How to Speed Up Your Android Phone Without Task Managers

The first step is to simply stop using task killers. It’s OK to have them on your phone, but any automatic killing you have set up needs to be removed. A task killer should ONLY be used in the event that an app is acting up and not closing when it’s supposed to. Don’t use them to regularly kill all open processes–this is where it hurts your phone’s performance.

Here’s some other steps you can take to speed up your device. The following steps require root access to your phone, which can take some work to get.

1. Remove bloatware

Some Android phones come with unnecessary game trials, apps, and other stuff like CityID which you might not want, but since they are “system” apps, you can’t delete them. Here’s how to make sure they never run in the first place.

1. Download Titanium Backup Donate from the Market. It’s about $5, the donate version is required for this process.
2. Open the app once it’s done downloading, and make sure to give the app superuser access when asked.
3. Tap the “Problems?” button, then click “Yes, Do It”.  This will install Busybox, which is necessary for Titanium Backup to work properly.
4. Tap the “Backup and Restore” button in the app, then press the menu button on your phone and select “Filters.” Change “Filter by Type” to “System.” This will only show you the apps that come on the phone
5. Long press on the apps you’d like to hide, then press “Freeze.” This won’t delete the app from your phone, instead it will just prevent the app from appearing or running. You can’t delete these completely, or else future updates will fail. Be careful what you freeze, but in general any games or trial apps are safe to “freeze.”

2. Manage Autostarts

The second way to effectively manage what’s running in your phone’s memory is with a program calledAutostarts. Autostarts is available on the Market for a few dollars, and uses root access to let you manage what programs are launched when certain events occur. Android has a list of “triggers” that can launch specific apps, and Autostarts lets you manage all of this easily.