AndroidTutor2018- Your Android phone is many things: one of your most precious possessions, a statement of who you are, and maybe even the place where you keep your secrets. And yet many of us don’t protect our phones properly, or we do daft things that could do serious damage to our data (or our reputations). What shouldn’t you do with your smartphone?
12 tips on how to protect your phone if it gets stolen
The best thing you can do to secure your phone
According to Paul Simon, there are fifty ways to leave your lover, including “hop on the bus, Gus” and “make a new plan, Stan”. What would the list be like if he were singing about phones rather than partners? Would his Android anthem include such advice as “don’t forget to lock the screen, Gene”? Er, probably not, and it’d probably be rubbish - but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a sensible list of things you really shouldn’t do with your smartphone. Here are some of our favorites.
Don’t forget to lock the screen, Gene
A lockable phone is a happy phone - and there are stacks of great lock screen apps. / © ANDROIDPIT
The more we do on our phones, the more damage someone can do if they can get access to it - and one of the simplest ways to secure your phone is to lock it. There’s no shortage of great lock screen apps on Android, and many of them add useful features as well as security.
Best Android lock screen apps
Remember to update, Kate
It can be hard keeping tabs on which devices get Android updates, but it’s worth paying attention: each new version of Android is mightier than the last. Google Play Services keep the guts of your device current, but the big updates can make your phone feel brand new all over again.
How to update your Android firmware
Don’t charge it over USB, Lee
Remember: phone chargers good. Laptop chargers bad. / © ANDROIDPIT
Chargers are not created equal: plugging your phone into your computer’s USB port doesn’t deliver as much juice as when you use a dedicated charger.
How to charge your phone battery faster
Don’t forget to back up, Chuck
Your life is on your phone. Imagine how you’d feel if you lost the device and it took all your precious photos and top secret world domination plans with it. Backing up isn’t hard, and it’s a very necessary thing to do. As one of our editors puts it, “getting good backup habits is like having good dental habits. It may not be the sexiest activity, but the alternative is far worse.”
How to back up Android and keep your data safe
Don’t store it all online, Caroline
The best thing you can do to secure your phone
According to Paul Simon, there are fifty ways to leave your lover, including “hop on the bus, Gus” and “make a new plan, Stan”. What would the list be like if he were singing about phones rather than partners? Would his Android anthem include such advice as “don’t forget to lock the screen, Gene”? Er, probably not, and it’d probably be rubbish - but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a sensible list of things you really shouldn’t do with your smartphone. Here are some of our favorites.
Don’t forget to lock the screen, Gene
A lockable phone is a happy phone - and there are stacks of great lock screen apps. / © ANDROIDPIT
The more we do on our phones, the more damage someone can do if they can get access to it - and one of the simplest ways to secure your phone is to lock it. There’s no shortage of great lock screen apps on Android, and many of them add useful features as well as security.
Best Android lock screen apps
Remember to update, Kate
It can be hard keeping tabs on which devices get Android updates, but it’s worth paying attention: each new version of Android is mightier than the last. Google Play Services keep the guts of your device current, but the big updates can make your phone feel brand new all over again.
How to update your Android firmware
Don’t charge it over USB, Lee
Remember: phone chargers good. Laptop chargers bad. / © ANDROIDPIT
Chargers are not created equal: plugging your phone into your computer’s USB port doesn’t deliver as much juice as when you use a dedicated charger.
How to charge your phone battery faster
Don’t forget to back up, Chuck
Your life is on your phone. Imagine how you’d feel if you lost the device and it took all your precious photos and top secret world domination plans with it. Backing up isn’t hard, and it’s a very necessary thing to do. As one of our editors puts it, “getting good backup habits is like having good dental habits. It may not be the sexiest activity, but the alternative is far worse.”
How to back up Android and keep your data safe
Don’t store it all online, Caroline
One of our editors again: “If something happens to your cloud provider, what happens to your data? When MegaUpload shut down a while back there was a whole lot of uploaded data that simply vanished into thin air.” Cloud storage is a great thing, but whether data is in your device or on a faraway server, if it matters to you, you should ensure that there’s more than one copy of it in circulation.
