How to get rid of the annoying drawbacks of Android

This article will tell you about any flaws you may poison life when using Android-gadgets and how they can be eliminated.

Android is really an excellent operating system, but at the same time has its drawbacks. Some of them are congenital and with them there are only tolerated, while others can be quite easy to remove. In this article we have compiled some of the most common Android problems and tips to correct them.

The increase in battery life time

It is still one of the biggest drawbacks of mobile gadgets. Manufacturers continue to produce smartphones, whose lifetime is less than one working day. It is clear that the design features of modern batteries and the ever-increasing needs of the devices entered in deep contradiction. However, there are ways to solve this problem.

• When buying a gadget pay closeattention to the capacity of the battery. Yes, you may have to pay for it a little more fun, but freedom from the socket depending worth it. Note the MAXX line from Motorola, Samsung Galaxy Note series and other devices that can show an outstanding result survival.
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• Buy an extra battery. If you have no plans at the moment to buy a new phone, it is best to purchase an additional battery. This can be as simple an extra battery, and replacement of the existing more capacious.
• Reduce the power consumption applications. If you see that the battery is low, even in a time when you are not using the phone, then it's time to applications that run in the background. To do this, make good use of the recently described by us Greenify or advice of this articles.
• Use the flight mode. If the battery indicator shows less than 10%, then there is no time for fine tuning. Simply activate the flight mode and you will extend the life of the device for a few hours. This can also be done at night if you do not expect important calls. Turn off all communications reduces power consumption to almost zero.

Get rid of junk software

Manufacturers and sellers set a huge amount of unwanted commercial software for many device models. And it can turn into a real problem. Imposed on you software not only takes place but also eat off the system resources consume battery, just a hindrance. Fortunately, there is an opportunity to correct it.

• Turn them off in the system settings. Most of these programs have the status of the system and can not be easily removed. If you do not want rutirovat device, it is almost always possible to go as shown in the illustration above settings and disable unnecessary programs that you need.
• Get Ruth and remove debris. Getting root access is not such a scary procedure. You can use the this or this Article. Then you will be able to completely remove or just freeze the program of your choice. To do this, there are a large number of special tools, the most popular of which Titanium Backup and RootAppDelete.

Hide or eliminate branded shell

Many manufacturers use on their devices branded launchers, which, however, may not be too comfortable or consume too many system resources. Can solve this problem as the fine tuning of the respective shell, and its complete replacement.

• Go back to the stock Android as possible. If you want to solve the problem of "little blood", then you'll have to pick up the piece and replace the launcher, keyboard, dialer, calendar, and so on to Google the real application. How to do it on the example of Android 4.4 we described in those articles (1, 2). Note also the third-party applications that are different at times even greater capacity and low consumption of system resources. You can start, for example, here.
• Sew third-party firmware. If you lean towards more radical and complete solution, then you have to reflash your gadget is one of the third-party firmware. Developments such as the CyanogenMod, AOKP and Paranoid It has long been out of diapers, and provide a very stable, comfortable and secure operating system.

Turn off annoying notifications

As a rule, almost all programs have a corresponding section in the settings. Just do not be lazy to look for options that are responsible for what, when and how often the app will display in the notification bar. This, incidentally, may further reduce battery consumption.

There is a more radical way. In Android 4.1 and higher, you can open the app's page in the system settings and even turn off all notifications from him. Just uncheck the box show notifications, As shown above.

Specify the correct orientation for each application

Some programs look great in portrait orientation, the other - in the landscape. To put this under control, use the utility Smart Rotator, which provides us with a single interface to manage these parameters and It allows you to choose which applications will use the automatic rotation, and which will always adhere to a vertical or horizontal orientation. Especially good to use this program on the plates.