Nothing beats the feeling of getting a new phone. The excitement of the novelty of the entire experience, from unboxing to usage, is often unrivaled, making you feel like the happiest person on earth. That is of course until it all wears off. No matter the android phone you have, no matter how impressive its features are, after some months of usage, the novelty soon wears off.
So, how do you ‘renew’ that feeling of excitement at seeing your phone again? Here are some tricks if you have an android phone.
Change your wallpaper
Sometimes it is the simple things that changing your wallpaper to make the phone feel new. A well-fitting, unique wallpaper can improve your experience with your old device.
In fact, some android devices even give you the ability to change the theme of the whole phone desktop, meaning that you don’t just apply the wallpaper, but also change how the app icons appear to compliment the wallpaper.
Update the OS
Your phone’s Operating System will often get regular updates (yearly for most) for up to three years.
A new OS can introduce new features, remove existing bugs in the current OS and thus, improve the phone’s functionality. It will make scrolling smoother, app launching faster and so on. Nothing spectacular but for some time, it will thrill you.
Make use android launcher customizability
Your android phone has several functions to make the phone unique to you, among them changing your launcher. Changing the launcher chances the software experience of the device, making it seem as though you are scrolling through a new phone. It changes app appearance on the desktop, how they scroll and so on.
Update your apps
Updating apps will have a similar effect to updating your OS – it will offer an improved experience. While major changes in apps are rare, you will still notice the improvements each time you update and use the apps. These small improvements, multiplied over, give you a fresher experience with your phone.
Phone manufacturers want you to engage in mindless buying of their products but you don’t need to do that. The above tips, and more, help you maintain freshness with your phone until it is either completely broken, lost or you really feel the need to upgrade.
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