Hey XDA members,
In case you didn't know Cerberus is offering free licences over the next week.
It's a great alternative app to SeekDroid, with as much if not more functionality..dl the app from market
This was reported on Reddit, below is the link to redeem the free licence
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFR4VHNka3czd2FJV2FIaXFYTHp0aGc6MQ
Check out their twitter, if you have concerns it's not legit
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I'm probably paranoid, but this smells fishy. Can anyone confirm this is legit?
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The same link is posted on their Facebook page...
I had the same feeling. That link looks a bit dodgy.. no logos or markings, just asking for info. Has anyone tested this yet?
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Like it has been pointed out, if you have doubts, go to their website: https://www.cerberusapp.com/
Click on the link to their facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/CerberusAndroid
Or click on the link to their twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/cerberusapp
You'll find the link on both sites too.
Cerberus
I'm using it - already paid for license so can't take this opportunity. Feature wise it's the most advanced anti theft app I've tried. You can also flash it using custom recovery so it should work even if factory reset is done on your phone.
Having said that, I often experience "Unable to connect to your phone." Error from the web interface ( supports SMS pwd protected commands too )
I went for it. Been testing this app for the last few days. So far, I think it's worth paying for but just haven't gotten to it yet.
Thanks for posting this and saving me a few bucks!
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I filled out the form and it said my info has been recorded. No confirmation email or any cerberus markings. It said all registrations will become active on March 1st.
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zljk said:
I'm using it - already paid for license so can't take this opportunity. Feature wise it's the most advanced anti theft app I've tried. You can also flash it using custom recovery so it should work even if factory reset is done on your phone.
Having said that, I often experience "Unable to connect to your phone." Error from the web interface ( supports SMS pwd protected commands too )
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How do you do this? The app needs to have your login/password entered when first ran?
Guys, stop being paranoid, this app is awesome, i bought it a few weeks ago and it rocks. Tracks, voice records, takes pics of thief, takes screenshots etc so much power.
This is where you login to track etc your phone, even remote wipe etc
https://www.cerberusapp.com/
Thanks so much for this saves me a couple bucks
I can agree with the other users. I only used the app for two of the five trial days they give you before I bought the license. I have three devices on my account.
I've had the paid version of Cerberus for a few months now. Yes, it's a great application.
However, the problem with Cerberus (and all other applications like it) is that it needs a data connection or a SIM with credit. That means if your thief removes the SIM and replaces it with one that has no credit or never turns the WiFi on, you're out of luck.
Though it's still better to have Cerberus than to have nothing at all.
Not saying you should or shouldn't use this app, but I have a question. In many states in the USA is illegal to record the info this app does. So what happens if you tried to press charges? None of this could be used against the person that stole the phone if you happen to live in one of those states. Hell they could prolly sue you for invasion of privacy in the USA we live in today.
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Just to clarify, I'm not paranoid about the app. I already have the free version. It was just the link that seemed dodgy, and seeing as though I don't have Facebook or twitter I can't personally confirm it's legit. Seems ok enough for me to try after these few comments. let's give it a try then.
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The lack of no confirm email freaked me out. I was typing quickly so I misspelled (or I think I misspelled) my email, so I did it again to make sure. But w/ no confirmation, who knows!
On twitter, cerberus said in fact so many users typed their password instead of the email >.<
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I've had the paid version of Cerberus for a few months now. Yes, it's a great application.
However, the problem with Cerberus (and all other applications like it) is that it needs a data connection or a SIM with credit. That means if your thief removes the SIM and replaces it with one that has no credit or never turns the WiFi on, you're out of luck.
Though it's still better to have Cerberus than to have nothing at all.
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If a theif inserts an unauthorized sim, SMS alerts are automatically sent to your emergency contact numbers.
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They have a client app you can load on another phone to send commands also.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus.client
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If a theif inserts an unauthorized sim, SMS alerts are automatically sent to your emergency contact numbers.
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That's my point. If the SIM doesn't have any credit (not everyone is on a contract), you won't get that alert. In that case you'd have to hope that the thief ends up setting up WiFi on the phone.
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Hey everyone I wanted to see if I'm in the wrong or if this has happened to anyone else.
