So i got a nexus 7, and i setup two accounts. Myself and my girlfriends. Well when i removed my girlfriends account, i didnt sign out of hangouts first. And now its always showing her as available(green) on hangouts. Whether i look on my phone, or on gmail.com she always shows as available. Does anyone know how to get that session signed out?
since then ive formatted the tablet and have flashed different roms. Ive yet to find a solution online. Theres a few links that mention the same problem, but no solutions that ive found.
From the sounds of this, it seems like you may have to readd her to an android device and sign her out.
mdamaged said:
From the sounds of this, it seems like you may have to readd her to an android device and sign her out.
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Do you think it matters what device? I finally got her to get off the iphone and ordered her a moto X. Even though the account i made her and added her to was my nexus 7 tablet, when she gets her phone and signed into that account on there that would work you think?
TDLR; i dont have to sign her into the same device i removed her from? even though its been wiped over flashed over tons of times already
emerica243 said:
Do you think it matters what device? I finally got her to get off the iphone and ordered her a moto X. Even though the account i made her and added her to was my nexus 7 tablet, when she gets her phone and signed into that account on there that would work you think?
TDLR; i dont have to sign her into the same device i removed her from? even though its been wiped over flashed over tons of times already
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I'm going to guess that it does not need to be the same mobile device, just that it's a mobile device, else it would be a real pain for people who lost or have had their device stolen or destroyed.
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I've had my Evo since July and its still in the "honeymoon" phase of our relationship. She's been rooted via unrevoked and all is lovely. Of course like I'm sure many of us I went on an app spree initially and sometimes still to this day downloading a little of everything free. Now after months with my phone I finally found an app I want to purchase, however when I go to do so and enter my credit card information I get a service error. So I figured maybe it had something to do with my Google Shopping profile, so went to attempt to set one of those up and I get an error there too. I've tried with multiple credit cards with no such luck. Does this have anything to do with me being rooted or has anyone else ran into this problem?
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I've had my Evo since July and its still in the "honeymoon" phase of our relationship. She's been rooted via unrevoked and all is lovely. Of course like I'm sure many of us I went on an app spree initially and sometimes still to this day downloading a little of everything free. Now after months with my phone I finally found an app I want to purchase, however when I go to do so and enter my credit card information I get a service error. So I figured maybe it had something to do with my Google Shopping profile, so went to attempt to set one of those up and I get an error there too. I've tried with multiple credit cards with no such luck. Does this have anything to do with me being rooted or has anyone else ran into this problem?
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I doubt it has anything to do with you being rooted. The only time I ran in to this error was when I had poor data connection but that doesn't sound like what your running in to. Have you tried creating a new Google account and seeing if it will work on a fresh account?
I'm going to try and create a different account and see if that works.
Try using a different card. There were some apps I couldn't use my Amex for and had to use MC.
trhonda2000 said:
I'm going to try and create a different account and see if that works.
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Did this work? I'm curious to see what fixes or even more so what the cause of this was.
So my company doesn't officially support non-blackberry devices but unofficially the servers are set up to do it. My question is, it seems our IT department changes the exchange server settings randomly. It was originally bos-outlook.companydomain.com and I connected and everything was working fine on my E4GT. A colleague using iPhone wanted to access as well and set it up on his phone too and it worked. Where it became strange was a few days later, my phone stopped working and I got an error along the lines of server not available. Tried deleting cache, deleting and re-adding the account, nothing worked. I asked my iPhone colleague and his was working fine. I borrowed his iPhone and set up my email account on his phone and it worked. At first I thought IT blocked Android devices for some reason. That's where it became interesting. I looked at the exchange server setting on his iPhone and even though both his account and my account were set up as bos-outlook.companydomain.com, iPhone had automatically changed it to bos-exchange.companydomain.com. When I tried setting up the account with this new exchange server on my E4GT, it worked. A couple of days later, had the same problem arose and I just figured that the server changed again. Since I'm based in NY and not Boston, I guessed nyc-exchange.companydomain.com and it started working again. Of course, I got lucky that it was just substituting nyc for bos. In the future, it could be anything. What's frustrating is that my colleague's iPhone never stops working. His will automatically change to whatever the new server address is without him having to do anything. Anyone know if there is anyway for Android's to do that? Is there a setting for that somewhere? Thanks!
