Hey guys. As the title says I cannot add new contacts from texts I've received since debloating. Not sure which process is causing this issue. I'm wondering if anyone else has this issue.
Will see about posting the frozen processes later.
*edit* I can't add contacts period. When I select new contact the page is blank..
myrez said:
Hey guys. As the title says I cannot add new contacts from texts I've received since debloating. Not sure which process is causing this issue. I'm wondering if anyone else has this issue.
Will see about posting the frozen processes later.
*edit* I can't add contacts period. When I select new contact the page is blank..
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What programs did you uninstall/freeze? AT&T Contact manager by any chance?
I can't post links yet so this will have to wait until I get to a PC. I haven't touched any contact app or process.
myrez said:
I can't post links yet so this will have to wait until I get to a PC. I haven't touched any contact app or process.
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U said in the title that you have debloated, and we're assume by debloat you mean you either froze or uninstall something using TiBu. Now the question is, did you freeze/uninstall AT&T Contact Manager?
Can someone post att contact manager apk? I did the same thing and can not add contracts
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alton987 said:
Can someone post att contact manager apk? I did the same thing and can not add contracts
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21184818&postcount=26
Namuna said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21184818&postcount=26
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Quick n simple
I didn't realize until after I read this thread that I also disabled that function. Good advice Namuna. I think I may have it fixed. Hope OP gets it solved.
edit: Since we're on the topic of contacts and such... What exactly is the "AT&T address book"? Why can't I import my contacts from my SIM card without choosing AT&T address book or google services? Does this mean AT&T would then have all of my contacts?
AllstarE4 said:
I didn't realize until after I read this thread that I also disabled that function. Good advice Namuna. I think I may have it fixed. Hope OP gets it solved.
edit: Since we're on the topic of contacts and such... What exactly is the "AT&T address book"? Why can't I import my contacts from my SIM card without choosing AT&T address book or google services? Does this mean AT&T would then have all of my contacts?
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I'm thinking this is their new service to keep your contacts for u in the case of emergency, just like wat sprint n verizon r doing since they do not have a sim card to save contacts to. Instead of having to save your contacts to a gmail account, which many "common" users might not have any idea dat it syncs with the phone, at&t provides the service of migrating the contacts to a new phone just by placing the sim in a new phone n activating it. This is what I assume though, might be totally incorrect. lol.
edit: Btw, I think if you freeze/delete AT&T address book, u also will not be able to add new contacts to the phone.
Yeah I followed some guy's list of things he froze/disabled and one of them was the WMsync... something rather. That is the AT&T Address Book and it didn't show up in the options to import from SIM. I've since enabled it and it's there again and I'm also able to add contacts.
I just thought it was weird that I can't save the contacts directly to the phone. Is the AT&T Address Book just like a cloud sync?
AllstarE4 said:
Yeah I followed some guy's list of things he froze/disabled and one of them was the WMsync... something rather. That is the AT&T Address Book and it didn't show up in the options to import from SIM. I've since enabled it and it's there again and I'm also able to add contacts.
I just thought it was weird that I can't save the contacts directly to the phone. Is the AT&T Address Book just like a cloud sync?
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I guess you can say so about AT&T address book.
What do you mean save directly to the phone though? Won't you want it to sync to your Gmail acc directly so in case anything ever happens to the phone, you won't lose your contacts?
Here are the options available on where to save your contacts:
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Just click on the Down arrow next to Contact type and choose where you want it to go to.
Well I don't know how I feel about my contacts information being on a cloud server. What I've done for awhile is use Windows Contacts on my computer. It's pretty nifty and works great with an Android device since you can drag and drop.
Problem solved. ATT Address Book was frozen. Catch is I went through and defrosted each app individually but didn't restart the phone. Defrosted ATT Address Book and restarted and good to go. Thanks aquariuz23!
myrez said:
Problem solved. ATT Address Book was frozen. Catch is I went through and defrosted each app individually but didn't restart the phone. Defrosted ATT Address Book and restarted and good to go. Thanks aquariuz23!
