How to keep your Smartphone safe

How to keep your Smartphone safe

If you use your Smartphone throughout a day, then you also keep your phone safe and up to date. You apply the screen guard and cover on the phone so that it does not cause any damage. But only does this protect the phone? No! Let me tell you that it is a physical protection but it is also very important to give your phone a technical protection too. Because if your phone is technically safe then your phone's data is also safe. Otherwise it is unsafe to go it to the wrong hands. Today your phone has all personal information such as photographs, videos, bank details, private messages, emails and documents etc. If these things touch someone else's hands, then he can do huge damage. It is important that you keep your phone safe in every way and we have suggested the same way 13 ways to keep Android phones and data safe.

1. Screen Lock

The first step to secure phone data is to set up a screen lock so that no one else can peek into your phone data. Many people give information to the screen lock, it is also wrong. Better if you keep the password or the pattern yourself. The choice of screen lock will be found in security by going to the phone's settings.

2. Lock the media and apps

If you do not want everyone to see the phone's photograph and app, then there is also a solution. You can password protect the app. There are many good apps available on the Google Play Store called App Locker. These apps allow you to lock many applications, including photo galleries, WhatsApp, and Hangouts.

3. Keep apps update

The phone has many notifications for the operating system and the application updates but you ignore them. You may feel overwhelmed by this kind of ignorance. Because the update also removes security flaws in the apps with new features from the update so that the application is technically strong and save your data from viruses and hacks.

4. Do not use third party store for apps

Apart from the Google Store in Android phones, apps can also be downloaded from APK. Apart from this there are also some third party stores where you can download the app for phones. But you do not know that it is taking the risk only. Because you can share apps with Bluetooth or USB but there are a lot of viruses that can cause huge damage to you and your phone. These viruses also steal data from the phone.

5. Manage apps permission

When you download any app from Google Play, you are asked for a permit. You think it's okay to fix it but do not see what kind of permission it is taking with you. Many applications allow your contact, message, mail and SMS.

6. Set remote data erase feature

Do you know that you can remotely delete your phone's data? Yes, even if you do not have a phone in hand, you can still delete your phone data completely. If the phone has been stolen, then this feature is very useful. This can save the data from moving into the other or bad hand. For this, you have to use the Android Device Manager in your phone. This option will be found in the Device administrator by going to Settings in the phone. You have to tick in Android Device Manager. After this, if your phone is lost then you can delete all the data on your phone by opening the Android Device Manager from any PC or other phone.

8. Avoid sharing information on social media

How many times have you ever shared your bank account number, Aadhaar number, ATM PIN and password on a message, WhatsApp, or Chat. It must have been done once or twice. But you do not know how much you risk by doing this. Because there are many apps and companies, then read all your details. So do not ever share your personal information with the phone.

9. Avoid Use of Public WiFi

To use free internet we often use public Wi-Fi but do not know how dangerous it is to use this kind of  Wi-Fi. The most dangerous part of the public Wi-Fi is that It allows lots of viruses to come into our phone. These viruses work to steal data from our phone.

10. Always Keep Data Backup

Even if you have kept the phone protected by a PIN and password, try this one, always do backup your phone's data. You can back up phone data on the cloud, desktop or external harddrive. Data will be saved even if virus damage your data on your phone.

11. Do not click on an unknown link

Always keep in mind that during phone use do not click on any unknown link. These links are viruses. You are shown a lot of greed and you get stuck by clicking on that link.

12. Encryption

You can use encryption to keep data completely safe in your Android phone. The choice of encryption will be found in the settings of the phone within the security. It also will not be able to read if your phone data stolen. Remember that encryption is beneficial only if you keep your phone protected with a PIN or password.

13. Use of Anti Virus

You can use a good company's antivirus to keep data safe in your Android phone. Such as Norton, AVG and Kaspersky etc.