Mobile phone virus
Haven’t we had enough of viruses,trojans and worms on our desktops and laptops that now these villains make an entry into our mobile phone world also? What a pain! Well I never thought a mobile phone virus could be SO annoying! This being my first experience I was kind of caught off guard.
I do not own a high end phone or anything. It is a basic nokia phone with just bluetooth facility. Now who doesn’t dream of a fancy theme apart from the dull n drab default themes? So did I… Sadly the themes I downloaded were infected. Not only did these themes not work properly they also infected my phone! Within a matter of no time the analog clock display in the standard theme disappeared, the whole phone became VERY slow,some buttons stopped working… What a horror!
As always when there are problems and I dont know the answer, I close my eyes and (no not turn to god) I google!!! As usual the omniscient Google gave me the solution! God bless Google!
For those of you who are having the same problem here is the solution-format your phone
Caution: Do this ONLY when your phone battery is full else you are in for more trouble.
To format your phone, press *#7370#, then enter the lock code, which is the security code of the phone. After you format your phone it will automatically restart. You will not lose any data but all the settings will be set to the initial factory settings. After this your phone will work like a beauty!
this is good tip… any idea about other models? from where did you copy the theme from?
i downloaded the themes from zedge.net
i am not so sure about sony erricson the best way to know is to harness the power of GOOGLE! 😛
but what i mentioned works for all nokia phones….
sorry, I meant “Other makes-like Sony Erricson”
hey.. thanks for the tip.. useful info.. u got a nice blog out here…
Thanks for the comment! Glad people are liking it! 🙂
nice tip. i have this problem in my phone
Thanks! 🙂
Glad it was of help!
a good tip….i thought you must have written about the anti-virus software that removes virus…
some basic phones like mine do not even have enough capacity to install an anti virus! So this is what came in handy for me 🙂
Thanks… 🙂
Anti virus does not come easy on the pocket n for those of us who dont download much it is not exactly worth the money… Thats why the formatting tip…
HELLO;thanks for posting useful advices but I prefer protecting my phone with Kasperky antivirus which is the first in top ten best antiviruses http://www.best-antivirus.co/
have a nice day
Yes an antivirus is a great option but for those who do not want to spend on anti virus formatting does help! It sure is easy on the pocket!
*7370# doesnt work for many nokia phones dear…..and about antivirus,they are useful only in PC’s i guess…installing in phone it will just feed on the memory doing nothing good