The whole world is discussing the forced slowdown of the iPhone by Apple. First, make sure your iPhone model falls under the "forced slowdown program." According to official information, Apple limits the performance of only seven smartphones: iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7 and 7 Plus. But earlier models simply do not have enough power to work correctly with fresh versions of iOS.
To speed up the performance of your iPhone, do backup data, then reset the device to factory settings, and then install the previously saved copy back. Pay attention to the procedure and do not violate it, otherwise you risk being left without the data that could be of value to you.
If you do not have any important data that is stored on the device, then there is an option to boot the smartphone as new.
For smartphones whose performance has been limited by iOS algorithms, we advise you to check the battery wear level. Install the coconutBattery program on your computer, which will tell you if you need to change the battery. This procedure will cost $ 79, but by the end of January, its cost will be reduced by almost three times, so we recommend not to rush.
To at least slightly offload your iPhone, and at the same time increase the time battery life, we recommend disabling all potentially resource-intensive features (live wallpapers, parallax effect and widgets). You can also clear the application cache. This can be done in the App Store by quickly tapping 10 times on any of the section icons at the bottom of the screen.
In addition to the “forced slowdown” of devices by the company itself, there are several other reasons why the iPhone “slows down”. Let's take a look at some of the most common ones:
1. You just installed a new version of iOS
It's normal for an iPhone to freeze immediately after an update. The system needs some time to index all the files, remove the cache, and optimize its work and the work of applications. In order for the smartphone to work properly, you just need to wait. Install the update in the evening - for the night, iOS will do all the work.
2. The vault is almost full
Filling up the built-in storage is one of the main reasons for iPhone slowdown. Whatever iPhone model was in front of you in this case - the system will inevitably run slower if there are a few free megabytes left on the disk. To fix this problem, you need to delete unnecessary files, move photos and videos to other drives (computer, cloud storage).
3. Content update included
The Background Content Refresh feature can cause your device to slow down by loading your CPU with tasks, even when your iPhone screen is locked and you're not using it. Try disabling this option, thereby increasing the performance of your smartphone. This can be done in Settings → General → Content Update.
4. You are using the minimum required device for current iOS
Apple tries to release software updates for all devices, even those that are several years old. But still, for each model there is a “threshold” software, with which it will work as correctly as possible. Therefore, if your smartphone is the minimum required to upgrade to new version ios, best solution will stay on current. For example, for iOS 11, this device is the iPhone 5s.
Old iPhone models remain very popular, especially in Russia. Specifications iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 3GS do not allow you to unlock the potential of the iOS 7, iOS 8 and iOS 9 operating systems (the 3GS does not support anything at all), and in some cases, iOS 7 adversely affects the operation of the device. However, you can speed up the work of smartphones.
Judge for yourself, a couple of years ago, when your phone was a flagship, you were surprised at the speed of its work and could not imagine that soon it would become unbearably slow and buggy. But in fact, nothing has changed: you are either used to the high speed of the device, or you compare it with new models.
In games, the situation is more clear: slowdowns and periodic crashes of some games are associated with a primitive lack of device memory. Many new games have completely stopped supporting older devices, which, I must say, is much more correct than giving access to an application that will lag incredibly.
But not everything is so bad - there are many ways to speed up the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 3GS, and now we will try to remember most of them.
This manual will help users who use the same device for several years without reinstalling the system.
Close all open applications
Let's start with the simplest solution - close all open applications that interfere with the operation of the device. Multitasking in iOS is designed so that applications in the tray close after a while, but this does not mean that they stop consuming RAM reserves.
In order to close applications, you need to use the multitasking panel: double-tap the Home button and swipe up all open applications (in iOS 6, you need to hold down one of the icons until it starts shaking and then click on the cross in the upper right corner).
After you close all applications without exception, the system will work at maximum performance. You can easily check this - start any game that has previously crashed or slowed down. An example would be XCOM: Enemy Unknown running on the iPhone 4S.
Redistribute memory with Battery Saver
The RAM in older Apple smartphones is definitely not enough to handle modern applications with ease. Reallocation of memory helps a lot when using "heavy" applications, but in iOS this option is not available by default. That is why we will use the free Battery Saver app.
Whenever you notice that the device is too slow, go to the application and do the following:
Step 1. Launch the application Battery Saver
Step 2. Click on a section Accelerate and wait for the scan to finish
Step 3. If the button Reallocate Memory active - click it
If the application answers you: “Your device is at the best state!” - worry about this moment about nothing.
Clear Safari cookies and data
The data used by the Safari browser is also data, and it clutters up the operating system quite a lot. To ensure maximum acceleration of the device, this data must be cleared, for this:
Step 1. Open the app Settings -> safari
Step 2: Find the Buttons Clear the history and Delete cookies and data
Step 3. Tap them one by one and close the app
But you should know that by carrying out this operation, you completely get rid of the sites saved in the quick access bar. Saved bookmarks are not affected.
