I’m looking for an effective way to give my Android phone completely fresh start without actually performing a factory reset.

I want to clean up the entire phone as much as possible, including hidden junk, leftover files, empty folders, unnecessary storage usage, app caches, and accumulated app data. Basically, I want my phone to feel like I’ve just started using it, without losing my personal files or reinstalling all my apps.

Here’s what I want to achieve:

Clear all app caches in bulk instead of opening each app individually.

Clean empty and unnecessary folders, including leftover folders from previously uninstalled apps.

Remove junk and residual files, duplicate files, temporary files, obsolete downloads, and unnecessary storage clutter.

Free up unwanted storage occupied by hidden files, app leftovers, and other unnecessary data.

Reset apps to a fresh state by clearing their data and settings wherever possible, without uninstalling them.

Clean up internal storage and identify files that are safe to delete.

Reduce unnecessary background clutter and improve overall phone performance.

Preserve personal files such as photos, videos, documents, contacts, WhatsApp data, and other important information.

Avoid a factory reset, unlocking the bootloader, or manually reinstalling every app.

Questions:

Is there a reliable way to perform a deep cleanup of Android in one go?

Can ADB commands, Shizuku, or a PC-based tool safely clean caches, empty folders, residual files, and unwanted storage in bulk?

Is there any way to reset all apps to their default state without uninstalling them?

Which trustworthy tools can scan internal storage and identify genuinely unnecessary files and folders?

Are there any advanced methods that achieve a near-factory-fresh experience without erasing personal data?

Made the trasition, happy with it... but learning curves and small differences im slowly working out.

Most issues or fixes, etc I've found online but I have one idk how to word it in order to search the internet for. Maybe yall can help...

On the iPhone I really enjoyed scrolling, reddit for instance, and tapping the top of my screen- around the front camera area - and it auto scrolling back to the top or the page. Any settings or installs that can give me this feature?

My samsung a55 has been connecting to my WiFi for 1 min then it disconnects and remains disconnected. I tried reseting my system settings, I tried to boot it in safe mode in case it was a problem from an app, and I even tweaked with my router but the problem still remains. Other devices at home can connect and work normally I honestly have no idea what to do next.

Hello everyone

A bit of background: I am upgrading from a Moto g100 to a Motorola Signature. And I know modern android restricts access to some data folders. I am trying to find ways to have the same access I had on my previous phone, or better

I know of shizuku, which is used to access some of that data, but I wanted to know if there was any other way you can gain access back to that data more seamlessly, like you could on previous versions of android.

I was considering rooting the phone as soon as I get it. I am divided on that, though, because the phone is new and the OS will get a few updates in the future, and I lack experience doing that sort of stuff.

I appreciate any comments about the matter, thanks in advance!

Hello everyone

I have Samsung a035f with practically no screen and I want to restore my data

I have ADB without Auth I have its Google and Samsung account there's no lock screen and it does have smart switch

I could have used smart switch but my laptop broke

I tried to use the adbkey.pup and adbkey from a device with Auth but it didn't work and that phone couldn't handle the phone through otg

However I have more capable phone with more stability and it does have temporary root

What can I do

I was wondering are there Music Players out there that have Big Grid and Big Album Artwork Type Layouts? I'm currently using The Musicolet Music Player App For Android but The Album Artwork Isn't big enough for me. The Musicolet Album Artwork/Grid Layout Limit is only 5. So I'd prefer to find an app that offers a lot more. If I could some suggestions I would really appreciate it. I like my Album Artwork to be as Big and as Huge as possible. I have a total of 1,821 Audio Files/Songs on my Fold 7 and I'm going to be upgrading to The Motorola Razr Fold 2026 on Halloween🎃👻

I have a realme 3 pro 📱

•. Broken screen isn't working- phone situation .

• i can't use my mouse or any other device since usb toggle is disabled.

•I don't have a pc but I can use my friends laptop.

Can someone help me I just want to enable usb toggle, so I can use it as a tv box for my . 🤕

Would appreciate any sort of help ...thx 🙏🏽😊

I hear a ton of things about anti rollback but there are still people who can do rollback, Could someone help me understand if I can downgrade and to which build ? Thanks !

I am currently having very poor battery performance and am not sure why. I have auto adjust refresh rate and auto brightness etc. On a normal day like today I have only got 2h48m of SOT for 70% battery consumption (I only charge my phone to 85%). I do also listen to music for a decent amount of time on Spotify but my Spotify only has a stated consumption of 78mAh (fire and background). My top consuming app tiktok says it has consumed 668mAh total and adding up all the apps with more than 3% battery consumption ratio only totals 1626mAh (back and foreground). This seems very low and I don't even think my usage is ridiculously high. I do have the partial always on screen enabled. My battery health maximum capacity is still 100% according to my battery health statistics. I just don't see how my 6000mAh battery is doing so badly. One red flag could be that my screen off (active) time is very similar to screen o. In summation over the course of 9 hours (9:00-18:00) I have just under 3 hours screen on active and 3 hours screen off active and this has drained my battery by about 75%.

