Performance
How can I improve performance on my Android device?
Follow the steps below:
1. Uninstall or disable unused apps. (Refer to Application section on how to do it)
2. Stop running apps that are using up your memory
There are 2 ways you can do it:
a.The default task manager in Android is a good solution. Go to Apps and see all Apps running.Select the app you want to close and then click the Stop buttons for all the services running.
Follow the steps below:
1. Uninstall or disable unused apps. (Refer to Application section on how to do it)
2. Stop running apps that are using up your memory
There are 2 ways you can do it:
a.The default task manager in Android is a good solution. Go to Apps and see all Apps running.Select the app you want to close and then click the Stop buttons for all the services running.
b. There is also a quicker option. Clean Master is the most popular tool to deal with running apps and lets you manage all of your running apps with a couple of taps. Open Clean Master, go to Memory Boost option and check the app you want to close and uncheck the app you still want to run and click Boost. The app will kill the apps you selected. Note this is a one time activity but if the app is set to restart itself,it will come back again.
3. Clean App Cache
The cache can often get too full to allow the efficient running of apps. Apps like Clean Master, from the Android Market, lets you clean the cache for specific apps to free up memory. You will also need to either uninstall or move apps to an expansion card to free up more physical memory. Select Junk Files and use Standard tab to remove System Cache and Advanced tab for other junk files.
The cache can often get too full to allow the efficient running of apps. Apps like Clean Master, from the Android Market, lets you clean the cache for specific apps to free up memory. You will also need to either uninstall or move apps to an expansion card to free up more physical memory. Select Junk Files and use Standard tab to remove System Cache and Advanced tab for other junk files.
Or you can go to Settings /Storage and click the Cached Data and it will clear up all cached data.
4. Limit widgets and live wallpapers
Many people would argue that widgets are one of the benefits of using an Android device. They can be helpful for finding information quickly without having to open up an app, but at the same time they can eat away at battery life and slow your device.
Many people would argue that widgets are one of the benefits of using an Android device. They can be helpful for finding information quickly without having to open up an app, but at the same time they can eat away at battery life and slow your device.
5. Get software updates
Please refer General Questions section for steps to see which Android version you are on and how to check for updates.
Please refer General Questions section for steps to see which Android version you are on and how to check for updates.
6. Remove recently used apps
If after applying all the above steps, your Android device is still not performing well ,then go to the recent apps menu and kill all the apps that show in your recent apps drawer. This will kill all the apps you used recently and if you want them again they will restart from scratch . Doing this will clear up a lot of memory as show in snapshots below . Memory was at 53% ,but just removing all recently used apps it drops to 39%. Its 280 MB ram which on some phones can be a huge deal (sample was taken on a 2 GB ram Nexus 4). Follow the below steps for removing recently uses apps.
a. From the main screen tap the app switcher button (the double rectangles)
b. A list of your recently used apps will appear
c. To remove an app from list , touch and hold on the app while swiping it off the screen as shown below
d. You can also long-press on the app and tell it to “Remove from list”
e. If you continue to swipe apps away until they are gone, you will see "No recent apps"
If after applying all the above steps, your Android device is still not performing well ,then go to the recent apps menu and kill all the apps that show in your recent apps drawer. This will kill all the apps you used recently and if you want them again they will restart from scratch . Doing this will clear up a lot of memory as show in snapshots below . Memory was at 53% ,but just removing all recently used apps it drops to 39%. Its 280 MB ram which on some phones can be a huge deal (sample was taken on a 2 GB ram Nexus 4). Follow the below steps for removing recently uses apps.
a. From the main screen tap the app switcher button (the double rectangles)
b. A list of your recently used apps will appear
c. To remove an app from list , touch and hold on the app while swiping it off the screen as shown below
d. You can also long-press on the app and tell it to “Remove from list”
e. If you continue to swipe apps away until they are gone, you will see "No recent apps"
On most Samsung devices, a long-press of the physical home button will bring you the same recently used apps menu. Swiping them off the screen will also kill them , but you will likely see a trash can button in the bottom right corner as well. If you press that, all of your recently used apps will be removed.
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