Text messaging is based on your phone number so a basic scenario is someone, who happens to know you and a lot of your personal details, could contact your phone carrier and while claiming to be you will attempt to take control of your phone number. A lot of scamming and cracking going on now isn't just tied to passwords and such, the fact that so many of us have numerous social service accounts that social engineering has become a real weak point. Be sure to log into your cellular carrier account, change your password and if they provide any other services to secure your account, i.e. adding a passcode, two-factor authentication, think about implementing them.
https://www.howtogeek.com/358352/criminals-can-steal-your-phone-number.-heres-how-to-stop-them/
As for changing your Google account password, don't forget about any other online accounts like Facebook, etc. If one service gets compromised it's that social engineering factor that could allow access into other online services you use. And while something like a keylogger installed on your phone is a possibility, it's not as likely as the media portrays. Your online presence is a much bigger target with more exposure.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3268904/android-security-facts.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3411440/android-security-scares.html

MikeyD69 said:

High moodyblues hope that s correct at any how about your advice to factory reset !! Yes you would think that it would take care of the whole thing but BUT ,,,, IF YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR INFO. BACKED UP AND THEN RESTORE IT EITHER TO YOU PHONE OR EVEN A NEW PHONE WITH A NEW PHONE NUMBER ETC. ALL WHO EVER GOT IN TO YOUR DEVICE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO DO WHAT EVER HE OR SHE HAS BEEN DOING !! I HAVE LOOOOOONG STORIES I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCES AND ALL THE TECH. WIZ GUYS AND GAL,S I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH !! GET BACK AT ME FOR SURE I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFO. MKEYD

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Not really though. Spot on advice. Shouts the person who doesn't have the gmail passwords after the reset

I have a Sanyo XT-43A081U LED TV running Android Oreo OS. I have a set of AirPods that I paired with the TV’s Bluetooth without any problems. But the volume is very low, almost mute despite of increasing the volume level to 90/100. After searching around, I found a common solution to turn on ‘Disable absolute volume’ under the ‘Developer options’ menu of settings. Although I have enabled the Developer options, for the life of me, I just cannot find the ‘Disable absolute volume’ option under it. So can anyone please help me unhide/enable this option for me so that I can fix the low volume on my AirPods connected via Bluetooth to this TV? Please note that the AirPods work just fine with my iPhone 6S with no problems with the decibel levels. Thanks in advance.

mikedt said:

Did you actually purchase the app or game, or not? If it was pirated, we can't really help with that on AF, forum rules.

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Nice Ninja

ahh yes think i found it as you say on the pixel calendar widget .. was enabled for coming events

cool many thanks

On a foot note ..... I'm very tech. Ignorant !! Let's just say that I was in a coma for the last 25 yrs ..get back at me if you have any questions or info.. have a great day !!! MikeyD

S..t !! At least you know what a thread is ! !! I'm so ignorant at this tech would I missed out on that my cheapest Samsung J2 is still smarter than me !!! Plus I'm positively sure someone has hacked into it (my phone that I don't know what to do !! Any suggestions on how to get out of this mess !!!

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@ClintonBrits, I think you'd fare better asking this in Android Development.

Hold on...it should magically move there shortly...

what i meant to say earlier is that new phones do not just get rooted. there is a long and involved process. so i do not think your phone is rooted.

what files are we talking about being deleted? what apps are being disappearing and re-appearing? are we talking about apps on the home screen?

A screenshot would help a lot.

It kind of sounds like a misconfigured launcher setting. Which launcher do you use? Third party, or stock with your device?

Thank you for the information guys !

Thats funny...Same thing happened to me following Casual Hackers post on unlocking the Boot Loader...and my names Travis too lol. Did you ever get it fixxed?

PS...Thats what the real Download modse looks like starting up...spelled wrong and everything.

I think I'm screwed on it lol...stuck in a bootloop with a Secure Booting Error! Error code : 1006.

I found this to be a problem with my Evernote account that it was synching to. I went into the Quickmemo+ settings and signed out of my Evernote account. This solved the issue.

How do I set up a group so that when any individual in the group replies it is threaded into the group message.
Currently, replies only show in the individuals email address. They do not show in the group message.

Thank you in advance

Thanks for your reply.

See one all of that and problem still shows.

Think some other app extracted part of my contacts and saved wrong, so now inserts new wrong aditional data.

Decided to factory reboot my phone and reinstall all my apps.

It worked. Wrong data disappeared with all my archives, but most of it could be recovered.

Thanks for your help !

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What i know:

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For shits n giggles, try installing Dragon naturally speaking from the play store.
It works like Google assistant and has an always on setting.
Update: sorry it looks like they pulled it from the play store.....

I tried to install viber twice but it didn't work. It does show in the download list. I don't know why it didn't work.

svim said:

Your profile indicates your carrier is AT&amp;T, try following these directions from AT&amp;T's site on setting up/resetting your voicemail service. See is this makes any improvement:
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1008685?gsi=vxtk0p

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Thank You fixed!

Press and hold the file, then create a shortcut to the file on your desktop. As previously mentioned, files are in separate folders to make sure they aren't accidentally deleted. Hope this helps.