HOW TO SPEED UP YOUR ANDROID MOBILE

There’s no doubt that Android is the most
powerful, flexible and intuitive operating
system for smartphone users and perhaps
that’s the reason it has reached a
whopping 40% market share worldwide.

Everyday newer and more advanced
Android applications are being developed
& released in order to cater to this growing
market and since these applications can be
quite demanding, they tend to have an
impact on the speed of Android phones as
well. If you feel that your Android phone is
running a bit heavy and has slowed down
over time, here are some ways to speed it
up.

1. Remove Widgets

Widgets on the home screen of Android
phones such as clock, calendar,
contacts etc. tend to eat up a lot of
resources thereby causing the phone to
slow down. Especially live widgets that use
the internet to update such as weather
widgets etc. have the maximum impact. It’s
best to remove all these widgets and clean
up the home screen, which will have a
major impact on the speed of your phone.
Here’s how to remove these widgets from
the home screen:
- Tap on the widget and hold it until a trash
can appears.
- Now drag that particular widget to the
trash can, following which the trash can will
turn red. The widget will be removed from
your home screen.

2. Remove Unwanted Applications

Just like widgets, applications also have a
major impact on the speed of an Android
phone as they consume a considerable
amount of resources. There is no point in
installing a number of applications since
they will keep slowing down your phone.
Ideally you should only have those
applications installed on your phone which
you use regularly and remove the ones that
are infrequently used. Go through the
installed applications on your phone
regularly and uninstall all the unwanted
ones.

3. Upgrade to the Latest Firmware

If you are still running the pre-loaded
version of Android on your smartphone
and a more latest Android version is
officially available for update, then you go
should go ahead and install it
immediately. Upgrading the firmware will
generally result in faster speeds, more
stability and some new features as well.

4. Kill Background Apps

At times there might be some applications
that may be running in the background and
consuming system resources unnecessarily.
These are generally the apps that you may
have started but forgot to close them
properly so they are still running but not
visible to you. While detecting such apps
and killing it is not all that difficult, you
can install free task killer apps
like Taskiller or Advanced Task Killer that let
you close (kill) all your running applications
in one click.

5. Avoid Live Wallpapers

Live wallpapers (the ones that have some
sort of animation in them) generally eat up
huge amounts of resources and slow down
your Android phone tremendously. While it
may be fun to use these wallpapers and
watch animations liven up your
smartphone, they certainly cost a lot in
terms of performance. So it’s wise to use a
static wallpaperrather than installing all
those fancy live wallpapers out there.