[Android Apps and Games] Ianlostcontrol:
No memory storage in your phone? Take a look at your Whatsapp!

Most of us use Whatsapp on a daily basis. It is an important part of our social life and even everyday work. Just like everyone else I depend on Whatsapp to connect with my family and friends. Yet, one fact most people do not know is that Whatspp can actually take up so much storage space in your device. I did not realize it until one day I could not open any photo on Whatsapp because my phone kept saying my phone was out of memory space...:(

:confused:What happened? I’m not a selfie lover and I don’t have many games or apps installed. How come my phone was out of memory space?

Going through the storage information page in the system settings, I found that my Whatsapp took about 1.33G storage space!

I guess this is why my phone is running so slowly. It was so slow that sometimes letters appear a second or two after I type them. I’m sure you must have had similar problem before. You may well have noticed that after using Whatsapp or other social media apps for a long time, your phone typically starts to run slower.Don’t worry --it doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with the apps or with your phone. It is just because your phone’s memory storage is getting low.

Usually apps like Whatsapp automatically save all the photo, video and audio messages in your chatting with friends. However, these apps also create cache on your phone as you use them on a daily basis. Overtime it eats up precious system resources while slowing everything down. When your phone is out of memory space, you will have problem opening any new photo or video message like I did.

:confused: So, how to speed up your Android phone and get Whatsapp running quickly again?

The traditional way

You can manually delete all the Whatsapp photos, videos and files that you want to get rid of in the Settings menu. You can also remove the cache on any individual app by visiting its property page in the Settings menu and tapping the clear cache button. However, with dozens of apps on most phones, this could take an eternity to complete manually. You also need to be very careful when identifying the junks to avoid accidental deleting.

[IMG="Tap on the Clear button to delete the cache"]http://i.imgur.com/FGJaYOH.png[/IMG] [IMG="All data cleared"]http://i.imgur.com/olyDWgA.png[/IMG]

The quick and user-friendly way

Clean cache with cleaning apps. Using cleaning apps is a much quicker and safer way to clean up app cache and junk files. These apps are very good at identifying and removing junks while keeping the important files intact. Clean master is a very popular app for cleaning up app cache and junk files. :( Unfortunately, the app itself is quite big and I was not able to install it in my storage-low phone.

Browsing the tool app list in Google Play, I downloaded a cache cleaning app named TC App Booster. It installed very quickly, and the app design is simple and straightforward. By tapping the green Boost button, it helped me release over 1G memory space under 20 seconds! WOW!:svetius: (I was gonna take a screen shot but it jumped into listing app details right away.) App Booster quickly found all junk files on my phone, and it also listed out file details in every single app, such as Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram.

[IMG="One tap to boost"]http://i.imgur.com/MLoebIf.png[/IMG] [IMG="App Boost lists out all junk files and app details"]http://i.imgur.com/Hu36Lkz.png[/IMG] [IMG="App Booster shows me all my Whatsapp files and their sizes"]http://i.imgur.com/z8v0V9o.png[/IMG]

I think App Booster is a powerful app. One thing I like the most is that it takes only little space on your phone but can free up a lot more memory.:good: If you are interested in trying a professional and light cache cleaner app, check out TC App Booster! Let me know if you like it. If you are a heavy Whatsapp user like me, I suggest you to clean your phone regularly. It’s important to give it a confidence boost once a while to keep it sharp.

In case you are too lazy to look it up in Google Play, here is the link to download: http://bit.ly/197x2aF