You used to love your Android phone, but now that it has slowed down
considerably, the bloom is off the rose. When you hit the home button or
launch a new app, it takes what seems like an eternity to switch to the
new task or back to the desktop. Maybe your device has become so slow
that letters appear a second or two after you type them. Fortunately,
you can speed up your phone in less than 5 minutes if you use these
simple tips. Talk about a quickie!
Editor's Note: The menus, particularly the settings,
may look different on your phone than in the screen shots below, which
were taken on a couple devices with different versions of Android.
However, the steps are the same.
Clear your App Cache (30 seconds)
Over time, your programs write to the app cache on your phone and eat
up precious system resources while slowing everything down. To purge
the cache:
1.
Navigate to the storage menu in Settings. Here you'll see exactly how much cache space is in use.
2.
Tap Cached Data.
3.
Hit Ok to confirm the deletion.
You can also use a third-party app such as
App Cache Cleaner, which will automatically purge your cache automatically on a regular schedule.
Disable Bloatware (60 seconds)
Your phone can come preloaded with as many as two dozen apps from the
carrier and third parties such as Amazon. If you don't use these apps,
you should get rid of them, because they can run in the background, even
if you've never opened them. For example, a recent Verizon phone we
received had the NFL Mobile app in memory at all times, right out of the
box.
Unfortunately, unless you have rooted your phone (a complex process
that likely voids your warranty), you can't delete preloaded apps. But
you can "disable" them so that they can't run in the background, update
themselves or appear in your app drawer. To disable an app:
1.
Navigate to the Applications Manager in Settings. You may have to tap Applications and then Application Manager.
2.
Swipe over to the "All" tab to see a complete list of apps on your phone.
3.
Select the app you want to get rid of.
4.
Tap Disable or Uninstall. If you tap "Uninstall" and then the button changes to say "Disable," tap it again to disable.
5.
Hit OK.
Increase Chrome's Memory Limit (60 seconds)
By default, the Chrome browser uses uses only 128MB of available RAM,
but you can quadruple that limit and get smoother performance as a
result. To increase Chrome's RAM usage:
1.
Navigate to chrome://flags/#max-tiles-for-interest-area
or, if that's too much typing for you, just go to chrome://flags and
scroll down until you see the "Maximum tiles for interest area" section.
2.
Select 512 from the pulldown menu. You open the menu by tapping on the word "default."
3.
Tap Relaunch Now.
Disable Animations (60 Seconds)
Every time you come back to the home screen or navigate around the
app drawer, Android shows you some cool-looking transition effects.
However, as nice as these look, they also take more time than just
redrawing the screen right away. To disable animations:
1.
Navigate to About Phone in settings.
2.
Tap the Build number seven times. You'll get a
message saying that Developer Mode is enabled. If you already have
Developer mode enabled on your phone, you don't need to do this.
3.
Navigate to Developer Options in settings. This menu only appears after you've enabled developer mode.
4.
Select Window animation scale.
5.
Set Animation to off.
6.
Select Transition animation scale and Animation duration scale and set each to off.
Disable Lock Screen Animations (30 seconds)
It's really cute the first time you see your lock screen ripple like a
pond when you swipe to open the phone. By the 10th time, you just don't
want to wait the extra second or two for the animation. To disable lock
screen animations:
1.
Navigate to Lock screen in the Settings menu.
2.
Select Unlock effect.
3.
Choose None.
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