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What happened to my phone graphics overnight?

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Oldthing17
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When I awakened this morning and turned on my phone, I was met with horrible psychedelic like graphics on my phone, all screens. Has this happened to anyone else? What do I do? 
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Oldthing17
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It's back. Out of nowhere, after doing nothing, the weird graphics have returned to my phone. I think I have been hacked. I think someone is just messing with me. Just leave me alone please, I am just an almost 80 year old man trying to use my phone.
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wilbur5
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I googled the screenshot of your "weird graphics" and it's a pretty common home screen wallpaper. You should be able to change it in the usual manner: Long-press any home page and select "Wallpaper and style" at the bottom of the screen.

It could be that someone is changing your wallpaper as a prank, so set/change a lock screen key, and set your phone to lock itself if you're not using it. If you don't live alone, disable the smart lock function that unlocks the phone when you're in a particular location, since it might be unlocking itself when you're home.

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Oldthing17
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I guess whoever was messing with me got bored and went onto someone or something else. After trying everything that was suggested to me to fix it, nothing worked. For the 2nd time out of nowhere, it switched back to normal and has been displaying properly ever since. Thank you.