How many of you are doing the cache partition wipe!

[Chitown28]

I was reading around about how good it is to do the cache partition wipe and it might even boost performance and help battery life what do you guys think? How many times do you guys recommend doing it?

 

[Jamie Wooten]

Re: Need help with cache partition wipe

It'll stay in the Android guy for a few seconds then go to a menu.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 5

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Need help with cache partition wipe! Downloading do not turn off target!

It's just a mode used to download things to the device - it wasn't downloading anything on its own.

 

[eclectic11]

I was reading around about how good it is to do the cache partition wipe and it might even boost performance and help battery life what do you guys think? How many times do you guys recommend doing it?

I started doing it once a week with my Note 4. I've had the Note 5 2 weeks now and have done it once. Just out of habit though. I dont even think i needed too because its just so fast. Old habits die hard though. The Note 4 would get bogged down and doing this weekly would speed things up significantly. Haven't had that problem with the Note 5 at all but I've done it anyway. I may do it if I ever notice slowing. Or Maybe every 2 to 3 weeks now.

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[Crashdamage]

I did a write-ups about this earlier:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=4642716

Basically, I never give cache files a thought. And you're probably better off if you never do either.

Android since v1.0. Linux since 2001.

 

[mhunter6378]

I'll wipe the cache partition after a lot of changes or removing several apps or about once a month, whichever comes first.

 

[Jdane07]

Haven't seen the need to do it quite yet. Maybe a couple months down the road.

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[Chitown28]

well i did it already so why is it bad?

 

[Crashdamage]

well i did it already so why is it bad?

Read the link in my post #5. That explains why.

Android since v1.0. Linux since 2001.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

well i did it already so why is it bad?

You only need to do it if you are experiencing problems and most do it after an update. It isn't a maintenance type thing.

 

[Chitown28]

so many people i swearing it increases performance and helps with battery life.

 

[Chitown28]

Re: Need help with cache partition wipe! Downloading do not turn off target!

but why did it say downloading do not turn off target?

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Re: Need help with cache partition wipe! Downloading do not turn off target!

but why did it say downloading do not turn off target?

Because you must have booted into download mode, not recovery mode.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Download mode is holding volume down, recovery mode is holding volume up.

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Need help with cache partition wipe! Downloading do not turn off target!

but why did it say downloading do not turn off target?

Below is why.

It's just a mode used to download things to the device - it wasn't downloading anything on its own.