Android Apps that you should Avoid!

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  • čas přidán 12. 08. 2021
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    Malicious or unnecessary apps are still finding their way onto the Play Store, so in this video, we'll go over the Android Apps you should avoid or uninstall. Enjoy!
    ▣ Naptime
    play.google.com/store/apps/de...
    ▣ Servicely
    play.google.com/store/apps/de...
    ▣ Warden
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  • @howtomen
    @howtomen  Před 2 lety +83

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    • @hiawrj
      @hiawrj Před 2 lety

      To be honest, the hole.io game is very different from the other game. It's only the black hole idea they took and that's fine. The original game would never have sold any more copies if released first. It's grade school kids that play the hole.io game versus each other during lunch break. The original game would never capture that audience.

    • @prak4982
      @prak4982 Před 2 lety +1

      Could you try the Adguard VPN and give a review. I personally feel that its a must have app for anyone, would like to here out your opinion!

    • @devansh2895
      @devansh2895 Před 2 lety

      SD Maid is good. It shows a lot of crap taking up space u aren't even aware about.

    • @vinuyajohn719
      @vinuyajohn719 Před 2 lety

      ow shittt..i use super vpn ... i just uninstalled it now after i watch this ...

    • @vinuyajohn719
      @vinuyajohn719 Před 2 lety

      hey is "youtubeVANCED" is safe?

  • @corktail7900
    @corktail7900 Před 2 lety +168

    The "junk" files that many cleaning apps claim to clean are actually caches that your device generates so it doesn't have to go through certain hardware intensive processes more than once

    • @Some-guy-on-the-internet
      @Some-guy-on-the-internet Před rokem +12

      I wish more people knew this. They think they're speeding up their phone just because it's freeing up storage even though it's slowing down their phone by deleting files that serve a purpose.

    • @kwocci3049
      @kwocci3049 Před rokem +1

      I mean, for me, i know what they are doing and allow it. I have only 5 gbs left, so the app just helps to clear cache on apps i rarely use

    • @dragonforcegaming7555
      @dragonforcegaming7555 Před rokem

      Yeah but the apps which you delete also keep useless junk files. I recently ran into that issue. For the first time, my phone's storage was full and it was such a Hassel just because of those junk files. My phone's stock phone manager app didn't even show the junk files. But when I installed Avast security app from playstore, it showed that I had 5gb in junk memory and 2 malwares

  • @tubbalcain
    @tubbalcain Před 2 lety +45

    Most free "VPN's" aren't even VPN's but proxys. And an VPN will not protect you against hackers, that's a wide misconception. Because when 'the hacker' has access to your client, it's doesn't matter if (extra) encryption is in place or not, since there is no check on the data that's flowing through.

    • @AyushGupta-wn6zd
      @AyushGupta-wn6zd Před rokem +3

      Pretty much. I don't think you should really put any trust in VPN services free or paid at all to not sell your data. I guess TOR is your best bet. But yeah, I use these proxys to simply access websites not available in my country rather than hiding my data.

    • @Cookiekeks
      @Cookiekeks Před rokem +2

      What if you just want to hide your IP address to avoid legal consequences when torrenting? I think these apps are fine for that use

  • @mrmshifan
    @mrmshifan Před 2 lety +34

    Speaking of clone apps, I used to test out some launchers and offline music players. Some of them are 100% same with different names and a different theme. Either the apps are stolen or the developers themselves upload under different guise to get more downloads.

  • @drmohammedalmasri
    @drmohammedalmasri Před 2 lety +11

    I was really looking for an honest review to all these crappy apps, amazing stuff, keep it up man!

  • @CGAmaan
    @CGAmaan Před 2 lety +27

    Great content as always, really love this channel also the creator is a very humble person❤️

  • @gamalielbaldado4962
    @gamalielbaldado4962 Před 2 lety +14

    This feels refreshing and actually very helpful. Great content!

