My phone got hacked remotely help - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have evo running cm7 someone hacked my phone they got my txt msgs and forwarded them. I always have my phone. How can I find out how they did this and how can I prevent this.
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OK, well it really isnt possible to remotly hack a phone unless you installed an app that let somebody do this. So, two questions, what have you installed recently, and how do you know somebody hacked your phone?

Well really nothing and I also get 10 to 15 blocked calls a day I have Mr number blocker installed to block these but somehow some get through to my voicemail. The messages were saved and the whole thread was forwarded. Also pictures get forwarded and phone makes calls by itself
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Sounds weird.
Full wipe and/or factory reset just to be safe. Probably not a good idea to use any backups from the infected rom.
LBE Security is an app for free on the market.
It'll prompt you if an untrusted app tries to do anything malicious like that.
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How does he know that they were forwarded.... probably someone was messing with your phone

With adb you can use the following to find out what all is running, whatever is doing it should show up on there
Code:
adb shell ps

I always keep my phone on me. I know they were forwarded because my ex got pic and messages and I did not send them thanks guys
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What do I look for when I put in adb shell ps
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check your apps through TB or manage apps and see what is all on your phone, maybe your ex or someoene installed something on your phone to forward texts.. i had a ex try and install a app on my phone (cant remeber its name), this app was suppose to be hidden and only accessable by hiting some numbers on the dial pad and hitting send.. But i noticed right away somethign was weird in my phone (it was acting real slow) and i looked in applications and manage apps and found it and uninstalled it..

Looked at my apps, saw nothing weird
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No one hacked your phone this isn't windows lol.

Well its causing me problems
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Did it say "Mess with the best die like the rest" on the screen???
If so you were h4x0r3d!!!
Full wipe of data perhaps.....

godefoy said:
Well its causing me problems
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Still not possible man. You're just having issues but no one "hacked" your phone lol.

Ok I believe you but its happening and I hope to find a suggestion for a possible solution. Any ideas?
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godefoy said:
Ok I believe you but its happening and I hope to find a suggestion for a possible solution. Any ideas?
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If you're on of those people who believe your phone can get hacked I'd suggest lookout security or avg free antivirus to ease your mind.

Yea, I find it hard to believe someone hacked your phone JUST to send pictures to your ex girlfriend. Are you sure you didnt get drunk and send them yourself? Or let your friend borrow the phone?

I don't drink and its happening well thanks anyway I guess I wont find a solution here
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Are you sure someone didn't sign in to your Sprint picture mail acct online? I think they can forward from there. Also if you always use the same password, they can dial your number and access your vm and forward them etc
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godefoy said:
I don't drink and its happening well thanks anyway I guess I wont find a solution here
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You wont find a solution anywhere because everywhere you post this people are all going to say the same thing man. "Its not possible". I told you one post above to get avgfree antivirus to ease your mind. Good luck

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N64 app

What happened to it? I paid the $5 a couple of weeks ago and loved playing with the emulator. I wiped my phone and started with a clean slate and a new rom. I went to go redowload the app and its no longer in the market. I'm not sure if this is allowed, but if someone could post the apk to n64oid if you have it, that would be great!
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The reason why the n64 emulator is not on the market is because the developer of the emulator took it off the market because he didn't want any bad ratings
tuttjs said:
What happened to it? I paid the $5 a couple of weeks ago and loved playing with the emulator. I wiped my phone and started with a clean slate and a new rom. I went to go redowload the app and its no longer in the market. I'm not sure if this is allowed, but if someone could post the apk to n64oid if you have it, that would be great!
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i believe it will be back up in about 2 months.
but he is doing fixes to it so its not a buggy beta.
(prays CM7 team doesn't do that)
I do have the apk but i believe under XDA rules we cant share it because if i believe the term is right Warez?
Aww man, I didn't find anything wrong with it. I didn't know if you were allowed to PM me the apk since I have bought it in the past? If not, are you still able to look up the developers email address?
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I don't recommend you even ask someone to PM you the .apk, since it could still be considered requesting wares which would earn you an infraction.
Also, if you already bought the app I suggest you try contacting the developer and try to work something out.
Is it still warez if I have bought it?
*edit* I don't mind contacting the developer, but I can't even do that since I don't have his email and its not listed in the market...
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Yes, simply because we have no way of knowing you really did. No offense or accusation intended, it's just a fact of life.
The Dev's name
YONGZH
his dev email
[email protected]
Thanks, I emailed him. I will let you know if anything comes o it
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always feel free to hit the "thanks" button
hope he replies.
i know it sucks when losing a app you paid for.
do you happen to have the "shoot me " app for a screen shot of your market? may help sending it to him to show you paid?
I will hit the thanks button when I have access to a computer
It doesn't even show in my apps I bought section of the android market, so I can't take a screen capture. Only way to prove is to show a screen shot of my bank account. But even then, I don't think it shoes which app I bought
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There is some way to show proof you bought the app
I believe someone who was distributing modified version s if widget locker on xda wanted to see something before hw sent u the apk
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gtuansdiamm said:
There is some way to show proof you bought the app
I believe someone who was distributing modified version s if widget locker on xda wanted to see something before hw sent u the apk
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Any idea how? I'm looking through my orders on the Android Market website, and it's not showing up - I presume because the app is no longer on the market. I can't find a section on the site to show billing history or something of that nature.
tuttjs said:
Any idea how? I'm looking through my orders on the Android Market website, and it's not showing up - I presume because the app is no longer on the market. I can't find a section on the site to show billing history or something of that nature.
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Nevermind, I found out how. You don't actually look for it using the Android market, you have to go to www.checkout.google.com to look up your billing history. Anyway, here's my proof in case any doubts were raised
*edit* removed picture
U shouldn't post that picture
For all you know I could send that same exact picture with minor modifications to the dev to you knows not that I would
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are you on the stock rom?
N64 app would be neat, give starcraft 64 a go.
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Just got this reply from the developer. Great guy!
A great number of users are complaining about the compatibility and running performance. Considering the bad ratings, I temporarily unpublished N64oid. I am doing a rewrite of some of the core modules. Don't worry, N64oid will be back much better in a month. And of course you won't have to pay for it again.
Attached is the apk file.
Thanks for the understanding! I won't let people down.
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Won't let purchase apps or do in-app purchases