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Anytime!
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AllstarE4 said:
Well I don't know how I feel about my contacts information being on a cloud server. What I've done for awhile is use Windows Contacts on my computer. It's pretty nifty and works great with an Android device since you can drag and drop.
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I understand how u feel about cloud servers at one point, I felt very insecure about having my information somewhere where other people with power can easily access them on a whim. But then I thought to myself, if someone really wants the info, with enough power they can get it as long as we are connected to the "network" aka the internet. We have to be totally void of connectivity to the internet to avoid having our info in other people's hands.
Reminds me of something I saw when I watched Battlestar Galactica; how Galactica had to be completely and utterly network-less in order to avoid any possibility of being hacked and accessed by the Cylons (Cybernatic Lifeform Node). The moment they networked their infrastructures, they immediately got hacked, and had to rely on firewalls to defend themselves lol. Just a side story it was a great series too
Namuna said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21184818&postcount=26
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I get the error Application not Installed when I try to install the apk?
Any Idea?
You need copy these files in /system/apps
Another question about the cloud servers. Would you guys recommend the AT&T Address Book or the Google account thing? And why did you choose it?
I'm trying to download my contacts into the car Bluetooth, but it wont recognize any contacts. I'm guessing that's due to them not being saved to the phone.
I'm wondering if its something to do with rooting and debloating. I could swear it was working before that, but I can't figure out what I would have disabled to cause the problem.
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Can someone also post the stock email.apk?
Thanks
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Hey guys,
i am using all my android phones for a while with all the gapps provided. i really like them, but there are some things that make me angry and really would like to get rid of them.
let me start with the contacts syncing.
contacts app is fine, especially the way u can attach pictures to your contacts, which will be displayed in nice looking hd quality when getting a call.
so far so good. lets sync with your google account. oh well... picutures really look bad now. and each time you sync with it... it will be bad again, no matter what
(i know, the problem is the googleservice itself. we cant do **** here)
but how to handle this? if there would be another way to safe my contacts in a easy way, i would like to hear it.
so first point: no need for contacts sync
next point is gallery. i dont need the sync for it. google does not need to know anything
next point, music app. its fine, but there is no need for me attach it to my google-acc
calendar is nice and will be used. but even with this, i do not need it on other devices.
last two points are the market and maps. here we get a problem
i do need both of them. is there a way to avoid using a google account?
this could be a workaround for ppl who dislike using a google account in future maybe... if it is even possible. i dont know right now
You can disable account-wide sync for all the apps that you've mentioned. Gallery is a little tricky especially if you are using G+ but it's possible. In fact, you can skip signing into a Google acocunt completely should give you a clue.
You will only have problems with the market. As far as I know, you have to have a google account to download apps from the google market. But you could always install 3rd markets like Amazon appstore, Slideme and GetJar, off the top of my head.
the biggest problem i have is the contacts.
is there a way to easy backup them and restore, maybe when switching roms or whatever?
some for my calendar. how to restore it without signing in?
ps: i am not using g+
pps: if someone would know if there is a data folder or whatever, where the contents of my contacts and sms and calendar are saved, that would be enogth for me.
coz then i could just cut it off there and place it in my new roms
Your problem with contacts is bad picture quality..? Then don't put pictures on your contacts.. Google isn't looking at your pictures either. If you want to use the market you need a Google account. None of the information is stored on your phone so there is no folder on your phone that will let you back these up.
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You can completely disable all syncing to your Google account if you want, but you're really just making it harder on yourself than it needs to be.
I realize there are some little niggles that are annoying about how its working right now, but I think its a bigger hassle to completely turn it off and do it all manually with a mishmash of other services.
if there would be a solution to have high quality contact pictures, i would use it. no problem with it
but it seems really ugly. dont you have that ****?
just as an example i found on the internet...
