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How to automatically close an app after use?

I really find that going in a closing all the apps that are used frequently like my address book, safari, message, iphone, calendar is annoying. Is there any way for to set these apps to auto close after you back out?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 19, 2012 7:26 AM

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Posted on Apr 28, 2014 1:15 PM

pcaines wrote:


The less apps that are left open in memory the longer your battery will last. Apple should definitely have a time limited on apps left open.

Absolute BS, and completely wrong. Exactly the opposite is true. See: http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-d rain where it says "Step 3"


Step 3: Stop Quitting Your Apps in Multitasking

iOS 7 made it super fun to close your apps: all you have to do is double-click the home button and swipe up on the app preview to blast it into a digital black hole.

What most people tell you is that closing your apps will save your battery life because it keeps the apps from running in the background.

Wrong.

Yes, it does shut down the app, but what you don't know is that you are actually making your battery life worse if you do this on a regular basis. Let me tell you why.

By closing the app, you take the app out of the phone's RAM . While you think this may be what you want to do, it's not. When you open that same app again the next time you need it, your device has to load it back into memory all over again. All of that loading and unloading puts more stress on your device than just leaving it alone. Plus, iOS closes apps automatically as it needs more memory, so you're doing something your device is already doing for you. You are meant to be the user of your device, not the janitor.

The truth is, those apps in your multitasking menu are not running in the background at all: iOS freezes them where you last left the app so that it's ready to go if you go back. Unless you have enabled Background App Refresh, your apps are not allowed to run in the background unless they are playing music, using location services, recording audio, or the sneakiest of them all: checking for incoming VOIP calls , like Skype. All of these exceptions, besides the latter, will put an icon next to your battery icon to alert you it is running in the background.

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Apr 28, 2014 1:15 PM in response to pcaines

pcaines wrote:


The less apps that are left open in memory the longer your battery will last. Apple should definitely have a time limited on apps left open.

Absolute BS, and completely wrong. Exactly the opposite is true. See: http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-d rain where it says "Step 3"


Step 3: Stop Quitting Your Apps in Multitasking

iOS 7 made it super fun to close your apps: all you have to do is double-click the home button and swipe up on the app preview to blast it into a digital black hole.

What most people tell you is that closing your apps will save your battery life because it keeps the apps from running in the background.

Wrong.

Yes, it does shut down the app, but what you don't know is that you are actually making your battery life worse if you do this on a regular basis. Let me tell you why.

By closing the app, you take the app out of the phone's RAM . While you think this may be what you want to do, it's not. When you open that same app again the next time you need it, your device has to load it back into memory all over again. All of that loading and unloading puts more stress on your device than just leaving it alone. Plus, iOS closes apps automatically as it needs more memory, so you're doing something your device is already doing for you. You are meant to be the user of your device, not the janitor.

The truth is, those apps in your multitasking menu are not running in the background at all: iOS freezes them where you last left the app so that it's ready to go if you go back. Unless you have enabled Background App Refresh, your apps are not allowed to run in the background unless they are playing music, using location services, recording audio, or the sneakiest of them all: checking for incoming VOIP calls , like Skype. All of these exceptions, besides the latter, will put an icon next to your battery icon to alert you it is running in the background.

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