Possibly Hacked via text message? Maybe stagefright?

I just got a text message from a text only number. A few minutes later, I was not able to use the fingerprint scanner to unlock my phone, and my PIN number did not work. I had to use my google account to unlock the phone and set it back to fingerprint unlock. Also blocked the number from texting me. Any ideas? I assume it could be something like the stagefright thing, but what was odd, the text message was related to my work requesting a quote and was pretty specific, not general.

Disable snapchat video recording sounds. (Maybe by deleting sound files?)

Hello. So I have this problem with my new phone (Huawei Honor 7) that whenever I record a snapchat video it plays a sound when it starts and stops recording. I did not have this issue using my old phone which is a Sony Xperia Z1. The sound is comming through the speaker even if my heaphones are plugged in and my sound is muted.

I thought abou deleting the soundfiles but I have no idea where to look for them. Does anyone know where the sounds are saved? I have also not rooted the phone if that is of any importance in this case.

Thanks alot!

Bricked to the Max... (Maybe)

Prologue:
So there I was, caressing my shiny and smooth M8.

At the beginning of the year I S-Offed, and added DigitalHigh's awesome Beyond Stock...

Later on, I used a standard RUU GPE Rom.
After repeated Wi-Fi password amnesia, I wanted Beyond Stock Back.

Flashing "GPE_5.1_M8_DH_080215.zip" gives me an "Error 7" even with repeated wipes... hehe... wipes
Searching didn't give me a coherent answer.

So I though, let's update TWRP... and...

Now
The thing's only usable in Bootloader.
If I go to recovery or ANYTHING, the "Google" logo stares at me in disgust.

Odd detail: I'm using fastboot and when it's stuck on the "Google" logo, entering "adb devices" detects the phone in recovery mode.
I flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0, but all I see is the "Google" logo. (I can still feel vibrations on the screen as if I'm hitting a menu button)

I also tried to "fastboot -w" and it gave me the "remote: not allowed" result.
Actually, I tried to fastboot a lot of things and the result came the same.

Anyways, I'll give a detailed log as soon as I remember how, but the reason I post this is 'cause searching for this doesn't give an understandable or reliable result.

Thanks

[HELP] Derped by new Z3 (or maybe it's SIM Locked)

I broke my Z3 and got a replacement a few days ago.

After I flashed pre-rooted 23.4.A.0.546, linked here, the he replacement shows the dreaded Invalid Card. Emergency calls only:

I never tested the device, I went directly for the root, ZX discovery and pre-rooted flash.

As quick explanation:
I got the device.
I never inserted a SIM, I immediately followed the instruction to root a Z3 with a locked BL:

- downgraded phone with D6603_23.0.A.2.93 ftf linked here.
- ran giofroot exploit. used v3.1. had to run it twice.
- mounted /system rw with ES Explorer.
- installed Z3 Dualrecovery for locked BL.
- then flashed 23.4.A.0.546 linked here.

Phone turned on without a hitch.
When I placed the SIM, I noticed the Invalid Card notice.

Tried (and failed) attempts:
Since then, I've rolled back to D6603_23.0.A.2.93.
Installed PC Companion (eeew) and done a system repair.
Downloaded the latest firmware from xperifirm for Telcel's branded ROM.

nothing. device still says Invalid Card.

a few screenshots that might help someone get a better understanding of what happened;




can anyone confirm if I have a SIM-locked device or if I flashed the wrong firmware?
How can I roll back? what measurements can I take to better understand the problem?

Tcl m3g maybe brick

Hello
excuse my English please ,cause i'm french man
I had a tcl m3g chinise rom miui ,root
The phone propose me an update on ota
i accept and and now its impossible to restart my phone
i plug it to my pc and it says unknow device with 5 disk detected
Py pc says that i must formated them to work
i do that and know its horrible
impossible to restart my phone,no drivers work .no recovery mode ,no download mode etc...
can you help me ,please

Maybe Bricked? Frustrated. Guideance Appreciated :(

I'm fairly new to this, bear with me. I'll try to include lots of detail. If I'm asking or posting in the wrong area, just let me know. I've been trying to do this without any hand-holding, but it's been pretty frustrating and it's a lot to soak in and I think I probably got something wrong.

My S4 seems to be partially bricked.

I was given a retired S4. The phone is locked to Bell in Canada (It's an SGH-I337M, not a 9500 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S4#Model_variants ). When it was given to me, it had Cyanogenmod 11 on it. The previous owner is techsavy and tried to unlock it, paid for several websites to give him codes, none worked and they refunded. This was when the S4 was new, he hadn't tried since.

I wanted to use it with Rogers. I was happy to just pay for an unlock code, but, it seemed I needed to be on the original firmware. So I learned how to use ODIN and downloaded Bell's original firmware. As suggested here: ( galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/ ) and I picked the Bell one ( stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS4/SGH-I337M/I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_BMC.zip ). It seemed that I needed to downgrade anyway to get most of the carrier unlocks to work. (In Canada, IIRC, there was no region lock, just carrier, but regardless it spent two years on a Bell plan).

When I finished using ODIN, successfully, the phone restarted but now appears to not complete booting or be able to flash a new ROM of any kind, at least by methods I've tried.

On powering up:
1 - "Samsung GALAXY S4" in curvy font.
2 - Blue swirly animation of Samsung.
3 - Do do do do doo dooooooooo, audio.
4 - Blue LED in top left stays lit.
5 - SAMSUNG in white on black screen stays there, pulsing with blue light occasionally.
6 - It stays here forever.

It never finishes booting, and it's a hell of a power draw the phone got hot after an hour.

When I try to boot into recovery, I get the blue text in the upper left, but it just reboots.

When I try to put it into download mode, I get a green warning about custom OS's, I can use volume up to agree or volume down to cancel. Either way, it just reboots.

If I try to power it down without pulling the battery, it just boots up, same loop as above, and stays there, pulsing the logo forever.

I can't get to any diagnostic screen, but maybe I'm trying the wrong ones or the wrong ways.

How badly did I mess up my phone?

I'd like to just use it as a camera even, if I can't get it to unlock so I can use Rogers, but it seems I've messed that up now too.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. If you need more detail, I'm happy to give it. (Sorry for bad links, new user, can't post links).