Eh, I'm not too flustered about it to do a whole reset. It's not abysmal like I said considering I don't usually keep it off and actively use it often. I uninstalled many apps and services to improve the general experience and it is indeed improved.

To add onto this, I am too experiencing the slow boot times now. It wasn't particularly noticable because I don't tend to shut off my A306 to experience the boot screen, but I enabled the auto shut down to save on battery when I pass out while listening to a queue. It's not the worst thing ever...

I wish I had done a bit more research before pulling the trigger on my American one, but regardless I've been content with the capped A306 since it does indeed act as a functional audio player.

I think there is a more comprehensive list somewhere linked in this thread, you can Google for more potential apps worth uninstalling but check this one: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sony-wm1am2-and-wm1zm2-android-walkman-optimization-guide.962975/post-16953155 It should also apply to the...

Mine is relatively new, about a week now I've had this thing, but it boots a lot faster once I got rid of the suggested Google apps and services among other performance enhancement. Actually a lot of the processes got much faster, I knew I'd see a difference, but it runs significantly smoother...