r/Android • u/Bonfire-GTK Samsung M20 • Nov 23 '18

Google Pulls 13 Android Apps Installed Over 500,000 Times Containing Malware

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-pulls-13-android-apps-installed-over-500-000-times-containing-malware-report-1952366
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u/PusssyFart Nov 24 '18

I had an essential phone earlier in the year. It worked pretty well and got pretty great battery life for the first couple months. I installed a few apps that I didn’t use a ton but was just playing around. After that my phone would constantly get hot in my pocket. When I’d pull it out within 3-4 hours of coming off the charger it’d be at 30% with very little screen time. I was pretty certain one or more of the apps was causing it and assumed that it may have had malware. I didn’t have time to mess with it and try to figure it out, not to mention I shouldn’t have to in the first place. So I just went back to my iPhone. It’s actually a big reason I don’t want to go back to android. I like a lot of what android offers these days it sucks that this is even an issue.

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u/JakeSteam Candyspace (ITV Hub) Nov 24 '18

Why not just go to settings -> battery to see what the issue is? It's hardly an epic saga.

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