Technology offers us many advantages and virtues, although sometimes it is also capable of creating problems for us. In Android or iPhone mobiles , memory or storage problems are the main causes that we have to renew our mobile, although luckily there are solutions before resorting to this.
A full memory in addition to an annoying warning on the screen can cause applications to be much slower or our mobile to heat up easily. To solve it, we are going to show you several options with which we can free up our smartphone and get it to work like the first day.
Free up space to fix memory problems
One of the many things we have to do to prevent our mobile from filling up with files is to regularly check the options to free up space. In Android we find different methods to do it automatically depending on our mobile, for example in Xiaomi we have the security app and its cleaning options . Something that is repeated in Huawei and also in OnePlus entering Settings> Storage.
To free up storage on any Android mobile we only need the Google Files app that makes it easy for us to erase data that we no longer need or duplicate photos. However, this option is not so simple on iPhone and we will have to resort to the following manual alternatives.
Uninstall the heaviest and least used applications
In our mobiles we usually have many applications that for some reasons or others we never uninstall. This is one of the main problems for the memory or storage of our mobile to fill up and we do not have enough space for other tasks. Luckily, just by entering Settings> Applications and we can see both Android and iOS which are the apps that take up the most space and that we can uninstall if we do not use them. In iOS or Android we can also uninstall the apps on the main page, although here we will not know what is the space they occupy.
Clear the cache can help you
If we have been with the same mobile phone for a long time, it is likely that the cache memory of some apps such as the browser has gradually filled up with files that we do not need. In this case, the best we can do is go to those heavier apps from Settings> Applications and click on clear cache. After doing this the application will return to the original state and we will have to configure it but we will have the advantage that it will not take up as much space.
Memory problems from having too many photos or videos
Another of the big reasons why we run out of storage on our mobiles is that our photos or videos take up too much space . There are several methods to get free this storage and that these photos do not necessarily have to be on our mobile.
Upload photos and videos to the cloud
The quickest and least troublesome solution is to upload photos and videos to the cloud. If we have a digital space to host them, it is the best solution we can find. However, both on Android and iPhone we have the possibility of using Google Photos , an application from which we can generate automatic backups with unlimited storage, although our photos or videos are compressed.
On Apple devices, we also have 5 GB of free iCloud storage that we can take advantage of to store those most special photos or memories. In both cases, both iCloud and Google Photos we can contract a subscription and forget about compression to store more files.
Move photos and videos to SD card
In Android it is very common to find mobiles that have a space to add a MicroSD card, which allows us to move our files to this extra space. From the file manager we are going to be able to cut all the elements that we want and get free the internal storage of these loads.
For iPhone users, however, it is not as easy as it does not include a MicroSD slot. In this case we have to opt for a Lightning to USB adapter, from which we will be able to move all the photos and videos to connect it whenever we want.
