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title: "Why does my Android phone show ads while charging?"  
description: "Why does my Android phone show ads while charging?"  
author: "Satish Jain"  
published: 2018-01-03  
updated: 2024-07-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32448/why-does-my-android-phone-show-ads-while-charging  
category: "smartphones"  
tags: ["android os", "android"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Why does my Android phone show ads while charging?

Why does my Android phone show [ads](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/339587/how-to-create-facebook-and-instagram-ads-that-don-t-look-like-ads) while [charging](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/310460/why-you-should-have-charging-stations-at-events)?

## Answers

### Answer by Amartya Singh

## Overview:

Motivations behind why your [**Android phone**](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/310640/why-android-phones-are-better-than-microsoft-ones) Shows Advertisements While Charging:

![Why does my Android display pop-up ads when I plug in and/or unplug my phone?  - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-7984711ad5d01169954f1fd22b4b6296-lq)

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**Promotion Upheld Applications:**\
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Some applications are intended to show promotions as a method for creating income. These applications could show advertisements when your telephone is charging.\
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Free applications, specifically, frequently use advertisements to adapt their administration.\
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**Malware or Adware:**\
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Noxious programming (malware) or adware can contaminate your gadget and show undesirable promotions. This product frequently stows away inside applications or records that appear to be innocuous.\
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Adware explicitly targets promotion shows and can be the offender behind advertisements showing up during charging.\
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**Program Commandeering:**\
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Your default program or a malignant program expansion may be making promotions spring up.\
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Clearing your program store or eliminating dubious expansions can help with settling this issue.\
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**Settings and Consents:**\
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Some applications demand consents to show over other applications, which can be abused to show promotions even on your lock screen or while charging.\
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Checking on and changing application consents can alleviate this issue.\
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**Uninstall dubious applications:**\
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Recognize and uninstall late introduced applications that may be causing the promotions.\
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Use application audits and consents to decide whether an application is probable mindful.\
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**Really look at application authorizations:**\
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Go to Settings > Applications > Application consents and survey which applications have authorization to show over other applications.\
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Repudiate this authorization for applications that shouldn't require it.\
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**Clear Program Information:**\
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Go to Settings > Applications > Your Program > Capacity > Clear Store, and Clear Information.\
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This can assist with eliminating any promotion related information or settings.\
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**Manufacturing plant reset:**\
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If all else fails, play out a [**production**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production) line reset to eliminate all applications and information, returning your phone to its unique state.

Read more: [How do you disable an app lock if the settings on an Android phone are locked](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94375/how-do-you-disable-an-app-lock-if-the-settings-on-an-android-phone-are-locked)


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