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Re: Clear cache Partitions (S24 FE)

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croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> wrote:

> On my Samsung S24 FE, while investigating problems with GPS, I came across
> many web pages illustrating how to get to a screen where one can choose,
> "Clear cache Partition".  In the illustrations, a half-dozen or more
> options are shown on that screen.  But on my phone, there are only 3:
> "Reboot System Now", "Wipe data/factory reset", and "Power off".
> 
> I don't want to do a factory reset, but I'm wondering if selecting, "Wipe
> data/factory reset" would then take me to "Clear cache Partition", or
> simply drop me off the cliff.
> 
> A photo of the phone screen is here:
> 
> https://postimg.cc/p98wKrfJ

https://www.reddit.com/r/samsunggalaxy/comments/1rj2a5x/its_official_samsung_is_removing_wipe_cache/

The unidentified GPS "problems" cannot be corrected by wiping the cache
for whatever app you are using for GPS?

The unidentified app might also be using A-GPS to augment GPS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GNSS

I have the GPS Status app by MobiWIA on my phone.  I paid $2.14 back 6
years ago to get its Pro version, so I cannot check if the free version
has the option to refresh the A-GPS data.  When you open its menu (swipe
in from left-side of screen), there is a "Manage A-GPS state" option.

If A-GPS is not your issue, you'll have to divulge it if you want help
here on whatever are your GPS problems.  I'm not a wizard on this.  Just
use the apps that incorporate GPS.  While the GPS Status app has an
option to refresh A-GPS data, not all apps do.  You may have to go into
the Apps list, find your unidentified app, and flush its cache.  Looks
like Samsung took away the global wipe option across all apps, and went
to making users clear per-app caches.

The reddit article mentions Galaxy App Booster discussed and found at:

https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=Galaxy+App+Booster&cId=24f646ca-c44c-43c2-bb4a-742207ae87a3&iId=f8088691-9d88-42c7-a107-5b0db2a1f844
https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.android.appbooster

Samsung's app page gives almost no information on their app.  By reading
the reviews, seems this is more about moving and prioritizing
executables than of cleaning a cache.  Most users run it after a
software update.

An option in my Samsung Galaxy A56 on Android 16 is to periodically
reboot the phone.  Auto optimization is used during [re]boot.  In
Android settings, search on "auto optimization".  You get to pick a
day-of-the-week and time-of-day for the reboot.  It lists under which
conditions the reboot will happen: screen is off, phone isn't being
used, battery is over 30%, and SIM card lock is off.  I have it
scheduled to reboot on Mondays at 5 AM.  Instead of a schedule, there is
an option "Restart when needed - Your phone will restart automaticall
when performance issues are detected".  I'd rather schedule the reboot
rather than get surprised to find my phone is rebooting when I reach for
it.  I have been awake at that time to notice my phone (while screen
locked) started to reboot.  Of course, I haven't touched my phone in
hours.  If I'm up that early is because I haven't yet gone to bed, like
I'm engrossed in playing a game (on my desktop PC, not on the phone).

I haven't felt the need for the Samsung Galaxy App Booster app, but my
apps load quickly, anyway, so maybe the scheduled reboot (and auto
optimize on reboot) is helping.

https://www.samsung.com/latin_en/support/mobile-devices/how-to-automatically-optimize-your-galaxy-device/

Not sure what auto-optimize all does, but obviously it gets rid of apps
you left running in the background.  Unlike Windows and Linux, when you
exit an app, the app actually unloads from memory.  Not with Android.
To make the OS appear faster than it really is, apps stay loading in
memory even if you thought you exited them.  They don't unload until a
newly opened app needs memory, so the OS unloads the least-used app in
the background to make room for the newly loaded app.  

I've seen users (and I tried this, too) that use task killer apps.
Those will unload all backgrounded app unless whitelisted.  Those apps
can be either manually run on demand, or be scheduled.  The problems
are: users don't know the correct app to kill, or keep trying to kill
apps that immediately reappear.  In some cases, the obvious app is not
the one you want to kill, but some ancilliary or controlling app that
may be a system app that you don't normally see.  The apps that reappear
after killing them have a sticky bit set (always run), or a service.  If
the OS see them missing, it restarts them.  There are plenty of time
when I don't need to be using my phone, and restarting it flushes out
all those lingering background apps.  I used to manually reboot my phone
every Sunday night, so my phone would be more speedy on Monday when
stating my work week.  Now I have the phone do a scheduled restart.

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