A tweak to speed up your Android phone

[Bambino]

Very simple. Very easy.

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

[MI5]

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@perksie wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
I always turn it off completely.

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Any advantage in doing that?

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Even more speedy....

[perksie]

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

[jonsie]

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@MI5 wrote:

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@perksie wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
I always turn it off completely.

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Any advantage in doing that?

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Even more speedy....

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All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?

[perksie]

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

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

[MI5]

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.

[MI5]

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@jonsie wrote:

All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?

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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.

[jonsie]

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@perksie wrote:

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

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

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

[perksie]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:

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@perksie wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
I always turn it off completely.

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Any advantage in doing that?

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Even more speedy....

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All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?

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

[jonsie]

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@MI5 wrote:

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@jonsie wrote:

All three off? Any disadvantages to switching them off?

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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.

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I'll give it a go in the morning

[perksie]

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@jonsie wrote:

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

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