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You have until tomorrow to download wave secure for android and get a free lifetime account for whatever phone (sim) you put it on! Go and get now!
I'd love to but I still cannot activate because I dont have text messaging on my phone, it does not work with google voice messages
Posted on their forum, its a known issue.
Gr8gorilla said:
You have until tomorrow to download wave secure for android and get a free lifetime account for whatever phone (sim) you put it on! Go and get now!
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Thanks, planned on signing up at some point but just did it now while it's free
Thanks for the heads up. Just signed up, it was easy as pie. Already have my SMS backed up and tried the remote location feature - it was accurate within a block, which was impressive. Can't beat the price, too!
Had it for a while.. cannot stress how awesome it is, get it while you can!
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Had it for a while.. cannot stress how awesome it is, get it while you can!
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everyone I know with android devices went and signed up after I gave them a quick demo.
If you uninstall this, then you're screwed? Can you ever get it back?
as far as I know signing up on the site sets up an account that is good for whatever sim you registered.
Also there is a an app on the market now that locks down your phone if wave secure is uninstalled! even more protection for your device.
You may not get the phone back but at least whoever steals it cant use it either.
dmo580 said:
If you uninstall this, then you're screwed? Can you ever get it back?
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If you mean as far as the free account goes, as long as you have created your account on phone and website, should be able to reinstall at any time.
Well they can hard reset, but a random thief/finder may not know that.
I have the uninstall protection.
AWESOME.
*downloads*
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Well they can hard reset, but a random thief/finder may not know that.
I have the uninstall protection.
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wouldn't that be the same as a remote with wave secure? I guess if they wiped the phone as soon as they stole it before you had a chance to lock it down. Once its locked they can't reset, or is there some other way to reset that I am not aware of?
Reset via the bootloader, indefensible.
How does this program compare to Mobile Defense? I have that installed on my N1 right now, but if people here like Wave Secure more, I might make the switch over. Thanks!
Get it while it's free and decide for yourself... you don't have to use it if you prefer Mobile Defence
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wouldn't that be the same as a remote with wave secure? I guess if they wiped the phone as soon as they stole it before you had a chance to lock it down. Once its locked they can't reset, or is there some other way to reset that I am not aware of?
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Pull the battery?
Thanks for letting us know. It would be shame to miss a life time subscription on this.
That being said... i'm a bit disappointed with it. Location service is really bad... all it does it show your phone at the closest tower. It showed my phone almost a half a mile away. No way I would ever find it. Also, any command issued seems to take forever, or, as I just saw, not work at all "Your phone failed to lock". The first time it locked but took an abnormal amount of time (their words). I'm guessing its the fact that its a Singapore SMS coming into AT&Ts network.
None the less, it can only get better. Thanks again.
legend1222 said:
Pull the battery?
Location service is really bad... all it does it show your phone at the closest tower. It showed my phone almost a half a mile away. No way I would ever find it.
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Sounds like it couldn't get location from your GPS and failed back to cell tower location. When I do it sitting in my house it shows a a circle no bigger then my property centered on my house on google maps!
Thanks for the heads up! *downloads*
What he said ^
Awsome! I did this without even knowing! :d
Today I lost my Sensation and after filing the claim I felt like I did something wrong. They say because the phone is so new that there is a "24 Hour" hold on the claim and with the long weekend coming I will more than likely see the phone on Tuesday or Wensday next week ......That sucks
They are replacing your phone with another Sensation though right?
barker1964 said:
Today I lost my Sensation and after filing the claim I felt like I did something wrong. They say because the phone is so new that there is a "24 Hour" hold on the claim and with the long weekend coming I will more than likely see the phone on Tuesday or Wensday next week ......That sucks
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how do you "lose" a $600 phone? which has lookout installed?
I lost my phone, went to a pool party and used my backup phone and left my sensation in my fruends car and when I came back it was gone
nccu_eagles said:
how do you "lose" a $600 phone? which has lookout installed?
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**** happens "shrugs"
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nccu_eagles said:
how do you "lose" a $600 phone? which has lookout installed?
