Is your Android phone, running very slowly, lagging, and taking a long time to respond? Try these tips to boost your Android phone.
Please note: I will use Samsung Galaxy M12 running on One UI 4 (based on Android 11). So some settings may be different in the different models.
After each step, restart your phone to see if it fixed the issue.
To restart the Android phone:
- On most phones, press your phone's power button for about 30 seconds, or until your phone restarts.
- On the screen, you might need to tap Restart.
Tips:
- Update Android Software
Software Update
Google Play system update - Update Apps & Games
Samsung Galaxy Store
Galaxy Store Apps & Games
Google Play Store
Play Store Apps & Games - Increase Virtual Memory [or Virtual RAM or Swap or Page File or RAM Plus]: Samsung Phones
- Free up space
Empty Recycle bin
Delete Duplicate Files
Uninstall unused Apps & Games
Disable unnecessary system Apps & Games
Clear Cache of Apps & Games
Clear Data of Apps & Games
Remove Backed-Up Photos & Videos
Enable Samsung's "Auto delete unnecessary data" feature
Clean Internet Browsers
Delete Unnecessary Files
Move Files To SD Card - Optimize Appearance & Performance
Remove animations
Disable System sound/vibration - Scan & Remove Harmful Apps
- Optimize Performance & Battery (Power)
Turn off Power saving mode - Optimize Internet Browser
Google Chrome - Optimize Google Play Store
Disable Automatic App Update
Disable Video Autoplay - Change System Settings [For Samsung Phone]
Disable Google Discover / Samsung Free on the Home screen
Disable Discover from the App screen
Put Unused Apps & Games to Sleep/Deep Sleep - Disable Ad Notifications on Samsung phones
Samsung Account: Go to System Settings > Profile Photo > Profile info > under Preferences, turn OFF Get news and special offers.
Samsung Galaxy Store: Go to More options ≡ > Settings > under Personalisation, turn OFF Get news and special offers.
Samsung Galaxy Themes: Go to Menu ≡ > Settings > under Privacy, turn OFF Get news and special offers.
Samsung Game Launcher: Go to More ≡ > Settings > under Privacy, turn OFF Get news and special offers.
Samsung Free: Go to More options ⁝ > Settings > under Privacy, turn OFF Personalised news and ads and Receive useful information about Samsung Free via push notifications.
Samsung Members: Go to More options ⁝ > Settings > under Privacy, turn OFF Get news and special offers.
Samsung Pay Mini: Go to the Navigation drawer ≡ > Settings > under Personal, turn OFF Marketing and promotions. - Don’t Install any Third Party Antivirus
- Turn on the Samsung Automation features
- Reset Android Phone