yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] m.alkhalel:
its really weird, if it wasnt malware or your carrier what is it then?

btw "Buongiorno" is well known for their mobile-targeted web-based services and its all SCAM, so thats why i thought it was a malware.... but oh well who knows!
[About XDA developers] GrimReaper24:
I have had issues with random sound ads playing sayin you won somethin to try this .. Rare but annoying . Hopefully they remove them. Don't mind the 3 ads you see on each page but sound ones are annoying . They make money off ads don't see anything wrong with it just the sound ones suck.

Sent from the Reaper.
[About XDA developers] TheCuriousOne:
I have the same problem, whenever I go to xda from using my mobile...android 4.03. It happens so often that it is now impossible to view the xda site because when I press back....it takes me back two pages and completely blocks xda_dev website.

XDA-DEVS is now supporting porn sites? I'd appreciate any help.
[About XDA developers] S0f@king:
Additional information about this can be found on this site.

"w w w.betrugsopferforum.com/abzocke-buongiorno-deutschland-gmbh-websms-de-blinkogold-de-545.html"

German language only.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
We are trying to find out why these are appearing, but have been unable to reproduce this, even using German connections and Android devices... We are in touch with the ad providers to see if they can see what's happening (as some people think it may be linked to ads)
[About XDA developers] Braxos:
Got the same

Germany

Eplus(aldi talk)
[About XDA developers] mbirth:
Just tested it with a colleague's phone (GT-I9000, CM9). With the Opera Mobile browser, there is no ad. Using the stock browser, the ad appears.

It is 100% reproducable when using the stock browser, doing a Google search and clicking a result pointing to a "showthread.php" page. The ad only appears once per visit to that page.
[About XDA developers] helduel:
Chrome on Android has the same problem.
[About XDA developers] gbohm:
it is really annoying... i hope the admins from xda find a sollution quite fast....

i get it on my sgs2 ,

nook ,

nexus

all on ics stock browser (cm9) no matter if 3g or wifi

provider t-mobile de

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk
[About XDA developers] DerEineDa:
I have this problem, too, using a fresh install of Cyanogenmod 9 on my HP Touchpad. There are no additional apps installed and it happens with the stock browser. The HP Touchpad doesn't have mobile data, just Wifi.

I think it's embarrasing for a site like XDA to serve this scam for such a long time.

---------- Post added at 07:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:06 PM ----------

I can reproduce this on my desktop using firefox and this User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.3; de-de; cm_tenderloin Build/IML74K) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.30

It happens only sometimes and only when viewing a topic, not at the index. Sometimes there is a redirect to another scam site "vod.mobilevids.mobi":

I tried to track it down using "Tamper Data" extension for firefox, but there are A LOT of internal redirects until the final redirect to the scam site, so it's really hard to track it down.

The topic loads completely until the redirect, so I guess the redirect happens at javascript-level.
[About XDA developers] DerEineDa:
I think I tracked down the appearance of the mobilevids site. Please see the attached file. The txt-file shows the order of requests from xda to mobilevids. The html-file is the cached copy of the xda-topic that started the chain of requests.

Unfortunately I can't find the piece of code that loads "http://69.55.61.134" and I am out of time now. I will look into it later. If I happen to see "smartphonegirls.de" again, I will track this down, too.

The problem only seems to happen when NOT using adblock. Also, I was NOT logged in when it happened.

EDIT: In my case it was the square advertisement on the bottom of the page, loaded by "LD_AddSlot("NewForum_Thread_Bottom");" via javascript. This ad sometimes gets served by 69.55.61.134 and they sometimes serve an ad that redirects the whole page to mobilevids.

I didn't see smartphonegirls again, though.
[About XDA developers] TheCuriousOne:
Hi, thanks for the response and the effort being made. I'm not quite sure if this will help but I'm using a Galaxy s2 with Lite'ning Rom 1.1. This problem has only recently started. I've had the phone for 4 weeks. Perhaps it was the move from wm6.5 to Android? I can now definitely forget accessing Xda-Devs from my mobile. These adverts pop up after less than a minute. Doesn't affect my desktop. I'm also currently based in Germany.

Hope you guys can get this solved :)
[About XDA developers] mbirth:
It seems to be coming via Google AdSense. androidnext.de also had these problems. They blocked that ad and reported it to Google.

