A VERY strange bug (not sure if its ATandT or Moto related)
occurs with Atrix phones that are unlocked and used in Canada (Fido, Rogers) etc.
Some callers, even if they are saved in the address book show up as
'PayPhone' calling, making it impossible to know who it is
A temp fix is to call our provider and remove 'Name Display' which is a feature that shows peoples names even if they are not added. But this feature has never conflicted with any Android phone I have ever owned (many). So it is a unique issue
More info:
http://androidforums.com/atrix-4g-s...hone-fido-rogers-international-customers.html
Where would I look into fixing this issue, anyone have any starters?
Thanks!
Does Bell have name display as an option?
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Yeah this is really annoying for me aswell
I haven't found a fix yet and might just have to switch to basic caller id
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SS2006 said:
A VERY strange bug (not sure if its ATandT or Moto related)
occurs with Atrix phones that are unlocked and used in Canada (Fido, Rogers) etc.
Some callers, even if they are saved in the address book show up as
'PayPhone' calling, making it impossible to know who it is
A temp fix is to call our provider and remove 'Name Display' which is a feature that shows peoples names even if they are not added. But this feature has never conflicted with any Android phone I have ever owned (many). So it is a unique issue
More info:
http://androidforums.com/atrix-4g-s...hone-fido-rogers-international-customers.html
Where would I look into fixing this issue, anyone have any starters?
Thanks!
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I had the same issue. It is not a bug related to 'Canada'. I am on Fido and had this problem. The issue was that I had 3 email accounts all sync'ing contacts and some how things got messed up.
Here is what I did to fix it.
1. Format the phone.
2. Add ONLY 1 email account at a time.
3. Make a test call between each new email account addition to ensure the caller id works.
4. Ensure only syncing contacts from one email account.
That worked for me. GOod luck.
That can't possibly be true, if you don't have contacts in your address book, it still says pay phone
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I found this issue so annoying, I called Rogers and removed the name display - it's costing me $4 more to have these things not in a package, but man it is good to know who is calling.
Not for Bell users.. been using the Atrix since the 3rd day after US launch, and I've never had that issue.
I've had it show both payphone and the proper name/number... weird
ya it seems bell is safe
and i only have one account vampire 32 so it cant be true
so noone knows ne hack or nethign we can change
I called rogers and I hate them, I get the value pack for free so they can't do anything about the separate basic caller Id
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net_vampire32 said:
I had the same issue. It is not a bug related to 'Canada'. I am on Fido and had this problem. The issue was that I had 3 email accounts all sync'ing contacts and some how things got messed up.
Here is what I did to fix it.
1. Format the phone.
2. Add ONLY 1 email account at a time.
3. Make a test call between each new email account addition to ensure the caller id works.
4. Ensure only syncing contacts from one email account.
That worked for me. GOod luck.
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Nothing to do with email accounts - this happens even when you do not have any contacts set up. The Motorola guys confirm it as an issue with Name Display with Caller ID.
ya they (fido) told me its in my paid plan so they cant disable it
im like its an extra feature if anything i shud save money by disabling it so just do it
there like no its included
are these guys retarded
this is such a crappy problem, a first for my android phones
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Nothing to do with email accounts - this happens even when you do not have any contacts set up. The Motorola guys confirm it as an issue with Name Display with Caller ID.
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why this phone tho, why at and t?
ive had many androids before, many moto phones
WITH name display
never had a problem. Clearly it is a unique error they must fix
except motorola doesnt probably care
i might actually get rid of the phone because of this, its annoying like hell and i am not paying more per month to get callerID working
Just as an FYI if you're changing your account on Rogers... they will likely reset your contract to re-start the 3 years on the day you change
*yay* Rogers.
the more i read about the atrix the more i think i might of made a mistake buying this phone and i havent even used it yet(in the mail). this might be the deal breaker though. so this happens to all att atrix on rogers/fido? what is basic caller id, does it just show the number without name? hopefully this can be solved.
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Just as an FYI if you're changing your account on Rogers... they will likely reset your contract to re-start the 3 years on the day you change
*yay* Rogers.
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I'm okay with that providing they extend everything I have including my 6GB data pack and my, retentions derived, voice pack.
EDIT: looks like the price went up a little due to the change, but no indication of contract term.
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Just as an FYI if you're changing your account on Rogers... they will likely reset your contract to re-start the 3 years on the day you change
*yay* Rogers.
