When your Android phone starts to lag and stutter as it gets older. Most probably you will search for tips to make it fast like it was when you bought it. Chances are that you will get many answers- ranging from altering the animation and transition speed in developer settings to performing a complete factory reset. While changing the developer settings won’t make a difference to the lags that started after your phone got older. You will be reluctant to perform a factory reset since it’s a painful thing to backup everything and install all the apps again! Here we are talking about wipe cache partition on Motorola devices
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How to wipe cache partition on Motorola devices
Another option that you might have noticed is clearing cache partition of your phone. Now, there is an option to clear cache of the applications in your device, but that is a different thing. Application cache is a temporary memory, just like thumbnails in gallery, which the system will access so that the applications open and load quickly. Clearing application cache is very simple and it is often recommended, but it’s of no use if your phone lags.
System cache is similar to application cache, just like application stores necessary things for faster access, the system stores certain files so that it does not have to access external memory each time. When the device gets older, the cache may get cluttered with system files which may be unnecessary. But, clearing the system cache is very different from clearing app cache. And it’s simple only if you understand the process properly. (Clearing cache is recommended after each time you perform a system upgrade)
Keep in mind that the following steps are meant to be performed on Motorola devices (Moto X,G,E, Droid Turbo and Nexus 6) only. The steps include certain combination and pattern of pressing the hardware keys, and it differs from device to device. The clearing doesn’t wipe your app data, but one wrong press here or there and you may end up with a completely formatted device! So, be careful with each steps.
If your device is still on Android KitKat version, then follow these steps.
- With the phone powered off, press the VOL DOWN KEY for 2-3 seconds then POWER key then release.
- The device will display different BOOT OPTIONS
- Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL to Recovery and VOL UP Key to select (Tip: If the device reboots, you may have waited to long to make a selection, you will need to begin the process again.)
- The device will display the Motorola logo and then the Android in distress ( logo with Exclamation mark)
- Press and hold the VOL UP key for 10-15 seconds. While still holding the VOL UP key tap and release the POWER key (Tip: You can try this step, holding the phone in landscape. If you are stuck on step 6, try a force reboot by pressing the Power key and Vol Down key, and start the process again.)
- The device will display additional menu options (Text will appear in BLUE)
- Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll to wipe cache partition and the POWER Key to select this option
- The device will then perform the partition wipe
- The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence
- With the phone powered off, press and hold the Volume Down button and the Power button at the same time until the device turns on.
(For Nexus 6, you will see the word “Start” with an arrow around it.) - Press the Volume Down button till it highlights “Recovery mode”
- Press the Volume Up button (For Nexus 6: Power button) to restart into Recovery mode.
You’ll see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark and the words “No command.” - While holding down the Power button, press the Volume Up button.
- Use the volume buttons to scroll to “wipe cache partition” and press the Power button to select it.
- “Reboot system now” will be highlighted, press the Power button to select it.
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