However, sometimes the phone slows down because it has been used for a long time and generates a lot of junk files, which slows down the phone; or you click on the wrong place or download the wrong attachment, and accidentally install any bad software. So how can you keep or speed up your old phone?
Here are five ways to improve the speed of your old phone.
- Turn off your phone and reboot it
When using a computer (PC), some faults can also be eliminated by restarting, and this principle also applies to cell phones.
When powering off the phone and then turning it back on, it will clear the RAM (Random Access Memory).RAM not being cleaned in time is a major cause of speed degradation. Many people may think that closing all applications will solve the problem, but the best way is to turn off the phone completely.
- Check Wi-Fi
If you feel lagging speed when watching videos on your phone, or browsing websites, it may not be the phone, but the Wi-Fi connection. The solution: try a mini-reset to reconnect your phone to the Wi-Fi signal. To do this, turn on Airplane Mode, wait a few seconds, and then turn it off.
If web browsing is still running slow, try turning off Wi-Fi and using an alternative connection (e.g. LTE). If you recover the speed in this way, the problem is with Wi-Fi and not with the phone itself.
- Clear the cache (Cache)
Cache is a temporary data storage location used by applications so that the same information does not have to be downloaded over and over again. Cache is useful to make websites load faster, but clearing it can help speed up processing.
It’s also a way to free up valuable storage space, especially on older phones with limited storage.
The exact steps vary by phone and browser.
- Delete unwanted apps
Installing too many apps can slow down your phone, and some apps that you don’t use often will only waste storage space and slow down your phone. You can remove them immediately.
Deleting unwanted apps is not as easy as tapping “Delete”.
How to delete apps on iPhone.
Select the app you want to delete and tap Remove App> Delete App> Delete.
If your phone is running iOS14, you can use “App Library” to sort apps by category.
How to delete apps on Android phone: Select the app you want to delete and use the “App library” to sort the apps by category.
Select the app you want to delete, press and hold it for a long time, and then click App Info> Uninstall.
- The last nuclear option: Restore factory settings
This is the last nuclear option. If deleting the App, clearing the cache and making sure the Wi-Fi is working properly still does not solve the slow running phone problem, then you can check Restore factory settings.
This option will erase everything on the phone and keep only the OS. Although it can bring a whole new life to your phone. However, before performing this step, you must make sure to backup all the contents. This is because the contents will be lost forever after the phone is reset.
- Other issues of App affecting phone performance
And with each update of the App, the addition of more features will also prompt the App capacity to increase and affect the phone’s function.
Most apps in iPhone have location function, but not all people need location service, but these unnecessary location functions will make the phone more power consumption and take up performance, you can try to turn off some unnecessary location services.
There are many built-in functions in the phone, including the notification function of some apps, when the notification becomes more, the phone will be slower, so it is recommended that the notification function can be turned off for the rest of the less used except for the commonly used apps.
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