When is verizon going to push out the update to fix the security issue with android devices being hacked via mms?
uhhuh1111
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When is verizon going to push out the update to fix the security issue with android devices being hacked via mms?

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TedETGbiz2
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You're talking about the Stagefright problem for everything from Android v2.2 forward.  There's a free app in the Play store by one of the virus vendors to confirm the problem, and there are steps you can take to make a hack less than automatic, though it can still happen:

Stagefright Detector - Android Apps on Google Play

Apparently some carriers and devices already have the patch; I'm posting this trying to get Verizon's attention.  If you call support they send you to Samsung, and Samsung (for Galaxy & other similar phones) acts like they have never heard of it.  In reality, the Android patch has been available from Google for months.

My company spends hundreds/month for phones that are now completely hackable in seconds... how's that for a deal??

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Doing_work_son
Contributor - Level 1

Ted, which Verizon phone do you have? The Note 4, Note Edge and Galaxy S5 are all supposed to be getting it today. I just got the stagefright exploit patch OTA for my Verizon Note 4 this morning.

Baseband version:

N910VVRU2BOG5

Kernel version

3.10.40

dpi@SWDE2205 #1

Fri Jul 31 15:43:53 KST 2015

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