When we look at the best budget phones or mid-range smartphones, it’s common to find more modest specs than when we’re going to make a bigger spend. The great thing about our favorite operating system, Android, is that there are options for every budget.
Typically, one of the areas that suffers the most from manufacturers’ cost cuts is the processor, although RAM and storage are also significantly reduced when talking about cheap phones. However, I have already told you that this does not mean that we should suffer from a slow terminal that takes a long time to open applications or anything similar. Apply these adjustments that I make myself and you will see How performance takes a big step forward.
Animations only delay what we want on screen
Android transitions and animations They look aesthetically great, especially since we use gestures to navigate the system. Personally, I love them, even though they don’t offer that extra speed you get by turning them off.
You may not notice it if you own a high-end mobile phone., but on less technically efficient phones, it is decisive. This is almost the first setting I make on my phone when I take it out of the box and finish its initial setup. To do this, I first enable Developer Options. As simple as going to “Settings”, “System Information” (or a similar route) and tapping “Build Number” a few times.
Then I select “Animation off” from these three sections:
- Window Animation Scale
- Transition-Animation Scale
- Facilitator Duration Scale
Bloatware feels worse (again) on lower-performing Android phones
What is bloatware? All these applications and services preinstalled on our Android mobile. Yes, precisely those applications that fill the memory and sometimes open background processes that slow down the mobile. Again, in the case of hardware that is not too powerful, this can greatly affect.
However, here I try not to dwell too much, because although bloatware can be completely removed from any mobile phone, there is a certain risk that we touch something and find ourselves without it. In this article you will learn how to do it, recently written by yours truly. Of course, be careful, I particularly recommend the “Disable” option in case uninstallation is not possible.
Beware of apps that “suck up memory”
There are applications and applications, understand me. The Telegram app is not the same as the Facebook app. The latter is notorious for requiring a lot of resources, and on a modest Android it will take them to their limits. Same thing happens with apps I call “chupamemoria”those that flood RAM with background processes.
It will be important to know which of our applications consumes the most memory. Then, if they are superfluous, uninstall them. A slow mobile phone can also be due to a lack of space in the internal memory, just take a look in “Settings” > “Storage” > “Applications” to see how much they take up.
Cache memory, always under control
Blessed cache memory, how many “GB” it manages to fill on our mobile. But it is necessary, it must be said, because it speeds up certain elements of the interface of our favorite applications, such as contact thumbnails or images in the case of social networks. However, over time, he gains weight until become a problem for my cheap cell phone.
Fortunately, clearing the cache is very simple. And if your phone is as affected as mine, I recommend have a shortcut handy to do it. You also have to consider that in a few days this will start to cause problems. In the case of my Redmi mobile, I take advantage of the function present in MIUI.
No one starts here without permission
Drawing a parallel with bloatware, our applications can also harm the performance of the terminal. However, the trick I always apply when they are all installed and working is restrict autostart. What do I mean by that? I’ll explain it to you with an example: for certain applications to work correctly, including their notifications, they must open an “invisible” process in the background.
It is natural, even normal, that they remain connected to the network to alert us. The problem is that on my cheap cell phone, These processes end up making the processor suffer. That’s when I take out the broom. Why do I want apps to sync independently if I end up opening them manually? In addition to improving performance, I now live more peacefully without so many notifications.
Of course, depending on the model and manufacturer’s software, you may not have this option. Don’t worry, at Xataka Android we have talked about this topic at length. The first thing to do is to detect which apps are open and then restrict them. The Autostarts application largely fulfills this objective.
This is how I configure my cheap Android mobile, get the most out of it without anything affecting it. Now I recommend you to apply these tips if you notice that it is not working as it should. I assure you that you will not miss a more powerful smartphone, or at least that is the case for me.
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