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Does anyone constantly restore their iPhones to keep them snappy?

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stevearm

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Is there any danger in doing this?

I assume that since everything's backed up, the newly restored iPhone will be identical to the old one?
 
stevearm said:
Is there any danger in doing this?

I assume that since everything's backed up, the newly restored iPhone will be identical to the old one?
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I'm not even sure why you would want to do this? Are you installing so much crap that it gets bogged down?

I could believe it if you were jail broken, but restoring and then pwning that often would be a PITA.

Short answer, yes it would work, but there isn't a feasible reason to do so, if your iPhone is acting up, get a replacement.
 
what does PITA mean?

anyways restore often? After 2.1 I'm debating whether to even reboot my phone once a week, the snappiness seems to always be there for me, then again i only have like 2 pages of apps
 
deimos256 said:
what does PITA mean?

anyways restore often? After 2.1 I'm debating whether to even reboot my phone once a week, the snappiness seems to always be there for me, then again i only have like 2 pages of apps
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PITA = Pain In The A**
 
hahah makes sense, it took me a while to figure out AFAIK, guess im out of touch, sad for 26
 
deimos256 said:
hahah makes sense, it took me a while to figure out AFAIK, guess im out of touch, sad for 26
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Regarding the OP, I occasionally power cycle my iPhone just to make sure no stuck apps are running in the background eating up my battery. I would only restore if something goes south and causes problems.
 
umm Im not sure this is a good idea....restore does NOT = defrag, ive heard of isolated cases where iphones have been bricked from constant restores

if you need your phone to always feel "snappy" just reboot it every couple of days
 
I doubt there is any danger in it. I only do mine when i have to. Like after a freeze up or something. Its to big of a hassle.
 
Used to, but figured a simple restart would also do the trick. So now I have a habit of syncing, then restarting, then syncing again every couple of days. That way, you have everything up to date, and it's as "snappy" as the day you got it! ;)
 
HEyyyyLLLL NO!!!! :D

Restoring it because of ALoD was such a pain. There's no way I'd do it just for fun. I haven't noticed it getting slowed up anyway.
 
I've never restored my phone, and it's always snappy. About once a week, I power it all the way off, wait a few minutes, and then turn it back on. (a reboot)
 
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