Sparks Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Ok so i have had a little problem with my phone, and have just seen this on the bbc news website, so peeps could be getting texts not meant for them :lol: Google to fix phone bug that misdirects text messages A small number of phones using Google's Android system have been affected. Google says it will fix a mobile phone bug that mistakenly sends text messages to the wrong people. The glitch, which has hit a small portion of the company's Android mobile phones, first emerged last year. Those affected say some of their texts have ended up in the hands of random recipients. After investigating the issue, Google said it had "developed a fix" and would be rolling it out soon. It is nearly a year since the problem was first reported, although the number of incidents appeared to increase last summer. Initial examinations confused the problem with another, similar bug - but the company admitted yesterday that some users have seen their messages delivered to the incorrect recipient. "It took us some time to reproduce this issue, as it appears that it's only occurring very rarely," said Nik Kralevich, an engineer on the Android security team. "Even so, we've now managed to both reproduce it and develop a fix that we will deploy." It is not clear, however, when users will actually receive the fix - or how it would happen. Some mobile bugs require a complete software update - which would require plugging affected handsets into a computer - while others can be fixed remotely. Potentially embarrassing Although the company was keen to stress that only a tiny fraction of users have reported problems, some users say it has proven embarrassing and potentially costly. "Today I sent a text asking about a contract from a potential employer - and it went to my current boss," wrote one user on Google's bug forum. "If this hurts my career, I will be looking into legal action." Tracking down the bug has become increasingly important for Google since Android - its system to power smartphones - has grown massively in popularity over the past year. It has rocketed from having a share of just 3% of the worldwide smart phone market in 2009 to more than 25% today. Most users affected suggested it is an inconvenient, rather than crippling, problem - but those who have experienced the glitch say that it has been troubling. "I don't know where the SMS messages are going," Christina Bunce, a university programme leader from Falmouth, told the BBC. "But I can see they have been sent and never arrived." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee&Falks Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 So glad I have a cheap basic mobile phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 lol, i think mine is working fine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 LMFAO can you imagine just how many people this must have got in trouble LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 lol yep, bet a good few people got a shock text back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Whoops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 this is still a problem lol my mate has the HTC Desire and he keeps sending texts to he wrong people :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman97 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 That's why I use handcent, a third party sms app. Haven't encountered the issue, myself, neither has Jolie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I use handcent too, not a prob here too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahibben Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I have a droid X, handcent is legit, and way better looking than the stock messaging app...unless of course you flash to liberty rom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman97 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I flashed mine to myn's warm 2.2. It's an evo specific rom (most rom's are specific to the phone), and it's extremely stable. I love the theme of it and the custom kernel, it's so much quicker and more efficient. It even had a battery tweak plugin that works great for underclocking the cpu when asleep and overclocking when you need it. I tried baked snack but I couldn't get a good download of the file and read a lot of ppl say that myn's warm was better and more stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahibben Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Liberty is awesome, soooo many options and styled it in a sort of htc gingerbread motif. I use SetCPU to over/under clock my X it works well with all of the profiles i can set. Do you use a task killer at all? I'm using a background killer called autokiller but since v5 came out it hasn't been keeping up too well for some reason. Throw your homescreen up if you'd like, heres mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I use chomps and never had any prob with text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWolf Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Few days ago I got a random sms from a friend. Few seconds later followed by "Frickin' bug" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Liberty is awesome, soooo many options and styled it in a sort of htc gingerbread motif. I use SetCPU to over/under clock my X it works well with all of the profiles i can set. Do you use a task killer at all? I'm using a background killer called autokiller but since v5 came out it hasn't been keeping up too well for some reason. Throw your homescreen up if you'd like, heres mine. i am using SetCPU on my Xperia X10 works great! and the task killer that i use is advanced task killer pro, i have it that it kills apps when i turn the screen off, it works good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahibben Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Just a heads up for anyone using autokiller, it was updated and currently works again...no more running at under 100 kb/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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