Long story short i have my hotmail, along with other accounts setup in my evos email client, awhile back I noticed I sent myself an email about diet crap that I personaly did not send and so I dismissed it.
Well tonight I had over a hundred mailer daemon unable to reach address blah blah in my email inbox I check my sent box and sure enough my account has been mailing random people crap about diet stuff.
Anyways i heard Android has some exploits that could be leading to our phones being related in a exploit.
I changed my email password and it stopped doing this temporarily but it started right back up again after a while.
Can this be Related to my phone at all?
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It's probably not your phone.
It's far more likely that you (or someone else in your household) clicked something you shouldn't have on a website, and have a keylogger on your computer now.
Or if you're... Uneducated enough to be running an open WiFi network (or, even more facepalm-worthy, connected to one that doesn't belong to you, and mooching off it), then someone could be picking up your plaintext passwords.
But really, biggest chance is you've got some malware on your computer. Congrats!
Your biggest issue is that you are still using hotmail...
- Changed your hotmail password from a virus-free computer or your EVO's browser.
- Run AntiMalware and an antivirus on your computer.
- Switch to Gmail
Problem solved.
well, i know about wlan encryption and i use wpa2 personal, i also know how to crack wep
i also know about keystroke loggers, i do use them and know how to detect software versions of them
somehow my girlfriend somehow gets a copy forwarded to her of email i reply to, even though there is no trace of a setting for this anywhere that i can find, which i always found suspicious and it doesn't happen all the time. she could be spying or maybe its from when we tried to link our outlook calendars and something broke
i use hot-mail because until recently i have had zero problems and i created this hotmail account back in 2001 on my dream cast before i even knew how to turn on a pc, and now i run a computer repair shop, so it kinda has sentimental value, so i want to fix this, not throw it away. also i have many other email address for work and school purposes so email isn't nothing new to me.
last night i had my gf change my password on my hotmail account because i was on my evo and hotmail.com kept sending me to their mobile site and i couldn't see any settings for change password and she had her laptop in her lap. maybe her laptop is the culpti but i doubt it, i will check into it though.
today i changed my password to my hotmail on my work computer. i will allow my evo access to the new password for the sake of tying to figure out where the culprit is and only changing one thing at a time.
thanks for the replies i really was hoping to hear that someone has less then public information about hotmail email servers them selves being hacked. because i have friends with hotmail accounts that started spamming me not too long before my account starting spamming others.
i guess i'll use this thread to keep notes on this situation, but thanks for the replies
zeuzinn said:
- Changed your hotmail password from a virus-free computer or your EVO's browser.
- Run AntiMalware and an antivirus on your computer.
- Switch to Gmail
Problem solved.
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yep all I had to do was change my email on another SAFE PC and then I was good to go. But dont discount adware programes and all.
DL and run/update
Malware bytes, Super antispyware and update and load spyware blaster. You'll be good to go.
spybot/teatimer ftw
drmacinyasha said:
It's probably not your phone.
It's far more likely that you (or someone else in your household) clicked something you shouldn't have on a website, and have a keylogger on your computer now.
Or if you're... Uneducated enough to be running an open WiFi network (or, even more facepalm-worthy, connected to one that doesn't belong to you, and mooching off it), then someone could be picking up your plaintext passwords.
But really, biggest chance is you've got some malware on your computer. Congrats!
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Please don't be politically correct. :|
Stupid not uneducated. He says he knows all this, so uneducated wouldn't apply.
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Sorry, I'm very blunt. :|
Well my hotmail accounts were still spamming people, also my yahoo account started to join in on the fun.
I changed passwords on both accounts to something very lone Qiu no dictionary words and used numbers and symbols. And about a day later low and behold I am spamming people again.
Focusing in on my hotmail account, I can see the sent folder, in my web based GUI, I can see all these emails that my account has been sending.
I have probably have questionable apps on my phone so I thought I'd wipe my phone. Well, its been 4 days since I have had any problems.
While I can't confirm my suspecion, I can suggest as a possibility that my phone had something that was pulling my passwords and sending them out to someone or something that would inturn log into my accounts and spam away.
