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Hello.
In my very old iPhone 4S' iOS v9.3.5's battery usage still shows a few
iOS apps still refreshing in the background when I have disabled their
background? I even disabled ALL of the background apps. I have been
noticing more and more apps like this for years. :(
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
iPhone 4S
It is still not clear what you mean by "running" iOS doesn't "run" apps in the background. Even when background app refresh is turned on, all it does is refresh the app's data, then it returns to suspended state. If you mean music app and getting notifications, then you can try to turn those off to help with it.
Also, for that age of a device, I would highly recommend going into Settings->General->Accessibility and enable "Reduce Transparency" as well as "Reduce Motion"
What do you mean about them "running" in the background? Such as Music app playing music?
Here's what "Background App Refresh" means:
"Allow apps to refresh their content when on Wi-Fi or cellular in the background."
Perhaps what you're witnessing is something slightly different.
Sberman, thank you for the quick answer. Hmm. I was expecting the background apps not to run when they are not shown on my screen.
Not every app needs to run in the background. Resources are very limited in this very old iPhone 4S. :(
Are you saying iOS apps don't multitask?
Correct. When you return to the homescreen, the app is suspended in memory after a couple of seconds and then when you go back to that app, it opens up from that suspended state.
Interesting and thanks. :)
Why are iOS apps still refreshing in the background when I disabled their background?
