Why is my phone so slow? What can you do to make your phone faster? Questions that many people have. Fortunately, you can do something about it thanks to the following tips. This way you can make your slow phone faster again!
Apps that slow down your phone
Sometimes your Android phone just needs a good cleaning, or if you have an older and less powerful device, there are special solutions. Maybe it’s a specific app that puts your device into snail mode? Whatever the reason why your phone is not as fresh as a fiddle right now, chances are the tips below can help you. Just because there can be so many different reasons why your phone won’t come along, it’s up to you to determine which tips work best for your smartphone.
Before we start, let’s make a few things clear. We assume you already know that battery optimizers, speed boosters or anti-virus apps usually just slow down your phone without adding too much functionality. If you’re not sure whether you also have slowing apps on your phone, check this article first. Make sure you have already tried before or the problem will disappear once you restart your phone. Also remember that you should not have unrealistic expectations of your phone. For example, if your device has less than 2 GB of RAM, and is running on a very outdated version of Android, don’t expect miracles. It is also very important that you always install the latest updates.
1. Cleanup with Files By Google
Don’t have space on your phone for further updates, or has it been a while since you checked again for useless files on your device? Then do a big cleaning with Google’s own Files by Google app. Your phone will thank you. Files Go is not only a handy file explorer, but also a very reliable cleaning aid. Go to the ‘Clean up’ menu and go through what the app can do for you.
Files Go points out useless files that can be deleted and also gives you an overview of which files are taking up the most space. The app also redirects to Google Photos to have photos backed up to the cloud to free up extra space on your mobile. Finally, you can also see when your ‘Downloads’ folder is quite full and you can delete little-used apps. Tidy is tidy.
2. Get rid of that bloatware
A lot of phones come with bloatware. App developers make deals with phone manufacturers to have their app installed on your new smartphone the first time you take it out of the box. Often you can immediately remove such an app or game, but sometimes that is not possible at all.
In that case you can make sure that all saved data and updates of the app are gone. Find the app from the app list in your settings and delete all data and cache data. You can sometimes also disable apps manually when it comes to apps that work in the background. Every little bit helps.
3. Widgets and Live Wallpapers
Live wallpapers are often very nice, but usually functionality of animated wallpapers is rather absent. In any case, be aware that all that beauty slows down your device, and unnecessarily drains your battery’s capacity.
Unfortunately, the same also applies to widgets, although they often have added value for your mobile. You should think of widgets as little programs that run on your phone all the time. If your device isn’t very ‘snappy’ anyway at the moment, it might be worth trying without all your widgets. The functionality you get from widgets can almost always be found in the accompanying app. And hey, those poor iOS users have been without it for years.
4. Lite and Go Apps
This one is a really nice one for phones that have to do without too much horsepower. If you have 2 GB of RAM or less and your device works on a less powerful processor, these lighter variants of existing apps are your friend. In many cases, you don’t even have to sacrifice a lot of functionality. Take Facebook Lite now. If you’re not an avid Facebook user anyway, then you’re going to love the Lite version. Just as smooth, less mobile data consumption and you hardly miss anything.
– Thanks for information from Androidworld. Source