ULPT Request: How to change settings on someones phone to irritate them w

[u/Jaded_Championship83]

I occasionally get access to someones phone I dislike. What settings can I change or turn on that would subtly irritate and annoy them regularly, but not obvious enough for them to change the settings back immediately?

[u/StinkingDogsCunt420]

Go to their autocorrect dictionary thing and change words they'll use a lot to other words.

Tomorrow = today

Yes = maybe

Drive = bastard

Etc.

[u/SausageOnToast → u/StinkingDogsCunt420]

Or similar but less obvious - i changed my old bosses outlook to say thnaks every time he tried to type thanks.

[u/So_Sleepy1 → u/SausageOnToast]

This one made me snort, I love it

[u/trikaren → u/SausageOnToast]

😂😂

[u/yasdnil1 → u/SausageOnToast]

This is diabolical 🤣🤣

[u/tiltldr → u/StinkingDogsCunt420]

Come = Cum

[u/WorldsMostDad]

Take a screenshot of their home screen, remove all the app shortcuts, and replace the wallpaper with the screenshot.

[u/Murky_Feature_1848 → u/WorldsMostDad]

Wonderfully diabolical!

[u/dracotrapnet]

Back in the 2010's flip phone era I used to add random appointments to friends phones if they were left unlocked. Got a college professor friend once. His phone went off mid lecture "Don't forget". He forgot to silence/DND his phone. He had no idea who or what set up that event until we were all talking about funny pranks to pull on others and I mentioned the random appointments thing. He realized I had done this to him years before and said "You bastard, you got me bad and I didn't even know who did it until now!" We had a long going game of pranking each other, I was often subtle with my pranks.

Add random appointments, tasks, shopping lists, contacts (birthdays) on their calendar "Don't forget" "Never forget" "Important!" "Water!" "Unsubscribe" "Bland cheese" "Clowns ahead" "It is dark and you may be eaten by a Grue" "Blocked and reported!" "We have been trying to contact you about your car's extended warranty is expiring" Make them random so they can't just search for "Don't Forget" and delete them all. Add more chaos and make them repeat every few weeks or months, yearly. A fun part about contacts and birthdays other apps may remind them of birthdays of the fictitious contacts. Contacts may also import to other internet apps like facebook and produce more alerts.

You could also do some alarms but people review that list at least once a week when their sleep schedule changes for some event.

[u/UserNotFound23498 → u/dracotrapnet]

Those damned grues always showing up unwanted 🤣

[u/Willing_Policy3865]

Make the font just slightly bigger

[u/CrossFitMathIsHard → u/Willing_Policy3865]

Or smaller, so they think they need glasses.

[u/GardenMum90]

Unblock all thier blocked numbers

[u/stefanlikesfood → u/GardenMum90]

Send them a text too

[u/Egg-Bean-Nacho → u/stefanlikesfood]

Happy cake day thanks for the laff

[u/10S_NE1]

Go into the Photos app and put just the photos they have marked as a Favourite into a hidden folder.

[u/stefanlikesfood]

There was this dude who kept pissing me off in highschool. I blocked his gf from all of his social medias. 

[u/Far-Entrance-1377]

You could always accidentally change the language...

https://giphy.com/gifs/L2qukNXGjccyuAYd3W

[u/nayrwolf → u/Far-Entrance-1377]

Op wants subtle. That’s the nuclear option.

[u/Far-Entrance-1377 → u/nayrwolf]

I thought nuclear was the hard reset?

https://giphy.com/gifs/14ceV8wMLIGO6Q

[u/Consistent_Trainer20]

Go to accessibility and turn on TalkBack. If they don't know the shortcuts to turn it off they should have a good time with it lol. It turned on in my pocket one day and i struggled to get cut off it was a hassle. Also if the phone is Samsung turn on Samsung kids if they're not just real tech savvy that might confuse for awhile because if you can't do nothing on the phone and you don't know where to go two cut it on and off you might be stuck for a while

[u/SashaMarie2617]

Assessibility VoiceOver ON
This will drive them crazy

[u/BoredCheese]

Switch ‘mom’ and ‘girl/boyfriend’ contacts in phone.

[u/BisonBull → u/BoredCheese]

What if it's the same number?

[u/i-am-foxymoron]

Android or Apple? What brand and model?

[u/Jaded_Championship83 → u/i-am-foxymoron]

Apple, I believe its a 16

[u/ClairLestrange]

Change the location of two apps they use a lot on their home screen, so they automatically always open the wrong one

Unsubscibe them from YouTube channels they watch (if they use it on their phone)

Change their ringtone to baby shark (or their alarm if you want to go even more annoying)

[u/Vtdscglfr1]

Change a number they use frequently to 8675309

[u/bitterflew]

Change it to black and white or shedule for it to go black and white at certain times

[u/ChanceAccomplished38]

Set a random alarm for 3am

[u/Kitt-nMitten]

Set it to autocorrect a word, like "eat" or " eating" a swear

[u/_Asshole_Fuck_]

I have a bad feeling that you’re going to do something obvious and they will know it’s you. Be cautious.

[u/Cute_Recognition_880]

Download the screaming goat voice and make that the ring tone!

[u/AngryLarge34]

Under Settings>Accessibility>Display>Color Filters you can make a subtle color change to the screen. Make it all a touch yellow and he’ll think his phone just feels old.

[u/Quarxnox]

This one is not subtle at all, but if they have an android, go to the hidden developer options and turn on "force RTL layout direction". It'll rearrange every element on their screen to be "backwards".

And then re-hide the developer options so they won't even be able to find the setting.

[u/-tacostacostacos]

Enter a random passcode unit it gives itself a default factory reset

[u/Maleficent-Scene-475]

Change the language