See: http://www.androidnext.de/news/samung-galaxy-s2-ics-korea-xxlpj/#comment-464050147 (German)

The company behind the offered subscription is a company called "Buongiorno GmbH" aka. "BlinkoGold". Maybe this helps.

---------- Post added at 11:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 PM ----------

Maybe it's related to the Android system language being German. Also you should clear all cookies before trying it out.
[About XDA developers] DerEineDa:
I tracked down smartphonegirls.de:

First, in my example the site "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1498185" included the following ad, probably served by an agency via javascript:

http://ib.adnxs.com/ab?enc=AQAAAAAA-D-amZmZmZn1PwAAAAAAAPg_mpmZmZmZ9T8AAAAAAAD4P8clkUFT_DscikgY4N42AjtJxF9PAAAAADrlBgBVAAAAtAMAAAIAAAAtihcAiGMAAAEAAABVU0QAVVNEANgCWgBEALgAog0BAQUCAQQAAAAAKR55cgAAAAA.&udj=uf%28%27a%27%2C+43565%2C+1331676233%29%3Buf%28%27c%27%2C+293385%2C+1331676233%29%3Buf%28%27r%27%2C+1542701%2C+1331676233%29%3B&cnd=!FhrOhgiJ9BEQrZReGAAgiMcBMAA4REAASLQHULrKG1gAYMoHaABwAHgAgAEAiAEAkAEBmAEBoAEBqAEDsAEAuQEAAAAAAAD4P8EBAAAAAAAA-D_JAWQYlhg6J_Q_2QEAAAAAAADwP-ABAA..&ccd=!zgQcKAiJ9BEQrZReGIjHASAA&referrer=http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php%3Ft=1498185&media_subtypes=1&dlo=1

This loads an iframe with this url as its source:

http://trafficserv.info/mobile/728x90av.php

The contents of this iframe changes top.location via javascript to:

http://tracking.kissmyads.com/aff_c?offer_id=740&aff_id=1632&aff_sub=APNX-Aa

The response to the request above contains a Location-header changing the current URL to:

cat.m.smartphonegirls.de

That was fun. Hope you guys can fix this!

By the way, I had to delete my browser cookies before smartphonegirls started to appear. I dunno why.

---------- Post added at 11:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:24 PM ----------

I think the ad in question is included by your ad-tag including "http://ad4.netshelter.net":

<!-- begin ad tag (tile=1) -->
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
ord = window.ord || Math.floor(Math.random()*1E16);
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ad4.netshelter.net/adj/ns.xdadevelopers/forum_atf;ppos=atf;kw=;tile=1;sz=728x90;ord=' + ord + '?"><\/script>');
//]]>
</script>
<noscript><a href="http:/ad4.netshelter.net/jump/ns.xdadevelopers/forum_atf;ppos=atf;kw=;tile=1;sz=728x90;ord=123456789?" target="_blank" ><img src="http://ad4.netshelter.net/ad/ns.xdadevelopers/forum_atf;ppos=atf;kw=;tile=1;sz=728x90;ord=123456789?" border="0" alt="" /></a></noscript>
<!-- end ad tag -->

Edit: No, it's not the ad at the top. In my test cases I just saw it served two times: First it was the same ad as with the "mobilevids"-scam, the square shaped ad at the bottom. The second time it was served by the ad at the very bottom of the page.

This is one mystery solved. Now I can sleep well tonight.
[About XDA developers] :
i tried browsing with adaway enabled since today didnt appear again.

for everyone who needs a temporary workaround
[About XDA developers] kullerhamPster:
Thank God I found this thread, I was really worried after I saw this strange smartphonegirls.de-ad yesterday after I visited youmobile.org with the Android browser. At least I'm not alone with it.

(Tried to reproduce it several times without success).

Some comments on the AndroidNext site linked above also mention some APK download - did anyone observe this?
[About XDA developers] lordzed101:
i hate them
[About XDA developers] kullerhamPster:
Just tried to visit xda-developers with my phone's browser several times.

I got both the ad from smartphonegirls.de and from mobilevids.mobi, but not with every visit.

EDIT: Tried it again this morning and didn't see any of those ads.
[About XDA developers] gbohm:
still no sollution ? that is realy an embaresment for this website!

