do i have a virus?

dannyppc6700 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 12:23 PM

So last night i was installing some apps from market..
(like 6 apps or so)
and today my battery dies really quickly, phone gets hot,
and I notice lots of apps just start running themselves.

WTF?

dallas contractor · #2 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 12:32 PM

Is your phone showing data being used all the time? May be a program that is data hungry and running all time, chech what programs are running.

dan330 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 12:53 PM

my guess.. NO virus.

you have a bad app... it might be badly programed or installed failure.

uninstall all 6 new apps.
load one at a time... checking how your phone is doing.

re-installation sometimes fixes the issue.
if the app still misbehaves... dont use it

dannyppc6700 · #4 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 01:06 PM

you know what, one of the apps i installed was advanced task killer, I think it's just listing apps that it could kill, and not what's actually loaded?

dannyppc6700 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 01:08 PM

something is definitely going on with my battery though.. it gets hot,
and isnt' lasting very long.. maybe i need to turn it off for a while
let it cool down, then charge it

because if i let it charge for like 30 minutes, as soon as i unplug it, it's sayin like 5%

edufur · #6 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 01:14 PM

WOW! power down, pull the battery, put it back in and bring it back up. Check those apps. AND... if you dont yet have lookout installed... consider it. It scans everything you install.

PPCGeeks4ME · #7 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannyppc6700

you know what, one of the apps i installed was advanced task killer, I think it's just listing apps that it could kill, and not what's actually loaded?

It's normal to see a lot of apps running in ATK's list. Those are apps that are preloaded into memory. Being preloaded into memory does not mean that the apps are consuming any other resources.

Although, in your case, one of them apparently is.

sanjsrik · #8 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 03:14 PM

My battery was doing this for a whlie. I hard reset, restored from a backup and thsi disappeared. Also pulled the battery and let it sit until no charge was left in the device in case there was any static discharge floating around.

**gTen** · #9 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 03:19 PM

If your battery gets to a certain temperature it will not charge...

does the heating up happen when you charge the battery only?

Also, the app may be running a service in the background that is constantly checking the internet and transferring data/doing cpu work causing large energy drain

twilk · #10 (**permalink**) 07-29-2010, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gTen

If your battery gets to a certain temperature it will not charge...

does the heating up happen when you charge the battery only?

Also, the app may be running a service in the background that is constantly checking the internet and transferring data/doing cpu work causing large energy drain

Anyway to figure out what app is doing this? Or maybe even just narrow it down. My phone isnt sleeping and the biggest energy drain is network. I am having tones of trouble figuring it out lol about to reset and reload one at a time.