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AVG Pro

does anyone use AVG pro on their device??
just noticed that its been using 30% of my battery in a day! thats more than the screen.
do you really need avg for phones?

No. Just don't download stupid stuff
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removing avg lol

Avast Free is one of the best one`s according to a group test of mobile anti-virus
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
Avast Free is one of the best one`s according to a group test of mobile anti-virus
John.
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Agree with that firewall worth it on its own
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Though you have to be rooted for the firewall to work.
John.
thering1975 said:
Agree with that firewall worth it on its own
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ill have to look into avast and rooting ics
cheerz all xxx

Tinderbox (UK) said:
Though you have to be rooted for the firewall to work.
John.
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Yep perfect if rooted
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are we really need antivirus for our android? i think we don't need AV.

J3batDerhaka said:
are we really need antivirus for our android? i think we don't need AV.
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You're right. There is absolutely no need for it as long as you're smart. Its a ridiculous battery drain too.
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I have used avast with GB and ICS and i dont have any battery drain problems, I use to use watchdog and avast was always very low in the cpu usage, apart from when i does a full scan.
John.

Many Hacker tends developing malwares in popular OS
Preparing umbrella before raining is good idea

Yeah, I would rather have a gun and not need it, than need a gun and not have one.
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Many Hacker tends developing malwares in popular OS
Preparing umbrella before raining is good idea
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I Use AVG Pro and never had battery drain issues..
For people who say AV is not required on Android, i had a malware attack on my phone and AVG immediately detected it. Later found that the same happened with one of my friend on his phone without any AV and his memory card started adding some unknown files automatically.

I use avast mobile security, the best I tried.
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scrott901 said:
does anyone use AVG pro on their device??
just noticed that its been using 30% of my battery in a day! thats more than the screen.
do you really need avg for phones?
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Really? Mine only uses like 4/5 percent?

Agree that we don't really need Antivirus for our phone but I do use Avast, mainly for the anti-theft which is great!
I noticed the battery drain is negligible.

If you ask me you dont need AV if you are smart enough.. because specially ICS takes alot of RAM resources... Just use some app like Droid Wall to control your outbound network access and you ll be safe

phanitej said:
I Use AVG Pro and never had battery drain issues..
For people who say AV is not required on Android, i had a malware attack on my phone and AVG immediately detected it. Later found that the same happened with one of my friend on his phone without any AV and his memory card started adding some unknown files automatically.
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I also run AVG Pro. Been using Note all day so far (around 9 hours), According to BadAss Battery Monitor Pro, AVG has used 1.3% of the 44% Application battery usage.

[Q] how do you enable air view?

How do you enable air view? I can't find it in the settings

They removed it from the S6 as it was not a very popular feature.
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Personally I'm glad they removed it, it's a lag magnet
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barondebxl said:
Personally I'm glad they removed it, it's a lag magnet
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really? you could always disable it. I never liked Samsung specific implementations but I use it all the time when I'm browsing the web in full desktop mode. it's really useful for mouse hovers to trigger menus, video previews etc. without it I'd be forced to use the mobile version of web sites all the time which I kinda hate. it makes me feel like I'm using a wap browser in 1999 or an iPhone.

Fliboard on the s7

Anyone using flibpoard? My phone gets extremely hot and battery life socks when I use flipboard.

I disabled flipboard
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I use flipboard but don't have that problem. I've disabled a ton of other apps including the "briefing" app. I think it's a widget of Flipboard. You might want to try doing the same use the "Package Disabler Pro" app. Also get the latest tmobile update haven't had any heating issues since upgrading.
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One of the first things I disabled. I use feedly for my reader
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nappent said:
I use flipboard but don't have that problem. I've disabled a ton of other apps including the "briefing" app. I think it's a widget of Flipboard. You might want to try doing the same use the "Package Disabler Pro" app. Also get the latest tmobile update haven't had any heating issues since upgrading.
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I disabled that first thing after getting my phone, just upgraded will see if that helps. Thanks

Ho can i block Facebook in background?

