Hello everybody!
In this video, I’d like to show you the top five types of apps you should remove from
your phone immediately.
Google Play is an excellent platform for new developers willing to publish their own applications.
Unfortunately, not all of them have only best intentions: some apps can collect your data,
send your personal information elsewhere and even try to steal money from your bank account.
So, here they are, the applications you should say good bye to as soon as you find them on
your phone.
Let’s begin…
Weather apps .... With weather apps,
Such as The Weather Channel, Weather pro, Weather boom and the like.
In fact, this type is a wonderful example of how a very simple app for letting you know
the weather forecast can become a true monster hogging ton of resources only because it’s
overloaded with all those functions you don’t really need.
Animated wallpapers, weather maps, all kinds of widgets and lots of other useless junk
- all of them eat up the precious megabytes of your phone’s system memory.
Every few minutes, such app goes online, wasting your battery charge bit by bit.
As a sound alternative, consider using a browser: Google can give you a weather forecast for
a week or even longer.
Social media apps The next one on the list if the Facebook app.
At the moment, Facebook is the most popular social network in the world, so it’s no
wonder millions of people have its mobile version installed on their gadgets.
The mobile client lets you receive notifications on the likes your posts receive, upload new
photos and always keep in touch with your friends.
In exchange for all these conveniences, it consumes tons of system resources and reduces
your phone’s battery life considerably.
After all, the Facebook mobile client is among the top resource-intensive apps for Android.
As an alternative, I can recommend using the mobile version of Facebook in any browser
you have on your device.
The functionality is somewhat different, and you won’t be able to see notifications popping
up here and there, but it will make your phone’s life easier and save its battery charge.
Otherwise, try Facebook Lite – it needs less resources and features just the same
set of functions.
Third-party antivirus apps An antivirus is another useless piece of junk
you may have on your phone; AntiVirus FREE and many others.
With all the attention given to this topic, there is still no definite answer to the question:
do Android gadgets really need an antivirus?
My personal opinion is this: as long as you don’t root your phone and don’t install
cracked apps from doubtful websites, you don’t need an antivirus.
Google takes great care of the contents it selects for its online store and immediately
removes any potentially dangerous elements, so round-the-clock antivirus monitoring will
only affect performance of your gadget, without any real-life benefits.
And if you do feel suspicious about your phone’s health – all right, install the antivirus,
scan the gadget, feel relieved ‘cause everything is fine, and remove it for good.
After all, some devices feature integrated apps to combat malware.
System optimizers The part I could not possibly miss is all
kinds of system cleaners and optimizers.
Clean Master and other similar apps make sure the cache is cleaned in time and unnecessary
apps are removed.
On the other hand, most up-to-date smartphones already have these functions built into the
operating system which makes third-party optimizers obsolete – while they still consume a large
piece of cache and battery charge.
So forget about accelerating your phone that way – all you can get is a significant slowdown,
with a nasty bonus of ads.
RAM boosters Apps that claim to boost your RAM are in fact
the same as optimizers; all they can do is to clean the cache in time – hey, your phone
can handle this task on its own!
Talking of RAM, there is no way to get more system memory than your gadget does physically
possess.
So in the end, RAM boosters can only waste your phone’s resources – and probably
collect your data... (hmmm)
Defragmenters Defragmenters enjoyed a boom in popularity
when they first appeared – and that’s because the idea sounds similar to using special
programs for hard disk defragmentation with good old PCs.
But wait – there is no hard disk to defragment in your phone!
These apps just analyze how much internal memory is used by certain programs or files.
In addition, defragmenter apps will also consume your phone’s resources and may collect your
data, again.
So if you are using an app like that, I’m going to disappoint you: most of them do nothing
at all, and some can even be harmful.
You can clean the cache and remove junk files after uninstalled programs just by using integrated
system tools.
What you think can boost your RAM will in fact make apps work slower – instead of
the acceleration you have been promised.
As a sound alternative, go to the settings and clean the cache manually, or use the built-in
system tools.
Browsers with extra functions The last item on the list is browsers with
extra functions: watching videos or broadcast and so on.
Such apps have two considerable disadvantages.
First of all, the amount of annoying ads you’re going to see is incredible, which certainly
doesn’t help to enjoy the experience.
Secondly, your privacy can be in danger: apps want access to so many functions (even managing
your calls) that it becomes suspicious.
Instead, try using just good browsers customized for Android devices.
I recommend Google Chrome as one of the fastest and most reliable browsers.
Lots of functions, support for latest web technologies, options to save mobile traffic,
and simple user-friendly interface.
To remove unnecessary apps, just open the settings on your phone, select the applications
you don’t need any longer and tap to remove them.
Here you are: a simple way to get rid of all third-party apps you don’t want to keep.
That’s all for today!
I hope this video helps you clean your phone from useless apps.
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