Seriously Samsumg phone sending text random pictures to people on my contacts

[Ricky_tc]

Textra? Hmm that is not a good alternative, trust me. Many years ago I had this very same experience. Textra sent pics to my contacts without my concent. I immediately uninstalled it.

 

[Larry 609]

Textra? Hmm that is not a good alternative, trust me. Many years ago I had this very same experience. Textra sent pics to my contacts without my concent. I immediately uninstalled it.

I have used Textra for the past two years and never had this issue.

 

[Morty2264]

Textra? Hmm that is not a good alternative, trust me. Many years ago I had this very same experience. Textra sent pics to my contacts without my concent. I immediately uninstalled it.

I've used it for about four years and did not have this issue. However, I did have an instance or two of a specific contact getting messages I'd sent her years ago. Weird.

 

[Larry 609]

I've used it for about four years and did not have this issue. However, I did have an instance or two of a specific contact getting messages I'd sent her years ago. Weird.

Truth be told, I think most messaging apps might have their occasional quirks, some being more harmless and others. I think I had a friend once claim that I did something exactly like this too. But this was before I had Textra... maybe when I had GoSMS at the time? Even then, it could have been something on his phone as well. I know sometimes when he sends me something via text, I get the exact same message two times in a row seconds apart.

 

[Morty2264]

Truth be told, I think most messaging apps might have their occasional quirks, some being more harmless and others. I think I had a friend once claim that I did something exactly like this too. But this was before I had Textra... maybe when I had GoSMS at the time? Even then, it could have been something on his phone as well. I know sometimes when he sends me something via text, I get the exact same message two times in a row seconds apart.

Oh absolutely! They all have their quirks. I think I downloaded Go SMS (I think) and it suddenly resent a bunch of old messages to all of my contacts - or a good chunk of them. That was awful! The double-text thing is a glitch that happens to me sometimes as well!

 

[monicakm]

I don't have anything in my gallery that I wouldn't want my grandma to see But, am I out of the danger zone since I use Verizon's Messages+ (Plus)? I haven't seen that mentioned.

 

[anon(5719825)]

The article that I read seemed to suggest that this has to do with T-Mobile rolling out this new texting profile that allows people to send out files of 100MB and a few other things. Are the people in this thread that have had this happen using T-Mobile phones? What about the unlocked version of the S9/S9+?

 

[djrakowski]

Obviously, as soon as I read about this I disabled Samsung Messages and installed Android Messages. It doesn't support T-Mobile advanced messaging, which sucks. But it has a web interface, which is great.

Fortunately, none of my contacts used T-Mobile advanced messaging, so I didn't lose much by switching to Android Messages (and I gained web-based messaging from my computer). It's a much cleaner app than Samsung Messages, too.

 

[swarlos]

Man, Samsung and Apple have not been having great years when it comes to controversy.

 

[Morty2264]

Hopefully we'll find out more information about this issue soon.

 

[shanghaichica]

It is a big deal mainly due to invasion of privacy. I don't have sensitive pics on my phone but don't want to share them with all of my contacts. Secondly in the UK it cost 40p to send a picture message via mms so imagine sending out your whole gallery via mms. The cost would be ridiculous. Don't have a sim in my s9 plus as the moment and but I've disable the storage permissions anyway.

 

[Mooncatt]

I'm not one to take suggesting a lawsuit lightly, but I think one would be justified here. A class action for anyone that lost a job, had their identity stolen, or suffered other negative consequences would be right to want Samsung and/or TMO to make things right again. As best they can, anyway. Unfortunately, those usually are little more than a payday for the lawyers.

 

[Devhux]

I'm not one to take suggesting a lawsuit lightly, but I think one would be justified here. A class action for anyone that lost a job, had their identity stolen, or suffered other negative consequences would be right to want Samsung and/or TMO to make things right again. As best they can, anyway. Unfortunately, those usually are little more than a payday for the lawyers.

Good luck..... There would have to be proof that it was this issue that caused those things to happen. We also have no idea how widespread (or not) the issue really is.

 

[Gav508]

It doesn't matter what kind of pictures that people have. They should be able to keep whatever they want on their own phone. In some cases, people have reported that EVERY picture in their camera roll had been sent to random contacts. That can cause all kinds of problems.

I was joking.

 

[Gav508]

Its true i dont want to send all my pictures not they are bad to anyone on my contacts randomly for no reason especially when i have over 800 pictures on my sd card

I was joking

 

[Morty2264]

Good luck..... There would have to be proof that it was this issue that caused those things to happen. We also have no idea how widespread (or not) the issue really is.

Photos could be taken of recipients' phones with the received pictures; time-stamped. It would be tricker to prove that they were unsent by the sender, however; but at least in this case alone, if one's supervisor gets a bunch of pictures that were obviously unintended for them, perhaps that is proof enough.

 

[Morty2264]

I'm not one to take suggesting a lawsuit lightly, but I think one would be justified here. A class action for anyone that lost a job, had their identity stolen, or suffered other negative consequences would be right to want Samsung and/or TMO to make things right again. As best they can, anyway. Unfortunately, those usually are little more than a payday for the lawyers.

I agree with you. I'm not one to jump on the sue train either, but in this case, it's more than justified.

 

[illdini]

Most likely, the carrier's Terms of Service state that you cannot sue you have to go to arbitration or small claims court.

https://www.t-mobile.com/templates/popup.aspx?PAsset=Ftr_Ftr_TermsAndConditions

Quote:

"*HOW DO I RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH T-MOBILE?

By accepting these T&Cs, you are agreeing to resolve any dispute with us through binding arbitration (unless you opt out) or small claims dispute procedures, and to waive your rights to a class action suit and jury trial."

Quote from further down the page:

"CLASS ACTION WAIVER. YOU AND WE EACH AGREE THAT ANY PROCEEDINGS, WHETHER IN ARBITRATION OR COURT, WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR AS A MEMBER IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION."

 

[r511]

My girlfriends S9 has been doing this.
The other day while she was sitting next to me her phone sent 2 pictures (luckily to me!).
Switched her over to Textra.
Problem solved.

 

[shanghaichica]

Most likely, the carrier's Terms of Service state that you cannot sue you have to go to arbitration or small claims court.

https://www.t-mobile.com/templates/popup.aspx?PAsset=Ftr_Ftr_TermsAndConditions

Quote:

"*HOW DO I RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH T-MOBILE?

By accepting these T&Cs, you are agreeing to resolve any dispute with us through binding arbitration (unless you opt out) or small claims dispute procedures, and to waive your rights to a class action suit and jury trial."

Quote from further down the page:

"CLASS ACTION WAIVER. YOU AND WE EACH AGREE THAT ANY PROCEEDINGS, WHETHER IN ARBITRATION OR COURT, WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR AS A MEMBER IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION."

But isn't this waiving the right to sue t mobile only?


Samsung can still be sued.