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this is what any contact picture looks like after syncing my contacts.
if i just attach one without sync enabled, it looks awesome. after syncing, its like the picture
there must be any workaround for this problem...?!?
definator said:
if there would be a solution to have high quality contact pictures, i would use it. no problem with it
but it seems really ugly. dont you have that ****?
just as an example i found on the internet...
this is what any contact picture looks like after syncing my contacts.
if i just attach one without sync enabled, it looks awesome. after syncing, its like the picture
there must be any workaround for this problem...?!?
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You just said it yourself.. don't sync your contacts. You aren't forced to sync anything. If you get pictures from Facebook there is an app called Haxsync that will give you high quality pictures.
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thats the point, where to get my contacts if not syncing when switching the roms?
and no, i dont use any social network
STOP
We are forced to sync! Ok one can avoid it if you now what options to be checked and which not. But in first place everything is synced to somewhere. You have to some kind of "pro" to avoid it completly
I had all my contacts accidently synced to google after android "stole" my thunderbird contacts claimed that they have to be googlemail.com contacts and then after an accidently removal of an small hook evrythink went to google.
The best was that my thunderbird then all contacs removed as well, because my phone said "all contacts in the homeaccount have been deleted"
###Just to have my anger put at least somewhere###
To come back to the orginal poster:
Now it works all perfectly well with birdiesync (i read somewhere but havent tried thta MyPhoneExplorer would to the trick as well), i have only an google account for market access reasons. I dont use gmail (as google reads all mails in order have the right advertisement for me) but k9. Just deactivate syncing under settings.
But i cant so far confirm that the contact pics arent downsized. Because i dont really care...
Bye
ateshga
[Signatures] ☎ Create your own mobile devices timeline (phones history) - super easy
Hi,
A new free web service has been just released - Mowned.com.
You can create your own mobile devices showcase (timeline).
As users creates timelines (eg: add phones and year when they got them), some interesting data will appear (such as: appreciations, devices owned by years, etc - for example check this page).
.. but let's go back to the forum signature. You can create easily signature image that can be used in forums, etc. For an example of a generated signature check mine.
Steps:
Login with Facebook - just click that button, confirm the dialog from Facebook then your account is automatically created
Add your phones - the process is intuitive, you will see once you finish step 1
After you added all your phones click "Activate image signature" from bottom of your dashboard
Copy desired BBcode code generated with the signature image
That's all. You can have your signature in minutes.. in the case you remember all the data .
You may observe that some years in the signature are in gray color instead black. Black means that device is still owned, gray = device gone.
PS: phone years is not mandatory but nice to have (for statistics, as written above)
The service can be acccesed via:
mowned.com - users mobile devices timelines
Available signature formats
Standard
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thanks i will try it out
Would be great if you didn't need to use Facebook for it to work.
XperienceD, "Login with Twitter" may be implemented soon. It's that ok for you, since Twitter share less information than Facebook?
Thanks
DSF said:
XperienceD, "Login with Twitter" may be implemented soon. It's that ok for you
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Not really, no. I don't use anything that requires a login from either, especially when it's something I'm only ever going to use the once. Good luck with it though.
XperienceD said:
Not really, no. I don't use anything that requires a login from either, especially when it's something I'm only ever going to use the once. Good luck with it though.
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^^^ Exactly what he said ^^^ I have no FaceBook account. I have no twitter account. I only have a G+ account because I need a Google account for my Android phone to function fully.
I look forward to the day when FB suddenly goes out of business and all these other companies are screwed - why they can't simply create their own log-in - or even better not require one - I don't understand.
Love the idea but why do you need a login in the first place?
I would remove the need (maybe give the option to) to get more people using it.. what's to stop someone else making a site that does the same but with no login?
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Thank you guys for the replies.
XperienceD said:
Not really, no. I don't use anything that requires a login from either, especially when it's something I'm only ever going to use the once. Good luck with it though.
