This guide contains a collection of useful tips to help you speed up your iPhone. If you have been using your iPhone for a large number of years, you may start to notice a gradual decrease in its performance over time. Your device that was running at lightning speed may start to feel sluggish and sluggish, taking longer to load apps or perform simple tasks. This is not an uncommon problem among long-term iPhone users and it can be a cause of frustration when it starts to interfere with your daily use. Created especially to help you out in such situations, this guide shows you a variety of helpful tips and tricks that can help rejuvenate your iPhone, getting it back to its initial vibe and smooth operation.
The iPhone’s sluggish performance isn’t limited to older models; It’s a scenario that could unfold across all iPhone models and generations, and even iPad. Even if you are a user of one of the latest Apple releases, you may still experience performance lag over time. No matter if you own an older iPhone model or you are a proud owner of the latest one, this guide is applicable and useful for you.
Remember, while technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and newer and more powerful models are being introduced more frequently, it does not mean that your current device is outdated. With the right guidance and proper maintenance, you can greatly improve the performance of your machine, thus extending its life and usefulness. Our goal with this guide is to provide you with this accurate knowledge, to empower you to take responsibility and ensure the best
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- Close applications
- Restart your device
- Turn off app update
- Make Safari faster
- Free up storage space
- Install the latest software
- Reduce movement
- Reset your device
The latest iPhone from Apple is iPhone 13 and the current software version on the device is iOS 15.5 at the time of writing this guide. If you own an old device like me, I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max released back in 2019, you might want to try speeding up your device, and these helpful tips should help you get the most out of your device and might help speed it up. Many of these tips worked on my older iPhone 11.
1. Close background apps
If you use a lot of apps on your iPhone or iPad, you’ll find them open in the background, and Apple says that doesn’t make a difference in performance, but if you close those apps every now and then, it can help your device speed up.
It is very easy to do, to close background apps on your iPhone, take up from the bottom of your iPhone or iPad. You will then see all the open apps on your device. Push these apps up at the top of the screen and it will close, it’s that simple.
2. Restart your iPhone or iPad
Something as simple as restarting your iPhone or iPad can speed up your device, and this is something I make sure to do on a regular basis, at least once a month. This can also come in handy if you notice that your device is particularly slow, it could be due to a particular app. Closing the apps mentioned above and restarting your device can help speed this up.
It’s easy to restart your device, on newer iPhone models, while holding the Power button and the Volume Up button at the same time. You will then see a menu where you can ‘slide to power view’ and you can restart your device.
3. Turn off Location Services and Background App Refresh
Another useful way to speed up your device is to turn off location services and also background app refresh. These two items alone can help you improve the speed of your iPhone.
To turn off location services on your device, you need to go to Settings > Privacy > Location ServicesYou can then turn off location services on your device. Please note that some applications may need this to function properly, so it is worth checking if you need this feature for any specific applications.
Since the release of iOS 15 from Apple, you can now choose which apps use your location services, in the above settings you will see a list of apps that you may have used before. You can then choose which ones you allow to use the feature and which ones you don’t want to use location services.
To turn off background app refresh go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh You can then choose to turn this feature off completely or have the feature turned off by an individual app. What I prefer to do is leave this feature on and then turn it off for any individual apps I don’t need it for.
4. Speed up web browsing and Safari
If, like me, you use your iPhone to browse the web and visit a lot of different websites, it can slow down your Safari browser after a while. One way to speed things up in Safari is to clear your website history and data.
This is a simple task to do on the iPhone, and it can be done by going to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. You will then be asked if you want to delete your history and website data. This will delete data from websites you’ve visited, but it won’t delete any passwords stored on your device.
5. Free up some storage space on your iPhone or iPad
This is another easy thing to do on your device as if you have a lot of apps and data installed and you don’t have much free space on your device, it can slow things down.
There are a number of ways to do this, you can delete any unwanted and unused apps that you may have installed. You can also offload apps, something I just did on my iPhone and was able to free up 3.48GB of space. To do this go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Offload Unused AppsYou will then see a list of apps that can be unloaded individually or all at once.
6. Install the latest version of iOS on your device
One way to speed things up on your iPhone or iPad is to make sure you have the latest Apple version of iOS installed. To check which version you have installed, go to Settings > General > Software Update.
You will then see which version of iOS is installed on your device and if a software update is available. If one is available, it is better to install it, as the previous version may contain some bugs that may slow down the device. At the time of writing this, the current version of iOS is iOS 15.2.1.
Apple regularly updates its iOS software on iPhone and iPad, making it faster and improving it, so it’s always a good idea to have the latest version installed.
7. Turn off Reduce Motion and Transparency
Another way you might be able to speed up your iPhone is to reduce transparency and reduce motion on your device. You can do this by going to Settings > Accessibility > Motion and choice Reduce movement.
To reduce the transparency you have to go to Settings > Accessibility > Display and Text Size Then select Reduce transparency.
8. Factory reset your iPhone
Another way you can speed up your iPhone is to factory reset it, before doing that make sure to take a backup of your iPhone. This will allow you to easily restore your device after resetting it.
To do this on your device, go to settings > general Then select Re-Set > Erase all content and settings. You will then be able to reset your device to its factory settings. Once this is done, you can either set up your iPhone as a new device or restore it from a backup.
We hope you find this guide useful and that it will help you speed up your iPhone or iPad, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please leave a comment below and let us know. This guide was written using the latest version of Apple’s iOS software, iOS 16.5.1.
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