Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery
by tomduncalf on Sunday December 10, 2017 @05:36AM
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Not completely related, but my parents’ iPad Mini (first generation) became really slow over the last year or so, lots of freezing, some system apps refusing to open etc.
I was preparing to do a backup, wipe and restore (which made my first gen iPad Retina somewhat usable again) but first thought I’d try some of the tips online for speeding up iPads, and to my surprise it really worked and made it much more responsive.
If I remember correctly, the ones that seemed to make the most difference were: disabling animations (in accessibility) and disabling any kind of notifications/background app refresh/auto update, but if you’re in a similar situation it’s certainly worth trying some of the other tips in guides like https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/ipad/how-speed-up-slow-ipa... and if that doesn’t help, doing a backup and restore.
I was preparing to do a backup, wipe and restore (which made my first gen iPad Retina somewhat usable again) but first thought I’d try some of the tips online for speeding up iPads, and to my surprise it really worked and made it much more responsive.
If I remember correctly, the ones that seemed to make the most difference were: disabling animations (in accessibility) and disabling any kind of notifications/background app refresh/auto update, but if you’re in a similar situation it’s certainly worth trying some of the other tips in guides like https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/ipad/how-speed-up-slow-ipa... and if that doesn’t help, doing a backup and restore.