iPhone 4 sluggish since iOS 5/6 -- What can I do?

[MacVault]

My iPhone 4 use to seem pretty snappy when on iOS 4.x. But since upgrading to iOS 5.x and now 6.x it doesn't seem as fast and even seems a bit sluggish - even after closing unused apps and after a power cycle. It's a 32GB with ~16GB free space.

Are there any tips/tricks to improve performance? Does a full backup and restore help?

 

[Firesign3394]

New operating systems require more processing power, ram, etc. you get more features at the cost of performance. There's nothing you can do but upgrade to a newer iphone.

 

[MacVault]

Not that it's bad enough to make me downgrade, but is there a way to downgrade the iOS?

 

[stridemat]

Do you have your SSH blobs saved? If so then you are in luck!

There is a guide here, but you need the blobs from 5.1.1.

 

[MacVault]

Do you have your SSH blobs saved? If so then you are in luck!

There is a guide here, but you need the blobs from 5.1.1.

No, but no biggie.. it's not that slow. I'll check the link, thanks!