  • @derplaga
    @derplaga Před 2 lety +6

    Such a great video, That's why I have always stayed true to your channel since way back

  • @ayad2179
    @ayad2179 Před 2 lety +17

    great video🔥👏🏼
    this was needed!

  • @karma.2781
    @karma.2781 Před 2 lety +34

    Can you make another video with Android apps that we should know about

  • @lanelester
    @lanelester Před 2 lety +31

    Very helpful! I wish Warden would give the tracker and logger counts in the Apps list after a scan. It's a pain to have to click each app to get the data that Warden has already collected. I'm going to think again about rooting. Every time I read about it, I get scared off by the warnings.

  • @AnandJC21
    @AnandJC21 Před 2 lety +17

    Great to know that you are getting outlets like The Morning Brew, which is actually pretty sick, to sponsor your videos :)

  • @lovro_ribic
    @lovro_ribic Před 2 lety +8

    Another great example of apps to avoid are sponsored apps/products you never know if they actually feel the things they got paid to say

  • @specl7264
    @specl7264 Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome content for real!!!! Videos like this are really helpful.

  • @IanMcVicker
    @IanMcVicker Před 5 měsíci

    One of your best videos man! Very informative, thank you!!

  • @ganjahmasteris
    @ganjahmasteris Před 4 měsíci

    I've learned so much from this video. Thank you man!

  • @Drumax
    @Drumax Před 2 lety +1

    Happy to watch the regular content :))

  • @owenroberts5816
    @owenroberts5816 Před 2 lety

    Another exception to performance or battery boosters are any kernel managers that overclock or underclock and/or change scaling governor (but they need root too).

  • @vaibhavsharma8042
    @vaibhavsharma8042 Před 2 lety

    Just soo glad with tha info and the research put into this vid.. HATs Off brother ❤️😏🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @hpsn5108
    @hpsn5108 Před 2 lety +8

    I will add - don't give any app permission in accessibility option, if you do they can observe anything you do on screen.

  • @praneeth3177
    @praneeth3177 Před 2 lety +4

    It's really an awesome informative video. Learnt a lot of new thong out of this. Eagerly looking forward for more videos like this one which educates us. KAPOW!

  • @gurubhaktmohit
    @gurubhaktmohit Před 2 lety +10

    *Please* make a video like an "Ultimate Privacy Guide", a one stop place to ensure as private online life as possible. Updated regularly.
    *Covering all devices, social media and OEMs.*
    I have a samsung phone with compulsory FB services and I'd like to know how to remove them and more.

    • @killertigergaming6762
      @killertigergaming6762 Před 2 lety +1

      I doubt hes going to make that since he usually doesn't make those types of videos you should probably check out some other youtubers like techlore or the hated one if you want videos on privacy.
      removing facebook services might be difficult adb will probably work and theres already likely other software spying on you like google play services you should try a firewall app that will prevent certain apps from connecting to the internet. or what is a lot better is to check if your phone supports a custom rom and flash one lineage os is most likely to support your phone.
      There are also some good places you can ask more questions like r/privacytoolsio and r/degoogle is another good place to find people. To help to get back your privacy

  • @utk1000
    @utk1000 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you man. Really appreciate it. Your a good man.

  • @markwbianchi
    @markwbianchi Před 2 lety +3

    Great suggestions especially Warden!

  • @Skynet7898
    @Skynet7898 Před 2 lety

    Wow u r not just grate at giving style advice for phone but helpful thank u

  • @lynnc9191
    @lynnc9191 Před 2 lety +2

    Make a series of this as well !

  • @himanshugirigoswami4573

    Thanks for making these informative videos. You got a new sub.

  • @kennethkimaru
    @kennethkimaru Před 2 lety +53

    Just out of curiosity, could these app developers sue How To Men for defaming their apps. Loving the content, you got yourself a new sub.

