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Which phone locator app?

Which app do you use to locate your phone in case of loosing it?

I use Avast Anti theft features (formerly theft aware), install the app from the market and just uninstall the antivirus if you don't want it after installing the anti theft features.
Here is a review of theft aware.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...ion-weve-seen-to-date-really-hands-on-review/
Cerberus is supposedly good as well but I have yet to try it.

i use Cerberus Clicky
it has some good features.
i keep getting emailed pictures of me getting my lock code wrong

I use SeekDroid as of now. It has everything I was looking for. Got it for free on the Amazon free app of the day. Best part is no monthly fee!
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.gtmedia.seekdroid&hl=en

Android Lost is free and offers remote locking, wiping of internal and SD card, GPS tracking, full volume text to speech, pop up notifications and a while host more.

str355 said:
i use Cerberus Clicky
it has some good features.
i keep getting emailed pictures of me getting my lock code wrong
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Just tried this out, instant purchase. Good app advice. Thanks

I cant believe this feature isnt installed into android.... you know seeing as google knows everything about you anyway

str355 said:
i use Cerberus Clicky
it has some good features.
i keep getting emailed pictures of me getting my lock code wrong
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GR36 said:
I cant believe this feature isnt installed into android.... you know seeing as google knows everything about you anyway
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It is, under google latitude. But latitude is more for family and friends to know where each other are, not to locate a lost device.
I've only used Androidlost and only installed it remotely when the phone was lost. I'm surprised so many of you would keep a persistent app which can monitor your every move and record audio and photos of you secretly. And people freaked out about Carrier IQ?

str355 said:
i use Cerberus Clicky
it has some good features.
i keep getting emailed pictures of me getting my lock code wrong
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Thanks for advice Its a great app, and now I use it too

I have always used wheres my droid. You can use it to make it ring by sending it a text from any phone saying wheres my droid or you can locate it via gps by texting it gps my droid.

SeekDroid works well for me.

EP2008 said:
It is, under google latitude. But latitude is more for family and friends to know where each other are, not to locate a lost device.
I've only used Androidlost and only installed it remotely when the phone was lost. I'm surprised so many of you would keep a persistent app which can monitor your every move and record audio and photos of you secretly. And people freaked out about Carrier IQ?
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Androidlost looks great feature wise, but I couldn't get it to activate remotely via SMS. I sent the text via Verizon as well as a online SMS tool. Weird...

Yes its both unbelievable and embarrassing, that you have to pay for a Google Apps account to get this.
GR36 said:
I cant believe this feature isnt installed into android.... you know seeing as google knows everything about you anyway
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I use SeekDroid as well.
It has never failed me yet
SeekDroid allows you to secure and find your phone from anywhere in the world!
SeekDroid allows you to locate your lost or stolen device anywhere in the world. See your device on a map, set off an audible alarm, wipe the device, and more.
SeekDroid requires Android 2.2 or greater and a working data connection.
Control the following from our secure website:
- Control Multiple devices under one account
- Locate your device
- Remotely Enable GPS
- Display its location on a map with history!
- Track the device using breadcrumbs
- Get notified if the device has left a fenced
in area
- Audible alarm (even on silent)
w/ custom message
- Text Messaging support
- Setup SeekDroid Remotely via SMS
- Lock device w/ custom code
- Retrieve recent calls
- Remotely wipe entire phone
- Remotely wipe SD Card
- Hide from app drawer
- Disable App from being
uninstalled
- Virtually no battery drain
- Works without a SIM Card
- Reteive SIM ID, IMEI,
active phone number, and battery remaining
- More features coming soon!
Setup is easy! Install the application on your device and create a username and password when the application launches. Make sure GPS is enabled for more accurate results, and your Google account is setup on your device. That's all! You can do everything else from our secure website at seekdroid.com
If you have any issues, questions, or feature requests please feel free to contact us through the website as we are ACTIVELY LOOKING to help people. Don't just rate it bad, we can get it working on your device!
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[Q] Marketplace - can't buy apps any longer

