My wife and I both have Note 20 Ultras. Mine is fine. Her microphone randomly turns on. She'll be sitting there working or watching TV and it will suddenly think she's talking to it. She can see what it thinks she's saying on the bottom. I've checked it top to bottom (as best I can) and I found nothing wrong with it. I scanned it for malware using multiple apps and none of them found anything. I checked to see what had permission to use the microphone and there was nothing there.
Does anyone have any ideas about what could be going on with it?
Thanks
If it's not Bixby, Google Assistant, etc all of which I never allow to run, than it's likely a rootkit or virus. Device Care>memory, clear cache then see what apps are cache at the top next it happens.
Likely something she installed or perhaps got by the browser or inadvertently downloaded.
Virus scans don't find everything... WYSIWYG. Find the cause or factory reset it, change passwords and reload with caution. Social media apps and other trashware shouldn't be installed on the phone.
The longer malware is allowed to run, the more damage it can do. I give myself 2 hours maximum to find/erraticate or otherwise fix before a factory reset if I suspect malware.
Tic-tok Mr. Wick...
Thank you!
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(Posted here because I can't post in the developer forum yet. Longtime lurker; first time poster )
I Rooted CleanRom Inheritance 3.4.6-10.4.4.25/US ODEX and about an hour after I got a screen pop-up asking me what prog I wanted to use. I had no idea what was going on in the background to require it. I kept randomly getting them and got pissed so I selected a file manager. Sure enough, there were pics of whatever I had on the screen.
Any ideas what would be causing this?
While it isn't critical it sure is annoying.
Yep I have searched the thread to no avail. Did I miss it?
**Critical info**
I have disabled the "recently used" long press function in the ASUS Customized setting area. I can use the pwr/down vol to take one.
There is nothing on the top of my tablet to cause it by inadvertently pressing the buttons.
It happens randomly regardless of what I am doing and regardless of whether or not I am docked (I have the ASUS OEM dock).
Thanks all,
Lndcrsn
Have you by chance installed any rogue apps? Making intermittent screenshots is a known feature of malware hoping to catch your login details for websites and bank accounts and so on. I'm definitely not saying this is what is going on on your 700, but it might just be the case. Standing in your shoes, I'd wipe completely clean and start over. I do that for my Flashing OCD every once in a while anyway.
Hmm..
It would appear that Lookout had some sort of virus. I DL'd it from Google Play and it immediately popped the "choose application" screen with this:
I found this great free app called Lookout. You should download it for your phone! xxxx://bit.ly/XxXXXx (I deleted the URL info to prevent someone from clicking it)
Went with Avast now.
So...wtf? Is there a virus/bug out there that modifies Lookout?
@Marty
Thx man. I followed your advice and was able to find it that way. When I reDL'd it popped the notification and I used Evernote to figure it out.
Lndcrsn
Well, more info...
It is still happening but, only when docked on the keyboard.
It happens randomly still and, happens when the tab (docked) sits for a while. The "select prog for..." screen pops up and I select evernote to verify.
It wouldn't still happen with a complete wipe and reinstall would it?
Has anyone else had this happen with CR.I.?
hmm...
Lndcrsn
I had been doing a great deal of tinkering trying to get my phone's battery life back in the last few days, and I made good progress, but I severely jacked up something related to the microphone/speaker/video recording.
PROBLEM:
The problem, as far as I can tell, is that every app that tries to access the microphone can't do it--this shows up when I try to use Google voice input in various text fields with a little "Can't reach Google at the moment." Same with trying to do a search by voice in Google Now--brief brief flash of the microphone red, then back to gray, with "Can't reach Google at the moment". Additionally, my Touchless Input cannot be enabled--the box has automatically unchecked itself, and pressing it makes the button get a little gray, registering the action, but no checkmark will appear.
Additionally, other apps which would use the mic don't seem to have that functionality--Evernote, for example, would crash if I attempted to record an audio clip. This was before I performed a factory data reset last night--and the problem has persisted regardless.
