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[GUIDE]How to find your Android Device AFTER it has been stolen

Well lets assume your android device has been stolen! Good lord !! . Not to worry, this guide should hopefully help you recover it. Even if its a thief.
PS: This contents of this read may bear resemblance to the reddit thread i created
A about two weeks ago (17th April to be exact) one of my friend lost his Samsung GT-I9003 from his dorm room at 0200hrs. Today when i was scanning my latitude, i saw him position a few hundred meters from me. Problem is, we are on a university campus. 500+ students, staff, kitchen, cleaning - basically lot of people. I suggested we check Google Latitiude's location history and sure enough for the past 15 days, the phone's location is spread all over the campus.
Premise of the crime
The phone is ON and is connecting to the Wi-Fi.
The phone is still tied to the primary gmail account and is thus reporting location.
The SIM has been removed or changed since the original number is now switched off
The person does not have good knowledge of using a smart phone (maybe helping staff)
Steps we have taken
Since we assume it is in the possession of either a student or helping staff we don't want to startle him.
Tried Plan-B on my phone. However the location it was reporting was the same as Google Latitude.
The phone does have Where is my Droid installed but the web interface says invalid email ID. So that option is ruled out unless you have pre configured Where is my Droid previously.
How we found the phone
After Where is my Droid failed us, we started looking for other applications. We found this application called Android Lost. Unfortunately we hit a dead end when we realised that it needs to be activated by sending an SMS. Since we dont know the phone number, or that there is even any SIM card in the phone, that application also seemed useless.But turns out the developer of Android Lost has also made a nifty app called AndroidLost Jumpstart which is can trigger Android Lost without the need of an SMS.
According to the description
This app will wake up the registration process on the androidlost app when ever a phone call is made, an SMS received, battery is low, a package is added, removed or changed.
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So we got android lost installed. Trust me, its a life saver. We got calls logs, sms, pictures, voice recordings. We tracked the person with the help of this.
Hope this helps anyone in the future!

maverick340 said:
Well lets assume your android device has been stolen! Good lord !! . Not to worry, this guide should hopefully help you recover it. Even if its a thief.
PS: This contents of this read may bear resemblance to the reddit thread i created
A about two weeks ago (17th April to be exact) one of my friend lost his Samsung GT-I9003 from his dorm room at 0200hrs. Today when i was scanning my latitude, i saw him position a few hundred meters from me. Problem is, we are on a university campus. 500+ students, staff, kitchen, cleaning - basically lot of people. I suggested we check Google Latitiude's location history and sure enough for the past 15 days, the phone's location is spread all over the campus.
Premise of the crime
The phone is ON and is connecting to the Wi-Fi.
The phone is still tied to the primary gmail account and is thus reporting location.
The SIM has been removed or changed since the original number is now switched off
The person does not have good knowledge of using a smart phone (maybe helping staff)
Steps we have taken
Since we assume it is in the possession of either a student or helping staff we don't want to startle him.
Tried Plan-B on my phone. However the location it was reporting was the same as Google Latitude.
The phone does have Where is my Droid installed but the web interface says invalid email ID. So that option is ruled out unless you have pre configured Where is my Droid previously.
How we found the phone
After Where is my Droid failed us, we started looking for other applications. We found this application called Android Lost. Unfortunately we hit a dead end when we realised that it needs to be activated by sending an SMS. Since we dont know the phone number, or that there is even any SIM card in the phone, that application also seemed useless.But turns out the developer of Android Lost has also made a nifty app called AndroidLost Jumpstart which is can trigger Android Lost without the need of an SMS.
According to the description
So we got android lost installed. Trust me, its a life saver. We got calls logs, sms, pictures, voice recordings. We tracked the person with the help of this.
Hope this helps anyone in the future!
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Or install Avast anti theft before your phone gets stolen ;D never the less, very useful, thank you.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA

okmijnlp said:
Or install Avast anti theft before your phone gets stolen ;D never the less, very useful, thank you.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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yep always good to be safe before hand. After this incident lot of my friends have installed or gotten some security app.
Although, aren't security suite like Avast, McAfee and overkill for finding lost phones?

