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Every day, you can see notifications pile up on your Samsung Galaxy phone. You might go to check them out, but as soon as you open an app, it may feel like an eternity before it fully loads the interface, images or text. You could be inclined to blame the app for running slow, but then you open your other apps and notice it's a general problem with everything your phone. The turtle speed is likely due to the combination of hardware and software that's acting up.

While Samsung is one of the best smartphone manufacturers , its phones can still be plagued with performance issues, just like any other device. Sometimes it is a hardware constraint, like not having enough RAM or internal storage; other times, it's an optimization issue with One UI.…