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what do you do when your iphone slows down ridiculously?
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Oct 5, 2009, 11:51 AM
 
hi all. so i've heard a lot of people talk about their iphone's slowing down precipitously, but not a solution to the issue. mine is now damn near unusable and EXTREMELY frustrating. i have the 3g version, and it is only about 6 months old. pretty much all the functions slow and even freeze on occasion. for example, if i press the "messages" icon, it takes about 10 seconds for my text messaging app to open. i press the google maps button, it's about the same. i have not quite 3 'pages' of apps (about 47 of them), which is hardly a ton of apps comparatively. i don't do anything unusual or taxing with it. my point is that i don't think i fall in the camp of a fringe user who bangs away on the abilities of the iphone. i'm beginning to think it is just a seriously shitty mobile phone that barely works most of the time.

any input? is apple replacing these when this happens? thanks for the help.
     
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Oct 5, 2009, 12:01 PM
 
Shot down the iPhone and reboot.

It will clear out the RAM.

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Oct 5, 2009, 12:14 PM
 
thanks, but that has done nothing at all. i've done that several times, unless you mean that regularly throughout the day i should reboot my phone, in which case that is not cool.
     
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Oct 5, 2009, 12:43 PM
 
No, there shouldn't be a need to do it all the time. Every now and then only - I do it like once in every two weeks.

I also have the iPhone 3G, had it for more than a year, and switched to OS 3.1 as soon as it came out.
I'm not experiencing the issues you have.

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Oct 5, 2009, 12:45 PM
 
I blame Bush. 8 years of failed foreign policy and now we have screwed up iPhones.
     
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Oct 5, 2009, 03:35 PM
 
Did you jailbreak and/or install apps from somewhere other than Apple's app store?
     
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Oct 5, 2009, 04:34 PM
 
This helped my 3G out when it started to crawl:

Reset all settings is located at Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings

I still restart mine once a day, but I'd highly recommend doing the reset all settings.
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Oct 5, 2009, 04:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Shot down the iPhone and reboot.

It will clear out the RAM.

-t
I was not aware that the Luftwaffe used iPhone.
     
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Luve my typu ?

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Originally Posted by mduell View Post
Did you jailbreak and/or install apps from somewhere other than Apple's app store?
nope.
     
   
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