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iPad performance is decreasing

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Oceanhut

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Feb 13, 2011
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Im not exactly sure what the problem is, but after about 7 months of ownership, my iPad seems to be getting worse. It loses wifi signal alot, even when i have full WiFI bars safari is kind of slow, and its general performance is somewhat sluggish.

I dont have many apps nor do i have many pictures or video. I have the 32g version with 25g left.

Anyone else encountering similar decrease in performance?
 
About once a year I do a full restore on my iPhone, seems to make it faster again. Whether it's actually faster, or all in my head, who knows, but it seems faster to me after I do it. That's all that matters I guess.
Probably would work on an iPad also.
 
what does the restore do? Will it delete everything on the ipad?
 
Oceanhut said:
Im not exactly sure what the problem is, but after about 7 months of ownership, my iPad seems to be getting worse. It loses wifi signal alot, even when i have full WiFI bars safari is kind of slow, and its general performance is somewhat sluggish.

I dont have many apps nor do i have many pictures or video. I have the 32g version with 25g left.

Anyone else encountering similar decrease in performance?
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Do you ever kill the apps?

I have a friend who didn't know about it, and when I double clicked on the home button he had lots of apps there...he didn't know about the "new" multi-tasking.
 
Stefx73 said:
Do you ever kill the apps?

I have a friend who didn't know about it, and when I double clicked on the home button he had lots of apps there...he didn't know about the "new" multi-tasking.
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What do the apps at the bottom after the double click mean? Are they "running"?
 
solowmodel said:
I believe so. The immediate 'x' are running on the ram (I believe, please correct me if not).
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I don't think they're really running as it's not true multitasking, but you can close them down.

When you double tap on the home button to view 'running' apps, hold down on an icon and a red '-' button appears against the apps. Touch this on the apps you want to 'close'.

Report back on if you find any improvement. (I've never tested this myself.)

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Donka said:
How often do you fully power cycle your iPad?
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That's my first thought too; after a reboot you can be sure that there is nothing but the base OS running. I would definitely try this before going as far as a Restore. In case anyone doesn't know, to reboot an iPad just hold down the power button and then use the slider to power off.
 
I have a feeling app makers start making their apps for the current generation vs old generation and a lot of times the older generations have a hard time keeping up.

My iPad has been much more crash prone in recent months as well. I'm considering a complete wipe and keeping minimal content on it. :|
 
blackNBUK said:
That's my first thought too; after a reboot you can be sure that there is nothing but the base OS running. I would definitely try this before going as far as a Restore. In case anyone doesn't know, to reboot an iPad just hold down the power button and then use the slider to power off.
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This does not kill background apps. They are still there after reboot, try it.
I was surprised myself.

Even home+wake buttons held until Apple logo does not kill background apps.
 
Dorkington said:
I have a feeling app makers start making their apps for the current generation vs old generation and a lot of times the older generations have a hard time keeping up.

My iPad has been much more crash prone in recent months as well. I'm considering a complete wipe and keeping minimal content on it. :|
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Mine isn't JB'd like yours and has not been crash prone at all. JB might have something to do with it.
 
Stefx73 said:
This does not kill background apps. They are still there after reboot, try it.
I was surprised myself.

Even home+wake buttons held until Apple logo does not kill background apps.
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Powering off will clear everything from memory, that's what happens when RAM doesn't get any power. The misunderstanding is that the "double-click-home button" bar does not show which Apps are in the background; it shows which Apps have been recently used. In that respect it makes sense that it isn't cleared on a reboot as a reboot doesn't change which Apps you've been using recently.

There is no way in the standard iOS interface to show which Apps are currently in memory. However if you are curious there are Apps (XsysInfo for one) that will tell you which underlying processes are actually running. Currently I've got 15 pages of Apps in my recently used list but, as I recently rebooted, only system stuff, Mail, Safari and XsysInfo are actually running.
 
blackNBUK said:
Powering off will clear everything from memory, that's what happens when RAM doesn't get any power. The misunderstanding is that the "double-click-home button" bar does not show which Apps are in the background; it shows which Apps have been recently used. In that respect it makes sense that it isn't cleared on a reboot as a reboot doesn't change which Apps you've been using recently.

There is no way in the standard iOS interface to show which Apps are currently in memory. However if you are curious there are Apps (XsysInfo for one) that will tell you which underlying processes are actually running. Currently I've got 15 pages of Apps in my recently used list but, as I recently rebooted, only system stuff, Mail, Safari and XsysInfo are actually running.
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Thanks, I stand corrected
I thought home double-click showed apps in background.
 
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