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airborne
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Anyone actually had an incident where having Avg pro app saved the day or made any kind of difference at all?
I find those kinds of app just slow things down, chew battery and irritate the hell out of you with pop ups.
I find those kinds of app just slow things down, chew battery and irritate the hell out of you with pop ups.
faniebraai
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Yes. It's crap.
I can't speak for AVG, but the only useful thing in Avast is the network monitor. It's pretty nifty - worth having just for that.
Kloofvreter
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Which apps are actually useful, and for what?
I always purchase from the Amazon website. That way you don't have to install them all.
I use the Amazon app to install only what I need.
Why do you want labels in your dock?Yeh, i've been following the beta the whole time. At the moment I prefer it over Action, just because I can have labels in my dockwhich Action don't support at this stage
DominionZA
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Same from the play store?
If I had to leave it to install them all, I wouldn't have space left.
You are no longer forced to download apps in the mobile app.
That's for you to decide. I was just saying that Amazon has given a ridiculous quantity of free apps away over the years. Basically all quality apps get a turn sooner or later.
faniebraai
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because i do. to me it just looks better.
Yip.
atomcrusher
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As a fairly new Android user, what are the advantages / disadvantages of moving Apps from the internal phone storage to the SD card?
CranialBlaze
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Speed, sd card will be slower, unless you have damn little storage, don't bother. Besides, only part of the app moves, not all of it.
faniebraai
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What phone do you have?
Only do this if you have a phone with incredible small internal storage.
Performance will go straight down the toilet, to an even greater degree than the guys above are imparting.
Lol. I've moved a few large apps to my SD card because I only have 16gig internal memory and can't update apps due to small space available.
I haven't noticed any significant performance decrease.
Whatsapp is 1 of those apps.
I haven't noticed any significant performance decrease.
Whatsapp is 1 of those apps.
Cloud
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Class 10 SD card helps. I run lots of my Galaxy Tab S apps off the SD card with no issues.
atomcrusher
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Thanks for the input - I guess I'll leave my Apps on the phone's internal storage. I have no idea what my phones internal memory is. (How would I look for that on the device itself?)
It's a Zuka Z888 :erm: (and I can't find any info about the brand & model at all on the WWW)
OS = Android 4.4.2
Screen = 5.5 inch
Kernal version: 3.4.67 root@android#1
A mate of mine bought it for me while he was in Hong Kong on business. It came with 2 x 4800 mA/H batteries & charger. It also came with a soft cover, as well as a hard flip cover. Cameras front & rear, although I do not know the camera specs.
It's a Dual SIM, and I have put both a Voda & a MTN sim in it. I just bought pre-paid SIMs
It does all I need it to do, and has a very good screen response, with excellent resolution.
It's a Zuka Z888 :erm: (and I can't find any info about the brand & model at all on the WWW)
OS = Android 4.4.2
Screen = 5.5 inch
Kernal version: 3.4.67 root@android#1
A mate of mine bought it for me while he was in Hong Kong on business. It came with 2 x 4800 mA/H batteries & charger. It also came with a soft cover, as well as a hard flip cover. Cameras front & rear, although I do not know the camera specs.
It's a Dual SIM, and I have put both a Voda & a MTN sim in it. I just bought pre-paid SIMs
It does all I need it to do, and has a very good screen response, with excellent resolution.
That doesn't say much about what the performance was before. It's the main reason that phones are trying to move away from supporting external storage. Never mind keeping apps on it, just having it at all screws with performance.