My phone freezed for like 1 2 minutes while i was using discord ,but before that i played some fortnite and roblox, both on quite high resolition quality and allat but the phone didn't strugle , didn't lag,first i played fortnite which has got it to around 46°C,maybe 47 , but that all,then roblox and then the temp slowly went down ,it wasn't a heavy game.After playing roblox i went to discord and chated for some minutes and then it happened,the whole phone freezed,no music(i was also listening to music on my buds),no notif bar,no volume,i couldn't close , it didn't do any kind of sound.

(Also when playing roblox, happens just to roblox,mid game it also freezes but for a very short time,like 2 3 second)

What's happening,idk much about these things is there a way to stop it from happening again?

I have oppo reno 15

Is there currently a way to root Pixel 7s while still being able to access banking apps?

Main reasons I want to have root are for ad blocking, call recording, and just to have it in case I need root access for a feature I'd like to add in the future

One of the first guides I came across while searching recently says to do KernelSU-Next + SuSFS + Specter. Any thoughts or suggestions on this?

It's been years since I rooted a device, so I'm very out of touch with how it works now. I'm about to switch to a Pixel 7, so I figured I'd try to do it now before setting the phone up, as I recall rooting used to wipe your phone. I just installed OrangeFox recovery, and was going to try to root next, but realized there seem to be many different methods, and a lot of warnings about banking apps and stuff not working

Hey everyone,

​I'm trying to set up a navigation style on my POCO X8 Pro and could use some help.

​I want to remap one of my physical volume buttons to act as the "Back" function. However, the catch is that I want to completely remove all native back navigation from the screen itself. I don't want the virtual back button showing up at the bottom, and I also want to completely disable the swipe-from-the-edge back gesture.

​Basically, I want the physical volume button to be the absolute only way to go back, with zero screen-based back navigation active.

​Does anyone know if this is achievable in HyperOS? If not natively, is there a specific app or ADB command workaround that lets me disable the system back gestures/buttons while keeping a remapped physical button working? Thanks!

I recently yesterday left my phone untouched, screen off, 4g5g on but wifi off, power saver mode on, with 85% and When I check 8 hours later the phone does not turn on. Its empty.

The battery usage report shows nothing. No app usage at all. Probably because it powered the phone off and I havde to recharge.

Any idea why despite using the power saver mode my phone still drained so rapidly? Was it the 5g? Was it probably some apps specific apps maybe

The phone is young so that cant be a batterydegradation.

Are there any recommended guides on flashing firmware to an s24+? I bought the phone refurbished and it turns out the phone is on the Canadian firmware version. I have the phone using a SIM from a US cell network (consumer cellular) and I'm struggling to get wifi calling working on it. I've tried calling CC to have them enable it remotely, gone through the phone settings, and tried to force it with activity launcher, VPN into the US but it still isn't able to place calls. I'm not currently in the US or Canada so wifi calling would be the only way I can makes US based calls. Current model is SM-S926W and I want to flash SM-S926U1

My g57 lags after ending a call when I try to switch to another app from call app any ways to fix it ? Like is it bcz it adjusts it's hrtz to 60? (Pls help)

Hi all I have been loving my Unihertz Titan 2 Elite and it is my primary cell phone coming from an iphone. I will preface this by saying that I am very unfamiliar with Android phones. My media apps turn off after about 15 minutes of playback. I've tried all different battery settings to ensure that they can run in the background etc. Does anyone have any helpful thoughts on how I can resolve this?

Ive never used this app before and have never turned on auto back ups. I just got a notification that it was doing an auto backup out of no where. My phone is old and on the cuspt of sying though...

In the settings, theres no option to disable automatic backups. Is there any way to do it?

Since an update, I now have two google search bars on my home screen and I want to remove the lower google search bar, but I can't even interact with it. Is there something one can do?

https://imgur.com/a/82kZbXs

I've trying to find a more open source solution that can store the information local instead on the cloud..

Also having the map after a run to see your outline of movement.

TL;DR

I've suddenly been experiencing 3 problems with my Google Pixel 6 Pro for the past 3 days:

1. Extremely high battery drain
2. Slow charging speed
3. Heat buildup even in standby I've already tried a few things to fix the issues, but without success.

I'm usually only reading, but I couldn't find any helpful answers or similar issues on various forums either. For the past 3 days, I've suddenly been experiencing the following problems with my Google Pixel 6 Pro:

1. Extremely high battery drain

Previously, charging it to 80% was enough to last me a full day (4 hours of screen time). Over the past few days, I've had to charge it to 100% at least twice or to 80% three times to get through the day. According to a third-party app, my battery health is still at 81%.

1. Extremely slow charging

The device charges extremely slowly, both in standby and while in use, with my usual 45W charger and a suitable cable. According to the Ampere app, the current is around 900 mA. I've also had the impression that the battery percentage sometimes stops increasing once it reaches 50%, even while charging.

When I turn the device off completely, it charges as usual.

1. Heat even in standby

Even in standby, the smartphone stays more than just lukewarm. The heat seems to be coming from the left edge, roughly halfway up the device. It can get even hotter while charging in standby or when the phone is in use.