    • @3Chandresh3
      @3Chandresh3 Před 2 lety +31

      It's not defaming it's just a review
      There's no malicious intent behind it
      If i say voodo apps finance terrorism that would be defaming

    • @kennethkimaru
      @kennethkimaru Před 2 lety +6

      @@3Chandresh3 Thanks 😌🙏

    • @karlbergen6826
      @karlbergen6826 Před 11 měsíci

      I doubt it will fly. Facts are not defamation. He should only need to demonstrate trackers and the suit would be dismissed.

    • @BRoyce69
      @BRoyce69 Před 8 měsíci

      Defemation involves and is predicated on false information

  • @Kevin-bp6wm
    @Kevin-bp6wm Před 2 lety +103

    In my dictionary "Free" means we will sell the crap out of your data without you knowing it.

    • @killertigergaming6762
      @killertigergaming6762 Před 2 lety +6

      What about foss meaning free and open source software

    • @killertigergaming6762
      @killertigergaming6762 Před 2 lety +8

      @Naymul Islam how youtube vanced is great for example and brave ungoogled chromium etc is also great

    • @kr6to
      @kr6to Před 2 lety +7

      @Naymul Islam Not all of them have crappy UI.
      Aurora Store/Droid, Warden, Newpipe, ProtonMail/VPN, Pulse Music, Brave, Bromite, Ungoogled Chromium, etc. have very Great UI, and all of them are FOSS

    • @boltez6507
      @boltez6507 Před 2 lety +3

      nah open source ....are good

    • @opensourceis9996
      @opensourceis9996 Před 2 lety +2

      @Naymul Islam No they don’t. That situation is improving. Now, most F-Droid apps have awesome UI’s

  • @Alan7A
    @Alan7A Před 2 lety +2

    Amazing and useful video, thank you!

  • @Ratnamrecommend
    @Ratnamrecommend Před 2 lety +2

    Amazing video, very helpful!

  • @syedmamoon9718
    @syedmamoon9718 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for the information it's a very useful video

  • @dominickirkwood
    @dominickirkwood Před 2 lety +1

    I love it my bro keep up the work and I love the video lot 💯 💯

  • @obidean3964
    @obidean3964 Před 2 lety +5

    This is awesome man 🔥

  • @praneeth210
    @praneeth210 Před 2 lety +1

    Very useful video thanks 🙏👍

  • @benirodriguez9516
    @benirodriguez9516 Před 2 lety +2

    I downloaded once a "launcher" from the google store, and it broke the battery somehow!... As the phone was dead, I did order a new battery (from reading some comments online), booted on recovery mode, wiped it out, and voilà, the phone worked again, with the new battery (I did try back with the old, but no luck.) Strange thing, but I'm not touching a launcher again... not even Nova, which has so many raving reviews.

  • @IshowShege
    @IshowShege Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks to you,your videos helps a lot

  • @johnmevius5261
    @johnmevius5261 Před 2 lety

    Thanks a lot 😊 this video is really really helpful ❤️

  • @o_vaios
    @o_vaios Před 2 lety +1

    4:00 i remember huawei do this the most i had a p9 and yeah notifications from instagram etc.. was late or not at all

  • @fredrickpeters1628
    @fredrickpeters1628 Před 2 lety

    Love your informative channel.
    File by Google does not show Google Drive or pCloud and does not has an "unmount" for disconnecting external flash drive. Just pulling the plug results in a warning to restart.
    Samsung file manager does show Google Drive and an unmount command, but doesn't display my pCloud
    I didn't see a clear cache option.
    There is, in the "clean" feature, the option to delete and send to SD Card or pCloud some files but not all. Also, no send to Google Drive. Yes, Google FM doesn't send to Google D. What were they thinking?
    I'll take Solid Explorer FM for a spin.
    Thanks a bunch for all of your help!

