[Q] My email accounts are hacked - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Don't know why. But I has been using several accounts on my phones and computers through wifi. I have rooted my streak and tried a lot of apps in market, but unintalled a lot too.
My xda app once worked well, but now it gets force closed every time I tried to post a new topic.
Any clue? Feeling very unsafe...

xofbj said:
Don't know why. But I has been using several accounts on my phones and computers through wifi. I have rooted my streak and tried a lot of apps in market, but unintalled a lot too.
My xda app once worked well, but now it gets force closed every time I tried to post a new topic.
Any clue? Feeling very unsafe...
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How did you come to the conclusion that your email was hacked? Sounds to me like you downloaded a bunch of things and maybe some of them didn't install/uninstall properly and now you're getting FC due to instability. Reset to factory defaults to see if it solves it.

I could not log to one of my email account several days ago. I used "forgot my password" and changed my pass. Today my major gmail account couldn't be logged in again. This kind of things haven't happened for years. It must be either my phone or my computer or my wifi is hacked.

Your phone, maybe? I had the same problem with my emails, XDA app and a few other forum apps. My passwords would not work on the phone but worked fine on the computer. I had to log out of the forums with my PC before I could log on with the phone.

I was trying to back up my sms of the other unrooted phone before I found my account was hacked. I managed to change my password again and then tried to install an app called "sms backup+". The
first comment of the app is now about email account being hacked after intalling it. I uninstalled this app on my streak immediately. But I couldn't believe this is the reason. It shouldn't have been so obvious, right?

eSZee said:
Your phone, maybe? I had the same problem with my emails, XDA app and a few other forum apps. My passwords would not work on the phone but worked fine on the computer. I had to log out of the forums with my PC before I could log on with the phone.
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Thanks for the clue. I was so worried about my accout at those times and didn't even try to turn on my computer. If this was the case I will just feel lucky^_^

xofbj said:
I was trying to back up my sms of the other unrooted phone before I found my account was hacked. I managed to change my password again and then tried to install an app called "sms backup+". The
first comment of the app is now about email account being hacked after intalling it. I uninstalled this app on my streak immediately. But I couldn't believe this is the reason. It shouldn't have been so obvious, right?
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Afaik smsbackup+ never has access to your google password, it just uses an api provided by google to use gmail
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[Q] Facebook App

Instead of setting up facebook as part of motoblur, I simply wanted to install facebook app and let it sync with my contacts like I had it on Nexus One.
However, when I go into accounts, I see 2 facebook icons, one as part of motoblur and other under "Other accounts".
Only the motoblur facebook account setup works, the other one does absolutely nothing. Tapping on it yields no results.
Is this intended behavior or am I missing something?
Don't know much about this yet. I'm currently using the installed app that's on the Atrix, will let you know more further, just bought the phone last nite.
Alright, thanks.
Im not sure whether yours has a problem or not but I've been using the Android app since day one and it has worked fine. I haven't used the motoblur facebook but I imagine it's not too different.
I just didn't like how the motoblur facebook app synced and the regular facebook app doesnt set up appropriately. I guess I'll try uninstalling and going it again.
Did you stated you installed the actual facebook app? and setup the atrix facebook app before hand?
ok I just installed the FACEBOOK APP THROUGH ANDROID MARKET, tried to SIGN IN, and stated "AN ERROR OCCURED......" but when i signed in a few times, it let me in, it could be a server issues, but I'm in and working. Try to sign in a couple times.
youngWMuser said:
ok I just installed the FACEBOOK APP THROUGH ANDROID MARKET, tried to SIGN IN, and stated "AN ERROR OCCURED......" but when i signed in a few times, it let me in, it could be a server issues, but I'm in and working. Try to sign in a couple times.
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Did that, it worked, but now it doesn't show up under my accounts within settings. This is definitely broken.
Yea that is broken then, try to uninstall and reinstall the program.

