December 2022
Beginner
288 pages
8h 21m
English
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Chapter 22
Ten Settings to Disable
IN THIS CHAPTER
Blocking sensitive information
Telling Android what information you want and what you don’t
Adjusting what can be done from the lock screen
Some features on your Android smartphone can be either unsafe, expensive (in terms of battery power or data usage), or just plain annoying. In this chapter, you explore some settings on your smartphone that you may decide to disable. As always, use your own discretion when turning any of these settings off, and you can change your mind at any time.
Turn On Wi-Fi Automatically
This setting is both good and bad, depending on your situation, but I put it on the bad list because it can have unintentional consequences. For example, if you have ever been in a jam and had to connect to a public Wi-Fi network for a moment to get something done (such as while waiting in an airport) and forget to disable Turn on Wi-Fi Automatically, every time you are near this network again, Android will try to reconnect to it — whether you want to or not. In fact, Android will automatically try to connect to any Wi-Fi network you once connected to, even if you don’t want to connect.
This behavior can be problematic ...
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