After updating to iOS 17 apps on my iPhone freeze regularly

The same has been happening with me. It is pretty much a daily occurrence. It appears that the apps don’t exactly freeze but they just stop receiving touch input.

Other than restarting the app, another solution I have found is through some combination of switching foreground applications and locking the phone. Sometimes I need to do only one of the two and other times I need to do both.

I would’ve expected 17.1 to have fixed the issue but sadly no.

Same issue here, iPhone 13. Doesn’t seem to be happening on the iPad Pro.

Some apps will eventually become responsive, others require a reboot — which then makes other apps unresponsive. Mostly these are Apple apps, Files, Numbers, Notes, Safari, etc.

Some launch to a black screen (my wallpaper?), others seem to launch to the main app screen, but the touch interface doesn’t work. I assume the image on the screen is probably just a screenshot taken when the app was last switched away from, and that’s why it doesn’t respond to touch.

I should have stayed on iOS 15. It worked fine. This is just ridiculous.

As of February, this is still happening. iPhone 13 ProMax with iOS 17.4 and iMessage, Instagram, and Chrome among others will not allow me to type responses..

Not really a fan of a complete wipe and restore but I hope that is not the only solution....

This just started happening to me. iPhone 14+ with iOS 17.1.2. It has happened on one third-party game and on Apple music. I have plenty of free space on my phone. I back it up and restart it weekly. The problem must be internal to Apple.

The thing is; having to restore your phone and re-sync all your information and data is such a hassle when all we did was update our phones to make them better. 🤷🏻‍♂️

There is also a chance that going the length to do that will not result in a fix.

This has been happening to me since right after I updated to iOS 17 in September. No updates have fixed the issue. I have the iPhone 14 Pro. Very frustrating because I should be able to have apps running in the background without having to swipe them away and start over.

I was able to fix all these issues by doing the "Restore iPhone" process on the Mac.

It backed everything up, installed a fresh copy of iOS, and then restored my user data and settings. All app freezes are fixed for me now.

Many apps freeze constantly. Apple Messages & the Google suite of products, gmail sheets are the worst offenders

Same here! iPhone 14 Pro 17.5.1, so frustrating.

These third-party app developers may not have updated their apps compatible with the new iOS 17 or iOS 17.0.1.

My new 15 Pro Max is very disappointing.

it freezes, it spontaneously scrolls, and it drops its WiFi connection. If iOS 17.4 doesn’t fix it, I may just replace it (and “take a bath”)

Same here. Same phone same problem. Worst apple product ever.

I swear apples products are SO complicted I Despise apple But USE IT

April now and just starting to experience this on an iPhone 11 on iOS 17.3.1, 70% maximum battery capacity. Apps just freeze as soon as I enter them and all I can do is swipe out of them. I sure wish Apple would get their **** together.

Happens in apple built in apps as well. Terrible response.