Is cloud storage safe?
Don’t let it overheat, Pete
You should probably avoid no-name knock-off battery chargers. / © AndroidPIT
We’ve seen stacks of stories about exploding Android phones, and while the culprit is usually a badly made no-name knock-off battery or charger, there are still charging issues you should consider. It’s a very bad idea to leave your phone somewhere warm when it’s charging, regularly letting your battery run to nearly zero is bad for its longevity and you should disconnect it when it’s fully charged.
How to stop your smartphone battery exploding
Don’t leave the screen exposed, Jose
Gorilla Glass is great, but it can only do so much: while it takes a lot to break or seriously damage a smartphone screen, it also takes a lot of money to replace one if it does get damaged. Screen protectors and cases are a kind of gadget insurance: they’re worth buying because the potential costs of not using them are enormous.
8 tips on how to protect your phone screen
Don’t leave it in the rain, Jane
Nowadays, more and more phones come with waterproofing so if you have IP67 or IP68 certification, you can skip this one as your phone is basically dishwasher-proof. But if your phone isn’t waterproof, then dampness and extreme humidity are to your phone what sunlight and stakes are to Dracula. Water damage is one of the most common kinds of smartphone damage, and even water resistant devices can only stay submerged for so long.
IP68 certification? IP67? What does it all mean?
Don’t keep photos of your bits, Fritz
If your pics are less family-friendly, don't leave them in your photo gallery. / © ANDROIDPIT
Everybody loves taking selfies, but if your shots are of the, ahem, intimate variety then it’s a very good idea to ensure they’re not in your photo gallery when you pass the phone to a friend, employer or church minister.
Don’t buy it on a plan, Jan
The worst way to buy a cutting-edge smartphone is on a monthly contract: there’s a good chance of massive discounts within a few months of launch. The combination of SIM-only contracts and a little patience pays dividends.
Don’t let them see your tracks, Jack
If you’ve been using your phone to look at things you shouldn’t, such as, er, top-secret Christmas shopping you’ve been doing, you really don’t want anybody else to see the endless pages of red hot wrapping paper and saucy kindling that you’ve been looking at. The good news is that clearing your browsing history couldn’t be easier.
Private browsing: how to use incognito mode on your phone
Don’t install dodgy apps, chaps
Stay safe out there! / © AndroidPIT
Almost all mobile malware targets Android - and in particular, it targets Android users who don’t pay attention to what they’re downloading and who frequent less reputable sources of apps. If you’re sideloading apps from Pirate Pete’s World of Warez, you’re asking for trouble.
How to get rid of malware on your phone
What do you think? Are there any smartphone no-nos we've missed?
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16 Reg Joo 4 months ago Link to comment
Treat your $400~$800 phone as if you spent money on a antique vase. Disrespecting the fragility of it, is stupid, shelve your ego, and protect it. If you put it in your pocket, turn the glass side towards your body. If your using it, and it gets hot(most of the time around the camera, that's where the processor is on a lot of phones), turn it off, even in a call, you can call back later, unless it's 911. Water, nuff said. If you use a explorer type app ,that can open any type of file, watch out, by the time it opens to a readable screen, you can lose memory capacity, and bam, phone can freeze. If you go the unknown sources route, find as much info you can about the source, before you proceed(better safe than sorry, educate yourself). watch out for marketing hype, phones aren't tough, unless it's a tracphone flip phone. Of all the phones that I have had , I've never, ever, cracked, or scarred the screen to unreadability. It's not hard, just be careful.
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37 My1 4 months ago Link to comment
actually if you are chrging overnight, at work or other long time scenarios anyway, PC charging may even be a good thing because the slower this thing charges, the less heat builds up -> less strain on battery.
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21 Andrew Burgin 4 months ago Link to comment
It's amazing the number of people I see using there phones even with the screen cracked,people do not seem to realise that the cost of repairing there phones is getting more expensive and harder to get repaired,ever since I had a early experience of getting one of my Samsung screen repaired and the cost,I always look for a tempered glass off Amazon or eBay, but with that many made,I end up buying a few to find the Best one,just got the Baseus one in Gold for my Samsung galaxy S8 plus and it's the Best up to know,with others in my drawer,just Inn case it does get broken
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16 Reg Joo 4 months ago Link to comment
If you put your phone in your pants pocket, make sure you put it in screen, to body.