I know there is someone who has encountered this problem. I know its mostly Google's retarded faulty programming that is causing this and I've Googled it and I still can't find a solution. I cleared data and cache, reboot it, accept terms, yet when I try to buy an app, I still get the same problem. I've had this happen before. I'm on the OTA Gingerbread Plus ROM.
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Goto ur Google account on PC & make sure it sees ur device
Inc
I did and under dashboard it shows my device under"Android device"and I'm still having the same problem. I can't even purchase a comic through the Marvel app
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I have to ask, is a valid credit/debit card attached to your Google account?
Is it possible your bank halted purchases stemming from the android market?
I have two, but when I try to set the other in default I have the same problem. However when I purchase from there actual website I can do that. I would be ok with that if it weren't for the in app purchases
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Anyone know what the deal is?
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I remember someone having this problem before, can't remember if they had to uninstall market & reinstall or just fix permissions.
Inc
Rom-Addict said:
I remember someone having this problem before, can't remember if they had to uninstall market & reinstall or just fix permissions.
Inc
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I tried uninstalling the market updates, but I'm still having the same issue. I even created another gmail account and added my cards and I'm still getting the issue. Could it be the ROM or my phone?
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Most likely rom, what aru running.
Maybe try reflashing gapps?
Inc
I think it might be the ROM. I talked to Android Market support. And I was able to sign in on my mom's phone and bought an app. Here is the ROM I'm using.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260994
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Yep its the ROM. I went back to the regular OTA gingerbread backup and I didn't get the error message. I'm going to see if there is a solution to the ROM I want to be on though
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Gotcha, glad you were able to figure it out. If it helps, you should contact Jermaine151 and let him know of your issue. I want to say that was an anomaly since Stock Plus is a popular rom.
All in all, glad the issue is resolved.
Well it will be when I get the market he'll put in the post so I can flash it. But I'm glad its not my phone lol
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Wrappio???

I received a notification in the status bar to upgrade to the newest market. I clicked on it and was taken to a site I had never heard of before - wrappio.com. After looking at the site and reading some stuff online it looks like borderline spyware / spam to me. Needless to say I am not too happy about it. I have not installed any suspect .apk files and only downloaded apps from the market. I am running Juggs 4.1 along with the ICS theme / Darkside theme.
Can anyone tell me where this might have come from?
Thanks, in advance.
I see that type of issue alot with my customers that stop into the store. Download lookout or avg. One of your apps is causing that issue it happened to me with mp3 download pro. All kinds of odd notifications were popping up.
PjS
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Thanks, but I have Lookout installed. It didn't find anything. Also tried Avast and it came up empty as well.
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Its an app doing it. Check out yhe most recent ones you downloaded oor updated. Its just advertising
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Try this application: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
wrappio
The app didn't find anything for me. I am having the same issue. The wrappio thing wanted my phone number and I stupidly provided it.
oregondave said:
The app didn't find anything for me. I am having the same issue. The wrappio thing wanted my phone number and I stupidly provided it.
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Same thing with me but I was able to use Addon Detectors app from the market and that was able to detect the app, it was bloat freezer for me that had the air push ads... Uninstalled it, problem solved.
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joemm said:
Same thing with me but I was able to use Addon Detectors app from the market and that was able to detect the app, it was bloat freezer for me that had the air push ads... Uninstalled it, problem solved.
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Thanks. It was Bloat freezer-free. I will just stick with Titanium to freeze my apps.
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Friggin' Bloat Freezer. I've had it for a long time too. It just started the Wrappio push recently.
Talk about irony
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Wrappio
Popup blocker in settings should stop this...?

