We want to help maximize the life of your Apple gear. As much as I love getting the most out of older Apple machines and devices and being a low-end user, sometimes I just want to be up there running the latest software and operating systems. My next move was my mobile phone. I have been using a 2G iPhone running whited00r , and while it is quite fast — and as a phone it is brilliant — running iOS 3 meant slowly getting left further and further behind.
I did have an iPhone 3G, but it was too slow and terrible for signal, so I went back to my 2G. Last week I picked up an iPhone 3GS. I bought it from a refurb company.
It is in mint condition. Within minutes of playing with it, I noticed the serious speed improvement. I agree with bmike's reply above and would add that deleting all of your photos and movies off your 3Gs does wonders for its responsiveness. Especially start up time. The Overflow Blog. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Podcast Do polyglots have an edge when it comes to mastering programming Featured on Meta.
Now live: A fully responsive profile. Related 2. Hot Network Questions. Problem occurs on Messages, Phone, Settings, ie basic stuff from Apple. Screen goes blank of 10 to 30 seconds. If it is longer than about 10 to 15 seconds chances are app will not load. App may be running in background when this occurs.
I'd hazard a guess it's trying to make some network connection or access some other resource that times out. Oct 21, AM. Restore did nothing. Restart did nothing. Anything else guys?
Oct 21, PM. Same with my 3GS too! Just wanted to say this for the record so Apple can start to see that this is a real problem. Most apps on my iPhone are taking a very long time to launch, get "stuck" for a few seconds before reacting to commands and other general slowdown issues that might have something to do with processing. Help us with an iOS5 update soon please Oct 22, AM in response to kidhell In response to kidhell. I too have a 3GS and am having exactly the same problems.
It seems to be everyone with a 3GS as all my friends that have one are having the same issues. This is definitely a problem that Apple needs to fix. It is so irritating that my phone which was great has now become second rate!! Oct 22, AM. I have the same problem. We have two 3GS phones and problem is identical. Apps launch slow. Once in the app everything is ok.
Not nice trick to be forced to by a new phone. Well back again, and have found that by disabling iCloud for all except calendar, and disabling Sync over Cellular works very well and the performance is now back to what it was. It seems that everytime you swipe the lock, the iCloud sync must also kick in, making the phone a pig. After pruning our apps we've got the available memory up to 3.
Testing in Temple Run 2 to see if there's any effect, we find that while there's still some stuttering, it's by no means unplayable. A more drastic step than restarting the iPhone, a full reset takes longer but is a more effective way of solving problems with the way an iPhone is running.
Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons at the same time. Keep holding them while the screen goes black the red power-off slider may appear; if it does, just carry on holding the buttons , right up until the silver Apple logo appears.
When that appears you can let go. Things now appear much improved in Temple Run 2. In a 2km run, we saw only one very slight stutter, and gameplay was fine. Are we finally making some progress? Super Hexagon too runs without any problems at all.
That's our iPhone 4 sorted, but what solutions would be left if you still weren't happy? The next stage after resetting the iPhone, getting steadily more drastic as we go, is restoring it from a backup. If you've backed up recently, you can simply restore from that.
Plug the iPhone into the Mac and open iTunes. Click the button where it says iPhone at that top right of the window if you've plugged in more than one iOS device it may say '2 devices' or similar instead. Under Backups, click 'Restore Backup Finally, the most drastic step of all: we're going to perform a full restore, which deletes all the data on the iPhone and returns it, in effect, to the state it was in when you bought it.
Except that the hardware components will still have suffered a number of years of wear and tear, of course. Since we're deleting all the data, it's vitally important that you back up the iPhone: either back up to iTunes, as described above, or to iCloud. You'll then have to enter your passcode if you've got one, and then confirm that you want to delete all media and data, and reset all settings.
After a few minutes of restoring, you'll be presented with the welcome screen you saw when you first started up the iPhone. If none of the above techniques work, it's time to decide whether the speed of your iPhone is a serious enough problem for you to take it up with Apple.
If there's a problem with a component, the issue may be covered by your Apple warranty if you have one - see ' Will Apple replace my iPhone? However, as we mentioned above, slowness can be a matter of perception; but if you're sure something's up, and you've tried all our tricks, you may wish to ask Apple if they can check for a hardware issue.
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