Greeting all, I’ve only ever been an android user, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone talk about this. My Galaxy S21 is starting to have performance issues and I’m curious if a clean install would breath new life into it?

Does this help with android devices like a fresh install on a PC, or do android devices just get bogged down with updates? Would it be worth the trouble to back things up and do a factory reset?

Thanks!

  • Infinite_IndecisionOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Thank you. I fairly compulsively keep apps closed to free up memory and also don’t keep many extra apps installed.

    • Atemu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Note that Android usually does a pretty good job of that by itself. Make sure you’re not using (zram) swap or anything that would confuse Android’s memory management.
      If your RAM isn’t >50% full, memory used by apps likely isn’t the issue. Keep an eye on that.