I purchased 3 or 4 apps yesterday when I got my L900. Now, it won't let me buy. Says to check Zoon. Even ATT doesn't work.
Suggestions greatly appreciated!! Thanks

sloosley said:
I purchased 3 or 4 apps yesterday when I got my L900. Now, it won't let me buy. Says to check Zoon. Even ATT doesn't work.
Suggestions greatly appreciated!! Thanks
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If you log into Zune, you should be able to go to purchase history and see if the download occured. Also, you can go to Windowsphone.com, click on your account and see the same downloads.
What you say about the AT&T section though indicates a potential problem. If the AT&T section and/or the Nokia section is missing from the marketplace, it indicates you may not be provisioned correctly. All Windows Phone users get Marketplace. Those special sections, called Storefronts, are available only to validated customers of that carrier, hardware or OEM. It may take a few hours for them to actually show up. If yours is not showing up, then it indicates a connection is not being correctly made. I'd call AT&T and validate your data connection is correctly set up. Been alot of that going on the last 4 days, but now that the phone is released to the public, we should see less of it occuring.
Good Luck

Ive got a problem with a CC that expired. They let me update my expiration date but not the stupid CCV code... DUH. So I ended up adding a different card.
Check https://billing.microsoft.com

hx4700 Killer said:
Ive got a problem with a CC that expired. They let me update my expiration date but not the stupid CCV code... DUH. So I ended up adding a different card.
Check https://billing.microsoft.com
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Did you call billing...you should have been able to edit the credit card and validate it online.

I logged in to Zune and found my purchase history. However there aren't any registered devices. Do I need to sync the L900 with Zune on a computer? Could that be why I can't download/purchase new apps?
Thanks!

sloosley said:
I logged in to Zune and found my purchase history. However there aren't any registered devices. Do I need to sync the L900 with Zune on a computer? Could that be why I can't download/purchase new apps?
Thanks!
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YOu don't need to sync, though it makes it easier to see. The results you're looking for are pulled off of your account with Microsoft. As long as your zune account and microsoft account are the same ID, there's no worries.
However, if you go to WindowsPhone.com and log in, this is the uber site. You will see your information here, and be able to see your device, and potentially reinstall most apps from this site.
Go to Microsoft.com/windowsphone. log in with your Windows Live ID on the right side. You'll see your registered name appear. Click here and choose account. You'll see lots of stuff.

Problem solved: As you suspected, the phone was not correctly commissioned. Called AT&T and worked through it. We're good now! Thanks again.

sloosley said:
Problem solved: As you suspected, the phone was not correctly commissioned. Called AT&T and worked through it. We're good now! Thanks again.
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What are the odds NONE of the blog sites pick up this provisioning thing as a resolution? Apparently little bandito's are a better story.

I suffer the same'ish issue. I'm not able to purchase apps via Windowsphone.com but I can buy apps via Market Place on my phone.
Unfortunately the 1-800 number for Zune support has been disconnected. I have not been successful finding a way to call Microsoft billing support to update my ccv#.

Seed 2.0 said:
I suffer the same'ish issue. I'm not able to purchase apps via Windowsphone.com but I can buy apps via Market Place on my phone.
Unfortunately the 1-800 number for Zune support has been disconnected. I have not been successful finding a way to call Microsoft billing support to update my ccv#.
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The 1-800 number was only for WP7 support....not mango and above..they've moved on.
I see your problem...the billing site for MS has removed the call options.
Try this.....chat support. I'm told they will call you back with billing issues.
https://support.live.com/default.aspx?productkey=oepwp7cf&brand=oepwp7&mkt=en-ww&
Let me know if this works or not...I have some friends in support....

I clicked a big THaNKs to you alodar1!!! Support cleared it up. If you go to xbox.com and visit your account there you can edit the CCV # of you credit card, or any other part of your card.

Seed 2.0 said:
I clicked a big THaNKs to you alodar1!!! Support cleared it up. If you go to xbox.com and visit your account there you can edit the CCV # of you credit card, or any other part of your card.
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Using my best George Lopez voice..."..and that's how you learn!!"
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Seed 2.0 said:
I clicked a big THaNKs to you alodar1!!! Support cleared it up. If you go to xbox.com and visit your account there you can edit the CCV # of you credit card, or any other part of your card.
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A side note though....this only works if you are also an xboxlive customer. If you are not, then this does not always work.
Apparently, Microsoft is still bringing all the variations of the Windows Live ID together....still not there yet.

