albertcardona,
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Public service announcement

Here's how to disable background apps in an Android phone:

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Search for "Developer Options"
  3. Enable them at top right
  4. Scroll down to "Background process limit"
  5. Choose "No background process" or "At most, 1 process".

Further down, see also "Standby apps" and adjust their priority as wished. Most should be at rare, restricted, or never.

With these edits, even inexpensive, underpowered phones feel snappy. Helps as well to remove altogether any "smart" assistance apps by Samsung.

kristinmbranson,

@albertcardona Goodness, how do you get to Developer Options on a Samsung phone? Go to About phone -> Software information and then tap the Build number 7 times! Clearly something they want you to do ...
https://thedroidguy.com/how-to-enable-developer-options-on-galaxy-s22-developer-mode-1166460

albertcardona,
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And a warning: when your updates its OS, these "background process" settings will be reset. Remember to set them back to what you wanted.

ach,

@albertcardona You gain some speed, but you risk ruining notifications.

albertcardona,
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@ach My default setting has always been "no notifications whatsoever". Also, from unusable to snappy is quite the jump.

ach,

@albertcardona I have no arguments against using this approach for hardware which is otherwise genuinely unusable. I approve disabling unused features.

albertcardona,
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Dozens and dozens of web spam had nothing useful to say about this. The authoritative guide I found was on a page without any ads to begin with: https://forums.tomsguide.com/faq/how-to-limit-background-process-on-an-android-device.19531/

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