So here�s the story, my brother just got a new phone, which meant I got the hand-me-down phone, a Nokia N73. All excited about getting a �new� phone, I started loading it up with all the games, messenger, Chinese-English/English-Chinese dictionaries (My brother and I are expats living in China so this is a must!), and stuff I could possibly want and need. Before long, the whole thing started to lag like crazy! GOSH! It was taking a good minute or so to actually start up anything, I�d have to wait a good 3-5 seconds after hitting the button before my phone would actually be answered. It just got horribly inefficient. So, naturally, I tried to be smart about it, uninstall a bunch of the programs, and just try and make it at least do the bare necessities again. I did that, but much to my surprise, it didn�t work! I kept deleting programs to the extent I had nothing more than the bare necessities that were running when my brother gave me the phone. Somehow, nothing changed. I checked the hard drive space and everything and couldn�t figure it out. So, I decided to get help. I asked a friend who is a lot more tech savvy than I am, and he said that cell phones can get viruses these days. I�d personally never heard of this, but with anything to do with technology, I really shouldn�t take my own word for it. Anyone have any ideas on what to do?
I think my phone has a virus!
There might be a hardware issue . How old is your phone , etc ? . When the hardware is fine , it will a software issue , like corrupted software .
Not a virus . They don't really exist for Symbian software yet .
Do a hard reset or Vulcan Death Grip . See my post here :
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/81021/
This wipes all data , except the Operating System and memorycard .
After this , restore your personal data . Don't restore settings . Instead do settings manually all over again .
Install the trusted applications . Preferably on the memorycard , and keep the devicememory clean . Untrusted Apps : install them like day by day , to be able to find out which App could be a cause of disfunctioning .
😊 Regards jApi Nl
That actually happened to one of my friends last year, who did in fact have a symbian virus - I believe it was Transmitter.C. He downloaded some free antivirus software that wiped it right out. I would give that a try first!
@Leah , could you be a little bit more specific ? Many users would be gratefull ! Anyway here is some virus comments :
-- Virus , Malware ? Unlicensed Software !
http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/08/symbian-speaks-out-against-smobile-study.html
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/83920/
-- Obscure SMS bug no need to panic
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/80608/
-- 3-Lib - Viruses for Symbian OS - the truth
http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/viruses.htm
😊 Regards jApi NL
Thank you Andy aka Andrzej... . I installed the trial version of F-Secure . My phone has run for + 2 1/2 year without malware protection .
Every day internet . 89 third party apps and themes installed . Lots of pictures , video's and music downloaded from internet sites .
F-Secure was scanning during 30 min the present 22638 files . Guess what ? No infections found !
Keep F-S running for the next 6 days . Trial is 7 days .
😊 Regards jApi NL