We use our phones for nearly everything, which is why the slightest bug or glitch can feel unbearable. If your iPhone feels like it's running a bit slow, there's usually a problem that can be easily solved.
Two years of everyday use can take a toll on your iPhone, but these tips and tricks should be able to hold you over until your next upgrade.
Here Are Some Easy Tricks To Make Your iPhone Run Faster:
Get rid of old photos ,music and videos.
When you look at your phone’s usage, you’ll probably find that music, photos and video are taking up a ton of space — especially video files, which are huge. You’ll want to delete as much as possible, but it’s up to you to decide what stays and what goes. That said, there are multiple ways you can go about deleting these files.
If you want to delete all of your music in one fell swoop, you can do so from the Usage menu. Simply tap on Music, then hit Edit at the top of the next screen. This will bring up a red circle with a Minus sign next to All Music. Tap the circle and you’ll be given an option to delete everything.
Erase old text message threads
Back in 2004, I remember consistently being frustrated with my Motorola Razr for its agonizingly slow performance. As it turns out, the problem was my own fault. I never deleted any text messages, so it literally weighed down the phones software.
Today's smartphones have come a long way since then, but deleting your old text message threads is still important to keep your phone as speedy as possible.
Restore from a previous backup
If you back up your phone regularly, you may want to try restoring it to a previous backup if it keeps giving you trouble. If anything has happened to your phone recently that may be making it more sluggish, restoring it could do the trick.
To do this, plug your phone into your computer, open iTunes, then select your iPhone from the upper right section. Under Backups, click Restore Backup.
Delete unused apps
Now that you know just how much space those apps take up, it’s time to clear some of them out. You can do this from the home screen — by holding down an app until it wiggles, then pressing the X icon in the upper left corner — but it’s easier to do it from the Usage menu, where you’ll be reminded of how big an app is before you delete it.
To delete an app from here, simply tap on it, then hit Delete App on the next page it brings up.
Empty Safari's cache
Treat your iPhone like you would a computer. This means you need to empty Safaris cache to keep it running smoothly. To do this, head over to Settings>Safari>Clear History. Then tap Clear Cookies and Data, which is located right underneath Clear History.
Some other software fixes
If you’re running iOS 7, there are a couple of other things you can try. First, you can turn off some of the new visual features introduced in the OS, like parallax motion, which are taxing on your CPU. To do this, tap Settings > General > Accessibility, and set Reduce Motion to On.
You should also turn off background processes, which use up a lot of available processing resources. Your best bet is to keep background apps from automatically refreshing. This means apps like Twitter won’t continue to update even when not in use. To do this tap Settings > General > Background App Refresh, then switch the toggle to off.
Reallocate memory
When a phone is running slow, its likely due to an issue with its memory. According to Macworld, this Battery Doctor app can show you how fast your phone is running.
If it's running slow, you can tap the Reallocate Memory button to re-distribute the memory in your iPhone. The team at Macworld claims that this is the first thing they do whenever they're iPhones start to lag.
Update your iPhone if necessary
Software updates often include bug fixes, some of which can be related to an issue that makes your phone seem slow or glitchy. If it's a minor update, chances are itll fix a few things.
But if it's a major update, it depends on the phone you're using. For example, iOS 7 runs much slower on older iPhones. The hardware in previous models such as the iPhone 4S and earlier simply can handle the software as well as newer phones.
Restart your iPhone every once in a while
Again, your phone is a miniature computer, so it should be treated as such. It's easy to get into the habit of leaving your phone on all the time, but every once in a while it's healthy to restart it.
Similar to shutting down apps running in the background, turning off your phone can help your iPhone let go of some of the resources it might have been holding on to that were weighing it down.
Close all apps running in background
Closing apps that are running in the background could make your phone run a little more smoothly, especially if you've got big, cumbersome apps such as a mobile role playing game open.
"They could use up RAM, and just like any other computer, it could slow down the way it operates," Francis Sideco, senior director for consumer, mobile, and IT electronics at IHS says.
Turn off automatic app updates
If your iPhone is running a little slow, that's because it may be trying to update apps in the background. Try updating your apps manually instead. To change this in your settings, head over to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Automatic Downloads. Switch the sliders to off mode where it says Updates.
Get a new phone
This might seem obvious. But then again maybe not. If you’re still using an iPhone 3GS, there really isn’t much else you can do at this point to make it run any faster. Most of the tips above should help, but the only way to get your phone feeling brand new is to get a brand new phone.
