Karen Lewellen via talk wrote on 2023-09-25 16:09: I'm afraid I'm a bit far away to be able to assist with installing a hard drive in person, but this caught my eye:
my cell phone having someone accessing its sim code to dial it remotely
I'm going to guess your phone number is showing up in the call display on other phones? If that's accurate, it's just spoofing of the call display system. As far as I know, it's extremely unlikely someone's accessed you SIM card remotely. That would require you to be a target of a nation-state level adversary, and even then might be unlikely. But spoofing call display info is trivial for robo-callers, spammers, and scammers. So, unless anyone points out errors in my understanding, you can probably rest assured that your mobile device is safe. Best of luck with the hard drive, Ron (rb)