| ▲ | tarruda 5 hours ago |
| I have a pixel 8a with a TIM SIM card and every once in a while I see an ad popup on my phone. |
|
| ▲ | pluc an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| Like a popup how? What kind of dialog is it? It's more likely to be an app that's bundled by your carrier than your carrier MitM'ing ads into your stuff which is kinda what it sounded like |
| |
| ▲ | tarruda an hour ago | parent [-] | | Just a message popup, a window with dark background and some text ad on it. I did not buy this phone from a carrier, just added the SIM card later. Really surprised to learn this doesn't happen to others. Always assumed that the SIM card had some special privilege given by Android. |
|
|
| ▲ | deno 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Go to [Settings] » [Apps] » [Special app access] » [Display over other apps] and check if any preinstalled carrier apps or anything suspicious has this permission granted. |
| |
| ▲ | tarruda an hour ago | parent [-] | | Just checked, and only "Phone" and "Google" have this permission. There are no preinstalled apps, I bought this phone clean on Germany and then added a Brazil's SIM card when I got back. Could it be that the SIM card has some control over the Phone app? |
|
|
| ▲ | rcMgD2BwE72F 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Can't you just change your carrier? |
| |
| ▲ | tarruda an hour ago | parent [-] | | I would rather have a phone that doesn't let my carrier show random messages whenever they feel like it. |
|
