Force Quit in 3.0

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    Force Quit in 3.0

    Just saw this on macrumors and tried it on my ipod app, seems to work.

    Prior to iPhone OS 3.0 beta, pressing and holding the home button would force quit an application. This would also free up memory from Apple's background-capable applications like Safari and Mail.

    Well, this method to force quit no longer works.

    To force quit an application in 3.0, press and hold the sleep/wake button until the slide to power off screen appears, then press and hold the home button until the application quits (about six seconds).

    The question is, what does Apple have planned for pressing and holding the home button in the final version on 3.0?

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    I kept just turning my phone off and on to quit out of a frozen program. Thanks for the helpful info.

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    Fascinating, Shutter... thanks!

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    I'm bumping this. Not only because it's so useful, but because it's exciting to think of what they have in store now for a home button hold. Launcher? Quick settings? God forbid... task manager?!?

    This is big stuff, I think... definitely a sign of something coming...

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    Backgrounding would be a useful function for it
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    While using both of those buttons and using that method takes more time, it is exciting to see what they have in store for the home button now. Good find.
    -Philip

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    Maybe this will help with the battery draining.
    =EIC=

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    It's certainly nice to be able to free up the footprint of the mail app when things get sluggish again.

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    This is great - now i dont have to restart after MLB at bat locks up>

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    I've heard about this before and just never tried to test it. I kind of like the way this works better than the old way. I like the idea of what's in store for the old function. I think it could show their interest of background apps, maybe like backgrounder.

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