I don't have time to really look into this any more thoroughly but I thought I'd document my observations.
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potna said:
well my hotmail accounts were still spamming people, also my yahoo account started to join in on the fun.
I changed passwords on both accounts to something very lone qiu no dictionary words and used numbers and symbols. And about a day later low and behold i am spamming people again.
Focusing in on my hotmail account, i can see the sent folder, in my web based gui, i can see all these emails that my account has been sending.
I have probably have questionable apps on my phone so i thought i'd wipe my phone. Well, its been 4 days since i have had any problems.
While i can't confirm my suspecion, i can suggest as a possibility that my phone had something that was pulling my passwords and sending them out to someone or something that would inturn log into my accounts and spam away.
I don't have time to really look into this any more thoroughly but i thought i'd document my observations.
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STOP using pirated apps. That's my guess.
It was most likely an app that requests permissions to your contacts and email. There are a lot of shady apps out there and google needs to step up with this crap.
I always avoid them but it's ridiculous how many apps (themes and stupid stuff) request information.
Well surprise surprise, it was most likely an app I got from the market that was stealing my info. Not that I can confirm it, but most of the replies implied I was an idiot and that it couldn't possible be my phone. I eventualy got an email from Google saying I had installed something from the mArket that was infected.
So it was not that I'm stoopid ignorant, it wasnt that i was using hotmail, it wasnt that my pc was infected.
It was my phone all along.
Maybe there is a thread about this already, but I bet my topic.was created first and I thought I'd bring this thread to a conclusion.
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I hate to say it but if you downloaded an app that infected your device with malware you still are pretty stupid. Not trying to be an a**hole here but if you actually researched the app before downloading it you could have advoided it altogether. Common sense is still the best antivirus.
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This isn't malware on your phone. It's been a huge issue with hotmail for the past couple of weeks. People who use the same pass across multiple sites usually are the most vuln. Also happens when you get phished.
I have a friend thats has the same thing going on with his hotmail...hasn't been using it at all and all of a sudden I'm getting emails from him sending me links to increase my penis length...and god knows I don't need that..
I wouldnt dismiss it being non-phone related. I recently have been having it happen on my hotmail account as well and I have not logged into my hotmail account on a computer in years only have it on my phone to setup craigslist ads, Redbox rentals and small stuff like that and use gmail for important stuff. I dont have any Pirated apps or anything just normal stuff 12 or so games and 15 or so other market apps.
Same thing happened to my hotmail a while back. I changed my password and it solved the problem.
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alright guys stop calling the op stupid and learn ya something yourselves. Even legitimate apps were affected read the news every once in awhile and you would know. This is just one of the many articles on the topic.
http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml;jses...fVH2Mtw**?nid=20039881&cid=null&bcid=&bid=-83
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Last-Chance said:
This isn't malware on your phone. It's been a huge issue with hotmail for the past couple of weeks. People who use the same pass across multiple sites usually are the most vuln. Also happens when you get phished.
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Exactly, it happened with my hotmail account a few months ago, and I havent used my hotmail in months.
alright guys stop calling the op stupid and learn ya something yourselves. Even legitimate apps were affected read the news every once in awhile and you would know. This is just one of the many articles on the topic.
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Unless you login to hotmail from your phone's browser, there is no way one of these apps could get your hotmail info.
i swear, i dont know why i take peoples opinions so damn seriously around here...but for the sake of my sanity and the general level of competence of reading and having accurate postings with good conclusions here i go again.
there were a handful or legitimate applications on the market than were infected.
i already changed my email passwords and it ddint help
when i formatted/re flashed rom...it stopped
i later received some notification of some market tool that Google automatically installed and ran and "fixed the issue"
i received an email from Google telling me about a phone tied to my gmail account may have been infected, but i already solved my issue my self, so their fix didn't apply.
how the hell can you people some how twist this into "op is dumb, or stupid"?
now for a bit of my SPECULATION, and its only that, its not my opinion thrown at you as fact, as so many here love to do.
what are the odds that all of us android users just happen to have our email accounts hacked? whats the one thing all of us email user have in common on these boards....android. just saying
btw, more than just my hotmail account was hacked.
here are some urls that the idiots wont read, talking about what i have been trying to say
http://www.google.com/search?q=Droi...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
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About 30 minutes ago I noticed that my g1 said error can not sync please enter password....weird so i enter my password and realize its not work....! I also noticed how aim logged me out and same with my steam account saying that my emails been [email protected]#@#@ some one just hijacked my accounts to nearly everything....I already contected google support saying that my account has been jacked...What more can I do to get google to respond.
