Looking to boost performance and speed up your Galaxy S9 in seconds? If so, this quick guide will show you how. In fact, these three easy steps are all you need to do to make your phone look and feel faster. Next, we’ll offer a few more quick tips for the best experience.
While the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are powerful phones, the longer you have them, the slower they get. And yes, you can do some crazy technical tricks to fix it, but that’s too much work for most. This is where we come into play. We have a quick tip, simple enough that anyone can do it.
To get started, you need to enable this hidden developer options menu and then change three settings on the phone by following our instruction video below. This process is completely safe and will not damage anything or void your warranty. The same steps in our video apply to the Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9+.
How to Speed Up Galaxy S9 in Seconds
This will unlock the hidden developer menu. Next, find and change these three settings.
When you first get your Galaxy S9, these are all set to 1x. All three settings control animations and effects on the phone. Like apps or windows that disappear when you swipe or click on the homepage, or how apps appear as you open and close them. Basically, animations are what make Android look beautiful. Setting it to 0.5x halves the duration, animations, and effects. Windows opens faster, you can navigate the settings menu faster, and everything looks and feels faster.
Note that this doesn’t make your phone “faster”, but you can get things done faster. We’re cutting these animations to make everything open, touch or use a little faster.
Other Details and Tips
This is an old Android trick that many people know and use. Feel free to experiment on anything you have. It works on any phone or tablet, so tell your friends. However, some people will choose to set all three to zero, which is fine. I prefer 0.5x so I still have some animations and effects.
On shutdown, reboot your Galaxy S9 and you’re done. Now, feel free to click the link above for a few helpful tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your phone. These are the top 10 settings we changed, and they are the ones we recommend everyone change for the best experience. Or try changing the Galaxy S9 performance mode from optimized mode to something else. This makes your phone faster too, at the expense of battery life. You can even lower the screen resolution for better performance while playing games.
Before you go, check out our list of 9 Best Galaxy S9 screen protectors in the slideshow below.