Delete text messages
This item will be especially useful for those who have been using their smartphone for more than a year and have a fairly large database of text messages. Such cleaning will not speed up the smartphone at times, but still slightly increase the speed of the system. Another conversation is that for many SMS messages are quite an important part of personal relationships - see for yourself here.
In order to delete text messages, just go to the application Messages, select unnecessary correspondence and swipe it to the left to call the delete line.
Delete unwanted songs, photos and videos
Let's move on to more decisive actions that can really greatly speed up the system. First of all, go to Settings -> Main -> Statistics and wait until the list of media files downloaded to your smartphone is loaded. It displays both applications and photos, music, videos.
Carefully study this section and find out what exactly takes up the most space on your smartphone. You can immediately decide on drastic actions, for example, delete all music at once. To do this, find the line in the list Music and select it. In the menu that opens, you can swipe left on All Music and press Delete.
You can delete one song from the application Music in exactly the same way. After opening the list of songs, select the one you don't need, swipe left on it and click Delete.
Deleting photos and videos works in much the same way, you just need to contact the appropriate application.
Before you start deleting data, we advise you to back up your device in iTunes so as not to lose anything.
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There are two ways to speed up an iPhone.
First way already proven: buy a new one.
Second way a little more difficult, but we will teach.
What is the point? In the iOS mobile operating system, the principle of RAM is organized better than just well. This is what allowed Apple to install modules with less memory than what the market dictated at a particular point in time.
But even the “perfect iOS” RAM tends to fill up to capacity.
Have you noticed that the launch of "heavy" games with three-dimensional graphics takes place with a noticeable delay, and the picture itself is displayed with noticeable slowdown? It's time to fulfill forced memory cleanup(Purge RAM).
Speed up iPhone in 10 seconds
We do this:
- Hold down the key power and hold until Shutdown menu devices.
- Release the Power key and hold the key Home.
- Hold Home for 5-6 seconds until the shutdown menu and the usual desktop will not open.
Now the iPhone will work much faster, and the launch of any applications will not cause slowdowns and freezes.
How it works
Sequential key combinations Power + Home allows completely clear RAM iOS device. At the same time, previously launched applications are not deleted from the quick program switching menu (opened by double-clicking Home).
Using forced memory cleanup is often not recommended. But it can significantly simplify life in the case when one of the installed applications causes the device to “dead freeze” (especially true on “old” iPhone models that are long overdue for an update).
The effect of Purge RAM is the same as the procedure for turning the device on and off, but the process is much more convenient and faster.
Try it yourself. Did it help?
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latest firmware iOS 7, well advertised, Apple claims that it is the best that iOS gadgets had, innovative, beautiful, functional. All this may be partly true, but none of the Apple officials are talking about the problems that owners may have. iPhone, iPad or iPod on the iOS 7, and there are a lot of them. Update released recently operating system to iOS 7.0.3, but there is still a lot to fix.
One of the main disadvantages of iOS 7 is its heaviness and resource intensity, because of this, its installation on iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS unavailable, and edge gadgets iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S after the transition show terrible performance. Rollback on iOS 6.1.3(2) is possible only for iPhone 4(), for everyone else this is not yet an available option, and there are a lot of people who would like to roll back.
What to do for those who switched to the new iOS, but do not have the opportunity to roll back to previous versions, how can they increase the performance of their devices, below are a few ways how to do this, all the tips are relevant not only for the iPhone 4 or 4S, but also for other iOS devices running iOS 7.
Clean up iPhone memory
The less free space on an iOS device, the slower it works. There are several ways to clear the memory of your iPhone, iPad or iPod. By using special programs, for example, PhoneClean how to do this, you can read. You can see how much the application uses the device’s memory in the “Statistics” section, you can get into it by clicking on “Settings”, then “General”, then “Statistics”, there we find the “Storage” tab. A lot of memory can be used by different clients for social networks, since they have to constantly download and store “heavy” multimedia content, such as photos or videos, also the Safari browser can use a lot of space to store their data.
Disable Visual Effects on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S
The bright, colorful visuals in iOS 7 are distinguishing feature operating system, but for all the beauty you have to pay with the memory and speed of the device. The iPhone 4 does not have some settings, such as parallax effect, dynamic wallpaper or transparency, for other devices, all the settings below are relevant.
Disable parallax effect so that you don’t feel sick and that the smartphone works faster. Go to "Settings", then "General", then "Universal access", find "Reduce motion" and turn off the mode.
Disable Dynamic Wallpaper. In "Settings", then "Wallpaper", select the usual.
Disable geoservices. Geotargeting is one of the modern trends in application development, now everyone wants to know who you are, where you are and what you are doing, both the RAM of the device and the battery power of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod are spent to constantly track your location. . To disable the option, go to "Settings", then "Privacy", then the tab "Location Services".
