[ale] Android secondary security

[Charles Shapiro]

Alas, even with a custom ROM you're somewhat vulnerable.  Some apps
automagically sync your Google Contacts to your phone. Any contacts not in
your Google Contacts are wiped by this process. I assiduously back up my
phone Contacts tables. I've had to restore them twice, once courtesy of
Yahoo's email client and once courtesy of Signal Private Messenger (!).
Ain't nothing like seeing your Contacts go from 600 entries to 30 to get
your attention.

-- CHS


On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:52 AM, James Taylor <
James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:

> Wipe it and install a custom rom that you control and none of that crap
> will be foisted on you.
> What model lg?
> I had a g4, and there are some good roms available for it that actually
> get regular updates.
> -jt
>
>
>
> James Taylor
> 678-697-9420
> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
>
>
>
> >>> Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> 3/9/2017 9:22 AM >>>
> Out of the clear blue sky my cell phone has asked for a secondary
> security password -- apparently linked to my email account.  But that
> password doesn't unlock the phone and I have no memory (and no record)
> of ever setting a secondary password for this phone.  Manufacturer's
> help desk (LG) and carrier (T-Mobile) unable to help.  Manufacturer's
> rep told me to send the phone in to the service center -- in Fort
> Worth, TX -- but that requires a proof of sale, which I no longer have
> (or if I do I can not find).
>
> Does anyone know of a way around this mess -- or an entity in the
> Atlanta area that can unlock this thing?
>
> Sean
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