Is anyone having problems using apps like Amazon, Wells Fargo, Citibank etc.
Both my amazon and wells fargo are both saying having trouble connecting to the internet and my citibank is saying SSL error upon opening the app. I believe this has all started occurring after the recent security patch update.
Is anyone else having these issues with other or similar apps. I've reinstalled apps and checked to see if the data usage is blocked but nothing has worked. I'm on the verizon networks if that helps with anything
My advice: Block all patch updates completely. They usually try to remove root and change various things on my phone that I wanted that way.
For now that's to late.
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Hi Everyone,
OK, I am completely new to using tablets and android (and XDA! ) but I recently bought an Android tablet and although I put AV s/w on it I seem to have caught a bug. The problem is that, apparently, my settings app is now malware and it seems the only option to resolve it is to uninstall my settings application. Understandably I don;t want to forge ahead and do this because then I cannot manage my device. Anyone got any suggestions or can point me somewhere that could help? I have trawled the internet for an answer but haven't found anywhere reporting the same thing, so far. I am flummoxed and getting very frustrated. Also, any recommendations for malware prevention apps? Ta.
Thanks for taking time to read this. Sorry if it's in the wrong place!
You do know you should provide more details like which phone, which firmware, what antivirus app, etc.
But the simplest answer you would get is to stop using antivirus apps. Because most of them are hoaxes or give false results. There is nothing wrong with your settings app. I suggest you uninstall the AV app first.
immortalneo said:
You do know you should provide more details like which phone, which firmware, what antivirus app, etc.
But the simplest answer you would get is to stop using antivirus apps. Because most of them are hoaxes or give false results. There is nothing wrong with your settings app. I suggest you uninstall the AV app first.
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It's not a phone, it's just a no-mark tablet (Tabtronics, if that makes any difference).
Seeing as the last several days (maybe a week now) it has had serious performance issues -- crashing, rebooting itself without my initiating it, not turning on for long periods, notification messeges telling me apps don't work when I have never tried to use them -- I'd say this is not a false result. And the AV (Avast) is the same brand I've been using on my desktop for years and has always been fiine, and I've had no problems with it until the last week.
Seems odd that the assumption here is that there isn't a problem, when there are a shed load of articles online stating how vulnerable Android is to malware. Unfortunately I can't find any that tell you where to go/ what to do in order to get rid of the bug. :crying:
Anyway, thanks for the reply.
BlankScreen said:
It's not a phone, it's just a no-mark tablet (Tabtronics, if that makes any difference).
Seeing as the last several days (maybe a week now) it has had serious performance issues -- crashing, rebooting itself without my initiating it, not turning on for long periods, notification messeges telling me apps don't work when I have never tried to use them -- I'd say this is not a false result. And the AV (Avast) is the same brand I've been using on my desktop for years and has always been fiine, and I've had no problems with it until the last week.
Seems odd that the assumption here is that there isn't a problem, when there are a shed load of articles online stating how vulnerable Android is to malware. Unfortunately I can't find any that tell you where to go/ what to do in order to get rid of the bug. :crying:
Anyway, thanks for the reply.
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Here's a good discussion that might interest you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186782
As for the issues you have, I would attribute it to either a rogue app or low memory. Try uninstalling any apps you recently installed. Also, try clearing app caches, freeing memory etc. See if that helps.
Recently, in my phone (LYF Water 4) started ads popping out of nowhere. They were whole screen ads with just a small cross button on top left to close them.Clicking them just redirected to google play store.
I thought this was an adware hence installed all the anti-adware available on play store. None worked hence I had reset my phone using backup and reset as I have read in many other posts. Didn't work .
The ads kept coming in and since it was bearable I ignored them for a while but then suddenly some other programs are automatically downloaded on my phone and prompting me to install I keep cancelling them but they keep coming.
Then I read a post about adware that roots your phone to make itself system app, so i rooted my phone using king root and uninstalled any program that was useless like all bloatware and other system apps, none worked so I thought of again resetting my phone.
This time since king root was a system app it blocked a unknown program named "ADB program" and set it to deny root access. Thankfully I do not have those ad popups anymore but the auto downloading of things didn't go. Apps download in background and then prompt comes to install them.
So I checked the the data usage and a app called Mobile Services nowhere to be found on my mobile apps even with kingroot used 150 Mb of data so i blocked it,installed ccleaner and it found 2 non installed apk's in my phone which i deleted, they were located in android/data/some random number like 15464/......apk.
I deleted them, and blocked Mobile Services by restrict background data, still the problem was not solved. I installed several antivirus like Malwarebytes Anti-malware and all detected my phone camera as malware. SnapdragonCamera.apk
So I checked the battery and data usage and yes camera was in third spot in both hence I uninstalled camera app using kingroot, blocked background services, forced stop, cleared data and cache still no solution, I apps are silently downloaded so is there any hope. Thanks for any kind of help in advance
Parthr115 said:
Recently, in my phone (LYF Water 4) started ads popping out of nowhere. They were whole screen ads with just a small cross button on top left to close them.Clicking them just redirected to google play store.
I thought this was an adware hence installed all the anti-adware available on play store. None worked hence I had reset my phone using backup and reset as I have read in many other posts. Didn't work .
