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A tweak to speed up your Android phone

Bambino — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 09:28:52 GMT

Very simple. Very easy.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/speed-up-your-android-smartphone-2015-7

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

MI5 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 09:32:37 GMT

I always turn it off completely.

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

Cleoriff — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 09:37:12 GMT

Simple and easy.....Ermmmmm...Lets just say I am happy with the speed of my Android device as it is @Bambino

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

Bambino — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 09:42:03 GMT

It is, @Cleoriff and I figured you would say that, but I would also imagine that you haven't done your Lollipop upgrade either as yet. It can be done on any version of Android but it's even easier with Lollipop.

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

Cleoriff — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 09:44:39 GMT

You know me so well @Bambino...and of course you are correct..... Lollipop will done when I arrive back in the UK....(maybe not as soon as I land)....but then I can explore these things further

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

Bambino — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 09:49:13 GMT

There's no harm in being cautious, and you're right to wait until you return to the UK to do your update.:smileywink:

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

jonsie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:18:46 GMT

OK....job done and it does seem a little slicker but I'll be able to tell over a period of time. Good find

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

lenfish — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:34:41 GMT

Being thick I misread the change to be made to the animation parameters as 5 instead of .5 then wondered why it was slower.

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

jonsie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:54:59 GMT

@lenfish wrote:
Being thick I misread the change to be made to the animation parameters as 5 instead of .5 then wondered why it was slower.

That would tend to slow the phone down a little

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

perksie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:42:52 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
I always turn it off completely.

Any advantage in doing that?

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

MI5 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:57:23 GMT

@perksie wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
I always turn it off completely.
Any advantage in doing that?

Even more speedy....

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

perksie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:59:15 GMT

Well I sort of guessed that; but why does it have these settings if they're not needed for some reason?

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

jonsie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:00:48 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
@perksie wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
I always turn it off completely.
Any advantage in doing that?
Even more speedy....

All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

perksie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:08:12 GMT

Wasn't expecting that, I forget you're not in Thailand @jonsie

Where it's about 5am.......

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

MI5 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:08:39 GMT

They are needed if you want to see animations and transition effects but many apps will overwrite the base settings anyway and use their own.
The api is there for apps that don't have their own settings.
Turning off all base transitions and window animations will just make things "snap" rather that load up smoothly.
Turn each one to 0 and try it then change one at a time to 10 to see the extremes and what each option does.

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

MI5 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:11:31 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?

If you remember some system UI gimmicks such as CRT off effect that used to be on kitkat on Nexus devices, they won't work, but there's nothing on Lollipop that relys on them been turned on anymore.

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

jonsie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:11:50 GMT

@perksie wrote:
Wasn't expecting that, I forget you're not in Thailand @jonsie
Where it's about 5am.......

I am so wanting not to be here....:smileywink:

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

perksie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:13:02 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
@perksie wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
I always turn it off completely.
Any advantage in doing that?
Even more speedy....
All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?

Searching around I found a better explanation here: http://www.howtogeek.com/175033/how-to-speed-up-any-android-phone-by-disabling-animations/

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

jonsie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:13:17 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
@jonsie wrote:
All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?
If you remember some system UI gimmicks such as CRT off effect that used to be on kitkat on Nexus devices, they won't work, but there's nothing on Lollipop that relys on them been turned on anymore.

I'll give it a go in the morning

Re: A tweak to speed up your Android phone

perksie — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:15:10 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
I am so wanting not to be here....:smileywink:

You have my sympathy @jonsie you must be busting to get "home"!