# Turbo Droid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-droid/593887>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 24, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-droid/593887 "2011-08-24T13:02:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-droid/593887/1 "2011-08-24T13:02:11Z")

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Any dopers with a Droid phone use Turbo Droid?

It seems kinda malware-ish in that some functions seem to require personal info or playing a game on your phone. What’s the straight dope?

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**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-droid/593887/2 "2011-08-24T17:04:52Z")

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Never heard of it, and having trouble finding a link to it, even in the Market. You got any links?

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-droid/593887/3 "2011-08-25T00:27:32Z")

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> [@smoke](#):
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> Never heard of it, and having trouble finding a link to it, even in the Market. You got any links?

This link ([http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-development/23790-dalvik-turbo.html](http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-development/23790-dalvik-turbo.html)) seems to imply that it’s actually a developer’s tool. I noted that the app has a subscription option, so I’m liking it less and less.

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**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbo-droid/593887/4 "2011-08-26T17:41:57Z")

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Ah, yeah. I saw that link too, but wasn’t sure if it was the same thing you were talking about. Anyway, you’re right, it sounds like a dev tool that wouldn’t really be useful for boosting performance on an individual phone in the user environment.