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How To: Improve Your Android Device's Performance

Must read if your phone has become sluggish over time.

 
How To: Improve Your Android Device's Performance

"My Android phone has become sluggish over time". This is something I always hear from my friends. The major reason behind this is that Google's mobile OS creates a lot of junk files that put strain on the available resources. Another reason is the developer community, which update the apps keeping new top-of-the-line hardware in mind. As a result, the updated feature-packed apps become heavy, but your phone hardware remains the same. Because of this, the existing devices struggle to keep up with the new apps. While there's no silver bullet to solve this problem, but here are few tips that can improve your phone's performance:

Chuck Out Unwanted Apps
These days, apps get updated very alternate day. These apps use more and more storage space every passing day. In addition to that, many of these apps run in the background, eating into your device's RAM. If you install too many apps and gamers, these software take a large portion of the available resources. Thus, slowing down your smartphone. The solution is simple. Purge you app list mercilessly. Delete the apps that you hardly use, keep the ones that are absolutely useful.

Avoid Using Anti-Virus
Being the most popular mobile platform, Android gets preference from cyber criminals. Its open source nature has also proved to be idea for malware delivery. This is the reason why most users install anti-virus software on their phone. While these apps do their job well, they end-up taxing the processor, which leads to the sluggish performance. To keep your phone running smooth, you have to let go of these security apps. As far as the malware is concerned, your common sense is the best anti-virus in the world. If you avoid shady websites and install apps only from trusted devs, your phone is unlikely to get infected.

Remove Unnecessary Widgets
Widgets deliver the information right at your homescreen. If you have a weather widget, you receive the important updates without having to fire up that app at a regular interval. To offer such functionality, widgets have to constantly pull the data from the source. Needless to say, this requires processing power, RAM, and data connection. So to make sure that it doesn't bog down your phone, remove all the non-essential widgets.

Disable Auto App Updates

On Android, auto app updates are on by default. Depending on the number of apps you own, update sessions last for over hours. For games such as Asphalt 8 and Real Racing 3, these updates can go up to Gigabyes in size. With huge updates taking place in the background, Android inevitably becomes sluggish. Especially, pulling down the notification bar reminds you of a rusted shutter of an old shop. So to avoid this, go to Play Store Setting, and disable auto app updates.

Ditch Live Wallpapers
In smartphones, live wallpapers are unique to Android. Users can turn their homescreen into an interactive fish tank or misty landscape with a click of button. No doubt, these fancy backgrounds are eye-catching, but they come at their own share of drawbacks. The animation rendering takes place in real-time, which puts unnecessary strain on the processor and RAM. In a way, it also affects the battery life in a bad way. So by all means, do not activate live wallpapers on your Android device.

Clear The App Cache
Apps create a lot of temporary files that take up your phone's storage. For instance, Chrome browser can hoard thousands of MBs within months. Thankfully, Android gives you an option to clear individual app memory from the Settings menu. What's better is that post Jelly Bean 4.2, you can collectively clear all cached data with a single click. You can find this option in Settings - Storage - Cached Data. Make it a habit, to do it at least once in a month.


Tags : Mobile Phones, Android

 
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