I purchased Rom Toolbox Pro from Jrummy in January, I used it for everything just about and I was always able to download it easily. About a week ago I flashed a new Rom and when I went install Rom Toolbox Pro, it didn't show purchased. I had had this problem before all i needed to do was force close the play store and i would reopen and it would show all my purchased apps, but this time it didn't work so i cleared cache on the play store, and it still didn't work. So i decided to call Google/have them call me. The woman who called was very helpful and understood that i had a rooted device and she tried to help me out as much as she could. We saw that the app was previously purchased in January, but even on the website it no longer shows purchased. She forwarded the issue onto the "specialists" and said they would contact me back within 48 hours. After about 3 days I had Google call me back just so I could checkup on the issue, when I asked for a manager they tried to transfer me, but the phone hung up. When I called again I was really fed up, a woman answered and I was a bit snippy with her, but then the manager walked over and said he was supposed to talk to me, so they transferred the call. The manager was very nice and very helpful, he said he would put his name on the issue which would put it at the front of the queue. Later that day I receive an email asking if I can see that the app is purchased on the website, I replied saying no. They said they could refund me the app, but the problem is, I no longer have the card the application was purchased on. They said I should contact Jrummy and have some input from him. I already contacted before I even called Google, and he said he can only refund and the issue seems to be on Google's side. So I tell the specialist this, and then they begin to blame my device saying that it being rooted would cause the application to be incompatible. I bluntly told the specialist that having a rooted or custom ROM can make an application be incompatible, but that is not my issue, the issue is their database. I then asked for a manager to contact me. Thee specialist replied saying "I understand your point, however I would not advise something I haven't seen proof of." WTF? and "Other users who have had rooted devices, experienced this issue, once they un-rooted, they were able to access their paid apps" so have any of you "experienced this issue"? He made no point prior that this issue was somewhat resolvable and acted as if the only way to retrieve the app was to unroot or refund, but when I ask for a manager "I was willing to make an exception and refund for the app, however you do not have the credit card used to make the purchase. Other users have experienced this issue, most are not rooted. We are currently looking into the issue. I can not guarantee that when it is resolved you will have access to the app, however if you would like to be patient and wait, I can notify you when the issue is resolved."You were willing to make an exception? LOL He also said if I would like to speak with his manager to reply to the email, so before I did that I wanted to ask your opinions.
TL;DR
>Purchased app in January
>No longer shows purchased
>Called Google
>Never contacted me back
>Called back
>Contacted me back
>They insist its my rooted phone and incompatibility issues(not true because app shows up, just says not purchased)
>Ask for manager
>What's your opinion?
Reboot the phone. Clear cache. It worked for me.
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Oh and don't forget to clear app data too. Then just login again.
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peanut1596 said:
Oh and don't forget to clear app data too. Then just login again.
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Well I already did this basically, but it's not my phone, because on the website it shows that its not purchased even.
Well when this happened to me I had to wipe app data, cache, and reboot. If you are on a custom rom then perhaps try rrflashing gapps. Or maybe all of it.
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I'm having the same problem with them. It's a known problem they say
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If its showing as not purchased on the website, then it sounds like a problem with Googles Servers, not your phone. I would keep contacting them about it, tell them when you login to your account on a computer it doesn't show as purchased.
Menu /settings /apps/ all. /Google play /Clear data. Now Open back up market login again. And should show you purchased apps that wht I do when I come across that issue
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Why not email google your receipt? Google sends me a receipt for everything that I purchase. And it's in Gmail....so I have everything that's ever been sent to me.
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Why not email google your receipt? Google sends me a receipt for everything that I purchase. And it's in Gmail....so I have everything that's ever been sent to me.
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They have my receipt, they know ive purchased it, but they cant really do anything :/
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If its showing as not purchased on the website, then it sounds like a problem with Googles Servers, not your phone. I would keep contacting them about it, tell them when you login to your account on a computer it doesn't show as purchased.
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They know this, but refuse to believe it's them. They're not really helping themselves out much.
