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Multitasking Question
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that depends. they are all still open yes. but most will not be executing (using CPU cycles). only the ones that require CPU cycles will be using them, such as iTunes - downloads, etc.
For example... I opened NFS Shift, swapped to an app that was running, then back to NFS Shift and it had restarted.
That's not using resources correct? 3.x did this already, but we never saw it?
I'm also curious about this. How do we know which apps still "run in the background" and which ones don't?? What if I want to totally CLOSE an app after I use it? I can't do that anymore? I have to close it and then access the Multitasking screen and remove it from there??? This doesn't make much sense.
NFS **** may not have been upgraded to fully support iOS 4 and the full features of multitasking.
you 2 are spot on the money
most will need to be recompiled and some even recoded to support full multitasking I don't know about CPU resources but every one of those apps in the background are taking up free memory. I had a bunch open in the background then opened Sweep Light app (monitors and frees memory) and I watched my free memory shoot up with every background app I closed.
Apps are not running in the background. They are in a "freezed state," meaning that they are not taking any CPU resources. They are just sitting there until the user comes across them again. Just because there are icons in the multitasking interface does not mean those apps are actually running.
well thats true to some extent. apps can still be executing while in the background if they so wish to be.
I meant it as "Placed" in the background. They may not be running or anything but there are apps that i don't want on there, I just want them to close out fully without having it placed in the multitask bar. Sorry about that. But having an option to be able to do that would be nice.
I guess it would be useful for people who like to "keep it clean."
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Hey guys, ive been checking out the new app from Windows live messenger on my iphone 4 and was having this issue:
Sometimes it keeps me connected after i press the home button on the iphone and sometimes it just disconects... i want it to stay online all the time like it does with the ebuddy app...
Has anyone else encountered this issue?
Sometimes it keeps me connected after i press the home button on the iphone and sometimes it just disconects... i want it to stay online all the time like it does with the ebuddy app...
Has anyone else encountered this issue?
Like we have mentioned above the msn app may not have been updated to fully support iOS 4.0. In which case it will not be able to stay connected when you close the app.
Thanks... I hope thats the case. I dont mind waiting for an update fixing that.. i just wanna make sure its not my phone only... I was worried because i wasnt seeing any comments of people reporting the same issue. All i would see was people commenting on how great the app was and that it would stay connected all the time even after more than 20 hours.