  • @ammarahmed7566
    @ammarahmed7566 Před 2 lety +3

    7:11 use the tempmail on browser lol, the app may be bad but browser one has no probs

  • @frezydynecy
    @frezydynecy Před rokem +2

    A free vpn that is trustable is proton vpn, they are based in switzerland and the EU Commission regularly recommedns it to countries within the eu in trying times

  • @Y0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0ow
    @Y0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0ow Před 2 lety

    Make this a series! Like and subbed with notifs on

  • @ihtesham_emon
    @ihtesham_emon Před 2 lety +3

    Very good video, although I'm app nerd I found this helpful

  • @keithmckelvey8170
    @keithmckelvey8170 Před 2 lety +2

    I just subscribed. Been watching a lot of your videos lately and I really enjoy your professional insight on the android algorithm. Thank you

  • @sarwarkhan7809
    @sarwarkhan7809 Před rokem

    Hey, I'm your new sub. I have a question. Is it or will it be dangerous to get apk or files from third party websites like apkmirror, mediafire or the one i use more to install games which is called revdl or rexdl?

  • @gamithasamarasingha2418
    @gamithasamarasingha2418 Před 2 lety +7

    Temp mail is a different service. It's not a normal emails manager app. It gives you a temporary email address.

    • @22stunt45
      @22stunt45 Před 2 lety

      Right, I don't think he was saying otherwise, just that it was one of the dangerous apps.

    • @gamithasamarasingha2418
      @gamithasamarasingha2418 Před 2 lety +4

      @@22stunt45 It doesn't have access to our personal email accounts like the other email apps he talked about. It just gives you a temp email to register into untrusted websites. I don't use this app but I've been using their service through their website for a long time now. IDK about trackers but I can say for sure it doesn't have access to our personal email accounts as he said

    • @AuroraAce.
      @AuroraAce. Před 2 lety +2

      @@22stunt45 he didn't say they were dangerous just that people weren't satisfied with the app

  • @opensourceis9996
    @opensourceis9996 Před 2 lety +1

    1;53 Actually there’s a whole lot more you need to do to stay private on the internet, and this barely scratches the surface

  • @southpark159753
    @southpark159753 Před 2 lety

    Speaking of throwbacks... No frills CPU App, Titanium Backup, Greenify (before doze was a thing), Facesniff, WifiKill, Android phones with a slideout keyboard

  • @diskeed
    @diskeed Před 2 lety

    Naptime does not require rooting -- but if not rooted it does require two ADB commands.

  • @jaybhingare1524
    @jaybhingare1524 Před 2 lety +2

    What about Orbot/Tor on android and also built in VPN of Ookla Speed Test App (in relation to free VPN) ????
    Please answer this q.🙏

  • @Micchi-
    @Micchi- Před 2 lety +2

    9:48 What a downgrade. On my old android phone the permissions is shown before installing any app

  • @iamironman616
    @iamironman616 Před 2 lety +1

    Really helpful info!

  • @ghillli2008
    @ghillli2008 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for this info 👍

  • @allansantos1829
    @allansantos1829 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks I've learned a lot from this video

  • @applyinggaming9529
    @applyinggaming9529 Před rokem

    wait what i thought temp mail is not actually a mail app, like only for temporary mails to test something out, make dump accounts, or if you are sketchy of a site login or smthn.

  • @nidhishbhantooa8189
    @nidhishbhantooa8189 Před 2 lety +3

    Always like your content ❤️

  • @jebaker2
    @jebaker2 Před 2 lety +2

    Good topic... thanks!

  • @mikeypiontek2855
    @mikeypiontek2855 Před 2 lety

    Quick note if your Google account has advanced protection you can't download warden from the website you can only download apps directly from the Play store
    And it appears not to be there

  • @shadab007g
    @shadab007g Před 2 lety +1

    please make a video on virtual android apps like vmos and F1 VM Lite on android. Is it safe to use them?

  • @rayon.019
    @rayon.019 Před 2 lety

    one of the best yet underrated channel

  • @its_thomas
    @its_thomas Před 2 lety +23

    The only RAM cleaner and app booster I use is the official one from Samsung lol always been to scared to download 3rd party software to do it....

