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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NxNW:
[Q] Have you ever heard of mystery texts from 9329 saying "Your validation code is: "

I was really creeped out by this today.

Normally when you get a text saying "Your validation code is: [followed by some 8 digit code] " it's because *you* asked for it.

And if you *didn't* ask for it, you could be justifiably concerned that someone else *did* try to authenticate using your credentials somewhere.

Usually this is a harmless random occurrence, but in my case today I got three of these in a row immediately after the phone recovered from a mysterious freeze.

Today I had been downloading some unfamiliar apps ("VPN Connections", VPNC widget, and 2X (remote desktop) Client after which the phone did something I haven't seen before: I was running the maps application when it froze, stayed frozen, and after trying everything possible, I just held down the power key for like 20 seconds after which the blue skateboard CM7 boot animation appeared immediately (bypassing the usual white HTC EVO 4G screen) and the OS reloaded in just a few seconds.

Admittedly this fast boot behavior could be normal for all I know, but combined with the rest of it seems really odd and I feel paranoid.

What could I have been doing lately that might trigger this particular sequence of mystery freeze followed by mystery text?

Has anyone personally experienced anything similar?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NxNW:
bump - I did search google for any reports of similar experiences and got nothing which is why I thought I might ask around here..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NxNW:
I called Sprint. They could not tell me anything about these text messages or any text messages in fact. They said they have access to call detail but not text details. Basically unless law enforcement gets involved you can't talk to the super *duper* part of Sprint support that can retrieve information on texts. Seems a little lame not to be able to talk to customers about what is going on on their own network, but there it is.

Anyway while I was researching all this I checked my account online and while reviewing my bill I discovered a (presumably older and unrelated) mystery charge for $9.99 from

Mobile Love: Alerts - 34095 MBLLOVE

If you google this scam you will find many people receive three text messages in a row (in this case from 34095) and then discover the charge on their bill later on. Supposedly if you text "STOP" back to that number you don't get charged but it's a total scam either way. It's possible I got a text from 34095 at some point and just disregarded it. I can't remember honestly. Anyways Sprint removed the charge for me.

They also said, going forward, if any charges appear as a result of the 9329 texts (see OP) I could always call back and have them removed later. Otherwise there will not be any record of these texts or any way to find out more about them. Ever.

I'm not really as worried about getting *charged* for something as somebody untraceably signing up for some *access* to something in my name. Oh well. No point in worrying about something you can't control I guess.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spencer88:
Wow that's bizarre dude.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KB112:
Are you sure you weren't looking for love in all the wrong places?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LyndenP:
Zing!

Sent from space
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogos:
My guess is that you installed an app that had permission to modify your SMS Text Messages and Use Services That Cost You Money. Alternately, if any of the apps required root access that is the same thing.

What happens is this: the app uses it's permissions to send a SMS text to a short code and then delete the text. That way you cannot directly see that "you" signed up for a premium text service. You need to be very careful to look at permissions before installing apps of questionable origin... even if they are on the official android market... even if they do not require root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afazel:
I think the Sprint Visual Voicemail app uses a validation code
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdean1981:
The other day I was in my Sprint.com account and found 2 9.99 charges on 2 of my lines for some text thing also. I called Sprint and told them I don't know where they came from. Sprint took the charges off. I asked them if there was anything I could do about it because this wasn't the first time it had happened. The lady said I can block all 3rd party text so you don't get spam text and extra charges. It didn't effect anything else. I had them do it and everything works flawlessly. It doesn't cost a dime for them to do it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starnostar:
Typical SMS scam, the really messed up part is that the carrier takes a cut in exchange for looking the other way and acting like they don't know whats going on..... essentially, by NOT responding to these messages you signed up for their service. Thankfully, these have never shown up on my bill, but if they did I wouldn't call sprint....Ill call my lawyer instead.

