Apps don't open or close smoothly, very blinky or shaky.

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Apps don't open or close smoothly, very blinky or shaky.

Hi,
kind of difficut picking the right word to describe what happens when I open any app or pressing the home button to close out an app. The way the apps fade in or out is very sticky like their hanging up. I have a 3GS.

Any ideas?

Thanks

15" MB Pro Late Summer 09', Mac OS X (10.6), 2.8 Ghz 4 GB

Posted on Feb 1, 2010 1:48 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 1, 2010 1:52 PM in response to M.A

How often do you power your iPhone off and on, or when was the last time you did so?

If I notice something like this, I power my iPhone off and on, or do an iPhone reset, which is done by pressing and holding the home button and the sleep/wake or on/off button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo and then release - ignoring the slide to turn off prompt when doing so.

Some of the 3rd party apps you are using may have a memory leak, and possibly the same for some of the included apps. Powering your iPhone off and on, or an iPhone reset clears/resets the RAM.

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Answer 2

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Feb 1, 2010 2:12 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Hi, I usually shut iPhone off every evening or so. I have done the power/home reset and for
a few minutes afterword the apps are smooth, but only for a few minutes.
How should I do a reset? Through iTunes or iPhone?
Thanks

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Answer 3

Ansuz82

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Feb 1, 2010 2:15 PM in response to M.A

Hold the home and sleep buttons until the Apple logo appears to do a hard reset. It won't damage any data.

If that doesn't work, you might just have a bad app. I'd delete any recent ones youve added and see if that fixes the issue.

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Answer 4

Feb 1, 2010 2:25 PM in response to M.A

You're welcome.

An iPhone reset is done by pressing and holding the home button and the sleep/wake or on/off button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo and then release - ignoring the slide to turn off prompt when doing so.

Restoring an iPhone is done with iTunes only.

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Answer 5

Ansuz82

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Feb 1, 2010 1:50 PM in response to M.A

Could be a number of things. What have you tried: reboot, reset, restore?

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Answer 6

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Feb 1, 2010 6:16 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Thank you Allan and others. I'll do another reset
after this reply. If that doesn't help long term I'll start deleting apps to see if that helps.
Thanks
again.

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Answer 7

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Feb 2, 2010 9:30 AM in response to M.A

Question? Do I want to "back up my settings" as iTunes asks me before I do this restore? Sure wished I knew possibly which app was causing this issue.
Thanks.

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