Bought used N86 from eBay - any possibility of inf...
Hello all...
I wanted to get an N86, but didn't want to spend the vast amount it costs for what's left of the new ones available in the US.
So I bought a used one on eBay. The guy I bought it from seemed to have a good rep, and the phone arrived in good shape.
However, I wonder what the likelihood is that folks get phones where the firmware has been modded to include spyware/malware/viruses/etc.
Has anyone had any experience with such things, or heard of them?
Right now I'm using the Nokia Software Updater to update the N86 to the latest firmware. Hopefully that'll stop anything bad potentially happening (unless hackers are able to hide nasty stuff on the SIM, which is required by Nokia Software Updater to be installed in order to do the firmware update for some unknown and strange reason).
- Tim
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Viruses don't exist but small amounts of malware do but they are very rare and usually it's obvious when they run. You would never encounter one under normal web browsing or installing apps from trusted sources such as the ovi store.
Even if the phone had been hacked the chances of it containing something nasty are almost non-existent.
What you should do is wipe the phone before you start using it. Dial, like a phone number *#7370# and this will reset the phone back to how it was from new. All data that you have added will be lost.
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I bought a couple cameras from Lensrentals.com... but they were brand new. I've never used Lensauthority, so am unfamiliar with them.
I'd be a little reluctant to buy a lens that's been rented a lot. They get pretty hard use by folks who probably aren't as careful with them as they would be if they owned them. I'm sure those lenses also spend a lot of time bouncing around in the back of a UPS truck, going to and from renters.
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