Coming from iPhones you hear alot about malware and virus on android phones. Is it really something I need to be concerned about? If it is do you recomend an app to protect my phone?
I've been with android since 2009 never had a virus so I'd just be cautious where you download apps from aside from the play store and you while be fine.
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Right now I'm on my third android phones (plus 2 tablets) all rooted, and I have never had any malware or any security related problems.
Exercising caution help no doubt.
I also haven't heard or see anyone who's affected by it. Neither from friends or forums.
I suspect it's a case of media bias.
Google it. Lolz
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Worry about malware or viruses if you're trying to install pirated software. Anything you do not install from the Play Store can be iffy and you're taking a risk..,that said I haven't had any issues and I've been on Android since the G1 and I install Market apps and non market apps. Common sense seems to be the best defense.
jivy26 said:
I've been with android since 2009 never had a virus so I'd just be cautious where you download apps from aside from the play store and you while be fine.
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A little off topic, but glad to see you hear on the lg optimus g. Do you plan on making a kernel cleaning script for this phone as you did with the GSII?
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Don't consider the play store some kind of safe haven to install anything. Plenty if **** on it that you don't want to install. Just use your head. Problem with most things malware is you don't know when it's doing what it's doing and just looking at your phone isn't going to make it jump out and tell you it's there. A lot if it is data collection. Just don't install anything you don't trust and you won't have problems.
That said, I install avast on all my phones for its firewall and device recovery. The antivirus is a bit of gimmick but it's nice to know it's there for things that have already been identified.
Is there any performance issues or quirky behaviors you have seen with running some form of A/V?
All I've ever seen an AV do is eat up resources. Over all of my time with android, and many, many non-market apps, the worst I've ever gotten was an app that spammed me with push notifications, easily solved by an uninstall. I don't think people have anything to worry about as long as they have some idea what they're installing.
Thank you guys for all of your responsens. I figured it was not as bad as they made it out to be. Thank you
I've used Lookout (free) on both an SG2 and the LGOG, no noticeable performance hit. Check it out if you're concerned about viruses. Incidentally,it has yet to report finding a virus.
2gb ram 1.5ghz quad core. We won't having very many noticeable performance issues with much of anything.
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If so which one. If not, why? Do we really need it?
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i did when i first got my phone but dont now, dont really need it
I never have and still don't. I have seen others who do run them I personally never saw the use. Although I have been proven to be too trusting of my fellow humans.
I used Avg in past, it wasn't able to find any virus, maybe there is no virus in phone but you need to sacrifice some resources.
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i don't, but i also don't download warez or anything from untrusted sources. i'm also not the first to try new apps released on xda or other sites. and i don't use public wifi. so i play it safe and really don't need it (right now).
that said, if you do any of the above, it makes sense for you to get some decent A/V software. especially since android viruses are becoming more prevalent.
i run lookout security thats about it. ive been running it since day 1 of vibrant
and changing roms as often as alot of people do on here will probably wipe any viruses anyway
I'd been running Dr. Web for a while. Its never found anything on my phone. I may go without it for a while.
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Lookout mobile security is pretty good.
Nope never have never will
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I ised to run lookout which is a pretty good app but I don't feel itbis necessary and it killssss your battery
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I used to run Lookout, but I turned off the AV part of it because it just made my phone incredibly slow whenever it decided to scan something.
OK so this is like the 6th time I've rooted my device, after reading many threads / websites, etc, all saying how 'amazing' root is. Well, I'm still disappointed.
Is there anything good to use for root users?
OK theres titanium backup, but that's useless - to me - as bloatware doesn't bother me and I don't **** around with my device.
Granted, GameCih2 is good, but it rips the fun out of games after a while.
I can't seem to find any other root apps that make me think 'Damn, I'm glad I rooted my phone!' just so that I can use that app.
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Rooting is often better when using alternate roms.