Anyone ever get weird text messages from a number 1007620000 it has s wierd string of alphabets and numbers and the word sisa ?????? The phone number is unknown if you try to search it and when I google it 3 things of interest come up that make sense 1 has something to do with (gov) eavesdropping 2 has something to do with a software called watchdog that cisco systems developed and microsoft and that ciq company are in on as well as others and 3 sisa also stands for Samsung information sharing act WTF!!!! WEIRD I didnt open the message but I googled it because it looked suspicious and then I deleted them I got 4 at the same time like bam bam bam bam I just deleted the text thread as a whole from the left touch button so I didnt have to click on it I was rooted using stock deodexed UVALH2 CIQ REMOVED and it happened right after I flashed xibit v32 (nothing against you wildchild you da man) thats just when it happened so sorry for the book just thought this might be useful can anyone shine any light on this please.
Thank you community for any insight on this.
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I was about to ask the same question. I also got the same 4 text messages last night. Thought it was just me who got it. Definitely very weird, I'm still confused as to what those messages were. I'm unrooted by the way and I just got the update yesterday.
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weird, im on stock, debloated and got one of these yesterday. when i googled it, nothing useful came up. i just deleted it
EDIT: ok i just found this. looks like an error in tmobiles system. this is not a new thing
Everyone calm down. These are simply system errors in relation to T-Mobile's email systems. You can get the answer straight from T-Mobile (though it takes a bit of searching).
I get these texts occasionally too.
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Messaging-and-O ... 0000/td-p/60220
"Unwanted text messages from +10476000000
01-22-2009 01:05 PM - last edited on 01-22-2009 01:07 PM
If you are receiving unwanted text messages from the specific number +10476000000 please read this and follow these steps.
T-Mobile has several kinds of email systems. The email system used depends on what kind of phone you have. The strange messages you are receiving means you have email setup on one specific T-Mobile email system known to T-Mobile reps as "consumer email", but your sim card is no longer in a phone that supports "consumer email".
The quickest way to resolve this is to put your sim card back into your old phone. Remove your email account from the old phone. Once your email account is removed, the consumer email system will stop sending those messages to you. You can put your sim card back into your new phone.
If you no longer have access to the phone with consumer email (Samsung Blast, Motorola W490, Nokia 6263, Samsung Behold, and several others), please contact us. A T-Mobile representative can remove your consumer email account directly from the network."
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So, if the texts are that bothersome, you can always call T-Mobile to have them remove your e-mail account directly from the network. I'm not sure if that would cause problems on your end though. I know I need a gmail account to even use my phone (Android) that I have to sign into. Though it may be unrelated to that.
Hope this calms everyone down.
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Just got off the phone with tmobile. The agent said this would sometimes occur if your account is switching "my tmobile accounts" or you just recently got a new phone/another line. Also, if your phone was tapped you'd be able to notice it due to the fact that if you ever heard of cell phone interference I.e. you get the clicking noises (like standing next to a radio and you phone rings) it would be constant. So yeah to all the f***ers paranoid about being tapped...your not, and even if your were, you could call tmobile and ask them as they are required to inform you due to the fact that tapping any kind of phone is against the FCC laws.
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found here http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-007-620-0000/4
Well if you type in Google search samsung sisa you will find that but i will try to find what I did and post the links just give me a little bit.
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found this page in google's cache since it gave me a 404
Samsung Information Systems America (SISA) R&D Center
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http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...w.sisa.samsung.com/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
When I first opened my line with the vibrant, I did get these messages. They are simply T-Mobile errors. Once I talked to a Rep at a corporate store, it stopped hapoening
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Well I just got a little psranoid guys because my neighbor said he was leaving for work and saw someone taking pictures of my vehicles and house at f*****g 5:30 am this past thursday who the f***k does that and that early for that matter has that ever happened to anyone? I was like why the eff didn't you call me he said I told my ole lady to call you I was like WTF!! Anyway I'll still post those links theyre interesting as heck!!!!!
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Got two a few days back. Had no clue what they were.
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I'll post those links later guys theyre on my other computer at my other home away from home.
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dawgboy1783 said:
Well I just got a little psranoid guys because my neighbor said he was leaving for work and saw someone taking pictures of my vehicles and house
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Let me find out someone's taking pics of my sh!$. You best believe I'm going to be hiding in the bushes with my 12 gauge and some buck shot ready to blow that camera to hell. Hahahaa good luck with that.
