ON "Android": optimization. Program overview, instructions and recommendations

It does not matter how many cores the mobile device's processor contains, and what amount of RAM is in the gadget, you always need to be ready by the time when its performance ceases to be optimal. Many users complain that smartphones and tablets, released a few years ago, stop to meet the requirements of modern operating systems and applications. As a result, everyone comes to the same decision - the optimization of "Android" will help. How to do this, you can learn from this article.

Optimization methods

Firstly, I want to mention that users and developers daily create a large number of programs and utilities, which, according to the authors, will help to speed up the device's efficiency. In fact, no more than 5-10% of such applications have an efficiency. The most effective will be listed below.

In addition, there are a number of ways with which to achieve the best optimization of "Android". These methods are just a detailed configuration of the system through the developer's tools. "Android" is an open operating system, which is why anyone can make changes.

"Android": optimization with the help of third-party programs

So, we have sorted out the dispatcher. It's time to talk about speeding up the device with third-party programs. As mentioned above, as many as 10% of optimization applications are effective. The thing is, most often such utilities simply "clean up" the task manager, and this completes the functionality. There are also more radical means, which, for example, can clean the OS of "garbage", accumulated due to work on the Internet and with unknown sources. To choose such a utility correctly, analyze the rating of applications in the Play Market. The program for optimizing "Android" with the best indicators of the number of downloads, ratings and user reviews is what you need.

"Task Manager"

Any device running the Android OS, starting with version 4.0 of Ice Cream Sandwich, has a so-called "Task Manager" or "Desktop Window Manager". It exists to quickly switch between applications that were previously running on the Android device. Optimization of the device, according to many, directly depends on finding "windows" in this application. The bottom line is this: if you "clear" the controller from the applications in it, the device will work faster. In fact, this statement is only part of the truth.

The fact that the "Task Manager" indicates those applications that were used on the device earlier, but were minimized or closed. If the "Home" button on the device was pressed, the OS will try to "minimize" the application to the background. If the gadget has enough RAM, then the program or game will actually curtail, leaving the moment that was minimized started. In this case, "Android" -optimization directly depends on the "ejection" of this application from the controller. The program is closed - RAM is freed, the device thinks less.

Another thing is when the device does not have enough RAM to keep the application in the background. It is then that what you can see in the task manager is just a reference to the programs and games that were previously running on the device. "Throwing out" such windows will not speed up the performance of your smartphone or tablet.

Limit of background processes

From the past method it becomes clear that the best program for optimizing the "Android" is the operating system itself with its built-in tools. This method will be optimal for those who have a large amount of RAM, but there is no desire to "bump" with the application manager. So, a brief description of the method:

1. Go to the device settings, at the very bottom select the item "About the device".
2. In the open menu, find the line "Assembly number" (less often - "MIUI version" or other shell used on the device).
3. Seven times in a row, quickly click on this item, after which the message "You have become a developer!" Appears.
4. Return to the main settings menu, where you select the item "For Developers".
5. Select the "Limit the background processes" tab, which specifies the maximum allowed number of running background processes.

If you select the "No background processes" option, the device will no longer be able to save data about where the application was before closing, eventually each program or game will have to be restarted, spending that time.

Working with animation

Any device running Android is primarily configured to work with animation and beautiful transition effects between different menus. But these processes spend precious moments of time, even on powerful devices, not to mention budget devices. As a result, you can try to disable or speed up the animation to find a compromise. In order to do this, you need to perform a couple of simple steps:

1. Access the developer menu (described in the previous paragraph).
2. In the menu "For Developers" find the sub-items "Window: Scale", "Transition: Scale" and "Animation Speed".

If you want to turn off all transition effects completely, you should choose a value of 0 in each point, and if the desired result is the optimization of "Android" without disabling effects, you can select 0.5 and speed up the animation drawing.

A few more tips

It is very difficult to understand how complex the "Android" system is. Optimizing it is a separate issue, the answer to which is not always possible to get, just by downloading the utility or turning off the animation of the transitions. Much depends on small things that are almost invisible to the eye.

Here are some tips for professionals that can help speed up the device:

1. Do not use "live" wallpaper, they literally kill performance and energy saving.
2. It is necessary to avoid the use of widgets or, in extreme cases, disable those that are rarely used.
3. Disabling cached processes and applications that are started by the system (it is worthwhile to be careful not to disrupt the work of "Andoid" as a system as a whole).
4. Do not litter the file system with unnecessary files and information, if possible, remove the "garbage" and unused applications.

Tracking the result

In order to understand whether any of the selected actions helped, it is worthwhile to turn to special utilities. These utilities are called benchmarks and can be downloaded from the Play Market app. Most often they are free.

The principle of the work of benchmarks is the estimation of the speed of execution of certain processes by the device in numerical form. That is, the larger the number of scores, the faster the device works and less hangs. Accordingly, before you begin to conduct "dancing with a tambourine" over the device, you should download the benchmark and evaluate the performance of the device. After any of the actions described above, it's worth to run the test again and see if the action has given the result. The information obtained will always be useful when buying a new device.

It should be noted that the optimization of the phone "Android" - not the most difficult process, almost everyone can take it with their own hands. That's why before you swear at the device manufacturer and say that "the enemy did not want such a device," it's worth thinking about trying to fix everything with your own hands.