S7 using all my data

[FoxKat]

Hey, system message app seems to be pointing to the stock text messaging and given the amount of data it's using I would be very fearful that it is sending your personal data to some unknown. It could be hijacked by a trojan and I would agree with Jonny, and recommend you need to do a full FDR immediately.

 

[Yogi1975]

Wow scary stuff.. Could I possibly use this app in the app store "system app remover (root)?

 

[Yogi1975]

Ok I have plugged the data leak for now by restricting background data for the entire ph

 

[FoxKat]

Wow scary stuff.. Could I possibly use this app in the app store "system app remover (root)?

Only if your phone is rooted.

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[FoxKat]

Ok I have plugged the data leak for now by restricting background data for the entire ph

That's a good stopgap measure but without data turned on you'll be unable to do any surfing, navigation, anything that requires a data connection. As far as removing the system app, you may not only prevent the phone from receiving texts, but who knows what else it disrupts.

I'd just factory restore it. One thing you can do is reboot into Safe mode and see if it still sucks down data. It so, then it's a flaw in the phone or in the OS. If not, then it's either a user installed app or is a virus.

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[Mustang02]

Ehh virus? Come on now. An application using background data is more believable than a virus on his phone.

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[PereDroid]

That's a good stopgap measure but without data turned on you'll be unable to do any surfing, navigation, anything that requires a data connection.

It's "background data" Foxy. You can still use the phone perfectly well. You just have to go into your email to see if you got any new ones. Or into Facebook to see if you have any notifications.

 

[FoxKat]

It's "background data" Foxy. You can still use the phone perfectly well. You just have to go into your email to see if you got any new ones. Or into Facebook to see if you have any notifications.

Ehh virus? Come on now. An application using background data is more believable than a virus on his phone.

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Over 8GB doesn't sound to me like anything that could be considered normal.

Background data? Data is data whether background or not. I'm not sure I get the significance of it being background data. There's no app I've ever heard of that will pull down that kind of data in the background except a virus making unauthorized transmissions. Well, a torrent client application could be the one exception.

Maybe I'm missing your point, @PereDroid .

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[FoxKat]

@Yogi1975 you're not running a torrent client application on your phone, are you? Can you try to run the phone in safe mode as mentioned and see if this data consumption still continues?

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[PereDroid]

You said earlier (paraphrase) you can't use your phone for anything with background data off.
Not true.

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[FoxKat]

You said earlier (paraphrase) you can't use your phone for anything with background data off.
Not true.

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Right. My mistake, I was thinking mobile data off, not background data off. Good catch. Call it a brain fart! B-)

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[PereDroid]

Of course, I assume that's what you meant. Just wanted to clear it up in case someone else reads this some time and gets confused by that.

 

[Yogi1975]

Hey guys thanks for your help....I have factory reset my phone and its all good.
The virus is gone...problem solved!

 

[FoxKat]

Hey guys thanks for your help....I have factory reset my phone and its all good.
The virus is gone...problem solved!

I'm pleased to hear of the success. I'm still very curious as to what was causing this. Please keep us updated if anything changes.

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[Jonny Kansas]

As I said earlier, could just as easily have been just an app acting up. Getting hung up on transmitting data that it's supposed to & is ok to send could run data up just as simply as a virus transmitting data you don't want it to.

Either way, so very glad that the fdr fixed the problem! Hope it holds!

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