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

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[–] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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?

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pixel 9a has some issues with performance, currently. They used older storage tech for the 9 and 9a than other devices and not enough memory for all the "AI" features that are tracking everything you do to make things more convenient. There are a few articles out there related to some ways to improve performance a bit by disabling some background apps that you may not be using. It's also possible future updates from google may fix some of whatever is causing the issues for many users.

But it's not an endemic Android issue, at least not modern versions in my experience. I use GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7 Pro currently and just grabbed a couple of 10+ GB zip files I had on an old dropbox account and unzipped them with the fossify file manager. It was basically instant. Took longer to download them than unzip.

As I mentioned, your best bet is to use ADB or similar and monitor what applications are eating up resources and try to free some up. Especially any apps thrashing the storage or filling memory. That's assuming you have already uninstalled any bloatware and rebooted recently to make sure no bad apps are stuck.

[–] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe I have found the issue. The archive does contains thousands of small files and that could be the reason

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah that can make a difference in some cases. Are they media files? Android tends to do more scanning of those as each is created. You can also set a .nomedia file in the directory that you're unzipping to on order to reduce sone of that, though not sure if the new AI stuff obeys those like Android itself does.