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12 Paco Inurreta Nov 15, 2014 Link to comment
I've been thinking on uploading a Nandroid backup to Dropbox and to Google Drive but while Im not afraid of privacy and stuff, Im really afraid of having my backups all in the open. Somone messing with my sensitive "stored" info in the backup really botters me.
Any idea?
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2 jwagner354 Nov 16, 2014 Link to comment
Open a new Gmail, use that drive account for 'sensitive' info.
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37 My1 4 months ago Link to comment
the data is still relatively open. better encrypt the stuff.
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18 Albin Foro 4 months ago Link to comment
I use BoxCryptor Classic for one local folder within a Dropbox - that one folder is ENCFS encrypted and has to be unlocked with a password to access the files in it. BoxCryptor "Classic" is not state of the art, but works with both Linux and Windows. To sync DB folder copies locally on the microSD I use Autosync Dropbox - Dropsync (MetaCtl). The developer also makes equally good AutoSync OneDrive and Google Drive.
Let me warn you that online sync like Dropbox is not "backup" for purposes of security - in that it's much more exposed to multiple user access and to user-error with continual access and file changes or deletion from multiple devices. In addition to file sync with services like Google Drive, or DB or OneDrive, its wise to keep a true "backup" on an external hard drive or another non-sync cloud storage service that takes a conscious effort to mount and get into.
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11 Leonardo Nov 15, 2014 Link to comment
Would be nice if you gave some example apps people can use to protect against some of the don't...example, gallery vault can protect your unfriendly selfies...lol
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Is cloud storage safe?
Don’t let it overheat, Pete
You should probably avoid no-name knock-off battery chargers. / © AndroidPIT
We’ve seen stacks of stories about exploding Android phones, and while the culprit is usually a badly made no-name knock-off battery or charger, there are still charging issues you should consider. It’s a very bad idea to leave your phone somewhere warm when it’s charging, regularly letting your battery run to nearly zero is bad for its longevity and you should disconnect it when it’s fully charged.
How to stop your smartphone battery exploding
Don’t leave the screen exposed, Jose
Gorilla Glass is great, but it can only do so much: while it takes a lot to break or seriously damage a smartphone screen, it also takes a lot of money to replace one if it does get damaged. Screen protectors and cases are a kind of gadget insurance: they’re worth buying because the potential costs of not using them are enormous.
8 tips on how to protect your phone screen
Don’t leave it in the rain, Jane
Nowadays, more and more phones come with waterproofing so if you have IP67 or IP68 certification, you can skip this one as your phone is basically dishwasher-proof. But if your phone isn’t waterproof, then dampness and extreme humidity are to your phone what sunlight and stakes are to Dracula. Water damage is one of the most common kinds of smartphone damage, and even water resistant devices can only stay submerged for so long.
IP68 certification? IP67? What does it all mean?
Don’t keep photos of your bits, Fritz
If your pics are less family-friendly, don't leave them in your photo gallery. / © ANDROIDPIT
Everybody loves taking selfies, but if your shots are of the, ahem, intimate variety then it’s a very good idea to ensure they’re not in your photo gallery when you pass the phone to a friend, employer or church minister.
Don’t buy it on a plan, Jan
The worst way to buy a cutting-edge smartphone is on a monthly contract: there’s a good chance of massive discounts within a few months of launch. The combination of SIM-only contracts and a little patience pays dividends.
Don’t let them see your tracks, Jack
If you’ve been using your phone to look at things you shouldn’t, such as, er, top-secret Christmas shopping you’ve been doing, you really don’t want anybody else to see the endless pages of red hot wrapping paper and saucy kindling that you’ve been looking at. The good news is that clearing your browsing history couldn’t be easier.
