iPhone / iPad tip
Strong Bad
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This is something I did not know about them. It definitely made a difference on both of my devices. They do seem speedier now. PLEASE, no Apple haters or Android comparisons. This is just a tip to help out the Apple device owners...
"If you experience your iPad or iPhone running a bit slow you probably have a ton of applications running in the background. The devices memory is limited, so in order to avoid performance issues you can close background applications by following the steps below. Mind you, simply turning the device off and back on will NOT clear the running apps. To close background applications press the Home button twice and when the recently used apps bar appears at the bottom, tap and hold down the app you wish to close.
You will notice that after a second or two of holding down the icon, all the icons in the recently used apps bar will begin to move from side to side. You will also notice that a small red circle with a minus sign will appear on the top-left corner of the icon. Tap the red circle to close the background application. Once youve closed all the apps, tap on the Home button again and you will return to the Home Screen. Your device should feel a little snappier."
"If you experience your iPad or iPhone running a bit slow you probably have a ton of applications running in the background. The devices memory is limited, so in order to avoid performance issues you can close background applications by following the steps below. Mind you, simply turning the device off and back on will NOT clear the running apps. To close background applications press the Home button twice and when the recently used apps bar appears at the bottom, tap and hold down the app you wish to close.
You will notice that after a second or two of holding down the icon, all the icons in the recently used apps bar will begin to move from side to side. You will also notice that a small red circle with a minus sign will appear on the top-left corner of the icon. Tap the red circle to close the background application. Once youve closed all the apps, tap on the Home button again and you will return to the Home Screen. Your device should feel a little snappier."
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I've known of this for a while,and its good advice. Well done!"Everything I ever did in my life worthwhile I caught hell for"
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Strong Bad wrote: »This is something I did not know about them. It definitely made a difference on both of my devices. They do seem speedier now. PLEASE, no Apple haters or Android comparisons. This is just a tip to help out the Apple device owners...
"If you experience your iPad or iPhone running a bit slow you probably have a ton of applications running in the background. The device’s memory is limited, so in order to avoid performance issues you can close background applications by following the steps below. Mind you, simply turning the device off and back on will NOT clear the running apps. To close background applications press the Home button twice and when the recently used apps bar appears at the bottom, tap and hold down the app you wish to close.
You will notice that after a second or two of holding down the icon, all the icons in the recently used apps bar will begin to move from side to side. You will also notice that a small red circle with a minus sign will appear on the top-left corner of the icon. Tap the red circle to close the background application. Once you’ve closed all the apps, tap on the Home button again and you will return to the Home Screen. Your device should feel a little snappier."
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Apple will tell you that their method of managing memory is good enough that you don't need to do that, and I agree........when it applies to Apple apps. Not all developers are good at handling memory though. Apple takes most of the issues out of the equation by having a decent API framework toolkit for developers, but people still manage to screw things up with poor coding. I develop for both iOS and Android and since I'm fairly new to Java I much prefer the Objective C framework that Apple uses, but both can be tricky to develop for.
All that being said, depending on which apps you have installed the trick here can help out some, but I wouldn't even bother killing the Apple apps. -
The best part of that tip is it helps battery life between charges2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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Do this all the time myself. Good on you for sharing.Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!
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I found this out after my phone bricked and apple replaced it. Then the tech informed me of this.engtaz
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I tried this in my iphone 3 and instead of red circle on the top corner, I get a black circle with an X in it. When I pressed that it asked if I wanted to delete my app, so I clicked cancel.
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There used to be an app that actually did this without having to do each individually, but Apple remove it from the store. It's still good advice for a little iOS house keeping.
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You gotta do it while in the bar on the bottom fo the screen. doublt click the home button, you should get a bar pop up from the bottom with icons, long press on one until you see the red -.I tried this in my iphone 3 and instead of red circle on the top corner, I get a black circle with an X in it. When I pressed that it asked if I wanted to delete my app, so I clicked cancel. -
I tried this in my iphone 3 and instead of red circle on the top corner, I get a black circle with an X in it. When I pressed that it asked if I wanted to delete my app, so I clicked cancel.
To close background applications press the Home button twice and when the recently used apps bar appears at the bottom, tap and hold down the app you wish to close. You will notice that after a second or two of holding down the icon, all the icons in the recently used apps bar will begin to move from side to side. You will also notice that a small red circle with a minus sign will appear on the top-left corner of the icon. Tap the red circle to close the background application. Once youve closed all the apps, tap on the Home button again and you will return to the Home Screen.No excuses! -
I press the home button twice and all I see is the same home screen with all the apps. I don't see an apps bar that appears at the bottom. Do you mean the dock?
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You, known this for sometimes now. A friend of mine told me. It saves battery life as well.
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Nice. Did you also know that if your device is off, you can power it on by hitting the 'power' button on the top of the device? And, if you are on an 'iPhone', you can make a 'phone call' by tapping the 'phone' icon.
Keep the tips coming.
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This advice is good advice. It works.
Another tip that I'm sure many have discovered and used:
If you use a Bluetooth connection, say to your car's audio system for handsfree operation, you have to turn on the Bluetooth function in your iPhone settings.
If you do not turn this function off when you are not using Bluetooth, the phone constantly looks for a Bluetooth connection -- thus draining your battery far more rapidly than when the Bluetooth function is turned off.Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
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It won't work on the iPhone 3 as that feature is part of the newer iOS that the iPhone 3 doesn't support. I had an iPhone 3 and was never able to do this however with the iPhone 5 you can.I press the home button twice and all I see is the same home screen with all the apps. I don't see an apps bar that appears at the bottom. Do you mean the dock?Speakers
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Moose68Bash wrote: »This advice is good advice. It works.
Another tip that I'm sure many have discovered and used:
If you use a Bluetooth connection, say to your car's audio system for handsfree operation, you have to turn on the Bluetooth function in your iPhone settings.
If you do not turn this function off when you are not using Bluetooth, the phone constantly looks for a Bluetooth connection -- thus draining your battery far more rapidly than when the Bluetooth function is turned off.
Yep, I knew about this one, but good job for posting. I always turn my wifi off as well when not planning to connect with it.No excuses! -
GospelTruth wrote: »It won't work on the iPhone 3 as that feature is part of the newer iOS that the iPhone 3 doesn't support. I had an iPhone 3 and was never able to do this however with the iPhone 5 you can.
Thanks. It's time for an upgrade and the iphone 5 is on my list.