I hate this android version heat my device and suck my device while i'm not using this stupid app.
How can i block and use just when i want to open?
Is it terrible
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eddykoodoo said:
I hate this android version heat my device and suck my device while i'm not using this stupid app.
How can i block and use just when i want to open?
Is it terrible
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Hi, eddykoodoo...
Yeah, Facebook is a bit of a crawling horror of an app that drains your battery, chews up CPU cycles and makes your device run hot.
If Facebook is not a preinstalled system app on your device, you could try hibernating it with Greenify, which can be run in non-rooted mode...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Things get a little more complicated with Greenifying preinstalled system apps - you have to buy the donate version of Greenify and as I understand it, you also need Xposed installed, which requires an unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery installed.
An important point to consider when hibernating an app with Greenify is you won't receive any notifications until you proactively run the app yourself, and take it out of hibernation.
Hope this helps.
Rgrds,
Ged.
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GedBlake said:
Hi, eddykoodoo...
Yeah, Facebook is a bit of a crawling horror of an app that drains your battery, chews up CPU cycles and makes your device run hot.
If Facebook is not a preinstalled system app on your device, you could try hibernating it with Greenify, which can be run in non-rooted mode...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Things get a little more complicated with Greenifying preinstalled system apps - you have to buy the donate version of Greenify and as I understand it, you also need Xposed installed, which requires an unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery installed.
An important point to consider when hibernating an app with Greenify is you won't receive any notifications until you proactively run the app yourself, and take it out of hibernation.
Hope this helps.
Rgrds,
Ged.
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The problem is even if greenify is an amazing app doing exactly what i'm looking for doesn't work if your device is prodected with a PIN.
Or better it work but after you open an app you already greenify it will stay open and you need to greenify manually i don't know if there is an option i miss
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eddykoodoo said:
The problem is even if greenify is an amazing app doing exactly what i'm looking for doesn't work if your device is prodected with a PIN.
Or better it work but after you open an app you already greenify it will stay open and you need to greenify manually i don't know if there is an option i miss
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Yep, you're quite right.
I've just investigated this on my rooted Nexus 9, but with Greenify denied root access...
...and it appears that Greenify will not auto-hibernate with 'secure-key guard' (pin enabled lockscreen) **without root**.
My apologies for getting your hopes up.
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It might be worth checking out some of the more lightweight 'web-wrapper' alternatives to the Facebook app, such as the following...
**Metal for Facebook & Twitter**
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nam.fbwrapper
**Swipe for Facebook**
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happening.studios.swipeforfacebookfree
I use the Pro (paid version) of Swipe and its certainly a lot less resource intensive than the official Facebook app.
Anyway, just some thoughts...
Rgrds,
Ged.
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Best system wide add blocker that doesn't have a constant notification?

What are some of your favorites?
I'm currently using adblock and don't really like the constant notification.

lightninbug said:
What are some of your favorites?
I'm currently using adblock and don't really like the constant notification.
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Adhell.
Free, modifies knox firewall, no VPN.
More for privacy though, so not all ads are taken care of..
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I use AdGuard and I don't have any problem.

I use disconnect pro found in galaxy app store
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DNS66 from Fdroid repository.
Only con I found is the key icon in the upper left corner.
Check it out, it works as good as adguard and is free.

lightninbug said:
What are some of your favorites?
I'm currently using adblock and don't really like the constant notification.
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Why don't you just disable notifications for the app?
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Blockada has an option to turn off the notification.
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Disconnect Pro (in the Galaxy Apps store) is just as effective as root-based ad blockers like AdAway. The catch is that it is pretty expensive. I grabbed it when it was $5 a year or two ago. It goes on sale once in a while.
Apparently Adhell (Google Play Store) is almost as good and is completely free.
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Why don't you just disable notifications for the app?
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Most ad blockers use a VPN, which results in an Android OS notification (key icon) that can only be hidden if you block all Android OS notifications, which most people wouldn't want to do.

Sevael said:
Disconnect Pro (in the Galaxy Apps store) is just as effective as root-based ad blockers like AdAway. The catch is that it is pretty expensive. I grabbed it when it was $5 a year or two ago. It goes on sale once in a while.
Apparently Adhell (Google Play Store) is almost as good and is completely free.
Most ad blockers use a VPN, which results in an Android OS notification (key icon) that can only be hidden if you block all Android OS notifications, which most people wouldn't want to do.
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Oh okay didn't know that
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xPr0metheus said:
Oh okay didn't know that
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In earlier versions of Android, we could turn off just the VPN notification and all was good. But somewhere around Lollipop, they changed it so that it's all or nothing.

Good luck sir. I like to use AdClear, you still get the notification, but I have a widget on my home screen to turn it on and off. It's supposed to bed able to block YouTube ads as well, but I've noticed it's hit and miss.

Adgruad works for me

xPr0metheus said:
Why don't you just disable notifications for the app?
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Edit: see below

xPr0metheus said:
Why don't you just disable notifications for the app?
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Because... As you can see its from Android System.. I would then be disabling ALL "Android System" notifications...

Eddiemc said:
Adhell.
Free, modifies knox firewall, no VPN.
More for privacy though, so not all ads are taken care of..
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Oh nice, haven't heard of this one before, thanks.

peachpuff said:
Oh nice, haven't heard of this one before, thanks.
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Didn't work for me. Says I'm not connected to the internet

pRo_lama said:
I use AdGuard and I don't have any problem.
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Same here. Adguard's pretty good. I was lucky enough to get a lifetime subscription for very little a couple of years ago. One of the best software purchases I've ever made.

I use Disconnect Pro for Samsung. It works very well but it would be nice if single adds could be whitelisted. I like a XenForo feature, where Amazon links can be posted with picture and price. Disconnect blocks this as an ad.