This video explains everything....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9MQAfh-bCE&feature=youtu.be

One of my co-workers got one of these messages like a year ago, he has paid it every month because he never looks at his bill but just pays it regardless of the amount. On the flipside, people make fun of me sometimes for taking my good-ol' paper check down to the bank and not having my bills automatically pay themselves....

EDIT: Im astounded at the claim made by the poster above me, where sprint was actually willing to do something about it...I deal with a lot of cell phones and I have never seen an instance where a carrier took proactive action without hassle...they always pull the "duhhhhhhhhhhhh...we don't know whats going on so were going to transfer you around until you get frustrated and give up/hang up".
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdean1981:
It wasn't a claim. They did it. I told her what was up and she got her supervisor on the phone and they did it. I'm sorry if you think things can't be done with a good attitude and the right words.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NxNW:
I wanted to ask for some clarification on this actually: you said they happily took action to block "all 3rd party texts". Does that mean you have effectively disabled SMS completely?

I mean I do want to receive real texts from warm bodies. Do they have some way of detecting and blocking texts from short codes?

Does this break other notifications (eg visual voicemail or alerts from sprint letting you know about new services or when your bill is ready for viewing)?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdean1981:
The other services you are referring to are Sprint services. This blocks 3rd party. Meaning outside spam text as we call them. It does not disable SMS at all. It just blocks outside spam text and things that cost you extra charges from happening.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starnostar:
I didn't use the term "claim" to be rude, just out of personal philosophy that this is the internet and everything is to be taken with a grain of salt, this is compounded by my experiences with carriers and their knowledge and/or willingness to take care of the issue.

I have personally never had to call sprint for this issue for myself or anyone else, 99% of the time I have to deal with this issue, its with at&t or cricket, only one on verizon and this was a while ago.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Did you get this app off the market ? There suppose to scan stuff before it goes up to keep that from happening . If you got it off the net then that's how it happens .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NxNW:
I was doing a lot of things to the phone that day. Also, just to review, the phone "crashed" (did some kind of fast boot) while using maps, and then immediately after the OS came back up, I got the three text messages telling me what my "valdiation code" was.

Amongst other activities I had been doing that day, I installed 3 apps:

VPN Connections (not downloaded from market, yes downloaded from the net)

2x Client for RDP / Remote Desktop

VPNC Widget

At the time of the crash I had already uninstalled the first one after I discovered the last one worked better for me.

None of these look like they require unusual permissions (like "Use Services That Cost You Money") that illogos mentioned above.

I actually still have the download of "VPN Connections" on my SDCard. I double clicked the apk again just to see what permissions it required, and it just said "Storage (modify/delete SD card contents)" and "Phone Calls (read phone state and identity)". I downloaded it from here, http://code.google.com/p/get-a-robot-vpnc/ , which doesn't look *that* sketchy. However it hasn't been updated since June 2010 and no longer appears in the app market, so clearly it was not going to be my first choice. I did run it, it did work; But, for the reasons above, I quickly replaced it once I found something equally functional that looked like it was better supported.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayshocka:
It is a credit card conformation from a half rate escort service called hoopty booty
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CNexus:
You need to get a life dude
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NxNW:
Yeah. I wasn't sure, but just in case, I decided not to use hoopty booty anymore.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayshocka:
Something about glass houses......

!!!!Donnie your out of your element!!!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tamen:
Hi,

I can't remove the battery cover, which I will need to be able to do as I want to install a custom rom, but if it gets stuck in a boot loop I'll be completely stuck.

And I know the design is poor (i.e everyone has issues), but only one person has ever been able to do it (something like the 15th person, in the 6th shop I took it to, cause you need to take the cover off to unwrap the battery on first boot).

Any techniques or anything? It literally seems stuck. The guy that did it took it out the back and came back with it off.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimmkassim:
+1

I also would like to know if there is special way to do it.

