5 tips for a faster and more efficient phone

Your phone, so powerful when you took it out of its box, has become as slow as Nabilla's neural connections. You bought it recently, so how can it be? We will see why a smartphone slows down over time and especially how to fix it…

tips for a faster and more efficient phone

We have all known this: a smartphone that is getting slower, that has more and more trouble displaying what you want and that crashes as soon as it "heats up" a bit. The causes of these slowdowns are multiple. By installing new applications, you add amounts of data to the system that must manage this accumulation. Sometimes a poorly designed app will increase the load of the SoC ("system on a chip" which includes the processor, the GPU and various functions), but it can also be a too large amount of storage memory used or poorly programmed apps that consume far too many resources. Restarting the machine only reduces the problem

Tutorial: A faster smartphone in 5 points!

# 1 - clean up

Step 1 is to clean up your device. Unused apps that weigh 300, 500, or 800 MB are no longer welcome. Do you have an app that cannot be deleted, for example Facebook or Android Auto? You can always turn it off by going to Settings> Apps & notifications (or Apps ) and then turning Off (where you would normally see Uninstall on uninstallable apps). If you have an old version of Android which does not allow to deactivate an app natively, do it with Greenify Likewise large files can also be deleted or stored elsewhere. Use AirMore, it's convenient, wireless and free!

Clean Up

# 2 - The animations

Animations can be reduced or deactivated to save RAM. These are effects that make it easier to switch from one app to another, for example. It's nice to the eye, but it's superfluous. In Settings , go to About phone and tap Build number (or Version number ) 7 or 8 times . This will activate the Options developers (in Settings or Settings> System ) put windows Animation scale, Animation scale transitions and animation time scale to x0.5or just turn them off. Similarly, avoid putting widgets anywhere on your home screen and do not use live wallpaper, these animated screen savers that pump up a lot of resources (and battery).

the animation speed set

# 3 - Clean the memory

High-end smartphones offer between 8 and 12 GB of RAM, but not everyone is lucky enough to have as much RAM. Remember that this fast memory allows you to keep your applications "under the elbow". To find a bit of RAM, just go to the multitasking menu and erase all running processes. Some manufacturers such as Xiaomi or Samsung ( Settings> Device maintenance in One UI 2) offer small apps to “boost” RAM. If this is not your case, we recommend Clean Master who will carry out this task.

clean memory

# 4 - Update and lighter launcher

It has become almost automatic with the latest versions of Android, but the updates are very important. Never refuse them! These can fix memory management bugs or improve process handling. Also note that you can opt for a lighter launcher. A launcher (or application launcher in the language of Kev Adams) is to Android what the Desktop and the Shell are to Windows: everything related to menus, icons and the home screen. Choosing a lighter launcher can dramatically improve the performance of your device. We advise you, for example, Evie Launcher, who relies heavily on performance and speed.

lighter launcher

# 5 - Reset

Despite all these manipulations, your smartphone is still as slow or resumes its bad habits after a few hours? The evil is deeper. To find a smartphone “like new” you will have to do a factory reset : erase everything! Before that, you will of course have to make a full backup to find all your contacts, call logs, messages, apps, etc. Is your device still too slow? He may be too old. In 2020, a smartphone that does not have at least Android 5 Lollipop is considered "has been". Go see our good plans , you will only find good deals!

Reset the phone