  • @russianspy1234
    @russianspy1234 Před 6 měsíci

    I have a couple of voodoo games. Is there any easy way to find what app each voodoo game is a clone of?

  • @lokelaufeyson9931
    @lokelaufeyson9931 Před rokem +1

    Pro tip: Go into settings and disable battery saving features completly by adding every app in your phone to the list of "apps that never sleep" and close the apps manually after you are finished with them. Issue solved, no network issues or other issues, you only need to remember to close your apps when you dont need them anymore or use the "close all" apps int he open apps list..
    Remove a few trash apps like bixby, google voice and such from the list of "apps that never sleep" so those can be monitored by the phone and if you never use them, they will never start.
    Go lazy or go pro..

  • @user-rj3qc2kx1i
    @user-rj3qc2kx1i Před 2 lety

    4:05 never happened to me on my samsung however 2 of my friends (both pixel users) overslept on school and work days because their alarm didnt go off

  • @mikajade33
    @mikajade33 Před 2 lety

    clear guide worked well with for sharing.

  • @Custmzir
    @Custmzir Před 2 lety +3

    Solid explorer is my favorite so I've bought the pro version

  • @thvndercracker
    @thvndercracker Před 2 lety +2

    What a video! Kudos HowToMen!

  • @koevoet7288
    @koevoet7288 Před 2 lety +1

    Phew, after seeing naptime in the desc. i was a bit scared since it has had root access for years.
    Ive been using it for a long time and it works really well, used my phone only a bit today and still 76%. thats 24% in 10.5 hrs with maybe 45 - 60 mins of usetime. (This is on a s21 ultra with adb instead of root)

  • @lal99
    @lal99 Před 2 lety +7

    This is a very epic video. Good stuff!

  • @androidrocks7235
    @androidrocks7235 Před rokem

    Warden stop its update lasy july 2020, i want to install it but why there is no 2022 update

  • @tibor9219
    @tibor9219 Před 2 lety

    Is it good to use Avast ?

  • @killertruth186
    @killertruth186 Před 2 lety +3

    It seems that Voodo is a big fan of Disney's Star Wars the Clone Wars.

  • @danytalksmusic
    @danytalksmusic Před 2 lety

    What about greenify for managing background apps?

  • @Dustmix
    @Dustmix Před 2 lety

    Libero mail is an email provider here in Italy. I think it was needed for an ISPs but I never used it.
    Sometimes ISPs block apps like gmail so they make an app to use the email on phones.
    Also tempmail is an app for temporary emails, I don't think it supports normal email adresses. (but I don't reccomend it, as I never got this service to work)

  • @jevaughnellis2510
    @jevaughnellis2510 Před 2 lety

    Are free movie apps safe? Like Bee TV or CinemaHD

  • @chawdau
    @chawdau Před 2 lety

    Great bro thanks for helping us ☺️😊

  • @mwdc1
    @mwdc1 Před rokem

    I use Proton VPN on my Galaxy and iPad but the free version. There is Proton VPN Plus so I'm not sure. Can you help me Facundo?

  • @GrabovoiFan
    @GrabovoiFan Před rokem

    How about Fdroid's Blokada?Keeps the apps from sending information out!

  • @variant_zz
    @variant_zz Před 2 lety +1

    Please provide timestamps...it helps a lot

  • @ranjiththrippunithura1410

    Whta about using grammerly software or App in our Phone/PC.Just share about that...

  • @Qwerty-uiop
    @Qwerty-uiop Před rokem

    What about proton VPN ? It's safe right?

  • @predator417
    @predator417 Před 2 lety +1

    What about tor or orbot?

