Possible to wipe cache partition via app / WITHOUT doing the turn-off-boot-to-recov-mode thing?

[AC Question]

I only recently discovered the minor miracle that was cache-partition wiping; sped up my year-old device like crazy. But I've found it's not quite as great as I thought b/c I seem to have to do it every 1-2 weeks otherwise my device slows noticeably.

The entire process of turning it off / holding down buttons / etc (which is how I was instructed to wipe the cache) takes ~5 mins and is annoying. Is it possible to wipe the cache while keeping the device on, via an app or something? Even better, can I schedule this process to run automatically every week or so in the middle of the night?

 

[Javier P]

No, it can't be done that way. You need to power your phone off and then boot into recovery. You could install a custom recovery but the process to do that is much more complicated than wiping the cache partition the way you already did. Sorry.