I once drop my phone and the battery cover come out a little bit from its position. I try to put it back into its position. BUT couldn't do so. Than I try pull out the cover. Than BAMMMM!!! its broke!!! :eek:

Buy new cover, but costly..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tamen:
Buying a new cover is only any use if you can get the original off. And although I don't know the technique, even people that did couldn't get it off - I was shown 2 other DHDs that could be done with a minimal amount of fiddling (i.e. mine is way worse than it should be). I had about 10 people say "oh yeah mate it's easy, you just do thi.. wait... wow, that's like glued on or something".
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErOR22:
The battery cover is a good design. Had to take out the battery number of times and it always goes off and on as intended to, perfect.

I had another mate try to do it and he just couldn't figure it out. Wtf has this world come to??

If you look there is a little space where you put your nail and then pull it out with a bit of force and putting it in is even easier!

Honestly, so many threads/posts about this...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tamen:
I'm not thick, you would have to be stupid to not realise there's a place for your nail - the problem is that my cover wouldn't budge (clearly you didn't read the OP - I took it to 5 different PHONE SHOPS - and only one guy could do it. I've opened other DHDs, just not mine. Until today...

Got a friend to try - he spent about 5 minutes but couldn't, but he must have budged it as I could get my nail into the corner - (to the left of the bit you're supposed to do) and hook it up from there - sorted :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SERGI.3210:
eeeeehhh RELAXXX lol

one moment...... are you talking about you can´t open the battery cover of your DHD?

REALLY YOU CAN´T?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plskillme:
I'd be darned if people find the DHD battery hatch to open easily... I even got the under side of my nails(the index finger) bleed trying to pry it open the first time I tried to charge the phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tamen:
Couldn't, now can :) I felt really embarrassed going into a shop saying "I can't take the cover off" :P But then they were like... neither can we haha. It's been loosened now and can be done with a bit of technique.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SERGI.3210:
It can be that it sounds absurdity but here I leave the guide of DESIRE HD, there it is written like to remove the cover.

In a Spanish forum i was read that there are people who helps herself with a credit card or a small screwdriver...

i think its solved

http://dl4.htc.com/web_materials/Manual/HTC_Desire_HD/HTC_Desire_HD_WWE_UM.pdf
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_JMM:
I can remove the battery cover from my DHD with one hand - although I end up flicking the cover several feet.

Don't get me wrong, when I first got mine it was so tight I nearly snapped it. It's by no means loose now but it has got a little easier.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plskillme:
I don't like my fingernails to reach some ugly lengths(like girly nail lengths) I usually keep my fingernails short b/c I have some sort of OCD... ):
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_JMM:
Um, ok, thanks for sharing that. Useful to know.:D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paleryder:
after flashing CW3.0.2.4 what are we on RFS or EXT4 TY :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paleryder:
...bump...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
Looks like EXT4. If you use adb, you can:

adb shell

mount

In the middle of the output, you might see:

/dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/system /system [B]ext4[/B] ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/userdata /data [B]ext4[/B] rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazednconfused:
I'm pretty sure that would be Ext4.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
Before flashing you are ext4 - rfs is not used on the Nexus S.

/efs and /cache are still yaffs2 while /data and /system are ext4
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snandlal:
Does anyone know if the original nexus s has mtd6?

Uncle Jimmy says hello
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
mtdblock6 is /efs
[General Questions and Answers] seabhac:
Hi all, I just wanted to post a quick question. I'm looking to upgrade from my sad Kyocera Zio M6000 to a top of the line, best in the market, Android smart phone. I thought I was going to get the HTC Thunderbolt until I spoke with my sister who works for Verizon and she said to hold off because it's having issues right now with switching from 3G to 4G. So I wanted to check here and see what you all think right now is the best, top of the line android smart phone out there. The most powerful, can handle -ANY- games out on the market, can record HD video, has 2 way camera, all the bells and whistles and is going to last me liekly years before I even think about getting a new one. I made a mistake getting my Zio and I've been regretting it for 10 months now and I don't want to make that mistake again. I plan to play game son it, watch movies,.. everything on it .. I appreciate all your responses and thank you for your time! ")