Try to do this. Stop using following:
bos-outlook.companydomain.com,
bos-exchange.companydomain.com,
nyc-exchange.companydomain.com
and instead of them use autodiscover.companydomain.com. This should fix your issue. Let us know did it work
erik077 said:
Try to do this. Stop using following:
bos-outlook.companydomain.com,
bos-exchange.companydomain.com,
nyc-exchange.companydomain.com
and instead of them use autodiscover.companydomain.com. This should fix your issue. Let us know did it work
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Darn, I was really hoping that would work. Get the message "unable to connect server". I also tried removing the account and re-setting up using that address and get the same error. Any other tricks? Iphone must be using some kind of command to do an auto discover of some kind.
Apple products do update automatically regardless is it phone or pc (i still don't like them). I have no idea what could be wrong, unless your company either doesn't have autodiscover or somehow they renamed to something else (autodiscover1, webmail etc).
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erik077 said:
Apple products do update automatically regardless is it phone or pc (i still don't like them). I have no idea what could be wrong, unless your company either doesn't have autodiscover or somehow they renamed to something else (autodiscover1, webmail etc).
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What do you mean Apple products automatically update? Are you talking about the OS and/or apps or are you talking specifically about how it connects to Exchange? If Exchange, the question I want to know is how exactly does Apple do it. Maybe my company doesn't have auto-discover or renamed it but when I used my friend's iPhone, it was automatically finding the server somehow. However it's doing it, you would think Android would also have a way to do it. That's my logic however hoping someone with experience managing Exchange servers could chime in.
I recently bought a Google pixel 2 xl from Craigslist and it came wrapped in the box it seemed brand new and I turned it on put in my Wi-Fi password and it brought me to a screen and told me to put in the previous Google account synced with this phone, I have no clue of what to do I've looked on YouTube and found out it's called a FOR lock and that you can bypass certain ones but most of the ways don't work I've tried magnification , and talk back no success, is there anyway to get by the Google lock?
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I recently bought a Google pixel 2 xl from Craigslist and it came wrapped in the box it seemed brand new and I turned it on put in my Wi-Fi password and it brought me to a screen and told me to put in the previous Google account synced with this phone, I have no clue of what to do I've looked on YouTube and found out it's called a FOR lock and that you can bypass certain ones but most of the ways don't work I've tried magnification , and talk back no success, is there anyway to get by the Google lock?
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Seems like you've been scammed. Try contacting the person that sold you the device. Beyond that, there's not much you can do.
Chance Ill said:
Seems like you've been scammed. Try contacting the person that sold you the device. Beyond that, there's not much you can do.
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Yeah that person has disappeared literally.
Usually this means the phone was stolen or reported lost
Check in YouTube there methods of removing it
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thatotherguy.. said:
Check in YouTube there methods of removing it
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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I don't think non of them will work if running the latest software ect
Yrn400 said:
I recently bought a Google pixel 2 xl from Craigslist and it came wrapped in the box it seemed brand new and I turned it on put in my Wi-Fi password and it brought me to a screen and told me to put in the previous Google account synced with this phone, I have no clue of what to do I've looked on YouTube and found out it's called a FOR lock and that you can bypass certain ones but most of the ways don't work I've tried magnification , and talk back no success, is there anyway to get by the Google lock?
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ok buddy took me 15 minutes with no leads....connect to hotspot, disconnect hotspot when changes from checking screen.....get to input new pin, after date and time.....continue dont copy, it will tell you gotta use owners account and start over, dont worry. connect back and go thru again it'll ask for pin, enter new one annnnd you're in. sing in using chrome, remove google account via settings and factory reset, good as new
I need help identifying what app or setting got me into this mess.
I think the hacker has adb access.
He shuts down apps.. etc
He is messing with the notifications.. i get ony a few. Sometimes they come in late.
I have made reset from samsung setting and the boot menu, AND I INSTALLED A NEW ROM (the one for my phone) WITH ODIN. Still the issue resurfaces.
I think my roomate installed smthg in it. He is on the house wifi and he is got a degree in networking (i think thats what it's called, we study in french in my country)
Please i need help.
If someone needs any further details, please ask.