[Q] Proceso com.motorola.contacts

Hello everybody... i have a problem and i hope can help me,recently i remove applications with root manager and after that when i try to add a contact to my contact list of my phone dont let me add and sent me the message " process com.motorola has stopped unexpectedly" what can i do....
Did you remove any messaging apps?? And have you done a "Fix Permissions" via ROM Manager?
Why on earth would you remove apps?! Freeze instead!!
Check the second sticky in the General forum for answers on what to do next
How is that ?
Freeze with Titanium Backup....!!!
bamastang said:
Freeze with Titanium Backup....!!!
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This post is not about freezing it's about the Error which I have noticed a lot of people are experiencing. Some say it's due to Google + App, I have NEVER downloaded this app and I'm experiencing this issue. Need fixes that Don't involve losing my contacts.
Greattaz said:
This post is not about freezing it's about the Error which I have noticed a lot of people are experiencing. Some say it's due to Google + App, I have NEVER downloaded this app and I'm experiencing this issue. Need fixes that Don't involve losing my contacts.
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u revived a rllly old topic...
anyway, if u synced ur contacts with Google, there is no worry, since it backups them, so u can do those fixes and sync them back later...
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I can't my contacts won't do anything. I did export them to my SD card tho, but still trying to find a fix with out the reset.
I'm also posting on Motorola Forums.
and a few other places I mean this issue seams to be a random one but still affecting a lot of people. be nice to find a fix.
Okay I got a post from another person who went thru the same issue. It seam when Hotmail wento Outllok.com it messed up something. Here is a copy of his post
"I may be on to something here. I recently installed the MS Outlook app. That's when my contacts stopped working. I uninstalled both my Hotmail and Outlook apparently and restarted the phone. The contacts still wouldn't work. For some reason, I decided to reinstall the new Outlook app. After I did that, I was able to access my contacts again!"
I did uninstall both my hotmail app and outlook.com app, Restarted (pulling battery) then it worked. I reinstalled Outlook.com and it still working. So that is how my issue got fixed. hope it helps others out.
Greattaz said:
I can't my contacts won't do anything. I did export them to my SD card tho, but still trying to find a fix with out the reset.
I'm also posting on Motorola Forums.
and a few other places I mean this issue seams to be a random one but still affecting a lot of people. be nice to find a fix.
Okay I got a post from another person who went thru the same issue. It seam when Hotmail wento Outllok.com it messed up something. Here is a copy of his post
"I may be on to something here. I recently installed the MS Outlook app. That's when my contacts stopped working. I uninstalled both my Hotmail and Outlook apparently and restarted the phone. The contacts still wouldn't work. For some reason, I decided to reinstall the new Outlook app. After I did that, I was able to access my contacts again!"
I did uninstall both my hotmail app and outlook.com app, Restarted (pulling battery) then it worked. I reinstalled Outlook.com and it still working. So that is how my issue got fixed. hope it helps others out.
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Have to agree with Hotmail app being the problem. I have had FC problem for a while(around the same i was forced to start using the new outlook.com webmail). Uninstalling the Hotmail app fixed the issue(Also installed new Outlook app and still works). Thx!!!

[solved] Facebook login error... cant fix

I'm having a weird problem. When I try to login to facebook via the official app it gives me an error that it cant login at this time. And when I try to add my account to sense it says my password is incorrect (but it isnt). yet i can still login on my computer or even from the mobile site. I have already tried clearing application cache, wiping cache and dalvik, reinstalling, and reflashing but nothing works.... im downloading a different rom now to see if it helps. does anybody have any suggestions?
ive now flashed multiple roms and none are working.... any suggestions would be appreciated
You are typing your password wrong. Or restoring a bad copy of the app.
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the passwords right and i havent changed it in over a year. also im using the facebook app included in the rom
Try going into Settings and Applications and clear the data for Facebook.
hibby50 said:
the passwords right and i havent changed it in over a year. also im using the facebook app included in the rom
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I had that happen before. I actually had to log in to Facebook from my pc, then go into my account settings and delete all of the recognized/allowed devices. I forget what section it is in, but its definitely in account settings somewhere. Maybe try that, and then try logging in again. I have no clue why it did that, but that's what I had to do.
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luderbeck1 said:
Try going into Settings and Applications and clear the data for Facebook.
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I already tried that
k2buckley said:
I had that happen before. I actually had to log in to Facebook from my pc, then go into my account settings and delete all of the recognized/allowed devices. I forget what section it is in, but its definitely in account settings somewhere. Maybe try that, and then try logging in again. I have no clue why it did that, but that's what I had to do.
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yea i thought that might be it but i looked through all the facebook settings and i dont see it
bump ... sorry but i still cant find any solution
Try going into fb on your computer and change settings so that you receive a text when attempting to log in from a new device. Then log in on you phone with your pass. You will get a notice saying unable to log in. Within a few secs you will receive a text with a pass to use instead of your normal pass. Should work it did for me.
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CharlyDigital said:
Try going into fb on your computer and change settings so that you receive a text when attempting to log in from a new device. Then log in on you phone with your pass. You will get a notice saying unable to log in. Within a few secs you will receive a text with a pass to use instead of your normal pass. Should work it did for me.
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I checked both email and text for the option:
Login Notifications: Email and text message notifications are enabled.
And i tried to login multiple times from the facebook app and sense and i got no notifications.
I've had the same issues as well! Tried everything and still can't get through.
thanks for your suggestions everyone. I ended up fixing it by logging in with my phone number instead of my email. it then asked me to add my phone to a list of trusted devices.

