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  all of a sdden, ads on phone Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 19:30 -0400
    Re: all of a sdden, ads on phone VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-07-18 01:48 -0500
      Re: all of a sdden, ads on phone Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 04:47 -0400
      Re: all of a sdden, ads on phone Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 04:49 -0400

#31946 — all of a sdden, ads on phone

All of a sudden today, I'm getting ads for videos, I think they all
were, in the middle of whatever I'm doing, on my phone. 

Is there a particular app that I can find and delete, perhaps? Or
something in memory? 

Two nights ago I bought a book on Amazon, and as soon as I paid, they
offered to let me read the same book for free on Kindle, so I wouldn't
have to wait until my book came.  I did it.  At least one of the ads
today mentioned Kindle.   Do you think that's where they found me? Any
way to undo that? 

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Micky wrote:

> All of a sudden today, I'm getting ads for videos, I think they all
> were, in the middle of whatever I'm doing, on my phone. 
> 
> Is there a particular app that I can find and delete, perhaps? Or
> something in memory? 
> 
> Two nights ago I bought a book on Amazon, and as soon as I paid, they
> offered to let me read the same book for free on Kindle, so I wouldn't
> have to wait until my book came.  I did it.  At least one of the ads
> today mentioned Kindle.   Do you think that's where they found me? Any
> way to undo that?

I'm brand new to Android so this is something that I just learned: long
press on a notification to see which app issued it.  For me, a long
press on a notification shows a larger screen (for the app that is
showing the notification) and there is an "App Info" button that I can
press.  That will show which installed app is associated to the
notification.

You did not say WHERE you are seeing the ads.  If not as a notification
then WHERE do you see ads?  In the web browser?  If so, which one?  I
recall reading some web browsers that come with a built-in ad blocker
(Opera and Slimjet, both Chromium based).  For others, like Firefox, you
need to install an adblocker add-on (I use uBlock Origin).

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#32341

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 01:48:21 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>Micky wrote:
>
>> All of a sudden today, I'm getting ads for videos, I think they all
>> were, in the middle of whatever I'm doing, on my phone. 
>> 
>> Is there a particular app that I can find and delete, perhaps? Or
>> something in memory? 
>> 
>> Two nights ago I bought a book on Amazon, and as soon as I paid, they
>> offered to let me read the same book for free on Kindle, so I wouldn't
>> have to wait until my book came.  I did it.  At least one of the ads
>> today mentioned Kindle.   Do you think that's where they found me? Any
>> way to undo that?
>
>I'm brand new to Android so this is something that I just learned: long
>press on a notification to see which app issued it.  For me, a long

Good to know.  

>press on a notification shows a larger screen (for the app that is
>showing the notification) and there is an "App Info" button that I can
>press.  That will show which installed app is associated to the
>notification.

Oh, cool.  I didnt' know that.  I just retrurned a couple adnroid
books to the library, but they were android 2 and elementary so I
didn't learn anything. 
>
>You did not say WHERE you are seeing the ads.  If not as a notification
>then WHERE do you see ads?  In the web browser?  If so, which one?  I

I don't really know.  Maybe I was in a maps program, going to the next
page like Download map, or Settings, and all of sudden pops up a full
screen ad for a movie.  I don't think the maps app is displaying that
but I don't know what is. 

>recall reading some web browsers that come with a built-in ad blocker
>(Opera and Slimjet, both Chromium based).  For others, like Firefox, you
>need to install an adblocker add-on (I use uBlock Origin).

I haven't even started any webbrowser when this happens. 

I haven't fiddled with the phone since I posted so I'm fiddling now,
to better answer your questions.   Well it hasn't happened with one
map program so maybe it was Play Store.  I found one app that said it
included ads. I'm  pretty sure I did not dl anything like that, but
anyhow it hasn't happened yet.  I will pay more attention and post
back.   Maybe play store does this, even if it didn't just now, but at
least it's not happening all the time everywhere. 

I thought this problem might be so well known I ddidn't need more
info.  Sorry. 

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#32342

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 01:48:21 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>
>I'm brand new to Android so this is something that I just learned: long

BTW, I basically am too, just about 6 weeks.  I had a smart phone for
maybe 3 years but it had so little memory I couldnt install anything
and I didn't find anytihing to do with it, except use the contact
list.   I used the camera a bit but it kept jumping out of camera for
reasons I didn't understand.  And when I turned the camera sideways,
often the screen image didnt' rotate.   I think I should give the
phone to someone but I don't know who. 

>press on a notification to see which app issued it.  For me, a long
>press on a notification shows a larger screen (for the app that is
>showing the notification) and there is an "App Info" button that I can
>press.  That will show which installed app is associated to the
>notification.

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