Private browsing: how to use incognito mode on your phone
Don’t install dodgy apps, chaps
Stay safe out there! / © AndroidPIT
Almost all mobile malware targets Android - and in particular, it targets Android users who don’t pay attention to what they’re downloading and who frequent less reputable sources of apps. If you’re sideloading apps from Pirate Pete’s World of Warez, you’re asking for trouble.
How to get rid of malware on your phone
What do you think? Are there any smartphone no-nos we've missed?
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More from the web
Single in Monterey Park? See Who’s on MatchMatch.com
How I Found Motivation by Ditching Earbuds and Embracing DiscomfortZappos
Monterey Park, California: This Brilliant Company Is Disrupting a $200 Billion IndustryEverQuote Insurance Quotes
Try Dollar Shave Club Now and Get Our Best Razor for Only $1Dollar Shave Club
by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links
9 comments
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16 Reg Joo 4 months ago Link to comment
Treat your $400~$800 phone as if you spent money on a antique vase. Disrespecting the fragility of it, is stupid, shelve your ego, and protect it. If you put it in your pocket, turn the glass side towards your body. If your using it, and it gets hot(most of the time around the camera, that's where the processor is on a lot of phones), turn it off, even in a call, you can call back later, unless it's 911. Water, nuff said. If you use a explorer type app ,that can open any type of file, watch out, by the time it opens to a readable screen, you can lose memory capacity, and bam, phone can freeze. If you go the unknown sources route, find as much info you can about the source, before you proceed(better safe than sorry, educate yourself). watch out for marketing hype, phones aren't tough, unless it's a tracphone flip phone. Of all the phones that I have had , I've never, ever, cracked, or scarred the screen to unreadability. It's not hard, just be careful.
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37 My1 4 months ago Link to comment
actually if you are chrging overnight, at work or other long time scenarios anyway, PC charging may even be a good thing because the slower this thing charges, the less heat builds up -> less strain on battery.
0
Reply
21 Andrew Burgin 4 months ago Link to comment
It's amazing the number of people I see using there phones even with the screen cracked,people do not seem to realise that the cost of repairing there phones is getting more expensive and harder to get repaired,ever since I had a early experience of getting one of my Samsung screen repaired and the cost,I always look for a tempered glass off Amazon or eBay, but with that many made,I end up buying a few to find the Best one,just got the Baseus one in Gold for my Samsung galaxy S8 plus and it's the Best up to know,with others in my drawer,just Inn case it does get broken
0
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16 Reg Joo 4 months ago Link to comment
If you put your phone in your pants pocket, make sure you put it in screen, to body.
0
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12 Paco Inurreta Nov 15, 2014 Link to comment
I've been thinking on uploading a Nandroid backup to Dropbox and to Google Drive but while Im not afraid of privacy and stuff, Im really afraid of having my backups all in the open. Somone messing with my sensitive "stored" info in the backup really botters me.
Any idea?
0
Reply
2 jwagner354 Nov 16, 2014 Link to comment
Open a new Gmail, use that drive account for 'sensitive' info.
1 Karen L.
Reply
37 My1 4 months ago Link to comment
the data is still relatively open. better encrypt the stuff.
0
Reply
18 Albin Foro 4 months ago Link to comment
I use BoxCryptor Classic for one local folder within a Dropbox - that one folder is ENCFS encrypted and has to be unlocked with a password to access the files in it. BoxCryptor "Classic" is not state of the art, but works with both Linux and Windows. To sync DB folder copies locally on the microSD I use Autosync Dropbox - Dropsync (MetaCtl). The developer also makes equally good AutoSync OneDrive and Google Drive.
Let me warn you that online sync like Dropbox is not "backup" for purposes of security - in that it's much more exposed to multiple user access and to user-error with continual access and file changes or deletion from multiple devices. In addition to file sync with services like Google Drive, or DB or OneDrive, its wise to keep a true "backup" on an external hard drive or another non-sync cloud storage service that takes a conscious effort to mount and get into.
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11 Leonardo Nov 15, 2014 Link to comment
Would be nice if you gave some example apps people can use to protect against some of the don't...example, gallery vault can protect your unfriendly selfies...lol
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