4S has become significantly slower since I got it - any way to make it quick again?

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TH55

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I've had my 4S since it came out on fall of 2011. In the last 6 months I've noticed it's become incredibly slow and lags. Opening and using apps, especially Messages and Safari have slowed down significantly. It takes a solid second or two longer to execute tasks that before were very snappy.

Sending a text, launching an app, performing searches. What could possibly be slowing my phone down so much?

I read that deleting all of your texts helps. Is this true? If so, how much?

I like the shape and size of the 4S as well as the design, and would prefer to keep this a little longer if I could but the lagginess has become very frustrating. What do you suggest?
 
You can always back up your entire phone via iTunes and load it up again should you choose to restore your phone. I've been doing this every time I upgrade my phone.

Yes, you will lose your jailbreak. Apple is no longer signing the older firmwares, therefore once you do a factory restore, you'll be forced to update to newest OS 6.1.3 - which at this time isn't jailbreak-able. As for the texts, I do not think it will help because they will STAY on your phone regardless (Not really sure why). You can see this firsthand if you attempt to delete any text messages, they will still show up in Spotlight search.
 
Your jailbreak may very well be the culprit. Adding tweaks can slow your iPhone down and there could be conflicts between the tweaks.

At this point, I would restore as new then transfer your backup over. As stated, your jailbreak would be gone.
 
The tweaks take up a lot of space on the ram which slow it down. Delete tweaks that you do not use or really need...
 
Do a restore or delete certain jailbreak tweaks which you think you can do without. More often than not, people who complain their phones slowed down had jailbreaked and installed tweaks intensively.

Or make sure your phone itself is not low on storage space. The phone may begin to slow down if you have too much music/apps/videos/photos and end up having less than 500mb left in available space.
 
TH55 said:
I've had my 4S since it came out on fall of 2011. In the last 6 months I've noticed it's become incredibly slow and lags. Opening and using apps, especially Messages and Safari have slowed down significantly. It takes a solid second or two longer to execute tasks that before were very snappy.

Sending a text, launching an app, performing searches. What could possibly be slowing my phone down so much?

I read that deleting all of your texts helps. Is this true? If so, how much?

I like the shape and size of the 4S as well as the design, and would prefer to keep this a little longer if I could but the lagginess has become very frustrating. What do you suggest?
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I had my 4s jailbroken and had it not used it dramatically reduced its speed too, it would also restart itself. You should remove tweaks which you don't need or hardly use.
 
davyvfr said:
Your jailbreak may very well be the culprit. Adding tweaks can slow your iPhone down and there could be conflicts between the tweaks.

At this point, I would restore as new then transfer your backup over. As stated, your jailbreak would be gone.
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That's actually exactly what I was doing when I accidentally deleted Cydia.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1566715/

How do I delete tweaks that prompt me with that popup in the picture when I attempt to delete them?
 
Clear out all tweaks via Cydia/Manage and after doing so install iCleaner.
Run iCleaner and then perform a reboot (iCleaner only resprings your iDevice).

Now add, one at a time, in order of your importance, your Cydia tweaks back as you check for any continued slowdowns.
 
Is like continually stuffing things in the trunk, eventually even a turbo charged won't be sufficient!
 
braddick said:
Clear out all tweaks via Cydia/Manage and after doing so install iCleaner.
Run iCleaner and then perform a reboot (iCleaner only resprings your iDevice).

Now add, one at a time, in order of your importance, your Cydia tweaks back as you check for any continued slowdowns.
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Can you possibly answer my above post w the link to my previous thread about being unable to remove certain tweaks?
 
Sadly, I cannot. I apologize for not reading the issue completely.

My level of sophistication is less than the problem you have presented.
Here's hoping though there are those with the knowledge/answers will come along with solutions.
 
braddick said:
Sadly, I cannot. I apologize for not reading the issue completely.

My level of sophistication is less than the problem you have presented.
Here's hoping though there are those with the knowledge/answers will come along with solutions.
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Yeah I hope - they usually do
 
Well I am in the same situation as the OP and the only difference is that I don't jailbreak my phone. It just feels much slower now and I have no idea why. If I restore my phone and put the backup back in, would it make a difference? (since the settings and everything are the same and I'm essentially stuffing them back in)
 
KingArthurVI said:
Well I am in the same situation as the OP and the only difference is that I don't jailbreak my phone. It just feels much slower now and I have no idea why. If I restore my phone and put the backup back in, would it make a difference? (since the settings and everything are the same and I'm essentially stuffing them back in)
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Take my word for it - delete all of your texts. I did it and my phone is noticeably faster
 
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