{"id":3171,"date":"2016-08-24T12:20:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2016-10-24T08:40:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T13:40:16","slug":"start-school-year-off-right-optimizing-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/start-school-year-off-right-optimizing-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Start the School Year off Right by Optimizing Your Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School is already tough, and you want your phone to help you \u2014 not be another frustration on top of everything else. But to keep your phone functioning smoothly, you need to do your part. We\u2019ve already given you ways to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/organize-android-notifications-color-coding\/\">better organize your phone<\/a><\/strong>. Here, we\u2019ve compiled five great tips to lengthen your phone\u2019s battery life, keep it virus-free, and ensure it\u2019s running quickly.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/memory_booster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3613\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78-300x78.png\" alt=\"BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Get Rid of Data-Hungry Apps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your phone can only handle so many apps. If you find your phone is slowing down, use <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/antivirus-acelerador-limpeza-android\/total\/\">PSafe Total&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> Memory Booster to see how much memory your apps are taking up. You might want to consider removing any unnecessary apps that you find that are using a lot of data.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/memory_booster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3613\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78-300x78.png\" alt=\"BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Install the Latest Android Firmware<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each iteration of firmware brings improvements for the Android operating system. If your firmware isn\u2019t up-to-date, you should definitely install the newest version for better stability, performance, and connectivity.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/memory_booster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3613\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78-300x78.png\" alt=\"BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Disable Apps You Don\u2019t Need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your phone comes with plenty of apps from the manufacturer that you don\u2019t want \u2014 or need. Go to your app settings and disable the ones that you aren\u2019t using. Don\u2019t uninstall them; it might turn out that your phone needs them to work properly. Disabling them, though, will make sure the apps aren\u2019t draining your phone\u2019s battery life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy a Memory Card with a Higher Speed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phones with memory cards with low internal memory can often be slow \u2014 and can\u2019t store very much data. To speed up your phone, consider replacing your existing memory card with more gigabytes of storage. While you\u2019re at it, you should look for a Class 6 or Class 10 memory card to improve your phone\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/memory_booster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3613\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78-300x78.png\" alt=\"BOTAO_EN_v2_03_300x78\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Scrap Your Live Wallpapers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wallpapers definitely look nice, but they also run through a lot of CPU cycles, which drains your battery life faster. Every time you go to your home screen, you\u2019re activating your live wallpaper, so your only option is to trash it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019re going to need your phone a lot when school starts this fall. Learn some ways to optimize your phone\u2019s battery and running speed with these simple tweaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,2233,1203,2230,67],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-android","tag-android-optimized","tag-android-phone","tag-phone-optimization","tag-smartphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}