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they dont reset your contract for altering name display. i just called and asked them to disable it and they were fine with it. i have it as part of an iphone feature bundle and i asked them to disable it, not delete it and they did it within two minutes.
just be nice when you ask and you should not have an issue.
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they dont reset your contract for altering name display. i just called and asked them to disable it and they were fine with it. i have it as part of an iphone feature bundle and i asked them to disable it, not delete it and they did it within two minutes.
just be nice when you ask and you should not have an issue.
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It could be. Some things they do others they dont. I called once to increase my data plan. They reset my contract. When I called to complain they said it was because I was getting better service. Complained enough to get it set back, now I'm warry every time I make a change
Funny that I am reading this wondering where you all got your devices from in the first place as I've been looking to buy.
But yes the best bet is to make the change and then call back in a day to make sure nothing got screwed up with your contract.
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Hello guys, im the developer of Root Call Blocker, an advanced call and SMS blocking app for rooted phones.
The app's home is here at XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051274
We have had multiple reports that blocking is not working sometimes on the 3D phones, so we need some nice people to do some testing.
You can use the Groups function of the Lite version to do the testing - it gives you almost everything youd want from the app anyway.
Please post comments here, but also use the "Write to us" dialog in settings.
well i was using it on my 3vo but i started having a problem where it basically started blocking everyone so i uninstalled it i would like to use it again if u can tell how to keep it from doing that
edit: it worked fine for a couple days then it started messing up
reinstall it. it whould do that to me when i did an update. other than that its the best call blocker app
We used to have some DB update problems, they've been fixed for ages now...
I've been using this for a while. Lately it will block the calls but still allow them to leave voicemails. (Have it set not to allow)
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I'll be happy to give this a whirl...looks to add great features!
Any shot of tester perks =-)
I'll report my feedback to you after a few days to play with it!
There are no perks besides the hint on how to use the lite version effectively
I have the pro version I love the app untill it started blocking everyone is there a way for me to set it up so that it doesn't do that again?
I shot the maid! What can I say? 3vo shooter
You must be doing something wrong... check for conflicts, read the Adding numbers help item.
Did you figure it out?
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Did you figure it out?
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no i just ended up not using it but i think i will download it again and give it another run
Its really not that difficult. Just read the "Adding numbers" help item, it will explain everything you need to know to avoid making conflicting lists!
i know its not difficult i just had problems could have been from something else either way the issue is gone now but i am putting it back on my phone seeing that telemarketers are aloud to call cell phones now
America land of freedom... to exploit!
Note to self: must crush capitalism...
Excellent, streamlined app!
I just switched from the Galaxy 2 to the 3D and have the program. First thing was it said the license couldnt be verified. Ill post if anything else doesnt work right. it did work well on the Galaxy two. The only issue I had on that phone was the program would not block people who had "Unknown Number" even after I added it to the blacklist.
Hi, the license is tied to the market in our own unbreakable way. Sometimes the market is buggered and you will get this message. If you do, just connect to wifi and manually check the license through settings!
Also, are you saying you have added the "Private and withheld" numbers item but calls from unknown numbers still come through?
ftgg99 said:
Hi, the license is tied to the market in our own unbreakable way. Sometimes the market is buggered and you will get this message. If you do, just connect to wifi and manually check the license through settings!
Also, are you saying you have added the "Private and withheld" numbers item but calls from unknown numbers still come through?
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Check through the setting and its still saying no license.
The listing is "Unavailable" I received a call with that one day and I added it to the black list. The "Unavailable" is listed in the black list and has the block icons with it but I did get 3 more calls come through "Unavailable".
Just FYI, I did use this as a Titanium Backup from my Epic 4GT and restored my Evo 3D.
As i said, you need to add the item i described above to your list. Please read the Adding numbers item for more information. Also, if the application is unlicensed, it will only block the first number in your list, so that might be the cause...
Regarding license. Your problem is restoring data through titanium. Use our internal backup method, then perform a clean install and restore the data.
Works great for me
I've been using the paid version of the app for about 2 months now (damn creditors) and it has been wonderful. I block about 6 numbers, notifications work fine and I am alerted when RCB has blocked a call. I'm running on warmtwopointthree RLS1 (nightlies until RLS1 dropped 11-20-11) never had a problem. TB Pro has been restoring just fine.
I did have one issue though, the first time it asked for root I pressed deny on accident.....so i chalk that up to user error
PM me if you would like any further or specialized testing, 10 out of 10 from me!
Recently I've been getting tons of phone call spam, and it's getting outta control.
