The best Android phones all start out running smoothly, responding instantly to every click, but over time even the fastest devices start showing their age. Using as much as a smartphone, every missed swipe or extra time waiting for an app to load can feel like an eternity.
Here are three tips to try before you decide it’s time to start buying a new smartphone. In less than 5 minutes, your phone will be back up to speed. With most modern Android phones, you don’t need to do these things, but if you have an older phone, it might help. Let’s take a look below!
Disable animation
1. Navigate to Settings.
2. Tap About Phone.
3. Tap the Build Number 7 step until you see a message that says you have enabled developer settings.
4. Go back to Settings, and then enter System.
5. Scroll down to the Drawing section and click Window Animation Scale. Set it to Off.
6. Repeat step 5 using the Transition animation scale and Animator duration scale.
Remove/disable bloatware and unused apps
Out of the box, your Android phone may have many completely unused apps pre-installed by your carrier or phone manufacturer. More likely, after months or years, you’ve added some of your own unused apps that are still taking up valuable space on your phone. Here’s how to free up space:
1. Navigate to Settings.
2. Tap Applications.
3. Select View All X Applications.
4. Select the application you want to manage from the list.
5. If the app is uninstallable, you will see the uninstall option below the app icon. Click that.
6. If the application is not uninstallable, you will see the option to disable. Use it, but be aware that it may interfere with your phone‘s functionality.
This is useful for outdated software that cannot be uninstalled, such as OneDrive on Samsung devices.
7. Repeat as needed.
Extension preloading in Chrome
With around 90% of Android users sticking with the Chrome browser, you might be wondering how to speed up your browsing. While Google has removed the Data Saver/Lite Mode option, there is still an option to speed things up.
Upgrade Chrome to extension preloading and it will preload web pages faster. It tries to predict what you will be using and preloads it. Turning it on is easy, but it may use more background data than the default setting.
1. Open Chrome.
2. Click the overflow menu button in the upper right corner.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Go to Privacy and Security.
5. Find the preload page.
6. Select the extension preload option.
Your mileage may vary with this step, but even the latest Android devices may benefit from enabling this option. Give it a try and give it a few days.
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