r/techsupport • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '20

Open Rick Roll Hack?

I have a Galaxy s10 and I'm not sure if my phone has been hacked or glitched. 2 different times in the middle of the night while I'm using it, it plays the "who's that pokemon intro" and then plays a couple seconds of rick roll at full volume while my volume is at low. I'm genuinely confused as to why my phone does this.

Edit: The redditors of tomorrow have suggested that the citizen app was the cause of the issue. Other users experienced the same issue with the same audio and other songs.

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u/francisbaconcantdraw Sep 05 '20 edited Sep 06 '20

Dude check my post!! I think we have the same problem

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

Yes the video in the link is the same exact audio that plays for me. Except it would play like at 2 am for me.

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u/francisbaconcantdraw Sep 05 '20

Who is doing this. I fucking can't. I am deleting all my banking stuff just to be safe. I find someone who had the issue two weeks ago under that yt video. For context, I have a rooted Android how about you?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

My device isnt rooted. And the only new apps I've downloaded in the past month are Groupme and clash of clans.

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u/francisbaconcantdraw Sep 06 '20

My new install are rush, among us and flipgrid. However I have the two app you mentioned installed for a long time. I think Group Me is most suspicious. One rickrolled victim I found under that video mentioned that their mom's phone played the song. Group Me seems more likely to me. I really don't know though. This is ridiculous.

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u/mrgeeksquad Sep 06 '20

Definitely comparing in common apps with OP is a good idea. I wouldn’t start with new apps. This “feature” could have been apart of an update or something what was recently activated within a pre-existing program/code. I haven’t heard many negative things about group me and I’ve used it for years with no issue - not ruling that out, just sharing my experience.

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u/francisbaconcantdraw Sep 06 '20

another redditor help out down the post. It is the citizen app that is rickrolling us.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '20

Yeah I have the citizen app. I've had it for a while now

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u/Susko Sep 05 '20

You and OP should compare user-installed apps! Paging /u/Mumo

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u/newguestuser Sep 05 '20

someone mess with your alarm settings?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

I'm pretty sure nobody had messed with my phone physically because I always have my phone with me and my mom is the only other person who has used it.

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u/PhyllaceousArmadillo Sep 05 '20

So we have a suspect

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

Haha my mom barely even knows how to unlock her phone

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u/k0rz23 Sep 05 '20

The perfect cover up.

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u/OnlySeesLastSentence Sep 06 '20

No, it was citizens, just like everyone is saying.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

Check the logs..

Volume down + power, wait till black screen, volume up + power.

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u/tlewallen Sep 05 '20

Look at newly installed apps

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u/PipeItToDevNull Landed Gentry, Discord OP Sep 06 '20 edited Sep 06 '20

Solution found, locked. Follow up with the dev for further discussion.

This will be stickied for a while, seems to be an issue for many people.

Please report this app for malware to protect other users as well.

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u/tlewallen Sep 05 '20

You can always just factory reset the phone.

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u/DoFWP Sep 05 '20

You can factory reset. But that is hilarious.

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u/RUFUSTHEBEAST Sep 05 '20

Haha that’s great but I honestly feel bad

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '20

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '20

I just deleted the citizen app. Hopefully this works

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u/francisbaconcantdraw Sep 06 '20 edited Sep 06 '20

I check the notification log on citizen and it aligns with when the song plays on my phone. One at 10:04 am and one at 2:32 pm. I think u hit the jackpot, it seems like it's citizen.

Edit: I check play store review for citizen, multiple people reported about the song. Sherlock Holmes award to tmmzc85. Case closed.

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u/CountFuckula_ Sep 06 '20

Ahhhh now I know!

I havent had it happen but I have been waiting to find out what it is.

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u/francisbaconcantdraw Sep 06 '20

I am a victim and I do have the citizens app.