Gadgetory

this episode is brought to you by domain.com well if you want to tweak your device to get the very best performance out of it you not only need to know what to do but what not to do and for that I'm your huckleberry first off you want to stop installing apps with unnecessary permissions why does that flashlight app need your GPS location actually why are you even using a flashlight app since lollipop has the built-in functionality for it look whenever you download an app make sure you're only giving it the permission to do the things that make sense for that app some shady developers like to take advantage of unnecessary app permissions to harvest sellable data about its users if you're looking for a basic doodling app and it has 15 permissions it wants to use you might want to find yourself an alternative digital canvas and second stop using a task killer task killers were useful back in 2009 before the Android operating system got good at managing its own memory to render them irrelevant most apps spring back to life anyway even if you deliberately kill them so you're really just wasting battery power in addition to press the seconds of your infinite lifespan on planet Earth if your phone is acting sluggish check out which apps are hugging your resources and uninstall them find more efficient alternatives greenify is an alternative to task killers that actually works it hibernates apps rather than kills them but you really have to have a rooted device for it to be worth it for most users the answer is not to kill rebellious apps but rather to drive them off your device for good never to return again the third thing you don't want to do is to expect an apple like experience this is crucial advice for people coming to Android from iOS on Apple the quote everything just works is the design goal Android is completely different and it focuses on making your device your device we recommend former iPhone users pick up a Nexus device which is produced by Google by Nexus ensures the most streamlined apple-like experience especially when you're using google apps you'll also have all the Android versatility at your fingertips to test the waters of tinkering customizing and personalization the fourth thing you really don't want to do is to buy a care you're branded phone why well they put a lot of bloatware this is apps on your phone that you really don't want or need it's just promotion for them and to their painfully slow with rolling out new Android updates so when Google comes out with a new version of Android and the Nexus owner gets it in the first week you're waiting nine to twelve months if you're lucky and finally it's just much more expensive you often have to buy into a two-year contract and you're going to spend a lot more money on that contract and if you just bit the bullet and bought the phone outright at the beginning and then you can jump to new deals as they arise so do you guys remember from like 15 years ago when people were making money hand over fist in the dot-com bubble remember we didn't call it a dotnet bubble or dot org bubble we didn't call them dot biz billionaires we called them dot-com billionaires because that's the power of a dot-com now why is that because no domain name extension tells your story with the same degree of trust as a dot-com or dotnet domain name.com and dotnet domain name extensions and jet credibility into your online presence save fifteen percent on domain names and web hosting when you use our coupon code android at domain.com check out when you think domain names think domain.com thanks for watching edward army my name is Jace I'm still sick I know forgive the voice but I wanted to say that I still am taking domain name suggestions via Twitter or in the comments below Twitter's usually best because I follow that all the time and I will announce that at the next domain.com show alright good stuff don't want to forget about my brothers and sister and Android who are working super hard to be your source for all things Android Oh