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk
[About XDA developers] TheCuriousOne:
I'm now seriously pissed off. I can get free porn. This is porn you have to pay a lot of money for.......one moment....I'm not looking for porn...I wand to check out the xda-dev portal.

Sorry, my mistake.......kind of sad...really...
[About XDA developers] smurf:
ieeeks, this is very disgusting problem. Guess i have to root my galaxy tab and install an ad blocker before ics comes out. Should i be concered about security or can this annoying ad "just" charge my phone bill?
[About XDA developers] mikehunter76:
Can anyone recommend a good ad blocker for this *** layer ads. Thanks in advance.
[About XDA developers] smurf:
i used to use adaway but just bought the romtoolbox because it has some features which spare me to install 2 additional apps. finally porn and casino free xda...
[About XDA developers] knightslay2:
I just get advertisements about the Nokia Lumia 800. I just don't like dialogue boxes on the same tab blocking the thread I want to view.
[About XDA developers] gbohm:
are u from germany? i get a different scam now about a game abo
[About XDA developers] knightslay2:
I am from Australia.
[About XDA developers] dicky82:
I'm using AdFree (from the market), which is just a hostfile based adblocker, but it works ok in general and really good for the problem on topic!

grml,

i would like to post a link to it, but since i am not proven to be a harmless human i am disallowed to do.

so you have to remove some blanks from this:

https :// play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree
[About XDA developers] gbohm:
it would really great to get a sollution soon the ads get worser by the day

it is only regarding german users
[About XDA developers] die_Leuchte:
Hey XDA Devs,

don't you have any compliance in your organisation? This kind of commercials surely isn't compliant.

Kind Refards,

Die_Leuchte
[About XDA developers] gbohm:
whats wrong here?! could we at least get some infos? like: "yeah we sold our webspace to shady companies and nothing we can do about"
[About XDA developers] Bph&co:
Hi,

I think all popular browser come with built in addblock features, or was a pluggin

needed.

BR
[About XDA developers] gbohm:
it is a problem with the mobile browser i have nothing against adds because they support sites and developers just annoying rip off porno or abonement scam sites are annoying and shouldn't be supported by a site like xda
[About XDA developers] TRusselo:
xda does not support "bad websites" they subscribe to an advertisement service. sometimes the service gets annoying or bad ads through the xda settings.

****other times your personal cookies on your device/pc change the ads to something it thinks you would like better.... (porn)
[About XDA developers] gbohm:
please read the whole thread before you make bogus and sorry plain wrong statements.

we all got the same advertisement and i am for sure not using this phone for surfing porn.

it is in xda responsability to check which ads they are displaying.

ethically and at least in germany by law too

beside of that you are talking about google adsense it is working on a whole different technologie and of course this has nothing to do with this
[About XDA developers] elmicha:
I wonder if this vBulletin problem is the cause?
[About XDA developers] etherspin:
Ive been getting this too.. tried showing my iphone using sister how cool my Miui rom is with chrome browser and she quickly handed it back cause the XDA page I was on had spawned a popup of a naked girl spreading.. (im in Australia)
[About XDA developers] AndroHero:
Ok 2day while browsing my friend stream on my phone, i saw a tweet by XDA, so i clicked on it to read the full story. When the website loaded i was presented with a box. The box said something like "Congradulations, this website has chosen you to select a prize" obviously trusting XDA i clicked the claim prize option and was presented with a choice of prizes. I chose a prize and it said "blah blah blah we have 2 in stock, please enter your phone number to claim your prize" when i read the fine print, this is a scam, wanting to send you £1.50 premium messages with quiz questions. Adverts like this on XDA trying to scam people are totally unacceptable. And i will be advising eveyone i can to boycott XDA untill you use more ethical advertising methods.
[About XDA developers] McDV:
I really don't understand why, in a forum full of devs, the reason for those commercials hasn't been found and eliminated, yet. This problem exists for months now, but simply no one seems to care...

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus mit Tapatalk 2
[About XDA developers] mbirth:
The Devs don't run the forum, I guess? But yes, it's a shame…
[About XDA developers] xLychee:
Hi Guys, im from Germany too and never had those ads thanks to AdBlock.

Isnt it possible for Xda to use Google AdMob or other "recognized" Ad providers?

