These days we use our smartphones more than ever. Due to COVID-19, most of our work has moved to our smartphones in addition to our laptops, helping us stay connected to our work lives. Apart from that, smartphones play a major role in enhancing our social lives. So it makes sense that we all want our smartphones to work as fast and smoothly as possible.
However, as phones get older, they tend to get a little slow, and not everyone can afford to buy a new phone every few months. Here are some tips and tricks to help you improve the performance of your current smartphone.
Reduce Animations
Animations are what make your phone feel “heavy.” They don’t actually improve performance, but reducing animations will make phone feel faster when switching between apps. On Samsung phones, you can do this by going to Settings > Advanced features > Reduce Animations.
On other Android devices, one can do this by first enabling Developer Options. To do this, go to Settings > About Phone and tap 7 times on the build. Once enabled, go to Settings > Developer Options and reduce the animated screen scaling to 0.5x. You can also choose to disable it completely for even better performance.
Get rid of unused things
Using our phones for a few months brings a lot of junk – from unused apps, thousands of images and videos to WhatsApp conversations. All of this is stored locally on your smartphone, and as the storage space fills up, the phone starts to slow down and become unresponsive. To avoid this, delete unused apps and data from time to time
Clear cache
Browsing social media apps like Instagram or watching videos on YouTube stores some cache on phone . Over time, this cache can take up over 2GB of your local storage. You can get rid of the cache by going to Settings > Storage > Cached Data and tapping on the “Clear Cache” option.
Use static wallpapers
Wallpapers help us customize our phones and make them even more personal. While live wallpapers look attractive, they suck up a lot of processing power as well as the battery . To speed up your phone, it is recommended to use a static wallpaper. You can achieve an even greater level of performance by using the same wallpaper for both the lock screen and the home screen.
Avoid Widgets
Apple announced widgets for the home screen with the upcoming iOS 14. The feature has been around on Android for quite some time. While these widgets offer a lot of information and look cool, they constantly use the phone's processing power to update. So, to achieve better performance, you should avoid using widgets on your phone.
Factory reset your phone
Sometimes an app or a corrupted file causes a major performance issue. Factory resetting not only fixes it, but also gives your phone a whole new lease of life. You can take a full backup of your phone and factory reset it to its original state. When setting up backups, make sure you only install the apps you need.
