They will also laugh right back at you for having a dead phone battery.
I can't believe there still isn't a way to kill all apps.
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Why can't we still kill all apps in one swoop?
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They will also laugh right back at you for having a dead phone battery.
I can't believe there still isn't a way to kill all apps.
The only time I close apps is if its GPS or it bugged up and my battery lasts all day. If Apple added this feature, it'd show that they were wrong and their multitasking doesn't work as they said it would.
I also want a way to kill all apps. Folks can quote Apple's documentation all they want, but when I pick up the kid's iPod that has 50 or more items in the recently used application list it's painful to get into and navigate around Settings. Once I close them all it's silky smooth again. There's a reason why developers have you reclaim memory if their app won't launch. Apple's strategy works pretty well, but not as well as they want you to believe.
I dont see the point in the open app list to be honest.
Sooner or later, 90% of your apps will be on that list. So i can either open them by flipping through the list, or i can open them via the home screen.
Are they all running in the background, consuming battery, or whats the deal?
If so we should be able to kill all in one go for sure.
Sooner or later, 90% of your apps will be on that list. So i can either open them by flipping through the list, or i can open them via the home screen.
Are they all running in the background, consuming battery, or whats the deal?
If so we should be able to kill all in one go for sure.
While it's true all those apps may not be currently active, it would come in handy to close them all. Sometimes closing an app fixes an issue with it. I keep closing apps I'm not using and I don't have issues with my iPhone 5/iOS 7.
Here's a trick: want to use Shazam while playing music with iTunes Radio or Pandora? While the music is playing, open Shazam, if the music stops, go to the multitasker, close (swipe up) Shazam, go back to the music and press play, open shazam again, wait a sec or two for a slight gap in the music, press listen and it will work, at least it does for me. Sometimes I will have to do this again if I am in the car and it switches from 4G to LTE or stop for wifi...if it changes the network it's on. (At one point I did not have to do this, but, then some update of Shazam or Pandora caused this to happen.)
Here's a trick: want to use Shazam while playing music with iTunes Radio or Pandora? While the music is playing, open Shazam, if the music stops, go to the multitasker, close (swipe up) Shazam, go back to the music and press play, open shazam again, wait a sec or two for a slight gap in the music, press listen and it will work, at least it does for me. Sometimes I will have to do this again if I am in the car and it switches from 4G to LTE or stop for wifi...if it changes the network it's on. (At one point I did not have to do this, but, then some update of Shazam or Pandora caused this to happen.)
I don't think its so much sluggish, I feel like its not 100% optimized, like for example when first unlocking the phone having to wait for the animation to stop in order to move around the device. Hopefully this is something that is taken into account when 7.0.3 or 7.1 is released
I never close an app unless I have a problem with it. Since installing ios 7 on my iphone 5 I've had to quit the eBay app 5 times. Otherwise, no problems. Personally, there is no benefit to me of closing an app unnecessarily. Unnecessary time waster, IMO. YMMV.
I'm able to close out apps when i'm bombed so not sure what high accuracy you're talking about
There is a lot of user confusion about the task switcher feature in iOS.
The ability to "close" an app in the task switcher is intended to be used when an app misbehaves and you want to reload it into memory again. (For example itunes radio. You have to "close" it sometimes for it to load and work properly)
People need to let go of the Windows/Android mindset of "I HAVE to close all of these apps every chance I get to keep my phone running fast and smooth".
You'd be surprised how low your free memory can get and you won't even notice it. Mine was at 13MB last night.
P.S. You can swipe up with 3 fingers if you insist on closing all those apps.
There is no way 50 apps are running at the same time. The phone just doesn't have enough memory for that. There is a jailbreak app that shows what apps are currently in memory, and I don't recall more than 3 of them being there at the same time. So, close the three or four most recent apps. No need to "close" all 50.
that would be cool if it was available. Mexico must have gotten a different version than the US.
Maybe they can add it on the new oversized iPad since it will be the same size as the Note 3.
You are under the impression that the apps listed in task switcher are in memory. This is not always the case. Restart your kid's iPod. You'd expect a blank list in task switcher after the restart right? You'd be surprised to see that the majority of the apps are still listed there.
Again, a majority of "apps" listed in the task switcher are not even loaded in memory. They are just there as a shortcut to an app you had opened at some point.
Big hands, nice thumbs. Keys too small. Have to use only my pinky with iPhone flat to text.