Basically I'm seeing numbers like:
7829105866
7436694122
ETC...
No messages left, and when you pickup the phone there's nobody on the other end.
Honestly I don't know what caused this. I do light surfing on my phone. (no porn, casino, ETC...) I usually install apps that I only pay for from the Market, and I usually only install what I need. I do have an unlocked BL & rooted Atrix (currently on stock 2.3.6).
I'm getting somewhere between 3-10 calls a day, and it's getting frustrating! I've been dabbling around lately with call blockers, but will probably need to spend more time researching them.
Anywhoo... Anybody else here dealing with the call spam as well? If so how much, and what are you doing about it?... (Call Blockers?, Antivirus?, Firewalls?)
No messages left, and when you pickup the phone there's nobody on the other end.
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Is it really spam if it leaves no message?
knigitz said:
Is it really spam if it leaves no message?
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It is when your phone keeps going off at work. I'm almost at the point of getting a new phone number it's that bad...
ccrows said:
It is when your phone keeps going off at work. I'm almost at the point of getting a new phone number it's that bad...
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Probably a better place to take this inquiry is to your provider. An app on the phone would not fix the underlying issue.
You could try Root Call Blocker.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.rootcallblocker.beta&hl=en
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Probably a better place to take this inquiry is to your provider. An app on the phone would not fix the underlying issue.
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I'm with AT&T. To my understanding, they can block numbers but these numbers are coming totally random so I'm not sure if there would be a limit or not or even if that's possible...
Cryingmoose said:
You could try Root Call Blocker.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.rootcallblocker.beta&hl=en
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I've been picking away at different call blockers, but striking out since calls are still getting through. All this BS shortly happened after I rooted my phone, (needed to use a new root method) and it appears that these calls are coming from India.
So I'm not sure if I should stay rooted, unroot, or find a new root method?...
Simple in cm7 settings there is an option to block number so no more missed calls and **** (i am sure there is an app for that too) and for sms spam.control install go sms and block the numbers there too, i am sure u just block numbers and soon they will run out of numbers
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I get a few spam calls each month. All from a cruise company. To combat it, I created a spam contact and add all spam calls to that contact, then just ignore calls that show as that contact. Pretty easy.
xateeq said:
Simple in cm7 settings there is an option to block number so no more missed calls and **** (i am sure there is an app for that too) and for sms spam.control install go sms and block the numbers there too, i am sure u just block numbers and soon they will run out of numbers
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Thanks... Haven't gone the CM7 route yet. I'm not sure if flashing CM7 would be a solution to me though, since each one of these calls has been from a different number. I don't know if it's spoofed or what, but I don't know if these numbers are ever gonna run out.
The only thing I got to work is using a 3rd party app to "somewhat" block calls not in my contacts list. Phone still rings first. Unfortunately I still need to receive calls outside of my contact list for work. Probably the only "solution" that would work for now is if I could block out any call outside of the US, and also not ringing my phone when blocked. (since these calls seem to be coming from India on Google searches) I'm not sure if such a solution exists...
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I'm with AT&T. To my understanding, they can block numbers but these numbers are coming totally random so I'm not sure if there would be a limit or not or even if that's possible...
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You have to pay for blocking with AT&T, and then its limited to only a few numbers. They wont arbitrarily block numbers. I would google the numbers. If they're spam you'll find threads about them. There are apps which block numbers not in your contact list and don't ring 1st. That would work for you for time being. You probably signed up for something where you input your number without thinking. I will try to find app I know about when I get home.
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Search Mr. Number in the market. It has the option to send all non-contact calls straight to voicemail (and many other options). So long as you make sure your voicemail notification is silent, you should be set. If these spam calls are conistently blank, I assume they won't even leave a voicemail.
This is what I used to block my ex-wife!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greythinker.punchback&hl=en
Don't use it anymore, so forgot this is what I used previously.
ccrows said:
Recently I've been getting tons of phone call spam, and it's getting outta control.
Basically I'm seeing numbers like:
7829105866
7436694122
ETC...
No messages left, and when you pickup the phone there's nobody on the other end.
Honestly I don't know what caused this. I do light surfing on my phone. (no porn, casino, ETC...) I usually install apps that I only pay for from the Market, and I usually only install what I need. I do have an unlocked BL & rooted Atrix (currently on stock 2.3.6).
I'm getting somewhere between 3-10 calls a day, and it's getting frustrating! I've been dabbling around lately with call blockers, but will probably need to spend more time researching them.
