How to Clean and Maintain Your Device 

Why is cleaning and maintain your device is important? Not just cleaning the outside the device and screen with a Microfiber Cloth but there is more homework than just that which I will go more in-depth with and talk about in this guide below.

Sometimes you may notice your phone, laptop, tablet, slowing down every other day or taking long to load and or startup after you press the device power button from sleep. This can be because of many of the following reasons, your device storage is low, you have running apps in the background, your device may be out of date, or your device no longer receives security updates, you could have a virus or malware installed and you did not even know. 

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(Scenario 1) Let's go into the Settings and Storage settings on your device. If your device came with 128GB just as an example and the storage says you are using 115GB and you have about 15-16GB remaining this means that your storage is critically low, and you should delete or offload your apps and clear cache and look through any duplicate files and photos you may have and do not use. Once you delete all files, photos, and applications you no longer use on the device and deleted them completely restart your device and you will notice the difference and feel to your device that it preforms faster and as if you just bought the device from day one. 

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(Scenario 2) Let's say you are using your Desktop or Laptop Computer and you know that you have the best options on your device like you have up to spec hardware meaning you have and Solid State Drive, a Up To Date Processor from AMD Or Intel, with good Memory and Graphics Specs but you notice your computer lags on the software side and see that you get error messages on your security center panel. This can be many of the following things, your security and antivirus are not up to date, your device is missing very important security and cumulative update patches that your devices need to be updated within the Update Center. Once you install these updates and restart your device after 30+ minutes you notice a major difference and no longer see the security error messages this means your device is up to date and should be running smoothly. This is why it is critical to make sure your desktop and laptop device is up to date and running the latest version of hardware and software there is. 

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(Scenario 3) Let's say you have your laptop in hand working on a Google Sheet Project and you are at a coffee spot or lunch in spot using the Free Wi-Fi Choice on your device and you are just browsing the internet, and you get a message on your action center and browser that your computer is out of date on a Blue and White Screen. Sometimes even a small bug or link can be inserted into the device without or knowledge within the Free Wi-Fi. This can be known as a virus and means your device may have a virus. Some Computer Viruses may not be as big as others but can be damaging to the software and also your accounts that it can control. In this case make sure you open your Antivirus Software which can be the following McAfee, Norton, ESET, Microsoft Security, and many more. You run the security full scan on your device, and the program catches the virus and expunges the virus after cleaning the virus threat. The next scan you would run is the malware threat scan what this scan would do is check your device for any malware meaning it can be more damaging than just a small virus and slow your device down more and manipulate the device and application to one application instead of the other application. Once the malware threat is scan is completed and if there are malware threats on the devices the antivirus software will than clean that threat and expunge that threat as well. Once all that is complete you would than disconnect your device from the internet and run your computer on your own Wi-Fi and even use your own Hotspot Device that is cellular data connected which is (More Secure). Sometimes using a public free network can be unsafe and unsecure and can lead to many different factors of your computer and accounts being comprised which can lead to long term damage. 

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Overall, in this portion of the guide I created this explains why you should always maintain and keep your device up to date with security updates and feautres and running the latest version of software that your device supports.