I no longer receive notifications for text messages on my iPhone 4. How can I best troubleshoot this?
Thanks for the A2A.If you haven’t done so already, try restarting your iPhone.Also, tap Settings, then tap Notifications and scroll down until you find Messages. Tap it and check your notification settings. Also check to make sure Do Not Disturb is not turned on. (It is really easy to accidentally turn it on in Control Center). You can tell if Do Not Disturb is on if there is a moon at the top of the iPhone screen next to the location, bluetooth, and battery indicators.If none of that works, you could try doing a Factory Restore.That’s about all you can do short of taking it to an Apple Store or buying a new phone. (Hey, it’s an iPhone 4 — maybe its time.)
Why does my phone hang up itself?
I assume that you might have googled this question before submitting it on Quora.And you might have across various reasons behind the ‘hanging’ of your phone.Various reason? There can be only THREE reasons behind it!Apps running in the background: This is, by far, the most obvious reason why your phone is hanging. There’s nothing wrong with apps running in the background.You might say, “Wait a minute. You just said that the apps running in the background is one of the most obvious reason. But now you’re saying that there’s nothing wrong. What’s wrong with you?”But before you scroll down to the next answer let me first give you a clarification.Useless apps running in the background are the main culprit. They feed on your RAM unnecessarily.Get rid of them. You will definitely see an improvement in your phone’s performance.(Bonus: You will even clear some space, which takes us to my next reason)Lack of Internal Storage: I always suggest my friends to keep at least 1GB of free space in their internal storage.Why so?See, our phones have Solid-state drives (SSD). Whenever they are almost full their writing performance gets affected.And when the writing performance gets affected, the overall performance of the phone, like carrying out various tasks, gets affected.Operating System: “Wait, what? How can the Operating System be the reason?”OK. I mean to say outdated Operating System.Every year a new update is been released. That also means that every year our Operating System becomes an year old (Unless your OEM pushes the latest the update for your phone).But what if the OEM decides not to provide your phone anymore updates. Your OS becomes outdated.Soon when a new version is launched, most of the app developers start optimizing their apps so that it can run smoothly on the new OS version.So when we update such apps on our phones, running the outdated OS, they MIGHT not be as they were before.You might notice that the app isn’t as responsive or as fast as it was before.There you go!So now that you know what’s slowing down your phone, you might be wondering how to make it faster?I got your back!Follow this link: Why do Android phones slow down? and How to fix it? (2017)You will find more clearer explanation on the above mentioned points and also the ways to make your phone faster and to give a performance boost.Cheers!
How can I find out if someone is hacking my phone or if someone is getting my phone records?
Yes, definately u can find out..~Go to settings of whatever smartphone you are using~Go to applications or manage applications option whichever is available in your phone settings-Search there for any spy apk persent-you have to identify that apk out of all apk's list showing up in the interface because it can be of any name like “system” or “security” or any genuine name which can make u feel like ‘this apk is my smartphone need’ which make u keep it not delete it …actually this is what attacker wants u to believe and so is the name given to that apk… thereby making the attacker anonymous-have a look of that transparent app that was force downloaded on my mobile ….you can't UNINSTALL it.Because it has become SYSTEM app now.- if it is not present then relax but ..if it is present then immediately copy that apk to your pc and delete it from your smartphone...reason for copying to your pc is from there you can find out who is the attacker by opening it with varoius tools present on your pc and find out to whom your data packets were being transferred without your permission and attacker then can be charged for violating privacy laws.
If a phone rings one time and goes straight to voicemail every time you call it, does that mean it's blocked?
On IPhones, if the phone is on DND, the. It will ring once to voicemail. Ring back immediately and then phone should ring normally
Can a phone work without a SIM card? Why or why not?
Well...Let's go with a YES....a phone, that is: the device today known as a smartphone, which employs -in some occassions- a SIM card- can work without a SIM, providing that :If you want to use that device as a phone, cellular phone, then NO, it won't work. It requires the SIM card to be able to "enable" so to say, the actual phone number and then connect and identify itself to a cellular network and ultimately place and receive cellular phone calls.Now, it you want to use that very same device with or without a SIM card for:WiFi based Internet purposes (navigation, downloading pictures, movies, music)...Music listening.Movie / video watching.Pictures taking with the camera.Any internet based communications (hangouts, skype, etc. -WhatsApp may depend on having had, at least once, an operational SIM card tough-)Then your phone WILL perfectly work fine, as all this activities, (except perhaps for WhatsApp activation), do not require, nor depend on a SIM card and the functionality this SIM provides.
