108 PCWorld JUNE 2020HERE’S HOW 7 WAYS TO MAKE AN OLD ANDROID PHONE FASTER
monitors, many phones offer the option for a
lower resolution in the Display settings,
which will have an immediate impact on
battery life. Because the screen is so small,
you probably won’t be able to tell the
difference anyway.
Turn off the always-on display: It’s
nice to be able to glance at our phones to
see incoming notifications and the time, but
the always-on display can be a battery killer.
Besides, your phone is usually in your pocket
anyway.- TURN ON CHROME’S
LITE MODE
If you’re waiting longer and longer for
webpages to load, your phone might be
struggling to process data quickly. Thankfully
Chrome has a
solution. Head
over to the
Settings inside
the app and scroll
until you see Lite
mode. Tap it, and
turn on the toggle
to load pages
faster with up to
60 percent less
data use. Some
activities will
suffer, such as
video streams,
but for the most
part the only thing you’ll notice is how much
snappier everything feels.- PERFORM A FACTORY
RESET
Cleaning out and decluttering your phone is
one thing, but the only surefire way to make
sure a bad app or background process isn’t
slowing down your phone is to erase all of
your data. You’ll want to make sure you’ve
backed up first, so head over to your phone’s
backup settings and run it one last time to be
safe. Then find the reset option, tap it,
confirm, and your phone will restart as if you
just peeled off the screen protector. If you
want to restore from a backup you can
choose the most recent one in setup, or just
start completely fresh.
Most phones let you lower the resolution, which can help with your battery life.