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Haha I'm on vacation and you bes believe I'm gonna stake out ima tackle that f****r and take his camera to find out what he's up to if he comes back and I catch him I'll give y'all the 411 LOL!
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Not sure why this thread made me lol. But last time people were taking pics of my **** I ended up in prison for 3.5 years
AOKP'd GS3...#ftw
Lol thats what I don't understand I'm not doing anything wrong I'm an average go to work and spend my life on xda playing with my s3 kinda person so beats me but if I see them again I'm not going to be happy thats for sure
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Aaaaaaand back on topic...
I also received these type of messages this afternoon. weird s**t. not as weird as someone taking pictures of my car at 5:30am..... but close.
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
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Aaaaaaand back on topic...
I also received these type of messages this afternoon. weird s**t. not as weird as someone taking pictures of my car at 5:30am..... but close.
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
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What is the point of bumping something this old? The answer was already given.
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Guys, today after school I saw that all the statusses of my contacts were error: blablabla. I tried to refresh (in whatsapp) with no luck.
After receiving the following message, and after forwarding it to 18 ppl, i refreshed again to look if it would work.. It did work. The statusses of my contacts were back. I am just posting this here for you guys to get the statusses back. I am NOT trolling, I tested it on my phone, my sisters phone and my dads phone. I know the blue icon and red icon doesn't make sense without an app update or something like that, but the point is, after forwarding the message i got my statusses back!!( of my contacts!)
The message:
Before you read this, go to your contacts and look at everyones status! Should say error: status unavailable.
Hello everyone, it seems that all the warnings were real, the use of WhatsApp cost money from summer 2012.
If you send this string to 18 different on your list, your icon will be blue and will be free for you.
If you do not believe me see tomorrow at 6 pm ending WhatsApp and have to pay to open it, this is by law
This message is to inform all of our users, our servers have recently been very congested, so we are asking your help to solve this problem. We require our active users forwarded this message to each of the people in your contact list to confirm our active users using WhatsApp, if you do not send this message to all your contacts WhatsApp, then your account will remain inactive with the consequence of losing all their contactsMessage from Jim Balsamic (CEO of
Whatsapp) we have had an over usage of
user names on whatsapp Messenger. We
are requesting all users to forward this
message to their entire contact list. If you
do not forward this message, we will take
it as your account is invalid and it will be
deleted within the next 48 hours. Please
DO NOT ignore this message or whatsapp
will no longer recognise your activation.
If you wish to re-activate your account
after it has been deleted, a charge of
25.00 will be added to your monthly bill.
We are also aware of the issue involving
the pictures updates not showing. We are
working diligently at fixing this problem
and it will be up and running as soon as
possible. Thank you for your cooperation
from the Whatsapp team”
WhatsApp is going to cost us money
soon. The only way that it will stay free
is if you are a frequent user i.e. you
have at least 10 people you are
chatting with. To become a frequent
user send this message to 10 people
who receive it (2 ticks) and your
WhatsApp logo should turn Red to
indicate a frequent user. Am sorry had no option!
And check now the status of every individual contact is showing :
Status : error
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Copy and paste from before till error and send it.
Good luck.
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Copy and paste my balls
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I swear that I didnt believe it first, but try it yourself. It worked for me to get my statusses back.
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Copy and paste my balls
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Why would i WASTE 10 minutes of my time to write this if it didnt work?
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thegtfusion said:
Why would i WASTE 10 minutes of my time to write this if it didnt work?
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Because you are an idiot.
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LAME
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ROTFL WTF?
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whatsapp is pure crap. it's a shame that everyone I know uses it which means i have to use it too
Well ironically my contacts have "Error: status unavailable" on all of them, but no problems sending and receiving messages. Its probably just a server error.
Well, I just did a refresh and all status's are back to normal.
LOL.
Deleted these craps from my WhatsApp inbox and all my status were back.
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Well ironically my contacts have "Error: status unavailable" on all of them, but no problems sending and receiving messages. Its probably just a server error.
Well, I just did a refresh and all status's are back to normal.
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This. I had the same problem (not that I noticed it to begin with) and a refresh fixed it.
