Android phones or iPhone managed years ago to surpass the power of a standard computer. But unlike PCs, smartphones are devices that hoard apps, photos, videos, and files. start to slow down. Even the drums it runs out faster. But all is not lost: with some simple “tweaks” it’s possible regain lost speed and performance.

To take care of the state of a smartphone, in principle, specialists agree on several recommendations. For example, restart it from time to timeget into the habit of doing the backupsavoid downloading large files e get rid of apps not used.

While the latest Android models are much faster than they were years ago, it’s still possible increase your fluency and performance by simply following one of these very simple instructions.

Turn on virtual RAM

A large number of mid-range and premium devices released in recent years by Samsung, Motorola, Oppo, Xiaomi and Realmeamong others, they have an option called Virtual RAM, which uses internal storage space to add it to the RAM and increase performance.

This “trick” can give your smartphone some breathing room when you’re doing heavy multitasking, i.e. using several resource-hungry apps at the same time.

To activate it, you just have to look for this configuration in the mobile settings application and make sure you have enough free space on your internal memory, whether or not you have a microSD card.

It should be borne in mind that RAM memory is a faster type of memory than internal memory, so it will not offer the same experience as if the mobile actually had more RAM memory.

Turn on the automatic refresh rate

Many latest generation mobile phone screens stand out for incorporating technology to improve the way the content is displayed.

This is measured according to the refresh rate, or the number of still images that appear on one screen in a single second. So the higher the refresh rate, the smoother and smoother your videos and display movements will be.

Measurement above 60 Hertz (Hz) has managed to standardize on Android devices, no matter how cheap. Therefore, the most normal thing is for the screen to have a speed greater than this figure.

The best thing a user can do to improve the smoothness of the images is to change this value by going to Configuration or Display Settings and setting the refresh rate value to as high as possible (90, 120 or 144HZ).

Another option is to directly configure this function in “automatic mode”, which will change according to the experience of using with the mobile phone, whether it is surfing an Internet news site or playing a demanding video game such as League of Legends Wild Rift.

Free up storage space

You are probably familiar with running out of storage space if you have an old phone. Google itself acknowledges that phones running its Android operating system can experience performance issues with less than 10% available storage space. So keeping the unused storage around 20% is a better option.

In case of full memory, you will need to enter “Battery and device care” on a Samsung phone. To be able to do this on a Motorola, you must enter the “Files” application and press the “Clean” button in the segment where you see a larger volume of used gigabytes. In the Xiaomi, meanwhile, you will have to access “Settings” and “About the phone”.

Remove unused apps

Another recommendation is to delete unused applications, delete photos and clean hidden files.

In the case of Chinese Xiaomi phones emptying the trash is not enoughsince there is a folder named in the root directory of the archive “_image_protected” that we can delete manually thus gaining a little more storage space.

For those looking for the easiest and fastest option, you can download the application Google files which is used to clear application caches, large files and unwanted media files.

If you have a lot of photos or videos on your phone, a good tip is to use some of the free 15GB of the cloud and upload it all to your account. google photos. This will free up space and remove duplicate content on your device.

Download “light” applications.

Google made the decision in 2017 to focus on developing unique applications for low-end, low-RAM, and limited-storage phones, all covered by the “Go” name.

Lite edition applications are characterized by a reduced version in options and consume less resources than their full counterparts.

Over the years, the initiative has been adopted by other developers who have started offering Lite or Go editions of their most popular applications, such as Facebook Lite, Instagram Lite, Gmail Go, Messenger Lite, Google Maps Go, Twitter Go or even Spotify Lite. . Good options to improve phone performance.

restart the mobile

As good as that sounds like an excuse to get rid of a problem, restarting the device should always be the first action when the phone slows down suddenly and without previous problems.

Android’s memory management system is one of its prominent features, and most of today’s phones have enough RAM. But for low-end phones with 3GB or 4GB of RAM or less, choosing to reset it usually improves overall performance.

Indeed, specialists recommend that you restart your phone at least once a week. But if it gets slow between restarts, increase the frequency every other day.