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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package |
| Date | 2025-06-20 18:58 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <siggilxmgr.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2025-06-20 13:06, Dan Purgert wrote: > On 2025-06-20, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-06-20 02:49, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:23:46 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote: >>> >>>> Turns out my carrier sneaked it on there unbeknownst to me. >>>> So I deleted the carrier's app (which deleted the activity). >>> >>> I take it you bought your phone from your carrier? And that it is also >>> locked to your carrier? >>> >>> In much of the world, we are able to buy a phone, and then decide which >>> carrier to use it with. Switching carriers is as easy as switching a SIM. >> >> Still, I believe the SIM card, which is provided by the telecom company, >> can install applications. I don't have confirmation of this. I asked >> chatgpt and it says "no". > > Nope, it's just the stuff necessary to get you onto the carrier's > network. It can't push new apps into your phone. > > HOWEVER -- the "free(tm)" phones from carriers tend to get the "carrier > updates" which certainly can push crap into your phone (even after the > lease-to-own period ends). YES. This is what I remember. Fortunately my ISP doesn't seem to push bad nosy crap- They seem to put their own application for getting support from them, for instance. I thought it might come from the SIM, somehow, but maybe it is only their support phone numbers to the phonebook. -- Cheers, Carlos.
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Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-19 22:23 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-20 00:49 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-20 06:49 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-20 10:39 +0100
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-20 18:57 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-20 11:34 +0200
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-06-20 11:06 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-20 18:58 +0200
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-06-20 11:09 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Ivano Rossi <Ivano.Rossi@nospam.tin.it> - 2025-06-20 20:53 +0200
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-20 19:00 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-20 21:39 +0200
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-20 20:34 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-21 00:43 +0200
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-21 02:20 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-21 14:23 +0100
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-22 14:00 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Victor <victorheyne@notreal.org> - 2025-06-22 09:07 -0500
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-22 20:50 +0100
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Victor <victorheyne@notreal.org> - 2025-06-23 10:39 -0500
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-23 23:26 +0100
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Victor <victorheyne@notreal.org> - 2025-06-23 21:50 -0500
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-22 19:41 +0200
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-06-23 16:08 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-20 23:46 +0000
Re: Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-06-21 10:49 +0100
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