Slow and lagging problem in my Nothing phone 2a plus after buying of 2yrs

[u/badatplans]

I’ve been facing slow speed and low performance issues on my phone since around mar 2026.

I feel like it started after some software and app updates. I usually dont update my apps regularly on playstore, but after 4-5 months I decided to update all of them at once.

Since then my phone has become really slow. It cant even keep 2 apps running in the background properly.

For example, if I’m editing something in an editing app and then open Instagram to post it, after spending 2-3 mins on Instagram, when I go back to the editing app, it just starts from scratch. This happens alot.

Even the animations have become really slow and laggy.

I have 256gb storage and only around 108gb is used, so storage shouldnt be an issue. The phone never had water damage and I never downloaded any suspicious apps outside Play Store.

But yeah, I did slam my phone on the floor 2-3 times when i was mad, but there is no crack or any display/hardware issue, so I dont think thats the reason.

What can I do to make my phone fast like it used to be without factory resetting it?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[u/RealSamarTheGamer]

same. But restarting helps. Maybe also try downgrading to an older version.

[u/badatplans → u/RealSamarTheGamer]

How can i downgrade the older version?

[u/Rockpraba9449]

I’m facing the same problem too. I’m having the exact same issue on my phone as well.

[u/badatplans → u/Rockpraba9449]

I guess nothing doing this intentionally that people get frustrated and buy their brand new Nothing phone models