Hi, this isn't a huge issue, but just a question of curiosity. Each evening just before going to bed, I close all apps on my Iphone 5s and power it down. I noticed at some point after installing IOS 9 that when I powered my Iphone on in the morning, the Settings app would be open. I then paid particular attention that I was closing this app every night, and in the morning when powering up it would be open again. Just curious as to whether this is normal or not? Again, not a huge issue, just curious. Thanks
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I also get the exact same thing and don't think this is normal. I see this on both 5s's we have and iPad Air2 since iOS 9 came out.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/settings-opening-itself.1925319/
No offense but I think you are missing the point. The Settings App is found in an open state when it was already previously closed or shutdown. Something is triggering it to open on its own. The settings App does not need to be open for the settings to load in the background on startup.
It's not actually open. It's just a screenshot. In 9.0, 9.0.1 and 9.0.2 of you close an app and reboot soon after they reappear. It's because the app switcher didn't update the screenshots yet before you rebooted (or turned off) so when you turn it back on or it's done rebooting it loads it's last know "saved" screenshots.
Is the app actually open? Simply having it on the list of recently openned apps doesn't mean the app is open and/or running.
No offense taken. I think it's funny that the OP describes this as an "issue" and equally funny that you think you know how the phone works from a development standpoint. There very well could be a legitimate reason why the app loads on boot as a default. I could even be where it loads on some phones due to memory requirements and having to have the app loaded in memory to access certain settings vs other phones with more ram where it can cache all of the settings without having to load the app. I could be where a setting in the app causes it to load because that one setting triggers other settings that need to be read that don't get loaded on boot, so the app has to load for those other settings to be read.
It's all funny really, because it's an "issue" the OP is having with the phone...
I can't imagine how many other "issues" the OP has in their day to day life (no offence intended).
I'm not even OP and found your response very offensive. No need to get personal, man.
Hey, I'm the OP and no offense was taken, it's all good. I've just always noticed the trivial things like this, just "gifted" I guess, lol. Anyway, I'm retired now and have even more time to notice them. It's not an issue, just poor choice of words on my part, but thanks to all who commented.
I grabbed a screenshot this morning after charging overnight just to clarify what I have been seeing. I assume this is what you also described but I thought it may help someone.
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Hey buddy, nobody asked you to comment on this thread. It's an issue for the OP and other users as well, because it's not normal behavior. You have no idea what you are talking about. This is not normal behavior for iOS so it is an issue.
Except it's not really an issue. It's just the app switcher screenshot of the app because it was open. Closing it and then rebooting soon after didn't give it time to update the screenshots. So after the reboot it loads it's last known saved screenshots.
Some have said 9.1 "fixes" this. I assume by the app switcher saving the screenshots quicker in its cache or whatever.
It doesn't sound like the same issue to me. Isn't it weird that it's happening to a few folks with the Settings app? In the past when it's happened to me all of the apps reopened after a reboot, not just some. So why just the Settings app for these guys?
I'm wondering what you are referring to when you say it didn't have time to update the screenshots? Just trying to understand the logic. All apps are closed, phone is powered off, phone is plugged in and phone boots clean and goes untouched until next day. When I first unlock it and double tap home button I get what is in the screenshot. I see the same thing on my Air2 and never had previously on either device. Just curious why you think it's loading screenshots and where this would come from if they were never open to begin with. Thanks.
You know, what you are doing is unnecessary. iOS suspends apps automatically when you are leaving them and there is really no technical reason why you would have to close all apps. Just enjoy your phone.
Having multiple sessions open consumes battery life. I had been advised to routinely close sessions to preserve the battery. It's not a question as to whether it is necessary or not, but rather that there is a small glitch in the IOS 9 software.
Not sure who would advise that, because it makes no sense. Apps don't "run" in the background, except under very specific circumstances, and they are only kept in memory as long as there is plenty available. Manually "quitting" them by removing them from the app switcher just forces the app to be loaded from disk every time you run it. This wastes battery by requiring unnecessary disk IO and CPU whenever you use an app. It's nothing like app management on the Desktop.