What is phone hanging
Phone hanging also known as phone freezing is when your phone has crashed or your phone got stuck that you can no longer use it to execute a particular operation.
Have you been looking for a
solution to fix your phone hanging your phone freezes up on time probably when
you are working or when you try to do relevant things and it gets hanged, it is
so embarrassing and annoying, so in this article we are going to look at what
causes phone hanging and how to rectify it. I would like you to stay focused as
you narrow down through this content.
What causes phone hanging
1. overheating
Your phone hangs often
due to overheating probably from constantly using a phone by playing games,
especially Long video games with high capacity. so many things can result in
overheating like constantly browsing with your phones and social media, which can lead to your device generating a lot of heat which can cause your phone to
hang.
2. Malfunctioning app
A corrupt or infected app
can also lead to a phone hanging. Downloading applications from untrusted sites
or unknown sources can introduce viruses into your phone thereby leading to hanging. The virus not only causes the phone to hang but also infects other
relevant applications and documents.
3. Overloading the
storage capacity
Every phone has a maximum
or storage limit or capacity. When you overload your phones with too many
high-quality videos games pictures documents and so on to the extent that the
available space is so tiny it can cause your phone to continuously freeze
and hanging
4. Having a low-RAM phone
The applications in your
phone make use of the available RAM before they can be launched. When the
available RAM is so low and you launch so many applications at a time, it can
lead to phone hanging.
5. Outdated software
Having our data software such as applications like Xender. Google App Play Store app e etc. can cause your phone to hang.
How to rectify hanging
phones
1. By uninstalling
suspicious apps on your phone
Downloading applications
from untrusted or unsupported sites or sources and installing them on your phone
can easily affect the performance of your phone. Most of these applications
contain viruses which when installed in your phone can cause your phone to
hang. To prevent your phone from turning, any suspicious application on your
phone must be uninstalled as soon as possible.
2. By using antivirus
The virus is very dangerous
and can make your phone go into a critical condition like hanging, refusing to
boot as well as disturbing the function of some features like WIFI, data, etc.
Just as the name implies viruses affect the performance of your phone and make it hang, Antivirus helps to checkmate the Virus in your phone. To download
antivirus on your phone, first, you open your Play store or Apple store on your
phone and type or search antivirus in the search bar, then click on any of the
available antiviruses that pop up, then click on download/install. When the
application is fully downloaded, you can now launch the application and follow
the command prompt in other to scan your files, In that way, the anti-virus
will clear any viruses in your phone that will cause your phone to hand.
3. By clearing junk files
and recent data in your phone
Oftentimes most
applications use the phone storage (RAM when you launch them, by so doing
occupy most of the available space in your phone thereby causing it to hang and
the only way to remove such pieces of data that make your phone clog is by
clearing recent data.
To clear your
recent data, go to "settings" and click on "apps," then
select "frequently used app" for example Chrome browser, next, data
Click on "storage" and select "clear recent data" and those
data that is clog in that frequently used app, says Chrome Browser, will be
wiped out and your phone will no longer hang.
Other apps that are often
used or frequently make use of your phone memory can be cleared in the same way
to reduce hanging.
4. By deleting unused
files
Files that are no longer
in use or irrelevant files that take up large spaces in your phone can be
removed to avoid hanging. Similarly, games of big sizes as well as videos that
occupy so many available spaces can also be released so that your phone can run
swiftly.
5. By getting the
detachable or external memory
phones with low storage
or low memory capacity and with big or large files often hang because the space
is not sufficient. To avoid hanging, you can get an external memory such as an SD
card or flash where you can keep some important files to avoid loss so that
your phone can run swiftly without hanging.
6. By restarting your
phone
Often times when you have
used your phone for over a long time or hours. just like humans, they get tired
and the quickest way to refresh the phone memory is by restarting your phone
and the phone will stop hanging.
7. By applying the reset
factory setting
Reset factory setting
becomes an option when all the methods above no longer stop the phone from
hanging. Sometimes before we hang it in such a way that no operation can be
carried out on it again, Let's say you are using your phone to take a
snapshot and your phone gets hanged, it will be there at the camera session, not
even a button will respond any longer at this point the phone cannot even power
off, the only thing you need to do now is to apply reset factory settings.
Reset factory settings
will help the system software to be refreshed and often times you can lose all
your files, at such you need to make a backup of your important files before
applying reset factory settings.
To apply reset factory
settings, click on "settings," select "system," click on
"reset options," select "factory reset" and your phone will
turn off automatically, and after a while, it will switch on again, then you
can launch your phone afresh.
I hope at the end of this
content you were able to find a solution to your hanging phone. However, after
trying the steps above and the phone keeps on hanging, the best advice is to
seek a repairer or a technical instructor or probably take the phone to the
company and they can help you fix it.