Nowadays, you’ll find Faith studying spreadsheets and assembling data to theorycraft new teams and builds for Genshin Impact. Now with her analytical mindset, passion for writing, and core identity as a gamer, she can finally chase her dreams as a technical writer and gaming journalist. on the NES she has owned over 15 devices for gaming ranging from handhelds to consoles. She’s also been a gamer for over 20 years, starting with Super Mario Bros. Faith’s first Android phone was Samsung Galaxy Note II in 2012, giving her a taste of how a small piece of powerful hardware can open anyone up to endless opportunities for your favorite hobbies. Her favorite pastime was writing reports, presentations, tutorials, and literature reviews, which led to her pursuing a career in writing after completing a graduate certificate in technical writing. Before joining Android Police, Faith studied Chemistry and graduated with an honors specialization in Chemistry in 2016 leading her to spending many hours toiling around the lab during her time spent as an undergraduate, eventually developing her analytical mindset to dissect and dissemble information and data to arrive at an answer. Her area of expertise is in action RPGs and gacha games, but will play and study the occasional competitive shooter. You’ll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android, or compiling explainer guides on popular social networking apps like Twitch and Discord. Sometimes, the problem arises with old data leaving traces behind, taking up storage space.įaith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You can also clear the Google Play Store cache and data from the app. Sometimes, clearing the data is necessary when corrupted files are lying around on the app, preventing an update from being pushed through. Saved login credentials are also deleted, and it will behave like you just downloaded the app. Clearing the data deletes the user data, including personalized settings, temporary files, and data associated with the app. On the other hand, if you're trying to push an update through and still receive the download pending error, clear the data. When you're tight on storage space, clear the cache daily. Clearing the cache declutters your device and prevents temporary files from taking up too much space. Before touching the clear data option, clear the app cache. Generally, when an update to an app doesn't work, your first step is to visit the app and clear the cache and data.

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