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They disabled the "Phoning" functionality, since nobody was using it, but everything else (browsing, texting, using apps, taking pictures, ...) work like a charm.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Any phone that has WiFi and bluetooth capability, IMHO, is susceptible for attack in public places. I have once met a guy in cafe who was sniffing packets from free and open WiFi network provided by cafe. Now, there is nothing that your anitvirus could do about it. So, just be careful.
I just prefer not to do internet banking or online purchase from phone. Other than that, all I have is few songs, photos, messages and contacts which I do not really care if someone reads.
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I've been using Android phones for around 6 years with no virus protection and AFAIK no virii either.
Until a virus checker tells you it finds a virus the best anyone can say about is that it doesn't get in the way.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I simply replaced my Galaxy with a Blackberry z10.
I'm sure it is also hackable, but to date it has never been used as a vector to get into my Linux desktops.
Unlike the Galaxy.
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That is a good choice, hackers seldom target obsolete technology. 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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It's a 4G touchscreen phone with 128G expansion via SDhC. Galaxy must be amazing!
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Just get rid of Samsung apps and install stock standard OS. Or just buy Nexus. Using it for a while now and it is a very well behaved phone.
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AVG should do the job. I've been having the S4 for over a year now and used Avast and Lookout also but AVG is still my favorite. Especially the remote admin feature that allows you to locate or lock your device when its lost. I tested it just to see how it works and its great. Location more precise than Lookout. Avast just looks too busy for me 
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Dumisani Nkosi wrote: I tested it just to see how it works and its great
You did not mention the $499 fee for unlocking it.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I don't have the Pro Version installed but I'm able to remotely lock my device from the AVG site.
Absolutely free 
No fees whatsoever
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I use Malwarebyes...haven't had any trouble. hasn't found anything either.
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Sophos have a free offering for Android[^]. No idea if it's any good, as I haven't got a droid to test it.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Be careful of Sophos... its a virus. What the virus does is suck all the resource bone dry,  .
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
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My cellphone just failed me again; dropping a call.
I'm looking for a second number.
I'd like something with the clarity of a digital signal, 16 bit signal would be a nice starting point; a 20 bit signal would be super.
I would like something with the connection reliability of a land-line phone.
Magic Jack has been suggested to me. I welcome first hand and second had reports, either here in this group or privately directed.
If you have Majic Jack, and are willing to speak to me for 90 seconds to let me hear how it sounds, please let me know.
Other opinions are also welcome. I am also seeing these names...
Basic Talk
Voip
Vonage
BroadVoice
1-Voip
Phone.com
Phone Power
ViaTalk
Oooma
AXvoice
Voip.com
Lingo
Skype
Thanks for any first hand experience with any of these
modified 21-Aug-14 19:09pm.
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Rule 4563: You can't get 16-bit quality from a 2-bit solution.
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Rule 26. Any topic can be turned into something totally unrelated.
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I have a Skype number that I use mainly when out of the country. It works well on my computers and android phone. Clients call me easily, leave messages, etc. It works fine for a $30/year solution, but requires the hardware to access it, i.e. computer, laptop, smart phone, or whatever.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Whom can you call for $30 ?
How long can you talk ?
=======UPDATE===============
Just checked their site, they say they have unlimited USA calls for $3 a month. Do you have such a plan ?
modified 21-Aug-14 18:20pm.
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Yes, that sounds like it. It's unlimited calls to the US and Canada. I've called US clients from hotels in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, and probably a few other places. Clients also call me when I'm in places with internet, but no cell phone coverage (i.e. inside one of the labs where I work). It works fine if the internet connection is OK.
I got the number because I needed a business number in a specific US area code and didn't want to get another phone line or cell phone. I think it's a little cheaper if you pay by the year instead of by the month.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Second big question about skype and phones: If needed, can you speak with a living human who works there ? If so, does that human speak an understandable variant of the American version of English ?
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C-P-User-3 wrote: If needed, can you speak with a living human who works there ?
It was bought out my MS, so they've all been infected with the zombie virus.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ah, technically accurate answers which don't help ?
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Mark_Wallace wrote: so they've all been infected with the zombie virus.
Well, that is just a bullfact.
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Upvoted for perfect English usage.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't know, since I've never needed to speak with anyone about Skype itself. It has just always worked fine. Even my non-tech wife routinely uses it to call friends' and relatives' phones in South America. Microsoft does have their normal tech support, though, FWIW.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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