On my old iPhone, on iOS 7, I had a kill all (can't remember the name) that just had an icon in the task switcher which killed all apps. I don't see one compatible yet in the ongoing list, anyone found one that works on iOS 8?
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Nope, not a thing... but it satisfies my OCD's need for nothing open that's for sure.
wait, LOL. seriously? u need a smilie after your post, so i know what's up...
LOL... I just don't like having to swipe through pages of open apps to find one. I wish iOS had a feature to auto-kill apps after a certain period of time, would make sense, especially if customizable.
It is said that closing the apps do affect battery life. It is much better to leave it in the background and let the ios suspend it.
It's not "better" to let iOS suspend it unless your apps are re-starting on their own, which they don't. By killing all of them, it just does unnecessary work sooner. Arguably it doesn't hurt to let iOS suspend them, but there's no downside to killing them. The idea of iOS suspending them is to make them load quicker, but if you've got no intention or desire to load apps often, kill em!
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Tried this app. It'll do until I get my tap button back in the switcher.
Thanks!
I think it was Zephyr that put the clear all apps in the control center on my i5. I called ATT because data was being used when we were not on the phone and had wifi on at home. It was the same time frames 12:00am, 3:00am, 6:00am etc. They told me that the apps I hadn't closed are running in the background and can sill use data. Not sure if that is true, so I always killed all my apps each night.
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Hold the sleep/wake button down for a few seconds until a slider appears. Move it all the way to the right...
Wow, thanks, I never thought of that. Thankfully this site has so many smart people like you.
I'm now using Slide2Kill8 with Activator set to anywhere Short Hold in finger print sensor. Didn't want to press on the home button twice. Less wear and tear. Works Great!
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