You have to root if you plan to use MIUI... and I've been thinking "damn I love my phone" ever since I flashed MIUI
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You have to root if you plan to use MIUI... and I've been thinking "damn I love my phone" ever since I flashed MIUI
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Looks VERY nice, how's the battery life though?
If you have no idea what root is, and expecting something magical to happen, maybe it's better to just leave it as it is.
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If you have no idea what root is, and expecting something magical to happen, maybe it's better to just leave it as it is.
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I know exactly what root is, I just don't see the big fuss about it.
CyanogenMod is the big fuss lol
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Yeah, you don't "**** around with your device" so overclocking, kernels, radios, and roms are not really for you.
Adfree, TB, ROM manager, root explorer, cache cleaner, etc. The list goes on.. Superuser only.
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I know exactly what root is, I just don't see the big fuss about it.
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If you'd knew you wouldn't start threads like this. You're like a guy who buys a lawnmower just because everyone says how awesome they are, but you live in a flat. So you just store your lawnmower in the living room, and have no use for it. If you don't need root, don't root. Many of us need it for certain things we do with our phones. It's not because all the cool kids have it, so we have it also.
Likewise root ls required to carry out certain tasks.
SGS newbies seem to root phone just because rather than as a tool required .
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OK so this is like the 6th time I've rooted my device, after reading many threads / websites, etc, all saying how 'amazing' root is. Well, I'm still disappointed.
Is there anything good to use for root users?
OK theres titanium backup, but that's useless - to me - as bloatware doesn't bother me and I don't **** around with my device.
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The person that is happy with the device the way it came out of the box has no reason to root. I would think the average XDA member is not that user. The ability to have as much control of your device as possible is what root enables. For instance Titanium Backup allows me to backup my apps so when things go wrong I can restore my device much quicker without re-downloading every app.
Rooting allows the installation of Clockwork or Streakmod recovery which enable Nandroid backups of the entire system. Then to me the ultimate reason to root is to experience custom ROM's. These developers that take it upon themselves to improve the operating systems that run the devices are incredible. Doing things the billion dollar corporations can't or won't do to make the devices perform to the utmost of their abilities. This is not of course for people that don't f73k around with their devices. You have wasted you time 6 times.
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... You're like a guy who buys a lawnmower just because everyone says how awesome they are, but you live in a flat. So you just store your lawnmower in the living room, and have no use for it...
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LMAO. Brilliant analogy. Not exactly accurate. But amusingly random and gets the point across...
flashing....
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You have to root if you plan to use MIUI... and I've been thinking "damn I love my phone" ever since I flashed MIUI
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I loved my HD2 running hyperdroid. But i just got a Galaxy s2 and Im not impressed with (stock) device. I swear the streaming video was clearer, the wifi reception better, and internet was faster on my rooted HD2 than a stock Galaxys2.
After your flash, are these the kind of things that were improved? I cant even remember how my WM HD2 compared in these areas to my android HD2.
I just got my phone and most of the time when receiving a email I'll pull down the menu and it keeps going back up automatically. After trying like 3 times it finally stays down. Does anyone else has this issue?
Not to insult your intelligence or anything but are you pulling the bar all the way down? When I was on GB if I didn't pull it all the way down it'd wonk out on me and shoot back up if I did it too fast.
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I had the same issue on GB. I head to drag it almost all the way down to the bottom of the screen. Now on ICS I can just flick the bar downwards and it does the rest.
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Not to insult your intelligence or anything but are you pulling the bar all the way down? When I was on GB if I didn't pull it all the way down it'd wonk out on me and shoot back up if I did it too fast.
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Yes I pull it all the way down like 3 times then if lucky it will stay down. After reading emails the pull down menu works fine.The work arounds I found is to put my finger at the top of screen and quickly flick downward then it will stay. With my old phone using it's default rom and Cyanogenmod 7, this never happend. The second work around is to use a small app called, One Click Status Bar. Place it on the home screen and when it's tapped the menu drops down.
