should you occasionally restart the phone?

[1BadManVan]

I havent seen much discussed on this so i thought i would ask. Is it good for the phone to turn it off and reboot it every once and awhile or will that have no effect on the performance?

I read somewhere that someone complained his phone had slowed down after a few weeks of use and someone said that the phone just needs to be restarted.

Mines still fine, just asking out of curiousity

 

[rdowns]

Yes, it's a good idea to restart once a week or so.

 

[1BadManVan]

perfect, thanks for the info

 

[miniConvert]

I just restart it if my battery life starts shooting down or something else goes awry. Which isn't very often. The iPhone seems reasonably capable of taking care of itself.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

They should make an app for that. Where you can set it to reset at a specific time like 3am Tuesdays while you sleep.

 

[Applejuiced]

Yes, it's a good idea to restart once a week or so.

I agree

 

[azsprty]

Yep..i look at it like its a computer, a refresh and reboot it good for it

 

[milani]

Yes I usually restart when my iPhone is really sluggish and/or partially non-responsive. Also, if your apps are crashing on occasion you should restart to free up some memory.

 

[ntrigue]

A Genius suggested restarts when I was displeased with battery life.

 

[ARF900]

Yeah, its good to sync every once in a while too. A lot of iPods out there slow down if they go a while without syncing. Not sure why but just what ive found over years of iPods.

 

[EricNau]

Generally, you don't need to restart the iPhone unless you notice a problem, but that said, a restart certainly never hurts.

 

[Mystikal]

Aside from after downloading apps and restarting EVERY time, I still do it a few times a day.