Probably, there is no such person in the world who would not want his smartphone to work longer. Of course, lately, manufacturers have made some progress in this direction, starting to equip branded devices with batteries with a larger capacity than before. This was facilitated by the increase in their dimensions due to the increase in the diagonal of the displays, which in turn began to consume more resources, and therefore even a 25-30% increase in battery capacity provided only an additional two to three hours of autonomy. But sometimes even this is not enough to resist malicious software.
Google Play has tons of useless apps, but some of them also drain your battery.
Experts at the antivirus company Bitfender have found 17 applications on Google Play that put a significant load on the hardware of smartphones and contribute to their premature discharge. This is due to embedded ad scripts displaying advertisements. Immediately after installation, the application shows ads in moderation, so as not to arouse any suspicion in the user, but after several days of use, the frequency of displaying banners increases, putting a significant load on the processor and battery of the smartphone.
Which apps drain your battery
How to know which apps are draining your battery
- Car Racing 2019
- 4K Wallpaper (Background 4K Full HD)
- Backgrounds 4K HD
- QR Code Reader & Barcode Scanner Pro
- File Manager Pro – Manager SD Card / Explorer
- VMOWO City: Speed Racing 3D
- Barcode Scanner
- Screen Stream Mirroring
- QR Code – Scan & Read a Barcode
- Period Tracker – Cycle Ovulation Women’s
- QR & Barcode Scan Reader
- Wallpapers 4K, Backgrounds HD
- Transfer Data Smart
- Explorer File Manager
- Today Weather Radar
- Mobnet.io: Big Fish Frenzy
- Clock LED
As you can see, all this is basically the so-called junk software, that is, the one in which there is no point in installing, but which is highly popular. This is evidenced by the demand for these applications, the total number of downloads of which exceeded 500 thousand. Therefore, even if we assume that 90% have guessed that these programs are putting a significant load on the processor and discharging their smartphones, and have deleted them, there are at least 10% of ignorant users who continue to endure premature discharges and have no idea what they can do. to be the case.
What to do if your smartphone runs out of battery quickly
Despite the fact that ads in applications are displayed openly, they continue to be displayed even in the background, draining the smartphone's battery. As a rule, this does not happen rapidly, but quite systematically. On average, the autonomy of infected devices is reduced by 30-40% of the baseline, but the final figure depends on how actively the owner of the infected device uses it himself.
You can understand whether your smartphone is affected in a special section of the operating system, which displays data on applications that consume the most resources.
- To make sure everything is in order, go to 'Settings';
- Find the tab 'Battery' – 'Battery Usage';
- See how applications are consuming the most resources;
- If there are programs from the Bitfender list among them, uninstall them.
Fortunately, none of the programs on the list are viral, and therefore do not penetrate the file system and leave their components after uninstallation. Therefore, if you suddenly notice that you have a gluttonous application installed, you can uninstall it without risking anything. However, for reliability, it is still recommended to run the device in antivirus to make sure that no malicious components are guaranteed to remain in memory.