July 20, 2014

How to Speed Up a slow-moving Android Smartphone





Daily mobile companies launching new features,new version,new apps for smartphones.Whether you're resisting yourself to upgrade to newer, faster hardware as now your Android phone feel slow and laggy, here are some ways to make your older phone run a bit smoother.
 

Get Rid of Superfluous & Misbehaving Apps

The purpose of this procedure is not so much to free space but to remove any apps that might be performing poorly.When we discussed the myth of Android task killers, we mentioned that one of the real problems with slow phones is running poorly coded apps—apps that use up too much CPU in the background.

Step 1: Open the Settings area by touching the Settings cogwheel-like icon. Then scroll through to the Apps menu item. In older versions of Android, it's labeled Applications.

Step 2: Touch the Downloaded tab and scroll through the list of apps. These are the apps that you've installed over the years.

Step 3: Touch the app label for any app that you haven't used in six months and press Clear Cache, then Clear Data and then Disable or Uninstall, depending on options proffered.


Step 4: Test by restarting the phone and unscientifically identifying whether performance has improved. Key benchmarks are time-to-start and speed-of-scroll between home screens.
If the phone is feeling nimble again, you've identified your issue.

Make Some Spac:Uninstall or Move Apps to Free Up Space

Step 1: Open the Apps menu item again from within Settings.
Step 2: Choose Options and then Sort by size.
Step 3: Scroll through the first few apps -- the most memory-hungry -- and clear the caches by pressing the Clear Cache button within each App label. This will free memory, allowing more operating headroom. Then test.
Step 4: Check storage by opening the Settings area again. Then scroll through to the Storage menu item.
View the Internal Storage graphical bar.

Reinstall the Factory Stock Software

If the previous steps haven't solved the problem, Reconfigure your apps.
Step 1: Open the Backup and Reset menu item from Settings and check Backup My Data along with your Google account details if prompted.
Tip: Leave the phone connected to the Interne.
Step 2: Select Factory Data Reset from the same menu and follow the prompts to perform a full wipe and OS reinstall.
Tip: Before a reset save, off-device, any internal storage-stored media files, like captured photographs. A reset wipes internal storage.
Step 3: Allow the phone to restart and follow the prompts to set up your Google account on the device anew.
Step 4: Reconfigure your apps' settings.


 

 

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