Slow Internet on a smartphone: reasons and solutions

There are situations when the mobile Internet speed on our smartphones becomes annoying

slow.Pages open slowly, messages in instant messengers are delayed, music slows down, videos turn into slideshows. The situation is, of course, abnormal, and something needs to be done about it.

Diagnostics

First of all, you need to check the real speedInternet, that is, use not subjective sensations, but a special service, for example, Speed ​​Check, which provides flexible settings and accurate results. In addition, thanks to 40-gigabit servers, the range of tested speeds is very wide, the service can even cope with fifth-generation networks. If the real speed is really low, then you should look for reasons.

Causes

  • First you need to check the communication icon, which is displayed there. If instead of high-speed 3G / 4G, 2G is indicated, then this is the reason. The smartphone cannot catch the desired network.
  • If the icon is normal, but the Internet is very slow, your network may be congested. This mainly happens in crowded places.
  • If this is all right, then check if the limits on the Internet or the money on the balance have ended. Limit exhaustion operators cut speed to minimum values.
  • It is also worth checking to see if any large file is currently being downloaded or if a large number of applications are being updated. They strongly clog the channel, leaving no resources for another.
  • It may also be such that that site or resource (music gadget) is currently overloaded.

Possible solutions

The first thing to do is close everythingbackground applications. Surely you noticed that traffic is consumed even when no applications are activated. So, not all of them are visible, many work in the background. Imagine - ten applications that pull traffic in the background can make the Internet speed for other applications slow as on a dial-up, because the bandwidth of the channel is not dimensionless. You should complete all applications that you are not currently using. In general, make it a habit to remove applications that seem to be useful, but you use them once a month or once every six months. And many have applications that will never start again. Remember, you can always install them again in a couple of minutes.

In addition, it is worth checking your smartphone for viruses andto various advertising modules. There are not very clean advertising companies that install their modules in stealth mode. It seems that nothing is open, there is no advertising, and in covert mode there are demonstrations of advertising videos, autoclick and so on.