If your Android device isn't as fast as it used to be, try these tweaks to make it run faster—
We'd all like our phones to be a little faster. It doesn't matter if you're using a device from three years ago or one of the best new Android phones—more speed is always better.
There are numerous methods for speeding up your Android device. Regrettably, not all of them work. The good news is that we've put them all through their paces for you. Continue reading to learn how to make your phone faster—and what you should avoid doing.
Basic Tips for Speeding Up Android
When it comes to speed, Android's default apps and settings aren't always the best. Making a few changes and keeping your phone clean can help to improve its performance.
1. Clean Up Your Home Screen
Maintaining a lean home screen can help speed up your phone if it doesn't have much RAM or has a slower processor. Widgets and live wallpapers consume resources, and the latter can even update in the background.
The most likely place to see their impact is in something called "home screen redraw." When you exit a RAM-intensive app like Chrome, you'll see a completely blank home screen and will have to wait a few seconds for your icons, widgets, and wallpaper to reload. To avoid this, keep your home screens tidy.
2. Use a Different Launcher
The default launcher on your phone is usually designed to highlight the best features of your device. As a result, it isn't always the quickest or most efficient, and it frequently includes features you don't need or use.
In the Play Store, you'll find a plethora of excellent third-party launchers, many of which are optimized for speed. Our favorite is Nova Launcher, but it's worth trying a few to find the one that works best for you.
3. Change Browsers
Chrome is the default web browser on Android, and it's a fairly resource-intensive app. There are a few things you can do to improve it, but switching to a different browser is a better option.
According to some benchmark tests, Puffin is the fastest Android browser. If you prefer something more similar to Chrome, try Brave or DuckDuckGo. They're both Chromium-based, but they remove a lot of the extraneous junk found on many websites to improve your browsing experience.
4. Uninstall Bad Apps
Bad apps are frequently to blame for your phone's slowness. It's not always difficult to find obscure apps. Some of the biggest names are frequent offenders.
Snapchat is notoriously sluggish on Android, whereas uninstalling Facebook is said to make your phone 15% faster. Instead, try using a third-party Facebook app. There are also lightweight versions of the main Google apps that consume less memory and run more quickly.
5. Remove Antivirus Software
Antivirus software claims to provide Android users with peace of mind, but it is unnecessary. It causes your phone to slow down and drains its battery. You don't need an antivirus app if you only install apps from official sources like the Google Play Store or Amazon Appstore.
6. Stop Apps Auto-Syncing
Many apps, including social, news, and weather, are set to automatically sync to keep them up to date. They connect to the internet every 15 minutes by default. If you install too many of these apps, your phone will begin to creak under their weight.
Examine the sync schedules for all of your apps and set a longer schedule, such as every few hours or once a day. Alternatively, you can disable syncing and manually update them instead.
7. Check for and Install Updates
Each new version of Android improves on the previous one in terms of performance, so if your phone has updates available, you should always install them. Of course, not all manufacturers update their phones, so keep this in mind the next time you upgrade.
The same is true for apps. Turn on automatic updates in the Play Store to receive the most recent updates as soon as resource-hogging, battery-draining bugs in an app are fixed. To enable it, go to Settings > Auto-update apps.
8. Reboot Regularly
Finally, the simplest and most effective way to tune up Android is to reboot it on a regular basis. This contributes to the OS's smooth operation. You don't have to do it every day, but an occasional reboot will do wonders, especially if your phone becomes noticeably slower or hotter than usual.
If you try all of these suggestions and nothing works, a factory reset may be in order—just make a backup of your Android data first!
Advanced Tips for Speeding Up Android
Looking for something a little more advanced? If you enjoy exploring hidden settings or if your device is rooted, you have even more options for speeding up Android.
9. Speed Up Animations
Android is brimming with animations and transitions that give the operating system a slick appearance and make it enjoyable to use.
You can control the speed of these animations through a hidden setting.
As a result, your phone's speed (or at least perceived speed) improves.
Go to Settings > System > Developer options or Settings > System > Advanced > Developer options, scroll down halfway, and set Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animator duration scale to .5x. This cuts the length of the animations by half (you can turn them off entirely if you want, but this looks jarring).
If you can't see Developer options, you'll need to enable it first. Go to Settings > About phone or Settings > System > About phone and tap Build number seven times to make the option appear.
10. Try a Different ROM
A custom ROM is a complete build of the Android operating system that replaces all pre-installed software on your phone. ROMs may have a different appearance or additional features, or they may be optimized for performance.
If the stock software on your phone isn't up to par, installing a custom ROM is a good idea. Many manufacturers cram extra apps and features into their devices, making them bloated, buggy, and slow. Replacing it with a bloat-free ROM, such as LineageOS, can provide an immediate speed boost.
11. Flash a Custom Kernel
Every interaction between your phone's software and hardware is managed by the kernel. Custom kernels allow you to change how the hardware works. You can modify how quickly the processor ramps up to full speed or how busy it must be before activating additional cores.
Some even provide per-app settings, allowing you to have the device run at maximum power while playing a specific game and then return to normal when you exit it.
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