Transition is
the animation you see between opening and closing apps. Transition speed can
make your phone feel much snappier. If you change the transition speed to be
faster the time you normally wait for a app to open can be cut in half.
1. Go into settings (menu > settings)
2. Scroll near the bottom of the screen and
select developer options
3. Find the options for “windows animation
scale”, “transition animation scale”, “animation duration scale.”
4. One at a time select one and you will
see that by default the speed is set to 1x. Change the setting for each to .5x
Some apps run
like someone having a conversation with no one. We’re not listening! Your phone
has a habit of running applications in the background in case you needed them
again. Here are two ways to help with the apps you don’t need open anymore.
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Smart
Memory Booster helps with removing unimportant apps from running. These apps
can slow your phone down and it can even help improve your battery life. When
you download and open Smart Memory Booster there is a gauge showing how much
memory is being used at that time. You want this gauge to point closer to the
left to free space. Right below the gauge is the boost button. Simply tap on it
and wait for a few seconds. Done!
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second method is to limit how any programs you allow to run at one time. This
is a new feature that was introduced on Android 4.0/ Ice Cream Sandwich. What this
will do is when you reach a particular limit of apps that you have running at
once it will close the oldest one to prevent it from running when you are no
longer using it. Follow the steps below:
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Go to
settings (menu > settings)
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Scroll
near the bottom of the screen and select developer options
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Find
the option (near the bottom) for “limit background processes”
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You
are then given a set of choices to choose from. 1 processes at the most, 2, 3,
and 4. If you are one that lightly uses the phone for internet purposes I would
suggest that you choose the option for 1 or 2 processes. 3 or 4 processes are
also good.
3. Control Screen Rotation
Oh the good old
screen rotation. It’s great and convenient at times and slow and laggy at other
times. When you are using your phone you are able to rotate the phone in a 90
degree manner to allow the screen to change to landscape. Sometimes we want the
phone to remain in portrait mode rather than change to landscape and while you
don’t want to phone view to change you have to wait for the phone to go in
landscape and then wait for it to go back into portrait mode. To prevent this
we should tell the phone what position we would like it in when we want it.
Auto Rotate Switch (free in the Play store) allows you to turn rotation on or
off on demand. The way you access it is by pulling down the notification bar
and choose the mode you prefer it in. Because this app runs in the notification
bar that means you can access it while you’re inside any app (besides some
games). No root required!
4. Restart Your Phone Daily
The number one
easiest way to speed up your phone is to restart it! Simply turn your phone off
and back on can sure any abnormities apps may have had but couldn’t resolve
itself. The main concern is to ensure that the phone itself remains functioning
as it should. This is a rule of thumb to at least restart your phone at least
once a week but for speed purposes once a day.
5. Turn on Wi-Fi instead of using 3G/4G
This point
helps with the speed of both your internet and your phone. Use Wi-Fi when it’s
available! Using Wi-Fi instead of 3G or 4G does two things. Wi-Fi is faster than
both 3G and 4G so using Wi-Fi will allow faster internet connectivity and
response time. Second using Wi-Fi relieves many resources that the phone uses to
allow the cellular radio to be used. One app that will quickly allow you to
access your Wi-Fi settings is Wi-Fi Widget (one tap switch). It will allow you to
place a widget on your desktop to allow you to turn Wi-Fi on and off and choose
Wi-Fi networks in your area.
-Shansheezy
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