Does anyone know what XRVD app is or the purpose or serves?

[mimichelle13]

Does anyone know what XRVD app is or the purpose or serves?
It was on my Samsung.
Not on my Google Pixel pro 7.
Was not on my Motorola, but recently appeared out of nowhere.
I have my permissions off for all apps in regards to being able to install unknown apps.... And it still is installing unknown apps like
App Box
Call Guardian and some others. Can someone help me understand please

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

I've seen some bad thread titles over the years, but this one might take the cake.

 

[mustang7757]

I've updated the title if you want me change to something different let me know and which Samsung device?

 

[mustang7757]

If you go to settings>apps>upper right corner tap>special access>install unknown apps make sure the toggles on that list is off

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Bit o' googlin' shows a few results on apk mirror from Sony, Veevo and several from Xiaomi.

What Samsung be ye ownin'? And did ye be settin' it up by transferrin' yer data from an old device?

 

[B. Diddy]

Bit o' googlin' shows a few results on apk mirror from Sony, Veevo and several from Xiaomi.

What Samsung be ye ownin'? And did ye be settin' it up by transferrin' yer data from an old device?

Did you suddenly become a pirate? Or Mr. Krabs from Spongebob?

 

[B. Diddy]

The full name of the package is com.qualcomm.qti.xrvd.service: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/xiaomi-inc/xrvd/xrvd-12-release/xrvd-12-android-apk-download/. The fact that Qualcomm is in the package name should be reassuring. It looks like it has to do with Qualcomm's VR capabilities (which they call "XR"): https://www.qualcomm.com/products/mobile/snapdragon/xr-vr-ar/snapdragon-xr2-5g-platform

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Did you suddenly become a pirate? Or Mr. Krabs from Spongebob?

I've actually been Clancy Brown the entire time.

I'm in disguise. This way, no one will recognise me.

 

[B. Diddy]

I've actually been Clancy Brown the entire time.

I'm in disguise. This way, no one will recognise me.

Clancy Brown is a global treasure. He'll always be Rawhide (from Buckaroo Banzai) to me, with The Kurgan being a close second.

 

[mimichelle13]

Bit o' googlin' shows a few results on apk mirror from Sony, Veevo and several from Xiaomi.

What Samsung be ye ownin'? And did ye be settin' it up by transferrin' yer data from an old device?

I'm not on a Samsung.. I'm currently on a Motorola stylus 5g22

And i did not transfer any data. I learned that's not a good way (for me) to do things. Cause you don't always want all the chit to be on new device

 

[mimichelle13]

The full name of the package is com.qualcomm.qti.xrvd.service: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/xiaomi-inc/xrvd/xrvd-12-release/xrvd-12-android-apk-download/. The fact that Qualcomm is in the package name should be reassuring. It looks like it has to do with Qualcomm's VR capabilities (which they call "XR"): https://www.qualcomm.com/products/mobile/snapdragon/xr-vr-ar/snapdragon-xr2-5g-platform

I did not download any apk
So again i ask what purpose does it serve. And how do you think it ended up on my phone. Because i do not download apk or any other type of app etc that isn't on the play store.. not that it makes it 100% safe, we all know better. But it's safer i believe

 

[B. Diddy]

It's a system app. You don't download system apps -- they're preinstalled.

As a layperson, I can't explain the function of every single system app on a phone. You'd have to talk to an engineer about that. But what I was saying was that the full name of the app should be reassuring in that it is clearly from Qualcomm (which makes the phone's CPU), and is therefore not malware or anything shady.

I would suggest you enjoy your phone and not get worried about system apps that you don't recognize on your phone. After all, do you look through the hundreds of thousands of system files on a Windows PC and worry about what each one of them does?

 

[mimichelle13]

I agree and I'm not worried about all my phone apps. Just the ones that have mysteriously appeared.
Thank you for your thoughts and assistance
Have a wonderful day

 

[mimichelle13]

I've seen some bad thread titles over the years, but this one might take the cake.

Glad you like it!!
Perfection is highly overrated, boring and not possible. But keep trying!

 

[mimichelle13]

It's a system app. You don't download system apps -- they're preinstalled.

As a layperson, I can't explain the function of every single system app on a phone. You'd have to talk to an engineer about that. But what I was saying was that the full name of the app should be reassuring in that it is clearly from Qualcomm (which makes the phone's CPU), and is therefore not malware or anything shady.

I would suggest you enjoy your phone and not get worried about system apps that you don't recognize on your phone. After all, do you look through the hundreds of thousands of system files on a Windows PC and worry about what each one of them does?

Just fyi, this particular one was not pre installed on my Motorola. At the time i created thread I'd had my Motorola for several months already and it had just appeared that day.
But it's fine all is good. Thanks for info and help.

 

[B. Diddy]

Keep in mind that new system apps can be installed with system updates, so it could've come from that.

 

[mimichelle13]

Thank you