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He's human....just as you are....people make mistakes and things happen. So let's try not to be so judgemental, as you could very easily find yourself in the same predicament one day.
Yes they are sending out a new phone, but it was like pulling teeth
barker1964 said:
Yes they are sending out a new phone, but it was like pulling teeth
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That's really sad to hear. But this is the insurance time. I will never let my insurance go. This stuff may happen.
barker1964 said:
Today I lost my Sensation and after filing the claim I felt like I did something wrong. They say because the phone is so new that there is a "24 Hour" hold on the claim and with the long weekend coming I will more than likely see the phone on Tuesday or Wensday next week ......That sucks
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You really need to make sure you use one of 100 or so apps that find your phone if you lose it. The technology has been there for a long time....and it works.
You lose your phone....no biggie....goto a computer....you see where your phone is on a map....ya go get your phone.....for the most part its that simple.
The US version comes with Lookout, there are many more. Sounds like you are unaware that apps like these exist..... Just a friendly FYI.....
Hoggles said:
You really need to make sure you use one of 100 or so apps that find your phone if you lose it. The technology has been there for a long time....and it works.
You lose your phone....no biggie....goto a computer....you see where your phone is on a map....ya go get your phone.....for the most part its that simple.
The US version comes with Lookout, there are many more. Sounds like you are unaware that apps like these exist..... Just a friendly FYI.....
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I am well aware of the tracking apps but I ask myself who else is tracking my movements. So I will never use those apps. Way too much big brother for me.
Asurion wont cover your phone unless your SIM card is in your phone when you loose it, I learned this the hard way after my phone was stolen when my sim card wasnt in the phone, they said they cant replace it under any circumstances no matter who i talk to... I dont know what to do, should I just file another claim and say my SIM was stolen along with the phone and have T-Mobile suspend my line? or am I just screwed?
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Asurion wont cover your phone unless your SIM card is in your phone when you loose it, I learned this the hard way after my phone was stolen when my sim card wasnt in the phone, they said they cant replace it under any circumstances no matter who i talk to... I dont know what to do, should I just file another claim and say my SIM was stolen along with the phone and have T-Mobile suspend my line? or am I just screwed?
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If that's what the coverage contract says then you're stuck unless you decide to lie, which is fraud and puts you at risk of legal complications. If the contract does not state this exclusion then you may have some recourse, but legal action may be required if they refuse to cover it.
Keep us posted. Lots of people have this insurance and if they are scammers posting it here would be appreciated.
samnada said:
If that's what the coverage contract says then you're stuck unless you decide to lie, which is fraud and puts you at risk of legal complications. If the contract does not state this exclusion then you may have some recourse, but legal action may be required if they refuse to cover it.
Keep us posted. Lots of people have this insurance and if they are scammers posting it here would be appreciated.
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I understand but I guess it's my fault for not reading the terms of the agreement when they "sold" me on phone insurance at the tmobile store, I was told told if my "PHONE" was lost damaged or stolen I would be covered, nothing about my SIM card... guess I'll just learn from this
Just call T-mobile support and get the sim card blocked and get a new one. Sim cards are free.
a4ol said:
Just call T-mobile support and get the sim card blocked and get a new one. Sim cards are free.
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I suspect he pulled the Sen's SIM and put it in his backup phone *before* the Sen was stolen.
stefan.buddle said:
Asurion wont cover your phone unless your SIM card is in your phone when you loose it, I learned this the hard way after my phone was stolen when my sim card wasnt in the phone, they said they cant replace it under any circumstances no matter who i talk to... I dont know what to do, should I just file another claim and say my SIM was stolen along with the phone and have T-Mobile suspend my line? or am I just screwed?
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You might be screwed because they now know the sim wasn't in the phone and best believe they documented that info. Don't feel to bad I lost my nexus s and asurion says they don't cover it or the nexus one and said they will send me a compatibile phone and guess what it was...a damn G2!
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barker1964 said:
I am well aware of the tracking apps but I ask myself who else is tracking my movements. So I will never use those apps. Way too much big brother for me.
