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Hi,
We have a very special idea about a new Play Store alterego. We would display Android apps in a dedicated app just like AppAware, 1Mobile Market, AppSales, Appsfire, but in a special way. However, we don't know if we can display the apps without the developers' permission.
Do these apps scrape Play Store for data and display the apps without the permission of the developers or do they ask developers if they can use their apps? Considering these apps provide users with thousands of apps, I don't think they mail all developers.
What do you think? Can this be done? Is there a risk that a developer sues these apps for using his app without his exact permission? These apps have 500,000-1,000,000 downloads which mean they are very popular.
Note: we won't offer direct download of apps. When they click on an app in our App they will be directed to Google Play.
Thanks,
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Hi guys just a quick question I don't like the big list of previous installed apps on play store and its all messed up what I'm asking is they a way of clearing the list and just to show installed apps that are currently installed on phone so when install new rooms ect don't have to go through the list lol
Thanks guys and yes I've tried clearing app data :laugh:
support.google.com/googleplay/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=known_issues.cs&ki_topic=1319135
At this time, there is no way to delete records of old apps either on the Google Play website (play.google.com) or from the My Apps section of the Google Play Store app.
We know that some users are looking for a way to delete old apps from Google Play, and we'll certainly take this into account as we work to improve the Google Play experience in the future.
Hi all,
Sadly adaway has been removed from Google play today. I understand why Google done that but I think there will be more apps that start getting axed and there will gradually be less and less customisation to be done to android (my opinion).
What do you all think?
chrisastrous said:
Hi all,
Sadly adaway has been removed from Google play today. I understand why Google done that but I think there will be more apps that start getting axed and there will gradually be less and less customisation to be done to android (my opinion).
What do you all think?
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I don't think other apps are in Danger unless they violate googles rule.. But there's always XDA
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
damn that sucks.. anyway here's a copy if anyone ever needs it.
Dev is already posting it im other places. All good. :thumbup:
From https://code.google.com/p/ad-away/
AdAway was removed from Google Play
I received an email from Google Play that AdAway was removed due to "Violation of section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement." Thus, it will never be available on Google Play again. Please switch to F-Droid, the open alternative to Google Play!
Allow app installs from 'unknown sources'
Download https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk to your device
Install this apk
Open F-Droid and search for AdAway
This has nothing to do with the Nexus 4.
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hello with the new way of these phones andriod and others plus spyware .im wondering how do i know what apps samsung etc are spying on my phone maybe uploading my numbers and other infor without me knowing any of you guys got any idea whats the best way to stop it. tbh i hate even google assist even turning on by itself even when i diable it
Hello, first of all, please write in easily readable sentences, that way more people are going to help you.
Second, it is important to be and stay suspicious of the software you use, especially with android. But you shouldn't be worried too much as most of the data that is sent from your phone isn't sent with "evil intentions" or anything like that, it is often rather aggressive diagnostics.
Warning! The following paragraphs are filled with very radical means of removing suspected spyware! Almost all of these require root and knowledge in modding your Android! Beware!
As to how you can spot "spyware" or suspected spyware, there isn't one easy way.
First of all, you could use a custom ROM, so that your system is more open source and there isn't any suspected spyware (or any "ware" at all) from Samsung.
To go one step further, you could try to live without Google services:
Use a different search engine, for example DuckDuckGo or any other really
Use Firefox or any non-Chromium browser
Instead of using opengapps to install Google Play Services (when you install a custom ROM) you could use the replacement project "microG" (microg.org).
Get as many apps as you can from Open source app stores (F-Droid)
Don't use the official Play Store unless you really have to - it is a power hungry data collecting app (that can theoretically install any app without asking, just like the Google Play Services or any other /system/priv-app app with proper permissions) - Alternative for installing Play Store apps: Aurora Store
Replace Google Maps with OpenStreetMap (OSMand)
Use a anonymous YouTube client, for example NewPipe
etc.