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I had the same issue on GB. I head to drag it almost all the way down to the bottom of the screen. Now on ICS I can just flick the bar downwards and it does the rest.
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Your phone must be rooted to have ICS. I'm debating on doing this because I like using CyanogenMod. One of the problems with rooted phones is that the market doesn't recognize the phone and paid apps disappear and it force closes alot.
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Your phone must be rooted to have ICS. I'm debating on doing this because I like using CyanogenMod. One of the problems with rooted phones is that the market doesn't recognize the phone and paid apps disappear and it force closes alot.
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I flash around a lot usually spending about a couple weeks on different Roms to test and compare features and I can say I never had a problem with Google play ever recognizing any of my paid apps.
The force closes on the other hand do happen, but very rarely if you run a good rom, and don't do anything you're not supposed to
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Your phone must be rooted to have ICS. I'm debating on doing this because I like using CyanogenMod. One of the problems with rooted phones is that the market doesn't recognize the phone and paid apps disappear and it force closes alot.
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I respect your opinion, but I've been flashing custom roms for quite a while and have never had problems with market /playstore not recognizing or not letting me install unless of course I modified the DPI or something. Andbim afraid I don't know what u mean by paid apps disappearing.
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Your phone must be rooted to have ICS. I'm debating on doing this because I like using CyanogenMod. One of the problems with rooted phones is that the market doesn't recognize the phone and paid apps disappear and it force closes alot.
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I'm rooted and running ics. I have yet to experience any of that. No fc's and no disappearing paid apps
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I respect your opinion, but I've been flashing custom roms for quite a while and have never had problems with market /playstore not recognizing or not letting me install unless of course I modified the DPI or something. Andbim afraid I don't know what u mean by paid apps disappearing.
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When a phone is rooted the Google server no longer knows what device is being used. You can check this out by logging into Google wallet and look under your device list. You'll also notice that some apps show up for different os like with gingerbread and some don't for ics. After rooting the server doesn't know what apps work with the phone and at times makes some of your paid apps disappear and preventing potential future downloads.
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When a phone is rooted the Google server no longer knows what device is being used. You can check this out by logging into Google wallet and look under your device list. You'll also notice that some apps show up for different os like with gingerbread and some don't for ics. After rooting the server doesn't know what apps work with the phone and at times makes some of your paid apps disappear and preventing potential future downloads.
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Wrong. Learn android before trying to tell something to those that know.
want proof of one. heres my screenshot in the attachment. I've never ran a stock phone. ever.
Not sure why its so small :/
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I'm rooted and running ics. I have yet to experience any of that. No fc's and no disappearing paid apps
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I have almost 300 paid apps and had lots of problems with market in the past. Rooted phones has known issues with the market, apps and force closing. Call Google customer service and they will explain.
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I have almost 300 paid apps and had lots of problems with market in the past. Rooted phones has known issues with the market, apps and force closing. Call Google customer service and they will explain.
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you sir, have issues that most do not. your obviously not capable of using this site.
i have never had an issue with market that I did not cause. FC's are casued by apps not meant for your device or the ROM your running.
You want to argue with people that flash **** almost daily? go call google again, and quit wasting space in our forums
O and if your on stock, what did you expect to get for help by posting an issue with a stock ROM?
Call samsung
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Wrong. Learn android before trying to tell something to those that know.
want proof of one. heres my screenshot in the attachment. I've never ran a stock phone. ever.
Not sure why its so small :/
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No need to be rude. Just because you never had a problem doesn't mean no one will besides I'll have you know that I installed many roms and no android. Thank you!!!
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No need to be rude. Just because you never had a problem doesn't mean no one will besides I'll have you know that I installed many roms and no android. Thank you!!!
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I was not being rude, you are being incompetent.
4 million members on this site, you really think that rooting a phone breaks ****?
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you sir, have issues that most do not. your obviously not capable of using this site.
i have never had an issue with market that I did not cause. FC's are casued by apps not meant for your device or the ROM your running.