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And "they" can't track you by sim or gps without apps like lookout? That's like saying you close your windows so that neighbors can't see your house.
You and Mel Gibson from Conspiracy Theory would get along royally.
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howetechnical said:
You and Mel Gibson from Conspiracy Theory would get along royally.
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If one is truly worried about tracking, one should NEVER even use a cellphone!
barker1964 said:
Yes they are sending out a new phone, but it was like pulling teeth
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How much did you have to pay in total for the replacement? Like deductible or other fees.
You have to wait the 24 hours because they have to request a device from T-Mobile / HTC then send it to you. Its like pulling teeth because the phone is brand new and they are watching for people to return their "lost" phone to the store or sell it while they wait for the new one.
Sucks that you lost it, you will probably get a new one that they turned into a refurbished one because I doubt they have refurbished devices yet. While I was at Sprint I knew they usually didn't have them till around the sixty day mark.
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Samsung Fascinate running Miui FascinateMTD 7/22
What is the best way of going about getting it back?
Cheetohz said:
Samsung Fascinate running Miui FascinateMTD 7/22
What is the best way of going about getting it back?
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I'd say simply Calling it, and leaving a few Reward if Found Texts!
So, I do deliveries, and my phone is always in my car as the GPS is a MUST. Well, tonight, the unfortunate happened. GOt in my car, about to head home from my shift, when my stereo popped up and said failed to connect with bluetooth device. "Uh oh, i must've left my phone at work, wonder why i brought it out of my car..." Turned around, a block down the road, no such luck pairing while in the parking lot next to the small office building. "maybe it just doesn't reach this far" went inside and searched everywhere. No luck. had another employee call it form his cell. "Welcome to verizon wireless..." he hung up and tried again, same message. Third time it went to voicemail. So, i called verizon, they suspended my line, and added the ESN to the stolen list.
Well, now I am without a phone in a critical position where one is needed. Maybe I can get by for a few days without, but will slow me down alot, and my preformance based pay will be docked massively. Question is, what phone should I be looking at? I still have my upgrade eligibility, but instead of $100 credit which I earned on a more expensive plan, I only have $30. So, verizon has screwed me over. Also to find out, i have not been paying insurance all this time, when I never requested for it to be removed.
What phones should I be looking at? any new changes to verizons policies/pricing that I should watch out for?
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So, I do deliveries, and my phone is always in my car as the GPS is a MUST. Well, tonight, the unfortunate happened. GOt in my car, about to head home from my shift, when my stereo popped up and said failed to connect with bluetooth device. "Uh oh, i must've left my phone at work, wonder why i brought it out of my car..." Turned around, a block down the road, no such luck pairing while in the parking lot next to the small office building. "maybe it just doesn't reach this far" went inside and searched everywhere. No luck. had another employee call it form his cell. "Welcome to verizon wireless..." he hung up and tried again, same message. Third time it went to voicemail. So, i called verizon, they suspended my line, and added the ESN to the stolen list.
Well, now I am without a phone in a critical position where one is needed. Maybe I can get by for a few days without, but will slow me down alot, and my preformance based pay will be docked massively. Question is, what phone should I be looking at? I still have my upgrade eligibility, but instead of $100 credit which I earned on a more expensive plan, I only have $30. So, verizon has screwed me over. Also to find out, i have not been paying insurance all this time, when I never requested for it to be removed.
What phones should I be looking at? any new changes to verizons policies/pricing that I should watch out for?
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To Bad you Reported it so Quick you Could of tried what I said, but seeing the Conditions I Don't Blame you!
Just sent myself an email in hopes the idiot connects it to wifi.
Cheetohz said:
Just sent myself an email in hopes the idiot connects it to wifi.
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I'll Keep my fingers Crossed for you man! It Always Sucks starting over again with a New phone!
PMGRANDS said:
I'll Keep my fingers Crossed for you man! It Always Sucks starting over again with a New phone!
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You mean being stranded with barely enough to pay last months bill, and not even having a phone to utilize it? On top of that, I can cancel my contract for $125, and be stuck paying the difference of the full price on the phone...