Two years of everyday use can take a toll on your iPhone, but these tips and tricks should be able to hold you over until your next upgrade.
Here Are Some Easy Tricks To Make Your iPhone Run Faster:
Get rid of old photos ,music and videos.
When you look at your phone’s usage, you’ll probably find that music, photos and video are taking up a ton of space — especially video files, which are huge. You’ll want to delete as much as possible, but it’s up to you to decide what stays and what goes. That said, there are multiple ways you can go about deleting these files.
If you want to delete all of your music in one fell swoop, you can do so from the Usage menu. Simply tap on Music, then hit Edit at the top of the next screen. This will bring up a red circle with a Minus sign next to All Music. Tap the circle and you’ll be given an option to delete everything.
Erase old text message threads
Back in 2004, I remember consistently being frustrated with my Motorola Razr for its agonizingly slow performance. As it turns out, the problem was my own fault. I never deleted any text messages, so it literally weighed down the phones software.
Today's smartphones have come a long way since then, but deleting your old text message threads is still important to keep your phone as speedy as possible.
Restore from a previous backup
If you back up your phone regularly, you may want to try restoring it to a previous backup if it keeps giving you trouble. If anything has happened to your phone recently that may be making it more sluggish, restoring it could do the trick.
To do this, plug your phone into your computer, open iTunes, then select your iPhone from the upper right section. Under Backups, click Restore Backup.
Delete unused apps
Now that you know just how much space those apps take up, it’s time to clear some of them out. You can do this from the home screen — by holding down an app until it wiggles, then pressing the X icon in the upper left corner — but it’s easier to do it from the Usage menu, where you’ll be reminded of how big an app is before you delete it.
To delete an app from here, simply tap on it, then hit Delete App on the next page it brings up.
Empty Safari's cache
Treat your iPhone like you would a computer. This means you need to empty Safaris cache to keep it running smoothly. To do this, head over to Settings>Safari>Clear History. Then tap Clear Cookies and Data, which is located right underneath Clear History.
Some other software fixes
If you’re running iOS 7, there are a couple of other things you can try. First, you can turn off some of the new visual features introduced in the OS, like parallax motion, which are taxing on your CPU. To do this, tap Settings > General > Accessibility, and set Reduce Motion to On.
You should also turn off background processes, which use up a lot of available processing resources. Your best bet is to keep background apps from automatically refreshing. This means apps like Twitter won’t continue to update even when not in use. To do this tap Settings > General > Background App Refresh, then switch the toggle to off.
Reallocate memory
When a phone is running slow, its likely due to an issue with its memory. According to Macworld, this Battery Doctor app can show you how fast your phone is running.
If it's running slow, you can tap the Reallocate Memory button to re-distribute the memory in your iPhone. The team at Macworld claims that this is the first thing they do whenever they're iPhones start to lag.
Update your iPhone if necessary
Software updates often include bug fixes, some of which can be related to an issue that makes your phone seem slow or glitchy. If it's a minor update, chances are itll fix a few things.
But if it's a major update, it depends on the phone you're using. For example, iOS 7 runs much slower on older iPhones. The hardware in previous models such as the iPhone 4S and earlier simply can handle the software as well as newer phones.
Restart your iPhone every once in a while
Again, your phone is a miniature computer, so it should be treated as such. It's easy to get into the habit of leaving your phone on all the time, but every once in a while it's healthy to restart it.
Similar to shutting down apps running in the background, turning off your phone can help your iPhone let go of some of the resources it might have been holding on to that were weighing it down.
Close all apps running in background
Closing apps that are running in the background could make your phone run a little more smoothly, especially if you've got big, cumbersome apps such as a mobile role playing game open.
"They could use up RAM, and just like any other computer, it could slow down the way it operates," Francis Sideco, senior director for consumer, mobile, and IT electronics at IHS says.
Turn off automatic app updates
If your iPhone is running a little slow, that's because it may be trying to update apps in the background. Try updating your apps manually instead. To change this in your settings, head over to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Automatic Downloads. Switch the sliders to off mode where it says Updates.
Get a new phone
This might seem obvious. But then again maybe not. If you’re still using an iPhone 3GS, there really isn’t much else you can do at this point to make it run any faster. Most of the tips above should help, but the only way to get your phone feeling brand new is to get a brand new phone.
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