Speed up your phone in 7
steps
1. Identify the problem
The first thing to do is find out
what is causing the problem: an app, multiple apps, the system
itself? Trepn Profiler by Qualcomm will show you the real-time CPU
load for individual cores, an overview of network traffic for both data and
Wi-Fi, GPU loads and RAM usage and more.
The
first thing to do is identify the problem.
Trepn can also produce app-specific
or system-wide profiles and contains various methods for displaying accumulated
data. You can save your profiled data for offline viewing and analysis and even
have performance overlays on running apps. Once you've figured out your
specific issue, you can move on to the solutions below.
2. Free up some space
All those photos you've taken and all of
those apps you’ve installed can take their toll on your phone. It needs a
little breathing room to run smoothly and if it's running low on space, it
can start to slow down.
You can check how much space you have
left by heading to the Storage section
of Settings. One of the easiest ways to free up
space is to tap Applications and see
which apps you can uninstall.
Tap the entry for an app you no longer
need and then tap Uninstall. You can
repeat this process as many times as necessary for any apps you feel you can
live without.
There are other ways you can free up
space. The files you have downloaded are probably still sitting in storage
wasting space and can be removed. In Storage, tap Downloads,
select the files you want to remove and then tap the Bin button.
Many of the apps you have installed use
data caches in an attempt to speed up operations. This is effective up to a
point, but if you are running short of space, it can actually be
counter-productive. To free up this space, hit the Clear
cached data option
and then tap OK to confirm.
More files ripe for deletion can be found
in the Miscellaneous files section.
Tick the boxes next to any types of file you'd like to remove – backups,
files received via Bluetooth, playlist files, and so on – and then tap the bin button.
You can keep an eye on how much space you have freed up when you look at
the Available space section.
You can also disable any apps that
came pre-loaded on your phone but you don’t use. If you have rooted your
Android, you can actually get rid of these apps, but if not, you can
go to the app properties and disable it to prevent it from running and
using up your phone’s resources.
3. Cut back on the widgets
All those widgets you have running on
your home screen may be useful, but they also take up their fair share of
resources.
If you have any widgets running that you
don’t really need, consider disabling them. There's no harm in having some
active, but you will notice an element of slow-down if you have too many
running at the same time, so just be a little selective.
4. Disable unnecessary animations and extras
Depending on the launcher you are using,
you may find that there are various animations and special effects in place.
These may look great, but they can also slow things down.
Check in your launcher's settings to see
if there is a way to disable any of these unnecessary extras, and you could
earn yourself a speed boost.
5. Close down apps and free up RAM
Multi-tasking several apps makes it easy
to switch between different tools, but there can also be an impact on
performance. You can quickly close down any apps you are no longer using by
calling up the running apps list – press and hold the home key and
then swipe away any apps you want to exit.
While you are at this screen, tap the pie
chart button to the lower right of the screen and then move to the RAM section.
Tap the Clear memory button and any background processes
that are running unnecessarily will be closed down.
6. Restart your device
A quick and simple fix for a slow device
is to simply restart it. This can clear out the cache, stop unnecessary
tasks from running, and get things running smoothly again.
Just hold down the power button, select
the Restart option, and then tap OK to
confirm.
ENJOY
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