How Frequently Do You Wipe the Cache Partition?

[Gekko]

I've been making it a point to, once a week, go into 'system recovery' and wipe the cache. It isn't to correct an issue that not wiping can create, but rather as maintenance to keep the phone running well.

I was curious how often the rest of you wipe the cache?

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Quarterly. see #20 below -

i suffer no hardships doing this -

Battery Tips for Android

1. Toggle off High Accuracy GPS Mode, Bluetooth, NFC,
Hotspot/Tethering. Toggle on only as needed. (Set GPS Mode to "Battery
Saving" Mode).
2. Display Brightness - Turn off Auto Brightness and Reduce Setting
Bar to Minimum Acceptable to you.
3. Sign out of any unused Google Services like G+, Google Now, Hangouts, etc.
4. Disable Location Reporting and Location History.
5. Beware of constantly syncing in background Apps and Bloatware like
Facebook, Twitter, Weather Channel, Games, Google News/Weather,
Non-Push Email, etc. Set Sync interval for every 1 hour or more and
change settings to stop the syncing of data you don't need. Delete
their Apps and use their Web Page if acceptable.
6. Turn Off Hot Word "Hotword Detection" Always Listening Mode in
Google Search if you don't use it.
7. Turn Off Auto Camera/Photo Upload or at least set it for Upload on WIFI Only.
8. Turn Off Vibrate on Touch for Display, Keyboard, etc.
9. Turn Off Touch Sounds and Unlock Sounds.
10. Turn Off Ambient Display/Active Display Notifications if you don't need it.
11. Don't use a Live Wallpaper. Use a dark wallpaper if possible.
12. Set Display Sleep Setting to 2 Minutes or Less.
13. WIFI Settings - Advanced -
a. Network Notification - Set as OFF.
b. Scanning Always Available - Set as OFF.
c. Keep WIFI on during Sleep - Set as ALWAYS if you regularly use
WIFI. OK to keep WIFI on if you regularly use it.
14. Turn Off Always Vibrate in Gmail/Email.
15. Be careful of using too many Live Widgets and what/how often they sync.
16. Set MS Exchange Sync at 30 Days or Less if you use it.
17. Do NOT use a Task Killer App or Battery Saver App.
18. Uninstall ALL Apps that you never use. If you haven't used an
App in one month, uninstall it.
19. Reboot your phone at least once a month.
20. Wipe Cache Partition at least once a quarter or after every OS Update.
21. Consider a Factory Data Reset with a manual re-sync, manual
reinstall of all data and Apps after every major OS Letter Update.
Make sure that all of your data is first backed up to Google and
Dropbox, etc.

"I SUFFER NO HARDSHIPS DOING THIS" - this means that i personally am
giving up NOTHING with these tips. i'm not giving up any features.
there are no tradeoffs for me. a tradeoff or a hardship would be to
turn off PUSH email or use AIRPLANE mode during the day etc.

you have to find your own balance and the tips list is a start but you
must come to your own conclusion as to what's important. it's personal
preference but these are not a big deal to me at all as they do not
affect the function or operation of my phone. these tips do not
deteriorate my experience.

1-20-15

 

[Murph5150]

Quarterly. see #20 below -

i suffer no hardships doing this -

Battery Tips for Android

1. Toggle off High Accuracy GPS Mode, Bluetooth, NFC,
Hotspot/Tethering. Toggle on only as needed. (Set GPS Mode to "Battery
Saving" Mode).
2. Display Brightness - Turn off Auto Brightness and Reduce Setting
Bar to Minimum Acceptable to you.
3. Sign out of any unused Google Services like G+, Google Now, Hangouts, etc.
4. Disable Location Reporting and Location History.
5. Beware of constantly syncing in background Apps and Bloatware like
Facebook, Twitter, Weather Channel, Games, Google News/Weather,
Non-Push Email, etc. Set Sync interval for every 1 hour or more and
change settings to stop the syncing of data you don't need. Delete
their Apps and use their Web Page if acceptable.
6. Turn Off Hot Word "Hotword Detection" Always Listening Mode in
Google Search if you don't use it.
7. Turn Off Auto Camera/Photo Upload or at least set it for Upload on WIFI Only.
8. Turn Off Vibrate on Touch for Display, Keyboard, etc.
9. Turn Off Touch Sounds and Unlock Sounds.
10. Turn Off Ambient Display/Active Display Notifications if you don't need it.
11. Don't use a Live Wallpaper. Use a dark wallpaper if possible.
12. Set Display Sleep Setting to 2 Minutes or Less.
13. WIFI Settings - Advanced -
a. Network Notification - Set as OFF.
b. Scanning Always Available - Set as OFF.
c. Keep WIFI on during Sleep - Set as ALWAYS if you regularly use
WIFI. OK to keep WIFI on if you regularly use it.
14. Turn Off Always Vibrate in Gmail/Email.
15. Be careful of using too many Live Widgets and what/how often they sync.
16. Set MS Exchange Sync at 30 Days or Less if you use it.
17. Do NOT use a Task Killer App or Battery Saver App.
18. Uninstall ALL Apps that you never use. If you haven't used an
App in one month, uninstall it.
19. Reboot your phone at least once a month.
20. Wipe Cache Partition at least once a quarter or after every OS Update.
21. Consider a Factory Data Reset with a manual re-sync, manual
reinstall of all data and Apps after every major OS Letter Update.
Make sure that all of your data is first backed up to Google and
Dropbox, etc.

