Phone seems to be freezing up a lot more!

[skyesview]

Anyone else had their phone freeze up a lot more? I have had mine since July, also, does not hold a charge for as long as it used to.....Catherine

[marklynn70]

Anyone else had their phone freeze up a lot more? I have had mine since July, also, does not hold a charge for as long as it used to.....Catherine

I have had mine since release day last year and it has only frozen up about a half dozen times total.

[Youngbinks]

Are you Jailbroken? If so, it could be a 3rd party application causing your troubles. If you are, I would suggest trying a full restore as a NEW iPhone. If not, then I would suggest a full restore from a BACKUP. That will hopefully get rid of your freezing issues.

On to the battery issues, if you think your battery life is substantially less than it was new, then I would suggest visiting Apple and letting them know about your problem. You have a full one-year warranty and that covers defective batteries. It beats paying the $70 or so to have Apple replace it out of warranty.

[marklynn70]

I have never tried anything outside of iTunes to my phone. I just figured it was because I hadn't cycled it off in quite some time. I just drop it in the cradle at night and sync it every once and awhile.

[Youngbinks]

Not cycling the phone on and off occasionally (about once a week should do) may cause it to run slower than normal. I would suggest trying that as well. Also, a soft reset might clear up any problems. Try holding the top and home buttons simultaneously for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears.

[skyesview]

Umm......jailbroken? I'm not sure what that means? But I'm guessing it means I have downloaded something I should not have? Have not done that. I will go talk to them about my battery. It does not hold a charge like it used to/ Thanks for your impute! Catherine

[rmfnla]

I'll bet the cat is messing with it when you're not looking.

They do stuff like that...

[kneshoba]

Umm......jailbroken? I'm not sure what that means? But I'm guessing it means I have downloaded something I should not have? Have not done that. I will go talk to them about my battery. It does not hold a charge like it used to/ Thanks for your impute! Catherine

How often do you put it on the charger? Try Calibrating your battery, here is an explanation of battery calibration:
Although lithium-ion is memory-free in terms of performance deterioration, batteries with fuel gauges exhibit what engineers refer to as "digital memory". Here is the reason: Short discharges with subsequent recharges do not provide the periodic calibration needed to synchronize the fuel gauge with the battery's state-of-charge. A deliberate full discharge and recharge every 30 charges corrects this problem. Letting the battery run down to the cut-off point in the equipment will do this. If ignored, the fuel gauge will become increasingly less accurate.