I have a friend who's going through a split with her husband. She's asked me if there's any way he is able to see her phone's messages etc, and I've assured her there's no way he can do that.
As long as her phone doesn't have his google account installed on it, and if she changes her password so he definitely won't be able to have hers on his phone she's alright, right?
WhatsApp is encrypted, so there's no way he can be seeing her WhattsApp messages.
Am I right in all this? I've assured her as long as she changes her Google password to something he'd never guess then she should be in the clear.
Do let me know if there's anything else or ways round anything that he could be using, and I'll let her know!
Thanks!
Ben-B said:
I have a friend who's going through a split with her husband. She's asked me if there's any way he is able to see her phone's messages etc, and I've assured her there's no way he can do that.
As long as her phone doesn't have his google account installed on it, and if she changes her password so he definitely won't be able to have hers on his phone she's alright, right?
WhatsApp is encrypted, so there's no way he can be seeing her WhattsApp messages.
Am I right in all this? I've assured her as long as she changes her Google password to something he'd never guess then she should be in the clear.
Do let me know if there's anything else or ways round anything that he could be using, and I'll let her know!
Thanks!
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if she is on his account he has access to all record from the phone company also
including text and called numbers etc
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I'm kinda in a daze from losing my Nexus S last night. The hangover is probably contributing to said daze. I don't have one of those security apps installed. I must have forgotten to restore it when I flashed a new ROM. My inner child is on my inner floor bawling his eyes out at the moment.
Anyway, my question is, what can I do to ensure minimal loss of my privacy. I have already changed all my passwords. Does this automatically unsync my account on the phone? I mean, will the phone ask whoever has it to re-enter the new password? What else am I forgetting? What else can I do?
Would appreciate it if "You should have"s are avoided. Thanks!
I know for sure that if you have changed your Google/Gmail Password, that the phone will prompt for a new one. As far as 'unsyncing' I do not know. I didn't check to see if my contacts/emails/calendar etc were removed when I changed the password and the phone prompted for a new one.
I will change my password again, see what happens and let you know.
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I changed my password for my phone, I got a notification about a sign in error, that prompted for a password. The dialing functions still worked as normal, any emails that you had cached were also visibile as well as the calendar. I rebooted without updating the password and could still call out as normal, but when I tried to access the Gmail app, it tried to sync the inbox, but prompted for a password right away.
I don't have any apps installed with other sensitive information, but I would imagine those would function as normal.
Hope this helps.
You could try lookout mobile security "plan b" will help find it.
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Hmm sorry to hear that dude, i would probably be bawling on the floor too!
Although... i probably will install one of those security apps now...
Thanks for your help, guys.
Even if you don't change password but someone change sim card,android will require reenter password for sync
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I don't know if Plan B would work seeing as how his Google Account is tied to the market account. Because he changed his password and the phone lost connection with the Google account, I don't believe remote installs will work, but I could be wrong.
SphericalPuma said:
I don't know if Plan B would work seeing as how his Google Account is tied to the market account. Because he changed his password and the phone lost connection with the Google account, I don't believe remote installs will work, but I could be wrong.
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Yes, I was wondering the same thing. I picked up a new Nexus S(not SAMOLED unfortunately) and synced it up and everything. Finally got to a PC and looked up my Market Account. It listed both phones under devices and I could go all the way to installing it on both phones. It located my current phone.
Unfortunately, I blocked my SIM card prematurely(did not know about Plan B), so, I can't send out the locate SMS. But, I figure whoever has it has probably removed the SIM card, or does not know how to charge it if the battery is dead or is using a SIM on it without a data connection. So, no data connection means no app on the phone. I haven't received an email from Plan B for the lost phone.
Why is the phone is still linked to my market account? I can see that the carrier has been changed which means a new SIM.
For now I'm just satisfying myself by installing inane and useless apps on the phone. HAHA! I hope it works and the app installation is going through. I've pretty much lost hope of finding it.