Nothing. Wait. Making threads like this won't speed up Google's response time.
all else fails, call tmo and suspend your account.
Make new gmail/aim/etc accounts.
what did you do to get it hijacked? did you use an untrustworthy app? if so which one? help others not make the same mistake.
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what did you do to get it hijacked? did you use an untrustworthy app? if so which one? help others not make the same mistake.
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This thread probably has nothing to do with G1 or Android. Dude probably installed some warez with a keylogger or backdoor on his PC. Bottom line is no Android app will be able to steal your Steam password.
I'll take a wild guess and say that your username & password were the same for Google, AIM, etc. Bad idea; they figure out one and they get them all. I once had a dishonest forum owner posting as me on another forum because my username and password were the same on both.
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This thread probably has nothing to do with G1 or Android. Dude probably installed some warez with a keylogger or backdoor on his PC. Bottom line is no Android app will be able to steal your Steam password.
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no reason to assume he was installing warez and whatnot on his PC, while i agree that no android app could steal your Steam password, however he could have just gone to a bad pr0n site on his comp and gotten something there
thats right. pr0n != warez guys.
CBowley said:
Make new gmail/aim/etc accounts.
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Creating new accounts will fix this.
tubaking182 said:
no reason to assume he was installing warez and whatnot on his PC, while i agree that no android app could steal your Steam password, however he could have just gone to a bad pr0n site on his comp and gotten something there
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Connecting to a public network with microshaft = intentionally installing every possible flavor of warez/virus/etc.
[funny story] When I bought my first laptop when I was 18, I must have infected my box (damn pron). They never changed my password, but they im'd everyone on my buddy list and told them either I died, or told them I hated them etc pretending it was me. It was fun. [/funny story]
Moral of the story: Don't use microcrotch with an internet connection.
CBowley said:
[funny story] When I bought my first laptop when I was 18, I must have infected my box (damn pron). They never changed my password, but they im'd everyone on my buddy list and told them either I died, or told them I hated them etc pretending it was me. It was fun. [/funny story]
Moral of the story: Don't use microcrotch with an internet connection.
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hmmmm i don't think funny story code works in vbulletin, better moral: use linux(or mac) as both are 99.9% malware free
I use ubuntu on my laptop, and ubuntu netbook remix on my aspireone and dualboot winders for sims. lol but i never ever ever turn on a net connection with winduhs.
Hi All,
This weekend I installed a couple of ROMs and played about with my phone quite a bit. I didn't install new apps, except for the ones I already had in previous ones.
Unfortunately this morning I have found that my google account has been hacked and some sod has been sending emails from my e-Mail address. Here are the details as provided by google:
Mobile India (125.19.103.21) 08:53 (2.5 hours ago)
I am not placing blame on anyone, or pointing fingers, but perhaps it can serve as an alert to the mostly honest XDA community.
you live in india?
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Hi All,
This weekend I installed a couple of ROMs and played about with my phone quite a bit. I didn't install new apps, except for the ones I already had in previous ones.
Unfortunately this morning I have found that my google account has been hacked and some sod has been sending emails from my e-Mail address. Here are the details as provided by google:
Mobile India (125.19.103.21) 08:53 (2.5 hours ago)
I am not placing blame on anyone, or pointing fingers, but perhaps it can serve as an alert to the mostly honest XDA community.
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hmmm,, are you sure that this is related to changing Roms (winmor or android)
oh and do you live in India
I don't live in India no... never even been to India for that matter
hmmm,, are you sure that this is related to changing Roms (winmor or android)
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In short, no I am not sure ... but the coincidence cannot be overlooked. I've had my account for several years and this had never happened before.
I also checked my PCs and they're clean, I don't use (or let anyone use) my account for stupid things like sending out webcards or anything of the like.