And who was the thief?
Sent from my LG Optimus 2x with xda premium app

another possibility is to instal Cerberus App

Hi everyone. I have recently been the victim of theft for my nexus 7. I had the device locked with the pattern so there is no way that the thief could get into it unless they do a software reset from the recovery mode. The thing is, either way there is no way i would be able to recover it because if in fact they do a factory reset my lookout security would be uninstalled and my nexus would be lost forever, also if they can't get through the pattern and find a way to connect to Wi-Fi, it will still be lost forever. I have read about installing lookout in the system/app folder of a rooted device so its not easily uninstalled by normal means or factory reset. But do you think it is possible to have android lost and lookout pre-configured and installed in the system/app folder so that even if the device is factory reset, the credentials will remain?

is it factory-reset proof?

Just a quick little question: How did you get the phone to register on Android Lost? I can't get a friend's phone to be recognized in the web app, after installing the Jumpstart and another app...

Thank you
Very good contribution, gratz! i will follow your steps in case my android get stolen!

How did it fail?
You say that "after Where's my Droid failed us"...what do you mean by that...how did it "fail"? I would like to know before installing it. What exactly happened that it "failed" you?
Thanks

Losing a phone is irritating
I lost my phone sometime back. I didn't have the time to do research and maybe these apps weren't available at the time of theft. I got the SIM de-activated and tried to track my phone via IMEI number.
So, a few questions
1. Have they changed its IMEI number ?
2. Have they removed my Google account ?
This pretty much messes it up. If you can't track it via IMEI nor can you use any network then its as good as history. These were the only remaining identification tags that could have got your phone back and the thief would know of it. The moment I called on my own number he switched it off. He logged into my account and posted crap(not that I knew any of it had it not been for my friend who reported some strange FB and Twitter status) as if it wasn't enough that he had my phone.
One of the most disturbing things that they can do is play with the IMEI. Older phones were more susceptible to that kind of thing but a Nexus ? P990 ? GT19100? I thought they were much harder to hack. Not only can you NOT track your phone but also lose all other alternatives because the phone is now linked to another google account. I was searching for a post that would walk me through a process of changing the google account currently associated with the phone. In an attempt to understand if this indeed was the case. I wanted to try this app so badly but now I blew it off, my only chance.
Hardware based identification is the only way to go about fixing this issue. Any low level process that runs off some hard coded tag independent of software control known only to the owner of the phone. I just don't know what other options are left with person who lost it. I think there is no other way.
Time for a new phone, I guess
Edit: I guess I was right about that. They had done a hard reset but the IMEI associated with my account is intact. So there are two ways of messing it up. One, you change the IMEI(which sounds ridiculously dumb). Second, you change the primary account(more believable). How stupid of me to think of the first one

i think if a android phone is lost and a guy with a bit knowledge of flashin roms gets it then we might have to forget our phone.. if the phone has screen lock the guy can reset the phone through stock recovery and all security apps like where's my droid,avast etc get wiped off.. i personally don't install any anti-theft apps. i beleive in being EXTRA CAREFUL than installing any anti theft apps

And you are damn right bro, its good to be careful than putting all your believe in one anti-THEFT software which can easily get wiped off.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

That's useful, thanks !

How did you get the Logs.
Hi Maverik,
My phone was robbed yesterday & the SIM card was removed,
I wanted to know how were you able to get the call logs, pics etc of your lost phone to ........

Very useful! Thanks!

we have Find My Phone
you can have a try
Find My Phone - find your misplaced phone/stolen phone/lost phone easily
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonefindandlock

Thanks for share your experience with AndroidLost.
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AndroFind is the best
i highly recommend AndroFind to find stolen phone.
you can find it in android market :good:

Hi, but It's possible to find any kind of phone also with older Android version?
Thanks!

