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Originally Posted by for_cars1 If you have the "Developer options" available under Settings, you can Limit the background process to atmost 1. This resolved the Lag problem in my phone.
One thing I've learn't the hard way is to Never ever upgrade the sofware on your phone. Its best to retain the OS the phone came with. Never upgrade the apps on your phone either, every upgrade will have increased memory needs (most of the time) that will add to the lag.
With every software upgrade, the memory footprint used by the phone increases leaving the phone gasping and the result is laggy applications. This is exactly the trap that phone manufacturers want you to fall into (with the promise of increased functionality and features with every upgrade as a bait). The same phone which worked flawlessly starts to lag and frustration causes users to buy newer models. Just stick to the stock OS which the phone is designed for.
Another trick increasingly found now is non-removable battery, no-SDcard slot (ie., no expandable memory). These are clearly designed to limit the useful life of phones to 1 or max 2 years these days and force users to upgrade so that they can keep making money. |
I must think that's not quite right. The OS updates are meant to increase performance and stability and add some nifty features. Usually they improve upon the security as well. Similarly, app updates really add to the functionality, design and convenience of using the app. It is usually the user or his usage pattern that leads to such headaches.
I'm afraid you must have had the wrong device, or had too much data and apps onto it. Or, in a (not so) rare case, must've got a buggy firmware in the update.
Either way, issues only come with serious changes and improvements to the software. A lot of people had problems after lollipop updates, bit equally, one should acknowledge the vast level of improvements it brought in. The bugs are usually fixed with smaller stability updates too.
I would like to stress that even though it is not really required, one should always factory reset the phone after an update. Too much cached data from the apps and other stuff from the previous OS is carried forward, and sometimes an app on old software may not work as well on the new one. Hence it is better to empty the phone and redownload everything after the update. That usually addresses memory problems, battery, lag, and a lot of other stuff.
Also, one should be careful what apps one installs on a device. Third party task killers, RAM managers, speed boosters, battery boosters, etc are the worst enemies of a phone. Secondly, the Facebook and messenger apps eat a huge amount of RAM, storage and battery, and should be looked at. Also third party launchers, lock screens, live wallpapers, keyboards, etc which may not be as well optimized as stock ones may result in stutters and lag.
The odd case of a software update may have resulted in trouble, but that doesn't mean the concept is flawed. There's one close friend of mine, whose Galaxy S2 got wiped out and refused to boot during the Jellybean update, and he had to get it to the service station. So he avoided the update for a long while and stayed on ICS, thinking on the same lines as you do here.
However, I really pressed him to update again, and when he did, the phone did start perfectly, and in fact got a whole lot better than ICS. He shortly rooted it and flashed CM11 on it, and is now happily running CM12.1.
Even in my own case, I got myself an Xperia E1 running 4.3 out of the box, over the forever out of stock Moto E (1st gen), only due to the reason that Sony had promised a KitKat update for the device. However, in typical budget phone fashion, my phone regularly lagged and just randomly rebooted far too often.
Eventually, when I did get the update in a couple of months' time, the performance was drastically improved, the lagging and reboots had vanished, the battery life significantly improved, and the interface design was changed to a fresher and cleaner one. It almost didn't feel like a budget phone at all.
It is usually Samsung due to touchwiz, and small time Chinese OEM devices that face troubles after updating. Even then, factory resets do a lot of good.