Anywhoo... Anybody else here dealing with the call spam as well? If so how much, and what are you doing about it?... (Call Blockers?, Antivirus?, Firewalls?)
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I've been getting a lot of calls recently from random 877 and 360 area code numbers...not sure why but it's pretty annoying
I've gotten all kinds of calls from political candidates to timeshares calls. I have had this problem for a while so I started adding all those numbers to a generic contact (I called mine "Bad People"). I tried all kinds of apps but none worked well. I found that right in the Android contact list, there is an option to send contact straight to voice mail. I can confirm it on both CM7 and CM9, pretty sure blur had it but not 100%. I'm on CM9 right now and when you select the contact that option is available when you hit the menu button, it is not available when you are editing the contact.
Additionally, I was getting calls from "Unknown" callers which is also very annoying, to beat this I added a contact with the name "Unknown" and selected the option for that contact to go straight to voicemail and that has seemed to work. It went from 3 or 4 unknown calls a day to 0 and if it was a real person, they could always leave a message.
As a heads up, I had over 120 numbers on my fake contact and my phone was having a lot of trouble (adding, syncing and blocking), so I broke that one contact into 3 fake contacts, 50 numbers per fake contact seems to work pretty well, just make sure you send all 3 voicemail.
Also if you flash a new rom to your phone, you will have to go to the fake contact and check the box to send them back to voicemail, but that's easy to do.
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FuzeLearner said:
I've gotten all kinds of calls from political candidates to timeshares calls. I have had this problem for a while so I started adding all those numbers to a generic contact (I called mine "Bad People"). I tried all kinds of apps but none worked well. I found that right in the Android contact list, there is an option to send contact straight to voice mail. I can confirm it on both CM7 and CM9, pretty sure blur had it but not 100%. I'm on CM9 right now and when you select the contact that option is available when you hit the menu button, it is not available when you are editing the contact.
Additionally, I was getting calls from "Unknown" callers which is also very annoying, to beat this I added a contact with the name "Unknown" and selected the option for that contact to go straight to voicemail and that has seemed to work. It went from 3 or 4 unknown calls a day to 0 and if it was a real person, they could always leave a message.
As a heads up, I had over 120 numbers on my fake contact and my phone was having a lot of trouble (adding, syncing and blocking), so I broke that one contact into 3 fake contacts, 50 numbers per fake contact seems to work pretty well, just make sure you send all 3 voicemail.
Also if you flash a new rom to your phone, you will have to go to the fake contact and check the box to send them back to voicemail, but that's easy to do.
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Just verified this on Nottachtrix. Long press contact, view contact, menu, options, send straight to voicemail option.
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CaelanT said:
This is what I used to block my ex-wife!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greythinker.punchback&hl=en
Don't use it anymore, so forgot this is what I used previously.
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That's the one I've been trying out right now. The jury is still out about that one, since the only way that it works well is if I block all numbers not in my contacts, but that isn't doable for work.
The frustrating part is that I am not getting the same number, it's "random" numbers and no number is the same when it calls. They all appear to be coming from India. If I can find a program that blocks all calls outside the US, it would be perfect...
Great solution actually.
Do you think the block list size caused problems?
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I had a similar problem, but I just ended up calling AT&T and asking them to change my number, stopped all my problems
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Alcapone263 said:
I had a similar problem, but I just ended up calling AT&T and asking them to change my number, stopped all my problems
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How much did that cost you? & Did you have to do a new contract?...
Greetings to everyone
I have question about security. I have to know what options are there to find out sms conversation. I use Handcent sms in which I use privacy box with one person to determine that noone else except me would know what we are texting about. But one thing happened. Third person know what exactly we are texting about, even if I constantly deleted sms everyday. I can't imagine the way how he find out this.
I study software development so about security I know something. I know that handcent saves database of sms even if they are deleted or not. I used sqlite to find out what is exactly in the db and find out, that this is not right way how he find out. I also find out that in handcent autobackup option was checked, but noticed that when you delete sms, backup file changed and there were only sms i intented to be there. I also tried antivirus programs to find out if there is some kind of malware or trojan, nothing found.
So my question is: what options of finding out sms conversation are there? Even if third person can access mentioned mobile phone or not?
I will appreciate any good advice
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Greetings to everyone
I have question about security. I have to know what options are there to find out sms conversation. I use Handcent sms in which I use privacy box with one person to determine that noone else except me would know what we are texting about. But one thing happened. Third person know what exactly we are texting about, even if I constantly deleted sms everyday. I can't imagine the way how he find out this.
