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[GeoNez]

A Request for Wisdom ......

My "backup" phone is on the low end of the hardware capability spectrum for Android devices:  512MB RAM, 8GB ROM, 1GHz processor, etc..  If I set up MB to do "everything" - the way my primary phone is set up - the phone frequently spends much if not all of its time updating and running MB, and at times pretty much grinds to a halt for everything else.  VERY safe.  VERY un-usable.

SO --- HOW BEST to configure MB so that it becomes a manually invoked, on-demand app rather than an always active automated background process.  YES, I would prefer the latter, but in this case the hardware is not up to the task. YES, I know, get a better device :-D -- but this IS the backup phone.

Thanks in advance.