Help! Hijacked email, no market, no wifi

Hi, we'll this blows. The other day I noticed my main yahoo email got a spam from MY Gmail that was created when I got the phone.
I tried to post on the contact google group "gmail" and it said I couldn't post (I was logged in with my gmail).
Now today I pick up my phone and it says I've entered a wrong password for my gmail when I turn on wifi (I've never had to sign in since I've got the phone cause it stays signed in -cept when I changed a rom sometimes) So it's notified in task bar and a screen pop up for signing in.
So I enter my password (and try some others; no good. Can't open market either, and my wifi is grayed out (usually turns blue when it's fully connected)
I'd submit a screen shot but the forum says I have incorrect JPEG file extension and failed to connect to the forum. Total fails this morning. Whoop De do
Only thing I've used the gmail for recently was tapjoy ads for in game stuff... Bout the same time I got the spam email.
EDIT I just changed my password through gmail, and the problem persists. I can't access google voice either. Rebooted the phone too. I also installed entropy_dd 03072012 last night on unnamed 2.2.1 with uckh7
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Edgarhighman said:
Hi, we'll this blows. The other day I noticed my main yahoo email got a spam from MY Gmail that was created when I got the phone.
I tried to post on the contact google group "gmail" and it said I couldn't post (I was logged in with my gmail).
Now today I pick up my phone and it says I've entered a wrong password for my gmail when I turn on wifi (I've never had to sign in since I've got the phone cause it stays signed in -cept when I changed a rom sometimes) So it's notified in task bar and a screen pop up for signing in.
So I enter my password (and try some others; no good. Can't open market either, and my wifi is grayed out (usually turns blue when it's fully connected)
I'd submit a screen shot but the forum says I have incorrect JPEG file extension and failed to connect to the forum. Total fails this morning. Whoop De do
Only thing I've used the gmail for recently was tapjoy ads for in game stuff... Bout the same time I got the spam email.
EDIT I just changed my password through gmail, and the problem persists. I can't access google voice either. Rebooted the phone too. I also installed entropy_dd 03072012 last night on unnamed 2.2.1 with uckh7
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Well I would say try to see if you can reset your password again, and set up 2 step verification because it sounds like the tapjoy ads is malware and got your password via the ads. I had my gmail hacked almost 7 months ago and I had set up 2 step verification and have not had any issues yet *just a pita trying to remember the 2 step passwords*.
HTH,
Charlie
I already had 2 step verification - I clicked it and it said to enter my phone number for sms and a secondary email for password retrieval. Both were already filled/submitted
Edit I tried to sign in with the new password and it wouldn't let me. So I tried to change it a second time and it told me I had to wait 3-5 days.
Why is google being so ***
I can't even contact them
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Some how I got to change my password a third time and logging in finally worked. Apparently my email was hijacked even though I had the 2 step verification. My Gmail sent some sort of spam (dunno what it is) to everyone on my contacts list.
It all sent Apr 30th. What can I do to stop this? I believe this was caused by a tapjoy ad as its the only thing I've input my gmail into since I don't use it besides google products like Voice and Market/play store
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Lesson? Don't give important information to 3rd party software unless you are 100% sure about them.
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Hey jerk, my gmail was auto input into a tapjoy ad, not my personal info. No lesson learned, cause I've never heard of a tapjoy ad doing this before. I thought they were legit- unless it was SwiftKey beta 3 logging my info. Those are the only 2 things that've seen my gmail address. NOT even my password (since it's-was- always logged in)
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Edgarhighman said:
Hey jerk, my gmail was auto input into a tapjoy ad, not my personal info. No lesson learned, cause I've never heard of a tapjoy ad doing this before. I thought they were legit- unless it was SwiftKey beta 3 logging my info. Those are the only 2 things that've seen my gmail address. NOT even my password (since it's-was- always logged in)
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Dude. Calm down. I never said anything negative about u. Just good practice to only give trusted apps your info. And obviously use common sense in which appz u install.
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Email not syncing / cant delete email account

