For years, the Home Screen had my favorite apps as a single icon. After installing a QR Reader from the Play Store, many bizarre terrible changes occurred.
1. The dot array on the lower screen is gone. There used to be 5 or 6 dots which highlighted as one slides from right to left looking at individual app icons. Now no dots and there's only three screen as described below.
2. Home Screen has grouped icons, but is mostly blank
3. Search bar is low, not at the top
4. Tapping in the SEARCH brings me to a place to install a gambling app. To get out of this screen, must tap the back arrow twice.
5. The "dock" has changed. Used to have five of my favorite apps, but now has only two of my favs, and also the new appearance of
• an icon of nine dots, which when tapped, displays icons of all available apps as single icons.
• new appearance of Chrome
• a small square which when tapped opens to Chrome and another browser which looks like Saturn and is named "Inte ..."
• a blank space
• new appearance of the standard camera app icon
6. Swiping to the right leads to a bizarre screen... a square icon of the location and weathers square icon of the day and date, a list of popular games, a header of "Articles for you" and swiping upward indeed has many articles, a standard looking search bar at the top but when tapping in the search field it goes to a screen wanting an installation of Billionaire Casino and the keyboard pops up and a flashing cursor appears in the search bar. Cannot swipe again to the left.
7. Swipe to the left from the Home Screen shows grouped icons and cannot swipe left again. Swiping downward goes to a screen asking to install Billionaire Casino.
Ran Malwarebytes and nothing abnormal was found. Free AVG ----> nothing relevant.
HELP! What to do?
Android File Transfer no longer works on my MacBookPro. Which Mac app will reveal the folders (contacts, messages, photos, etc.) ?
Thanks
1. The dot array on the lower screen is gone. There used to be 5 or 6 dots which highlighted as one slides from right to left looking at individual app icons. Now no dots and there's only three screen as described below.
2. Home Screen has grouped icons, but is mostly blank
3. Search bar is low, not at the top
4. Tapping in the SEARCH brings me to a place to install a gambling app. To get out of this screen, must tap the back arrow twice.
5. The "dock" has changed. Used to have five of my favorite apps, but now has only two of my favs, and also the new appearance of
• an icon of nine dots, which when tapped, displays icons of all available apps as single icons.
• new appearance of Chrome
• a small square which when tapped opens to Chrome and another browser which looks like Saturn and is named "Inte ..."
• a blank space
• new appearance of the standard camera app icon
6. Swiping to the right leads to a bizarre screen... a square icon of the location and weathers square icon of the day and date, a list of popular games, a header of "Articles for you" and swiping upward indeed has many articles, a standard looking search bar at the top but when tapping in the search field it goes to a screen wanting an installation of Billionaire Casino and the keyboard pops up and a flashing cursor appears in the search bar. Cannot swipe again to the left.
7. Swipe to the left from the Home Screen shows grouped icons and cannot swipe left again. Swiping downward goes to a screen asking to install Billionaire Casino.
Ran Malwarebytes and nothing abnormal was found. Free AVG ----> nothing relevant.
HELP! What to do?
Android File Transfer no longer works on my MacBookPro. Which Mac app will reveal the folders (contacts, messages, photos, etc.) ?
Thanks
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