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Yeap, but in future you get new devices so you need to update current phones list (timeline). If the phone's aren't linked to an user account you cannot edit..
SimonTS said:
^^^ Exactly what he said ^^^ I have no FaceBook account. I have no twitter account. I only have a G+ account because I need a Google account for my Android phone to function fully.
I look forward to the day when FB suddenly goes out of business and all these other companies are screwed - why they can't simply create their own log-in - or even better not require one - I don't understand.
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I guess sites uses Login/Connect via Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Facebook because:
1) users that are using those platforms don't have to complete registrations forms.. just a few clicks and voila, you have access to the site. I personally prefer to login with Twitter and if I like a site and have this option I would sign in using this alternative
2) sites programmers don't have to stress with users creating process, eg: captcha, e-mail validation,etc.. Plus they got extra information, especially from Facebook, such as interests, etc (mowned.com doesn't store such information)
zacthespack said:
Love the idea but why do you need a login in the first place?
I would remove the need (maybe give the option to) to get more people using it.. what's to stop someone else making a site that does the same but with no login?
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Login it's needed because:
- phones are linked to an account
- edit phones list in future (eg: add new device, correct device year from - to, etc)
- user-based phone list helps improve the statistics per phone, for example see this link: http://mowned.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250
- rate phones (for the sake of statistics again)
So.. what's the purpose you may ask? Well, this way we may see most appreciated phones by owners, phones owned by years, most owned phones.. It's true that you need some amount of data to a have a proper view..
I will implement in the next days a solution for login with e-mail and password (so an valid e-mail and password is needed for registration).
Edit:
Has anyone tried this?
Hello,
Now there's the option to sign up with an e-mail.
http://mowned.com/account/index
DSF said:
Hello,
Now there's the option to sign up with an e-mail.
http://mowned.com/account/index
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Seems to work, but I didn't get the timeline signature picture at the end.
Maybe it's because of my username with the underscore => "IT_ler" ?!
Or do I have to wait after creating my timeline before the jpg will be made and provided?
This should be the link for my timeline signature picture:
[url=http://mowned.com/it_ler][img]http://mowned.com/sig/it_ler.jpg[/img][/url]
EDIT:
Now it's fixed and working fine !
It_ler, yeap it was the underscore, the route didn't know about it (only about "-") so an 404 error was triggered. Now it's fixed.
Thank you for the report!
Cool! just don't like the red ad
Thanks a lot anyway!
XxStatiX thanks, now the logo part is tweaked a bit. Indeed it was too bulky and took too much space. + now it can show up to 11 phones instead 10. Do you think it's ok now?
(if you see no changes you have to refresh the page to force a new fresh request - instead it will show from your browser cache)
Okay i'm checking it out! Is it your website?
Thank you.. and yes
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Thank you.. and yes
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Used your website.. nice.. can you make it stretchable? I mean to different size option for image..
Just a suggestion to improve.. its nice already.. thank you..
Sent from the MUST have app!
nitubhaskar thank you!
Now the image stretches horizontally (its width) automatically. Eg: if you owned only 3 phones no need to make it 500px long..
Thanks for giving me this idea. So your signature image is 324 x 80 instead 500 x 80.
That's what I could do at the moment. The signatures aren't customizable per user (at least ATM).
Yay its Fixed! Exactly what i wanted,Adding phones now! Wait
Thanksssss!
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Wait im checking it here,Nice thanks! will spread the word.Like it!
Glad you like it and thanks for sharing!
Hi,
Now minimal information about most popular mobile phones (from mowned users input) is shown in main page of the site.
I'm thinking to add in near future an option for those who want only to generate signature images without creating an account. This data will not be merged with user phones database, so it will not help/affect the main statistics.
My Google sync does not sync my contacts anymore. Not since April 9...
As you can see on the image, it just keeps showing the white wheel. Everything else syncs. I have tried ticking the sync off and on. Restart the phone...
