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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe Hindy the android authority app guy in this is android authority QA where you ask and we answer we have a lot of great questions today so let's get started Duma dang from Seattle Washington asks I was wondering if you need any type of antivirus protection for phones nowadays i have a samsung galaxy s4 and i download movies and games once in a while so i worry about getting hacked or getting a virus it really depends on your browsing habits if you download from trusted sources and stay away from public Wi-Fi then you probably don't need an antivirus app however if you do download from untrustworthy sources and you do connect to a lot of public Wi-Fi you should probably pick one up just to be safe in most cases you really don't have too high of a risk but if you are in a high risk situation it doesn't hurt to have one ozzy asks is it recommended to buy a nexus 4 16 gigabyte now or wait for the nexus 5 well depending on where you live the Nexus 4 may not be available anymore anyway it's been sold out of the google play store and rumor has it that it's not coming back to make way for the Nexus 5 the Nexus 5 should be a vast improvement over the Nexus 4 so our advice is to hold out for a couple of months to see what Google has coming around the corner if by some chance you're disappointed with the Nexus 5 you can always pick up a used nexus 4 on ebay amazon or sites like suavo daniel all day asks given that the HTC one max was not announced at IFA 2013 when do you think the phablet will be announced and will be coming to t-mobile currently we have no concrete evidence as to when the HTC One max will be announced or released thanks to the plethora of rumors and the upcoming holiday season we imagine that it won't be too much longer evleaks tweeted that the HTC One max would be going to sprint but because the HTC One is on all the carriers we would be genuinely surprised to hear that it wasn't on all the carriers as well justin asks hey guys i am interested in learning if the LG g2 is going to have a locked bootloader and/or encrypted bootloader unfortunately the answer to that question is yes so far three out of the four major US carriers have released the LG g2 and on all three devices the bootloader has been locked rumor has it that when t-mobile releases there's later this month it will be locked as well the brilliant minds at XDA are mulling over how to fix this problem right now and so far they do have root however that's about as far as you can get with device right now Matthew asks I want to know if brooding an Android device helps battery last longer or is it the opposite actually the answer is neither rooting your device doesn't actually change the battery use or the performance of your device what it does do is give you administrative access to the root directory of your device which gives you more control over your phone you can then use that control to install applications and modifications that change your battery life and performance but routing by itself won't do it once again I'm Joe Hindy don't forget this shows fueled by your questions if you don't ask we can answer if you want to ask a question the link for that is in the video description also in the video description are the social media links and the link to the written companion to this video thank you for watching and have a wonderful day