"I SUFFER NO HARDSHIPS DOING THIS" - this means that i personally am
giving up NOTHING with these tips. i'm not giving up any features.
there are no tradeoffs for me. a tradeoff or a hardship would be to
turn off PUSH email or use AIRPLANE mode during the day etc.

you have to find your own balance and the tips list is a start but you
must come to your own conclusion as to what's important. it's personal
preference but these are not a big deal to me at all as they do not
affect the function or operation of my phone. these tips do not
deteriorate my experience.

1-20-15

Nice info list. Thank you.

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[asbarrett]

Quarterly. see #20 below -

i suffer no hardships doing this -

Battery Tips for Android

1. Toggle off High Accuracy GPS Mode, Bluetooth, NFC,
Hotspot/Tethering. Toggle on only as needed. (Set GPS Mode to "Battery
Saving" Mode).
2. Display Brightness - Turn off Auto Brightness and Reduce Setting
Bar to Minimum Acceptable to you.
3. Sign out of any unused Google Services like G+, Google Now, Hangouts, etc.
4. Disable Location Reporting and Location History.
5. Beware of constantly syncing in background Apps and Bloatware like
Facebook, Twitter, Weather Channel, Games, Google News/Weather,
Non-Push Email, etc. Set Sync interval for every 1 hour or more and
change settings to stop the syncing of data you don't need. Delete
their Apps and use their Web Page if acceptable.
6. Turn Off Hot Word "Hotword Detection" Always Listening Mode in
Google Search if you don't use it.
7. Turn Off Auto Camera/Photo Upload or at least set it for Upload on WIFI Only.
8. Turn Off Vibrate on Touch for Display, Keyboard, etc.
9. Turn Off Touch Sounds and Unlock Sounds.
10. Turn Off Ambient Display/Active Display Notifications if you don't need it.
11. Don't use a Live Wallpaper. Use a dark wallpaper if possible.
12. Set Display Sleep Setting to 2 Minutes or Less.
13. WIFI Settings - Advanced -
a. Network Notification - Set as OFF.
b. Scanning Always Available - Set as OFF.
c. Keep WIFI on during Sleep - Set as ALWAYS if you regularly use
WIFI. OK to keep WIFI on if you regularly use it.
14. Turn Off Always Vibrate in Gmail/Email.
15. Be careful of using too many Live Widgets and what/how often they sync.
16. Set MS Exchange Sync at 30 Days or Less if you use it.
17. Do NOT use a Task Killer App or Battery Saver App.
18. Uninstall ALL Apps that you never use. If you haven't used an
App in one month, uninstall it.
19. Reboot your phone at least once a month.
20. Wipe Cache Partition at least once a quarter or after every OS Update.
21. Consider a Factory Data Reset with a manual re-sync, manual
reinstall of all data and Apps after every major OS Letter Update.
Make sure that all of your data is first backed up to Google and
Dropbox, etc.

"I SUFFER NO HARDSHIPS DOING THIS" - this means that i personally am
giving up NOTHING with these tips. i'm not giving up any features.
there are no tradeoffs for me. a tradeoff or a hardship would be to
turn off PUSH email or use AIRPLANE mode during the day etc.

you have to find your own balance and the tips list is a start but you
must come to your own conclusion as to what's important. it's personal
preference but these are not a big deal to me at all as they do not
affect the function or operation of my phone. these tips do not
deteriorate my experience.

1-20-15

This sounds more like a list of "disabling things that your modern smartphone is supposed to do and keep you connected to the world with" list. At that point, you might as well turn off data when your not using it. It would save a bunch of steps. Also, will ruin your smartphone experience.

