Your phone is hacked !!
Your phone might be hacked if you find these symptoms in your device
Battery is draining very quickly
Its very rare that your might be hacked if your battery is draining quickly. This can be due to multiple apps are running in a particular time or any particular app is putting excessive load on your battery that can also create draining problem and also if your phone is too old than probably you need to change your battery because its a common problem when a battery becomes older it's performance reduces with time and it will exhaust more and sooner even if you are doing any simple work.
So here the question comes in mind that how we confirm our doubt that our phone is hacked or not ?
Frist thing you can do is that you can remove the recently installed apps and verify if the same problem comes or not ?
Second you can uninstall the heavy apps from your phone like heavy games, apps that uses more battery or try to use battery saver mode.
Else if your phone is not too old and all other things are proper then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Unidentified pictures, videos and other type of media found
Gallery is one of the most personal area of your device. Most of the people sets a password to unlock there gallery so no one can see there gallery data with out there permission and there are many other files for the owner is so possessive and never wants to show them without his or her permission. The user of the phone is always aware about the data is present in his device.
But if ever you find any unknown media like pictures, videos and any other type of data that is unidentified by you then it must be an indication of that your device was hacked but firstly think of the other reason that might be responsible for that like if ever received data from unknown sources or your is used by any other individual without your acknowledgement that what he has done with your phone.
Else if you are sure that other factors are not the reasons for this issue then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Phone is behaving abnormal
If you are facing a weird behaviour of your phone like frequently its going off and on, its camera is starting up again and again or other apps are running again and again anything is opening automatically even if you are not even touching your phone or its is in your pocket. There might be may reasons possible for the abnormal behaviour of your phone. Too much load on RAM can be a reason of it like if many apps are running in your background. So you can clear the background running apps and observe if the same problem comes or not ?
If you put your phone in pocket for a long time sometimes its screen is pressurized from any particular point and even when you put your phone outside of your pocket it sticks with that pressure for some time but its common in phones which are old some times dirty screen creates the same problem with the device.
Clearing it with a clear lightly wet cloth can solve the problem as well.
Else if you are sure that other factors are not the reasons for this issue then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Too much data is exhausted
Internet data is the one of the main requirement of users now a days. Even to say someone to share his internet data to us is more difficult than to ask for money. Data is user's priority now a days. So if you ever notice that your data is exhausting too much even if you are not doing anything with internet data. It might be an indication that your phone is hacked but you can try to resolve it by turning off the auto update of apps or if you are using your phone after a long time then you must once check that if system updates are downloading
there or not ? check if there are no pending downloads present in system.
Else if you are sure that other factors are not the reasons for this issue then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Unknown call logs
All the contacts in your phone is your relatives, colleague or anyone whom you know personally or officially. You only add those to your contact list whom you wants to be in your list. But if you notice ever that any unknown call logs present in your call logs this indicates that someone is accessing your device from anywhere else so be alert about it. But think for other reasons first like if you forget to lock your phone's screen and put it inside your pocket as it is. It can also be possible if any child is using your phone may he did that by mistake. Else if you are sure that other factors are not the reasons for this issue then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Apps crashing frequently
Crashing of apps is common but frequently happening of this can be a indication for you to be alert about your privacy. Crashing of apps can have multiple reasons like excessive load on RAM at a particular time, system errors if you have an earlier version of android and you are trying to run an app with heavy graphics higher running mechanisms than your android is not capable of running that app and it automatically crashes every time you runs it so first check the running requirements of any app before installing that your system is capable of running it or not ? Else if you are sure that other factors are not the reasons for this issue then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Popups are coming anywhere while using
Popups of advertisements are very common while surfing on internet. These are the specially designed programs that designed to comes in front of users every time they click or visit any specific page or click any particular link. Sometimes popups are helpful to people who find the correct information of there topics they are looking for. But sometimes they irritate people by disturbing people continuously in their work. If you ever notice that these popups anywhere in your phone. Even if they are not related to you in any regard. This may be an indication that your phone is hacked.
Unknown apps found installed without user's acknowledgment
Applications that are installed on your device are either system apps or they are manually installed by you. Most of the apps are related to user need and using purposes. If you ever notice the apps installed in your phone about that you have no knowledge and you didn't got any acknowledgment about their installing in your device and they had no purpose of use in your device. There might be other reasons of this like you have installed any app by any link or forget to remove it from your phone or someone installed them in your phone without knowledge. Else if you are sure that other factors are not the reasons for this issue then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Flashlight turns on randomly
Flashlight in your device is attached to help you take brighter pictures in dark areas. It doesn't have too much use in a smartphone. But improper working of it can indicate the hacking of your device but it can be because of other reasons as well like hardware problem or software issue or if your phone is old then its common that some of its components stops working as they work when purchased. Recommeded that first to verify all other possible reasons. Else if you are sure that other factors are not the reasons for this issue then you need to more alert with your data its may be hacked.
Abnormal heating of phone
Heating of phone is a very common problem but it can be a warning for you to be alert! . There are various reasons of heating of phones it may be there battery or any component, which is producing heat while working or if there is a lot of load on your device or its RAM. You can try to resolve this issue by closing all the apps and leave your phone for some time to sleep. If still the problem was not resolved try to reset your device and you can also stops using large applications like games for sometime. Still if you notice an abnormal heating
like your phone is heating without any reason while no app is running on it then it may be a warning. If once you get sure that this issue is not due to any other reason then be alert and quickly make your data more protected by sending it to any other device or removing it if not that much important.
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