How do I bypass the two-step verification of my Google Account?
This method requires the google talk application to be installed, with an app specific password used in it (Windows only). I'm reporting it as a bug/flaw, but it could easily be used to sign into an account for those who seem to constantly lose their phones and don't have backup codes ;-)If you have the google talk application installed, simply "right click" on any contact and select "view past chats". You will immediately be taken to your gmail account via your default browser, even if you are SIGNED OUT. From there, you can go to account settings and disable or reconfigure 2 step. This same method also works with the google music manager. Right click the system tray icon, select "go to music player", and that's it. You are logged in. NO 2 STEP CODE REQUIRED.
How do I block my cell phone from being tapped?
Take a note of your battery discharge time. If it is getting discharged quickly then your phone might (or may not) have been tapped. First thing to do to increase your battery life is stop background application. Stop GPS and bluetooth. Change your data connection to 2G(best would be to stop your data connection). Stop all automatic updates.If after the above changes you find that your battery still drains out quickly then you can go for factory reset or a new battery.If all the above doesn't help then your phone might be tapped or bugged.Battery life drains out quickly when someone is trying to access your phone data. It can be accessing any form of information.Download any app from the store which will show your battery activity. Install some anti-malware app from the store and run it.Check the temperature of your phone. Phone usually warms up if someone is remotely using it. There can be many reason of your phone getting warm up It cannot be only phone tapping.If you feel your phone has been tapped switch off your mobile and remove your battery when not in use.Watch if you phone gets hanged very often. Turns on/off at times. Then someone might be using it.Check for messages which you feel is unusual. It can be in coded format.Also try to listen for background noise when you are on a call. If you feel something strange like sound echo, clicking sound etc. then your phone might be tapped.Also try to remember if your phone was with someone else - may be some friend or in service center or you have left somewhere for few minutes. If so then get your phone checked by some other technician to detect if some bugging device is fit inside your phone.Your complete mobile data can be cloned to another mobile in just one touch. So if you feel you are going to a place where your phone might be hacked then switch off your mobile and remove the battery. Another and the best way is use an aluminium foil(mainly used to wrap food) to wrap your mobile. This will stop any other device from iteracting with your mobile.Inspect your phone bill every month. If you find some messages send/phone calls which you have no knowledge about then call your service provider to make sure about it.Check for some unusual electronic device in and around your house which you have no knowledge about. This electronic device might be transmitting your data to someone else.Hope it helps...
How do you block numbers on a Straight Talk phone?
There are many ways to stop communication. If your provider does not grant you a service of blocking certain numbers (by typing certain service numbers by touch-tone) and your phone is not programmable and you don’t have a telephone station at your home, that can do that, and your telephone company doesn’t provide that service, the only way to do this is by doing something criminal, which I won’t advise to do.Just a creative way to block numbers.Find out where your next telephone infrastructure stands. It’s usually a very simple house or kind of hall or warehouse where all the old relais did stand from the dinosaur age.If you are lucky, it’s still all mechanical and you can go and get rid of the incoming relais after you illegally entered that facility. That might block calls from whole regions for your whole neighborhood, but whatever it takes.If you have digital services, there’s a mainframe big computer with all the cables running in. You have to find a way for your terminal to enter it and go through the specifications. Then you can easily block a number or give you a service or whatever.I just once visited such an environment completely legally and a friend did show me how theoretically that could be done. At home I suddenly found myself mystically available some additional services on my phone that I did never knew were available. There must be an error in the telephone relais station, but because I don’t bug people with small things, I never told them, that there was an error. So, yes: it perfectly works.But that’s illegal and I don’t tell you how exactly that works. Anyway your telephone system works different most likely where you live. And you need an expert for that. I could not have done that myself with no preparation and learning all those infrastructure.For the legal way to do it, here the system the TDSTelecom uses, but the system is different from provider to provider, so you have to google that yourself (“