Removing Battery for Better Performance

[bar code]

I'm using ICS on LG Motion.

So some guy comes up to me. He tells me he can make my phone run faster. He grabs my phone from me (he's a mechanic with huge dirty hands). Then he shuts it off. Then has me pull out the battery. Then put the battery back in. Then power up the phone. He says I should do that once in awhile during the day.

So is there any validity to this?

So if resources are being used because of apps that I never exited, isn't there an easier way to just exit what apps are running than to do all that?

 

[LilBit]

Never heard of it. Just reboot the phone once in a while, its a mini computer after all.

 

[Rxpert83]

Restarting your phone would effectively do the same thing.


Is it required? No


Apps that get stored in your RAM for later use dont actually use up any battery. In fact, killing them will eat up your battery, because theyll just start back up

 

[LilBit]

Restarting your phone would effectively do the same thing.


Is it required? No


Apps that get stored in your RAM for later use dont actually use up any battery. In fact, killing them will eat up your battery, because theyll just start back up

Ninja'd.

 

[bubkusjones]

Anyone else concerned about some random guy coming up to them and grabbing their phone?

 

[damewolf13]

I never do a battery pull unless something hangs and my phone stalls out on something. As for restarting my phone, I will do it randomly every now and then, but no set schedule for that either. I don't find that my Android phones really need that kind of interference with any regularity.

 

[gtbarry]

Anyone else concerned about some random guy coming up to them and grabbing their phone?

This is a hilarious look at a guy on hidden camera borrowing people's phones and then pretending to walk/run off.

Note: it was done in the relatively safe confines of the University of Utah. If I had been a part of this experiment the results would not have been as polite.

Stealing People's Cell Phone - YouTube

 

[nickdalzell]

I don't know why but my phone will slow down and eventually freeze unless I regularly restart it but given how Android manages memory I cannot find out what is causing it. It basically acts like a Windows box (or a BlackBerry) after a few days.

 

[UncleMike]

Anyone else concerned about some random guy coming up to them and grabbing their phone?

That, and don't take advice from people who tell you that removing the battery will have any effect after you've successfully turned off the phone.

If my phone gets sluggish enough that there's a time benefit to me turning it off, removing my Otterbox Defender case, removing the battery, replacing the battery, reassembling the case, and waiting for the phone to boot up again, I might do that once, but I'll then find the cause and eliminate the need to do it again.

What kind of phone does this mechanic have that doing this several times per day is an efficient use of his time?

 

[LilBit]

Boot into recovery, clear cache, and dalvek cache, reboot the phone. Should be as fast as ever
Takes less than 5 mins. Its a computer, more than it is a phone.

 

[bar code]

What kind of phone does this mechanic have that doing this several times per day is an efficient use of his time?

Apple garbage. Ya he's not a stranger that will run off with the phone. He's the mechanic that helps with my car.

Boot into recovery, clear cache, and dalvek cache, reboot the phone. Should be as fast as ever
Takes less than 5 mins. Its a computer, more than it is a phone.

How do I boot into recovery? What does it mean? Do you have a link?