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01-20-2015, 03:40 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mWJSa95Isr8fwoyd5n.Csw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/android-robot-frankenstein.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/don-t-suckered-phony-battery-repair-android-app-192542815.html)It looks like there’s another completely fraudulent Android app that Google needs to remove from Google Play. The ever watchful Android Police has flagged-an app on Google Play that’s been downloaded more than 1 million times and that does absolutely nothing. RELATED:-Hugely popular Android security app revealed as a complete scam The app is called Battery Life Repair and Android Police writes that it “claims to repair your battery and basically looks like a hard drive defrag program.” It’s pretty obvious that this app can’t magically improve your phone’s battery, although that hasn’t stopped it from getting an average rating of 4.5 stars among over 180,000 ratings. The app is free to install but it offers a “pro” version for



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