I don't know if it just my phone but I had some issues with lag and what not. One day I decided to clean out some old apps and I noticed after that my iphone was faster than usual. I decided to really go through my apps and slimmed it down to just 5 and now my phone is running very smooth. Anyone else experience this?
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Less Apps=Faster iPhone?
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I'm not sure, I would think it does, But I have 9 pages of apps (Yes, almost 140) And I really didn't use em all, now I got it to 4 pages, and it runs the same it did without apps. But I'm not surprised deleted 3rd party apps speeds it up.
Well, I guess that basically... If there are more files on the Phone it's going to take longer to find what it wants, therefore resulting in lag? Maybe... 
I tend to believe that the many apps that I have on my iPhone has nothing to do with making my iPhone faster or slower. Not even sure 3rd party apps cause lag, b/c I'm not sure how to measure the apps loading and lag other than guessing...
I tried this and actually I'm getting just the opposite. My phone lags so much now it sometimes takes upwards of five seconds for the screen to come on after hitting the sleep/wake. Almost threw it through a wall earlier it was so bad.
Well, Ercan, we meet again. You have to be the same guy that was very unhappy with my critique of "Cloverfield."
Small world.
Anyway, yeah, I did all that, it's just frustrating because ever since right around the one-year mark (When AppleCare goes away), I've been having all sorts of problems. Sucks.
I think it might also make it buggier as well.
When I restored my iPhone because safari had been so buggy it was absolutely fine. Fluke? Maybe.
But as soon as I filled it up all 9 pages with applications it was buggy again!
Meh.
Joey
When I restored my iPhone because safari had been so buggy it was absolutely fine. Fluke? Maybe.
But as soon as I filled it up all 9 pages with applications it was buggy again!
Meh.
Joey
More Applications Open = More Ram Used = More Issues & General Slowness
Solution = Close your Apps = Restart your Phone
Silly that you can't close them otherwise, but I think Apple was targeting the small "widget" apps that should open quickly style of use.
Solution = Close your Apps = Restart your Phone
Silly that you can't close them otherwise, but I think Apple was targeting the small "widget" apps that should open quickly style of use.
I don't know what you're talking about... Apps don't run in the background. You can only have one app "open" at a time. Although, I think that some of the webpage information from Safari is cashed to ram when you close it. You can save some space by forcing it closed, holding the homebutton down when it's running, or by opening a blank tab and closing all the others before exiting.
You are automatically a new friend and cool guy to me now that I know you are on MR.
It's really simple
The more apps the more on board memory the device uses, period
So YES, the more apps the more lag you will have.
The more apps the more on board memory the device uses, period
So YES, the more apps the more lag you will have.
That's a bunch of crap. I have all but two of my spaces filled up and I don't have a lag at all. Now if the apps ran in the background, that'd be another story, too bad Apple doesn't offer that yet.
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Ram and storage memory are in two seperate locations. So: FAIL.
map1978 said:
Ram and storage memory are in two seperate locations. So: FAIL.
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I said that. Just gave an alternative as well.
TheSpaz said:
I said that. Just gave an alternative as well.
