Android spam

MissKeith

Thanks for that app, it's fantastic. Uninstalled an app myself which was causing some issues.

thegoodman

Thank god iPhone users don't have to go through this.
You buy the phone to enjoy not spend hours worrying about this kind of things.

will-he-payitoff

thegoodman wrote: »

Thank god iPhone users don't have to go through this.
You buy the phone to enjoy not spend hours worrying about this kind of things.

So once again the answer to a simple problem is pay thru the nose for an iphone!

mrochester

will-he-payitoff wrote: »

So once again the answer to a simple problem is pay thru the nose for an iphone!

Sometimes you get what you pay for. This issue probably stems from the fact that Android apps tend to rely more heavily on advertising for revenue rather than having a fixed initial cost like you'd more frequently find in the App Store.

Do these Android apps not tell you you will be spammed in the permissions list?

robbies_gal

and there he is the iphone king

DUTR

mrochester wrote: »

Sometimes you get what you pay for. This issue probably stems from the fact that Android apps tend to rely more heavily on advertising for revenue rather than having a fixed initial cost like you'd more frequently find in the App Store.

Do these Android apps not tell you you will be spammed in the permissions list?

There are often two versions a paid for app and a free one, natually the free one will lack features or have advertising banners, ot is the same/similar on my ipod touch though

Lottery checker for iOS



and for android



Perhaps the OP would have been no better with an iOS

mrochester

I can't say I've ever heard of iOS displaying spam notifications like the OP says he is experiencing with Android.

DUTR

mrochester wrote: »

I can't say I've ever heard of iOS displaying spam notifications like the OP says he is experiencing with Android.

True , not sure about the iphone but the ipod touch does not have a notification bar feature.

mrochester

DUTR wrote: »

True , not sure about the iphone but the ipod touch does not have a notification bar feature.

Yeah iOS 5 introduced a notification bar. Do you know if the app permissions in Android let you know beforehand that an app will spam you or is it a case of only knowing when it starts happening?

DUTR

mrochester wrote: »

Yeah iOS 5 introduced a notification bar. Do you know if the app permissions in Android let you know beforehand that an app will spam you or is it a case of only knowing when it starts happening?

I have never experienced spam or malware symptoms to know, I have not updated the SE of the ipod touch, but I do notice when playing "move the box" that there is constant adverts running and the battery life is shortened somewhat. the only emails I have had on my gmail is from google for reminders etc, I suppose it depends where the OP has been using his gmail address