These are of course only suggestions, I don't recommend doing them all at once, but if you really don't want any unnecessary data sent from your phone, these are the first steps.
For actually seeing which apps send what data you could either analyze the app bytecode with App Warden or look at all detailed permissions with AppOpsX.
Methods to neutralize spyware are rejecting the permission for the app to use internet access or even run in the background, disabling the suspected app or removing it with system app removers.
Be very careful with actually disabling or removing system apps! Many system apps are needed for the system to work and one can easily misjudge an app by its description and diagnostics! Before disabling an app you should research whether anyone else knows anything about the app and only remove it if you are really sure about it. You have been warned.
Hi guy I'm Brenton from South Africa Cape Town ...I've been a Huawei guy since years back...like to know anything new about Huawei devices and tips and tricks...amd since the Google ban I'm mostly here to find out about ways to get any of it back
Welcome to XDA
Cape Town, cool. Beautiful country.
Specifically what are you trying to do or access on Google? My knowledge for those devices however is almost net zero.
For Playstore apps you can use another device with Playstore access to install the app you want.
Then use ApkExport to make an installable copy; I don't use Playstore when I reload, using my saved apk copies instead.
The HUAWEI ban explained: A complete timeline and everything you need to know
Why is HUAWEI banned and what does the HUAWEI Google ban mean for HUAWEI phones? Here's everything you need to know!
www.androidauthority.com
blackhawk said:
Welcome to XDA
Cape Town, cool. Beautiful country.
Specifically what are you trying to do or access on Google? My knowledge for those devices however is almost net zero.
For Playstore apps you can use another device with Playstore access to install the app you want.
Then use ApkExport to make an installable copy; I don't use Playstore when I reload, using my saved apk copies instead.
The HUAWEI ban explained: A complete timeline and everything you need to know
Why is HUAWEI banned and what does the HUAWEI Google ban mean for HUAWEI phones? Here's everything you need to know!
www.androidauthority.com
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Most apps I want to use needs google play services to function and that apps is not yet available on app gallery or can't function from an APK sideloaded from the browser
blackhawk said:
Welcome to XDA
Cape Town, cool. Beautiful country.
Specifically what are you trying to do or access on Google? My knowledge for those devices however is almost net zero.
For Playstore apps you can use another device with Playstore access to install the app you want.
Then use ApkExport to make an installable copy; I don't use Playstore when I reload, using my saved apk copies instead.
The HUAWEI ban explained: A complete timeline and everything you need to know
Why is HUAWEI banned and what does the HUAWEI Google ban mean for HUAWEI phones? Here's everything you need to know!
www.androidauthority.com
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Nd how does the APKExport app work...or can you maybe drop a link to where I can find it
Kiddbiebo said:
Most apps I want to use needs google play services to function and that apps is not yet available on app gallery or can't function from an APK sideloaded from the browser
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Many of the apps that demand Google play Services are trash apps. Not all, so yeah it limits you somewhat. If rooted you have more options.
Many of the best freeware apps like Karma Firewall don't care
It's operation is simple, choose the apk you want to copy and then go to ApkExport folder to retrieve the copy. Punching on the copy will install it.
This is it:
The Google Play Store (and F-Droid) used to have a possibility to review the app permissions before an installation of an app. I used this regularly to check whether the permissions were reasonable for the task the app was designed for, e.g. a weather app which requests permissions for camera and contacts is quite suspicious.
However, when I look now in the Google Play Store, I do not see anymore the possibility to check the app permissions. I also didn't find any useful information in the internet why this has changed.
Does anybody know how I can check the required permissions before installation now?
Yeah, this is a Google nightmare that no one is talking about. I downloaded Aurora Store and use that to check permissions before downloading now. No login needed and it has a tab that lists apps with updates. But, it does not indicate which permissions are New, they are all listed though.
This is so frustrating. I used this feature to review my kids apps before letting them install. Now I have to see which permissions it asks for after installing it. After it has the opportunity to download unprotected data, which is a lot.
Google's anticonsumer behavior is getting worse and worse.