Strange Bluetooth Activity

[SteveQuinn]

First noticed: 6th October 2023

Last experienced: 7th October 2023

Android 13/One UI 5.1

Yesterday whilst on my laptop I noticed a call, unsure if its incoming or outgoing the number showing was 10000 maybe has a few extra 0's...I ended it. Nothing shows in call logs.

Today whilst listening to Spotify in my car a call appeared on my "media center" with the same number.

The only way I could end it was to turn off my phone, I was driving and no where to pull over so didn't want to fiddle with buttons.

I don't have any "dodgy" apk's installed, everything on my phone is from Google Play/Galaxy Store and I'm not one for mobile games or useless apps so it's not full of rubbish.

I have a Samsung watch too so Bluetooth is on a connection with that all day and that also doesn't show anything on it and I don't have the calls feature enabled on it as I'd be looked at strangely talking into my watch 😄

I have checked for a system update and the only thing waiting was the UI 6 Beta.

Anyone else experienced this?

[SteveQuinn]

I am heading out but will go through all call permissions. There is no other dialer showing in installed apps.

The number did not include * or # at all, its literally just 10000

In order to use whatsapp you need to use my fingerprint so I doubt that it's whatsapp at fault for a change. Thats only ever received one spam call from indonesia which is now blocked.

[SteveQuinn]

Ok here is permissions screenshots and you'll see nothing dodgy or weird apps listed with phone or call log permissions.

[Josh50052]

sure , what i would do is wait until it happens again. and re check phone permissions. atm you have 5 apps that have activated this permission in the past 24 hours. it may be that your phone detected this error already and silently removed the permission...

[Josh50052]

hmmm you said whilsts listening to Spotify. and connected to your car. android auto? maybe try to re do this with spotify and your car and see if it happens again.

[SteveQuinn]

Not Android Auto, my car doesn't have that, it just uses Bluetooth. It had happened earlier and Spotify wasn't being used it was the DAB.

Laptop doesn't have Spotify and it happened there too so definitely a Bluetooth issue.

I am waiting for it to happen again and will have permissions open straight away.

Also the permissions used will be from me checking to see if calls had been made and showing up when I wanted to post here, apart from that Google meet one, I didn't even think of opening that app. I'll uninstall it too as I don't use.

/edit/
Not allowed to uninstall so disabled it.

[SteveQuinn]

Been attached to laptop via bluetooth/your phone and no Bluetooth acting up yet.

Will update over the weekend if it happens in the car or whatever.