Wasn't sure where to post but give it a shot here . Wife came from blackberry to droid and has had problems ever since. Alot of mis information from verizon. She had some contacts on backup assistant and some on gmail but cant get it to work with out doubles. One rep said you could use both one said no. Also some contacts came from gmail but the phone numbers show up in the notes section and some dont. Crazy. How can we get it finally setup. Import from both, export ,delete , then re import? Next her calendar wont show prior than 3 months. She uses it for work and needs to look at past jobs. It shows on gmail website but wont on her phone. Gps obviously cant do anything about that unless root. Wont let me do because its a work phone and wont in case something happens. Just frustrated and fed up and I get the most ****.
It seems like someone elses contact list made its way in to my phone and I am not sure how. I think overnight this happened but cant be sure. I just noticed it. I dont know a single name on there so I am trying to figure this out. Anyone got any clues? I got two thoughts.. somehow facebook (or another app) put them there.. or my last phone that vanished has been reactivated and they left my email in there? If so I would love to know if there is a way to find them.
Its a LG Optimus V
Running CM9
Facebook messenger
Google Voice
Mighty Text
That is the only apps I can think of that could possibly have something to do with it. Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks
lemayautocare said:
It seems like someone elses contact list made its way in to my phone and I am not sure how. I think overnight this happened but cant be sure. I just noticed it. I dont know a single name on there so I am trying to figure this out. Anyone got any clues? I got two thoughts.. somehow facebook (or another app) put them there.. or my last phone that vanished has been reactivated and they left my email in there? If so I would love to know if there is a way to find them.
Its a LG Optimus V
Running CM9
Facebook messenger
Google Voice
Mighty Text
That is the only apps I can think of that could possibly have something to do with it. Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks
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Same issue happened with me and facebook. i just had to unsynce all via menu in facebook settings
Im pretty sure it was the other scenario... someone has my phone. Its been missing for a couple of months now and its currently powered on.. the lookout plan b app works but it seems the phone is moving and that will only send me the location for ten minutes without texting it.. it doesnt have the phone number it used to so im out of luck on that.
Hi guys.
Please help, my phone was stolen earlier today and my SIM card is removed from the phone.
My gmail accoount is still in use and I have my IMEI number.
Is there a way to find out the phone number of that SIM card that uses my phone, so I can text this someone or try to call it?
have some data on the phone which is very important for my work, can't afford of losing it.
Please help me if there is a way, gmail daschbord also does't show that new number in use.
Please help.
Prevention is better than cure,
Apps like finding your lost phone or clearing your data if stolen are pretty useless, a simple factory reset removes everything.
Some of my friends have auto sync on for dropbox, so any pictures taken gets sync(in the event where the thief snap a duck picture of himself it gets sync to his account).
Basically unless u have a sync app installed, there isnt much hope to repossess the data.
As for the imei, not sure as where i am from it doesnt really matter, if your phone gets stolen, you downgrade to a 3690 until u can save up for a new one.
#Fear said:
Prevention is better than cure,
Apps like finding your lost phone or clearing your data if stolen are pretty useless, a simple factory reset removes everything.
Some of my friends have auto sync on for dropbox, so any pictures taken gets sync(in the event where the thief snap a duck picture of himself it gets sync to his account).
Basically unless u have a sync app installed, there isnt much hope to repossess the data.
As for the imei, not sure as where i am from it doesnt really matter, if your phone gets stolen, you downgrade to a 3690 until u can save up for a new one.
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Thank you Fear. know that prevention is better but I messed up.
hope there is a way to find out that number, just hope that it wont be late.
my work is gone...
There are some of the things you can do-
If you had any remote tracking enabled software in phone use it.antivirus companies like Kaspersky/NOD32 enables device stolen tracking features and allows you to remotely swipe,sms from the stolen phone through online web management.