You want to argue with people that flash **** almost daily? go call google again, and quit wasting space in our forums
O and if your on stock, what did you expect to get for help by posting an issue with a stock ROM?
Call samsung
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Who's having a argument, were just talking. You didn't have to answer my post and you can simply leave.
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I was not being rude, you are being incompetent.
4 million members on this site, you really think that rooting a phone breaks ****?
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Why call me the word incompetent? You can drop the words (was not) and use, wasn't.
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Why call me the word incompetent? You can drop the words (was not) and use, wasn't.
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Very true, I apologize. But you must realize that this site EXISTS for the simple idea that we, the members of it(evidently not all of them), do not want our phones stock.
The only support you'll get from a stock ROM, is from the at&t store.
and the "was not" was meant that way. I feel its a stronger form of the word rather than wasn't
This discussion got troublesome and way, way off topic.
But the bottom line is man, if you want to stay stock, there's really nothing we can do, other than advise to wipe data/factory reset via 3e recovery.
What you may have thought you knew about issues that come by rooting your phone, are maybe 1 in a 100, and most likely caused by the person themselves.
There are a few ROM's that are based on at&t "official" leaks. but there rooted.
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I have almost 300 paid apps and had lots of problems with market in the past. Rooted phones has known issues with the market, apps and force closing. Call Google customer service and they will explain.
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I think you may be confusing some of your facts. That may hold true for some unbranded chinese tablets running ICS. Those ROMs have to operate as a brand name "something else" just to get market to recognize the device.
The same is not true with our phones. Root away! The issues you're concerned about do not exist on name brand android devices.
I got my first virus over the weekend.
Curious what percent of people run AV on their EVOLTE?
Avast is the best btw. AVG, Norton, Symantec catch less than 60% of viruses on Android.
You.....got a virus? Please enlighten us
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Never saw the need for an anti virus program on Android. Well unless you want anti theft, but i believe you can get that standalone...
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I never have on any of my android phones
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I would like to know where you got a virus as well. If I was downloading warez all the time from unscrupulous websites then I'd probably go with an antivirus. I don't think I'll be getting anything from the Play Store though.
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I got my first virus over the weekend.
Curious what percent of people run AV on their EVOLTE?
Avast is the best btw. AVG, Norton, Symantec catch less than 60% of viruses on Android.
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Yes please enlighten us. What is happening to your phone and how do you believe you got it?
SENT FROM MY EVO 4G LTE!!! (w/no LTE)
Stop downloading porn on your phone.
Problem solved.
Had an antivirus for the last year (Lookout) and gave it up last week. It seriously slows the phone down. I only use it for tracking in case it gets lost.
Don't use it, don't need it.
I, too, am curious about this virus.
PsiPhiDan said:
Stop downloading porn on your phone.
Problem solved.
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WHAT?!?
Party pooper! You're no fun! lol
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WHAT?!?
Party pooper! You're no fun! lol
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So that's why you wanted that 720p 4.7" screen, huh?
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Antivirus' are pretty much useless on android unless they use root. If you're getting viruses/malware than odds are you're using cracked apps.
And this is the entire point of having antivirus on ANY device: to protect people from themselves.
Well,,,Idownload porn all the time. Inevergot a virus,,,or syphalus,,,not even a cold,,,Virus,,,pischaa !!!
Don't see the point in it.
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To all the people using an anti virus to track their phone, stop. Use cerberus. And if rooted with custom recovery, they provide a flashable on the website which is what I use. Other apps can't compare to this. Many features.
I call shenanigans. Maybe he just though he needed a AV and maybe thought it did something cause it stopped something like ads, or text ads from a stupid game that shouldn't have em. Speak up than.
Anti virus on Android is just a battery sucker, all of em. And if u want to stop things like ads, adaway is the best at that.
Please do look at cerberus though in the market.
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Just realized this thread got moved. So how I got the virus....
