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Download your applications yourself!

It is very tempting to collect apps from other people's phones (via
Bluetoooth, Xender, Flash Share,etc) than "waste money and battery
life" downloading the apps yourself from your phone's app store.
However, it is not a good idea because it can damage your phone.
Here's why.

* Do you know where your friend downloaded the app from? Apps
downloaded from other sources apart from your phone's built-in app
store (e.g. Google Play Store , for Android phones) may be
incompatible with your device or may even be rogue apps that may
infect your device.
* Even if the app is downloaded from a phone of the same brand as
yours (and is therefore compatible with your phone), you will have to
"allow installation of apps from unknown sources" before you can
install the app , since you didn't download it from your own phone's
app store. As time goes on, malware will appear in your phone's File
Manager as faded-icon files and folders. If you delete them, they will
soon reappear. They will later prevent your phone's Bluetooth from
functioning, SIM switching will take forever, text messages will not
be sent/received, etc.

THE WAY OUT

Deleting the bad apps from File Manager won't solve the problem. Copy
your photos, videos and other clean files you need into your memory
card and then remove the memory card and SIM card(s) from the phone.
Then take the phone to your phone manufacturer's repair office (e.g.
Carlcare for a Tecno phone) for flashing. Carlcare flashes (or
formats) Tecno phones free of charge. Flashing will preserve only
your phone's built-in (or system) apps and wipe out everything else.
Thereafter, the phone will start functioning normally.

You can now download and install any other app you need from your app
store. For optimum browsing speed, avoid downloading an app that has a
good substitute among the system apps . Use Google Play Protect (via
Google Play Store or any other Google app) to scan your Android phone
for malware 24/7. You don't need any other antivirus app.

In conclusion, you may collect pictures , videos, documents and other
files which need no installation from other people's phones but not
apps (that you will need to install on your phone).

How to fix "Process system isn't responding " on a Tecno Y2 phone.

" Process system isn't responding. Close it?" is an error message
common on Android phones. The worst scenario is when it appears while
your phone is booting before getting to the standby mode. Choosing OK
or WAIT results in further booting without getting to the standby
mode. This continues indefinitely until you switch off your phone by
removing and replacing the battery in the phone. What next? Throw away
the phone?

Here is the way out. Remove your memory card and SIM cards from your
phone before carrying out the steps below (to avoid losing all the
data on them).

1. Press the Power and Volume buttons simultaneously for at least 10
seconds until the "Factory mode" appears.

2. Press the Volume Down button (i.e. the lower half of the Volume
button) to scroll down to "Reboot". Then press the Power button to
select it.

3. If the error message appears again, repeat step 1 and select "Clear
WWC" this time.

4. Wait for your phone to be formatted. It will open normally to the
standby mode and all the apps that came with the phone will be
retained.

Apps you downloaded and installed yourself will all be gone. Think
well before deciding which app to download and install again. Not
every app featured on Google Play Store is safe. Check reviews well
before downloading an app into your phone.

Insert your memory card and SIM cards back into your phone. Your
calendar notes and contacts (if previously saved into your Google
account) will reappear once you sign in again into the Google account.