users have reported that
they can speed up their
phone - and extend their
battery life, just by
deleting one app. The one problem is that
the app is Facebook -
considered a bit of an
essential by most phone
users. Thankfully, there is a
way round it - and it
seems to work on many
models of Android
handset. The trick was first
noticed by Android
Central writer Russell
Holly – but has since
been tested by various
Redditors and tech writers. Holly said, ‘Recently I
noticed some
performance issues on
multiple phones, and
had started paying
closer attention to what exactly was causing
these problems. When
Facebook turned out to
be one of the more
egregious resource
hogs, I uninstalled it to see how things
improved. ‘Not only did my
performance issues go
away entirely, but I
discovered I didn’t
actually lose any of the
Facebook features I cared about by
uninstalling the app. Holly recommends
running Facebook in
Android’s Chrome
browser - which even
offers Notifications, just
like the main app. Many report that battery
life goes up by 20% just
from removing the app,
and there are lots of
anecdotal reports of
boosted speeds, too.
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