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You mean being stranded with barely enough to pay last months bill, and not even having a phone to utilize it? On top of that, I can cancel my contract for $125, and be stuck paying the difference of the full price on the phone...
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Not Sure if this will help but Check out phones on Wirefly.com! My girl put me on to it... and their phones are Cheap as Hell and their Not some Bull**** company trying to Steal peoples money! Here's the link!
http://mobile.wirefly.com/?refcode2=mobile
If you have a samsung account setup on the phone just google samsung dive login to that site with your samsung account details and you can track ur phone, ring it, lock it, wipe it etc.
theblob27 said:
If you have a samsung account setup on the phone just google samsung dive login to that site with your samsung account details and you can track ur phone, ring it, lock it, wipe it etc.
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Thanks for this...
There are two ways if ur phone is lost.
*First Loge a complaint if ur mob is lost.they may help.
*Otherwise go to this link http://www.trackimei.com and register ur imei if u have.fill the details and ur phone is found.
vote me if ur satisfied..thank u
Cheetohz said:
Samsung Fascinate running Miui FascinateMTD 7/22
What is the best way of going about getting it back?
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Maybe you can install Lookout Security remotely. The free version will show you where the phone is on a pc and you can do contact backup as well as make the phone scream. I have never tried to install Lookout myself remotely so I don't know what if any responses it may ask on the phone, but I do have this app.
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So, i recieved an email today while I was at work stating someone tried to change my facebook password. I rarely use facebook, but this is still a big issue. I think I may have found a way to catch the bastard who stole the phone. I hope facebook logs the IP when such an attempt occurs, including logins. How do I go about retrieving such IP?
It may be too late now but 'Plan B' is worth a try:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
Good for future reference if it can't help now.
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It may be too late now but 'Plan B' is worth a try:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
Good for future reference if it can't help now.
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Excellent, this is from the same company that I mentioned and they bypass the questions on install. Very neat breakout from the full package.
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This app will be downloaded to your device shortly.
Hope that means good things. I will wait for an email if I ever get one.
Looking through the market, I see Last Used: July 28th which was 2 days before it was stolen. and most recent purchase was July 29th the day before, how is this possible?
I would take a look at the cc you use with google
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I just bought a used Nexus 5. I have never spent more than 100€ for a used phone and i wonder how to check this device properly. I am good with computers but I actually can not into these expensive shiny smartphones .
I already checked http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/to-buy-hand-n5-look-t2718537
Now here is what I want to know about the used device that was sold as "as new":
- check the device for general errors
- water damage
- had it been rooted or modified before
- is it stolen (just wondering if its possible to check this)
- check hardware somehow (maybe a kind of benchmark and.. what results should I expect?)
- i can check the camera by taking some shots, the speakers by playing some stuff.. anything else you would test?
- overall running time
- is the battery okay/how long should it last
- anything specific to the device..
So.. what do? Anything else?
What you should do is cross your fingers and hope it doesn't get blacklisted.
Lokke9191 said:
What you should do is cross your fingers and hope it doesn't get blacklisted.
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Why would that happen? And blacklisted by whom?
peter9001 said:
Why would that happen? And blacklisted by whom?
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Your carrier
Check for cracks around the SIM tray. It's a quite frequent damage that can occur.
peter9001 said:
Why would that happen? And blacklisted by whom?
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People can get the phone financed on a contract, then they sell the phone to you for a profit. After a short period of time they can stop paying off their bill and about a month later the phone is essentially "stolen" and becomes blacklisted. Then your phone becomes a WiFi only device.
Please help
I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
99UsErNaMe99 said:
Please help
I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
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Have you rooted in past! or you have installed unwanted app like anydesk/vnc/remote etc etc...
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Have you rooted in past!
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I have not. And I know who the hacker is. She is the mother of my kids and is about to loose custody of our 3 kids to me. She is also a bit coin miner that hijacks devices to do her dirty work. She is very experienced and I know this for a fact. It's her job. I just need to know how to SSH into the memory that she put the script in.
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Have you rooted in past! or you have installed unwanted app like anydesk/vnc/remote etc etc...