-Seabhac
[General Questions and Answers] lude219:
Samsung Galaxy S 2.
[General Questions and Answers] UK Android Centre:
there are loads of good phone out there, but it depends on what you want to do with it, as lot of people root there phone and put custom roms on there.

if i was you i would wait for something like the HTC Pyramid or if you really want a android handset then go for the Samsung Galaxy S 2, but it is upto you mate.
[General Questions and Answers] MrNago:
Best Android phone in the market: The one YOU can wait for.

Right now, Galaxy II.

Soon, stay tuned.
[General Questions and Answers] xNavyblue:
If playing games is important to you, though not the best, you should be getting the "Playstation Certified" Xperia Play that opens you up to those Playstation titles on top of the normal Android ones, and you get a near PSP controller that you don't get anywhere else.
[General Questions and Answers] ruhkh:
Google Nexus S i think
[General Questions and Answers] ant-11:
if you can, wait for the Nexus 3
[General Questions and Answers] seabhac:
ok maybe I should have qualified this with 1 other thing, a phone I can order service for and setup this week or next. I like the idea of the Galaxy S2, but last I looked it's not out till the fall and I need to replace mine right now lol.
[General Questions and Answers] tommizee:
LG p990 i think :O
[General Questions and Answers] genkiz:
for me there is no better idea than my desire at the moment
[General Questions and Answers] Monty Burns:
I've got one here on my desk, its out in the UK and has been for a couple of weeks..... you might also want to qualify with your country? Guessing your American/Canadian?
[General Questions and Answers] Reintjee:
SGS II or LG Optimus 2X Speed
[General Questions and Answers] Crazy991:
I rather enjoy my Samsung Fascinate; although I did have to manually hack in Android 2.2...
[General Questions and Answers] tuannat:
My Desire HD, I think! :)
[General Questions and Answers] achilles409:
why dont u go for honeycomb tabs
[General Questions and Answers] kokos_nikos:
HTC Desire HD !!

Is he best smartphone this time !
[General Questions and Answers] seabhac:
What are everyone's opinions of the HTC Thunderbolt? I keep considering that one as well due to the fact it seems to be the top of the line right now from Verizon. And yes Monty, I am in the US. :)
[General Questions and Answers] k_nivesout:
Heard lots of good things about the thunderbolt and it has some pretty great dev support. If I could pick any Verizon phone right now the thunderbolt would be it.
[General Questions and Answers] infamous702:
Thunderbolt FTW!!!!! The dev Support on this beast is amazing
[General Questions and Answers] DavidMorgado:
Galaxy Gio

Well I have this one, more because of size and weight than anything else. Of course all those 4 inch 800x480 + displays and dual cores are better but are also bigger, and tend to drain battery faster.

Anyway I would love to have something in the same size as the Gio but with the "power" of Galaxy SII :p
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemita:
Well as the title says. My GT has died ..... Fuy to put a rom and I fault the burden of odin rom. Odin gave me FAILED. And where is the blue bar downloding stood. Remove the wire and give the keys and power vol-I got a tablet with a PC and a triangle in the middle. I did a total reset to odin and reloaded and I recognized the table with those marks mentioned and I reloaded. with the same result. I say good because if I load this rom will be posting JM6 say that fixes everything. odin Todal tells me the "reset" and "pass " say COOL! SOLVED. Nothing is further from the truth. I have been on the screen that says "GALAXY Tab" and there does not happen. Try the ROM put him "BROKEN V4"with the same fate .... Probe with the kernel of "overcome " not at all a kernel of MoDaCo for the theme of recovery if the recovery was installed and nothing in odin ... FAIL. The fact is that this might not dead yet it let me access the DOWLOADIG. I think there must be something BOOT.ini. but the ideas are beyond me. if they could resurrect a DHD. but as a tab ... if not with your help I can do little more

install the JM6 and I get the picture but then stays Galay SAMSUNG TAB AND DOWN ... not start see image of odin

sorry for my English but the google translator
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spike1985:
Do you have Cwm recovery installed? Tried to clear caches?