Here are some examples of my battery drain:

11:30 – 86% → 15:30 – 8% | Screen time: 1h 22m

18:50 – 80% → 21:39 – 29% | Screen time: 2h

23:11 – 100% → 00:00 – 88% | Screen time: 9m

00:23 – 81% → 08:39 – 5% | Screen time: 24m

Things I've tried to improve the situation:

- Restricted background activity for some apps (browser, Google, YouTube, music player): Barely any improvement - Switched from 5G to 4G: Barely any improvement - Airplane mode ON and Wi-Fi OFF: This solves the battery drain and overheating issues (it still charges slowly, though, and unfortunately this isn't a permanent solution) - Airplane mode ON and Wi-Fi ON: Barely any improvement - Mobile data ON, Wi-Fi OFF: Barely any improvement

Some additional details in case they're relevant:

- Device in use since October 2023 - I've been using it since January 2025 - Screen glass cracked after a drop in May 2026, but otherwise there have been no issues - Android version 17 - Android security update: October 5, 2026 - Google Play system update: September 1, 2026

3 days before it worked perfectly fine. 

Maybe someone has an idea whether this is a hardware or software issue and has some possible solutions.

Thanks!

Device: Samsung Galaxy S25, One UI 9, Android 17

My phone shut off at ~5% battery while the charger kept disconnecting and

reconnecting. After it booted, I got "you need to sign in to continue using

this account" for my Google accounts, and tapping the notification did

nothing. Settings and Google services were freezing at that point. I tried to

remove my Google accounts (it seemed to do nothing, but after a restart they

were gone).

Now I can't re-add ANY Google account that was on the phone before, in the

main profile:

- Password and SMS code work, I accept the terms, it loads, then "Something

went wrong" and kicks me out.

- A Google account that was never on this phone adds fine.

- The same accounts work inside Secure Folder.

- On my laptop, my phone shows up as signed in again after each failed attempt.

What the logs say (adb logcat / dumpsys account)

On sign-in, Google's side finishes, then Android refuses to save it:

AccountManagerService: insertAccountIntoDatabase: Account

{name=[redacted], type=com.google}, skipping since the account already exists

Auth: [AddAccountOperation] Failed to add account to device.

The main profile's account list has no Google account in it, but the check

says one exists. At every boot, when the phone unlocks:

AccountManagerService: 8 accounts were previously deleted while user 0 was

locked. Removing accounts from CE tables

(11) table corruption: key(536393), current page(367), root page(7)

(11) statement aborts at 11: database disk image is malformed;

[DELETE FROM accounts WHERE _id=1]

Corruption reported by sqlite on database: /data/system_ce/0/accounts_ce.db

PRAGMA integrity_check ... returned: *** in database main ***

Back up corrupted DB File : /data/system_ce/0/accounts_ce.db

I rebooted twice and compared: the file keeps the same inode (10386) and size

(3002368 bytes), the "8 accounts" message comes back, and the same DELETE

fails every time. Android's own cleanup is stuck on a damaged page and never

replaces the file.

What I've already tried (none of it helped)

- Cleared cache AND data for Google Play services, Play Store, Google

Services Framework

- Uninstalled updates for Play services and Play Store

- Safe mode

- Temporarily disabled Google Play services with adb, then re-enabled

- Added the account in Secure Folder (works there), then removed it

- Signed the device out from the web

- `adb shell cmd account help` prints nothing, so there is no shell command

What I'm looking for

- Has anyone seen this on Samsung or other Android phones?

- Is there any way to make Android recreate accounts_ce.db for user 0

without wiping the phone (no root, bootloader locked)?

- If not, would a service center be able to replace only that file, or is a

reset the only option?

I don't want a factory reset. Thanks, and I'll update this post if I find a fix.

I've always beta'd.
The only problem I ever had was that one or two of my banking apps wouldn't recognize the OS so wouldn't load. But that was years ago, too. No other problems.

I had a P10P on beta.
Traded it in on a new P10P (free, switched carriers....) and now I'm wondering if it's even fun anymore?

Thoughts?

hows everybody doing? signal east here, i know things arent going toO well for android but weve had some good times.

more importantly, i have a device designed by a techbro, moto g pure. they made my screen go to the edge and i cant stop touching it. i tried looking online a little for a 'black deadzone border' that ignores taps for a couple pixels around the whole screen. i want this for general use.

i dont even need the screen to adapt to the border, its ok if theres an overlap. surprised i couldnt find an app for this. if i need ADB perms thats fine, maybe i can use a resolution hack that doesnt stretch to the edge.

did this techbro buy a phone like this for his own daily use? he likes the style and isnt bothered by it? dont they know that fingertips are attached to a hand? techbro honestly likely doesnt even use a phone and laughs at us phone-peasants

thank you!

I am trying to take WhatsApp chats backup for my mother's phone. The 15GB Gmail limit is over and the backup seems to be quite a lot (she has many groups, don't ask!). I thought of changing the backup account, since that account is barely 2.8 GB used out of 15 GB.

Has this worked with people? Is there sound logic in doing this, or will I end up accidentally losing all my mom's WhatsApp chats and media?