ZTE Blade Optimisation Guide

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I have had the ZTE Blade for about a month now and I have noticed that sometimes it can become a bit slow and laggy but with the use of some free apps from the market I was able to help speed up the Blade's performance without much effort.

Advanced Task Killer

Launch the app > Press "menu" button > Go to settings > Change "Auto Kill Level" to "Safe" also change "Auto Kill Frequency to "When screen off"

AutoStart Killer

Disable all apps you don't need to start up when the phone boots

Launcher Pro

Make sure Launcher Pro is the default launcher. I recommend that you only have 3 homescreens with minimal use of widgets. i have found that keeping the default settings improves performance.

Zeam

I found that LauncherPro and Zeam are similar in performance but they are both great launcher replacements.

Titanium Backup

Only needed if you are using a stock rom or one with a lot of apps you don't use or want. Remove any Orange or ZTE apps you don't use to free up space on the phone's internal memory.

Cheers for the info

ive been using TB to remove apps or old apps works well and seems to speed things up

ive also been using cache cleaner and rebooting (which i hope helps keep things running a little better)


Cheers
Ricey

Isnt Advanced Task Killer supposed to be evil?

Originally Posted by russellc1

Advanced Task Killer

You don't ever need a autokiller. Use auto-starts, and don't install crap apps!

Originally Posted by russellc1

Launcher Pro

Make sure Launcher Pro is the default launcher. I recommend that you only have 3 homescreens with minimal use of widgets. i have found that keeping the default settings improves performance.

If you want to change home launcher in order to optimize performance, Zeam is the best choice. It has a very low footprint (and a very handy home screen, btw.).

There's no way a task killer is going anywhere near my phone......

Agreed - Zeam seems to be a bit smoother than launcher pro on the stock rom. On 2.2 theres very little difference between them. Personally i prefer ADW - although pretty much the only thing it has over Launcher Pro is the ability to set three columns instead of four in the app drawer. (sad i know)

The best optimization is to get 2.2 on there

I've not tried out zeam yet, but running Launcher pro on 2.2, with memory settings set to 10, and caching enabled, I find it hard to believe that much it going to beat it, mine is liquid smooth on the home screen.

Mike

I've just tried out Zeam, and actually I was suprised at how smooth it is, not quite a smooth going into the appdraw, but really quite good

Mike

Wait till Launcher Pro get its rewrite, then we will see who is smoother