Clearing up app storage
This problem often arises with the contacts, gallery and launcher apps, among many others. For example, I always receive the ‘Unfortunately contacts has stopped” error on my Galaxy S3 and it’s particularly annoying. The procedure to fix this is generally always the same.
- First, you must navigate to the settings on your Android smartphones.
- Scroll down until you see Application Manager or Apps, the name differs per Android device.
- Swipe left until you find the ‘All’ applications tab.
- Scroll down to the app that stopped and tap on it.
- Here you will clear the data and cache.
What you need to understand is that clearing the data will erase the changes made to the app’s settings, but not the actual content, like pictures in the gallery app for example. Cleaning the cache will get rid of saved data which allow apps to load much quicker when you launch them. Erasing this will only slow opening up an app a little bit, but will also help solve the problem.
Uninstall the app
If the app isn’t a built-in app, like Contacts for example, you can also try uninstalling and reinstalling the app again from the Google Play Store. Simply open the Play Store app and open the menu bar on the left hand side and tap on ”My apps”. Find the app in question and hit uninstall, which takes a few seconds. Atterwards, you can install it again.
Soft reset
You can also try doing a soft reset. This is super simple and is quite effective if your phone has been on for a long time. A soft reset will power cycle your phone, meaning turning it off and then back on again. This of course won’t delete anything. It’s a good idea to turn your phone off every few days for a few minutes and will help a sluggish phone with a variety of issues, whether app, network, audio, email issues and more.
In the case of Google Play itself not working, the solution is a little more extensive: delete the cache as a first step and if this doesn’t clear things up, you can then clear your data, and finally uninstall any Play Store updates. The same goes for Google Play services, but try these one by one, you don’t want to lose all your Play Store preferences for no reason. Check out the complete tutorial on what to do when the Google Play Store isn’t working.
Last resort: factory reset
In the worst case scenario when nothing is working, you can resort to a factory reset, but again, this really shouldn’t be done until no other option presents itself. When doing a factory reset, ensure that you have backed up all of your data beforehand. I repeat: backup all of your data first. I mean it. Do it. A factory reset will wipe your device to factory defaults, taking any bugs with it. You can then restore your apps and data afterwards.
Did this fix the problem for you? What others fixes do you know for these little pesky Android problems that you can share with your fellow beginner users?
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