What to do with an old phone? To exchange for a better one? Why not give her a second life? We're not talking about turning it into an alarm or a music player, but to convert our old smartphone back to a fully functional phone.
Because our old phone may not have the best processor on the market or 12 GB of RAM, but it can still work perfectly. It won't shake the most heavy-handed apps and games in the Play Store but … you wouldn't expect to do the same with an old phone as it's over the range, right?
How to give it a second life on your old smartphone
Some of the best experts in repairing all kinds of technology devices are iFixit. It's basically a web page there there are hundreds of tutorials to fix and fix the most popular technological productsBut they also do guidelines, product reviews and comparisons such as this wireless phone.
Yes, the guys at iFixit have published a guide long ago to upgrade an old smartphone, making it faster. And because we know that not everyone has enough money to replace their smartphone, It never hurts to remember old tricks and tips to get your Android phone working again as a first date
Turn off all photos
First to advise disable images, which will make the phone make the transition between screens more smooth. To do this first we enable developer options, by simply going to the signal settings and going to where the information comes from our phone. When we get there, we will repeatedly press on the compile number until we receive a message alert to use the builder options.
Once inside, in addition to many other options, we will receive a Call animation Scale. We just have to decrease the number or just disable it completely And as if by magic, our destiny will be revealed much faster than before.
Change the launcher
Unfortunately, many of the older phones, without being somehow lacking, had customized layers that didn't help with the functionality of the app. This is true of Samsung with its old location, but unfortunately not the only company at the time had such a policy.
Fortunately for Android we have a host of applications and one of the best and most recommended is Nova Launcher. Nova Launcher not only makes our smartphone limited to stock Android looks (some icons and other customizations can be included if you don't like them), but it also makes the device in question is moving very fast
Nova Launcher is a free app with a Pro version that costs only a few euros and allows us to make many needed changes, of course, it is worth paying for it.
Uninstall all those unwanted or unnecessary apps
Digital Digital Disease This is a hobby we have for mobile users install all possible apps in the memory of our smartphone. Apps that we have used not once but that take memory and resources into the forum, limit its effectiveness.
We will do an honest workout with each application we have submitted, how long has I been using this app? Will I use it again? If the answer is no, then subtract. The same with unnecessary apps also consumes many resources such as official Facebook. Sign in to the web or use the Lite version.
If all of the above fails … factory reset!
In the event that all of the above is not enough and our mobile signal continues to be slower than a bad horse, we have the option to reset the phone to factory settings. This will make our device look like the first day and if it ever gets wrong, it will terminate it.
We definitely recommend this method only as a last step and in particular after backup for all information, documents and photos. If you will not regret it.
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