Ghost international text messages

Does anyone know of any apps that may send international text messages to south korea. I noticed a charge on my bill and I started checking to see they went back to october. Sprint says they can't tell what the number is and I have downloaded several permissions apps from the market and the ones setup to send sms don't seem like apps that would be doing this. The charges aren't expensive but not knowing what is in these ghost texts has me worried. Thinking about odin back to stock and starting fresh. Anyone have any suggestions.
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you might want to download a virus checker; maybe even odin/heimdall to start from scratch.
sounds like some funky stuff (technical term) got on your phone
Maybe your phone was texting home....isn't that where Samsung is? LOL.
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Do u have an antivirus installed? If not, that's recommended. And have thought of trying google voice app?
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Have used lookout, avg, and a few others all saying clean. I uninstalled most apps that reported text. Guess its time to odin again. Thanks for your responses. I was hoping someone might have ran into this before but I only found one other instance on the web through a sprint forum.
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Use this one...it is fantastic..I use this one. Zoner antivirus. Its completely free...and trust me it works. Lookout is garbage
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I was trying to idownload a zip file once, and zoner wouldn't let me...cuz it was an exploit. After I disables zoner, I was able to do it.
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Zoner did pick up my gingerbreak.apk I had stored on the sdcard as a threat where everything else didn't. Thanks for the suggestion
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Yeah; starting back at square 1 will be your best bet.
Good luck; let us know how you make out.
no problem, glad to be of help. please keep us posted on your results.

[Q] If my phone is rooted will I get tmobile hotspot service for free???

[Q] I'm just wonder if I root my phone will I get the service for free. I have asked around to a lot of friends and they'll tell me different stories. some i will, some say I won't. Or they say I will but if I get caught they will take me off the service for good... So can somebody share some information with me on this subject or is you know if they even track it??? I'd really appreciate it thank you.
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T-Mobile can trace it back to you
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don728871 said:
T-Mobile can trace it back to you
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Is there anyway to hide it?
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VPN your phone or I heard u can do I thought chrome haven't looked in to it I'll get back to u tomorrow I got school
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don728871 said:
VPN your phone or I heard u can do I thought chrome haven't looked in to it I'll get back to u tomorrow I got school
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Ok thank you
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don728871 said:
VPN your phone or I heard u can do I thought chrome haven't looked in to it I'll get back to u tomorrow I got school
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Okay I looked around a little bit, and found some article saying if I was running a stock t Mobile ROM they can track it but if I'm running a stock rooted rOM they probably wouldn't be able to track it. But I'm still not sure.
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hey if you are not rooted then they can track you. But if you are rooted then you can use titanium backup to freeze tethering manager or tethering provisions ithink it is called in ics. Most custom roms have that disabled so you dont have to worry about it. But it also seems that since they came out with the new unlimited 4g that they figured out a way to do it even if you have that tethering manager frozen not sure how but they figured it out. Given some time someone here will figure out how to get around that too. they kick us in the balls we kick them back. Right now if the method above does not work because it seems to work for some people then they catch on or whatever also if you dont have unlimited 4g then it might work with no problem but if it doesnt the only way I have found around it is to use google chrome on your pc then go to the chrome store and get an app called user agent spoofer I think it is called and it allows you to change your user agent so you can use chrome but it will think you are using IE or firfox or iphone or android. So what you do is set it to android then you trick them into thinking that you are using your phones browser but you are really using it o nyour pc. Now unfortunatly this has some drawbacks like if you try to use netflix it will not let you or pandora it wants you to download the app but of corse you cant because it is a pc. so anything with flash really wont work. But if you are in a jam and need the web then it will work.
mojorisin7178 said:
hey if you are not rooted then they can track you. But if you are rooted then you can use titanium backup to freeze tethering manager or tethering provisions ithink it is called in ics. Most custom roms have that disabled so you dont have to worry about it. But it also seems that since they came out with the new unlimited 4g that they figured out a way to do it even if you have that tethering manager frozen not sure how but they figured it out. Given some time someone here will figure out how to get around that too. they kick us in the balls we kick them back. Right now if the method above does not work because it seems to work for some people then they catch on or whatever also if you dont have unlimited 4g then it might work with no problem but if it doesnt the only way I have found around it is to use google chrome on your pc then go to the chrome store and get an app called user agent spoofer I think it is called and it allows you to change your user agent so you can use chrome but it will think you are using IE or firfox or iphone or android. So what you do is set it to android then you trick them into thinking that you are using your phones browser but you are really using it o nyour pc. Now unfortunatly this has some drawbacks like if you try to use netflix it will not let you or pandora it wants you to download the app but of corse you cant because it is a pc. so anything with flash really wont work. But if you are in a jam and need the web then it will work.
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What if I'm running cm10 jelly bean?
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My friend told me cm10 has something built in to trick the carrier in thinking I'm just using data
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