Ads pop up everywhere on my phone

x10user2011 · Feb 12, 2014

Hey does anyone know why I have advertisements popping up on my phone all the time?

It's random and occurs in all apps and I checked for virus with a scanner and it doesn't say anything. Has anyone had this issue before and know a solution? Idk what I clicked that might have caused this bug. Ads usually are games that lead me to the play store and not anything explicit (if that helps)

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markdapimp · Feb 12, 2014

x10user2011 said:
Hey does anyone know why I have advertisements popping up on my phone all the time?

It's random and occurs in all apps and I checked for virus with a scanner and it doesn't say anything. Has anyone had this issue before and know a solution? Idk what I clicked that might have caused this bug. Ads usually are games that lead me to the play store and not anything explicit (if that helps)

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Start in safe mode see if they still show up

MrObvious · Feb 12, 2014

If it is in games, if you're rooted try downloading an ad blocker. Since they blocked it from the Play Store you will need to Google it.

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x10user2011 · Feb 12, 2014

markdapimp said:
Start in safe mode see if they still show up

It's not that, it's ads popping up in places such as SMS or music and it's weird..

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Ben36 · Feb 12, 2014

You have something installed doing it. What did you last install before it happened?

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markdapimp · Feb 12, 2014

x10user2011 said:
It's not that, it's ads popping up in places such as SMS or music and it's weird..

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Still safe mode will disable all third party apps and any potential malware on your phone

think of it as a fail safe boot like how Windows has it

Heres how to get into it
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2852139?hl=en

how to get out of it? just shutdown your phone as you normally would and start it back

aooga · Feb 12, 2014

This is odd. Have you downloaded something from outside the play store? Do you have unknown sources enabled? If you didn't, then something is horribly wrong here. If you did download and install any APK, delete it.

If this is something from the Play Store itself, we have to report it.

To be completely safe, as others said, run the phone in safe mode. If they still pop up, flash the factory image...something went wrong. If they don't, it's an app.

varuntis1993 · Feb 12, 2014

markdapimp said:
Still safe mode will disable all third party apps and any potential malware on your phone

think of it as a fail safe boot like how Windows has it

Heres how to get into it
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2852139?hl=en

how to get out of it? just shutdown your phone as you normally would and start it back

There is also another trick that I found some days ago.....restart the phone and then let the google logo go, when the boot animation starts keep pressing the volume down button untill u get to the lock screen....ur safe mode should be there

mortenmhp · Feb 12, 2014

x10user2011 said:
Hey does anyone know why I have advertisements popping up on my phone all the time?

It's random and occurs in all apps and I checked for virus with a scanner and it doesn't say anything. Has anyone had this issue before and know a solution? Idk what I clicked that might have caused this bug. Ads usually are games that lead me to the play store and not anything explicit (if that helps)

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Please take a screenshot of such an ad to help us see what the problem might be. Also have a look at installed apps to see which one may be causing it.(preferably list all 3rd party apps you have installed, or simply a couple of screenshots)

Also as mentioned you should try safe mode(long press the "turn off" button in the power menu), to see if it still happens.(if not, it is one of your 3rd party apps.)

ConorCX · Feb 12, 2014

You could try and use a nifty app from the Play store called AirPush detector. It will look through your phone to look through which apps might be showing you unwanted advertisements.

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mistahseller · Feb 12, 2014

It was definitely an app that you installed, there are some apps in the playstore that if you install them will show ads. This is sketchy but I guess they want to make money somehow....

simms22 · Feb 12, 2014

this is how many free games/apps stay free

aooga · Feb 12, 2014

mistahseller said:
It was definitely an app that you installed, there are some apps in the playstore that if you install them will show ads. This is sketchy but I guess they want to make money somehow....

simms22 said:
this is how many free games/apps stay free

Popup ads? I understand ads in the game, but I've never seen ads that pop up in system apps. That's not allowed per the google play TOS. I'll be sure to report them if you give me the names of them. I have apps on there too, and most of them don't have ads, but the ones that do are always unobtrusive.

mistahseller · Feb 12, 2014

aooga said:
Popup ads? I understand ads in the game, but I've never seen ads that pop up in system apps. That's not allowed per the google play TOS. I'll be sure to report them if you give me the names of them. I have apps on there too, and most of them don't have ads, but the ones that do are always unobtrusive.

Oh I can't remember what app it was it was on my nexus 4, I installed something and everytime I would hit home it would popup like a sys warning message but it would be an ad.

jd1639 · Feb 12, 2014

I would run a virus/malware scan and stop using questionable apps.

aooga · Feb 12, 2014

jd1639 said:
...stop using questionable apps.

This. People keep complaining about Android having viruses when they're downloading all kinds of things like "free smileys" from random sites. 99.9% of the time, Google Play has clean apps, but there are still some apps that Google needs to filter out better. They need to completely ban air push and other notification ads or really anything that doesn't stay within the app.

EDIT: This wasn't meant to bash the OP. I'm talking about other people, and hopefully the OP didn't download this kind of stuff.

simms22 · Feb 12, 2014

aooga said:
Popup ads? I understand ads in the game, but I've never seen ads that pop up in system apps. That's not allowed per the google play TOS. I'll be sure to report them if you give me the names of them. I have apps on there too, and most of them don't have ads, but the ones that do are always unobtrusive.

yea. these apps open in the background. and since they are "open", their ads pop up. these arent the same kinds of ads that open in the app itself, theyll open in the status bar or just pop up. again, they are usually included in free apps/games that are usually of lower quality.

aooga · Feb 12, 2014

simms22 said:
yea. these apps open in the background. and since they are "open", their ads pop up. these arent the same kinds of ads that open in the app itself, theyll open in the status bar or just pop up. again, they are usually included in free apps/games that are usually of lower quality.

I thought Google banned that? http://phandroid.com/2013/09/30/google-play-notification-ads-policy/

simms22 · Feb 12, 2014

aooga said:
I thought Google banned that? http://phandroid.com/2013/09/30/google-play-notification-ads-policy/

looks that way.
but there are certain conditions that these app makers can use those ads.

aooga · Feb 12, 2014

simms22 said:
looks that way.
but there are certain conditions that these app makers can use those ads.

Wow. That's dumb. Oh well, I would never download any of those shady apps anyway, and neither would most people, but I still wish Google would have a bit more strict guidelines.

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