The only porn side that should be advertised here is xxxda-developers.com ;)

-Lychee
[About XDA developers] jlink38:
In Italy on TIM and getting these ads. Some are ads for child porn so I think it is in XDA's best interest to get this fixed.
[About XDA developers] XO:
they are even worse on the phone! :(
[Wildfire General] Slymobi:
Lol sorry couldn't resist.

If you have GPS problems I feel bad for you son,I got 99 addresses and it finds everyone.

Ha ha very funny!!! This is what happens when you leave your phone logged on and unattended whilst at work.

Any mod feel free to delete.

P.s must admit,was impressed with him posting a subject and in right thread section.

sent from Willy Wilderbeast
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] technobram:
hi everyone

does anyone know how to flash cyanogenmod 7 to the htc kaiser?

a few guyes on youtube having cyanogen mod 7 on his htc kaiser so it is possible but i can't find any rom for the htc kaiser:confused::confused::(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Ttblondey:
I already try Cyanogen Mod 6& 7 both on NAND and HaRET. The only problem that I have is to how to import SIM contact to phone or to Google account.Here's the link to the CyanogrnMod 6 & 7 :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=813382 (6)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=948134 (7)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] technobram:
thanks for the link but how do i run this on my kaiser??

(i'm new in rom flashing)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Ttblondey:
have you install HardSPL on your device.If don't please do it before you install ANY rom.Please goto Android thread.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hom.hom:
Well, you should look at the top post in the android development part for the HTC Kaiser. There are some pretty good instruction there. If you follow these you would be on android in no time!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=680518: look here!:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] wardfan220:
Please use the search function before creating new threads. This has been covered in other threads if you just look for it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nemiux:
Hello,

Maybe this would seem as a stupid question, but I couldn't find the answer all over the internet. I was reading this article about my phone's rooting. Can't put the link, but its from addictivetips.com, called "How To Permanently Root HTC Desire HD [Complete Guide]"

And what caught my eye was this line:

Before you proceed, please make sure that your HTC Desire HD does NOT have the official 1.72 OTA update released in December 2010 or any later OTA update.

I couldn't find where is the version written anywhere, so I'm asking for your help to tell me where exactly i can find it? My phone came from Singapore, and it has 2.3.5 android version, no custom changes made yet, just a few apps installed.

If you need any information please just ask, I'll try to write everything I can.

Thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arknailed7754:
Probably all these questions will be answered in the ace hack kit thread...head there..I couldn't find it when loiking quick but its there you will need to downgrade but its fine..follow it to the letter

Your on gingerbread so don't worry about what you read on addictive tips

No worries found it

Go here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=952352

As I said head to ace hack kit..good luck
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] araisikewai:
Go to setting -> about phone -> software information

Check the software number

But basically Advanced Ace Hack Kit should have already have all that covered. Just like the creator said... read the Effen Manual that comes with it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nemiux:
It's 3.13.707.4

Will the kit work with this version?
[HTC Sensation] mankiboss:
So just yesterday I encountered this problem and i would be grateful if someone would be able to help me. When I reboot my sensation I end up with around 20% less juice. Any ideas? It doesn't happen all the time, just the first time after recharging. I'm running CM 7.1.
[HTC Sensation] Waszker:
I'm not sure but it may be connected to the calibration process. Did you calibrate the battery?
[HTC Sensation] stroobach:
Have the same.

Reboot it again and its back to normal.

I guess its a wrong callibration or a bad charge or something like that
[HTC Sensation] mankiboss:
I think I did. I used the Battery Calibration app.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] siglaboo:
okay its an android otimus V , i rooted it a couple days ago, then i tried to install a rom via rom manager, didnt make back up, now when it restarted, the lg screen shows, then it starts to do the roms bootup and its this little animation but during this animation it freezes and thats as far as it will go. also i cant start up recovery with the vol up-home-power, the lg screen flashes, then it goes black, then has the black light up and it just stays like that for hours until i take out the battery, is there anyway to fix my phone!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mitzkaia:
have you tried flash via kdz ?

That's how I solve my bricked problem.

In your case I suspect that you don't have any rom, it's like one PC without OS.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] siglaboo:
i dont know how to do that and i cant seem to find a guide for my phone
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gangreu:
First of all sorry about my English, second language.

