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iPhone 3G 2.1 Gets Sluggish After A While

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MacOSXAddict

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Jan 15, 2007
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I have found that the 2.1 software to be very sluggish after a while of usage. For example, going into the Text Message app is slow, contacts are still off, switching between apps is not that smooth, etc.

I find that you can rectify the problem by restarting the iPhone, but after a while all the sluggishness comes back.

Is anyone else experiencing this?
 
Actually yes, it is driving me nuts. I've never had too many software issues with the iPhone so this was kind of strange. Hopefully this is being addressed.
 
I noticed this too. When I first installed 2.1 on my iPhone it ran like lightning. But after a week or so it became slow, so I got rid of all the Apps I had that I wasn't using, and now it's more or less back to the speeds it was before when I first installed 2.1.
 
This is why I downgraded to a first gen phone and installed 1.1.4. Very zippy UI with absolutely no lag or choppiness.

The only thing I miss is 3G speeds. :( Ah, but what're you gonna do?
 
Randman said:
Memory leaks. Restart, close apps, empty Safari cache. All help.
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I run through that routine at the end of every day. It seems to help. Kind of pitiful that a phone that cost $200 and a lot more every month needs to be babied this way.

I just wish they'd fix the iPhone's problems with Safari: freezes, crashes, etc. Safari on the my iPhone 3g has been a buggy, unstable mess. Still love the phone, though. :eek:
 
It happens to me too. I usually just turn my phone off and then turn it back on. It's not that big of a deal to me.
 
yes this is also making me kinda mad but then i had a thought...
what if 2.1 is a like a placebo? like when i am on the phone with 2-3 bars i will drop the call....
so i am feeling like apples firm is kinda fake.. i dont know how they are pulling it off but i have a nice feeling that since 2.0 came out they really didnt know what was going on..... also i think that is why
apple hates the jailbreaking due to apples faulty firm when you break it you see all the flawed 2.1 stuff.....i may be a lil bit high and stuff but this is what i think right now :-D
 
Randman said:
Memory leaks. Restart, close apps, empty Safari cache. All help.
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When you restart, do you hit the sleep / wake button and then slide to power off or do you hold the sleep / wake and home buttons till the Apple Logo appears?
 
OMG... some more apple members having trouble with slow Iphone .... I thought it was just me...

My iphone also takes it's time when switching between txt and other apps.


Come on Apple fix it!!!!!!!!!!
 
The other day I was trying to do something in Safari, typing was impossible. Not sure what the deal was. I reboot my phone often though anyway. One think I don't like about that is that it resets your usage stats again until a full charge.
 
Yeah, I kinda noticed this as well. I just restart my phone like once a day to avoid this problem. It's no big deal really.
 
MacOSXAddict said:
When you restart, do you hit the sleep / wake button and then slide to power off or do you hold the sleep / wake and home buttons till the Apple Logo appears?
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I use the slider. It performs a clean shutdown, as opposed to essentially pulling the plug.
 
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