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I think my phone is hacked. Screens flash and different screens cover original screens. Weird contacts are in my contact list. Siri can’t do a simple command for at least 60 seconds or more. The App Store says google at bottom.

What are symptons of hacked phone? I’m afraid to do anything on my iPhone se 2nd edition. When I’m in apple store somehow google shows up at bottom. I had a contact named urn: blah blah that I didn’t enter. I have spellcheck on but I still have to change errors manually. I’ve tried nortons but it never had my name on account. It graded nortons menu with a D because it didn’t have a privacy policy, etc. anyone else ?

iPhone SE, iOS 15

Posted on Dec 31, 2021 10:11 PM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2021 10:32 PM

By hack, if you mean remotely controlling your device, then...


Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 


It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password, etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jailbreak
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Beware of Phishing


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Dec 31, 2021 10:32 PM in response to Rcepk

By hack, if you mean remotely controlling your device, then...


Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 


It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password, etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jailbreak
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Beware of Phishing


Dec 31, 2021 10:33 PM in response to Rcepk

Unlike some Android devices, contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other


If Contacts on iCloud, try this --> Restore contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and more using ...


Else add the email account that stores your contacts.

I think my phone is hacked. Screens flash and different screens cover original screens. Weird contacts are in my contact list. Siri can’t do a simple command for at least 60 seconds or more. The App Store says google at bottom.

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