flashing red bar on top of iphone screen

Hi there. I was reading already a bit about the red status bar here in the forum but some of my questions remain unanswered.

I understand so far - please correct me if I'm wrong - that the red status on the top of the screen is popping up sometimes for some seconds to remind me that there are background applications running.

My questions:
- I know that there are background applications running (for example 8mm camera app or hipstamatic camera app), but can I turn that notification off? I want those apps running in the background because I use them very often. Or do they suck energy when they're running in the background? I mean: they are basically just open, doing nothing.

- every time the red notification bar pops up my itunes stops. it's annoying. how can i turn these notifications off and prevent itunes from stopping playing music?

Thanks for your help!

macbook

Posted on Mar 4, 2011 12:01 AM

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Mar 4, 2011 8:26 PM in response to wjosten

Thanks for the response. But now:

- why for **'s sake is apple keeping all the applications running in the background anyway. why is there no function in the settings to close certain apps automatically after using them? i really don't want to take a photo or film and swap to another application and then manually have to close the application. that's like 6 wasted seconds of my life by doing unnecessary work and if i multiply that with the amount of photos/films i take (~30 per day) then i'm wasting about 18.5 hours per year just on closing the application after I've done a photo. so i want to keep that app running in the back so it's open all the time.

- anyhow: i've closed the app (8mm app) and even restarted the iphone. the red bar with "8mm" still pops up. huh!?

Mar 4, 2011 10:47 PM in response to aeiou112358

why for **'s sake is apple keeping all the applications running in the background anyway. why is there no function in the settings to close certain apps automatically after using them?


Apple nor the iPhone keep all apps running in the background. Very few out of over 350,000 3rd party apps run in the background since there is no reason or benefit for the overwhelming number of 3rd party apps to run in the background.

http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2010/04/19/iphone-os-4-multitasking-explained-agai n/

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