"OK Google, call..." command not working

Hi
So while I playing around with Google Now, I decided to try calling someone from my Contacts through voice. To my surprise, the message "This action requires Device State and Content..." is displayed, implying that the phone doesn't support the command. Is this really a phone issue, or an android-related issue?

My money is on it being a "user" issue.

I believe you just need to give Google permission to access the contacts in your phone.

bigdfmartin said:
I believe you just need to give Google permission to access the contacts in your phone.
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I've synced my contacts with my Google account and allowed Google to search through my contacts. Anything else I need to do?

As I recall, Google prompted me for the permissions the first time I asked it to make a call. It's been working ever since.

bigdfmartin said:
As I recall, Google prompted me for the permissions the first time I asked it to make a call. It's been working ever since.
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Looks like you were right, tried again the other night, and the issue was solved: google asked for permission. Don't know what I did to get it to work though: all I did was access google settings, ticked and unticked some checkboxes under search and now, and for some reason, the command worked afterwards.

[Bounty $500] My note 10+ was hacked with stalkerware

My phone was infected with stalkerware, they had access to my files, could view what was on my screen, listen into my mic, view my cameras remotely, everything! It's incredibly creepy! From what I can tell they somehow loaded q hacked version of Google Chrome and or android web viewer. After getting suspicious I downloaded Kaspersky and ran a scan, I found 2 versions of Google Chrome on my phone one of them had the dual messenger app icon on it. The other one said it wasn't a current version from the apps store. I Uninstallerd and downloaded the current version through the app store. I tried to see if a packet sniffer would lead me to them but I think I was too late by that point. I also pulled the Chrome app qnd decompiler it. There was some weird things in there like ignore playstore version but nothing that I could find that would lead me to who was watching me. Is there anything I can still do that will lead me to who did this? I have a strong idea of who it was but need evidence so I can prosecute them. Any help would be appreciated. Im putting up a 500 dollar bounty if anyone can help me get some solid evidence.

dangerruss said:
My phone was infected with stalkerware, they had access to my files, could view what was on my screen, listen into my mic, view my cameras remotely, everything! It's incredibly creepy! From what I can tell they somehow loaded q hacked version of Google Chrome and or android web viewer. After getting suspicious I downloaded Kaspersky and ran a scan, I found 2 versions of Google Chrome on my phone one of them had the dual messenger app icon on it. The other one said it wasn't a current version from the apps store. I Uninstallerd and downloaded the current version through the app store. I tried to see if a packet sniffer would lead me to them but I think I was too late by that point. I also pulled the Chrome app qnd decompiler it. There was some weird things in there like ignore playstore version but nothing that I could find that would lead me to who was watching me. Is there anything I can still do that will lead me to who did this? I have a strong idea of who it was but need evidence so I can prosecute them. Any help would be appreciated. Im putting up a 500 dollar bounty if anyone can help me get some solid evidence.
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Try logging into your Google account from a computer. Look at what devices have access to your account. I looked at mine a couple of months ago and saw a phone I never owned on AT&T. Funny thing is I have NEVER had AT&T. I've always and still have Verizon. I immediately removed, blocked and reported the device.

HyperChick said:
Try logging into your Google account from a computer. Look at what devices have access to your account. I looked at mine a couple of months ago and saw a phone I never owned on AT&T. Funny thing is I have NEVER had AT&T. I've always and still have Verizon. I immediately removed, blocked and reported the device.
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That was the first thing I tried. Didn't find anything unfortunately. These a holes are good.

dangerruss said:
That was the first thing I tried. Didn't find anything unfortunately. These a holes are good.
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Did you run a log of your IP addresses?

HyperChick said:
Did you run a log of your IP addresses?
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Not until after the connection was severed. My first thought was to run a virus scan. The only thing I found was an application was installed feb 1st and the clean version of chrome stopped uploading on Feb 1st.

Why are there two of these? And how did they use dual messenger to install doubles? I've disabled all of them.

dangerruss said:
Not until after the connection was severed. My first thought was to run a virus scan. The only thing I found was an application was installed feb 1st and the clean version of chrome stopped uploading on Feb 1st.
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Did you delete the corrupt Chrome already? The IP history may be in there...
you wish to find your IP address Internet history, you can easily do so directly from your Internet browser.
Step 1
Open your Internet browser, and click on "Tools" located in the horizontal menu bar at the top of the window.
Step 2
Click on "Internet Options"
Step 3
Click on "Settings" located beneath the "Browsing History" subheading.
Step 4
Click on the "View Files" button to find your IP address Internet history.

