You just bought a phone with an Android system, maybe because the free one worked, but it went slow, or maybe it didn’t work anymore, or who knows, maybe it was too old and some applications were not (anymore) possible to install them.
Then enter your Google account as the vast majority of Android phones require and buckle up, because fortunately this guide will be a little less complicated than that of optimizing Windows after installation.
Small premise before leaving: the title mentions the year 2022 because it is not certain that this procedure will last over time, information technology and electronics are sectors in constant evolution, what is valid today may not be valid tomorrow.
First thing to do on an Android system: perform all routine updates
When buying an Android system, Google PlayStore is hardly updated to the latest version, it is therefore a good idea to update all applications pre-installed on your smartphone.
First of all, this must be done for one data security issuethen because it will be easier to remove all those that are not needed.
Doing so is simple: usually the Google Play Store icon is on one of the “desktop” tabs of an Android system, just press it and the store screen will appear.
This screen will appear.
Then click on your avatar icon, this other screen will appear.
Click “manage app and device” to find yourself on this screen.
Click on “Updates available” to find yourself here.
Here click on “update all” regardless: this will ensure that even applications that do not appear at the moment can receive their updates.
There is the possibility that the same Google Play Store does not even update in that case, in that case from the main screen of the same store you just need to click on “Settings” to find yourself here.
Then press on “information”, you will find this among the options.
“Update the Play Store” and you will be able to update your Android system without much hassle, from here on it will fend for itself.
On a new phone it is important to keep the Google Play Store updated because it not only scans the applications to be updated, but also acts as an antivirus through Play Protect, similar to Windows Defender on the homonymous Microsoft operating system.
Once this is done, it will be up to you to choose which applications to install (WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook and singer company).
Operating system updates
This thing about updating the Android system (in some cases it does just the change of version), it is not so obvious that it does it automatically via Wi-Fi, usually this setting can be found on the drop-down menu by scrolling from the apex of the screen of the smartphone by going down, click on the gear and go to settings.
Warning: because where Android security updates are, it can change a lot from one phone model to another, so pay attention to where it can be!
Once you have found the Android security updates (patches) on the menu, just wait for the download and it will require a restart: just follow the instructions that your Android system gives you.
Those blessed bloatware …
Well, an Android system is not exempt, like Windows, from small programs that have little use, not to say that they are really useless.
Just go to the settings (sometimes the gear icon is even in the main menu when the operating system is opened) and look for the item that concerns the applications (usually called “App”, but it can change according to the model ).
Usually the bloatware applications that I remove are Google Duo, Google Books, Google Movies (in older models) and all those applications that you know you will not use.
On an Android system the concept of bloatware is very relative, for example if I play video games I can keep Google Play Games, instead of you not playing you will have to remove it.
Warning: very often it is not possible to completely uninstall some of the system’s pre-installed programs, but you can only disable them, however this will make the phone more responsive because it will take up less RAM memory.
Various and any on an Android system
If Google Chrome is not comfortable for you, you can always use replacement applications, for example Google Chrome you can replace it with Mozilla Firefox, Opera and who knows how many other browsers, you can replace the application to call with another, there are many things you can do.
Android as applications is a very free system, fortunately.
However these are the routine operations. Optimizing privacy on Android will be seen elsewhere.
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