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"Close All Apps"

TeeRav19

TeeRav19

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Sep 8, 2015
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Do people still close out of all of their apps or do you just leave them running? Does closing all of your apps help the speed of your iPhone? Or is it just a habit?

I know I used to be anal about making sure all of my apps were closed all the time but it seems like I don't really have a need to anymore. I still try to close them all once I put the phone on the charger before bed, for some odd reason...
 
I close them once I'm done with them. I honestly have no idea if it's better for the phone or not. I've heard so many different things on this. My battery & performance is smooth if I leave a ton of apps running in the background also though.

I think it's up to whatever u feel is essential.
 
I keep the ones I know I'll be using all day open (Facebook, Instagram, music...) and I'll close out the stuff that I just needed to check once
 
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I haven't done this since the iPhone 4. On my iPhone 5, I would very rarely prune background apps when something crashed. I haven't had to do that with my 6+ or the 6S+.
 
The difference between iOS and Windows, Mac, Linux and how they handle memory usage varies. Typically on OS's other than iOS background applications or processes consume more and more memory and continue running in the background, in iOS background apps are held in memory but are suspended and will not be utilized by the cpu until the app is brought to the foreground or background app refresh is enabled for such apps. The general consensus on iOS is leave the background apps alone.
 
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iNinja08 said:
Download a system monitoring app and compare memory usage(with/without background apps)The more you have in memory, the more energy your phone will burn. It's small difference either way.
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Stuff just sitting in memory doesn't burn battery. Quite the contrary actually - loading/dumping from memory uses battery. If you're constantly closing and opening apps, you're repeatedly loading it and removing it from memory whereas if you just left it 'suspended', it wouldn't need to waste battery reloading into memory. I never close any apps unless it's malfunctioning.
 
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I have a 6+ and I still see the need to close them all. When they are connecting to the web or doing any background refresh.

I do want Apple to add a close all X button.
 
TeeRav19 said:
Do people still close out of all of their apps or do you just leave them running? Does closing all of your apps help the speed of your iPhone? Or is it just a habit?

I know I used to be anal about making sure all of my apps were closed all the time but it seems like I don't really have a need to anymore. I still try to close them all once I put the phone on the charger before bed, for some odd reason...
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The battery is amazing regardless. I just started doing things because I want to maximize it. I spoke to a guy, on here, who posted a screenshot, and he had ridiculous standby and usage amounts. He suggested that one of the things I needed to do was kill apps when not using them. That's why I started doing it.
 
Bbqthis said:
STOP STOP STOP. Everyone. This has been well explained and documented since iOS 4. "Hard closing" all your apps will actually worsen your battery life. The only app you should force quit out of is facebook.
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And perhaps after today's Facebook update even that might not really be necessary for many.
 
IphoneIssues said:
The battery is amazing regardless. I just started doing things because I want to maximize it. I spoke to a guy, on here, who posted a screenshot, and he had ridiculous standby and usage amounts. He suggested that one of the things I needed to do was kill apps when not using them. That's why I started doing it.
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And then there are those with crazy battery life screenshots who don't close apps.
 
SmplyRckless said:
I close them once I'm done with them. I honestly have no idea if it's better for the phone or not. .
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It's not, it's worse for the phone.

It's worse for performance and battery life. Apps are slower to open and your phone is working a lot harder clearing and using the RAM constantly.

It's well documented now.

http://lifehacker.com/quitting-apps-in-ios-actually-worsens-battery-life-1560086834

http://iphone.appleinsider.com/arti...e-its-not-making-it-run-faster-or-last-longer

https://m.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2h0hqq/psa_dont_force_close_your_apps/

http://www.howtogeek.com/204552/no-...s-on-your-iphone-or-ipad-wont-make-it-faster/

http://www.techinsider.io/stop-swiping-up-on-iphone-apps-2015-6
 
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I don't close them. I easily get through a day with my iPhone 6 so I don't think I have to. Also, I once read it closing all your apps actually worsens the battery life.
 
Leave the ones you use frequently open. Close ones that you use less than once per week, or something to that effect. If you have a 6S there isn't much need to close apps. Closing the and reopening them (reloading them back into and out of RAM) worsens battery life as other in this thread have noted.
 
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