Russian email app mistakenly loaded on some Android powered Samsung devices by Google Play
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According to The Verge, the developer behind MTS Mobile Mail, OJSC Mobile Telesystems, also worked on Samsung's email app and might have used the same identifier, com.seven.Z7, and the same signing certificate for both. If so, sharing these would lead to the installation on Samsung phones as the phone could have be tricked into thinking that it was an update to Samsung's native email app. Removing the app would be above the ability of the average user, but not for an Xda-developer forum poster whose solution you will find below. In the meantime, MTS Mobile Mail has been removed from Google Play.
source: MTSMobile via TheVerge
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Some Samsung owners were surprised to find MTS Mobile Mail on their device (L), Removal instructions (R) | |
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5 Comments
1. andymp3 posted on 27 Mar 2012, 01:50 1 0
Wow....So they finally admit it...This happened to me last year and I contacted Samsung, Google and the Russian company and they all acted like I did not know what I was talking about. I had the Samsung email app and did the usual upgrade and all of a sudden I had the MTS email app on my phone and the samsung email app was gone...I first thought I had got hacked or something then I had to reset my phone to get my Samsung email app back and avoided backing it up after that. I since then sold the phone. It happened on the Samsung galaxy S GT-i9000 and I do believe the same happened on my Captivate however can't remember. I now have the new Nexus and because of the lack of samsung software I don't have that issue. I can't believe this is only coming out a year or so later....lol ..Glad it was not just me and I don't feel so crazy anymore...lol
2. lukasound posted on 27 Mar 2012, 01:58 0 0
yeah, this confused me, but i was lucky to have turned off automatic app updates, so i got the notification and of course did not go through with installing some strange rusian app :P
5. AllEyezOnMe posted on 28 Mar 2012, 09:04 1 0
Probably the funniest comment I've read on PA lol
4. solidsnakeduds013 posted on 27 Mar 2012, 08:18 0 0
Russians are talking over our phones! Jk don't take that seriously
