How to Speed up Slowly Running iPhone? Here’re Tips!
16 July 2024John Weaver Senior Program Developer
Summary Some iPhone users find that the phone cannot quickly get the command response. The iPhone performance is the same as what it’s used to be. How to solve this problem except buying a new iPhone? In this essay, we will tell you how to speed up slowly running iPhone.
If you use iPhone for a long time, the iPhone performance will be slow. For example, it cannot quickly get the command response; the running apps get crashed; it suddenly restarts itself; the iPhone screen is frozen. The slow iPhone upsets us very much. To speed up the slowly running iPhone, you should discover the reasons. Basically, it is proved that many iPhone problems are generated from settings and apps.
Possible reasons of slow iPhone performance:
● The storage iPhone space is not enough.
● Several background apps are running at a time.
● Apps go wrong.
● The iOS version is outdated.
● The battery is faulty.
Part 2: How to Speed up iPhone?
From the above contents, we’ve known that there are many reasons of the slow iPhone. Next, we will list some solutions to you.
Method 1: Restart iPhone
First, you can restart iPhone to fix the small problem and speed up iPhone. It is safe to restart iPhone without any data loss.
Steps:
iPhone X and the latter models: Press the volume button and the power button until slide the block to shut down iPhone. Then, long press to restart iPhone 30 seconds later.
iPhone 8/7/6: Uphold the power button until slide the block to shut down iPhone. Then, long press to restart iPhone 30 seconds later.
iPhone SE/5/earlier models: Press the power button until slide the block to shut down. Then, long press to restart iPhone 30 seconds later.
Finally, check iPhone when it gets restarted.
Method 2: Close Background Apps
The in-use apps take the running memory. More apps take more memories, which causes slow performance. Especially when you open the large app, like games, the phone will be slower. You can try these ways to speed up the slowly running iPhone.
Steps:
● iPhone with home button or 3D Touch: Double press the home button to check the apps running in the background. Then, pull them up one by one to close the apps.
● iPhone X and the latter models: Slide from the bottom to the top on the screen and upload for a while. Then, check the apps running in the background. After that, long press the apps for 1-2 seconds and then press the [-] icon to close the apps
It is suggested that you should close the apps when you don’t use them. Otherwise, they will slow down the phone performance.
Method 3: Reduce Motion&Transparency
The iPhone motion effect and transparency effect can make the screen images more delicate. But these effects can slow down the system. If you want to speed up iPhone, you should reduce motion and transparency.
TipsAbout motion and transparency
Enabling motion effect can build up stereo perception on the main screen and within the apps. If you don’t get used to the effect, you can disable on iPhone.
Reducing transparency can enhance contrast and reduce the vague effect. It is a good way to avoid frame drop, especially when you pull down the notification bar from the top. It is also a useful way to speed up iPhone.
Steps:
① Reduce the animations: [Settings] -> [General] -> [Accessibility] -> [Reduce Motion] and activate this option.
②Reduce transparency: [Settings] -> [General] -> [Accessibility] -> [Reduce Transparency] and activate this option.
Method 4: Disable Background Refresh
The function [Background App Refresh] allows apps to refresh their content in the background for a while. Although this function is convenient, it sometimes affects performance on iPhone. For example, Facebook takes lots of background resources. Turning off this function can improve the phone performance and speed up the slowly running iPhone. Or, you can turn on this function when the phone is in charge. That can help you preserve the battery life.
Steps:
Tap on [Settings]- [General]- [Background App Refresh] and set this option to [Off].
Method 5: Clear App Cache
The accumulated history records and caches can slow down iPhone. When Safari runs slowly, you can clear the cache to speed up iPhone. Besides, you can remove the caches of the other apps to improve your phone.
Steps to clear Safari cache:
① Unlock iPhone and tap on [Settings].
② Scroll down the screen to find out [Safari].
③ Then, tap on [Clear History and Website Data].
Note: The options of the setting menu may not be the same as those in different versions.
Method 6: Free up Storage Space
iPhone will slow down, get stuck or get no response when the memory is nearly out of use. At this situation, you can delete some apps to free up the storage space.
Steps to check the iPhone storage space:
① Unlock iPhone and tap on [Settings] – [General].
② Scroll down the screen and find [Storage]. Then, check the used storage space.
How can we free up the storage space by deleting the apps? Here are the steps!
① Go to the iPhone main screen and then long press the app that is to be deleted.
② Tap the [x] at the corner of the shaking app. Then, confirm to delete the app.
Note: You cannot delete some pre-installed apps through the above steps.
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When we are installing some apps, they will ask us to allow them to get the location information. In fact, the location services consume a number of the memory resources and then slow down iPhone. What’s more, they are harmful to the battery life. To protect your battery well, you can modify the settings of the location services.
Steps to modify the location services:
① Unlock iPhone, and tap on [Settings] – [Privacy].
② Get into [Location Services]. Check the apps which use location sharing. After that, tap on the target app and select [Never], [While Using] or [Always].
To speed up iPhone, we suggest that you close the location services of the rarely used apps.
Method 8: Update iOS
The outdated iOS has many bugs. You can update iOS to the latest version. Apple regularly updates and publishes the iOS versions, in order to fix some bugs. But, for some old iPhone models, the latest iOS version is a burden.
You can update iOS with two ways, iPhone and iTunes.
1. Update iOS in iPhone settings
Steps:
① Unlock iPhone and get into [Settings].
② Tap on [General] – [Software Update]. If the new iOS version is available, tap on [Download and Install].
2. Update iOS within iTunes
Steps:
① Connect iPhone to the computer with the cable.
② On macOS Catalina 10.15, open [Finder]; on macOS Mojave 10.14 and the earlier version, or on Windows, open iTunes. Click on [Device] as iPhone is organized by iTunes.
③ Click on [Check for Update] and then update iOS if necessary.
Method 9: Reset iPhone
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Method 10: Change Battery
The performance of the iPhone battery decrease guadually after 2 years’ usage. After that, iPhone will restrict the performance to ensure the normal running. Meanwhile, it is a way to extend the battery life.
You can get into [Settings] – [Battery] – [Battery Health]. If you see the word [Service], you should change the battery. Besides, you can check the maximum capacity and the peak performance capacity to evaluate the battery health. If you see the words “the iPhone is unable to determine battery health”, you should consider to change battery or get help from Apple services.