[Q] Got infected and my mobile is remote controlled while on Internet

Hello
10 months ago I switched from iPhone 5 to Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile (not rooted), with Android 4.4.4.
The phone was running great, I also tested it for developing some simple android projects. I enabled USB debugging and checked "allow installation from unknown sources".
But always keeping in mind that Android is not secure. And choosing carefully what to install. But I was also trusting CM Security as a protection.
1 month ago, I turned ON wifi and I was trying to open my email app to see if there is any new mail.
After the device connected to internet, I saw someone was scrolling controlling my screen and navigating. After he found the "CM Security" app he tried to uninstall it.
Luckily I was very concentrated at what was going on, so I clicked on the side of the screen to prevent it. He tried again to do the same thing, so I run and switched off my home wifi rooter in time.
After the internet was gone the mobile was returned behaving normally. So during connected to internet the phone was taking both commands from me and the attacker.
For my fortune I always leave OFF wifi, mobile data and Bluetooth when I don't need them.
Anyway I made a hard reset. I did it without using the Safe Mode.
The problem was solved.
I hoped that it happened because I connected to many unsecure public wifi networks during my trips out of country last month!
Since the "master/hard reset" I installed only applications very very popular and I never connected anymore to any public wifi.
Also I never enabled the USB debugging and never checked "allow installation from unknown sources".
So I was using my phone normally, until yesterday. It was protected through CM Security, AVAST, and CM Cleaner.
But here it comes again!!! I connected through the 3G internet and again the phone was remote controled.
So today I did a hard reset but this time in SAFE MODE.
Please can you suggest me what other can I do?

StevenTerman said:
Hello
10 months ago I switched from iPhone 5 to Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile (not rooted), with Android 4.4.4.
The phone was running great, I also tested it for developing some simple android projects. I enabled USB debugging and checked "allow installation from unknown sources".
But always keeping in mind that Android is not secure. And choosing carefully what to install. But I was also trusting CM Security as a protection.
1 month ago, I turned ON wifi and I was trying to open my email app to see if there is any new mail.
After the device connected to internet, I saw someone was scrolling controlling my screen and navigating. After he found the "CM Security" app he tried to uninstall it.
Luckily I was very concentrated at what was going on, so I clicked on the side of the screen to prevent it. He tried again to do the same thing, so I run and switched off my home wifi rooter in time.
After the internet was gone the mobile was returned behaving normally. So during connected to internet the phone was taking both commands from me and the attacker.
For my fortune I always leave OFF wifi, mobile data and Bluetooth when I don't need them.
Anyway I made a hard reset. I did it without using the Safe Mode.
The problem was solved.
I hoped that it happened because I connected to many unsecure public wifi networks during my trips out of country last month!
Since the "master/hard reset" I installed only applications very very popular and I never connected anymore to any public wifi.
Also I never enabled the USB debugging and never checked "allow installation from unknown sources".
So I was using my phone normally, until yesterday. It was protected through CM Security, AVAST, and CM Cleaner.
But here it comes again!!! I connected through the 3G internet and again the phone was remote controled.
So today I did a hard reset but this time in SAFE MODE.
Please can you suggest me what other can I do?
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Hi, just a thought....maybe someone has your Google account, and that way has also access to your phone. I suggest you to create a new account, reset your phone, and use the newly created account for your phone (and keep it secret). Also, if and when you are going to use a public wifi, use also a vpn. Hope you'll solve the issue.

setmov said:
Hi, just a thought....maybe someone has your Google account, and that way has also access to your phone. I suggest you to create a new account, reset your phone, and use the newly created account for your phone (and keep it secret). Also, if and when you are going to use a public wifi, use also a vpn. Hope you'll solve the issue.
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Hello and thank you for your time and help.
After it happened the first time and hard reseted the phone, I created a new gmail account.
So this second time it shouldn't have happened if the email was the reason.

setmov said:
Hi, just a thought....maybe someone has your Google account, and that way has also access to your phone. I suggest you to create a new account, reset your phone, and use the newly created account for your phone (and keep it secret). Also, if and when you are going to use a public wifi, use also a vpn. Hope you'll solve the issue.
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I'm curious. How would anyone control the device remotely if they have access to one of the google accounts on the device?