If you post the chrome apk that you dumped or anything else that you have that was related to the "infected" files, they might be helpful in looking for clues.

These are the apk files that I suspect could have been infected. Unfortunately I didn't pull them until after they were updated. But I believe there is still a change log kind of manifest if you decompile them.

On mobile? Im not seeing those options
HyperChick said:
Did you delete the corrupt Chrome already? The IP history may be in there...
you wish to find your IP address Internet history, you can easily do so directly from your Internet browser.
Step 1
Open your Internet browser, and click on "Tools" located in the horizontal menu bar at the top of the window.
Step 2
Click on "Internet Options"
Step 3
Click on "Settings" located beneath the "Browsing History" subheading.
Step 4
Click on the "View Files" button to find your IP address Internet history.
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From what I can see, those apks unfortunately appear to be normal un-tampered files. The manifest I believe you are referring to is a component of the apk that dictates things like permissions and interfaces, but it does not perform any sort of logging or historical record sadly, as the entire apk is replaced when an app is updated or installed over an existing installation.
I am not sure how much cleaning you have done of your device since it happened, but aside from clues or records which might be available from various services you use (finding connected accounts that aren't yours, history of any account activities that weren't initiated by you, etc), your next best bet would probably be to dig through the files on the device in search of anything that shouldn't be there. Hopefully there is still some artifact of the infection which could potentially point towards its origin. I will follow this thread, happy to dig through files in my spare time.

Does anyone know if android keeps a log of installs or qnything in the root folder perhaps?

Isn't there a relation between duplicate app instances and secure folder?

OnnoJ said:
Isn't there a relation between duplicate app instances and secure folder?
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Yes but I've never set up secure folder. Never felt a need to.

First thing I do is a factory reset (and hope that gets it) and reset the Google password.
Keep that bloody device 100% isolated from your PC and data backup copies including the SD card*. Wipe the SD card in the device before the reload and again after the reload. Do NOT connect the card or phone to your PC before the new load is proven clean. Load data directly to SD card from the PC then to the 10+ just in case.
Try to piece together when and what did it but that is a secondary concern. Consider it a drill.
Better get while the gettings good... that level of being compromised means no time to lose ditching the OS. I most likely wipe the SD card too and use one of the clean data backups I keep for just such an event. Torch all data on the device.
If it gets into your backup data copies you're boned.
OSs are 100% expendable, critical data is not.
*you can scan it with everything on the planet and still miss trojans, tainted jpegs/pngs, etc if no definitions exist yet. Expect multiple hidden infections now and go full nuke.
Isolating the infection to that device is only priority. It's possible the infection(s) are already on one or more backups and/or your PC. That's why it's important to keep multiple time staggered backups on multiple electronically isolated hdds.
I keep a 3 tier backup and my PC is never internet connected.
Keep your head and limit the spread...

dangerruss said:
Why are there two of these? And how did they use dual messenger to install doubles? I've disabled all of them.
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looks normal to me. Those are typical apps that run when dual account messenger service is used .

Question Google's Messages stuck on "trying to verify" in chat features activation menu

Never had an issue with this app doing this before, but here we are. I've made sure my number was correct, and even added the Messages app to MagiskHide (which I've never had to do before). It still is stuck. Eventually it gives up trying to verify, but tapping the button just repeats the same issue again. Any ideas?

GuyInDogSuit said:
Never had an issue with this app doing this before, but here we are. I've made sure my number was correct, and even added the Messages app to MagiskHide (which I've never had to do before). It still is stuck. Eventually it gives up trying to verify, but tapping the button just repeats the same issue again. Any ideas?
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It's really annoying I've had this before. What I did I'd clear data cache in the messages app restart phone then do same again delete data cache then open messages app and try again. If that fails then you have to turn chat off for 7 days don't try turning chat on within the 7 days otherwise it resets to 7 days again. It's a right pain in the but.