Avoid the wifi network you suspect your hacker friend is on, reinstall the rom downloaded on another network and stay on 4G and see if it still happens? Also suspect your PC to be hacked...
Thx for replying,
I did format my pc but i have connected it to house wifi.. didn't notice anything out of order though.
I found out about the "Revoke USB debugging authorisations" option in Developer Options. I think it is working.
Today, since i made a new instagram account, i added a mutual friend. Turns out it was an old and lost account, and thats when i got the error from the video.
Fortunately, i fixed it by un.following the account and clearing the app storage.
I need to know what access does he have?
Can't upload the video, here's some shots.
Look no further than yourself for the cause of this... one way or another.
RX: Factory reset, change Google account password.
Stop with the social media crap and go mingle with real people.
This not about social media, it's about getting my phone back.
With my old account, I couldn't even talk to my messenger friend. Today, thats like having your phone number unreachable all the time, frustrating.
Please if you don't want to help don't, but no need for quick unhelpful replies.
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This not about social media, it's about getting my phone back.
With my old account, I couldn't even talk to my messenger friend. Today, thats like having your phone number unreachable all the time, frustrating.
Please if you don't want to help don't, but no need for quick unhelpful replies.
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How was it compromised?
Understand if it was compromised it's more than likely because you left yourself vulnerable to attack.
A compromised OS needs to be cleaned or wiped... I gave you the solution(s).
No need to say thanks but don't give me lip about your screw ups.
Thank you.
I tried factory reset more than 10 times, different ways. No luck.
I think he is got access to one of my friends account but i don't know how he is using this connection with me ( message, notification.. i don't know)
@blackhawk what you said is true, and i didn't mean no offense.
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Thank you.
I tried factory reset more than 10 times, different ways. No luck.
I think he is got access to one of my friends account but i don't know how he is using this connection with me ( message, notification.. i don't know)
@blackhawk what you said is true, and i didn't mean no offense.
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Reflash the firmware especially if it is Oreo or below.
If it's not embedded in the firmware, it's being added by you albeit inadvertently.
Your Achilles heel is social media... don't be so predictable. Break the link in the chain.
None of the social apps should be running on the device, they are malware. At least keep them in the cloud.
Email must always be kept in the cloud and any attachments downloaded from it scruntinized or preferably not downloaded at all. All downloads are suspect.
At this point your data base is suspect as well.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.
Android 11.
I am trying.
Carch921 said:
Android 11.
I am trying.
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Unless someone physically got their hands on it, there's no known way the Android 11 stock factory image can be compromised by a rootkit or virus. A factory reset is all that is needed.
The problem happened after the reset.
blackhawk said:
Unless someone physically got their hands on it, there's no known way the Android 11 stock factory image can be compromised by a rootkit or virus. A factory reset is all that is needed.
The problem happened after the reset.
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That is exactly what i suspect did happen. I often leave my phone home and my pattern is known for him.
How can i undo a modification of that level.
(I intend to go to a phone repair shop and install new soft with the "box". Is this recommended or is it a bad idea)
Carch921 said:
That is exactly what i suspect did happen. I often leave my phone home and my pattern is known for him.
How can i undo a modification of that level.
(I intend to go to a phone repair shop and install new soft with the "box". Is this recommended or is it a bad idea)
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Never leave a phone physically unsecured as that's the only real security there is.
You need to have the firmware reflashed then be careful what you put back on it.
Change all your passwords and use secure passwords.
I ithink i this is the problem.( in the pic below)
There was an app called android device.. don't know if this is normal. So i deleted it and restarted and things are back to normal.
Sorry i can't upload the image, the app closes automatically.
Scan it online with Virustotal.
Sell the phone Facebook
Can anyone help me carrier unlock my Verizon phone? My phone has been hacked and I hope being able to flash it will help me to get rid of whatever they have done to it. Can anyone tell me why I get this message when I reset my phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated
there is no carrier unlock for VZW models. if you can boot into recovery, sideload the OTA version that was last on your device.
What did you do that resulted in the phone being hacked? With the sectors being wiped that are shown in the images, it looks like you have provided total device access to something whilst having an unlocked bootloader or something similar. If you let us know what happened, it might help us to figure out what options you may still have.
But definitely see if you can do what @uicnren mentioned first.
