https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht201412 (which is different from clearing RAM that is being discussed in this thread)
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iPhone X How To Clear RAM on iPhone X
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This seems to work like holding the power and home until it restarts did. This is good info, thanks.
Well, you’re going to be happy to know that you can swipe up. You do need to hold a card first but once the red buttons appear, you can just swipe up apps like before.
The reason you have to go into that mode first is because swiping up is a critical feature of iOS to go Home and you’d be swiping away apps instead of going Home.
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No it’s not. That just quits that app’s processes.
Clearing the RAM using the method demonstrated above clears all of the apps, clears all of the operating system’s running processes. It’s like restarting without actually restarting — it’s way faster to fix an issue or a slow phone.
Nobody is saying that you have to manage iOS’ memory and running apps. We know that iOS does this itself. But sometimes something is wonky. Something that might not even be app related. Maybe the keyboard has some weird delay. Maybe app icons disappeared. Whatever it may be. Almost every time, clearing the RAM fixes it.
And to answer the original question: there doesn’t appear to be any way to do this on iPhone X.
Empty Ram is wasted Ram. You are not talking Windows here. Clearing Ram does not improve performance.
People have said that if your phone has been lagging or freezing, this is a good first step before actually rebooting the phone.
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That's not what he meant, rebooting and clearing ram isn't the same thing.
https://forums.imore.com/guides-how-articles/387189-guide-how-clear-ram-iphone-ipad.html
https://www.iphonelife.com/content/how-to-make-your-iphone-faster-clearing-ram
https://wccftech.com/clear-iphone-8-ram-memory/
I've done this on my iPhones and iPads as needed. If youtube videos aren't loading, mail seems to be stuck, Safari is taking too long to load a webpage, I perform the above procedure, and my device immediately goes back to working smoothly: youtube videos load quickly, etc. It works for me.
https://www.iphonelife.com/content/how-to-make-your-iphone-faster-clearing-ram
https://wccftech.com/clear-iphone-8-ram-memory/
I've done this on my iPhones and iPads as needed. If youtube videos aren't loading, mail seems to be stuck, Safari is taking too long to load a webpage, I perform the above procedure, and my device immediately goes back to working smoothly: youtube videos load quickly, etc. It works for me.
I'm wondering this myself. Poo poo to all the naysayers in this thread and STOP saying clearing ram is the same thing as quitting apps. IT IS NOT THE SAME THING. Resetting/force clearing the ram via the mentioned method in previous iOS versions helped a lot when things got slow, whether you believe it or not it has worked on many of my iPhones and iPads.
Now, it would be great to figure out a way to do this on the X.
There was also another little 'trick' to clear App Store cache but it no longer works in iOS 11.
http://bgr.com/2016/01/01/iphone-slow-trick-speed-up/
Now, it would be great to figure out a way to do this on the X.
There was also another little 'trick' to clear App Store cache but it no longer works in iOS 11.
http://bgr.com/2016/01/01/iphone-slow-trick-speed-up/
This method doesn’t work with my iPhone 8+ with iOS 11.2. I get the slide to power off button when I click the sleep/wake button but after releasing it, than holding the home button it doesn’t do anything
Interesting. When I do this, the phone goes back to the Home Screen after holding the Home button for a few seconds. In iOS 11, on my iPad Pro 10.5, it goes back to whatever app I was in instead of the Home Screen.
You are right, goes back to the home screen. I just tried it again, but it took more than just a few seconds more like 20/25 seconds
Respringing only restarts the springboard as a soft reset, it doesn't force clear the ram.
Thank you, indeed! Also, according to ActMonitor, respringing cleared some RAM.
It is a real thing.
Documented. Power button until swipe to turn off option appears... then press and hold the home button.
There is no useraccessible feature in iOS that „force clears“ the RAM.
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Link to documentation please.
https://www.marcforrest.com/2015/12/01/how-to-easily-clear-ram-on-your-ios-device/
Don’t trust it. Check it out yourself. Don’t knock it till you try it!
So you are saying all kinds of known things like how caches can be cleared by trying to download a large iTunes movie, for example, aren't real because Apple doesn't officially mention them in their documentation? I guess all those people that see their free space increase when they do that must be just imagining things. Or how updates can be deleted or stopped by installing a tvOS profile? Are we really going down this path of nonsensical silliness?
