Here we discuss a few tips and tricks that can make your Android Phone feel faster.

Restart:

A simple restart can do magic sometimes. Remember the phrase, “Have you tried switching it off and on again”? So how does a restart make the phone run faster? Restarting a phone clears all the temporary files, it flushes the RAM and also closes all the applications, which have stored active caches. 

Restarting your Android Phone clears all these parameters and gives the phone a breath of fresh free memory. It boosts performance, and also helps solve some common problems with applications. Some phones have a scheduled restart option to restart and keep it running at its best.

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Uninstall  unused Apps:

The apps which you never use and still reside in your device do nothing except take up space and potentially eat into system resources. 

Phones these days have plenty of storage but RAM is always limited, so even if you don’t use the app, it may be running in the background chugging up RAM, which in turn makes your phone slower. So it is advisable to uninstall the apps that you don’t use.

You can go to Settings->Apps and see all the apps installed in your phone.

Updates:

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It is good practice to make sure your phone is up to date, as most manufacturers roll out regular updates containing bug fixes and stability improvements. 

Major platform updates and maintenance builds feature a laundry list of fixes that significantly improve the performance of your phone. Many app updates also bring performance improvements in them, reducing the size of the app or bring memory improvements which boosts the overall performance of the phone.

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So make sure to keep the phone as well as applications up to date.

Phone update:

Go to Settings->About Phone->Software Update-> Check for Updates.

App Update:

Go to play store->Open hamburger menu in the top left corner->My apps & games->Check for updates.

You can also enable auto updates, which eliminates the need to manually check for updates. To enable auto updates follow the steps below.

Auto Updates:

You can enable auto updates by opening the Play Store-> Open the hamburger menu in the top left corner->Settings->Auto-update apps.

Reduce Animations:

This is more of a trick rather than performance boost as this reduces the animation time which makes you feel the phone has become faster. 

It reduces the load off the SoC for rendering fewer animations and can make the phone feel faster.

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You can enable this option from the Developer options and then go to the animations tab. Try setting the window animation scale to 0.5x and transition animation scale to 0.5x and see if you see your phone faster than before.

Resetting:

If nothing works try resetting your phone. Remember to back up all your important data and then reset the device as all the data will be lost.

Resetting the device clears all the data and has a fresh start just as the day you unboxed the phone.

These are a few tips that can help boost the performance of your phone.

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