Disable unnecessary background tasks. Perhaps you watch different podcasts or frequently update applications, if you have previously allowed (not forbidden) the system to update applications or content when connected to Wi-Fi, this will affect the operation of your iPhone, iPad or iPod. You can disable background refresh in the settings, open the "General" tab, then "Content Refresh", turn off the feature for all applications, or select specific ones.
Turn off the transparency and blur effect. The option is very heavy and requires a significant amount of processor resources, disabling it will allow the iPhone 4S to run faster. We go to "Settings", then "General", then "Universal access", "Increase contrast", by default the option is off, turn it on.
Disabling these UI settings will not only speed up the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S (for other iOS devices, this is also relevant), but also save gadget battery power.
Many users complain that their iPhone / iPad has become slow. Moreover, complaints are most often justified and associated with various factors. I will try to update the information for May 2018. Perhaps after this article you will be able to speed up your iPhone or iPad.
This article is an amended version of .
But first, an interesting fact:
Did you know that the surge in requests "iPhone is slow" or "iPad is slow" in search engines falls on the period before the release of the new device (that is, July-October)? During the rest of the year, there are noticeably fewer such requests. There are several versions of this phenomenon:
- psychological. Users will be notified of the exit new iPhone and it begins to seem to them that the phone really slows down.
- beta versions. Before the release of the new iPhone, Apple is actively testing a new version of iOS. And of course, not all bugs are caught and it is beta versions of iOS that slow down. Well, testers (and now with the advent of public beta versions, anyone can be a tester) begin to write. Although it is obvious that any iPhone 5S will be slower on iOS 11 than on the original iOS 7!
- conspiracy theory. There is a popular version that Apple deliberately slows down devices before a presentation. Each new version of iOS deliberately slows down older devices. And, indeed, it is very difficult to understand why visually little has changed for many years, and devices that had the most powerful mobile processor suddenly start to slow down. There are either crooked hands of programmers, or a special slowdown.
- the most likely and logical reason. A year after the release of a new version of iOS, the system gradually becomes cluttered and begins to slowly dull.
But there are other reasons, which I will discuss in this review.
Why iPhone slows down. I explain with my fingers
When buying an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, it is understood that the iDevice (and any gadget) will work perfectly out of the box. This is actually what happens in the vast majority of cases. Apple constantly boasts about the satisfaction ratings of their purchases.
Over time, the following things happen to iDevices. The user downloads applications from the App Store (well, how could they be without them?!), deletes them, periodically installs system updates, globally updates them to a new version of iOS once a year, takes pictures, etc. Some people jailbreak and then indulge in tweaks.
Everything this is imperceptibly affects the performance of the system.
It is also obvious that the older the device, the more it slows down on the new version of the system. Take the popular iPhone 4S and 5S. After the release of iOS 7, everyone was happy. I remember that at that time the iPhone 4S worked fine, the iPhone 5S just flew. The release of iOS 8 with widgets and other goodies was accompanied by the hysteria of the owners of the iPhone 4S - the phone began to slow down. The owners of the iPhone 5S quietly rejoiced in life - after all, one version cannot “kill” performance. iOS 9 comes out - iPhone 4S owners start to get rid of the phone, the first screams of 5S owners are heard. With iOS 10, there is hype that the 5S is no longer a cake. But in practice, it turned out that the iPhone 5S works pretty well.
Slows down iPhone. What to do?
I'll start with the most effective and radical methods.
Golden Rule: If the system is all on the device frankly slows down, then the best thing to do is to bring the gadget to the factory settings. There are two ways.
a) Reset settings. Settings->General->Reset.
Here you can first try Reset network settings. If it doesn't help, then Reset all settings.
b) Complete flashing of the device. As practice has shown, the most The best way. If he does not help, then nothing will help ...
The system with all these updates accumulates garbage. Despite the fact that some people sometimes say that flashing is a waste of time, it has already been proven in practice (including personally): flashing from scratch to the latest iOS improves iDevice's well-being.
We go to Settings->Battery->Battery Status. If the maximum capacity is less than 80%, then this is a reason to think about replacing.
Right there it should be written under Peak performance: “The battery is now supporting normal peak performance”. If it says otherwise, then your device is running at a reduced processor frequency and may run slower than usual.
It was Apple who deliberately implemented a feature that slows down performance if the device experienced crashes or unexpected reboots.
Here are a couple more ways to speed up iOS. However, I personally am not sure that they effectively help. But trying is not torture! Try it, maybe it will help you. Moreover, there is always an element of placebo. :)
- Settings->Wallpaper. Swap out your colorful wallpapers for some simple standard ones.
- Settings->General->Accessibility->Contrast increase. Turn on "Lower Transparency". Personally, I do not like this method at all, because the system becomes ugly in many places!
There are currently no other really working ways to speed up the system.
