Speed Up Your Samsung Phone Fast with These 3 Powerful Tweaks

Speed up your Samsung phone with a simple settings tweak that can make a noticeable difference in performance, especially on budget and entry-level Android smartphones. Many Samsung Galaxy models ship with modest hardware: lower RAM and less powerful chipsets, which often result in sluggish performance. But did you know there’s a hidden trick in your phone’s Developer Options that can make your device feel much faster?

In this post, I’ll show you how to speed up your Samsung phone using a quick and safe settings tweak; no apps or rooting required with help from Mr. Mobility‘s video.

Why Is Your Samsung Phone Slow?

Samsung’s budget and entry-level phones come with lower-end chipsets and reduced RAM compared to their flagship counterparts. This often leads to lag when opening apps, switching screens, or using animations throughout the interface. But there’s a hidden Android feature that allows you to reduce the time it takes for these animations to play, making your phone feel faster and snappier.

How to Enable Developer Options To Speed up your Samsung phone

Before we make any changes, we need to unlock Developer Options:

1. Open the Settings app.
   
2. Scroll down and tap About phone.
   
3. Tap Software information.
   
4. Find Build number and tap it seven times quickly.
   
5. Enter your phone’s PIN or password if prompted.
   
6. You’ll see a message: “Developer mode has been enabled.”
   

Now, let’s move on to the optimization.

Speed Boost Trick: Adjust Animation Scale

Once Developer Options is enabled, follow these steps:

1. Go back to Settings and scroll to the bottom.
   
2. Tap on Developer options.
   
3. Scroll until you find the following three settings:
   
   • Window animation scale
     
   • Transition animation scale
     
   • Animator duration scale
     
4. Change each of them from 1x to 0.5x.
   

Hint: You can also turn these off completely, but setting them to 0.5x strikes a good balance between visual appeal and performance.

What This Does

These settings control how long animations take to play when navigating your phone. By reducing the animation time, everything feels quicker; from opening apps to switching between screens. While this tweak doesn’t actually increase hardware performance, it improves perceived speed, which is what most users care about.

Important Note: Do not disable Developer Options after making these changes. If you turn Developer Options off, all the animation scale settings will revert back to default.

How to Revert the Changes

If you try this trick and don’t notice any improvement, you can easily revert:

1. Go to Settings > Developer Options.
   
2. Tap the toggle at the top to turn it off.
   
3. Your phone will return to its original settings.

Final Thoughts

While this trick won’t turn your entry-level Samsung into a Galaxy S25 Ultra, it can make a noticeable difference in responsiveness and overall smoothness which makes it worth a try.

While tweaking animation settings can give your Samsung phone a noticeable speed boost, keeping your device updated also plays a huge role in overall performance. Samsung’s latest software updates often come with behind-the-scenes improvements that make even budget models run smoother. Curious if your device will receive the newest version of Android? Check out our Samsung Android 15 Update List: Eligible Devices Revealed to see if your phone is on the list and what features to expect.

Let me know in the comments: Did this work for your device?

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Author: Amarachi Ezedindu