My intention though wasn't to indicate there is a problem, but to raise awareness of the potential for one.
weird problem , should figure out what it is ..
IP address belong to
Geolocation Information
Country: India
State/Region: Maharashtra
City: Pande
Latitude: 18.3833
Longitude: 75.2333
WinMo ROM, Android Builds, Installed Apps plz
btw, your account may be hacked through wireless when you login not using https/encryption
Did you check what was sent from your account?
hey
did you use a "good" password btw?
bb.
This is odd. Same thing happened to me couple of days ago.
Aparently someone sent the following message: "Subject: Have been searching for a best place to buy drugs? here it is: **url removed**" to all my google contacts.
My account was locked, with a message saying it was "compromised" - asking me to reactivate the account over sms / phonecall.
I did not check where this happened from , i just reactivated and changed my password.
I had the same thing happen to one of my dummy Gmail accounts a while back... an account i hardly use and have certainly never logged into on Android..
Just pure unlucky mate, nothing to do with Android any build or any Chef...
Reset your password - delete the crap - and get on with life...
This has also recently happened to my yahoo and facebook account, since the two were linked on winmo, I traced it found it came through via one of those stupid apps that someone dropped on my wall. Facebook has been going through a rough patch of these types of break-ins. It could be something with that if you own a FB account.
paulrgod said:
I had the same thing happen to one of my dummy Gmail accounts a while back... an account i hardly use and have certainly never logged into on Android..
Just pure unlucky mate, nothing to do with Android any build or any Chef...
Reset your password - delete the crap - and get on with life...
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andreasbjorvik said:
This is odd. Same thing happened to me couple of days ago.
Aparently someone sent the following message: "Subject: Have been searching for a best place to buy drugs? here it is: **url removed**" to all my google contacts.
My account was locked, with a message saying it was "compromised" - asking me to reactivate the account over sms / phonecall.
I did not check where this happened from , i just reactivated and changed my password.
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oh .. my also locked 2 days before ..... is this is all about this , oh man ...
i am using android now for several weeks and yesterday was the first time my phone asked me for my google password (in a textbox), after i entered it, everything was normal.
but now as i read this topic, i instantly changed my google account password
I'd agree that it ain't android...I've been getting e-mails from facebook/gmail friends, most of them with a topic saying: "Hi:" and most of them are fake user ads from a Taiwanese company. Be careful who you add on FB/Gmail etc.
I'll quickly reply to all of you as best I can
1) WinMo ROM is completely empty. No accounts setup, no contacts, even sense is disabled.
2) My Gmail password is quite strong (which is what surprised me the most) it is longer than 8 chars, combination of symbols, letters and numbers
3) I don't use *any* facebook apps/games, precisely for that reason
4) I had some returned undelivered messages in my inbox this morning, it was spam with a link to a website
5)My email account spoofed, I don't care. Happens all the time and there is not much you can do about that. What concerns me is that this person actually logged into my account and managed to send mail to all my contacts.
I'll post a list of my android apps soon (it's quite long)
Do you use the Gawker service to login to any of the websites they are a part of?
http://www.informationweek.com/news...html?articleID=228900009&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
If so, that could be a good reason why you're getting spam.
I have cotulla ROM, n recently (twice already) my hotmail acct I notice that I got back about
100 postmaster failure notice. Looks like bulk emails have been sent out. When I look at the
Emails i got back its not even people I know.
Does anyone know why this is happenin? Everything else is working fine
Please email as it is tying up my hotmail account....
Try changing your password.
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henry1970 said:
I have cotulla ROM, n recently (twice already) my hotmail acct I notice that I got back about
100 postmaster failure notice. Looks like bulk emails have been sent out. When I look at the
Emails i got back its not even people I know.
Does anyone know why this is happenin? Everything else is working fine
Please email as it is tying up my hotmail account....
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Check the permissions of your apps and see what has access to your account info. Please don't tell me you loaded Applanet, that app has access to all your accounts. Anyhow, good luck and change all your account passwords, and look when you install apps to see what your giving them access to.
noellenchris
Another common possibility: Your email addy has been spoofed by the original sender, resulting in your account getting the responses vs the original sender. This is a very common trick with spammers, and generally prevents their own account from getting blocked. Email has long been very weak to this type of exploit.
