Ads on Android notification bar getting some T-Mobile customers mad
0. phoneArena posted on 30 Mar 2012, 15:41
You might have thought that the notification bar on your Android phone would be free from advertising, but you would have been wrong; after a carrier in Japan used the space for ads, T-Mobile did the same thing angering some of its customers...
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1. Pings posted on 30 Mar 2012, 15:45 4 0
Its called Airpush. 'Airblocker - Airpush Block' did the trick for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.byq.airbloc ker&feature=search_result#?t=W 251bGwsMSwyLDEsInBsLmJ5cS5haXJ ibG9ja2VyIl0.
9. nnaatthhaannx2 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 17:16 3 0
just a heads up the link is broken.
For some reason, PA doesnt like links.
if you just search airblocker, it finds it.
only for rooted phones tho :(
15. Giggity posted on 30 Mar 2012, 19:09 0 0
PA doesn't like long link, shorten with goo.gl then it should be ok
21. mozes316 posted on 31 Mar 2012, 08:33 0 0
Airpush Detector works on unrooted phones as well.
2. 14545 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 15:51 7 0
I'd leave, and it seems like Tmo is doing their best to go out of business.
3. Twitch016 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 15:52 1 0
Sprint did this as well, but only once a month or so; it was always the same notification to see "new news" in the Sprint Zone app. Somewhat annoying, but not a killer. T-Mobile customers certainly can't be surprised by this. After all, with all the apps carriers load onto phones without any option to remove, they can't truly be shocked to see a notification about those apps periodically. It's unfortunate, but just the way of things.
11. nnaatthhaannx2 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 17:21 2 0
Quick question: any downsides to rooting?
I know there's tons for doing a ROM, but any for rooting?
Whats the chance that I'm going to mess up my phone?
14. Yummy posted on 30 Mar 2012, 17:53 2 0
Well, Rooting isn't necessary if you ask me. You already have a lot of freedom alone. If you follow steps that are given to you, you should be fine. The only downside I see is going through all the work to get the device rooted, but some are easy though. Once you root, you can overclock or take off those pesky apps that carriers put that can't be UN-installed. :)
18. shimmyx20 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 20:49 0 0
Might void the warranty. So make sure you know of a way to un-root it incase you need to send in your phone for servicing. Should be easy though.
22. LoneShaolin posted on 31 Mar 2012, 13:57 0 0
Might? Definitely voids the warranty. And if you flash a new ROM it'll trip the "flash counter"
5. maxican16 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 16:12 6 0
Are they worse than the audible pop-up ads you merely need to mouse over to activate that plague this site?
Only BARELY.
7. GALAXY-S posted on 30 Mar 2012, 16:22 3 0
lmao!! yea thats soo freaken true!!
yea only BARELY!
6. GALAXY-S posted on 30 Mar 2012, 16:21 0 0
i hate those adds !!! if i install an app that causes that i uninstall in a heart beat no matter what the app is!!
My phone is rooted of coarse! i still use the my acount app but i have not updated it yet.. and i never will now !
stupid bloatware
8. theBankRobber posted on 30 Mar 2012, 16:42 0 0
God I keep getting this crap on my Photon about 5-10 times a day. I think its tunee music, have to get ride of this
10. Stuntman posted on 30 Mar 2012, 17:19 1 0
There is a lot of outrage against ads that use the notification bar. One developer had a game that started doing that. There was such a backlash that the developer took it off.
The problem I have with notification bar ads is that the ads pop up no matter how much or how little you use the app. I'm OK with ads appearing when I play the game or use the app. However, I am not OK with ads appearing every day for an app I haven't used in over a month.
Another issue with these ads is that you don't know which app is causing the ads. When you install an app, the ads usually don't appear until later that day or perhaps a day or two later. If you installed a bunch of apps, you won't know which app causes it.
Users of T-Mobile should complain as much as possible. No one I know of is OK with ads randomly popping up in the notification bar.
12. medicci37 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 17:27 0 0
I hate the adds on here that pop up when i load the page & don't always disappear when I try 2 close them. Instead taking me to some bullsht add.
13. jmoita2 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 17:27 1 0
I'm so freaking tired of this never ending attempt to sneak advertising into every possible nook and cranny of our lives!!! What is next,a pop out window out of the toilet when I'm going number 2??? Or toilet paper with ads on it???
16. xtremesv posted on 30 Mar 2012, 19:33 0 0
Then they ask why people are urged to root their devices and change carrier firmware.
19. Forsaken77 posted on 30 Mar 2012, 22:57 0 0
Has anyone actually ever bought something from a phone ad? Very unlikely. People probably don't even click on them, much less buy something. Waste of space if you ask me.
20. sprockkets posted on 30 Mar 2012, 23:35 0 0
I don't get it. Via the links provided, TMob said it was a mistake, and that the app didn't honor the preferences to not have those notification ads, and that they fixed it.
"I'm sorry to hear about your recent experience with the T-Mobile marketing promotion ads that appeared on your phone. Feedback received from our customers has assisted us with disabling those ads from the notification bar on Android phones. These notifications appeared due to an error in our systems and will not appear in the future. If you had previously signed up to not receive marketing promotions from T-Mobile and these ads still appeared, it was because the error bypassed your notification preference. This system error has been addressed and the notification preference option is still active on your account. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and will ensure it does not happen in the future."
23. Stuntman posted on 31 Mar 2012, 22:23 0 0
I find it hard to believe that those ads are due to an error in their systems. It's more like an error in judgement when someone decide to put ads in the notification bar. To say that it was an error in their system is just an insult.
