How to speed-up your Android headunit

Speed up your Android headunit with these simple tips.

Slow time

If your Android has slowed, it may need some software maintenance to return to its former snappy speeds. You don’t need to install new apps to improve the speed, as we will show you the screens you need to access for these tips.

Too Many Apps

The top speed problem has to be ‘too many apps.’ Every app adds clutter in the form of files. Adding extra files takes more resources, which can impact performance. There are some big offenders, but we won’t name them here. Just go through your app list and think, when did you last use that app? If you don’t need it, then you can remove it. This removes the files and may free up some resources of the headunit.

Questions:

  • Do you have duplicate or two different apps that do the same job? (Old versions that were not removed?)
  • How many MP3 players do you need? (Would one suffice?)
  • More than one mapping app, Waze AND Google Maps? (Do you need both?)
  • Multiple launchers left over from the trial and error auditioning phase? (You can only use one launcher at a time.)
  • Many Browsers? (Do you need more than one web browser app?)

Uninstall

Be ruthless, pick your favorite apps, and delete (uninstall) the remainder. Hold your finger on the app and choose ⓘ , then ‘Uninstall.’ This will give space back and often frees up some RAM. This may even allow the head unit to boot quicker. Taking out all the unused apps in one go can make a noticeable increase in speed. If you only remove them one at a time, the change is less noticeable over some time.

Uninstall

Swipe to access the apps list and hold your finger on the first app to be removed; a bubble appears; select Uninstall

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Some apps won’t have that option. So tap the i or info in the bubble, and you are taken to another screen. From this new screen, you can:

  • Disable
  • Force Stop
  • Storage & cache, CLEAR STORAGE, CLEAR CACHE

Do each of these steps to make the best attempt to stop and clear the storage of these ‘baked-in’ and unwanted apps.

Slow from day 1

If your Android head unit has been slow since the day you purchased it, the tips above may only give you limited results. It won’t do any harm to remove unwanted or unused apps, and it is an excellent bit of housekeeping to do. But if the headunit has always been slow and didn’t just get slow over time, it may be slow. Built to be slow, with a slow processor and not much RAM for Android, it is widespread with the cheap, bargain basement headunits. See our post on ‘Can I add more RAM to my Android Headunit’ to see why RAM is important to consider before purchasing.

Too many files

Use a file manager to manage your files if you have one already installed. There are several storage areas on the Android headunit, and filling up the wrong one with music files can significantly impact the storage available to Android, and it will slow down. If you have saved files on the internal memory (that could be called drive ‘0’), move them to a USB thumb drive or SD card. A good quality USB memory stick is not expensive for even large capacities. A well-known branded and official (not fake) USB or microSD card will hold all your files from memory, expand the storage available, and keep reliability.

Be sure only to move the files you put on the head unit. Do not move system files to make space, as this will not improve speed and may even crash the Android. Move only the MP3, .apk, apps, or image files you saved there while trying new things.

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