Ads on S8+

[TheLastPanda]

The last couple days I've been having ads pop up all over the phone. Sometimes it's an overlay, full screen when I wake the phone up, or when I switch between apps. It's super annoying! I've deleted the last few apps that I've installed and it's still happening. I just returned from China and it started doing this when I returned to the US. I'm on a Verizon s8+.

I've added 2 photos of it happening if it helps.

Can someone tell me how I can get rid of it?

 

[methodman89]

Boot into safe mode. If the ad stops, it's an app doing it and you'll have to play elimination.

 

[jeffmd]

The ad is from an app you installed. Delete them one by one until it is gone.

 

[TheLastPanda]

I think I found it. It's an app I installed on my last day in Vietnam, then then traveled to China for another 2 weeks. I didn't get any of these ads while in China probably because of the great firewall.

Once I got into the US, I started getting ads because of lack of the firewall. I guess that firewall was good for one thing lol

I've attached a photo of the app for reference

 

[Javier P]

Glad you managed to find the culprit and thanks for the follow up! It'll be very helpful for other members with a similar issue.

I've read many reports about that app pushing ads and weird popup menus. Definitely an app you want to uninstall as soon as possible.

 

[TheLastPanda]

Glad you managed to find the culprit and thanks for the follow up! It'll be very helpful for other members with a similar issue.

I've read many reports about that app pushing ads and weird popup menus. Definitely an app you want to uninstall as soon as possible.

The way I figured it out was, when an ad is displayed full screen, I hit multitask and see the icon and name of the app. The icon looks a lot like instagram's icon but the name of the app just says advertisement. If you just search by "advertisement" in settings>app you won't find it. If you look for it by icon you easily miss it because it looks like instagram!

 

[Javier P]

The way I figured it out was, when an ad is displayed full screen, I hit multitask and see the icon and name of the app. The icon looks a lot like instagram's icon but the name of the app just says advertisement. If you just search by "advertisement" in settings>app you won't find it. If you look for it by icon you easily miss it because it looks like instagram!

Excellent tip! Thanks!