It was a little anticlimactic when I went from the iPhone 14 Pro Max to the 15 Pro Max.

Side-by-side, they look an awful lot like the same phone. The one thing that stood out was
how shiny and clean the 15 looked.

You don’t have to shell out a lot of money – jump into the settings and use a little elbow to
make your phone sparkle.

Don't what to spend a lot of money on a new smartphone? Resetting you phone could
make yours run fast and smooth again.
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Wipe it out

No kidding, one information technology genius at Komando HQ wipes his phone once a
year. Seems like a pain (and it is, a bit), but it can keep yours running fast and smooth.
Think about it – there’s so much less junk piled up if you clear it all out regularly.

Be sure to back your phone up first, then a factory reset makes it easy to onboard all your
important info.

On iPhone:

◾ Open Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset.

◾ Select Erase All Content and Settings.

On Samsung

◾ Open Settings > General management.

◾ Swipe to and tap Reset, then Factory data reset > Reset.

◾ Follow the on-screen prompts to confirm, then tap Delete all.

On Google Pixel

◾ Open Settings > System > Reset options > Erase all data (factory reset).

◾ To erase all data from your phone’s internal storage, tap Erase all data.

Your texts are an inbox too

I bet you make time to sort your email inbox when things get out of control. Do you ever do
the same for your text messages? Over time, old conversations, marketing texts, spam
and other junk pile up. It’s easy to clear.

Just swipe on a chat to bring up the option to delete. You can also hold down on the chat
to bring up options. On iPhone, tap More > trash can > Delete Message. On Android, hold
down on a thread then hit the trash can icon.

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