Smart phone question

[Mafesto]

Phone is a Sony Experia 3V (android)

Has become slow to send/receive texts.
Particularly group texts or pictures.

Phone has been in service a little over a year and a half.

Are these damned things designed to do this knowing most people will simply buy a new one?

Any way to rejuvenate mine?

I'm not into the latest and greatest, and would prefer to keep using this one.

 

[Drewd]

Not sure what is causing your Droid issue but I find that using a memory saving APP helps shut down unneeded background processes to free up memory.

I also delete any unnecessary apps and remove free apps that have programs running in the background that throw advertising your way as a means of paying for that "free app."

Take a look at this website: http://www.howtogeek.com/183004/why-android-phones-slow-down-over-time-and-how-to-speed-them-up/

 

[Mafesto]

Thanks,

Lotta great info there.
Too bad I'm so damned dumb that nearly all of it goes over my head.

 

[go high fast]

If you change your mind on keeping that phone you should consider getting an iPhone. I inherit them from my children and wife or buy them used. Currently I have an iPhone 5s and I've had it for two years and it is absolutely perfect And has worked flawlessly. I have not had a single problem one single time. Before the iPhone I had one of the original Samsung galaxy phones which never seem to work properly. I have never regretted the iPhone 5S.my 83-year-old mother now has my old iPhone 4S and she loves it.

 

[Mafesto]

If you change your mind on keeping that phone you should consider getting an iPhone. I inherit them from my children and wife or buy them used. Currently I have an iPhone 5s and I've had it for two years and it is absolutely perfect And has worked flawlessly. I have not had a single problem one single time. Before the iPhone I had one of the original Samsung galaxy phones which never seem to work properly. I have never regretted the iPhone 5S.my 83-year-old mother now has my old iPhone 4S and she loves it.

Thanks, but I will not own anything Apple due to their left leaning support.

 

[Super 8]

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[Jeva]

How do I speed up my phone? Google helps.

Delete all those apps you're not using.
Clean up that device storage space. ...
Clear your cached data. ...
Look at your SD card. ...

If all else fails, factory reset. But make sure you back everything up.

 

[mountainhorse]

my 2¢

Go into settings...

Scroll down to "APPS", click.

At top of screen will be options

"Downladed" "INTERNAL STORAGE" "RUNNING" "ALL"

SWIPE OVER TO "ALL". Click.

Work your way down the list of apps you recognize....Click on each one individually... like facebook, music, kindle etc etc .... go in and stop all of those apps with "force stop" and un-check the box that says "show notifications".

No need to restart the phone, in fact, if you do, many of those programs will restart automatically again.

Lastly, while using your phone...if it is slow.... exit the running processes.... hold down the home 'button' at the bottom of the phone... icon looks like a house, will be part of the glass at the bottom of the phone screen most likely... Hold this down till all of the runningprocesses pop up.... then swipe those to right to take them out of running proccess.

This is what I do when my phone gets slow.... and it helps me.

I'm only a dumb guy with a smart phone that learned some basics.... lots of techies on here that know a lot more.

Oh... any 'news' feeds... those use up tons of avail resources... kill those from automatically popping up... and make sure to turn them off after you are done using each time... you may be able to set preferences for that as well.


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[Quinlan]

My girlfriend has the same phone. After one of the updates this summer/fall her phone stopped sending text messages all together. I downloaded a different messaging app (Textra) to try and it worked fine. From this I could only assume it was a problem with the update and the native messaging app. She has not tried the native app since.

 

[Mafesto]

Thanks everyone !

Will mess with it tonight
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[allied1]

This should fix the problem!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Bag_Phone

 

[Pro-8250]

Thanks, but I will not own anything Apple due to their left leaning support.

I am not an Apple cheerleader but it is an American company. Sony is not. I believe Apple computers, iPones, etc. are designed/engineered in Cupertino CA. When I talk to Apple tech support I know I am talking to an American, and not some yahoo in India or Pakistan that can't speak English and burns the American flag at rally's on their spare time.

 

[Mafesto]

I am not an Apple cheerleader but it is an American company. Sony is not. I believe Apple computers, iPones, etc. are designed/engineered in Cupertino CA. When I talk to Apple tech support I know I am talking to an American, and not some yahoo in India or Pakistan that can't speak English and burns the American flag at rally's on their spare time.

But apple is the devil, I read it on the Internet.

 

[Pro-8250]

LOL! Must be true then!

 

[Super 8]

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[Quinlan]

But apple is the devil, I read it on the Internet.

I'm not an Apple supporter either, though I do own an iPod nano. To be fair, I'm not a big Sony fan either, but that stems from my early car audio days when some of their components did not meet my expectations.

As far as phones go, I go Motorola Android. Aside from one that failed critically, I've always gotten my 2-3 years out of them before upgrading. I still have a couple old ones floating around for backups should my current Droid Turbo fail.

 

[Mafesto]

my 2¢

Go into settings...

Scroll down to "APPS", click.

At top of screen will be options

"Downladed" "INTERNAL STORAGE" "RUNNING" "ALL"

SWIPE OVER TO "ALL". Click.

Work your way down the list of apps you recognize....Click on each one individually... like facebook, music, kindle etc etc .... go in and stop all of those apps with "force stop" and un-check the box that says "show notifications".

No need to restart the phone, in fact, if you do, many of those programs will restart automatically again.

Lastly, while using your phone...if it is slow.... exit the running processes.... hold down the home 'button' at the bottom of the phone... icon looks like a house, will be part of the glass at the bottom of the phone screen most likely... Hold this down till all of the runningprocesses pop up.... then swipe those to right to take them out of running proccess.

This is what I do when my phone gets slow.... and it helps me.

I'm only a dumb guy with a smart phone that learned some basics.... lots of techies on here that know a lot more.

Oh... any 'news' feeds... those use up tons of avail resources... kill those from automatically popping up... and make sure to turn them off after you are done using each time... you may be able to set preferences for that as well.


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Wow, there are so many. And most I have no idea what they do.
I would hate to screw up something that is needed!

 

[Mafesto]

I stopped many of the apps and it make little or no difference.

Ended up restoring factory settings (wiping everything).

Working like brand new!!!

 

[NDFARMER95]

Late to the party but I've just powered them off for half hour or so and that's worked for the most part. Seems like after a year or so of never being shut off they need a good R&R.