I wish I had a answer for you. I was having the same issue on stock, switching to global, switching to eu, etc. Just a couple nights ago I installed magisk and no modules and left my phone alone for a bit (maybe a hour?), When I picked it back up I had 10 encrypted messages I couldn't read come in from a friend that must have came in over the past couple weeks. It was just random.

dalelindley76 said:
It's really annoying I've had this before. What I did I'd clear data cache in the messages app restart phone then do same again delete data cache then open messages app and try again. If that fails then you have to turn chat off for 7 days don't try turning chat on within the 7 days otherwise it resets to 7 days again. It's a right pain in the but.
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Seven days?
Seems excessive. How/where did you get this length of time?
Jhoopes517 said:
I wish I had a answer for you. I was having the same issue on stock, switching to global, switching to eu, etc. Just a couple nights ago I installed magisk and no modules and left my phone alone for a bit (maybe a hour?), When I picked it back up I had 10 encrypted messages I couldn't read come in from a friend that must have came in over the past couple weeks. It was just random.
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That's unfortunate. Have you ever had this issue with any other device?

GuyInDogSuit said:
Seven days?
Seems excessive. How/where did you get this length of time?
That's unfortunate. Have you ever had this issue with any other device?
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Not that wasn't cleared up with a wipe data/cache and restarting the app.

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Not that wasn't cleared up with a wipe data/cache and restarting the app.
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I tried Dale's suggestion, clearing data and cache and rebooting the phone. After a minute it popped up the message "enabling chat features, we'll let you know when it's ready." Checked the settings 15 minutes later, and it said "Trying to verify..." STILL but the button to manually verify was usable.
This sucks.

This had happened to me ever since I got the phone and since my carrier is Verizon, It didn't work right out the gate and tried so many different solutions.
then I read that it could still be linked to your old phone so i put my sim card back and then turned off features and then popped it back to the OP and then just left the messages app run in the background and then it suddenly said chat features enabled.
I don't know if this will help you but it worked for mine.

wooo000 said:
This had happened to me ever since I got the phone and since my carrier is Verizon, It didn't work right out the gate and tried so many different solutions.
then I read that it could still be linked to your old phone so i put my sim card back and then turned off features and then popped it back to the OP and then just left the messages app run in the background and then it suddenly said chat features enabled.
I don't know if this will help you but it worked for mine.
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I turned it off on my old device (doesn't have service anyway). Still no dice. Ugh!!

I've had multiple issues with apps not sending OTP codes or being able to log in completely, and I even think I've had the same issue you are having when I had "dns.adguard.com" set as my private dns setting. Also, if you use AdAway, that could cause the issue. For some reason I have to disable AdAway to use the Amazon app. Weird.

GuyInDogSuit said:
I tried Dale's suggestion, clearing data and cache and rebooting the phone. After a minute it popped up the message "enabling chat features, we'll let you know when it's ready." Checked the settings 15 minutes later, and it said "Trying to verify..." STILL but the button to manually verify was usable.
This sucks.
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If you have some sort of vpn running, try disabling it and activating chat features. For me it won't work until I turn my vpn off.

is Google carrier services app is up to date on your phone?

TheKnux said:
I've had multiple issues with apps not sending OTP codes or being able to log in completely, and I even think I've had the same issue you are having when I had "dns.adguard.com" set as my private dns setting. Also, if you use AdAway, that could cause the issue. For some reason I have to disable AdAway to use the Amazon app. Weird.
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Oh yep, in fact I had another thread about that. Turns out the new AdAway seems to inadvertently block a lot of things. Try adding "*amazon*" (without quotation marks) to the whitelist. PayPal was another I needed to add to the whitelist. I also added Google to see if it'd work for this, but nah... No such luck.
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If you have some sort of vpn running, try disabling it and activating chat features. For me it won't work until I turn my vpn off.
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No VPN in my case, that I'm aware of.
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is Google carrier services app is up to date on your phone?
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Yes. I did find it disabled, oddly, so it's enabled and up to date now. Matter of fact, I even installed the latest from APKmirror.

GuyInDogSuit said:
Oh yep, in fact I had another thread about that. Turns out the new AdAway seems to inadvertently block a lot of things. Try adding "*amazon*" (without quotation marks) to the whitelist. PayPal was another I needed to add to the whitelist. I also added Google to see if it'd work for this, but nah... No such luck.
No VPN in my case, that I'm aware of.
Yes. I did find it disabled, oddly, so it's enabled and up to date now. Matter of fact, I even installed the latest from APKmirror.
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Thanks for the Amazon tip! I was trying to figure it out for the longest time. Even tried the hard way of adding it a long time ago. Just got used to disabling it to use the app or using Amazon through a browser.
It always takes a minute for my chat features to be enabled. Whenever I get a new phone, I always get the message saying "chat features are unavailable for this device" then after a few hours/days, the pop up says that they're ready. I think I leave Messages open in the background. Never had to disable it on the previous device. T-Mobile user here.

