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How often do you power cycle your iPhone?

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zylander

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Power cycling cell phones has always been common practice but that doesnt seem to be case too much with the iPhone, at least to me. How often do you power cycle your iPhone? Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to power cycle your phone? If you power cycle regularly do you find that it improves performance?


My other question is; how often does you iPhone (or app) freeze? Today I had a little problem with Safari; while I was loading one web site I opened a second page and loaded a site. After attempting to load a second page while loading the first page Safari crapped out. I was able to open and close Safari and the little loading icon up next to the 3G icon was moving but the status bar across the URL wasnt moving and had stopped at about 'htt'. I let the phone sit like that for about 5 minutes and got no where and I tried opening and closing Safari and other apps several times still with no success. In the end the only fix was to power cycle the phone. Is there a way to force quit an application so I ddont have to power cycle the phone int he future? Ive had my 3GS for about 3 months now and this is the second time this has happened to Safari.
 
My phone is jailbroken. So I'm using the terminal to run the uptime command.
 
Originally posted by: zylander
Power cycling cell phones has always been common practice but that doesnt seem to be case too much with the iPhone, at least to me. How often do you power cycle your iPhone? Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to power cycle your phone? If you power cycle regularly do you find that it improves performance?


My other question is; how often does you iPhone (or app) freeze? Today I had a little problem with Safari; while I was loading one web site I opened a second page and loaded a site. After attempting to load a second page while loading the first page Safari crapped out. I was able to open and close Safari and the little loading icon up next to the 3G icon was moving but the status bar across the URL wasnt moving and had stopped at about 'htt'. I let the phone sit like that for about 5 minutes and got no where and I tried opening and closing Safari and other apps several times still with no success. In the end the only fix was to power cycle the phone. Is there a way to force quit an application so I ddont have to power cycle the phone int he future? Ive had my 3GS for about 3 months now and this is the second time this has happened to Safari.
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Yes, I've had this multiple times on my 3GS on 3.1.2. I did NOT have this with my EDGE iPhone or my 3G iPhone.

Also, my iPhone will randomly do a full shutdown on it's own about once a week for no good reason. The 3GS with 3.1.2 is the buggiest iPhone I've ever owned!
 
Played a bit with a 3GS on saturday. This thing with Safari happened for me too. The progress bar just wouldn't budge. Was both under 3G and EDGE. My friend had to restart the phone - worked like a treat after that. No idea which firmware he's running though. Not jailbroken.

I'm getting my own in a week or so 🙂 Hopefully issues like those get sorted out quickly with updates...
 
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: zylander
Power cycling cell phones has always been common practice but that doesnt seem to be case too much with the iPhone, at least to me. How often do you power cycle your iPhone? Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to power cycle your phone? If you power cycle regularly do you find that it improves performance?


My other question is; how often does you iPhone (or app) freeze? Today I had a little problem with Safari; while I was loading one web site I opened a second page and loaded a site. After attempting to load a second page while loading the first page Safari crapped out. I was able to open and close Safari and the little loading icon up next to the 3G icon was moving but the status bar across the URL wasnt moving and had stopped at about 'htt'. I let the phone sit like that for about 5 minutes and got no where and I tried opening and closing Safari and other apps several times still with no success. In the end the only fix was to power cycle the phone. Is there a way to force quit an application so I ddont have to power cycle the phone int he future? Ive had my 3GS for about 3 months now and this is the second time this has happened to Safari.
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Yes, I've had this multiple times on my 3GS on 3.1.2. I did NOT have this with my EDGE iPhone or my 3G iPhone.

Also, my iPhone will randomly do a full shutdown on it's own about once a week for no good reason. The 3GS with 3.1.2 is the buggiest iPhone I've ever owned!
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same here. doesnt bother me, but hopefully it gets fixed in the next firmware update!
 
I had this happen this weekend. In general I probably only power-cycle or hard-reset my iPhone 3G once every few weeks, but this same issue required me to do so. In earlier firmwares you could close all programs by holding down the home button, which would cure issues with unruly apps, but this didn't work when I tried it this weekend. No idea if it is still meant to close all apps or not.
 
I usually only power cycle it when it starts acting up. It's probably memory leaks causing the freezing issues, which is why a reboot fixes the problem.
 
