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    Samsung Messages app - exploit/security risk?

    Does anyone else using the Samsung Messages app get these texts? What would be the exploit they are trying to take advantage of? From international numbers No notification of new message, but shows up in your list of conversations with (No subject) and a date When you click into the...
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    Group texts

    The last time I had an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S5) the group texts were always strange. When I got a group text, anyone on an Android phone would be grouped together. If they were on an iPhone, their texts would show up in my phone separately. I could tell from their (iPhone user)...
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    Photos Load Slowly in Texts

    I have an LG Velvet 5G and notice that sometimes it takes considerable time for photos to actually appear in both my receieved and sent texts. Example: My brother sends a picture message and I can see a blank space where a picture should be, but it does not appear. It may never appear or will...
  4. JustMe84

    Auto Text Backup?

    Are text messages automatically backed up by Google on my Android phone or do I need to manually do something in my settings first? I've read contradicting posts about this and would just like to know the right answer! (I'm not using messages app but one I downloaded called Pulse - not sure if...