92 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44HOW TO
If this doesn’t work for your device then you should
Google ‘How to put [your model name] into Safe
mode’ and follow the instructions. When in Safe mode
you’ll see ‘Safe mode’ at the bottom left of the screen.
Open your Settings menu and choose Apps, then
make sure you’re viewing the Downloaded tab.
Chances are you will know when your device
started misbehaving, and you can usually line that
up with a new app you might have downloaded.
If you don’t know the name of the app you
think has infected your Android phone or tablet,
go through the list and look for anything dodgy-
looking or that you know you haven’t installed or
shouldn’t be running on your device.
Tap on the malicious app (clearly it won’t be called
‘Dodgy Android virus’, this is just an illustration) to