Is your Apple iPhone working slow? Here are few tips to speed it up
With time as the phone gets old, one starts witnessing lags and slow interface as the devices get filled with a lot of data that adds a burden for the phone's performance. Many users face the issue of storage management, which would be the result of clogged up 'other' storage data.
Over the past few years, Apple Inc has developed its fanbase and has earned a reputation of giving a smooth interface and quick performance, and it seems they are getting better with every new iPhone or iOS update. However, with time as the phone gets old, one starts witnessing lags and slow interface as the devices get filled with a lot of data that adds a burden for the phone's performance. Many users face the issue of storage management, which would be the result of clogged up 'other' storage data.
The main reason why your phone is working slow is due to a memory hog caused by cache that is collected by your device when you browse the internet. For the unaware, caches are basically the data that is collected by your device to ensure the smooth loading of an app or a webpage when you visit next time.
Whenever the user consumes content, the device collects cache. This is also collected by apps including Google Maps and Google Chrome, and more.
Here are the steps that might help you clean up the junk and make your phone work faster:
How to check the storage on your phone?
If you witness some lag, check your storage to work on storage management. For that, Go to Settings, then General and finally to iPhone Storage, and there you will be shown a breakup of your iPhone's storage.
To clear the junk on your device storage is to reset your device. However, the following are the other ways to clear your phone.
Delete Applications
Other way to create some space is to offload apps on your device. Don't be confused with uninstalling. In this way, an app will be removed and your data will be retained and you can choose to reinstall and use it again.
Delete old messages and data
By default, your phone would store messages which in th elong run might occupy a lot of spae. So another way is to clear strgae is by deleting old messgaes.
Clear cache
Your browser saves a lot of caches when you visit a webpage so that it can facilitate smooth loading the next time you visit it. Regularly check the cache of your browser and clear it out to make some space in the storage.
Additionally, you should close all the unnecessary tabs of the browser to ensure smooth functioning.