send from my SGT with Overcome...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemita:
No. CWM ..... NOT installed

I'm trying with. md5 and this is pit: P1_add_hidden.pit

but will not start ....

edit: the. cfg not to put it .....
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] af974:
Go to overcome thread and download the guide attached there, read carrefull what inside and you will, probably, fix the problem.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemita:
Where is the guide?? sorry my bad English and I translate by google ... if you make me so kind as to put the thread .... I give thank you very much
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zetsurin:
My Tab was once in a state like this with the exclamation mark and picture of the little pc. I believe it's fixable, and I also think that it's actually harder to permanently brick these things than would first seem. I remember I even had an error during repartitioning, surely that would have been curtains but it wasn't.

This was my experience, and in my post I link to another post that contains some useful information on getting out of that error: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12719559&postcount=13
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoman24v:
Try it like this

Uncheck repartition

Remove the pit file

Do not add anything for the 'Phone' and 'CSC' portion.

Just flash the PDA section.

See if that works.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
This is the Dev forum, not questions forum.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prinzhernan:
http://files.deodexed.com/ModADroid-Galaxy-Tablet/Rotohammer/JME/

Use this link. Download modem file and full file. Then flash with pit in odin. It will work. Same thing happened to me.

As long as you can access downloading screen it's not dead.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nunggg:
This medthod work for me

1. wait until the TAB discharge (about 1 Day)

2. Connect the tab to the computer

3. wait about 10 minutes

4.After boot please start odin

5.open odin and see status connect with odin and selcet pit file from your download

http://www.4shared.com/file/pThcn9Ml/P1000_new_Odin3_v17.html

After flash pit wait a minute your phone will reboot in to recover mode and restart

to samsung logo page

6.Flash roto firmware with ordin ( if can't flash with odin will change to Heimdall_1.1.1

http://files.deodexed.com/ModADroid-Galaxy-Tablet/Rotohammer/KM2/Roto-KM2-Full-v1.zip

7.After finish reboot your phone and boot into roto rom

8.Go to recovery mode

9.Flash customer firmware ( I used Overcome 1.6.4 )
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemita:
FAIL!!!!!

thanks

I installed the kernel Overcome. this time it gave me failed to install but still no recovery. continues in the same state snif snif snif

all the above steps with "broken", JM6 JME have been nil .... BOOT.ini problem is I think
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Filgaliel:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=585587&d=1304441485
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemita:
you mean this part?. @Filgaliel

Please download the following files:  You should download the NEW JMK-stock-safe.zip from the following link: http://www.multiupload.com/U88JTJ4P10 (if you’ve downloaded the JMK-stock-safe.zip prior to 21 April, please download this new version!)

 You should download the Overcome ROM 1.6.4 (Overcome_v1.6.4_Full.zip) file from the following link: http://www.multiupload.com/GYOVUEW9P5

 You should download the Overcome Kernel 2.1.6 (Overcome_Kernel_v2.1.6_OCUV_ODIN.tar) file from the following link: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=585421&d=1304425298

 You must have enough space on your internal storage (henceforth referred to as Internal SD, as opposed to the External S) So, please clear some space. A free space of about 4GB should suffice
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Filgaliel:
Yes. Try that. It should work.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemita:
Well .... I'll try .... I work 10 pm to 6 am on Wednesday are 5 pm and I still do not sleep for trying to fix
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antiochasylum:
Sorry to hear this, however PLEASE READ THE FORUM RULES AND POST IN THE CORRECT FORUM.

Sigh. I wish I was a moderator.