Since Hotmail is an online service, you should be able to check your Sent folder and see what has been sent out. I doubt anyone would bother deleting any bulk spam.
You should still cover your own ass & double check your security.
I find this quite funny and ironic since you are guilty of same thing, This is the second time you have posted this topic so stop spamming our forum!
Not the case, I didn't mean to post twice. When I originally posted the question, I didnt think it went thru. After I submitted I searched for it and couldn't find it so I posted again. Then I realized the other posted as well. I tried deleting one and as u can see I haven't posted much so didn't know how to delete one... sorry about that guys.....
Actually that is the weird thing, when I go to my sent folder I don't see anything sent.
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Actually that is the weird thing, when I go to my sent folder I don't see anything sent.
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Sent folder??
Just click your username and top right and go to teh stats tab, You can view your posts/topics. Its the same on any vB based forum.
So I was looking at gmail, I backed out of a message back to the conversation list when I got a pop up stating that there was trouble authenticating worth gmail and a captcha (the graphic word human tester, I think that is what you call it) box popped up. I entered the text, it failed, repeat, then on the next failure notice, the screen got static-y, and continued to get more and more static-y... White had dots of color throughout _ it looked like old uhf that was barely coming in.
Anyway, the screen became unresponsive and a reboot cleared it up, but I am very curious as to what happened and if out is likely to happen again.
Anyone heard of this?
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M00NEY said:
So I was looking at gmail, I backed out of a message back to the conversation list when I got a pop up stating that there was trouble authenticating worth gmail and a captcha (the graphic word human tester, I think that is what you call it) box popped up. I entered the text, it failed, repeat, then on the next failure notice, the screen got static-y, and continued to get more and more static-y... White had dots of color throughout _ it looked like old uhf that was barely coming in.
Anyway, the screen became unresponsive and a reboot cleared it up, but I am very curious as to what happened and if out is likely to happen again.
Anyone heard of this?
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I'll probably catch a barrage of comments for this...but I am 100% sure someone has created a virus on android...long story but I fell victim to the exact same thing the other day. Next thing I know my gmail was hacked.
edit: it kept asking me to re-enter my password. I rebooted and it was fine, I could even click ignore and view my gmail account. I got tired of it constantly popping up and did what you did...next thing I know...reboot and colors.
I got a CAPTCHA today while in Google Maps, the program was freaking out and didn't stop till I entered the CAPTCHA. Anybody else get this today?
Arixsin said:
I got a CAPTCHA today while in Google Maps, the program was freaking out and didn't stop till I entered the CAPTCHA. Anybody else get this today?
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Um yeah...same issue.
Something or someone messed with my gmail a few days ago also, I had to keep changing my password to get into gmail or the market. I then noticed that whatever it was had tried to send like 20 some spam emails to everyone in my gmail contacts which google blocked! The only odd ip I could find was somewhere in the UK? Bloody hell I say!
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Have any of you recently flashed anything, or installed any new programs? If we can find some common thread, it might make it easier to figure out what's causing it.
Jrex said:
Something or someone messed with my gmail a few days ago also, I had to keep changing my password to get into gmail or the market. I then noticed that whatever it was had tried to send like 20 some spam emails to everyone in my gmail contacts which google blocked! The only odd ip I could find was somewhere in the UK? Bloody hell I say!
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Yeah, whatever it is it keeps hasseling for email confirmation. The weird thing is you can by pass it and still access all of googles apps. But the second you punch in the password and captcha...it catches ya. Only thing I've downloaded in the past week was Gun Bros.
jenisiz said:
I'll probably catch a barrage of comments for this...but I am 100% sure someone has created a virus on android...long story but I fell victim to the exact same thing the other day. Next thing I know my gmail was hacked.
edit: it kept asking me to re-enter my password. I rebooted and it was fine, I could even click ignore and view my gmail account. I got tired of it constantly popping up and did what you did...next thing I know...reboot and colors.
