Recent content by MaxOctane

Re: Samsung Internet opening to random spam sites Well I'll be! I've got the Peel Remote which I've never opened but it had battery usage as well. Although, on my S10, I was able to uninstall the app, not just disable it. Hopefully this fixes it. Thank you!

Re: Samsung Internet opening to random spam sites From what I've read and experienced, older phones can downgrade to an older version of the browser and the problem will go away. Those of us with newer phones, like the Galaxy S10 won't downgrade to a low enough version. I installed the...

Re: Samsung Internet opening to random spam sites I mentioned that I'd downloaded the Samsung Internet Beta application and my unwanted pop-ups seemed to stop. I think typically what happens is that it opens when my phone is locked so when I go to unlock it, the Samsung Internet browser app is...

Re: Samsung Internet opening to random spam sites I downloaded the Samsung Internet Beta browser from the Google play store - I was hoping that it would replace the existing Samsung Internet app, but it did not. They are both there and I can open both of them independently. HOWEVER, I did so...

Re: Samsung Internet opening to random spam sites Yes, all of the websites all have the same blog-style format. The latest one that came up for me was //onepknews. com/2019/08/[redacted the rest of the link] I downloaded an app called Popup Ad Detector - which is supposed to detect which apps...

Re: Samsung Internet opening to random spam sites I still can't get my phone to stop, I'm getting closer to factory wiping this POS. I haven't been recording the websites that's been coming up, but they seem similar to yours. The last one that came up today that I have here right now is...

Re: Samsung Internet opening to random spam sites What version of the browser were you able to downgrade to? I have a Galaxy S10+ and this started happening to me a couple of weeks ago as well. I downgraded from version 9.4.00.45 to 9.0.01.85 and it's still happening. In fact, when it comes...