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My phone got hacked remotely help

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

Youtube

I'm not sure if its the phone the app or something else but my subscriptions are all gone and most of the videos I try to play crash the app. I have tried reflashing cm7 many times but it still occurs. No other app has any issue. Google search failed me so I was hoping someone might have an answer.
Thank you for your time.
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Did you go into settings-applications-manage applications-youtube and then clear data? I would try that before anything else. Also, are you undervolting at all? If I go to low with setCPU, youtube is usually the first thing to crash.

Its the app EVERYBODY has this issue and its pissing me off
If you read the apps reviews there plumeting because they haven't fixed it yet
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Curious since it worked fine 12 hours ago. Ill research more. Thanks for the info.
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philowneus said:
Curious since it worked fine 12 hours ago. Ill research more. Thanks for the info.
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That's what I said but google fubar'd it somehow idk cuz it was fine an hour or so before I went to watch something it fc'd and all my subs where missing
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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And the market one stars are hilarious reads IMO.
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The comments are great, lol. But in an effort to stay on topic, have you tried uninstalling then restoring an older version through Titanium?
This has worked for me NM the past.
Also, though it sounds noobish,have you cleared Dalvik and formatted /cache under mounts &storage? Always ask the simplest questions first. Damn A+ steps. ;-)
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And the market one stars are hilarious reads IMO.
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Are both of your subs not showing up when you go to "My channel"? Mine wont show up on the youtube widget, but do show up when I go to my channel. I clicked on a few of the recommended videos and about half caused FCs!

I don't use titanium. Clean installs only. I don't nandroid ever either. I know all the tricks for simple stuff since I've been on xda since my Samsung moment. I had figured it was YouTube being YouTube and having issues with everything. But I wasn't sure until I tested stuff.
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Having the same problem on my Galaxy Nexus and Hd2. I'm in the UK so I imagine this is effecting a lot of people!
Send error reports!
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Its happenning to me aswell. I found a fix that works. Go into cwm and wipe data cache n dalvik. It will wipe everything and you'll have to manually install your apps but it DOES work. Don't restore nandroid. It will bring back the bug.
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philowneus said:
I'm not sure if its the phone the app or something else but my subscriptions are all gone and most of the videos I try to play crash the app. I have tried reflashing cm7 many times but it still occurs. No other app has any issue. Google search failed me so I was hoping someone might have an answer.
Thank you for your time.
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I saw this fix somewwhere and it worked on my gf's epic running legendary 2.2 and samurai assassin (problem originated for her on acs ics 5.1). I did a factory data reset from the settings menu in android. After the phone reboots enter your account settings and restore apps with data using titanium backup. Its a bit tedious but it worked.
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Nevermind they fixed everything
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Biggoron said:
Nevermind they fixed everything
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I was just going to reply to your original post about hating them deleting that feature as well. Any chance you can throw the link back up, Id really like to at least have it on my HD.

Coycaine said:
I was just going to reply to your original post about hating them deleting that feature as well. Any chance you can throw the link back up, Id really like to at least have it on my HD.
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Yeah sure I still might keep the older version its not that different really I love that feature...
Here you go: http://db.tt/EkLLOAiJ
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Biggoron said:
Yeah sure I still might keep the older version its not that different really I love that feature...
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Thank you sir!

DPI and play store

Can someone post the steps to get Google play store to find certain apps when it doesn't recognize my device because I have the DPI set low? I remember when I was on aokp it had the steps built into the ROM but I don't remember how. Play store either doesn't show what I was searching for or it says device not compatible. Also what is the lowest you can set it before the play store can't recognize it? Thanks!
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Change dpi, reboot, clear market cache, enter market, accept.
As far as dpi for market, depends on what you consider working. As you move away from stock, you start having different things happening like movies+tv disappearing or apps being not supported. You have to mess around since no one has yet posted a list of trial and errors. To get around the apps issue, download the modified market app. It will remove the app restriction, but be careful you don't try to install something you shouldn't.

Download LCD modder pro. It gives you the option to download modded market. Works great for me
I use rom toolbox pro to change dpi, reboot, download 2 files from lcd modder pro, install and reboot. You might see a bunch of things fc while its prepping to reboot but its fine
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Look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28296059
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elesbb said:
Look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28296059
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Thanks! Still having issues and will try this later. Appreciate the help fellas :beer:
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suaverc118 said:
Thanks! Still having issues and will try this later. Appreciate the help fellas :beer:
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Not a problem! Not being rude, but searching helps save headaches
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elesbb said:
Not a problem! Not being rude, but searching helps save headaches
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I know. Its just I'm not on the computer very often since we have one and its my wife's. I have to get mine fixed. And I don't have a desk job to get access to a computer during work . I do appreciate your help.
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suaverc118 said:
I know. Its just I'm not on the computer very often since we have one and its my wife's. I have to get mine fixed. And I don't have a desk job to get access to a computer during work . I do appreciate your help.
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Haha! I know the feeling!!! Just a quick note!
When you replace the files. Delete the app cache for the market and Google services framework via settings then flash the modded market. I'm gonna look into Google services framework as well and see what role that gas in market compatibility. Also after replacing files, reboot to recovery and clear bother cache partition and dalvik cache. That should help.
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elesbb said:
Haha! I know the feeling!!! Just a quick note!
When you replace the files. Delete the app cache for the market and Google services framework via settings then flash the modded market. I'm gonna look into Google services framework as well and see what role that gas in market compatibility. Also after replacing files, reboot to recovery and clear bother cache partition and dalvik cache. That should help.
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So after I changed DPI and rebooted, my phone wouldn't come on. I did dark side cache several times and phone wouldn't come on. Thank God I had an old nandroid. Not the current jb one. So I did follow the steps exactly like you said.
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I should have mentioned I was on a jb ROM lol
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suaverc118 said:
So after I changed DPI and rebooted, my phone wouldn't come on. I did dark side cache several times and phone wouldn't come on. Thank God I had an old nandroid. Not the current jb one. So I did follow the steps exactly like you said.
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Did you change the DPI before adding the files? or did you change the files then change DPI and then reboot? It being JB shouldnt really matter as the android market is pretty universal as GB market works on ICS and etc. However they may have changed it.
Can you provide an exact step by step as to what you did?

