Force quit of Apps

[Skol312000]

Does it damage the iphone if you force quit the apps. Native or App Store apps. Im just wondering if its bad foe the phone.

[iPhoneMonster]

There is no damage done to the iPhone, or the application. The only damage that could possibly be done is you losing your information.

F.Y.I - Holding the home button for 5 secs is force quitting the apps.

Holding the home button and the sleep wake button at the same time does a 'soft' reset.

[Skol312000]

What about a "hard reset"? How we get that done? Soes that even exist on the iphone?

[Saverino]

What about a "hard reset"? How we get that done? Soes that even exist on the iphone?

Press and hold the sleep/wake button and the home button until the phone shuts off and restarts.

[iPhoneMonster]

What about a "hard reset"? How we get that done? Soes that even exist on the iphone?

In order to do a hard reset you must connect to iTunes and select reset. Hope this helps, if not, pm me and I will gladly respond.

[Ramesh]

In order to do a hard reset you must connect to iTunes and select reset. Hope this helps, if not, pm me and I will gladly respond.

This information is not even close to correct. The above poster is talking about a RESTORE. A restore formats your phones and then puts everything back on (if you have backed up).

[iPhoneMonster]

Oh! Sorry - but atleast now he knows how to RESTORE. Sorry about that.

[Ramesh]

Oh! Sorry - but atleast now he knows how to RESTORE. Sorry about that.

No worries. Welcome to EiC.

[styfle]

while we're talking about soft and hard resets...whats the difference and how do you do each one?

[Saverino]

while we're talking about soft and hard resets...whats the difference and how do you do each one?

A few posts up...

Press and hold the sleep/wake button and the home button until the phone shuts off and restarts.

That would be for hard resets, I believe.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I'll settle this:

To perform a hard reset:

1. Throw your iPhone off a twenty story building.

2.Buy replacement iPhone.

See? Easy as pie and less confusion. This procedure also has the benefit of doing a quick restore.

[Skol312000]

Lol there isn't a soft or hard reset. Theres just a Reset. Holding to
The home button and lock button....etc. Restoring is not considered a reset. Its considered "Restoring" . The point of the thread is and now i know, that force quiting the apps will not damage anything.

[iksn]

The only apps that really ever need to be "forced quit" are Safari and Ipod. That being said, any other app that isn't responding or won't shut off would also need to be "forced quit".

[kevroc]

This little gem needs to be stickied somewhere. I can't believe I've been using my 3g since launch and never knew about this. I was just using logmein ignition for the iphone and found this on their support site in response to a "low memory" warning the app may give. Seeing how there seems to be more and more games pushing the 3g to it's limit, this is one handy little trick. I keep reading that you should reboot your phone before running a certain apps, but that's just a hassle and a battery drainer, it's much easier to do this for a couple of apps.

[psylichon]

This thread should not be stickied! So much misinformation :)

I think what we have here is an intrinsic confustion between rebooting, resetting, and restoring, which all have different meanings in iPhone land. I won't elaborate unless that isn't clear.

[psylichon]

I keep reading that you should reboot your phone before running a certain apps, but that's just a hassle and a battery drainer, it's much easier to do this for a couple of apps.

If you want to easily free up memory, open your mail app and force-quit it by pressing home button for 10 seconds. This can often get you back to nearly the fresh-boot free memory point.

[Ezekiel2517]

If you want to easily free up memory, open your mail app and force-quit it by pressing home button for 10 seconds. This can often get you back to nearly the fresh-boot free memory point.

or wasnt there also some app in the appstore that freed up memory? dont remeber what its called but its there somewhere...

[psylichon]

Yeah, "Free Memory". It costs $1. And the silly thing about that app is that when you're really experiencing a low-memory situation (<4MB free), the developers of that app tell you (right there in the app) not to use the app (!) and instead tell you to do the close mail procedure!

So why buy that app?

[iksn]

:)Yeah, "Free Memory". It costs $1. And the silly thing about that app is that when you're really experiencing a low-memory situation (<4MB free), the developers of that app tell you (right there in the app) not to use the app (!) and instead tell you to do the close mail procedure!

So why buy that app?

My assumption is that you do not own this app. I do, and I can tell you that it is the best 99 cents anyone can spend in the app store. Not exactly overpriced, as I don't think there are any cheaper apps besides free, all this app does is "work". Not only does it have a battery meter (which is worth the 99 cents if one is not jailbroken), but it actually teaches you which applications use a lot of memory and which ones don't.
One other important note; it never mentions force quiting the mail app pre se, it just says that certain native applications are always running and force quiting them frees up memory. The two native apps that free up the most memory and that can be shut of via force quiting are Safari and Ipod. The other two, which will free up a smaller amount of memory but can never be "shut off" are the mail app and the phone.
As for the 4mb free situation, you are totally correct, but that actually is somewhat rare overall. These are the facts, not opinion.

[kevroc]

If you want to easily free up memory, open your mail app and force-quit it by pressing home button for 10 seconds. This can often get you back to nearly the fresh-boot free memory point.


Yes, exactly the point of my post...and the title of the thread...and the mention that the ability to "Force Quit" an app and which apps it applies to should be more easily available (stickied). Forget about reset, reboot, restore, the point of the initial thread was Force Quiting....

[psylichon]

:)

My assumption is that you do not own this app.


I did own and use the app until I uninstalled it a few weeks ago. In the form I saw it, it would not work at all if you had over 20 MB free (which was most often the case), or if you had less than 4MB free (which was the 2nd most common situation for me), and it absolutely spelled out the force-quit mail thing. Perhaps they've taken that part out of later versions.

Regardless, you're right. A dollar is not bad, and you do get a numeric battery meter. For the sole purpose of freeing up memory, however, force-quitting mail seems simple enough for me.

[Skol312000]

Does force quiting the apps make other apps runs faster or without crashes due to more memory being available?

[iksn]

Yes, exactly the point of my post...and the title of the thread...and the mention that the ability to "Force Quit" an app and which apps it applies to should be more easily available (stickied). Forget about reset, reboot, restore, the point of the initial thread was Force Quiting....

I agree with you about the importance of force quiting. One of the most important things I mentioned in my last post was which apps force quiting really is relevant to.
I think the important thing Dave mentioned is all the mis-information there is in this whole thread now. Your idea probably should be stickied.

[iksn]

Does force quiting the apps make other apps runs faster or without crashes due to more memory being available?
The short answer : yes.

[Skol312000]

The short answer : yes.


I wpuld love to hear the long answer too. I like long stories, so if u got the time then enlighten me.