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My Experience

Started May 20, 2018 | User reviews thread
I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: My Experience

Before doing anything radical, like a hard OS reset (wiping all your personal data and apps) or flashing an alternative OS, you might - I'd say should - try a much simpler process using the power and volume buttons to wipe the system cache. Especially after a major update - and leapfrogging from Android L to Android N is that - a very large useless cache of temporary and unnecessary old files is created and wiping it can dramatically improve performance without wiping Android settings, currently installed personal data or media, or apps and their individual settings.

Here is a page from T-Mobile describing it for Experia Z5:

https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-28294

(This seems to be the whole process for Sony Xperia - google turns up the same at several sites. NOTE that on my phone and tablet, and most other devices, using the power/volume restart brings up a hidden menu listing the partition wipe along with other things.  Navigating that buried menu with the volume buttons, and then pressing power will activate the selected cache partition clean-up. I did it after a very large upgrade to my Android M tablet and it improved performance dramatically.)

So I wouldn't jump to the conclusion the phone can't run Android N as currently installed, without trying this harmless intermediate procedure first. However, even though a system cache wipe is normally perfectly safe and doesn't interfere with the current install and settings, it is always prudent to have a good separate backup of important personal data and media needed on the phone.

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