Suspicious notifications

[Josexy111]

Hi guys, I'm really not very tech savvy, and would just like some peace of mind regarding a notification I have on my phone EVERY DAY.
"Contacts imported successfully" but I'm not importing any contacts and can't work out why the constant notifications.
Am I just paranoid or is this irregular?
Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated

 

[ocnbrze]

what phone do you have? have you rebooted your phone? try wiping cache for contacts and see if that helps.

if your paranoia, is telling you that you are hacked, then yes you are just being paranoid. this is happening not because the phone is hacked. is it unusual? yes

 

[Josexy111]

what phone do you have? have you rebooted your phone? try wiping cache for contacts and see if that helps.

if your paranoia, is telling you that you are hacked, then yes you are just being paranoid. this is happening not because the phone is hacked. is it unusual? yes

I have actually gone beyond rebooting and clearing cache- I have factory reset for fear of not so much hacking but stalking/monitoring (psycho ex) , yet still the notifications come.
It's a ZTE 5001T

 

[Clementine_3]

Are you using Google to backup/store/access your contacts or are they on another app/SIM? Are you connecting to something - I get that exact same message every time I connect to my car's infotainment system, before Android Auto fully takes over.

 

[ocnbrze]

I have actually gone beyond rebooting and clearing cache- I have factory reset for fear of not so much hacking but stalking/monitoring (psycho ex) , yet still the notifications come.
It's a ZTE 5001T

you need an app for anybody to monitor your phone. someone would need physical access to your phone. i would setup google 2-step verification if you have not already. are you using google contacts? or the one that comes with zte?

 

[Josexy111]

I do use google contacts. Is the notification just a standard google thing?

 

[Dannydet]

Yes it is, I wouldn't worry about it and move on.

 

[Josexy111]

Yes it is, I wouldn't worry about it and move on.

Thank you all so much. It's been bothering me for months and now I have peace of mind, finally. Thank you!!

 

[olbriar]

Welcome to Android Forums Josexy111. Thanks for joining and I'm glad our good members set your mind at ease. Take your time and give these forums a chance to grow on you. We are a friendly lot, love to help out, and enjoy discussing Android tech and non Android everything.

 

[ocnbrze]

I do use google contacts. Is the notification just a standard google thing?

you can switch to the one that zte offers.....never owned a zte, so i'm not sure if they do offer their own contacts app option

 

[Josexy111]

Well my peace of mind was short lived, and I apologise for being a nuisance, but it dawned on me that I don't get this notification on my other phone (Oppo). Nor have I ever seen it on my many previous phones, many of which have been ZTE due to affordability and the frequency of requiring phone replacement (psycho ex again before becoming ex) all of which incorporating same Google accounts.
I'm still puzzled and uneasy. I don't know how to eliminate google contacts, as I've generally use it for the benefit of not losing contacts that I used to lose if stored on phone or sim

 

[olbriar]

I'm moving your thread to the Android Lounge where it will have a larger audience. Android Lounge

Your thread is now here @Josexy111 I hope someone solves your mystery

 

[Josexy111]

So further investigation had me look more closely at the launcher and I found the launcher was given many more permissions than it rightfully required, so I denied all of the storage, call, contacts and SMS related permissions. Since then, my phone is still functioning fine, no more "contacts imported successfully" notifications....but twice I've had a popup saying "launcher requests permission to call logs, contacts and SMS"...
Seems that may have been the culprit. Still kinda strange but I feel like the problem is solved.

 

[ocnbrze]

What launcher are you using?

 

[Josexy111]

It's version V8.2.0.8.0295.0
As far as I can tell it's the one that comes pre installed on the phone.
I can't even recall now why it caught my attention, but it continues to randomly ask for permissions- call logs, contacts and sms- which I deny and still no notification saying contacts imported successfully and phone functions don't seem to affected