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Think I am being Hacked - Messaging

tawilker1911

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Mar 11, 2017
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No matter what I can't Uninstall this app.... I don't know how it has gotten on my SAMSUNG GALAXY S4... I can't even access this app but it's taking space just my options FOREVER STOP OR UNINSTALL.. Are grey It won't let me do anything.. I know it's an app that runs in the background WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA what that means either.... HELP PLZ
 
Well "messaging" sounds like a message app, probably the default one that came with the system. Easy to test: Settings > App Manager, and if it shows under "All" apps but not under "Downloaded" then it's a system app. You cannot uninstall system apps, which live in a separate partition which you do not have write access to. This is normal.

How long have you had this phone? Are you certain it wasn't there all along?

P.S. Welcome to the forum :)
 
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