Suddenly started getting these ads as soon as my phone is opened. I can hit the X and they disappear, but how do I stop getting them? Also my phone has started using a lot of battery power, even when WiFi is turned off. before it would last days without charging, now I have to do every day. What's sapping the power?

Download an app called "DNS-changer"  and open it and select a DNS called "No-ads".  That's it.

 

If you restart your phone you'll have to reselect "No-ads" as the app seems to get turned off upon restart.

 

 

 

 

Did this just arise recently? How long has this been happening? Did it begin after you installed a new app?

 

You probably have been phished either on the web or via an embedded message (SMS, any messaging app).

 

 

 

I'd look for apps which were recently installed (either in the app list, or in Settings, Apps...), which look odd or game-y.

 

Long press, select i, force stop then uninstall.

 

 

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2765944?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid

 

Scroll down to the Android section

 

 

Step 1: Remove problem apps
On an Android phone or tablet, press and hold your device's power button.
On your screen, touch and hold Power off Power. Your device starts in safe mode. You'll see "Safe mode" at the bottom of your screen
One by one, remove recently downloaded apps. Learn how to delete apps.
Tip: To remember the apps that you remove so that you can add them back, make a list.
After each removal, restart your device normally. See whether removing that app solved the problem.
After you remove the app that caused the problem, you can add back the other apps that you removed. Learn how to reinstall apps.
Step 2: Protect your device from problem apps
Make sure Play Protect is on:
Open your Android device's Google Play Store app Google Play.
Tap Menu Menu and then Play Protect.
Turn on Scan device for security threats.
Consider purchasing and downloading an anti-malware app, like Malwarebytes.
Step 3: Stop notifications from a certain website
If you're seeing annoying notifications from a website, turn off the permission:

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app Chrome.
Go to a webpage.
To the right of the address bar, tap More More and then Info Information.
Tap Site settings.
Under "Permissions," tap Notifications.
If you don't see "Permissions" or "Notifications," the site doesn't have notifications turned on.
Turn the setting off.

I did a phone reset, wiped everything, back to normal now including battery use. Thanks all.

5 minutes ago, giddyup said:

I did a phone reset, wiped everything, back to normal now including battery use. Thanks all.

Well it will be back to normal for a time  but most likely if you install that rouge app or visit that website or open that SMS again they will be right back..I installed AdAway on mine   works a bit like the suggested earlier DNS changer except this blocks a list of known adservers actually at the phone using the hosts file

1 minute ago, johng said:

Well it will be back to normal for a time  but most likely if you install that rouge app or visit that website or open that SMS again they will be right back..I installed AdAway on mine   works a bit like the suggested earlier DNS changer except this blocks a list of known adservers actually at the phone using the hosts file

For some reason AdAway doesn't show up in Playstore.

13 minutes ago, giddyup said:

For some reason AdAway doesn't show up in Playstore.

then put it in the search bar from Playstore ....as i just installed it so 

5 minutes ago, david555 said:

then put it in the search bar from Playstore ....as i just installed it so 

How do you think I searched for it? It won't show up if your device isn't compatible, and anyway, it clearly says it's not available on Playstore.

18 minutes ago, giddyup said:

For some reason AdAway doesn't show up in Playstore.

https://adaway.org/

Just now, giddyup said:

How do you think I searched for it?

maybe just by  clicking and scrolling ...? ????

3 minutes ago, david555 said:

maybe just by  clicking and scrolling ...? ????

The link you just added clearly says it's not available on Playstore.

"AdAway is not available on Google Play! It was removed by Google due to Violation of section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement. Please install it from F-Droid".

Just now, giddyup said:

The link you just added clearly says it's not available on Playstore.

i did not ad any link , confusing with someone else , i just downloaded the thing on Playstore by entering in search bar ,but could be  phone not compatible 

Just now, david555 said:

i did not ad any link , confusing with someone else , i just downloaded the thing on Playstore by entering in search bar ,but could be  phone not compatible 

Sorry, that was Johng.

Removed as not the one was needed

 

Notice the Subtle difference adaway vs  AdAway

 

4 minutes ago, johng said:

Notice the Subtle difference adaway vs  AdAway

 

Yes and it says get it on F-Droid, not Google Play because it was removed.

11 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Yes and it says get it on F-Droid, not Google Play because it was removed.

F-droid I think only carries the latest version ?

but you can also download the latest and all previous app versions and all the source code from  github  

https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/releases

 

download the app to an sdcard  insert in phone and install the app from sdcard  or connect phone to pc and download app straight to phone and install app.

no need for Google Play.

10 minutes ago, johng said:

F-droid I think only carries the latest version ?

but you can also download the latest and all previous app versions and all the source code from  github  

https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/releases

 

download the app to an sdcard  insert in phone and install the app from sdcard  or connect phone to pc and download app straight to phone and install app.

no need for Google Play.

Sorry, too much work!

1 minute ago, giddyup said:

Sorry, too much work!

Too much work !!!    well enjoy your adverts then ????

6 minutes ago, johng said:

Too much work !!!    well enjoy your adverts then ????

You do realise that AdAware isn't the only ad blocker out there?

On 8/17/2021 at 2:39 PM, giddyup said:

You do realise that AdAware isn't the only ad blocker out there?

And Play Store is not the only app store.........

 

Some would argue that Google is an ad business so perhaps not surprising and possibly for interest to some here is a link actually from 8 years ago about kicking them and other ad blockers off - 

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-kicks-ad-blocker-apps-off-play-store/