shifter7 said:
I'm curious. How would anyone control the device remotely if they have access to one of the google accounts on the device?
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Well, one of the "options" would be to push the installation of a "malicious" app through the "great" remote install feature in the store. The app installation would proceed without you knowing it. It's known that the Play Store is, sadly, vulnerable to malicious apps. It happened in the past and it will happen in the future. There is also ways to hack a phone through an update....some apps can gain root without even ask for it when you're updating your os. This is because the Android Package Management Service (PMS) and the way it handles the os update. It will allow a seemingly harmless malicious app to acquire significant capabilities without user consent once they upgrade to a newer version of Android. I can go on, but I suggest you to make a research by yourself. There is a lot to read on the internet and here on XDA. You can start from here: http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/xw7/papers/privilegescalationthroughandroidupdating.pdf

Try this application when you update your OS:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iu.seccheck&hl=en
Do you know that installing system updates could result in your Android device being hacked? Recent investigation found six such vulnerabilities (called Pileup flaws) in Android OS. When you upgrade your device, a seemingly harmless app can exploit these vulnerabilities to get access of your voicemails, user credentials, call logs, notifications of other apps, Google Voice messages, etc. This security app scans your device to detect those malicious apps and guides you uninstall them once detected.
Generic security apps (e.g., Lookout, Avast!, Norton, etc.) cannot be easily tuned to detect Pileup threats.
I don't know if you updated recently your OS but it can be used in the future.

setmov said:
Well, one of the "options" would be to push the installation of a "malicious" app through the "great" remote install feature in the store. The app installation would proceed without you knowing it. It's known that the Play Store is, sadly, vulnerable to malicious apps. It happened in the past and it will happen in the future. There is also ways to hack a phone through an update....some apps can gain root without even ask for it when you're updating your os. This is because the Android Package Management Service (PMS) and the way it handles the os update. It will allow a seemingly harmless malicious app to acquire significant capabilities without user consent once they upgrade to a newer version of Android. I can go on, but I suggest you to make a research by yourself. There is a lot to read on the internet and here on XDA. You can start from here: http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/xw7/papers/privilegescalationthroughandroidupdating.pdf
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Thank you for the explanation/clarification.
And that whitepaper, pretty scary stuff.
Pretty obvious too, but didn't think it could go that far.

Oh dear....
StevenTerman said:
Hello
10 months ago I switched from iPhone 5 to Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile (not rooted), with Android 4.4.4.
The phone was running great, I also tested it for developing some simple android projects. I enabled USB debugging and checked "allow installation from unknown sources".
But always keeping in mind that Android is not secure. And choosing carefully what to install. But I was also trusting CM Security as a protection.
1 month ago, I turned ON wifi and I was trying to open my email app to see if there is any new mail.
After the device connected to internet, I saw someone was scrolling controlling my screen and navigating. After he found the "CM Security" app he tried to uninstall it.
Luckily I was very concentrated at what was going on, so I clicked on the side of the screen to prevent it. He tried again to do the same thing, so I run and switched off my home wifi rooter in time.
After the internet was gone the mobile was returned behaving normally. So during connected to internet the phone was taking both commands from me and the attacker.
For my fortune I always leave OFF wifi, mobile data and Bluetooth when I don't need them.
Anyway I made a hard reset. I did it without using the Safe Mode.
The problem was solved.
I hoped that it happened because I connected to many unsecure public wifi networks during my trips out of country last month!
Since the "master/hard reset" I installed only applications very very popular and I never connected anymore to any public wifi.
Also I never enabled the USB debugging and never checked "allow installation from unknown sources".
So I was using my phone normally, until yesterday. It was protected through CM Security, AVAST, and CM Cleaner.
But here it comes again!!! I connected through the 3G internet and again the phone was remote controled.
So today I did a hard reset but this time in SAFE MODE.
Please can you suggest me what other can I do?
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Oh no! Did you create a BackUp before you did this?

