MY ANDROID PHONE IS TOO SLOOOOOWWW

My android phone is too slow

TECHADVISOR GH

This is usually the cry of android phone users in Ghana (well the girls mostly).Here are some tips on how to make your android device(eg smart phone or a tablet) work fast.

The android phone works like a computer(it is a computer actually)..it has a processor and a ram. And like any other computer, the computer programs that run on it compete for processor speed. So the as many programs run, the slower the computer becomes. This concept is applicable to android phones. The more apps on it the slower it becomes as they are sharing the same resources.

Most android users install apps that they don’t use at all. because it makes them cool (I think), want to have a feel of it or just to be abreast with time(technologically updated). This makes (among other things) the device slow

Here are a few tips that can make your device work faster

1. Delete all apps u don’t use. Ghanaians don’t usually like to delete apps on their phone. Most of the apps they download, they don’t use (about 40%). A step to check this is, Monitor yourself for a week (in terms of your app usage) and track the apps on your phone that you use and don’t use. Those you don’t use, delete them. You can always download them again when you need them.

2. Download performance optimizer apps. There are apps that helps you utilize your processor and RAM better. Some of these apps include task manager, cache cleaner, etc. They free processor space by stopping apps running that u are not using at the moment. Task managers simply manage tasks (processes running on your app). Mostly when you close an app, it runs in the background , sharing your processor and RAM. if you’re not using it, the close it (simple). You can get one from the android market. Type task manager in the search column, and you will find many of them.(I will do a list of better apps to download later)

3. Another way of doing this is by

• Going to setting on your android phone,

• Select apps. This will show you apps running on your device and how much resources they are using.

• Then stop apps running that you are not using at the moment.

4. Get an antivirus. Viruses can corrupt your files (even your android OS) and even make your smart phone slow. A few good anti-virus on the android market are AVG,AVAST, etc

5. If your smart phone is still slow for your lifestyle, get a better faster one. Probably

It has a small processor size and ram. If you use your smart phone for a lot of tasks get a faster device: probably a dual or quad core with a higher ram.

These are a few tips for making your smart phone fast. Hope it helps.