Any ideas how to get this syncing again?
Thanks
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It just happens sometimes on all android phones...
To get it working again, first disable syncronization, then go to settings -> applications -> "all" tab and look for the contacts app. Then click on erase data.
After that, enable sync again and it should work.
Regards.
rock.n.dave said:
It just happens sometimes on all android phones...
To get it working again, first disable syncronization, then go to settings -> applications -> "all" tab and look for the contacts app. Then click on erase data.
After that, enable sync again and it should work.
Regards.
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I have the same problem. I notice that I have contacts on my phone that don't show up on my web-based Gmail account. I'm tempted to do this but before I do, I hope you don't mind answering these questions:
1. Which of the following do I clear the data of: Contacts or Contacts Storage?
2. Does this delete the contacts on my phone?
Thank you
1.you can both, but contact storage is main.
2.You will lose all contacts by erasing data
First make backup of existing contacts this way
- Contacts - menu - Import / export - Export to SD (OR USB whatever you like)
- Clear data of contact and contact storage from setting - app manager - All - Contact & Contact manager
- Erase all contacts from web (otherwise you may get duplicates) to be more secure you can export your web contacts too to a file before erasing.
- Restore contact
Contacts - menu - import/export - import from SD (or USB watever you have selected earlier)- Now it will ask to storage type - Here you can select google a/c then your all contact will get sync)
- Check all contacts are there then start Sync and check from web if it sync correctly and completely
Why no thanks button to someone who help you out?
I saw a lot of member after getting helped from Dr.ketan and never press the thanks button. Im really wonder they are still new or do not realize the existing of thanks button. Shame....
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lee yun khong said:
Why no thanks button to someone who help you out?
I saw a lot of member after getting helped from Dr.ketan and never press the thanks button. Im really wonder they are still new or do not realize the existing of thanks button. Shame....
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
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Um, sorry. I don't always get to check the forum and my emails because I'm not on the computer and/or the phone all the time.
Anyway, thanks, Dr. Ketan. I'll try your suggestion
I encountered another roadblock. I followed the instructions and restored my contacts on the phone, however, my contacts won't show up on Gmail. Did I miss anything?
Have you restore in Gmail account?
You should have small g beside each contact
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I erased everything on Gmail. Then restored the contacts on my phone by importing from SD. When I synced, nothing came out on Gmail. I felt that I didn't have a choice but to click "restore contacts" on Gmail. The new contacts that I saved on the phone still won't show up on Gmail. So I just saved them again on Gmail. Apparently, a lot of other users are experiencing what I'm experiencing, some even going as far as restoring factory settings (I didn't do that yet) but to still no avail. I wish Google / Android finds a solution to this
Do you able to see 'g' besides your each contact on device?
also make sure contact sync is enabled in account settin (as shown in post#1)
Blue "g" icon = yes
contact sync enabled = yes
Try removing your Google account then add again.
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I did that, too
Nevertheless, I thank you for your time. I'll keep following this thread.
Then there shouldn't be issue from device side, may be server issue wait for sometime it may solve.
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My device is sync with the google contacts on the web but when I check it does still say "sync error" but everything is synced. I tried deleting one contact then refreshed it on the web and it is all sync. Where is the problem then? Thanks!
Rainman26 said:
My device is sync with the google contacts on the web but when I check it does still say "sync error" but everything is synced. I tried deleting one contact then refreshed it on the web and it is all sync. Where is the problem then? Thanks!
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I also had a problem like this.
I'm living in Iran.
But the government of iran and the owners are boycotting technology such as Google.
I've been using a proxy program and managed to solve this problem would solve my problem
Such ultravpn app
I hope your problem is solved.
sorry for bad eng
After a thousand tries, the problem is still exist. No matter how many times you delete your contact cache/data, reset factory or on your new phone, the sync problem will be back again. Maybe it's bcoz of multi device sync? Mystery unsolved google contact sync issues.