Google Sign In Issue After Flashing Theme

I installed a green theme tonight from one of the posts in this thread. I am presently running Darkside Evolution V8. I previously installed a red theme from the same post so I know it works, at least before. Tonight I installed the theme, flashed DS cache wipe, reboot. Phone says "android is updating" so, ok. After it reboots I get the following message (see screen shot) I click the button to try and sign in and I get the other message (screen shot) I tried rebooting, flashing Gapps, clearing data from account services. Any thoughts on why a theme would have caused that? Or maybe an underlying issue? My phone works fine btw. I can use gmail, playstore, everything. I just get that awful notification once in awhile. I Terribly annoying! Thanks so much for any help!
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I was waiting for a thread like this. Don't worry my friend. Its been reported over multiple ROMs and devices through out XDA. You were just a victim of circumstance. Its an issue with Google servers, your good :thumbup:
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jcnbama said:
I installed a green theme tonight from one of the posts in this thread. I am presently running Darkside Evolution V8. I previously installed a red theme from the same post so I know it works, at least before. Tonight I installed the theme, flashed DS cache wipe, reboot. Phone says "android is updating" so, ok. After it reboots I get the following message (see screen shot) I click the button to try and sign in and I get the other message (screen shot) I tried rebooting, flashing Gapps, clearing data from account services. Any thoughts on why a theme would have caused that? Or maybe an underlying issue? My phone works fine btw. I can use gmail, playstore, everything. I just get that awful notification once in awhile. I Terribly annoying! Thanks so much for any help!
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Same thing happened to me. And what I did was disable the show notification by unchecking it in the google accounts manager in application manager
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LoopDoGG79 said:
I was waiting for a thread like this. Don't worry my friend. Its been reported over multiple ROMs and devices through out XDA. You were just a victim of circumstance. Its an issue with Google servers, your good :thumbup:
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OK, so what your saying is that the theming and the sign in issues were just coincidence? I guess that makes sense as theming shouldn't affect your Google account in any way. Is this a recently developing issue or a known issue Google just needs to deal with? Well, thanks!
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jcnbama said:
OK, so what your saying is that the theming and the sign in issues were just coincidence? I guess that makes sense as theming shouldn't affect your Google account in any way. Is this a recently developing issue or a known issue Google just needs to deal with? Well, thanks!
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Looks like Google fixed it. All good now over here.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Looks like Google fixed it. All good now over here.
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Yeah. I haven't had the notification since last night.... So good
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[Q] Why wont Google Play Store Restore my apps??

i was just wondering if anyone knows why google play store doesnt restore any of my apps after i do a clean wipe and and flash a new rom. it used to start re-downloading them immediately on the first boot up after i signed in on my G2X when using a CM based ROM. and does any know of a free and reliable way to batch restore apps???

I wonder this my self... But I use titanium backup it has its bugs sometimes but it works fine for me
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garra1225 said:
Do you have the pro version. And if so do you know a method to obtained it for free?
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Uhhh that's illegal and not allowed on xda. Better change it before a mod catches it
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Teo032 said:
Uhhh that's illegal and not allowed on xda. Better change it before a mod catches it
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Well I was hoping there was a free legal way to get it.... like taking a offer or a survey. Kinda like how akinator lite offer akinator pro to people who like their Facebook page or tell a certain amount of people about the app.... free doesn't always mean steal. Remember that
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Did you leave the box checked that said sync with Google (OE something like that on the first boot)
And as far as tb goes give app to zip a try. Its a great app, and there is a free version that will do all you need. And the pro version is less than three dollars
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.app2zip
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skaroger867 said:
Did you leave the box checked that said sync with Google (OE something like that on the first boot)
And as far as tb goes give app to zip a try. Its a great app, and there is a free version that will do all you need. And the pro version is less than three dollars
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.app2zip
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Yes I did was I supposed to?
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Teo032 said:
Uhhh that's illegal and not allowed on xda. Better change it before a mod catches it
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LOL I love starting my morning with a good chuckle

I guess that it only working when an official ROM is installed. I tried more than 4 custom ROMs and all cannot get my apps back
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LOL I love starting my morning with a good chuckle
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Saving my apps to an sd card works for me. I also tend to modify roms via the android kitchen and while at it, place a few apps I need accessible prior to flashing (root explorer, etc).

Well, I've noticed that they don't restore all the time unless you use the same ROM. But even a stock rim misses the occasional app. Titanium Backup works great for me.
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Remove your Google account, and just add it back for auto restore to work again.
tronmech said:
Well, I've noticed that they don't restore all the time unless you use the same ROM. But even a stock rim misses the occasional app. Titanium Backup works great for me.
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Just a kick because if your apps don't start to auto restore and you want them to, simply go to Settings, Remove your Google account, and just add it back. Worked for me.