  • @youtubebingewatcher0990

    Oof hope somebody makes a playlist of all these videos 🤩

  • @Vin-sv9fm
    @Vin-sv9fm Před 2 lety +1

    Greenify is also a good option if you wanna limit the background apps

    • @franklingoodwin
      @franklingoodwin Před 2 lety +1

      Greenify used to be great. It's not needed anymore though since Android now does pretty much everything it does and has since Android 9

    • @miraclemanoj
      @miraclemanoj Před rokem

      Now default Android 10 and above have this option in settings

  • @saswatsarangi6669
    @saswatsarangi6669 Před 2 lety

    but they say contacts for sharing links but why access that, just give us share option

  • @user-hx8ii5kp9v
    @user-hx8ii5kp9v Před 2 lety

    I had everything of these and i deleted after seeing this video , is my phone safe now ?

  • @bioLarzen
    @bioLarzen Před 2 lety +1

    Free VPNs are, ineed, risky, to put it mildly. However, I would say most people use them to get access to region-restricted content, not for safety, and ignore the risks, even if they are aware of them.

  • @clarenxie5235
    @clarenxie5235 Před 2 lety +1

    I remembered about 1 year ago, I installed a phone cleaner, and it's not cleaning my phone and it always drain my battery like crazy, and my phone is really lag, when I checked on my settings, the battery drains a lot, and my phone is very hot. The app itself is 10M downloads that time, a lot of people downloaded that app.
    At first I download that app. I don't know what to say, I thought the app works... But then I realized that the app is not cleaning my junk files or something. After about a few days I have that app in my phone, my phone is getting so hot even when I just watchinh CZcams. Then I checked on my battery settings that the cleaner app is on the first place draining battery. I quickly uninstall the app. But it still draining my battery and my phone still how, I tried to restart my phone but it's not working. I'm panic don't know what to do that time. And tomorrow after that, uhm.. it might looks dumb but, I download that app again, and theb delete the app and thank god! That works!
    It is so scary that a popular app is suspicious and can lead to taking data.
    Be careful when you download apps!

  • @mr.shadow6430
    @mr.shadow6430 Před 2 lety +4

    Iam here man thx for the vid keeo going, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION SOO WARDEN SHOWED ME THAT COD MOBILE HAD 14 TRACKERS AND VIBER 9 TRACKERS SHOULD I GET RID OF THEM?

    • @koevoet7288
      @koevoet7288 Před 2 lety +2

      You wanna play cod or not? You should make your own decision. You could also root and block using the app or try using an adblocker to block trackers by blocking their urls/ips. I’d recommend adaway, it has a rooted and a non root way. The non root way uses a vpn so you sasly cant use any vpn then

    • @mr.shadow6430
      @mr.shadow6430 Před 2 lety

      @@koevoet7288 thx alot !! I made my decision

  • @prizefighter8699
    @prizefighter8699 Před 2 lety

    Can i root myphone i just what to get rid of pre installed

  • @Ryknex
    @Ryknex Před 2 lety

    why do people use a mail app when they already have it , I wanna know one scenario where its needed

  • @teklakurucz751
    @teklakurucz751 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for showing warden, because I found like 14 apps that track me (with http links too). Not all heroes wear capes.

  • @NageshPattanshetty
    @NageshPattanshetty Před 2 lety

    What about Proton VPN and SD Maid Pro?

  • @rogue_volt4661
    @rogue_volt4661 Před rokem

    And the fact that voodoo games need internet connection for ads so they can get money. If you try putting flight mode on, it says you cant play

  • @classylilsassy6911
    @classylilsassy6911 Před 2 lety

    I paid for a VPN & it slowed my internet down and now it did not stop me from getting a virus and not too long after I've only styled it hanging up having my number what's going stolen and my I had cards on accounts used. By the way I also had paid for dfndr but it didn't do anything

  • @j3sv1n
    @j3sv1n Před 2 lety +1

    There is actually one genuine free VPN - ProtonVPN. The free version has only basic features but it's better than nothing.

  • @Thestargazer56
    @Thestargazer56 Před 2 lety

    What about a TOR like Orbot?

  • @olehheremii5639
    @olehheremii5639 Před rokem

    you also have to consider some bad camera apps

  • @Gamify-four
    @Gamify-four Před 2 lety

    What about blokada vpn? Can anyone give me suggestions?