why is unzipping on android so slow? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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

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[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Although I cannot state this is the issue with certainty, I put one vote on Android's Storage Access Framework being absolute ass.

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025

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