Im not sure who or how they wiped anything. It happened one day after connecting to my girlfriends wifi. I got ahold of Verizon and they sent me a new phone and as soon as I started it the same thing happened to it also
How do I find what OTA version was used on my phone?
Nothing hacked here... this is an error when wiping the Secure Element (the trusted secure module).
(https://android-review.linaro.org/p...cure_element/1.0/SecureElementHalCallback.cpp line #66)
Are you initiating the wipe from the recovery? If so, that's likely the reason. If there is an account attached to the device, a wipe must first be initiated from within Android (Settings)
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Im not sure who or how they wiped anything. It happened one day after connecting to my girlfriends wifi. I got ahold of Verizon and they sent me a new phone and as soon as I started it the same thing happened to it also
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what symptoms were you seeing that made you think you were hacked?
Those errors are normal in Recovery Mode. I see them all the time, sometimes they don't appear, usually they do.
Did you remove your google accounts from settings, do a factory reset from the reset menu and lastly in recovery mode where you posted the screenshots from.
Your Account might be hacked but the phone is unlikely hacked. You would get a message at boot telling you that the device has been modified. With a locked bootloader its extremely unlikely (unless NSO Group is targeting you).
Woodruff87 said:
Can anyone help me carrier unlock my Verizon phone? My phone has been hacked and I hope being able to flash it will help me to get rid of whatever they have done to it. Can anyone tell me why I get this message when I reset my phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Did you unlock the bootloader? Have custom firmware/kernel installed?
A "hacker" wins nothing by resetting/wiping your phone. They want data, and that only works if the phone can turn on and works. This looks like a wipe/factory reset gone wrong, which spells user error or software error and less likely a "hacker" attack. Most hacks you will never notice. A hacker that makes you notice that something went wrong, is either an amateur or did it on purpose. Ergo, he wants you to know that something went wrong, which usually only happens in order to extort you. If there is no extortion, then an obvious act by a hacker is highly unlikely.
We need some more information. What firmware had you installed? What happened exactly when. Did you install any new apps recently? What did you do prior to something going wrong? All the information that could help us troubleshoot your issue.
You said your phone wiped itself a day after connecting to your girlfriends wifi, and that a replacement device that you got sent by your carrier, did the same. Did you check your Google account? Do you have two factor authentication activated? It sounds like your phone got wiped over wifi, which would require access to your Google account. It's just odd that you get errors, which normally shouldn't happen if someone would use the erase a lost Android device function.
It's also possible that your backup from your GAccount is simply corrupted (many people had issues with random reboots). You should try and set up your (replacement) phone anew without any backup, maybe that can fix your issue.
Beyond that Google account thing-y, anything else is highly unlikely. Even specialized companies have serious issues getting into a modern smartphone, lest alone an Android 12 phone with a Google Server grade Titan m2 chip. The newer the firmware, the less likely the chance that someone from the outside could get in, especially with a phone like a Pixel that isn't very common. Most security firms/govermental agencies can only abuse older, known security loopholes. It's more likely that very popular phones like a Samsung or IPhone are targets from "the bad guys", since there will be bigger payoff for breaking the security of those phones, since there is a greater pool of users to target. Most hacks I've witnessed weren't random, they were targeted. Ask yourself: Am I worth the trouble of getting hacked? Do you have anything of interest on your phone that would warrant an excessive use of resources? Managing to hack a Pixel is not only unlikely in terms of the security you need to breach, but also in terms of the potential payoff in relation to the necessary knowhow and resources. It's just "not worth it".
What you should do immediately, just in case, is secure your Google account. Change your password. Maybe even change your two-factor authentication, if you have one (sms is not secure, use a token generating software/device). Change the wifi password from your girlfriend and check the list of connected devices. make a list of these connected devices + history (find that in the rooter software) and check them against the devices you know of. Also check the list of connected devices to your GAccount. Use the option to log out ALL devices from your Google account, so only your device is connected.
Do any other people have access to your phone? Do any other people know your passwords? Does your girlfriend has access? Do any other people have biometric security saved on your phone? Do you trust your girlfriend completely?
Make sure you use a special, new password for your GAccount, never reuse old ones that you have used somewhere else. Also check your emails on https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Beyond that, if you are not doing already, use a password manager.
