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Disable Multi-Tasking without Jailbreaking?
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UngratefulNinja
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Phil A.
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What apps are you running that kill your battery? There are actually very few apps that really multitask - navigation and music being two types of apps that typically multitask.
For the majority of apps, "Multitasking" is a bit of a misnomer - the apps are suspended when in the background so there is no way they can affect your battery life
For the majority of apps, "Multitasking" is a bit of a misnomer - the apps are suspended when in the background so there is no way they can affect your battery life
Exactrly. Unless you are running a music app, navigation or possibly voip (such as skype) it isn't multitasking thats klilling your battery
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
iOS really doesn't do multitasking like computers and the other mobile operating systems. They provide a handful of APIs to allow some background processing. Most apps don't need or take advantage of those APIs, so what happens is their state is saved so when you swap back it picks up where you last left it.
So with all that said, and aside from any sort of critisicm that this not multitasking. This implementation means that you're not incurring any sort of penalty in terms of battery life. So even if you could disable it, you'd not see any difference in your battery's performance. It would last as long (or short) as it does now.
So with all that said, and aside from any sort of critisicm that this not multitasking. This implementation means that you're not incurring any sort of penalty in terms of battery life. So even if you could disable it, you'd not see any difference in your battery's performance. It would last as long (or short) as it does now.
Close the apps yourself, and try not to open too many. But there isn't a switch that lets you turn it off. If your battery dies that quickly from something the phone is suppose to be able to do, then maybe you should take it to the Apple store and get the battery replaced