Ignore the OP.
https://twitter.com/wa_status/status/273697196988309505
Why do people fall for chainmail bullish*t? I still get tagged in pictures on Facebook saying to share this picture to continue to be able to use Facebook for free. Go look on FB page before logging in. "It's free and always will be" right on the homepage lol.
Or my PS3 inbox FULL of spam messages saying the exact same thing.
For future reference, anything that EVER says to share this with X amount of people in order to do this or get that is false. Nothing but spam.
Jesus, there really are people this stupid?
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Jesus, there really are people this stupid?
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They make threads, and everything
Whatsapp was really the only way to txt my sis in aus but I deleted it quick time from my fone when I read that. You can keep your crappy service. It's ****e anyway
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I confirm, the refresh did the trick...
Not trying to keep this thread going, but here is confirmation that that is a hoax message from whatsapp http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2012/01/it-is-a-hoax-really-it-is/
Hey... I didn't do anything but all the status become normal back today....
You really idiot....
Hahaha...
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Why would i WASTE 10 minutes of my time to write this if it didnt work?
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For the same reason millions of books and websites and blogs and posts are written that are full of nonsense.
Hint: correlation does not imply causation.
I just found three apps on my Sprint account that i didn't buy on February 13. I got a credit for them, $10 total, but anyone else see anything suspicious from that time frame? Thinking it was right before MB1 update.
I had one purchased and went to sprint account last month and don't know how that happened. Needless to say I got a credit back for it and I changed all my passwords again
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Hmm, havent heard of any big hacking rumors but I have two-step verification set up on my account because of this...that with Google Authenticator app on my phone and life is good :good:
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Hmm, havent heard of any big hacking rumors but I have two-step verification set up on my account because of this...that with Google Authenticator app on my phone and life is good :good:
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How do you have a 2 step verification set up??
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How do you have a 2 step verification set up??
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You have to turn it on in your google accont settings (not on the phone, on a browser). It's under account settings --> Security. Should be the section heading, "Two-step verification".
Strange. I wasn't charged for any apps but I did have $20 in international text fees that I know for a fact I hadn't sent out :sly:
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as for the text you get charged whether you send or recieve i had a person from iraq texting me non stop for a month eventualy i got sprint to block international calls and messages
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as for the text you get charged whether you send or recieve i had a person from iraq texting me non stop for a month eventualy i got sprint to block international calls and messages
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Yeah this
Back when texting was just starting up I would get charged when random people (who thought they were texting the original owner of a certain number) would text me. Many calls to sprint and talks with representatives laters, i blocked texts and all was good.
This was happening to me too! Sprint ended up reversing the charges but still very frustrating
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i was hit up for three ringtones. Never had them, but listened to the demos and they were terrible.
Got hacked to so now i up'd the safety to my account. Aholes whatever that website that google sent me was. But at least now i have piece of mind.
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I upgraded from a Note 4 to the Verizon Samsung Note 7 today and have been unsuccessful in locating how to send contacts text messages to the spam folder - A feature that I used frequently on my previous phone. Does anyone have any idea where this feature could be? This is different than going into your contacts and blocking their phone calls. If this feature no longer exists, I will likely return the phone for a different one if I cannot find an app to send these texts to without replacing the default messaging app. Any help or ideas on this would be appreciated, thanks!
Verizon has taken that feature away and added their own. They want you to go on my Verizon add block it through there.
Lame huh.
I use an app in the play store called Hiya. An article I read said that White Pages and Hiya merged or WP bought the later and that Samsung was using them. I know it can integrate with messages but I haven't enabled it yet. So far this morning it rejected 5 calls, three were telemarketers or suspected and two were the IRS scam. It flashes for a brief second on the phone then shows "Call Rejected - Suspected Telemarketer", or whatever the reason for rejection. Then it allows you to view comments on the number or add comments of your own. It's pretty cool, although I sometimes miss answering with my latest, "<insert business> Pizza, Would you like to start with our new carry out special?". That or "Judges Chambers, bailiff...", always gets a quick hangup. Lol
Truecaller app is awesome.. I've been using it a long time.
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Truecaller app is awesome.. I've been using it a long time.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.