1. Stop syncing
Whether it’s email, social media or photos being backed up, syncing uses a good chunk of your RAM and battery. Be selective and you’ll notice massive improvements in nearly all areas of your phone’s performance.
2. Remove clutter
Use a fi le explorer application, like ES File Explorer File Manager, to clean up loose documents and take a closer look at some of the rogue fi les that are clogging up your device. These apps are great for removing them or fi guring out what they do.
3. Memory cards
Having a compatible memory card in your device can help take some of the strain off the internal storage in several ways. A packed device can make it feel sluggish, unresponsive and generally unpleasant to use.
4. No more animations
To cut the RAM-dependent animations dotted all over your device, venture into the Developer options menu within your Settings and find the Animation tabs located halfway down. Be sure to tick both boxes to disable these animations on your device.
5. Why not root?
Rooting is a great way to explore different options when it comes to performance improvements. It’s easier to streamline background functions and boost overall battery life. There’s plenty of custom ROMs to choose from, bu CyanogenMod remains the bes out there.
6. Battery boosting
The battery life on some Android devices is average at best, so it’s important to get the best out of every charge. Download a battery booster app from the Google Play store and perform a scan to fi nd where it can be improved.
7. Update apps
If you have the automatic update option enabled in the Google Play store, turn it off right now! Why? Well, you’ll find that your Android smartphone is constantly updating apps and will undoubtedly lead to it feeling sluggish and hard to use. That’s not what were after as power users, so get fussy.
8. Manage background data
You’ll be surprised by just how many things are impacting on your phone’s performance if you take a look at what’s happening in the background. Open the Data usage tab in the Settings menu to take a closer look.
9. Malware scares
No matter what type of virus your phone may have, it’ll seriously impact on how your phone functions. Perform regular virus scans of your device and only download apps and other media from trusted sources.
10. Choose to defrag
Defragging is a quick way of removing the junk files that are hogging some of your device’s precious RAM. There are plenty of defragging apps on the Google Play store that will thoroughly scan your phone and remove these files for you.
