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My phone feels sluggish tonight
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Thats just holding the power and home key for 10 seconds and then continue holding when the power bar pops up? I did that but all the apps I was running were still running. Did I do it wrong?
Hold it down until the
pops up. Try closing all your apps then doing it? If not you may need a quick restore.
Hold it down until the
Try closing all your apps then doing it? If not you may need a quick restore.
Close all my apps before? What's a quick restore? This reminds me of when my app memory was low on my blackberry.
A simple reset should be good. If not, a restore. If not, take it backlol
Shouldn't a hard reset reboot the phone with nothing extra running in the background?
Umm...
To close the apps, double click the home button and then when the open apps come up on the bottom, hold your finger on one until they have a little red circle on them. Clicking the red circle will close them.
If the phone is acting really badly, you'd do a restore through iTunes. Have you installed any new apps prior to this happening?
When I get a memory low alert on my iPad, the reboot clears it up.
I think it started after I downloaded the iWallpapers app. Is this a regular issue people get?
If I had to to a restore on itunes would I lose anything? Thanks
It will back up first, and as long as you restore from back up you wont lose anything. But you might inherit the problem again.
I would uninstall that app. I had heard it acted wonky a long time ago, on the 3GS. Not sure if its still the case, but I'd see if that helps before restoring.
Ok thanks I will delete it. Is a corrupt app usually the cause of the phone freeling sluggish?
Geez
Reset- Hold lock button and slide the power button
Hard Reset- Hold the lock button and the home button for about 10 seconds
Restore- delete everything on your phone and return them to factory settings (needs itunes)
Just to clear things up.
Just reset your phone and it should work fine.
Reset- Hold lock button and slide the power button
Hard Reset- Hold the lock button and the home button for about 10 seconds
Restore- delete everything on your phone and return them to factory settings (needs itunes)
Just to clear things up.
Just reset your phone and it should work fine.
Thanks. I have a couple more noob questions. What does a reset and hard rest actually do? Is it like a blackberry battery pull? Also after doing a restore will my phone be exactly the same? Thanks
Personally, I have never heard of a hard reset on an iPhone. Just restart your phone (that's the reset on an iPhone).
A hard reset is usually used if your iPhone freezes up because you will be unable to slide the power button.
After a restore, everything on your phone will be deleted and it will be returned to factory defaults. However, after a restore, you can select one of your previous backups and all your data will be available again. Just make sure your backup isn't very old otherwise you will lose new data.
My phone has been sluggish again lately. In Whatsapp when I turn the phone to landscape it takes really long to switch. Sometimes switches bot the keyboard wont pop up, sometimes freezes. Any idea to why this is happening? Could it be a corrupt app? I am about 9.50 gb free out of 32gb...Thanks
My phone again feels sluggish. Like when I play Plants vs zombies it looks like frame rate issues. Seems to be worse since I downloaded Tomtom (which is 1.5 gb). I have a 32 gb phone with 4.5 gb free. Should I have more free? Is there an amount that when u go below the phone gets sluggish? Thanks
After you play or open up a few big apps that take up alot of resources or ram it can run slower after. A restart will solve that. And 4-5 GB of free space is ok IMO.
You have a 3GS or iphone 4?
Thanks for the response! I have an iphone 4. Is there any harm restarted the phone daily since I use the tomtom daily?
I dont think it does any harm restarting the iphone.
I try to restart mine at least every other day.
I try to restart mine at least every other day.