If your gmail account is in use.use the Gmail account activities for the last login information.you can track based on last logged in IP that who and from where its getting used.launch the police complaint and with phone operator too.the more proofs the faster response.
Something like prey would have been ideal. p r e y p r o j e c t d o t c o m
And you should always backup important information.
Just try to remember this in future. Your phone and all your info are gone, sorry.
matte0 said:
Hi guys.
Please help, my phone was stolen earlier today and my SIM card is removed from the phone.
My gmail accoount is still in use and I have my IMEI number.
Is there a way to find out the phone number of that SIM card that uses my phone, so I can text this someone or try to call it?
have some data on the phone which is very important for my work, can't afford of losing it.
Please help me if there is a way, gmail daschbord also does't show that new number in use.
Please help.
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Actually, there is still some hope, if your gmail is being used , look here about using device manager , also read this
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries
thank you guys so much.
tried device manager earlier but it doesn't show anything. all I can do is to make it ring, but have no use out of that.
my phone is online again, see that throu my gmail account. mobile phone is sony xperia mt11i.
would like to call the guy and pay him for that phone it's the data I need. never did any backup or something on it, my bad.
left out of options I would say
matte0 said:
thank you guys so much.
tried device manager earlier but it doesn't show anything. all I can do is to make it ring, but have no use out of that.
my phone is online again, see that throu my gmail account. mobile phone is sony xperia mt11i.
would like to call the guy and pay him for that phone it's the data I need. never did any backup or something on it, my bad.
left out of options I would say
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try installing plan B from google playstore first, see if its possible to install it. long short but no harm trying
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries
An IMEI number is useful if the phone connects to a carrier's network.
I'd contact your carrier if you haven't already.
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Sorry, forgot to mention before. If you report the IMEI to the police then they can stop it being sold on to second hand shops. Doesn't help your situation though.
first thank you all for the help.
tried with the carrier and the police but no luck. they blow me off both of them.
ploce says to wait, carrier say call the police...
but I wonder, in my gmail account I could see my number, why can't I see another number that's using my phone?
What carrier? Did u backup to drop box or anything? If u have the imei report the device stolen to carrier. At least they can deactivate phone so they can't use it anymore. As for getting ur data back you might have to kiss it good bye.
Galaxy S4!!!
HI Community,
after a really long hiatus i am back to ask you guys something. My account or phone is acting really weird, from time to time it is deleting contacts from my synced google contacts list. Up to that the same number is often getting blocked at the same time on other apps like whatsapp, snapchat and instagram at the same time. It is a really weird thing and had sometimes happened several times for one contact out of my list. If it would be only facebook apps i could somehow understand it but in some kind of way the contact is getting blocked through a full list of apps.
In time it has occured for at least 5-10 different contacts on my smartphone, it does often get unnoticed but sometimes i´m looking through my blocked list (which is normally empty) and i do see that contacts are getting blocked again. As Example i was writing yesterday with someone and this morning i wanted to check the chat and it went to neverland. One close look into my list it showed me that the number got blocked again and at the same time on instagram too.
Up to that i do had the problem last year already and switched to a new smartphone so it might go away. But nevermind the problem is still there. I´m really afraid that someone has access to my phone because i couldn´t understand how the contacts are getting deleted themselves. RN i´m running a xiaomi mi9, no custom rom or anything, before that i was running a Oneplus 5. It is a weird problem and i would be glad if you could get me some advices.
BR,
Maurice
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Seppppx said:
Most likely someone hacked your google account and wants to drive you crazy instead of just deleting all stuff at once. Change your password on your google account and every account that uses the same password. Use a password manager like Bitwarden or KeepassDX. Both are open source. Use a strong password to access those.
If the problem persist completely reflash your ROM with miflash.
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Hi Sepm thanks for the fast reply. I´ve changed my password on 8th of july the last time and even activated the 2nd device control so i can only log me in if i do accept it on my phone.
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