Speed Up Your Android Phone If Phone Is Running Too Slow

Your Android Phone was running very fine and fast when you bought it, but over time, it got slower and slower as it got older. And while using your Smartphone, if you have to wait for a while, you feel like an eternity

Before you make your mind to buy a new smartphone by spending your precious money, give these tips a try. Your phone could come back to life in just 4-5 minutes.

Disable Animations

Animations makes your Phone look and feel good. But the same animations are resource hungry and take up lots of Memory Space, resulting in slow speed of your device. Turning them off completely will not have much impact on the look and it will also free up a little processing power.

1. Navigate to Settings on your phone. You can find settings in the app drawer.



2. Find and Tap About phone.



3. Tap the Build number 7 times- You will see a message showing you have enabled the Developer options.



4. Developer Option is now Active. Return to Settings and Tap Developer options.



5. Tap Windows animation scale and select "Animation off".



6. Repeat Step 5 again with Transition animation scale and Animator duration scale.

Remove/Disable Unused Apps and System Default Apps

Your Android phone probably have a number of apps pre-installed by your phone manufacturer that is of no use to you. If things are slowing down on your device, a lack of available storage might just be the culprit. Here's how to free up space.

1. Navigate to Settings on your phone - You can find settings in the app drawer.



2. Tap on Apps.



3. Find an app you wish to uninstall and tap on it - Each app displays the amount of storage it is using below the app name so you'll know how much you are freeing up.


4. click on Uninstall button and select OK to confirm it.


5. Repeat Step 4 again as needed by you until all unwanted apps that you don't require are removed.

Clear Cached Data

Caching the data is usually use to speed up your device as it constantly caches small piece of data from your favourite apps. But if your phone is having very low memory, cached data on your phone will start creating problems for you. Follow this steps to clear the cache.

1. Navigate to Settings - You can find "Settings" in your phones App drawer.



2. Tap on Storage.



3. Tap on Cached data



4. Select OK

Remove or Reduce Widgets

A widget is a simple application extension that is often part of a larger application already installed on the device. Widgets come in different shapes and sizes, also are customizable, and reside on any Home screen for quick access. While they will save you time when your phone is quick and new, eventually they can drag the speed of your entire device down.

1. Navigate to the widget you want to remove from your phone.



2. Press the widget for 2-3 seconds - Remove and App Info will appear at the top of the screen



3. Drag the widget to Remove and release.