Thread: How To Detect Cell Phone Spyware | Does Your Phone Have Cell Phone Spyware?

It only takes a few minutes to take control your cell phone

Do you know that in a couple minutes, someone can install cell phone spyware on your cell phone which enables them to take full control over your cell? Yes, this isn't sci-fi, or make believe James Bond gadget you see in the movies. The ability of cell phone spyware is astonishing.

Spy software can give somebody access to all of your
text mesagges, call history, email, GPS location, and even give them the power to anonymously listen in on your live cell phone calls.

The good news though is that cell spy software can be easily removed if done right, so if you believe you have spy phone software installed on your mobile phone , you should take your phone to where you purchased it at and have them reformat it. This is really the only way to 100% remove it.

So how does one know if somebody has installed spy phone software on your cell phone?

Common Signs That May Indicate Your Cell Phone Has Cell Phone Spyware Installed.

1) Can I Borrow Your Phone?

Somebody has recently asked to borrow your mobile to make a
quick call or to quickly download a ring tone or something similar like a game. 99.9% of all cell phone spyware requires a person to get physical access to the mobile phone in order to install the cell phone spyware.

2) Where Is My Charger?

Is your battery life-span all of a sudden a lot shorter than the usual quantity of hours? Depending on the kind of cell spyware, your cell might experience an unusual battery drain.

3) Receipt Please!

Your text bill has recently increased and you don't remember sending so many text messages. Another sign is that you notice a unusual increase in GPRS activity and/or charges on your bill.

4) Strange Flashes.

Your mobile 'lights up' for no reason but does not ring. Some types of cell spy software have remote monitoring features and when anyone attempts to call your cell phone to listen in on your conversations, the spy software sometimes can't stop the cell phone from showing that a call is coming in.

5) Weird Sounds?

When cell phone spyware is installed that has a live call interception feature (commonly found on BlackBerry spy software , your cell phone will sometimes make a noise when you are chatting on it.


Cell phone spyware has come a long ways over the past couple of years, and it's a lot more powerful than most people think. The good news is that there are methods to detect spy software and ultimately remove it. Which means that as long as you are careful, there is nothing to worry about

I suspected that I had spyware on my Sony Ericsson W995. I contacted Sony Ericsson support and they advised me that I should update the operating system software on my phone. I did this - all the files seemed to be wiped too.

I have found no proper way to test for the presence of spyware. Can I now be sure that there is no spyware installed on my phone? Does an operating system update mean that the phone was effectively reformatted?