Disable Multitasking on Ipad

Slickpig875 wrote:
Is there a way to disable multitasking? I find it useless and annoying, is there a way to just turn it off or disable it so applications go back to working like they used to?

Well of course there is! Connect the iPad to iTunes, right click on the iPad in Devices, and select 'Restore from backup' in the popup menu. Choose any old backup that would still have the old OS and go for it.

No, that won't restore old iOS versioon, only user files, preferences and media.

Well, you can download any system monitor from App Store and see for yourself... You will likely see last 4-5 apps occupying RAM and the amount of free RAM around 10 megs tops.

the problem for me ends up being battery life. I mostly use the iPad as an ebook reader with GoodReader. My iPad goes for weeks without needing a charge. But ever so often I pull up something like StumbleUpon or whatever - an app that uses the wifi.

Now, when I "close" those apps, they keep running, killing my battery by using WIFI when I don't really want them to.

There is an upside - when I come back to "Flipbook" for example - it's already populated! But honestly, I'd rather have my battery back.

No, that won't restore old iOS versioon, only user files, preferences and media.

Select the iPad in iTunes, hold Option and click on Restore then select 3.2.2 .ipsw file in /Library/Application Support/iTunes/iPad

very, very few apps actually run in the background.. vast majority just do quick switching... and even if they do run in the background.. if an active app needs memory and it's not available, iOS will actually shut it down the non-active one.. save it's state and quick switch to it if click on..

that little bar with apps in it that you see when you double-click the home button is an app switcher.. it's not a reflection of what's currently in memory.. the vast majority of the apps you see in there ARE actually shut down.. iOS now just saves their state and when you click on it, it starts back up where you left off..

Yep, I know I can restore to whatever IPSW with Shift (Win) or Opt (Mac), but again - Restore from backup itself does not restore iOS version.

Not really, most apps these days are enabled for multitasking.

As I said earlier, you can find out for yourself - just download any System/memory monitor (I use Activity Monitor Touch) and see what apps are running (usually listed as Processes). At this time, I have

Youtube
FacebookHD (Friendly for iPad)
Maps
Dropbox
Twitter
MobileSlideShow (Photos app)
AppShopper
iCabMobile
MobileMail
MobileMusicPlayer (iPod app)
Monitor (Activity Monitor Touch)

running, leaving as little as 3 MB RAM free.

It's really simple - 3.2.1 was fast because only single app was running (except Mail, Safari and iPod apps), leaving usually like 60 megs free. Fortunately, iPad is really fast in unloading (freeing) RAM and closing apps, so you will notice only a very little lag. If iPhone 3G could unload RAM this fast, Apple would have enabled multitasking on it too (it could run just 2-3 apps at the same, but that would be OK for most use). But it can't - its RAM and flash chips are too slow for this to work.

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Multitasking is really annoying.

1. It doesn't allow me to decide on which app i need to run on the background.
2. The more app I load, it is slowing down my ipad.
3. No option to cancel this multitasking.

Apple should give option for me to "Close an app" OR "run it in the background" as in Android.

Yes. Android is great! Just look at all the people that are selling their iPads and buying Androids instead.

itsprobablyme wrote:
Multitasking is really annoying.

Some are simply determined to be annoyed. If I had to guess, I'd say that anyone choosing something like this for their first message into a new forum would fall into that group.

1. It doesn't allow me to decide on which app i need to run on the background.

Actually, it does.

2. The more app I load, it is slowing down my ipad.

Actually, it doesn't, or shouldn't, or doesn't need to forever. Try reading a bit and you'll pick up a few hints.

3. No option to cancel this multitasking.

Correct, nor any need to.

Apple should give option for me to "Close an app" OR "run it in the background" as in Android.

You already have the power to do that. It's contained in your Visa card and your willingness to use it. Maybe you're simply a better fit for Androidistan, and nothing wrong with that.

Oh, yeah. Welcome to Apple Discussions!

itsprobablyme wrote:
Multitasking is really annoying.

1. It doesn't allow me to decide on which app i need to run on the background.
2. The more app I load, it is slowing down my ipad.
3. No option to cancel this multitasking.

Apple should give option for me to "Close an app" OR "run it in the background" as in Android.

Multitasking works almost exactly the same way on an Android device. The vast majority of Android apps do not have a "Quit" command. Apps stay resident in memory until the OS needs to reclaim the memory for something else. When Android first came out, lots of people who were used to Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries were quite confused by the lack of a Quit command. Like iOS, and unlike older verions of Windows Mobile (can't speak about the newest version) the Android OS is very good at managing memory. The majority of the problems come from badly coded apps that don't behave the way that are supposed to.

So, just like iOS, Android has no way to cancel multitasking. However, it's still a very nice OS and if you thingk you'd be happier with it, go for it.

rajo wrote:
Yep, I know I can restore to whatever IPSW with Shift (Win) or Opt (Mac), but again - Restore from backup itself does not restore iOS version.

I know I can restore to whatever IPSW with Shift (Win) or Opt (Mac), but again - Restore from backup itself does not restore iOS version.

That's what he is saying, to select the IPSW from the older iOS version. That DOES restore the older iOS.

OBVIOUSLY restoring from a backup does not restore it as new.

Meg St._Clair wrote:

itsprobablyme wrote:
Multitasking is really annoying.

1. It doesn't allow me to decide on which app i need to run on the background.
2. The more app I load, it is slowing down my ipad.
3. No option to cancel this multitasking.

Apple should give option for me to "Close an app" OR "run it in the background" as in Android.

Multitasking works almost exactly the same way on an Android device. The vast majority of Android apps do not have a "Quit" command. Apps stay resident in memory until the OS needs to reclaim the memory for something else. When Android first came out, lots of people who were used to Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries were quite confused by the lack of a Quit command. Like iOS, and unlike older verions of Windows Mobile (can't speak about the newest version) the Android OS is very good at managing memory. The majority of the problems come from badly coded apps that don't behave the way that are supposed to.

So, just like iOS, Android has no way to cancel multitasking. However, it's still a very nice OS and if you thingk you'd be happier with it, go for it.

Exactly. Why do you think one of the most downloaded apps in the Android market place is the Task Manager app?