How can I find out who is continually hacking my phone and what can I do legally to stop I?

[Android Central Question]

My phone screens change daily and certain functions no longer work. In settings things change all the time. I notice suspicious apps in the manager having all sorts of permissions that do not apply to normal use. Like why would a music app be able to change settings. I also noticed I can no longer get developers options. It's crazy and I'm so tired of it. This is not the first time it's every time I get a new phone. It has cost me souch money frustration and time. Please help.

 

[Mooncatt]

If this is all true, including happening several times across multiple devices, I suggest you take a hard look at your usage. Android is very secure and you pretty much have to be trying to get attacked this severely. You can try speaking with the authorities to go after the culprit, but I suspect it'll only happen again unless you change your usage habits.

 

[dmxjago]

If this is all true, including happening several times across multiple devices, I suggest you take a hard look at your usage. Android is very secure and you pretty much have to be trying to get attacked this severely. You can try speaking with the authorities to go after the culprit, but I suspect it'll only happen again unless you change your usage habits.

Either you use an app with all your devices that who knows could be a malicious app this wouldn't not surprise me one bit or someone installer spyware on your device that could be a possibility as well, but I'm leaning more towards a rogue app.

You might just have to factory reset your device and install one app at a time to see which one causes the issue. Also, with Android 12 if you are on Android 12 it's difficult for an app to auto give permissions to something without your consent. This is definitely a sucky situation to be in and i hope you can figure it out.

 

[mustang7757]

I'll leave a Link to register so you can communicate here, As a guest account you can only post questions but can't reply
https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=409154

 

[VidJunky]

I have to agree with dmxjago. This is something that you are installing on every device that has given you this problem. The fastest easiest way to get to good would be to factory reset without auto adding your apps back. There is a setting that asks if you want to reinstall apps automatically and you should say "no" to that or select it when choosing to factory reset.

Only in the world of James Bond and US spy movies is it possible to "hack" someone's phone without putting hands on it. Plus the likely point of "hacking" or gaining access to someone's device would not be to cause them grief. It would be much more likely to steal information, banking info, incriminating pictures or videos, access to online accounts, and would likely be done in such a way as so not be recognized because let's face it, if you start having trouble with your phone you're going to replace it, fix it or whatever, which then takes away their access. Switching settings and moving things around seems like a waste of the trouble it took to hack the device in the first place, don't you think? I mean you can't even see them getting upset or frustrated to even get a good laugh out of it.

Surprised no one asked but have you downloaded apps from places other than Google Play Store, Amazon App Store or your device's App Store? A lot of times apps downloaded from the interwebs are not safe, surprise surprise, and come with too many permissions, try to capture keystrokes or don't work with every device causing trouble and reeking havoc along the way. Remember the safe source is the best source, unless you want problems.

Best wishes.

 

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