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Re: Mobile data on

From Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Mobile data on
Date 2024-11-20 08:14 +0000
Organization news.eternal-september.org
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Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> Wrote in message:

> Something is switching on mobile data. I thought it was me for a while; 
> maybe a stray finger or thumb over the drop-down settings. But it still 
> happens occasionally, even though I've been very careful.
> How can I find the app that's doing it?
> 
Do you mean you find the switch in settings in the 'on' position
 after you've turned it off? Or that you find the mobile data
 counters have increased? 

Phone make? Android version?

My understanding is that ordinary user-installed apps cannot turn
 on mobile data, but 'system' apps can. Malware probably
 could.
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