How often do you or should you do a Hard Reset?

Browns2212 said:

I was just curious if you should do it every so often just as kind of a maintenance?

I've had my 5 for about 3 months. It works great and I've never done one so I was just curious.

Thanks.

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i do it all the time... these devices are tested for wear so you shouldn't worry about it.

A hard reset would beautiful used if you believe your iPhone is not functioning/IOS seems unbalanced. Since your iPhone is working great so far in the 3 months, no need.

There's nothing a hard reset will do for you unless your phone starts acting up and freezes. Even if it starts acting up but is not frozen, a normal restart would do it.

I only do it when a normal reset isn't possible.

That happens maybe 4 or 5 times a year.

i've not restarted my phone in 23 months (except when an ios update has restarted it)

i do a hard reset every time i am unimpressed with Siri's responses, just to show her who is boss.

How often do you or should you pull the power cable from your computer while it's up and running?

A hard reset should be a last resort. Otherwise, simply power down and back up again. There's no need to get drastic unless circumstances call for it.

Troneas said:

i do a hard reset every time i am unimpressed with Siri's responses, just to show her who is boss.

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lol

I don't think there is a regular time you should do it after, just if it needs it.

Please explain a hard reset from a soft reset- just so I know we're talking about the same thing.

Browns2212 said:

I was just curious if you should do it every so often just as kind of a maintenance?

I've had my 5 for about 3 months. It works great and I've never done one so I was just curious.

Thanks.

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I only do that if the phone starts acting goofy. For me that rarely happens, so maybe a couple of times per year I think.

MEJHarrison said:

How often do you or should you pull the power cable from your computer while it's up and running?

A hard reset should be a last resort. Otherwise, simply power down and back up again. There's no need to get drastic unless circumstances call for it.

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Ehh...it's easier and quicker to do a hard reset than power down/power up. Hold sleep button..wait for slider...slide slider...wait for shut down..hold sleep button to turn back on.

Or just hold sleep/home button for a few seconds and it's done

aztooh said:

Ehh...it's easier and quicker to do a hard reset than power down/power up. Hold sleep button..wait for slider...slide slider...wait for shut down..hold sleep button to turn back on.

Or just hold sleep/home button for a few seconds and it's done

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Of course. Just like it's quicker to pull the plug from the wall when you want to turn your computer off rather than waiting for a proper shutdown. But it's still a bad idea.

MEJHarrison said:

Of course. Just like it's quicker to pull the plug from the wall when you want to turn your computer off rather than waiting for a proper shutdown. But it's still a bad idea.

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Bad idea? It's recommended if you're having issues, and a must if the phone is frozen...so why would it be bad to do at any other time?

That's a pretty terrible comparison.

Troneas said:

i do a hard reset every time i am unimpressed with Siri's responses, just to show her who is boss.

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LOL! That's awesome.

Browns2212 said:

I was just curious if you should do it every so often just as kind of a maintenance?

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Hard resets aren't preventative maintenance. They're used to address issues as needed.

Browns2212 said:

It works great and I've never done one so I was just curious.

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If it ain't broke...

There's nothing a hard reset will do for you unless your phone starts acting up and freezes.

Occasionally I run into a bug where the phone gets stuck on the "hanging up" screen after a phone call (usually with the same person; pretty sure there's something weird going on there). I do a hard reset whenever that happens.

On the iOS devices I do have, I have yet to need to do a hard reset. However, I found that turning the devices off and back on after a software upgrade helped a lot with battery life.

I'm not sure how much difference there actually is between a hard reset and turning a device off and back on in the case of iOS.

aztooh said:

Bad idea? It's recommended if you're having issues, and a must if the phone is frozen...so why would it be bad to do at any other time?

That's a pretty terrible comparison.

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Pretty terrible? Fine, keep doing hard reboots. I'll let my Computer Science degree and 20+ years working as a programmer be my guide. But knock yourself out doing those hard reboots!

I hard reset mine everyday because the time on my phone keeps jumping back an hour

Browns2212 said:

I was just curious if you should do it every so often just as kind of a maintenance?

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Nope, it shouldn't be done as maintenance.

Do it when you need to, like if something happens and your iPad isn't responding. But doing it just to do it isn't helping anything.

Troneas said:

i do a hard reset every time i am unimpressed with Siri's responses, just to show her who is boss.

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Haha

SandboxGeneral said:

I only do that if the phone starts acting goofy. For me that rarely happens, so maybe a couple of times per year I think.

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Pretty much what I do as well.