Any easy way to clean up? (performance issues)

mf23

Hey,
I got a PXL7 here using GrapheneOS since 2 years or so. I have two profiles (owner & work). On both I'm really lightweight having mostly only 2 apps open. One of it is Vanadium where I have only 2-3 browser tabs open, the other one is Fairmail.

I'm experiencing over time a certain legginess around the system itself. Especially waking up with power button (sometimes 2 seconds until screen on), switching profiles, the PIN input and swiping up to down. Applications themselves seem responsive. I did several on/off cycles w/o much change.

Is that sluggish behavior expected on 2-3 years old Pixels? Any easy hints (e.g. I do not want to adb something etc.) to clean caches or something?

Thanks!

mf23

BTW, offtopic: I realized I did not need to login to write above post, despite my last login was a year ago! That does not sound very secure :P

Oggyo

mf23
It's actually not yet a full year (Jan 31 2025) since your previous post. :P

And when you can't control the expiration of the session/login cookies, maybe it's a good reminder to clear your browsing data from time to time. ;-)

mf23

Oggyo
Thank you! I have deleted browsing data now (and did not wait for the full year to close I logged in last-last time, haha!). It had immediate good effects when switching profiles and entering PIN, so performance seems restored again. TBH I did not expect a userland app like Vanadium can hog resources in that way that the whole system (and performance issue were on system level) degrades?
Anyhow for now I'm happy to have it fixed (knocks wood). Thanks Oggyo!

AloofChocolate

Try this android app, SD Maid SE, this will help clean the system.

https://github.com/d4rken-org/sdmaid-se, install through Obtainium

Cheers.