GNote is my 4º android, all of them I used custom ROMs avaiable here in XDA, but Gnote community needs some tips:

1º - Everytime, allways, read OP before post a "bug" or ask something.

2º - Read at lest last 6-7 pages before post a "bug" or ask something.

3º - Never ask ETA

4º - Respect Devs and ROM Makers, they are not your employee, even if you have donated.

5º - if anything goes wrong during installation, 99% of chance U did something wrong.

6º - Dont try "new" and "easy" methods, follow devs instructions

7º - "No Wipe" ROM are more vulnerable to erros, so try to do a full wipe before bother dev.

8º - Why u cant lost some time restoring/installing apps, but Devs can lost all the time to fix bugs?

Really sorry about ask it, I am a normal user, know it, joined on XDA in 2009, only 15 posts, that is because I read, read and read more before ask something, 99,99% of time i get my answer.

Again sorry, but I'm really concerned, lots of Devs just disappeared, and I think a good portion of the problem are useless/ETA asks/inflamed replies/posts, CM9 post is a good example...

Dont hate me, everything I want is a healthy community, fully of DEVs.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bassarnis:
Everything you said is already known to people having common logic and to those following the forum rules.

It is also known that people who are impatient and keep pestering devs for updates/bug fixes or whatever won't change their way of thinking and acting because they think that everything should be served in a plate right in front of them. All these things you mentioned are common in large communities such as XDA.

The best thing you can do is either a) ignore their posts, or b) report them. The moderators here do a very good job at keeping the threads clean. In some cases something may slip by and thats where you come in. If you feel something bothers you, simply report the post. I am sure there are many others who wish to vent their frustration about the issues you mentioned here, but keep in mind the solution is simple :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mishik:
I suggest you adopt a rule yourself:

"Use informative topic names".
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] O_G:
Thread Closed​

I appreciate the thought of this thread, i endeavour to get these rules across to other members. But its not your place to open threads just to spout the rules to others. If you feel these points have not already been highlighted in a previous mod sticky, please contact me or one of the mod team and we will add the information appropriately​
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] bigz1981:
I know CM9 is still in dev, as well as the theme engine, but I was wondering if there were any themes in development for it...I personally like the look, but since it's my wife's tab, she was looking to have more of a pink-colored theme. :D
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] cheatman:
None yet. Your assertion of the current situation is correct. Once it improves, we'll start seeing themes rolling in.

Peace,

C.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] Raven3961:
You can always install Go Launcher Ex, a free theme app on the market, there are loads of themes on that and afaik its completely compatible with CM9, I'm using it without any problems so far.

Just as a thought, I'm not sure if it is in fact compatible with the Galaxy Tab, its just a thought though!

Good luck
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] bigz1981:
It works beautifully & my wife loves it! Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] Bubisch:
You mighy also want to try Go Launcher HD, runs perfect on CM9!
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] lastiko:
Well for me 260 is the most perfect launcher for me,light and easy to use
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] miduo2008:
When I use Go Launcher Ex on the latest CM9 ROM(20120330), but the response of Go Launcher is a little bit slower the default launcher, even I need to push home key with few times to get response:confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dicko99:
Hi there,

Recently converted to CM7 after years of Sense ROMs and I'm loving it. But I have one question, how do I make FN-z on the physical keyboard produce a £ sign?

I've got the keyboard language set to English (United Kingdom) but that doesn't seem to make any difference.

Regards,

Richard
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lineaira:
Change the characterlayout in /system/usr/keychars

In all *.kcm files add these lines to the Z key:

alt: '\u00A3'
shift+alt:'\u00A3'

To make it look like this:

key Z {
label:'Z'
base:'z'
shift, capslock:'Z'
alt: '\u00A3'
shift+alt:'\u00A3'
}

Do so in all files, to make sure it's loaded whatever keyboard file you're using.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Myrmidon83:
Ah, I notice this is the case in MIUI roms as well.

Would this work there also? I see the kcm files are bin files, how exactly are we editing them, just open as text file I assume?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lineaira:
It should work on any custom rom, unless the keymapping is done diffrent then usally. Just try it, and if it doesn't work or your phone won't start anymore (enters a bootloop) , just reflash your custom rom, without wiping. Then only homescreen settings and system settings will get lost. Personal and data settings will not be touched.