Sigh...
sync google accounts
It's been a while since I've been through this, but unfortunately I have a similar problem. My problem is "Google account" in accounts and sync. But I can only select google photos when I click on the sync mark. No selection box for contacts. How can I fix that?
The device has clone s3 and ics 4.0.4 on it. The gapps packages available for this release also do not work. It does not synchronize people in any case. I cleaned the data from the applications, I deleted Accounts.db and reinstalled it.
Finally, I found the following lines for Accounts.xml and added it, but still there is no positive situation. What else can I do? Thank you.
Syncable = "true"> <authority id = "3" account = ".." type = "com.google" authority = "com.android.contacts"
<PeriodicSync period = "86400" />
</ Authority>
It looks like I've got a virus. I've uploaded a screenshot of the issue (tinypic[dot]com/r/svnno5/8). It looks like a fake SMS message since my inbox doesn't contain it. Also, AVAST says my phone is free from any viruses. AVL says the same thing
I would really appreciate your help with this. Thanks in advance!
PS: The phone is stock sense and unrooted. All the apps I have are pretty popular/have quite a lot of users. And the only downloads are documents. I've had AVAST installed since I got the phone.
HGriffin said:
It looks like I've got a virus. I've uploaded a screenshot of the issue (tinypic[dot]com/r/svnno5/8). It looks like a fake SMS message since my inbox doesn't contain it. Also, AVAST says my phone is free of any virus.
I would really appreciate your help with this. Thanks in advance!
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Can't view the screenshot at the link provided, but is it a ransom demanding thing? What happens, can you use the phone at all?
You may have to factory reset to wipe it off your device.
Here is the image ....
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Yeah ... make a factory reset
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Here is the image ....
View attachment 2958527
Yeah ... make a factory reset
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grr, you just beat me to it. I was just making it a bit smaller to attach, didn't want to go through the whole process of uploading it again on another site and linking it. Oh well :good:
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Oddly enough I tried to do a quick search on google for it, just "xxxmasterhackerxxx and I only got 1 hit some random filipino(?) site No info on the net about that message. =o/
It looks like a flash SMS message (the kind of SMS that only appears on you screen and is not saved to your inbox by default. Probably one of your friends is sending these messages as a joke.
gsmyth said:
What happens, can you use the phone at all?
You may have to factory reset to wipe it off your device.
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I can use the phone without any problem. I pressed 'Cancel' and the popup disappeared. I would like to sort this out without resorting to a wipe. I've got quite a lot of data saved on the phone and it's a hassle I would prefer to avoid. Before the wipe, is there anything I could do?
ckpv5 said:
Here is the image ....
-Snip-
Yeah ... make a factory reset
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Thanks for uploading the image! I couldn't since I'm a new member, etc.
Is a wipe the only option? That was my last resort. And to be honest, I want to know where it's coming from.
ufoman said:
It looks like a flash SMS message (the kind of SMS that only appears on you screen and is not saved to your inbox by default. Probably one of your friends is sending these messages as a joke.
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That's what I thought it may be. Any way to check this is the case? Find out the number the message came from? Perhaps I should press 'Save' the next time the popup appears?
HGriffin said:
I can use the phone without any problem. I pressed 'Cancel' and the popup disappeared. I would like to sort this out without resorting to a wipe. I've got quite a lot of data saved on the phone and it's a hassle I would prefer to avoid. Before the wipe, is there anything I could do?
Thanks for uploading the image! I couldn't since I'm a new member, etc.
Is a wipe the only option? That was my last resort. And to be honest, I want to know where it's coming from.
That's what I thought it may be. Any way to check this is the case? Find out the number the message came from? Perhaps I should press 'Save' the next time the popup appears?
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It sounds like a variation of the simplocker malware which encrypts your SD card. Although it could be someone messing about, not sure what they would be using though.
