Are you experiencing a lag in your smartphone despite its high specifications? Does your phone respond slowly when surfing the internet or when operating other multimedia functions? If your answer is yes, it becomes vital to understand that your phone might be reacting to an abnormality you may not be conscious about.
Regarding this article, we shall examine some strategies you can employ to normalize this issue. See them below.
1. Uninstall or disable apps you don’t use.
Every software application consumes a portion of your internet memory whether active or not. When you have an app that is installed on your phone and is probably not used, it becomes necessary to delete or rather disable it. The rationale behind this act is to prevent the app from using your system resources when it is of little or no relevance.
2. Leave a reasonable amount of storage capacity unused.
No matter the volume of information you desire to save on your phone, always reserve a significant amount of space for background running applications. In my recommendation, I will suggest you leave a free space of at least 5GB storage capacity. The more congested the memory space the higher the chances of experiencing a lag in your operating system.
3. Clear cache and app data frequently.
A cache is extra data that is saved in your phone while using an application, most especially a browser. This data usually contains logs, pictures and logos from visited websites, and other irrelevant information. They usually pile up and congest your phone’s internal memory when not cleared.
4. Close every app after usage.
Most persons are in the habit of not exiting their applications or games properly, thereby leaving numerous apps running in the background which end up consuming the phone’s system resources. Every smartphone has a limited RAM space that is apportioned to running software applications, and when this space becomes congested due to apps left unclosed, it will make your phone lag or even malfunction.
5. Turn off or reduce wallpaper animations.
Another way of making your device faster is to turn off wallpaper animation or any animated widget on your phone. Animations keep your phone RAM running and deteriorating even in its dormant mood. This sort of background processing will make your device slow, especially when it is a low-end smartphone, and it will drastically reduce its battery life.