There are two other, seemingly related, issues. First is the inability of the phone to capture videos. The camera opens fine, and I can take fine stills with it, but pushing the video recording button makes the red "record" flash for a moment before a "Not able to record media" message pops up, and the camera returns to the still photo mode.
Second is the inability to play videos. I have tried playing videos in as many formats as I could try, from within several players, including the stock "Photos", "Gallery", and "YouTube" apps. "Sorry, cannot play video" pops up, or the app simply crashes. Similar story for attempting to play music through the stock "Google Play Music" app. And it gets worse. I can't make or receive calls. Actually, let me revise that. I can't hear anything being said on the calls, over the speaker, or through headphones (though I've yet to try BlueTooth). The call appears to connect, but I can't hear anything from them, and they can't hear anything from me.
So--that's the basic summary of the problem--threefold.
1. No audio input through mic
2. No audio output through speakers--my phone doesn't ring when I get a call, although it will vibrate and the options to take the call appear as they normally would.
3. No audio/video playback whatsoever for other media.
I'm running Android 4.4 on a Droid Mini, unrooted, and I just completed a factory reset last night.
ANALYSIS:
Here's the wrinkle. I know this isn't a hardware problem, because I have found a surefire fix that makes all of this work properly if I absolutely need it, it just sucks. Rebooting into safe mode is what does it. Playback resumes as it did before I had the problem. I can play videos, pump music, and Touchless Input works flawlessly--although interestingly, it has me re-enter the catchphrase three times every time I get into safemode, like setting up from scratch.
My consternation comes from the fact that, to my very limited knowledge, all that safe mode is doing keeping any user-added apps from running. Which is all well and good, but I just did a factory reset. Literally when I boot the phone no user installed apps are running, and yet there's a definite difference when I boot into safe mode, cuz everything works there.
So, safe mode must do something more than just disable user-installed apps--and I need to know what that is if I'm going to fix this thing. I have added 4 apps since then-- App Ops, GSAM Battery Monitor, BetterBatteryStats, and Button Savior (Non-root), all of which I know from experience to be very "well-behaved" apps.
Anyone know what safe mode is doing besides disabling user apps? Along those lines, does it revert updated stock apps to their factory state? I ask because very, very briefly, while my phone was slowly trying to upgrade the 40-odd pieces of Bloatware from the Play Store, the microphone was working. Which makes me think that the culprit is one of the system apps in it's updated form. If safe mode runs these apps as they originally appeared on the phone, that might explain it. It would also hopefully let me painstakingly disable these apps, one by one, to find the culprit and disable it.
I say culprit because of something I stumbled across trying to research this--weirdly enough, in a message from the devs of Shazam. devs of Shazam They say that the issue has shown up on 4.4 and the cause appears to be one app somehow monopolizing access to the microphone. I could see this breaking the video as well, and potentially the audio playback if, as I assume, Google uses the mic to help tweak the sound of the speakers.
Anyone know any more about any of the aspects of this? I will be posting back myself as I learn more.
What happens if you factory reset without restoring any apps? In other words, factory reset, choose not to restore your apps (or don't attach to a Google account on initial setup, and do it post-setup). In other words, do you have an app that is blocking this access?
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What happens if you factory reset without restoring any apps? In other words, factory reset, choose not to restore your apps (or don't attach to a Google account on initial setup, and do it post-setup). In other words, do you have an app that is blocking this access?
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Trying this now. Thanks for the suggestion!
Update: Tried this. Did another FDR, signed in to one of my Google accounts afterwards, but haven't updated a thing. The audio/voice/video/bugs seem gone; however, the ****ty battery drain I had before is back. I'm playing around with some settings to find out what can be done. I'm also going down the list and updating the system apps one by one.
Does anyone know a good testing process (ie, should I run the app? do I need to restart after install? run the app and close? etc) that will keep me from getting false negatives (ie thinking an app isn't causing the problem when it is)?