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Don't know why it sounds so crazy to people, if you research even just lightly, you'll see that there IS Droid malware out already. It is like anything else that gets exploited.
Dread This Day said:
Don't know why it sounds so crazy to people, if you research even just lightly, you'll see that there IS Droid malware out already. It is like anything else that gets exploited.
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Yeah...but for some bizarre reason, people think it's impossible to get viruses on linux based kernel type systems....wrong.
jenisiz said:
Yeah...but for some bizarre reason, people think it's impossible to get viruses on linux based kernel type systems....wrong.
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VERY wrong, and I think it is because most people do not have any experience with Linux. The average user is Windows or Mac, and only know that Linux is just another Operating System. If someone were to sit down and actually take the time and effort, they could do some very scary things to/with someone's Droid.
jenisiz said:
Yeah, whatever it is it keeps hasseling for email confirmation. The weird thing is you can by pass it and still access all of googles apps. But the second you punch in the password and captcha...it catches ya. Only thing I've downloaded in the past week was Gun Bros.
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I don't remember exactly what I had downloaded, but I do know that I kept changing my pass and within a couple of minutes I would have to change it again, so I changed my pass via laptop and master reset my phone and so far so good!
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I have not installed anything new - and I just moved to EB01 VooDoo from EB01 this weekend, starting nice and fresh with EB01 odined into place, wipe for kicks, VooDoo install via CWM, and restore of all my apps... so nothing new app wise, and nothing unusual otherwise.
I also run Lookout and although I am not certain just HOW trusted it is, Lookout says everything is OK. It certainly scans every new and restored app as they install... but again, I do not know just how trustworthy is really is.
And that was the first time and so far only time that weirdness has occurred... For you other guys who haveseen it, did it come and go, all in a burst, or just once?
No problems since...
I have seen this on my fascinate as well. It is not malware by any means. From what I have read in the past on this is it has to deal with an account sync issue. I have been getting these popups when I flash the 2.2 roms. When I had the popups if I go into the accounts and uncheck the sync and then recheck them to have to then resync I do not seem to get them anymore.
nitroglycerine33 said:
I have seen this on my fascinate as well. It is not malware by any means. From what I have read in the past on this is it has to deal with an account sync issue. I have been getting these popups when I flash the 2.2 roms. When I had the popups if I go into the accounts and uncheck the sync and then recheck them to have to then resync I do not seem to get them anymore.
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That's what i'd hoped...but I had my gmail acct hijacked within 5 min afterward.
I made a post a few days ago asking how I could reset my Xoom after I forgot the lock pattern and the google email/password.
But now it's gone, even under my profile it not showing the new post - could someone please please tell me how to do this again.
Well I solved it anyway, followed this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079504
Return it to the owner you stole it from. No way you could forget the pattern and your email address. You could simply go online to gmail.com and reset the password.
THEIF!!!
donniesd said:
Return it to the owner you stole it from. No way you could forget the pattern and your email address. You could simply go online to gmail.com and reset the password.
THEIF!!!
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Well it does sound pretty fishy, and I know I would never forget my Gmail address, both my sister and brother-in-law both made Gmail accounts for their Android phone and never use them. They remain logged in to their phone, and are very basic users(so never need to allow permissions or type in their passwords), so I could see them getting into a similar situation. The real question is why the heck would anyone not be using Gmail as their main email (While I really think Gmail is superior to all others, I wasn't serious enough with that question to need hotmail/yahoo/whatever fans tell me all the great features about their email, how Google steals all their users info, or why hotmail isn't just and old 90's crapware that people are too lazy to switch from. Was just poking a little fun. To each their own. Even crappy hotmail users.).
did you forget your name too?
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Well it does sound pretty fishy, and I know I would never forget my Gmail address, both my sister and brother-in-law both made Gmail accounts for their Android phone and never use them. They remain logged in to their phone, and are very basic users(so never need to allow permissions or type in their passwords), so I could see them getting into a similar situation. The real question is why the heck would anyone not be using Gmail as their main email (While I really think Gmail is superior to all others, I wasn't serious enough with that question to need hotmail/yahoo/whatever fans tell me all the great features about their email, how Google steals all their users info, or why hotmail isn't just and old 90's crapware that people are too lazy to switch from. Was just poking a little fun. To each their own. Even crappy hotmail users.).
