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

  • lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    If your using a budget phone, storage tends to be slow

    Even on some higher budget phones using slower storage is a regular cost cutting move

    • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      18 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?

      • lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        The “a” series is googles budget phones, they also use budget storage (ufs 3.1), its by no means super slow but definitely could be a contributing factor if your archive is very big with lots of random writes and reads