Update again: I'm working down in alphabetical order through the factory apps. However, after the most recent factory reset, it appears that my battery drain is back, and as long as the battery drain is there, the phone works normally. So, not looking good in terms of battery+functionality for me. Went through the 40ish apps that were on the phone stock--after the fresh reset, the phone is working, but the battery life is shot to **** all over again. Not sure what to make of all this, and now back to being frustrated with a 4 hour battery life from the phone that never sleeps. UGH
Update yet once more:
For kicks and giggles, tried unchecking the "Touchless Control" in settings, to see what effect that would have on my battery. But, reasoning that whatever wakelock was keeping my phone up all the time had to be persisting after it was needed, I guessed I needed to reboot to get rid of them. Booting up again, I'm back to battery life without audio/video/etc. Very confused here. Apparently it has nothing to do with the apps installed, period.
Facing the Same problem please someone tell me What should i do
Same problem! No audio call
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Please help me I have this same problem. No audio, cant play video, nd mic isn't working.
alright, so i bought the nexus 5 month or so ago.
the issue i'm having:
i go in maps. say i'm rather close over berlin. i enter "Munich" in the seach bar. the "flyover" starts. however it doesnt finish over munich, it stops halfway through.
on my device its reproducable. no matter what destination i enter, the flyover just stops somewhere around halfway through, always at the very same spot. it i then go back to the search bar and tap on the "go" button again, the flyover continues, but still doesnt end. it takes me 3 times tapping on the "go"/"search" button until munich is visible. however it is still not centered. even after 5 further clicks its still not completely zoomed in.
this really bugs me. i dont use maps very often, but when i do i have to see this crap.
not quite sure if related, but i'm playing family guy lately. whenever you order a character to do something, the camera usually locks on the character while he walks to wherever he has to go. on my device, the camera just stops following him after a few seconds. seems the same/similar issue than whats going on in maps.
any idea what it could be? i really dont want to root and install a custom rom on the nexus 5 until google supports it.
i already cleared the cache, cleared the data and uninstalled all updates. in every version in every configuration this bug persists.
murfi said:
alright, so i bought the nexus 5 month or so ago.
the issue i'm having:
i go in maps. say i'm rather close over berlin. i enter "Munich" in the seach bar. the "flyover" starts. however it doesnt finish over munich, it stops halfway through.
on my device its reproducable. no matter what destination i enter, the flyover just stops somewhere around halfway through, always at the very same spot. it i then go back to the search bar and tap on the "go" button again, the flyover continues, but still doesnt end. it takes me 3 times tapping on the "go"/"search" button until munich is visible. however it is still not centered. even after 5 further clicks its still not completely zoomed in.
this really bugs me. i dont use maps very often, but when i do i have to see this crap.
not quite sure if related, but i'm playing family guy lately. whenever you order a character to do something, the camera usually locks on the character while he walks to wherever he has to go. on my device, the camera just stops following him after a few seconds. seems the same/similar issue than whats going on in maps.
any idea what it could be? i really dont want to root and install a custom rom on the nexus 5 until google supports it.
i already cleared the cache, cleared the data and uninstalled all updates. in every version in every configuration this bug persists.
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First step I would try is rebooting your phone into Safe mode. If the problem persists then you can eliminate 3rd party apps from the equation. If it's fixed then you can assume one of your apps is causing the issue.
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First step I would try is rebooting your phone into Safe mode. If the problem persists then you can eliminate 3rd party apps from the equation. If it's fixed then you can assume one of your apps is causing the issue.
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sorry, forgot to mention: i tried safe mode. problem still persists.
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sorry, forgot to mention: i tried safe mode. problem still persists.
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Have you tried different Locations settings? Does the same thing happen during High Performance, Battery Saver, and Device Only?
Only other thing I can think to try is resetting the phone to factory default.
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Have you tried different Locations settings? Does the same thing happen during High Performance, Battery Saver, and Device Only?
Only other thing I can think to try is resetting the phone to factory default.