Might be worth noting the below site just in case.
http://www.eset.com/int/download/utilities/detail/family/242/?ref=AFC-CJ&attr=6146953&pub=10921755&shop=1ngn4e8g101hv
They also have an antivirus app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eset.ems2.gp
Just transfer your pictures and music to your computer, make sure you back up and sync your everything on your Google account. And wipe that shiz. Be done with it
HGriffin said:
It looks like I've got a virus. I've uploaded a screenshot of the issue (tinypic[dot]com/r/svnno5/8). It looks like a fake SMS message since my inbox doesn't contain it. Also, AVAST says my phone is free from any viruses. AVL says the same thing
I would really appreciate your help with this. Thanks in advance!
PS: The phone is stock sense and unrooted. All the apps I have are pretty popular/have quite a lot of users. And the only downloads are documents. I've had AVAST installed since I got the phone.
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What happened then? Did you wipe, was it a real virus?
gsmyth said:
What happened then? Did you wipe, was it a real virus?
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More importantly, where did it come from Was it as a result of a link he followed through whatever social means i.e sms, email, facebook, twitter whatever. Did it come after he installed an app from the Play store?
But if he came about through any of those then perhaps there would be some report already and like I said I only found 1 hit and it was some filipino site
It's bs I'm sure. Random spam or whatever. ?
KJ said:
It's bs I'm sure. Random spam or whatever. ?
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+1
Just save your data to your pc, scan it with a proper AV, and wipe the phone...
Copy EVERYTHING to your PC, including your root folders and files...
And stop using Mobile AV they're useless... Remember, the best AV you could ever have, is your own common sense... In other words, the best AV is a responsible user...
Teio said:
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Just save your data to your pc, scan it with a proper AV, and wipe the phone...
Copy EVERYTHING to your PC, including your root folders and files...
And stop using Mobile AV they're useless... Remember, the best AV you could ever have, is your own common sense... In other words, the best AV is a responsible user...
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For future reference, what would be the best way to save all the data on the phone? Especially if the phone is stock and unrooted.
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What happened then? Did you wipe, was it a real virus?
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Sorry for the late update. I rescanned using ALV and it found something in Dolphin Browser. I quarantined it and then uninstalled the browser and deleted the files left on the phone. I'm not sure whether it was a false alarm: ALV also found 'suspicious' files in other apps (e.g. Modern Combat 4). So, it might have been spam. But, it's been much more than 24 hours since I got the message and nothing has happened. I've rescanned the phone using Avast, AVL and ESET and they all say the phone is fine. So, it seems the problem is gone.
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More importantly, where did it come from Was it as a result of a link he followed through whatever social means i.e sms, email, facebook, twitter whatever. Did it come after he installed an app from the Play store?
But if he came about through any of those then perhaps there would be some report already and like I said I only found 1 hit and it was some filipino site
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It seems that it came from a link: it was in the Dolphin Browser folder. But, it might have been a spam message rather than a virus. Not sure since AVL gave quite a few false positives.
So Sammy or Verizon made this the default texting app. I'm not liking that I can't even set an individual text alert sound per contact. I even went into contacts, added the extra field "Message Tone" and selected a unique one for given contact but always defaults to same stupid sound for all texts from all contacts. doh
Do I have to go 3rd party app to get what I want?
Nope. I disabled that crap and am using the real message app. It's there...
Same here. disabled and using samsung messages
lazer9 said:
So Sammy or Verizon made this the default texting app. I'm not liking that I can't even set an individual text alert sound per contact. I even went into contacts, added the extra field "Message Tone" and selected a unique one for given contact but always defaults to same stupid sound for all texts from all contacts. doh
Do I have to go 3rd party app to get what I want?
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This is definitely a Verizon App and I'm uninstalling and turning off as many of them as I can. I don't even want to their cloud.
Thanks for the replies. Didn't even realize it was a damn Verizon bloat app. Going to go back to "Chomp SMS" I think.