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I'm a crappy hotmail user still!
I do know two people who 'forgot' their password to their gmail, and one who forgot their username as they too set them up only for their phone and never used them for anything.
silly, silly people...
although i imagine with a xoom in hand most people would know their gmail by then - or they'd have got themselves a iPad
My wife is on her third gmail address because she keeps forgetting what it is. She only uses it for her phone account and not email. I did explain that it would be easy to recover but she just said it was easier to make a new one...
Also, I work in IT Support and the number of people who forget basic things like username, password, email address, even phone extension if it's not written in front of them is astounding.
It's amazing how some people are so judgmental.
burden010 said:
My wife is on her third gmail address because she keeps forgetting what it is. She only uses it for her phone account and not email. I did explain that it would be easy to recover but she just said it was easier to make a new one...
Also, I work in IT Support and the number of people who forget basic things like username, password, email address, even phone extension if it's not written in front of them is astounding.
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Yeah working in IT slowing makes you lose hope in people. I get calls saying "My pc is dead" and it will be unplugged or "Everything is closing as i open it." and they will have something on top of the keyboard pushing the Esc key.
Just-in-time said:
Yeah working in IT slowing makes you lose hope in people. I get calls saying "My pc is dead" and it will be unplugged or "Everything is closing as i open it." and they will have something on top of the keyboard pushing the Esc key.
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I kid you not, I once had a homeworker call me to say that their laptop had died. Went through some troubleshooting with them for a few mins until I mentioned maybe plugging the power lead into a different socket. "Oh that won't help, we've had a black out all morning".
She'd been using the laptop on battery power.
Honestly, I do not find it hard to believe that someone would forget their gmail address when some people can't even remember that computers need electricity to work.
Those are examples of the general know nothings in the world. People who spent a good amount of money on a xoom instead of a ipad do not fall into this catorgory,
This is not some phone you can get for cheap or free on a contract from a carrier and just have to make a account to use it. He stole the thing. His story is bull****.
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Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk
yet he knew to come to xda of all places to ask for help instead of yahoo answers or something?
yes, i forgot my email address for my galaxy y... what do i do to reset it?
thanks
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i have a gmail account which i usually use for my moto defy. however, i used a new gmail add for my galaxy y. and sort of forgot it since i do not use it as my primary email. huhu. i must have misplaced the username and password for the galaxy y. do i have to restart or factory reset it? please help me how? thnaks guys
yeahbabyman said:
yes, i forgot my email address for my galaxy y... what do i do to reset it?
thanks
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i have a gmail account which i usually use for my moto defy. however, i used a new gmail add for my galaxy y. and sort of forgot it since i do not use it as my primary email. huhu. i must have misplaced the username and password for the galaxy y. do i have to restart or factory reset it? please help me how? thnaks guys
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a) totally wrong forum, this is for motorola xoom
b) storys like this sound fishy. We can't tell if it is true or if you just found the phone somewhere. Thus I don't think anyone is willing to help you.
c) why would you use different gmail accounts on your devices? I see only disadvantages, as you will have to buy apps twice if you want to use them on both devices, contacts dont sync, etc.
d) try to remember the gmail-account. Maybe you set up a secondary mail address when you set the gmail account up, maybe that sent a confirmation to one of your other accounts. Maybe you told somebody about your new gmail account...
e) maybe try to take it to the shop where you bought the phone, maybe they'll help if they are able to determine if your request is legit.
f) that's it for me in this thread.
rash.m2k said:
I made a post a few days ago asking how I could reset my Xoom after I forgot the lock pattern and the google email/password.
But now it's gone, even under my profile it not showing the new post - could someone please please tell me how to do this again.
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You'd have to be a completely idiot to think anyone would fall for this......
You've heard all your likely to hear on this subject.
If you can't "remember" your unlock pattern, or your Google account password, or the information needed to recovery the Google account password. Then its about 99.9% likely that its not your device, nor Google account.
In the 0.1% chance that your for real, then your only option is to contact Google. To do that, search Google.
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