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TommyLog TECH – Spring Cleaning Your Android Device #VZWBuzz #ad

Hey kids it’s Tommy and for today’s TommyLog tech, I want to talk about spring cleaning your Android device. Is your device running low on storage space? Running slow compared to when it was brand new? Chances are you need to do some spring cleaning on it. I have a few easy steps to clearing out some space and hopefully speeding up that device.

Tip #1 – Remove old photos and space hogging videos. Before you do, make sure they are backed up – in more than one location – Google photos – Dropbox, One Drive, Verizon Cloud. And double check from another source before you delete – just to be extra sure it’s all there. Undeleting your precious photos and videos is difficult, so an extra double check could never hurt.

Tip #2 – Clear out old apps or move then to your SD card. I download a lot of apps and then forget all about them moments later. Take some time to look at your app listing and delete, delete delete! If there are some that you really need, and you have an internal SD card, chances are high you can move them to the SD card. If you go to Settings | Storage, there you will find a listing of all your apps and their respective file sizes. From there you can move the apps you want to your SD card freeing up storage if needs be.

Tip #3 – Remove junk preferences and cache files. Modern day operating systems make loads and loads of junk files. They are “supposed” to auto purge, but sometimes do not and over time, these files can take up a good deal of space and slow down you system. Take a moment to download one of these free apps to help you clean out the junk from your phone. You’ll be amazed as to how much storage space is taken up by these junk files.

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Tip #4- Do a factory reset your phone. If you’d rather not bother with all the tips above, you can just do like I like to do, and do a factory restore of your phone. Its super easy and take only a few minutes. What takes time is re-downloading all your apps, photos and other data, but that is pretty automated. To do a factory restore – go to Settings | Backup & Reset |Factory Data Reset.

NOTE: Please verify you have a valid backup before doing a factory restore. I would hate to have someone lose all there data by not having a good backup before hand.

BONUS TIP – Get a new case. Seriously few things refresh your outlook on your cell phone like a nice new case. Cases are cheap these days even for flagship phones. Find a fun color or pattern that fits your personality and go wild!

For more information on how to get your very own LG G4, click here!

[DISCLAIMER — I’m one of the cool kids who has been asked to play with and test technology for Verizon. They asked me to test and share my thoughts. All my words are original and my own.]

TommyLog TECH – Spring Cleaning Your IOS Device

Spring CleaningHey kids, it’s Tommy and for today’s TommyLog TECH I want to talk about doing a little spring cleaning on your IOS devise. Last night I was watching a movie with my sweetheart on my iPad. A quarter of the way though the movie I got an error message saying that I was out of memory. How could that be?  I have a 32 GB IPad Air and I should have plenty of free storage space.

Well enough of this, I’m going to do some spring cleaning here. What I did applies to any late model IOS device, iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone.

First you need to make sure you have a good backup. I use Apple’s iCloud service  but you can use iTunes too. Here’s a great article from apple on backing up you iDevice https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977

After you have verified and backed up your devise you need to reset it. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201274

After resetting, reload your saved settings and apps from either your iCloud or iTunes backup and BAM!

It’s that simple- and welcome back free space 🙂 BEFORE 1.25 GB free space – AFTER 15.4 GB free space.

 

TommyLog TECH – Backing Up with Verizon Cloud #vzwbuzz #AD

TommyLog TECH  – Backing Up with Verizon Cloud #vzwbuzz

Today for TommyLog TECH I want to talk about Verizon’s consumer grade cloud storage solution, appropriately named Verizon Cloud.

Before I dig into that assignment, let me briefly explain what “the cloud” actually means. The cloud is very ambiguous term for server access and storage that lives somewhere (a place few care to visit) and that’s only accessible via the Internet. So your mobile, desktop, and laptops can all access this massive networks of storage and services anywhere you are, worldwide.

Verizon Cloud is just that, a backup and syncing storage solution where your contacts, photos, videos, music, and documents,  even your call logs and texts, are stored.  The app loads onto your IOS or Android devise, available from Google Play or the iTunes App store. Verizon Cloud also has a desktop version of their app compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 & 8 (32 and 64 bit) versions, Mac (OSX 10.5 or greater). Forget your laptop or mobile device and still want to access your stuff? Simply find a computer connected to the internet and log onto verizonwireless.com/cloud and you have access to all your storage.

One great thing about this service is that when you move to a new phone or device, you just download one app, log in with your credentials, and your saved content will begin to be restored based on your download speed of your network. Another feature that I like about Verizon Cloud is that it defaults to only syncing via WIFI as to not use up all your cellular data. This can be overridden if you desire, but be careful, with the 25 GB Verizon Cloud as part of The More Everything Plan, you can max out your monthly data pretty easily.

Verizon cloud apps work fairly seamless with one small exception. The IOS version does not backup automatically. Instead you get a notification which alerts you to initiate a backup. Not good. I’ve been told that the next version of Verizon Cloud for IOS will include automatic background backups. The android version is just “set it and forget it”, backing up in the background based on the time you set. Slick!

I have added Verizon Cloud to my backup and syncing strategy and so should you.

Verizon Cloud if 100% Tommy Approved!

For more information on how to sign up for The More Everything Plan and get 25 GB Verizon Cloud storage for yourself.

[DISCLAIMER — I’m one of the cool kids who has been asked to play with and test technology for Verizon. They asked me test and share my thoughts. All my words are original and my own.]

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