Hello everyone! Recently, I bought a phone from a stranger. Unfortunately, he set up my phone, so my phone will automatically record my phone calls and sends to that stranger. I can't see any suspicious apps, probably he hid that malware. It is vivo y02, it has a security check, but it didn't find anything. How can I fix that, so I can freely breathe and don't think about my personal data being leaked?
sobirjon said:
Hello everyone! Recently, I bought a phone from a stranger. Unfortunately, he set up my phone, so my phone will automatically record my phone calls and sends to that stranger. I can't see any suspicious apps, probably he hid that malware. It is vivo y02, it has a security check, but it didn't find anything. How can I fix that, so I can freely breathe and don't think about my personal data being leaked?
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First, Log out of your Google Account (log out of all Accounts you have in phone)
Two: Reset phone to default settings (reset).
Three: Enjoy no Spy-ware phone
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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.
Hello,
A friend of mine had his Galaxy S7 stolen. The phone had no passcode or fingerprint set up, but it did have a Google account and a Samsung account set up.
While initially the phone did appear in the "find my phone" section of the Samsung account, now the Samsung account reports that no phone is registered. The phone could never be located after it was stolen, either via the Samsung service or Google service. Lock requests have been issued on both accounts, but I kind of doubt that they will have any effect ?
My question is: is there anything preventing the thief to use the phone ? Anything preventing the thief to reset it/reflash it and use it like it was a new phone ?
I did read that on iPhones, you cannot reset it/reflash it without entering the iCloud password, is some similar protection available for the S7 also ?
Thanks !
Did you try google's device manager to wipe the device
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Google's Android Device Manager or Samsung's Find My mobile.
davebugyi said:
Google's Android Device Manager or Samsung's Find My mobile.
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That's only if you turned them on. I think by default they are off. I know they are off on mine.
midnightrider said:
That's only if you turned them on. I think by default they are off. I know they are off on mine.
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Then he can say bye-bye to the phone
davebugyi said:
Then he can say bye-bye to the phone
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I think you can say goodbye to any stolen anything. It's rare to get anything back and even more rare to get something back in any kind of condition that you would actually still want it.
Anyway can't somebody who knows start a wiped/locked phone in recovery and reflash and fix it?
Call your phone service and block the phone IMEI, this will put it on a black list and never work as a cellphone again.
katananja said:
Call your phone service and block the phone IMEI, this will put it on a black list and never work as a cellphone again.
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He's going to need some paperwork to prove he owned it. And also if he blocks it and does get it back it won't be useful.
About the only thing you can do is lock your own phone so if somebody does steal it at least they don't get all your personal data with it.
The chance for him to get his phone back is minimal since he didn't use any basic security from the beginning.
katananja said:
The chance for him to get his phone back is minimal since he didn't use any basic security from the beginning.
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Security doesn't get you your phone back. It just keeps people from getting your info.
midnightrider said:
Security doesn't get you your phone back. It just keeps people from getting your info.
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But security block people from using your social network, email, contacts, data, personal information, etc, etc.
katananja said:
But security block people from using your social network, email, contacts, data, personal information, etc, etc.
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So you agree with me? Because that's what I said. You even quoted it
Hello guys and gals,
I was wondering if anyone could fill me in on what exactly device administrator is able to see on my phone and do to my phone.
I recently installed outlook on my phone and it asked me to activate device administrator. I did all of this this on my second profile.
I created a profile for work then installed outlook then activated device administrator.
I am concerned about my privacy and worried my IT Dept is able to see information on my phone that I would not like them to see. Particularly photos, contacts, messages,browsing history, etc.
If they are able to see this information is there anything I can do to prevent this ? I am rooted and unlocked. However, I have nothing installed as of now on my work profile.
Thanks in advance!
Device admin privileges allow an app to do things such as turn on and off the screen, lock the device, or even remotely wipe the phone. It sounds scary but it's standard for most company email clients. They would only do that if you reported your phone as lost or stolen to prevent unauthorized access to company info.
Ok that doesn't sound so bad then. Thank you for clearing that up.
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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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...
Burgrio said:
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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