Freaked out

[Deleted User]

I don't know if this goes here but I just want to say I LEGIT bought a new galaxy s7 active fresh from the factory and I found this on it

 

[Deleted User]

I don't know if this goes here but I just want to say I LEGIT bought a new galaxy s7 active fresh from the factory and I found this on it

If anyone knows WHAT THE HELL this is I'll be very happy

 

[Dannydet]

Its a video file.
No harm but id question why it's on there

 

[Deleted User]

Its a video file.
No harm but id question why it's on there

I am
And I know it's a video file I found it in the gallery I'm just trying to figure out what the AUDIO is

 

[svim]

Did you rename the file or is that the 'as is' date? If the latter, my guess is you inadvertently hit the camera button (set to video) and that's the result.

 

[Deleted User]

Did you rename the file or is that the 'as is' date? If the latter, my guess is you inadvertently hit the camera button (set to video) and that's the result.

I have done nothing to the file
And even if I did accidentally hit the camera button whats that sound?

 

[svim]

Use the 'My Files' app, the Samsung file manager app in your Apps menu, to get the file details on what time it was created. If the phone was in your pocket or something like that maybe the sounds will correlate with wherever you were standing at that time?

 

[Deleted User]

Use the 'My Files' app, the Samsung file manager app in your Apps menu, to get the file details on what time it was created. If the phone was in your pocket or something like that maybe the sounds will correlate with wherever you were standing at that time?

Maybe but I looked at the file data and apparently it's from last year BUT I just got the phone

 

[Dannydet]

Fresh from the factory but a year old video on it? I'd contact who you bought it from.

 

[mikedt]

Could be the phone isn't as new as you thought it was, like it was refurbished customer return?

 

[svim]

Maybe but I looked at the file data and apparently it's from last year BUT I just got the phone

That's odd, if the file creation and/or modification date is from some time last year and you didn't rename the file, why is today's date in the file name???

 

[Deleted User]

That's odd, if the file creation and/or modification date is from some time last year and you didn't rename the file, why is today's date in the file name???

Because I ran it through a video editor called inshot to block out a password that appeared

 

[Xyro]

Because I ran it through a video editor called inshot to block out a password that appeared

What was the original video of? That would seem like an important clue as to what was going on.

 

[Deleted User]

What was the original video of? That would seem like an important clue as to what was going on.

It was just a black screen and about half way through a message appeared with a password on it an do was too lazy to try and just block out the message

 

[lunatic59]

Maybe but I looked at the file data and apparently it's from last year BUT I just got the phone

How did you determine that the file was from last year? I see nothing here that would indicate that. The filename itself indicates it was created May 1st of this year.

Do you have an app called "inshot" installed on your phone? I would guess this is where the video file came from. InShot is a video editor with effects so it could have come with the app, or more likely, you inadvertently created the video yourself.

And, just because it's in your "gallery" doesn't mean it's not part of an app. The gallery app will scan all user storage for any media and unless folders are specifically ignored, it will show you any media on your device. If you want to know exactly where the file is located, select it in the gallery and then go to menu>details (or properties, not sure which your phone will have). That information could be a great clue to where the file came from.

 

[Xyro]

If I understand correctly, OP took the original video (for which he hasn't shared the file name), and used the app inshot to remove the image, but not the sound. (Although I assume that the OP did not recognise the password as being their own).

From our point of view, OP, that really gives us very little information to go on. At the very least, the original file name and the full directory where you found it ought to be some indicator. If it is in your DCIM folder, then the phone recorded it, but if you found it within an app's directory then it may be something else. (E.g. part of a downloaded game or something like that).

 

[Deleted User]

I figured it out i took it to the store ei bought it from and apparently it was a sound file that the managers son had placed on all the phones as a 'joke' to scare people

 

[mikedt]

So the sealed carton must have already been opened before you received the phone? Although it sounds like they sold you an ex-demo phone if the manager's son had been playing with it.

FWIW every time I buy a new phone from a store I always check the box security seals are intact before accepting it. Because if they're not, I can't be sure that a phone hasn't been tampered with.

 

[Deleted User]

So the sealed carton must have already been opened before you received the phone? Although it sounds like they sold you an ex-demo phone if the manager's son had been playing with it.

FWIW every time I buy a new phone from a store I always check the box security seals are intact before accepting it. Because if they're not, I can't be sure that a phone hasn't been tampered with.

Well i had the phone traded in for one with intact seals and everything's good now