I was annoyed my new EVOLTE kept dropping wifi while I was playing poker. My old EVO 4G never had this issue, sitting at the same spot in my house. My LTE works fine if I'm in the same room as the router, so it's obviously a signal strength issue with the EVOLTE.
I though, like my laptop has a power save feature on it's wifi chip, maybe the EVOLTE does as well. So I searched the market(not realizing there's a setting to put wifi into high performance mode).
In the market I found an app with 100,000+ downloads and 5 star rating....
"Networking Signal Booster" by Baca Studio.
It was still there last time I checked even though I did report it and looking through the comments it looks like others have reported it as well.
I installed it, couldn't tell if it worked or not. Did research on how the app did what it did, and I started seeing some people say their comment was forced. I saw a few pages into the comments a few people saying it's a virus.
I installed AVG. AVG said it's a virus. I uninstalled AVG and installed Avast, and avast also said it's a virus.
Wiped my phone. Installed Avast.
And here's a question I had after this. I'm not rooted yet, my old 4G was S-off.
If you're S-Off, theoretically a virus could install a rootkit and wiping your phone wouldn't remove it, and AV wouldn't be able to detect it.
I'm probably still going s-off the next time an exploit for the newest OS comes out, but food for thought.
It would be nice to be able to lock and unlock s-off with a password.
To .jond, I still have wifi drops sometimes on mean rom. He fixed it for some, but mine wasn't one of them I guess. I would delete that app if I were you. go into settings> wifi> advanced there are options for 2.4 or 5 GHz. If your router can do 5 than it will, otherwise keep it set to 2.4 and that alone will help with drops.
And the app you are talking about probably only does what the best wifi performance in settings>wifi>advanced does. I think I read somewhere that it uses 802.11n instead of 802.11a, which is much faster.
I found this
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2010/031810-wireless-router.html
that tells the speed differences, but I still don't remember about that setting.
Test your speeds with speed test.net app, with and without the best wifi performance checked and if it doesn't show any difference than turn it off as it will use more battery.
Note, it showed no change for me at a constant 24mbps.
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Hey there, I am looking for some instructions on how to speed up my phone. Ever since the latest update for Android it has been getting choppy/hanging and it is becoming frustrating especially when I am trying to get a girl's phone number how do I go about doing this? I suspect I had too many pictures and videos so I packed them all up but did not see any improvement in speed. Any fast ways to uninstall many programs quickly instead of having to do each one at a time? I know that I have tons of apps installed that I don't use anymore. Thank you for any help.
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You can use a program like ROM ToolBox by JRummy to do batch operations like that. I'm sure there are countless others, I just happen to use that suite
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Hey there, I am looking for some instructions on how to speed up my phone. Ever since the latest update for Android it has been getting choppy/hanging and it is becoming frustrating especially when I am trying to get a girl's phone number how do I go about doing this? I suspect I had too many pictures and videos so I packed them all up but did not see any improvement in speed. Any fast ways to uninstall many programs quickly instead of having to do each one at a time? I know that I have tons of apps installed that I don't use anymore. Thank you for any help.
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A phone so hardware rich shouldn't give you those sort of issues. Is your device completely stock?
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yes it is completely stock, never got into loading things like Cyanogen mod because I don't have any need to do so and also afraid of bricking. Thanks kil4thril ill check it out.
You'll have to be rooted to use rom toolbox.
even when you free up your RAM your phone still runs slow?
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I'm stock as well and agree since the 4.3 update my phone has noticeably slowed down....very annoying.
Try removing your SD card if you have one installed. If you see improvement provide the brand and model of SD card.
I Can tell you I switched to Illusions ROM way before the official 4.3 ad it was so freakin fast. Now on CM11 and it is still freakin fast. Much faster than any TW rom.
But ya, you may need to at least root to use some tools to figure it out. I have been using Startup Manager to clean up whats loaded during startup. Its amazing how many apps set themselves to auto start at boot. And almost all are unnecessary.