Make old Android phone faster: how it works

Over time, your old Android phone will be flooded with all sorts of data that make it less and less fast. If you make your cell phone faster, the next smartphone can be a few months away.

Make your phone faster: delete old Android apps

• First check all installed apps. In many cases, these do not result in less speed, but they can use up valuable memory. A constantly full memory quickly stalls your cell phone.
• However, some of the apps also run in the background and also pull the speed brake. Here's how to delete Android apps.

Close background apps on Android

• Once you have separated yourself from all superfluous apps, you can take a look behind the scenes of the individual apps. Some apps just run in the background for no good reason.
• To do this, open the "Settings" app and select the first app in the "Apps" category or in the "Application manager". Under the "Activated" tab you will find all running apps that you can end with "Force stop".

Clear cache and make Android phone faster

• Both the browser and many apps use the smartphone cache to save files. Often, however, these are very unnecessary files that only take up space and slow down the system.
• In the following instructions, we will show you how to clear the app cache on Android. You can also clear the Google Chrome cache.

Android: swap files, make your phone faster

• Many old videos, pictures and songs from the past few years are slumbering on old Android phones. A spring cleaning can't hurt, especially with the pictures. If you would like to delete several pictures at once, tap the menu button in the gallery and select the "Edit" option.
• To relieve the internal memory, you can simply transfer the dusty files to your computer using a USB cable. Alternatively, you can move the files to the SD card.

Widgets slow down Android phones

• The widgets on the home screen are nice to look at, but most users don't use them at all. Since the widgets take up a relatively large amount of computing power, deactivation is even more worthwhile.
• Simply hold the desired widget with your finger and slide it up into the trash. If you don't want to miss the functions of the widgets, you can simply start them using the associated app.