I study software development so about security I know something. I know that handcent saves database of sms even if they are deleted or not. I used sqlite to find out what is exactly in the db and find out, that this is not right way how he find out. I also find out that in handcent autobackup option was checked, but noticed that when you delete sms, backup file changed and there were only sms i intented to be there. I also tried antivirus programs to find out if there is some kind of malware or trojan, nothing found.
So my question is: what options of finding out sms conversation are there? Even if third person can access mentioned mobile phone or not?
I will appreciate any good advice
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Was it a known person? Or a random person? If he was a friend/person you know, then he either heard through the grape vine or got your phone or the person you were textings phone. I dont think there is a way to "hack" your phone from a computer and view the texts you sent. Unless he got them from your carrier.
elesbb said:
Was it a known person? Or a random person? If he was a friend/person you know, then he either heard through the grape vine or got your phone or the person you were textings phone. I dont think there is a way to "hack" your phone from a computer and view the texts you sent. Unless he got them from your carrier.
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Yes, it was person we both know. He had access to the phone, but with deleted sms with no backup.. It's possible to get this informartion through mobile operator?
EJAX said:
Yes, it was person we both know. He had access to the phone, but with deleted sms with no backup.. It's possible to get this informartion through mobile operator?
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Yes it is but would need to go through tones of red tape and have to be a Cop of some kind.
Most likely it was who ever you were texting. There are also other ways that it could happen. Apps that forward all texts to another number used to be a big one back in windows mobile days. Not sure if there is an app like that for android
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zelendel said:
Yes it is but would need to go through tones of red tape and have to be a Cop of some kind.
Most likely it was who ever you were texting. There are also other ways that it could happen. Apps that forward all texts to another number used to be a big one back in windows mobile days. Not sure if there is an app like that for android
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It's probably the problem that this person has a friend which works for vodafone which this phone uses. Forwarding all texts is not possible i think, because this person would catch up on this earlier..
EJAX said:
It's probably the problem that this person has a friend which works for vodafone which this phone uses. Forwarding all texts is not possible i think, because this person would catch up on this earlier..
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There used to be an app that could be installed that did all this with the user even knowing about it. Once installed it was hidden away and it never showed that the messages would be forwarded. It was a proof of concept app that someone made for learning. If they had someone working for the company it would have to be a higher up to have access to the cached data bases the company keeps which are encrypted.
I have a feeling the OP was ratted out by the one they were texting.
zelendel said:
There used to be an app that could be installed that did all this with the user even knowing about it. Once installed it was hidden away and it never showed that the messages would be forwarded. It was a proof of concept app that someone made for learning. If they had someone working for the company it would have to be a higher up to have access to the cached data bases the company keeps which are encrypted.
I have a feeling the OP was ratted out by the one they were texting.
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Ok, thank you for your advice. So if there is hidden app registered as service it can be seen through logcat when I intent to send sms, am I right?
About the company, this person works here on higher places, dont realy know what is his position some kind of IT specialist, gonna investigate this..
Hello, my Girlfriend has an admirer which started out as a good friend. He confessioned his love for her some time ago and started to become more and more aggressive while being rejected. He recently started to show some stalker like behavior and started to appear near her flat at late nighttime.
He also hinted, that he always knew when she was chatting with my through Whatsapp. I'm therefore afraid that he might have installed some Spysoftware on her Android-Phone (HTC One X+)
TL;DR
Is there a way to identifyWhatsapp Spysoftware and to remove it?
Unmensch said:
Hello, my Girlfriend has an admirer which started out as a good friend. He confessioned his love for her some time ago and started to become more and more aggressive while being rejected. He recently started to show some stalker like behavior and started to appear near her flat at late nighttime.
He also hinted, that he always knew when she was chatting with my through Whatsapp. I'm therefore afraid that he might have installed some Spysoftware on her Android-Phone (HTC One X+)
TL;DR
Is there a way to identifyWhatsapp Spysoftware and to remove it?
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i doubht theres any such thing but if u feel that freaked out just backup contacts and other stuff to google and do a factory reset lol.
if your serious apps arent important.
Unmensch said:
Hello, my Girlfriend has an admirer which started out as a good friend. He confessioned his love for her some time ago and started to become more and more aggressive while being rejected. He recently started to show some stalker like behavior and started to appear near her flat at late nighttime.
He also hinted, that he always knew when she was chatting with my through Whatsapp. I'm therefore afraid that he might have installed some Spysoftware on her Android-Phone (HTC One X+)
TL;DR
Is there a way to identifyWhatsapp Spysoftware and to remove it?
