't want the upgrade. I tested Android 12 while it was in beta and I simply don't like the bubbly interface it's the opposite of what I prefer.
That being said there's no option to refuse the upgrade and continue on with updates for Android 11 until my security end of life occurs...
Anyone know how I can get just security updates on Android 11? Will I need to manual update by "side loading" update files with adb? (or if that's even possible?)
Don't know. Android 12 might as well be malware if it screws up you're device's functionality or usability
Backup all critical data redundantly to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Never encrypt data drives and make sure the data is all there, intact and readable. That's your best protection against all that can happen.
In real time use it doesn't seem to matter as long as you're running on Android 9 or higher. It's fairly secure.
This N10+ hasn't been updated in over 2 years and the current load is over 1.5 yo.
Malware hasn't been an issue but I'm careful with what I install, download and back out of or close the browser, sometimes clear the cache if things get sketchy, etc. I hawk the download folder daily. Wifi is locked down as well.
Most malware is downloaded* by the user... and there's no saving dumb bunnies.
*and/or they they fail to detect malware in the download folder such as a trojan preloader. Had one breach the Samsung browser 22 months ago in spite of file settings. Tricky little rascal. It got perished before it could download its payload
Thanks, my greatest concern these days is a fdroid package gone rogue or infiltrated with malware... I suppose the same thing can and sometimes does happen on Googles play store as well. So yeah mostly package manager attacks or supply chain or whatever they're known as.
bladerunnernexus said:
Thanks, my greatest concern these days is a fdroid package gone rogue or infiltrated with malware... I suppose the same thing can and sometimes does happen on Googles play store as well. So yeah mostly package manager attacks or supply chain or whatever they're known as.
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When side loading scan with online Virustotal.
Scan occasionally with Malwarebytes as it will pick off one every now and then. It found a raskily trojan preloader in the download folder once that snuck in before it could retrieve its payload.
Lol, just because it's on Playstore doesn't mean I trust it. All my apps have been in use for a long time and I don't "sample" apps unless I need too.
It's rare but a poorly written Android app will sometimes do a dirty uninstall and leave you with a mess. My current OS load is over 1.5 yo, still fast and stable. In part because I'm careful what I install.
I firewall block apps that don't need internet access with Karma Firewall.
I also use this setting modification to kill ads globally...
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Excellent idea. Can some apps hide from karma? I'm using a KeePass compatible open source password manager downloaded from fdroid and it's not listed on my karma firewall apps list.
All my other apps and fdroid apps are listed though...
bladerunnernexus said:
Excellent idea. Can some apps hide from karma? I'm using a KeePass compatible open source password manager downloaded from fdroid and it's not listed on my karma firewall apps list.
All my other apps and fdroid apps are listed though...
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Nothing can hid from Karma's logging feature that I'm aware of. Problem is that feature is only active on Android 9 and below.
I've use this feature a lot as you can see what accessed the internet and when.
It's "piggybacking" on another Android service be my guess or you just didn't spot it.
Some apks show only as UID numbers.
I use the logging feature to determine their purpose.