I think the good members of this forum fell victims to an Apple troll. The key to his unscientific fiction is this: 10 months ago I switched from Iphone to Xperia and I knew android was insecure. He also claims he is a developer, but his phone is not rooted. 10 months ago Xperia z1c did not have kitkat on newly released units and the announcement for kitkat update was made on March 19 of last year. If he bought his phone 10 months ago, he couldn't have kitkat. Most likely the troll googled the date of the announcement and this is how it became a part of this fairytale. Also note that when he says he noticed his phone was taken over, he ran to shut off his wifi router. Why not shut off wifi on the phone, especially that he says the phone was accepting his commands? Now, suppose it is true that the phone was taken over through his e-mail account, then what's the probability of this happening again with a new account? Well, the underlying message is: people, don't switch from iphones to android, android is not secure, it is only good if you don't connect to the internet.
Mr. Cook, next time hire someone with higher IQ, so that your pitch sticks...

Tell you what, optimumpro, the bold letters gave it away for me. We're tech-Support here - so, why bold letters? Just advertisers are in the habit of using bold letters all over the place.
no further questions

optimumpro said:
I think the good members of this forum fell victims to an Apple troll. The key to his unscientific fiction is this: 10 months ago I switched from Iphone to Xperia and I knew android was insecure. He also claims he is a developer, but his phone is not rooted. 10 months ago Xperia z1c did not have kitkat on newly released units and the announcement for kitkat update was made on March 19 of last year. If he bought his phone 10 months ago, he couldn't have kitkat. Most likely the troll googled the date of the announcement and this is how it became a part of this fairytale. Also note that when he says he noticed his phone was taken over, he ran to shut off his wifi router. Why not shut off wifi on the phone, especially that he says the phone was accepting his commands? Now, suppose it is true that the phone was taken over through his e-mail account, then what's the probability of this happening again with a new account? Well, the underlying message is: people, don't switch from iphones to android, android is not secure, it is only good if you don't connect to the internet.
Mr. Cook, next time hire someone with higher IQ, so that your pitch sticks...
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Hahaha, I love your way optimum....I am the first that fells, if your theory is right, but, even if I am the first, I am not going to buy this ****ty apple phone....and will keep my android....hmmm who knows...maybe blackberry?

Security to phone, computers, email, entire network is compromised

My question or rather my pleed for answers does not just pertain to android os but I have relied on this site for many answers and have always found a solution just from searching around on here so I know there are very capable members on this site that can help. My problem began over 4 months ago when my home computers were compromised. I assumed it was just a simple virus but soon learned that someone had actually hacked into my home network for what I believe is or was an attempt to retrieve trade secrets. Shortly after i realized that data was being sent to someone through the fax system on my pc and data distribution software had been installed along with a large amount of .dll and legacy items, The admin rights were taken from me and the registry was completely modified which disabled me from having any permissions and kept me from doing anything on the pc. I went out and purchased a new router, got out an older pc, and I put a password of around 20 mixed numbers and letters. 5 minutes after I had set up the new router and pc I noticed through the network map that there was someone else on what I assumed was a secured network. The router was a netgear. First thing I done was change the default password and block any remote access in the network wizard. My next step was to pay the so-called experts (Geek Squad) to solve the security issue. I purchased their 1 month special that entitled me to 1 month of tech support and 3 free pc fixes. after purchasing a windows 7 restore disk I took 3 pc's to a local Geek Squad location to have them restore the Pc's and install what was suppose to be a hack proof software. They only fixed 1 pc, told me the software would keep the hacker out. 5 minutes after i logged into my network here comes all the windows updates (around 50) along with numerous programs. Needless to say I lost my admin rights within an hr. Here we are now, only using cell phones on my network and I am sure the hacker is retrieving my data off of my g vista d6301. My new email that I set up and have only used from the vista has been compromised and although no logins appear in the history but my vista, someone had enabled POP on Dec 28th. I have enabled the developer mode on my phone which allows me to view the process stats. It states that google play service runs 100% and Google Cloud Messaging runs 100%...I have never used any cloud service on this phone. Another thing is that certain system apps that I have never activated are accumulating a decent amount of data. This phone is used only for wifi and has no service plan attached. bluetooth, email, qrtunnel, near field communication all turn on from time to time. Google play also shows something called clearcutlogger running but was unable to find any info on that. I also installed a mic block that has a "spying app catcher" that logs when a app uses your phones mic while the phone is in sleep or idle mode. when the app is on block mic then there are no problems but when I unblock the mic I get countless log entries that an app with net access has gained access to my mic. Its always the same few apps that show up as a potential culprit so I cant pinpoint exactly what app is using the mic. not sure if any of this has anything to do with someone messing around with my phone, just trying to think of some of the things that could help. There is no doubt that this phone along with a pile of now useless computers have indeed been compromised. What I really need help with is how to get this bastard out of my life and secure my network before the new semester begans b/c there is no way I can have my daughter use her new pc on the network knowing its just going to end up like the rest of computers in my new pc graveyard. I know there are quite a few other sites I could have reached out to but there is something about the comradery on this site that has always drawn me to it. 1 more thing fellas, how bout that one touch root for the LG G Vista D6301's? that sure would come in handy right now lol. My apologies for the long read. Any details you need to know to try and help me figure things out, I would gladly assist as long as my knowledge permits.