I haven't had to power cycle it because of a freeze in months... I did it a few weeks ago because my iPhone was running slowly, but it was still slow when I turned it back on. In general my iPhone (3G) seems much slower than when I bought it.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
I haven't had to power cycle it because of a freeze in months... I did it a few weeks ago because my iPhone was running slowly, but it was still slow when I turned it back on. In general my iPhone (3G) seems much slower than when I bought it.
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just a few days ago, i restored my 3GS, not from a backup this time, but from scratch. i lost a few pictures and texts, but it didnt bother me. i honestly can say that whatever was in that backup (3.0/3.0.1/3.1/3.1.2, misc profiles, hacked carrier settings, etc) is gone now, and my phone is a lot faster than it was, even with the same apps/settings now. im even jailbroken, and it still runs a lot faster.
 
This is the biggest reason to jailbreak. sbsettings has a processes function so you can force quit apps. When you use any native app it continues to run and use ram after you close it, also the only way to force quite hung safari. Respringing is a great feature, like logging off and back on. I never have to power cycle my phone as a result of this app. Also allows quick toggles for wifi, bluetooth, airplane mode etc. no need to drill down to those toggles through settings anymore. You should not fear the jailbreak!

example of running apps

example of ram use

ending a process

ram use after ending mail, safari and ipod
 
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
Originally posted by: mugs
I haven't had to power cycle it because of a freeze in months... I did it a few weeks ago because my iPhone was running slowly, but it was still slow when I turned it back on. In general my iPhone (3G) seems much slower than when I bought it.
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just a few days ago, i restored my 3GS, not from a backup this time, but from scratch. i lost a few pictures and texts, but it didnt bother me. i honestly can say that whatever was in that backup (3.0/3.0.1/3.1/3.1.2, misc profiles, hacked carrier settings, etc) is gone now, and my phone is a lot faster than it was, even with the same apps/settings now. im even jailbroken, and it still runs a lot faster.
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I figured that might be the only way to get my phone running as fast as it used to... How did you restore all of your apps and settings if not from a backup? I guess just a fresh sync from iTunes? Does that handle settings too?
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
Originally posted by: mugs
I haven't had to power cycle it because of a freeze in months... I did it a few weeks ago because my iPhone was running slowly, but it was still slow when I turned it back on. In general my iPhone (3G) seems much slower than when I bought it.
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just a few days ago, i restored my 3GS, not from a backup this time, but from scratch. i lost a few pictures and texts, but it didnt bother me. i honestly can say that whatever was in that backup (3.0/3.0.1/3.1/3.1.2, misc profiles, hacked carrier settings, etc) is gone now, and my phone is a lot faster than it was, even with the same apps/settings now. im even jailbroken, and it still runs a lot faster.
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I figured that might be the only way to get my phone running as fast as it used to... How did you restore all of your apps and settings if not from a backup? I guess just a fresh sync from iTunes? Does that handle settings too?
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No, it doesn't handle the settings. You will have to set everything up again, like it was new.
 
I've had my 3G for well over a year now...and I've probably had it lock up twice.

I have probably restarted (not including firmware updates) maybe 4 times.

I use this phone VERY regularly as it is my work phone.
 
Originally posted by: PricklyPete
I've had my 3G for well over a year now...and I've probably had it lock up twice.

I have probably restarted (not including firmware updates) maybe 4 times.

I use this phone VERY regularly as it is my work phone.
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Yeah, my 3G was solid. My 3GS, has problems once or twice a week.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
I haven't had to power cycle it because of a freeze in months... I did it a few weeks ago because my iPhone was running slowly, but it was still slow when I turned it back on. In general my iPhone (3G) seems much slower than when I bought it.
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My 3G was slower later in life too - imo they purposely made it slower so that you would upgrade. The 3GS is a huuuuuge speed upgrade compared to the 3G - it feels like getting a whole new phone again! 😛
 
Just to reiterate - if you want your iphone - especially the 3GS to hum along problem free you really should think hard about jailbreaking it, a very simple process using either pwnage or blackra1n both of which work with 3.1.2. That being said, the only reason I jailbreak is so that I can install sbsettings which is a powerful task manager and an essential tool for what is really a computer crammed into a cell phone. Be warned that if you get crazy after jailbreaking and start installing everything you stumble on as well as use winterboard etc., you will gum up your phone quickly and be no better off. If you don't like the jailbreak, then restore your phone. I assume that I don't have to explain that itunes doesn't see a jailbroken phone and act differently - any pre-jailbreak backup will restore to a jailbroken phone etc.

ps. Having rebuilt and repaired over 50 iphones from a measly 4gb 2G to a raging 32gb 3GS, I have jailbroken, unlocked, restored, recovered blah blah blah, dozens of times and never bricked a phone, as far as I can tell you would have to really wrack your brain to figure out a way to f it up.
 
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