How did battery save speed up my phone?

[Ferkner]

I've noticed that lately my Moto G5 Play has been super sluggish. Annoyingly so. The other night I had to turn on Battery Saver, and suddenly it was super responsive and speedy again.

What I want to know is what did battery save do exactly, and how can I replicate it so I can have a speedy phone again while not needing battery Saver on? I already disabled background data usage for most apps, but is there a way to stop most apps from even running at all? Or is disabling background data usage basically the same thing?

 

[methodman89]

You can go to Settings and see what has been using your power. You can now dl GSM battery app for in depth stats. Good luck

 

[Haley Chris]

Download Gsam or accubattery from playstore that will give you a more detailed information about your Battery

 

[Ferkner]

I'm not as concerned with battery usage but more the CPU usage and what battery Saver did to make the phone faster, and how to do that manually so that the phone is always fast.

 

[Mooncatt]

I'm not as concerned with battery usage but more the CPU usage and what battery Saver did to make the phone faster, and how to do that manually so that the phone is always fast.

It likely didn't speed up the processor. It sounds like it stopped an app/process that was eating up processor power in the background. The above suggestions would help figure out what that was.

 

[Ferkner]

It likely didn't speed up the processor. It sounds like it stopped an app/process that was eating up processor power in the background. The above suggestions would help figure out what that was.

Okay, thanks. How do you stop apps from running in the background on Android?

 

[ManiacJoe]

As an end user, you have little control over apps running in the background. However, the "battery saver" is one option.

The problem here is not that the app is running in the background, but that the app is misbehaving. Normally this is fixed by finding the app and uninstalling it. Sending an email to the developer can also be helpful.

 

[mwake4goten]

Cache wipe in recovery mode is my go to when ever I get performance issues. Not sure of how to do a cache wipe for moto phone but if you google "cache wipe in recovery" for your phone you will find the technique.

PS some newer phones don't have the cache wipe in recovery anymore. For example my LG V30 phone has a LG app called Smart Clean which does the same cache wipe as what would be done in recovery mode.

 

[Ferkner]

I'll give this a whirl on my e5 Play and see if that helps. I plan on changing phones soon, but in the meantime this will hopefully help.

 

[Ferkner]

That did not seem to help.