I think it has some great features. such as being able to text on wifi if there is no signal. if someone send you a link it gives you a preview of the site before the need to click on it. it also handles pictures that have been sent back and forth very nicely. I could go on but check it out.
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I think it has some great features. such as being able to text on wifi if there is no signal. if someone send you a link it gives you a preview of the site before the need to click on it. it also handles pictures that have been sent back and forth very nicely. I could go on but check it out.
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I was just going to say this. The vzw app is really nice. I have it on my Note 12.2 tablet too. Wifi texting is awesome. It's also integrated with glympse, which is so incredibly useful. my wife and I use it all the time.
Just because it's made by Verizon doesn't mean it's some hellishly crappy battery sucking phone melting app
I started using it last week. I discovered it by accident. It allows me to install it on my computers, my N7, and my phone. I can text from any of these devices and receive texts on all of them.
It is missing some of the cool functionality of the Samsung stock app, but it is definitely worth having. It's kind of like what Apple did with their "being able to text from phone, iPad, or Mac" thing.
Thats kind of cool.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/consumer/products/verizon-messages.html
If it works then I could stop using MightyText to text from my computer.
Cool will check this out, thx! I use handcent and pay $9.99 for the gold plan to backup all my mms/sms and can use on ipad, windows to text a year. Will check out verizons app more!
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Reporting back and it isnt the prettiest or hardly customizable at all but it works and honestly no complaints. Putting Textra and Mightytext sms app sync on the backburner while I try this out.
I installed the update in the google play market for this app and it allows much more customization with fonts, colors, backgrounds, list types, chat bubbles.
First Verizon App I like and use lol. Saying it here.:good:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Screenshot size is ridiculous.
Piercing Heavens said:
I installed the update in the google play market for this app and it allows much more customization with fonts, colors, backgrounds, list types, chat bubbles.
First Verizon App I like and use lol. Saying it here.:good:
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Screenshot size is ridiculous.
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Not sure if I had applied the update or not. Can you tell me if it allows individual per contact notifications assignments?
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Not sure if I had applied the update or not. Can you tell me if it allows individual per contact notifications assignments?
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It allows individual sounds for different people.
Other than that its texting that works through wifi and my pc.
OK, that desktop app is pretty cool. On my iMac (OSX Yosemite) it wants access to my contacts, then my phone number, then sent me a text with a code that I popped into the app and wham! All my texts are now on my desktop app. Thanks for the heads-up!
BTW - I am still using the default Android text app on my phone and not the Verizon Message+ and I still seem to get the full functionality, so you can have the best of both worlds. One caveat - My Android contacts were not shared on my iMac so some of the desktop app messages show only the phone number and not the contact name. Looks like it is time to synchronize!
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Wow, what a surprise that this app is actually worthwhile. I'm not sure I'm curious enough to stray away from Hangouts though, I get a lot of use out of that app. If only verizon would allow wifi texting to 3rd party apps.
Is it a battery/cpu hog? I'm hesitant to believe this is a well constructed app
theRZA001 said:
Wow, what a surprise that this app is actually worthwhile. I'm not sure I'm curious enough to stray away from Hangouts though, I get a lot of use out of that app. If only verizon would allow wifi texting to 3rd party apps.
Is it a battery/cpu hog? I'm hesitant to believe this is a well constructed app
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I've been using it since yesterday. I haven't noticed any battery drain from using it.
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I've been using it since yesterday. I haven't noticed any battery drain from using it.
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Is the "cloud" texting intuitive enough to justify jumping ship from hangouts? I'm really torn here.
Honestly. Just use it for a whole day.
Only disadvantage I see is that its not as polished and if your friends are using hangouts then it might not work.
Piercing Heavens said:
Honestly. Just use it for a whole day.
Only disadvantage I see is that its not as polished and if your friends are using hangouts then it might not work.
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Will do. Thanks