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Two Problems in Sms

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zahid657

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Hello friends
This is my first post and i m not good in Engliash too so apologizing before
My problem is with sms apps.if u install any sms ap to hide a specific number like gosmspro it was fine before no one could reach to my private messages but now suddenly android stoped seding sms from any app untill u do not set any app to defaut sms app.but problem is if u do all this after installing any other sms app if u set that app default sms will no longer b hidden all provate and normal sms go to that new sms app.i was having good relations with my wife to just hide some contacts i never locked my phone but just locked my required number in private box.now at night when i sleep she install new sms app read all new incoming private sms and then she deletes new sms app and use to set gosmspro my default app again which again hides my hidden numbers messages.
problem 2....i use Total Sms Control app to have an eye on my brother text which secretly sends me every outgoing incoming calls log and incoming sms without his knowledge and its going all wel befire for 2 years but this new default sms option has created problems for me now aftr setting default sms all sms which total sms control app sends to me showing in the inbox of that default app which was not before.....
Plz tell me why and when this " Default sms App" came now which was not before 6 months before? And is there a way to disable this default sms app option? Thanks
 
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My wife install new sms app sets that new sms app as default reads all incoming sms and then deletes that newly installed app and sets my old GoSmsPro app to default and she repeats that again on next night wtf this default app selection made my life worst.
And to protect my probther a secret sms service also came to his knowledge because every sms sent by any app shows to that default sms app which was normal before that sent sms never came to inbox of any other sms app
 
You should ask the Google developers (though good luck getting an answer!). This is just a user forum. Though your requirements are rather unusual (spying on one person, keeping some message threads hidden from someone else who will go to extreme lengths to find them), and it doesn't cause problems for most people.

I don't recall what Google said when they introduced it, but it does cut off some malicious behaviour (Google would probably include the spyware on your brother's phone in that category), and makes switching message apps easier for most people since you won't have to manually turns notifications on/off for multiple apps.
 
thanks for reply
so according to u it is impossible to disable this option now? and i dont think that i can get any reply from google develpors any how this war always on..... and spying is not problem with me its ok if google is doing this but problem is with privacy which is not happening any more
if some one wanna hide his/her private sms a lot of softwares available for this even in google playstore.and this privacy can easily b cracked with a simple one more sms app download and set it default after u track u can uninstall that new app and set old app as default thats simple what the hell to google to disturb that privacy
 
Google's business is selling ads, for which they collect data to target them (I actually don't think they care about the data they collect beyond that). While I understand this I'm not a fan of it myself, so for example I don't give them access to my location, uninstall their search app, and have been blocking DoubleClick since long before Google bought them. But having to deal with them, and how far you cooperate, is a choice you make when you buy Android. You can of course choose to root and install a Google-free ROM and not install any of their apps if you want to be sure they can't spy on you, obviously at the cost of not using any of their services. So as for Google spying, you have a choice there.

But I doubt that anyone working on the OS actually thought about your use case. Generally if people don't trust someone they don't give them free access to their phone. And giving such access to someone who distrusts you so much that they would be prepared to install another SMS app to see whether you have some hidden messages will have seemed even less likely. So I'm not denying that it's a big deal for you, just that this is such an unusual situation that I'm not surprised that the developers didn't take it into account when designing the system.

I can't think of a way of doing what you want that will leave no sign, apart from downgrading the phone to KitKat. You could use an app locking app to PIN protect the Play Store app on your phone, so she can't use it to install other apps (unless she also knows your Google password and does it from a Web browser!). But then it will be obvious that you have done this - though if she asks about that it will also be obvious what she's been up to. Or you can pin protect the phone. Or you can use a different message system (an Internet based message app, WhatsApp or similar) to talk to the people you don't want your wife to know you are talking to, and protect access to that app. But in each case it will be obvious to someone who pokes around that you are now locking or hiding something. Locking the Play Store is probably least obvious, as there are other reasons for doing that.
 
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