Sorry for the long post.
I have a gmail account and a hotmail account. Gmail works fine but hotmail is not syncing with the phone. I can see on the web app of hormail that I have received new email but I press the sync button on the mail app and nothing happen. I verified the password and is the correct one. I was reading that it happening to some people on the s3.
Tried to delete the account on setting/accounts and it say that some apps need the hotmail account and that I need to reset the device to factory. Tried to delete the account from the email app and it shows me "delete account failed-503 service unavailable" I have been looking through the forum and cant find an answer. Is there's a way I can delete without resetting ? im stock but rooted Thanks in advance
Figured out! deleted the stock email data from titanium backup and it deleted the account. Set it up again and seems to becworking fine!
You could also clear the data on the mail app...once cleared, go back to the email app and youll run the set up all over again
hamsterskate said:
Sorry for the long post.
I have a gmail account and a hotmail account. Gmail works fine but hotmail is not syncing with the phone. I can see on the web app of hormail that I have received new email but I press the sync button on the mail app and nothing happen. I verified the password and is the correct one. I was reading that it happening to some people on the s3.
Tried to delete the account on setting/accounts and it say that some apps need the hotmail account and that I need to reset the device to factory. Tried to delete the account from the email app and it shows me "delete account failed-503 service unavailable" I have been looking through the forum and cant find an answer. Is there's a way I can delete without resetting ? im stock but rooted Thanks in advance
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When I flash new rom, I try to avoid following....
1. dirty flashing (flashing over existing rom without wiping my own ass)
-> sometimes creates problems with functionality, but not always
2. retrieving titanium backup with yellow lettered internet bookmark, all red lettered datas, and any 'Account' data.
a)For internet bookmark, retrieve green lettered one but not the yellow one. Retrieving both yellow and green ones will combine 2 same bookmarks.
b)Do not save nor retrieve any red lettered datas.
c) Do not save or retrieve any 'Account' data which is on the list among other datas(regardless of what color it is), or it may create functionality problems such as syncing your email.
Jaybenosa said:
You could also clear the data on the mail app...once cleared, go back to the email app and youll run the set up all over again
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I tried to delete on the mail app but it was giving me an error. Then I went to TB and wiped the data there and it worked. I was able to setup again
Hello,
I am having the same problem with my note2, only for my yahoo account. I am not familiar with the solution listed above as I don't know what Titanium backup is. I have not done anything to my Note since I got it, as far as changing ROM or anything. What is the best way to resolve this since I can't delete the account?
Thanks
Is there anyone that can help with this problem? I have a stock Note 2 and my yahoo account stopped updating out of nowhere. Now it also won't recognize my login info so I can't send messages either. I have installed the Yahoo app but prefer to use the stock email app for one stop to all my email.
Any suggestions welcome...
starnz said:
Is there anyone that can help with this problem? I have a stock Note 2 and my yahoo account stopped updating out of nowhere. Now it also won't recognize my login info so I can't send messages either. I have installed the Yahoo app but prefer to use the stock email app for one stop to all my email.
Any suggestions welcome...
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Try going to Settings, then Application Manager. Find the email application and clear data. Exit from the application manager and then open your email app and set up your yahoo account again.
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starnz said:
Is there anyone that can help with this problem? I have a stock Note 2 and my yahoo account stopped updating out of nowhere. Now it also won't recognize my login info so I can't send messages either. I have installed the Yahoo app but prefer to use the stock email app for one stop to all my email.
Any suggestions welcome...
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Stanz,
Yahoo mail works better for me if I set it up manually. You can let the email app find the servers and such on its own, but that's where I've had most of my problems. If you follow the prompts in a manual set up its pretty intuitive. Delete your Yahoo account and try that.
starnz said:
Is there anyone that can help with this problem? I have a stock Note 2 and my yahoo account stopped updating out of nowhere. Now it also won't recognize my login info so I can't send messages either. I have installed the Yahoo app but prefer to use the stock email app for one stop to all my email.
Any suggestions welcome...
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I have the same issue on a rooted note 2 and a stock note2.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium
dionysos803 said:
I have the same issue on a rooted note 2 and a stock note2.
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I wasn't able to delete the accounts. It was giving me a timeout error. I went to titanium back up and wiped the data ftom the stock email. Then I setup again the email as "others"

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