The ads kept coming in and since it was bearable I ignored them for a while but then suddenly some other programs are automatically downloaded on my phone and prompting me to install I keep cancelling them but they keep coming.
Then I read a post about adware that roots your phone to make itself system app, so i rooted my phone using king root and uninstalled any program that was useless like all bloatware and other system apps, none worked so I thought of again resetting my phone.
This time since king root was a system app it blocked a unknown program named "ADB program" and set it to deny root access. Thankfully I do not have those ad popups anymore but the auto downloading of things didn't go. Apps download in background and then prompt comes to install them.
So I checked the the data usage and a app called Mobile Services nowhere to be found on my mobile apps even with kingroot used 150 Mb of data so i blocked it,installed ccleaner and it found 2 non installed apk's in my phone which i deleted, they were located in android/data/some random number like 15464/......apk.
I deleted them, and blocked Mobile Services by restrict background data, still the problem was not solved. I installed several antivirus like Malwarebytes Anti-malware and all detected my phone camera as malware. SnapdragonCamera.apk
So I checked the battery and data usage and yes camera was in third spot in both hence I uninstalled camera app using kingroot, blocked background services, forced stop, cleared data and cache still no solution, I apps are silently downloaded so is there any hope. Thanks for any kind of help in advance
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Same thing is happening in my phone but its more updated with scam messages
What the hell am i supposed to do?:crying:
Hello, everyone. A few months ago a relative received a brandless Android 4.4.2 smartphone as a present for suscribing to a journal. Once he started using it he began noticing that strange apps would install alone in the phone, and once in a few days the phone would start behaving weirdly (making calls to his contacts, opening apps randomly and writing random characters. The phone wouldn't respond to touch while that was happenning). I have read on the Internet that several users had also had malware problems with the same phone model (which html5test.com detects as a 77x while imei.info detects it as a Zora T-6). It seems that there is some kind of pre-installed malware on it, as the problems do not disappear after factory-resetting the phone. I have also tried uninstalling suspicious system apps by rooting it, which stopped the phone from installing apps alone. But it keeps making calls, opening or closing stuff itself, etc. I tried lots of aniti-viruses and they did not find any malware at all. I do not know what else to do in order to get rid of this annoying malware. Could anyone please help me?
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
I have been rather aggressively restricting internet access for apps with a firewall.
Now I have the problem that I get notifications from Amazon (eg about my order having been shipped) that keep re-appearing over and over.
My theory is I have taken away the internet access of the app that informs Amazon that I have seen the notification, and so Amazon keeps resending it.
Could that be the reason and what app would I have to allow back on the internet to get rid of these notifications?
Many thanks.
Im keep being hacked by my genius software engineering malignant narcissistic. I've bought over 15 different phones from different carriers and used fake registration info. However, they get hack in 30 mins. I know the fontserver app was remotely downloaded Over the Air because of other apps that are installed to help that process. For ex; GNSS Air Test, Gnss Test 1.2, fused location, gnss log level setting, LAOP test. V1.93, entitlement checkservice , FOTA update, secure ui service, teeservice, dynamic syatem update, hidden menu, hidden operator, G-DEC, GCUV, etc...mobile service apps to install the spyware. From my understanding, all is needed is a phone number to where app is downloaded OTA. Here's the kicker... With every new phone I dont even setup a google acct or call anyone and it get hacked.
So please anyone share your theories or anything about this . i need to stop this bs. Theyve gang stalked me broke in my house numerous time vandalized, hacked my friends and their families threatening them with death threats and non stop harassing calls to my cell and house phones.
So i just need some kind of inkling how this can happen. Sincerely yours truly
Sorry to hear this is happening to you. It is also happening to me by my soon to be ex who is already by ex. I keep being told to buy another phone and I don't because I figure the same would happen to me and the new phone will just get hacked as well by whomever she got to do this to me. I created a post today asking for help, but due to the lack of replies to your post I guess I better not hold my breath that anything can be done. Did you find a resolution to stop from being hacked?
Better check yourself...
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Hacking attacks are on the rise, and it doesn't seem like there is any way to protect yourself from them.
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There's plenty you can do. Most devices get compromised because the user did something stupid.
Not always but part of not being stupid is acting as soon as unusual behavior is noticed. Find the cause asap.
Factory reset if you highly suspect being hacked and reset all passwords.
I've been running outdated and unpatched stock Androids for years with no breaches that ever required a factory reset or reflash to purge. It could happen but in practice if you don't do stupid things... it doesn't happen.
Downloading any unvetted files or apks even a jpeg can do it. Do not side load anything unless completely vetted. Lock down install unknown files globally and locally for all apps especially browsers unless you need to sideload. Check those settings at least once a month... and enable them as soon as a sideload is done.
I don't use wifi and keep bt off when not being used. I check my download folder daily for crap I didn't download and for any strange behavior.
All email is kept in the cloud... email and texts are prime perpetrators.
Don't click on anything unknown, delete or close the window. Keep all trashware apps off the device including FB, Twitter, WhatsApp etc.
Scan app permissions, know what's running at startup and why/what's accessing the internet.
Listed System Administrators, who's your daddy?
The list goes on but you get the idea...
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