TheKnux said:
Thanks for the Amazon tip! I was trying to figure it out for the longest time. Even tried the hard way of adding it a long time ago. Just got used to disabling it to use the app or using Amazon through a browser.
It always takes a minute for my chat features to be enabled. Whenever I get a new phone, I always get the message saying "chat features are unavailable for this device" then after a few hours/days, the pop up says that they're ready. I think I leave Messages open in the background. Never had to disable it on the previous device. T-Mobile user here.
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Sure thing, glad I could help. If anything, though, you should thank @terlynn4 for that whitelisting suggestion.
In my case this has been going on for a good few days. I've done websearches and researched all the possible causes and solutions I could find, but nothing has worked in my case. Yet. I think the main issue is that I'm not getting the authorization code that Google sends via a short-code service text or whatever those are called.

GuyInDogSuit said:
Sure thing, glad I could help. If anything, though, you should thank @terlynn4 for that whitelisting suggestion.
In my case this has been going on for a good few days. I've done websearches and researched all the possible causes and solutions I could find, but nothing has worked in my case. Yet. I think the main issue is that I'm not getting the authorization code that Google sends via a short-code service text or whatever those are called.
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Usually when I don't receive the code, it's because AdAway or private DNS settings as stated before. But since you're not using any of those, I'm not sure what else would be preventing from sending the code. Is there any way you can use the Messages for Web feature, bring up your messages on PC, send the code that way and see if it comes up on the web?

I had the exact same issue as you, the issue was that Verizon still had my old phone associated with my account. Verizon support asked my for my iccid (16 digit number physically printed on the sim card), and after they associated it with my new phone I received the backlog of all the sms from short codes that I had missed and rcs verified after 15 minutes and a reboot.

R. Daneel Olivae said:
I had the exact same issue as you, the issue was that Verizon still had my old phone associated with my account. Verizon support asked my for my iccid (16 digit number physically printed on the sim card), and after they associated it with my new phone I received the backlog of all the sms from short codes that I had missed and rcs verified after 15 minutes and a reboot.
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LMAO, was that what it was? Funnily enough, now that you mention that, that might be the case for me as well. I had recently jumped from a OnePlus 7T to the 9 Pro, and everything had transitioned smoothly, other than this.
TheKnux said:
Usually when I don't receive the code, it's because AdAway or private DNS settings as stated before. But since you're not using any of those, I'm not sure what else would be preventing from sending the code. Is there any way you can use the Messages for Web feature, bring up your messages on PC, send the code that way and see if it comes up on the web?
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I could give that a try, sure. I do have access to a PC/web browser.

GuyInDogSuit said:
LMAO, was that what it was? Funnily enough, now that you mention that, that might be the case for me as well. I had recently jumped from a OnePlus 7T to the 9 Pro, and everything had transitioned smoothly, other than this.
I could give that a try, sure. I do have access to a PC/web browser.
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Let me know if it works for you. Sounds ridiculous, but it might actually work.

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Let me know if it works for you. Sounds ridiculous, but it might actually work.
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I don't think it did. Or would. Still no message on either end. Something isn't allowing it to be sent in the first place, it seems.

R. Daneel Olivae said:
I had the exact same issue as you, the issue was that Verizon still had my old phone associated with my account. Verizon support asked my for my iccid (16 digit number physically printed on the sim card), and after they associated it with my new phone I received the backlog of all the sms from short codes that I had missed and rcs verified after 15 minutes and a reboot.
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I had the exact same issue on verizon, but with a globel version. Wouldnt recognize the phone at all. After calling, they pushed me to tech support. Because the phone isnt in their system, the guy had to take an IMEI from another CDMA-Less phone, and enable the CDMA-Less feature. Then he put my IMEI back. Rebooted, and got 2 days worth of texts, and chat features enabled instantly.
The guy said there's a chance that "cleaners" will comb through accounts and reset it, but if it happens, I just have to do the same thing again.