Woodruff87 said:
Im not sure who or how they wiped anything. It happened one day after connecting to my girlfriends wifi. I got ahold of Verizon and they sent me a new phone and as soon as I started it the same thing happened to it also
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Wait a sec. Verizon sent you a new (refurbished probably but new nonetheless) phone and when you turned it on weren't you greeted with the startup menu? Am I missing something?
Morgrain said:
Did you unlock the bootloader? Have custom firmware/kernel installed?
A "hacker" wins nothing by resetting/wiping your phone. They want data, and that only works if the phone can turn on and works. This looks like a wipe/factory reset gone wrong, which spells user error or software error and less likely a "hacker" attack. Most hacks you will never notice. A hacker that makes you notice that something went wrong, is either an amateur or did it on purpose. Ergo, he wants you to know that something went wrong, which usually only happens in order to extort you. If there is no extortion, then an obvious act by a hacker is highly unlikely.
We need some more information. What firmware had you installed? What happened exactly when. Did you install any new apps recently? What did you do prior to something going wrong? All the information that could help us troubleshoot your issue.
You said your phone wiped itself a day after connecting to your girlfriends wifi, and that a replacement device that you got sent by your carrier, did the same. Did you check your Google account? Do you have two factor authentication activated? It sounds like your phone got wiped over wifi, which would require access to your Google account. It's just odd that you get errors, which normally shouldn't happen if someone would use the erase a lost Android device function.
It's also possible that your backup from your GAccount is simply corrupted (many people had issues with random reboots). You should try and set up your (replacement) phone anew without any backup, maybe that can fix your issue.
Beyond that Google account thing-y, anything else is highly unlikely. Even specialized companies have serious issues getting into a modern smartphone, lest alone an Android 12 phone with a Google Server grade Titan m2 chip. The newer the firmware, the less likely the chance that someone from the outside could get in, especially with a phone like a Pixel that isn't very common. Most security firms/govermental agencies can only abuse older, known security loopholes. It's more likely that very popular phones like a Samsung or IPhone are targets from "the bad guys", since there will be bigger payoff for breaking the security of those phones, since there is a greater pool of users to target. Most hacks I've witnessed weren't random, they were targeted. Ask yourself: Am I worth the trouble of getting hacked? Do you have anything of interest on your phone that would warrant an excessive use of resources? Managing to hack a Pixel is not only unlikely in terms of the security you need to breach, but also in terms of the potential payoff in relation to the necessary knowhow and resources. It's just "not worth it".
What you should do immediately, just in case, is secure your Google account. Change your password. Maybe even change your two-factor authentication, if you have one (sms is not secure, use a token generating software/device). Change the wifi password from your girlfriend and check the list of connected devices. make a list of these connected devices + history (find that in the rooter software) and check them against the devices you know of. Also check the list of connected devices to your GAccount. Use the option to log out ALL devices from your Google account, so only your device is connected.
Do any other people have access to your phone? Do any other people know your passwords? Does your girlfriend has access? Do any other people have biometric security saved on your phone? Do you trust your girlfriend completely?
Make sure you use a special, new password for your GAccount, never reuse old ones that you have used somewhere else. Also check your emails on https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Beyond that, if you are not doing already, use a password manager.
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Thanks I really appreciate the help and all the advice. I checked https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and my account has been pawned in 1 data breach... I will deactivate the Google account and start over fresh. Thanks again for all the info
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Two things are they refurbished? And do they work without signing into google?
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The first one was new, but the one I got from Google as a replacement was refurbished. Ill try resetting through the settings and deactivating all my accounts.
Woodruff87 said:
Thanks I really appreciate the help and all the advice. I checked https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and my account has been pawned in 1 data breach... I will deactivate the Google account and start over fresh. Thanks again for all the info
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This, among many other things, is one of the reasons I use GrapheneOS and NO gooble services (despite all the attention they give to sandboxed gooble services).
Woodruff87 said:
Thanks I really appreciate the help and all the advice. I checked https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and my account has been pawned in 1 data breach... I will deactivate the Google account and start over fresh. Thanks again for all the info
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your google address was found on that site for another service and you used the same password for both services, correct?
despite what some believe, your google account will not get hacked unless your password is insecure (ie. leaked or insufficient with 2FA). anything less and your asking for trouble (also using GrapheneOS).