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Q: Does iOS 7 Slow Down an iPhone 4?

Looking for feedback on how well iOS 7 performs on an iPhone 4 before I upgrade.

iPhone 4, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 5:22 AM

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Q: Does iOS 7 Slow Down an iPhone 4?

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  • by Abdallah Nader,

    Abdallah Nader Abdallah Nader Dec 5, 2013 3:36 PM in response to pgoodwin
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    Dec 5, 2013 3:36 PM in response to pgoodwin

    The only solution for the problem is to delete and free the space of the iPhone it will go faster then it will comprehend the new ios7

  • by Joe Drelicharz,

    Joe Drelicharz Joe Drelicharz Dec 12, 2013 5:01 PM in response to dilbert41
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    Dec 12, 2013 5:01 PM in response to dilbert41

    dilbert41,

     

    Go to Settings>iCloud>documents and data and turn it OFF.

     

    Great suggestion!  My iPhone 4 is lightning fast again.  You're doing the Lord's work.  B^]

     

     

    Joe D

  • by goldad10,

    goldad10 goldad10 Dec 18, 2013 8:24 PM in response to tmmkem
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    Dec 18, 2013 8:24 PM in response to tmmkem

    How did you downgrade to ios 6? tell me please, i want to go back!!!!

  • by maggie352,

    maggie352 maggie352 Dec 26, 2013 2:27 AM in response to pgoodwin
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    Dec 26, 2013 2:27 AM in response to pgoodwin

    I have an iPhone 4.  Upgraded to iOS 6, phone got slow...upgraded to iOS 7, phone got even slower.  I've tried all suggestions to help increase performance but still very slow.  I suspect Apple, with upgrades, is attempting to get us to buy iPhone 5's.  The decreased performance has turned me off on Apple products.  I'll be shopping for a new phone, Android sounds good . (Just typing this on my phone was aggravating, letters on keyboard lagged!)

  • by pgoodwin,

    pgoodwin pgoodwin Dec 26, 2013 1:49 PM in response to maggie352
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    Dec 26, 2013 1:49 PM in response to maggie352

    Apple isn't different than any other OEM of smartphones when it comes to OS upgrades slowing down older phones. In fact they are better than some because they are supporting the iPhone 4 which is now 2-3 years old, which is a long time in the smartphone industry. No matter what manufacturer you choose, a 2-3 year old phone with 2-3 major OS upgrades will be slower. And many phone suppliers (Android or whoever) don't support their older products as well as Apple does. You may be able to improve your phone's performance by cutting back on the number of apps you have. If you have less than 10% free memory, you should get rid of some. Also, if you're carrying a lot of video or music on the phone, off-load it to free up memory. Also, cut back on the number of things you sync to iCloud, and cut back on the number of notifications you get. The more interruptions you get rid of,the better your phone will perform (on average). Also, hard reboot your phone every 30 days or so (home button plus power button until you see the Apple logo). Remember that the Android world is a different one, and not necessarily one you'll like after using Apple products. I won't go into details here, but there's one thing Apple does better than anyone, and that's the total integrated hardware-software end to end user experience.

  • by pgoodwin,

    pgoodwin pgoodwin Dec 26, 2013 1:51 PM in response to pgoodwin
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    Dec 26, 2013 1:51 PM in response to pgoodwin

    Also try some of the improvements listed above in this thread.

  • by camel79,

    camel79 camel79 Jan 11, 2014 4:04 AM in response to pgoodwin
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    Jan 11, 2014 4:04 AM in response to pgoodwin

    I followed the steps of the article on the following link and my iPhone 4 is performing much better with iOS 7.

     

    http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/23/ios-7-slow-speed-it-up/?utm_source=feedburner&utm

  • by Mr T..,

    Mr T.. Mr T.. Jan 11, 2014 4:27 AM in response to pgoodwin
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    Jan 11, 2014 4:27 AM in response to pgoodwin

    IT WILL SLOW DOWN

    If your happy with the iphone 4, then don't upgrade

    I just had top buy a new phone because my Iphone 4 become way too slow after the upgrade

    Sad really - cause i really loved the little sucker on the IOS6

    Also if you have a large collection of music videos, they will be in order of song after the upgrade on the video app, currently they are by artist.

  • by Bartaman73,

    Bartaman73 Bartaman73 Jan 18, 2014 10:37 AM in response to pgoodwin
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    Jan 18, 2014 10:37 AM in response to pgoodwin

    Is there a setting for that?

     

    When I do that, i get "more" and "archive."  Is there a way to change that?

  • by Skywalkervd,

    Skywalkervd Skywalkervd Jan 30, 2014 2:42 PM in response to pgoodwin
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    Jan 30, 2014 2:42 PM in response to pgoodwin

    So guys what is going on right now? Does iphone 4 still lag with ios 7??? I still haven't updated mine cause of what I heard and now I can't sync with itunes.

  • by SunTzu247,

    SunTzu247 SunTzu247 Jan 30, 2014 2:53 PM in response to Tobyw101
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    Jan 30, 2014 2:53 PM in response to Tobyw101

    Same thinking and experience- insufficient Apple response.  I might try the 6 if it's out before May; if not , time to look at the Lumia, Note 3 and I believe Microsoft may come out with a game changer shortly. I have strong reason to believe MS is going to do this in the next  30 days.

  • by kelzk,

    kelzk kelzk Jan 31, 2014 4:49 AM in response to Skywalkervd
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    Jan 31, 2014 4:49 AM in response to Skywalkervd

    I am still having occaisonal odd behavior and app crashes, etc. But it is almost liveable now.

    The thing I did which improved the situation the most was disablel background updates

    (and I had disabled auto-update long ago).

    So now apps are not automatically trying to get most recent data in the background. I guess that means they must refresh when I open them. It seems to have made no difference in any app behavior. But general performance seems to be back almost to where it was with iOS6 and I'm not constantly losing my contacts and finding Find-my-iPhone disabled, etc.

  • by kelzk,

    kelzk kelzk Jan 31, 2014 4:51 AM in response to kelzk
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    Jan 31, 2014 4:51 AM in response to kelzk

    It was "Turn Off Background App Refresh" found at http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/23/ios-7-slow-speed-it-up/?utm_source=feedburner&utm which someone posted earlier in this thread.

  • by markfrompluneret,

    markfrompluneret markfrompluneret Feb 3, 2014 6:25 AM in response to pgoodwin
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    Feb 3, 2014 6:25 AM in response to pgoodwin

    My experience is that the iPhone 4 is very slow on iOS7, there is a time lag between touching a letter key and the letter appearing. In particular on Evernote for iOS7, but that is the app I use the most. It has improved with a recent update to the app.

  • by Collonelo,

    Collonelo Collonelo Feb 5, 2014 4:09 PM in response to pgoodwin
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    Feb 5, 2014 4:09 PM in response to pgoodwin

    Idk about you folks, but I'm using iOS7 on my iPhone 4 like two months and I don't have any problems..

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