I understand that the question or article that I posted is quite vast so I will start off with this simple question. Is there a server that I can disable in the LG hidden menu to stop unauthorized use of my GCM, or any other way than simply just disabling Google Play? I have read a couple of recent articles on how hackers are utilizing gcm to gain access to personal info. I just was curious about the server b/c I see many different server acc in the hidden menu such as ATTLABa, Cingular, Mformation, and Funambol. I wasnt sure if these servers or acc could possibly help or be a potential threat.

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Pr1n6/of\Jerusalem said:
My question or rather my pleed for answers .........
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Pr1n6/of\Jerusalem said:
I understand that the question or article ............
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First thing you have to be sure that no one has physical access to your gadgets. Second, find a router suitable to be modified with new firmware from http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index or https://openwrt.org/.
In case you can buy a hardware network firewall and with proper installation and settings you should be able to keep away any threat.
A good idea would be to use a good VPN service, that way you can add a layer of security on your networking habits.
Lastly, check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/security/tuto-how-to-secure-phone-t2960077 and if you have any question, ask there.
Good luck

[Q] locked out with android device manager

so a while back I misplaced my shield at work and to avoid leaving my account vulnerable I sent a lock request via android device manager (device wasn't connected to wifi)
A couple days later the device was found and returned to me and i continued using it offline for a while to keep my battery from draining too fast.
then a few weeks later I went online to download new Fpse plugins and the device locked as it should've...but i forgot what password i used. "No problem" I thought, and went onto ADM and set a new password.
I got this message and the new password was not recognized. I've tried all my usual passwords with no luck and would rather not do a factory reset as I'm pretty sure my ocarina of time save is on the internal memory and I really don't want to do the water temple again
I've called some branch of google (they make it very difficult to find someone to talk to) as well as nvidia with each party telling me to contact the other.
Is there anything I can do?