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She has been scamming me and harassing me for 9 months. Trying to get me to click on a fabricated email with script embedded. She finally got her way. Took her almost 8 months the of trying.
I most definitely have never installed any remote desktop server or clients but I know she has. I have found them and Uninstalled. Numerous times. She has been deleting recovery emails and adding saved passwords all day. And that's just today.
If she's such a pro, bring it to a real geek professional than relying on advice from forum. She might have copied it to some partitions which are not formatted by default.
RAMBO29 said:
If she's such a pro, bring it to a real geek professional than relying on advice from forum. She might have copied it to some partitions which are not formatted by default.
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I think you are right. I'll have to check with the fbi and make sure they are done making a copy. Homeland already made theirs. They are classifying it as an act of terror.
99UsErNaMe99 said:
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I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
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Time for a new phone! Nothing else is worth the headache.
take your phone to pro, you are already sc***ed
And no a different phone doesn't stop her. I already did a burner phone with all new email addresses and my name no where on it
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Time for a new phone! Nothing else is worth the headache.
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Is this a china phone, and not Samsung Fold
99UsErNaMe99 said:
And no a different phone doesn't stop her. I already did a burner phone with all new email addresses and my name no where on it
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She was in it in 40 hours
kdm6389 said:
Is this a china phone, and not Samsung Fold
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It is an SM-F916U stock
99UsErNaMe99 said:
She was in it in 40 hours
It is an SM-F916U stock
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Try factory reset again, and not network reset
99UsErNaMe99 said:
She was in it in 40 hours
It is an SM-F916U stock
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Great. Here we go. She is now back on. Messing with this forum for me. I doubt you all can see it but she is doubling up messages and moving my screen around. Crap. Oh well. If you want to email me. It's [email protected]
I did 20 to 25 full erase factory resets in a row. Still was back after the last one. I have 2 other phones she is in and 3 laptops as well.
how can you say so, plz send some screenshot. I dont think she did anything ...
I'm not exactly sure what you would like to see for a screen shot. I am running on a drive that is obviously emulated on my screen and supposedly I have 43 sensors on a fold 2. Maybe that's counting all the drivers for the sensors on my phone to connect to her phone along with all the sensors on her device. I know for a fact that at one point she had my OS running on an s21. She told me I wouldn't be able to prove it. I'm too stubborn to give up. Lol. Here is 2 screen shots. One is my hard disks and the other is my 42 sensors.
Cool story!
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Cool story!
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Yup. Sure thing. Whatever you say. It's very much real. It's actually very crazy. No one on here has offered me any real input. I'm not making this up. It is very much real. And although it is extremely difficult to do it is possible. Especially for someone that can program on the run and has professional and commercial experience. It's all good.
I'm not sure how she would manage to get on a burner phone too. I'm pretty sure it's possible to hack into a router & infect devices connected to it if you're using the same wifi network. You could try getting a new router & a new burner phone & don't connect any other devices you may have to the new router in case they're infected. And don't open emails from addresses you don't recognize. I would suggest going to geek squad or something like that rather than a forum though.
Ando do a malware scan on any other devices you have if possible. If you have another way to connect those devices to internet like tethering, you could try Trend Micro housecall. It's a free online malware scanner.
99UsErNaMe99 said:
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I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
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How do you know you're being hacked?
Tough to take this seriously and as fact.
But if you are, why haven't you gone to the authorities?
First of all this is fold 3 section not fold 2.
Secondly leave the phone to local police and tell them your wife or gf is hacking into your phone and let specialist att police go through your phone and if they find it's true they will grab evidence out of the phone and then arrest her for suspicious of hacking and they will use evidence when interviewing her and asking her that they found traces of her hacking the person's phone and such. Not last but least if higher up person decides to is do house warrant at her home so they will go home to her take all of her computer stuff including tablets and phones as part of investigation and they will check through all of them.
If you keep reseting your phone you are getting rid of all evidence from her and she will have lower chance of being sued in court and sentenced to jail for her criminal behaviour.
These sensors comes from your hardware nothing she's doing lmaoz. All smart phones have these sensors