 

[Gekko]

This sounds more like a list of "disabling things that your modern smartphone is supposed to do and keep you connected to the world with" list. At that point, you might as well turn off data when your not using it. It would save a bunch of steps. Also, will ruin your smartphone experience.

you don't HAVE TO do anything. the point is you if you want to MAXIMIZE battery life you can turn things off that you aren't using. it only makes sense. there is a FINITE amount of juice in ANY battery. you choose how you want to spend that juice. by default most of these devices have every feature set as ON whether you use them or not. i prefer to change the settings in my phone to only use those features that i personally use and need so i can maximize battery life. i don't leave all the lights and TVs on in my house 24/7 - i turn them on when i need them. i'm not giving anything up. my phone does everything exactly like i want it to. i'm not missing out on anything. it's no hardship for me. it's life.

 

[tdizzel]

I've never wiped the cache partition on my Turbo and i haven't had any problems. It's just been a silky smooth phone since day one

Posted from my Droid Turbo, Kelly and Ozone

 

[GatsbyGlen]

Whenever my phone starts rebooting by itself ..., which has been happening more and more with this Turbo ...

 

[dungoyle]

Whenever my phone starts rebooting by itself ..., which has been happening more and more with this Turbo ...

Ouch. I can honestly say I've never had this happen on my Turbo (owned since launch day). I don't say this lightly -- I'd consider a factory reset.

 

[GatsbyGlen]

Ouch. I can honestly say I've never had this happen on my Turbo (owned since launch day). I don't say this lightly -- I'd consider a factory reset.

Thanks. I did do that last week and after about 3 days the problem started happening again. It happens at least once a day, sometimes 3 times a day. Perhaps it's a bad app, or a hardware issue with the phone. It's starting to annoy me

 

[RJ_Butler]

Sorry for reviving a dead thread, but I figured it was a good place to ask this. How come it takes so long to clear the cache? I've had to clear the cache on my friend's M8 (5.0.2) and my mom's S4 mini (4.4.2), and both of them took about 5 seconds, but the Turbo takes upwards of 10 minutes. Can someone explain this?

 

[mobrules]

After seeing this I decided to do it. I haven't cleaned the cache in about 2 months. It took about 15 minutes.

 

[KPMcClave]

Sorry for reviving a dead thread, but I figured it was a good place to ask this. How come it takes so long to clear the cache? I've had to clear the cache on my friend's M8 (5.0.2) and my mom's S4 mini (4.4.2), and both of them took about 5 seconds, but the Turbo takes upwards of 10 minutes. Can someone explain this?

I can't explain what the specific technical cause is, but it is a glitch that supposedly has been corrected for the future update.

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[doogald]

I'm pretty sure that for most phones, and for Motorola phones prior to kitkat 4.4.4, wiping cache meant simply formatting the cache partition. My guess is that Motorola, for either security reasons or in error, is doing a file by file secure wipe, which is what takes so long.

 

[Symthic]

Never. Cache files are there for a reason, mostly to speed up operation. Deleting them only wastes CPU cycles and power rebuilding them. So unless you have a specific problem related to caches, you should get the best performance by leaving caches alone.

Android since v1.0. Linux user since 2001.

Wait what? You mean all those people telling me that our improves battery life were wrong?

Sent Turbo Fast from my Droid Turbo 64gb

 

[Crashdamage]

Wait what? You mean all those people telling me that our improves battery life were wrong?

Absolutely that's what I mean.


Android since v1.0. Linux user since 2001.

 

[Josh Fent]

wiping the cache partitition isn't the same as wiping the cached data in settings > storage.

wrong. Some phones do wipe cache partition in settings..

 

[Josh Fent]

Cache data is one thing but cache partition is another. Basically if you have one app with issues and nothing anywhere else, clear cache for app only. Then if it's everywhere (like freezes or crashing with lots of things) wipe cache partition. Could be a temporary file on SD card and simply fix by removing that SD card and put important info elsewhere and format to phone (which I know you didn't do like you should with every new SD card that's NEW to any phone. LG PHONEs TYPICALLY ARE ALL FROM SETTINGS AND WIPE CACHE PARTION IS IN THE SETTINGS CALLED cached data under storage.

 

[doogald]

wrong. Some phones do wipe cache partition in settings..

What he was saying is that wiping the cache partition does something different from wiping individual app cache, or wiping them all from settings / storage, so that wasn't wrong. Also, on *this* phone, you cannot wipe the cache partition from settings.

 

[KPMcClave]

What he was saying is that wiping the cache partition does something different from wiping individual app cache, or wiping them all from settings / storage, so that wasn't wrong. Also, on *this* phone, you cannot wipe the cache partition from settings.

Yep. Thanks, doogald.

 

[Iphone6PlusOnlyLastedAYearWithRegularUse]

I just did this right now because my phone was super laggy and not loading stuff and all around being a drag so I went into the boot menu and cleared the cache data 100% better. I cleaned it out maybe 3 months ago but now that I know this trick it will be a monthly to bi-monthly basis because it speeds my phone up. Clearing the cache from the settings menu has never worked for me on any of my androids