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i have all locations settings turned off. but tried it with them turned on, still the same.
i suppose a factory reset is whats left to do... :/
i might as well root it, while i'm at it
I was driving to my sister's house today and some app (I don't even know the name of it) popped up and I just xed out of it. Well turns out its one of those apps that put fake LED lights on your screen when someone calls ( and a lot of ads) I've looked through my phone and I can't find it! How do I fix this? I don't have allow apps from unknown sources on either.
Here is a screen shot:
http://i.imgur.com/CBSwTPi.png
I would factory reset and start from scratch.
Unfortunately, sometimes even Google play gets malware/adware. It's likely that the app that is causing it isn't one you'd suspect. I'd look at the permissions and see which apps have permission to draw over other apps. Start disabling them one by one until you find the culprit, and then uninstall it. You could also do the same with the phone call permission. If that doesn't work then you'll need a factory reset.
About 6 months ago I found Spynote &a RAT on my device after a couple of years of people saying I was crazy because I knew someone was in my device. I got a new phone a week ago from a guy that owned me money and asked if he coulld give me his ex's phone that is basically brand new TCLT768W. I did a manual and regular factory reset before putting my accounts on the device but I started noticing strange behavior a few days after putting my account on it. So I put antivirus and a privacy detector that notifies me if my camera or microphone is accessed by a 3rd party. I've been noticing the same things that made me know Last time that my device was corrupted so I decided to put a firewall up and go through my Apps and found a no name Android App that had Hyperloop in the link attached to it and an app called RatSwitch that I cant find anything about but Androrat is the entire first page of Google search when I tried. So I checked my anti virus ran another scan, nothing. But I went into the privacy detector and it was shut off and I am certain I had it on so I clicked it on and when I did I accidentally shut my screen off and when I turned it back on I saw what the video shows. Every time the screen comes on the camera is accessed by a 3rd party. Notice how I'm holding it at an angel. That's what is the craziest. I tried recording the screen and when I did it doesn't do it. So I got my other phone and I couldn't believe my eyes, if my camera was pointing directly at the phone in question it still didn't do it. So I tilted it and sure enough, it did it again. The notification that pops up every time I turn on the screen says Camera access by 3rd party and stays on about 5-10 second. If I don't go into privacy detector every, 15-30 minutes it's shut off. So, Here we go again. My temp solution is to deactivate my camera and restrict it from access internet but how can I get this off. Totalvirus, metadefender, my antivirus all day I'm clear but I say phone's don't do this dmic they are clean. I know hoverwatch, the spy app, takes picture of person who u unlock screen just like this every time it's unlocked but nobody has had access to put anything in my phone and after reading about my situation I'm convinced it's attached to my browser or account. Problem is everything, my kid's pictures of they're entire lives, 400+ passwords and basically my entire adult life of memories are on this account and deleting it not an option. An I just screwed or do I have another option for removing this and whatever else is with it. I thought I got everything when got rid of spynote and the dropper I found with it 8 month ago. I. One more thing, how can I trace who put it here. I'm convinced it's someone I know and I'd pay a month salary to find out who. Not really but you get the idea. Any help appreciated. Thank you.
Have you been to their website? The FBI deleted it.
I saw some virus that I found in my log files while I was developing. It was saying swipe up swipe down click. It turns out that it can persist in a factory reset. I forget the name of it. I got it late one night grabbing for a flashlight app as fast as possible during the pre sytems flashlight. It was doing like...Survey or somethings.
So I've seen something capable of this. They say you have to sell your phone.
Did you ever install RatSwitch? I'm interested in that app.
Wait a minute. What version of Android are you running? Something isn't right.
If you're cool with Venmo or Cashapp then I can download Spynote and look at it for you.
Hmm. That' funny. Spynote.us is back up. I'm sure that I forgot to use TOR before I went there. I'm sure that I got directly hacked over tcpip
I probably did. That's probably exactly whaet happened.
Temporarily the Fbi had a notice up letting everyone know they took them down. The new website is even more deceiving.