cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32606497

why is unzipping on android so slow compared to Windows? I’ve tried ZipXtract, MaterialFile… All took 10+minutes to unizip a zip file that only took 30 seconds to unzip on Windows.

Why is this the case and i s there any way to speed it up?

Thanks a lot

EDIT:

I am using google pixel 9a so this issue looks like it might not be the issue of storage speed

Windows is not running in a virtual machine, just a normal laptop

Typo in the post fixed

EDIT AGAIN:

Solved!

yes it the archive does contains thousands of small files! I think that could be the reason of low performance on android mobile!

thanks a lot @Brett@feddit.org

  • INeedMana@piefed.zipEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I’ve been using ZArchiver and Ghost Commander and haven’t noticed a big difference vs Linux. It might depend on device’s hardware too

    • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      17 hours ago

      Sry, I should state my device model in the post

      I am using google pixel 9a so this issue looks like it might not be the issue of storage speed?

      Also sorry about the typo in the post, I’m using ZipXtract and matrial files for decompressing