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There is a messaging app called whatsapp, I've never used it so I don't know how she could remove him as a contact on there or just get rid of the app.
Personally I use lookout mobile security for virus/spyware. But a scanning app may not flag messaging apps as spyware, no matter how flexible it may be with its users info.
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While this can be done. I doubt he has the know how on how to pull it off and is just making noise. Worst case would be to catch him doing it and call the cops.
She would have to remove him in her contacts list for the app
Wayne Tech S-III
do a factory reset. just to be safe.
Also format sdcard for make sure.
Run ruu. Burn phone. Buy new one. All good answers
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try this
about whatsappp it's indded simple to know when sbody is chatting, on every messaging window just under the contact name there is the last contact log, if in chat says online, even if chatting with another one... so maybe no spyware on her phone, just a smart stalker, but she can freeze him simply long press on stalker name in whatsapp contact list and block, also in android contact add him and from menù choose "send all call to voice box" or similar after choose a fake number as phonebox, doing this her phone is virtually not reachable from the stalker
plus add his number in a black list, you can find a lot of call blocker app in the market
and last but not least call the cops
ok been reading for hours for a third time... this time for more specific fixes/info...
i have a SM-N900v Verizon Note 3 on Straight Talk using AT&T towers.
took a little bit to get the right settings but its up and running. the stock settings on strait talk did not work.
anyways been using it for a few weeks now and for the most part works but here are the issues ide like to solve...
Contacts not working...
numbers comming in all have a + in front of them and are treated as international numbers +xxx-xxx-xxxx. with this the numbers dont match my contacts list so i dont see who is comming in and i cant just hit and call back.
* tried prefixer app doesnt work
* tried many settings in the call settings/assisted dialing there were 2 settings that seem3ed wrong and i fixed an left...city/area code was 157 i set 570 and national number length was 11 i set to 10
* Installed Twitch Contacts and had it clean up and change all my contacts to (National Format) (xxx) xxx-xxxx and all my incomming calls had contact names!! i thought i solved it... but not only did those calls call out as international but all my contacts anyplace did.. (sigh) so switched my contacts back to (International Format) +1 xxx-xxx-xxxx then i can dial fine but incomming numbers dont show or match up with my contacts again and they dial as internation calls.
* Changed fr4om global to manual and chose the at&t tower. nope.. changed back.
another issue
Phone Activation this sim card is from an unknown source...
i can kill it but comes back everytijme i start. can this be my issue with contacts? maybe it thinks im from outside usa since it can id the sim?
and...
Voice Mail Update...
Wont Go Away!!!! i have to kill it!!!
im not dumb... maybe real ignorant concerning cell phones... i have a computer repair shop and been in business 18+ years and i need to learn alot more since phones and tablets seem to be the computers of the future... and im already doing screen repairs but i need to learn more... so here i am... learn me =]
Not sure about the solution for the contacts, but for the SIM notification, if you are rooted, then you can freeze the VZW Setup Wizard app and that'll kill that. It might even help with the other situation, though not sure. If you aren't rooted, then killing it after each reboot is the only option.
es0tericcha0s said:
Not sure about the solution for the contacts, but for the SIM notification, if you are rooted, then you can freeze the VZW Setup Wizard app and that'll kill that. It might even help with the other situation, though not sure. If you aren't rooted, then killing it after each reboot is the only option.
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ive never rooted a phone. can i trust towelroot? and what measures do i need to take to secure myself after i root?
it seems like after i root my note 3 there sould be a config file someplace i can change that would remove the + or at least set it to +1 wich i also think might fix this.
Jabooma said:
ive never rooted a phone. can i trust towelroot? and what measures do i need to take to secure myself after i root?
it seems like after i root my note 3 there sould be a config file someplace i can change that would remove the + or at least set it to +1 wich i also think might fix this.
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Yea, Towelroot is safe. It only works on those phones with the kernel date that is June or older. You'll want to install SuperSu https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu so apps can't get root permissions without you allowing it. You'll probably need to use this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinux if freezing or renaming the apk (I don't recommend uninstalling because you might need it again later) doesn't stick after rebooting. If you are worried about root after that (I wouldn't, but personal preference), you should be able to uninstall everything and use SuperSU to unroot and nothing else will be affected. This method won't trip Knox so your warranty won't be affected.
but i still havent found a fix for this... does anyone have know what files i need to edeit to fix this?