Is your Android device running slow? We shares 5 tips to help you speed it up.
PINPOINT THE PROBLEM
It
could be an app, multiple apps, the storage or the system itself
slowing down your device. Before you either fix your device yourself or
give it to a technician to help you fix it, it is important you try to
identify what the problem is or might be, and what the problem isn’t.
With this knowledge, the problem will be easier for you to solve on your own or, if you decide to give the phone to a technician instead, it will help you avoid being cheated.
With this knowledge, the problem will be easier for you to solve on your own or, if you decide to give the phone to a technician instead, it will help you avoid being cheated.
A diagnostic app can help you pinpoint the problem causing your device to run slowly.
Phone Doctor Plus and Z-device Test are good diagnostic apps to consider. You can find them on Google Play Store.
Phone Doctor Plus and Z-device Test are good diagnostic apps to consider. You can find them on Google Play Store.
Some Android devices come with diagnostic apps, like Samsung with
the Samsung Smart Care app. In this case, you can take advantage of
that rather than downloading another from the Google Play Store.
CLEAR YOUR CACHED DATA
This
is more or less a temporary solution if your device’s slowness is
caused by the unnecessary or ‘rarely used’ apps you installed. Cache
data eats up system resources (takes up storage space on your device)
while slowing down your device.
You should clear this data from time to time or install a cache clearing app, like Clean Master, from the Google Play Store.
You have nothing to fear deleting this data, anything important will simply be re-cached the next time you open the app.
You should clear this data from time to time or install a cache clearing app, like Clean Master, from the Google Play Store.
You have nothing to fear deleting this data, anything important will simply be re-cached the next time you open the app.
This
is considered a temporary solution because you’ll eventually have to
delete some of these apps you are clearing the cached data of, to more
permanently fix the problem of your device running slowly.
UNINSTALL AND DISABLE UNNECESSARY APPS
If
after diagnosing the problem, you find that a certain app or the
multiple apps you installed on your device is causing your device to run
slowly, you should immediately uninstall it.
For
apps that you cannot delete (those that come preloaded on your phone
and are otherwise called ‘bloatware’), you should disable as many as you
are not using to keep them from running in the background, choking your
device’s storage and interfering with its speed and efficiency.
You
can uninstall or disable apps through the app manager found in your
device’s settings, and keep these apps from becoming the ‘resource hogs’
that slow down your Android device.
NOTE – You
should also learn to close all apps you are no longer using. Don’t just
open it and change to another app without closing the one you
previously opened. This helps to free up your RAM and improve your
device’s performance.
FREE UP YOUR DEVICE STORAGE
Aside
uninstalling unnecessary apps, especially if the problem is caused by
insufficient storage, you should also delete some of the many files
(music, videos, documents etc.) that are filling up your internal
storage.
Make
the sacrifice; delete those files you don’t actually need but keep for
sentimental reasons. If you want to avoid, losing certain files
completely, you can transfer them to another device (another phone, a
laptop, or a tablet) or a flash drive or hard drive.
NOTE – You
can also consider disabling some of the widgets running on your device
that you are not really using, alongside animations and live wallpapers
you have running on your phone. Widgets, animations and live wallpapers
may be fanciful, but they affect your device’s performance and battery
live.
PERFORM A FACTORY DATA RESET
Over
time, a lot goes on in your device’s software so it’s always advisable
to give your device a fresh start from time to time. Know that this
should not be done often, only from time to time especially when all the
other tips don’t work as well as you want them to do.
A
factory data reset will wipe your device clean and leave the software
the way it was when you first turned on the device; so be sure to backup
important files before you do this.
Some Android devices come with a “Backup and Reset” option in the device’s settings, so you can take advantage of that. Some other devices have a recovery menu for backing up important files.
The steps are different for every device, so you can use Google to help you out with the steps for your device.
Some Android devices come with a “Backup and Reset” option in the device’s settings, so you can take advantage of that. Some other devices have a recovery menu for backing up important files.
The steps are different for every device, so you can use Google to help you out with the steps for your device.