REMOTE ACCESS TO MY PHONE VIA SNAP CHAT / WHATSAPP

I have been using galaxy devices after my iPhone got hacked and it was a relief since then but till now only. The threat i am going to put forth is very complicated yet true and it exists in both of my galaxy devices i.e Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon) as well as Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Snapdragon).
THE PROBLEM:
My both Samsung phones are remotely accessed by someone. Everything i do on screen is being monitored by someone as well as the camera and microphone are being controlled. I know this because my earlier phones(Apple iPhone 6 and VivoY91c) used to be hacked and the hacker would tell me everything i do on screen, every person i chat with, every site i visit, everything that i do on my phone was being monitored. And now same is the case with Samsung. Nothing is private. I even tried to install an app called "screensings" but it was also bypassed very soon.
THE SYMPTOMS:
Strangely, I do not have any symptoms like battery drain, ads, unknown apps or anything of that nature. My phone location changes to "Redkino, Russia" it seems to me by all aspects that I am in Russia. my weather, the ads on Youtube, the people nearby me in apps, friend suggestions on facebook and snapchat. It feels like this phone is physically in Russia. From weather to apps to everything. Even if i see things for sale of OLX it shows Russian items.
THE PROCESS:
As far as I noticed this happens through any app that runs on one device at a time i.e KIK , What's app, Snapchat, Say HI, etc NOT through apps like facebook or twitter or instagram that can run at more than a device at a time. The experts can relate later what it means may be at the end of reading this narrative. Every phone i change , my whats app number remains the same and as soon as i install whats app in new phone or SayHi or Snapchat ID. As soon as i activate my account within an hour or two my phone gets to Russia. As i searched the hacker attaches some trojan through these apps that can be used in device at a time and that trojan drops payloads. The payload gets root access and after that my phone is being monitored and controlled.
MY EFFORTS:
I started with a normal restart. Did not work. I factory reset my phone. It did not work. I flashed the firmware with new custom rom. Didn't work for me. I finally managed to extract the PIT file of my stock firmware and RE-PARTIONED and NAND ERASED my phone and then installed new firmware. IT WORKED. Which indicated that the malware had reached to system partition. (WHCIH IS WHY I AM MAKING THIS COMPLAINT) my phone was back to normal i used it for long like months and then one day again i had the same issue. So i did the same i re-partioned and NAND earsed my phone. But now it will NOT work any longer. I do not know where is the malware hiding itself now. ? Do i have to change the board of my phone to get rid of it or do i have to change my device? i even flashed verizon firmware on my sprint phone so that may be it will kill the malware but it also did not work. Soon after new firmware my phone is ok as long as it is not connceted to internet / WIFI as soon as its connected it gets to Russian like within 5-8 hrs (after firmware flashing). 5-10 mins after(After factory reset) . I have to change both of my devices for now. But i Hope and pray that Samsung fixes it soon. Something is getting into the read only system and then after its gotten there Samsung's owns security system is protecting it from deletion.
ATTACHMENTS:
My attachments show clearly that i am at KDA KOHAT PK and REDKINO RUSSIA at the same time which is not possible. I even get the location of Russia house where my samsung devices are being monitored or cloned. This is the only sign or symptom but the problem is there for sure as i the whoever the hacker is selling my info is after me and everything i do on my phone is reaching him as it is as if she is watching me right from behind my shoulder. Please look into the matter and find out where lies the vulnerability from where a malware can access phone through an app over wifi and hides in system partition that is immue to factroy reset and afterwards some place where its immue to even flasing firmware NAND erase and re-parition.

I think it would have occurred to you after having both an Apple and an Android hacked that the problem is most likely you.
Or perhaps you have Dr No's grandson for a mortal enemy.
A social butterfly with all kinds of messaging apps running (none that I leave run on my phone), what could go wrong?
More than likely it's something you downloaded or loaded...
If the OS you flashed is earlier then Pie it's vulnerable to that type of attack.
A custom rom... built by who?
Here's the kicker; did the malware(s) slip by you onto all your data backups?

blackhawk said:
I think it would have occurred to you after having both an Apple and an Android hacked that the problem is most likely you.
Or perhaps you have Dr No's grandson for a mortal enemy.
A social butterfly with all kinds of messaging apps running (none that I leave run on my phone), what could go wrong?
More than likely it's something you downloaded or loaded...
If the OS you flashed is earlier then Pie it's vulnerable to that type of attack.
A custom rom... built by who?
Here's the kicker; did the malware(s) slip by you onto all your data backups?
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Yes , my ex she is after me no matter how many phones i change as soon as i log in to my snap chat or whats app my phone gets hacked. the malware then makes it way to the bootloader earlier a firmware with re partition would do the job but now that is not working . soon after that like an hour or so my phone goes to russia. i am thinking to switch back to new iphone may be it will solve the hacking issue for me or andriod new device like samsung galaxy a32. what do u suggest. i am all fed up and exhausted.

waqassikander said:
Yes , my ex she is after me no matter how many phones i change as soon as i log in to my snap chat or whats app my phone gets hacked. the malware then makes it way to the bootloader earlier a firmware with re partition would do the job but now that is not working . soon after that like an hour or so my phone goes to russia. i am thinking to switch back to new iphone may be it will solve the hacking issue for me or andriod new device like samsung galaxy a32. what do u suggest. i am all fed up and exhausted.
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Ditch the social apps... for starters.
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