ios7 keeps refreshing apps after switching

Well, I have gotten better at using workarounds to avoid the problems iOS7 has. Apple has trained me.

My iPhone 4s is one year old this month. I'm going to start looking at ways to try a different phone before I give up totally on my investment. My contract is two years and I'm not going to be able to last that long. If I wait till my two year agreement is up, this iPhone 4s wont be worth anything on the used market. As it is, I might be able to get a few bucks for it to offset what I'm going to have to pay AT&T to get into a different phone.

I'm just happy I didn't jump head first into these iOS devices like some poor souls did. I'd really be upset if I had the investment into Apple products as some folks do, only to feel left out in the cold by the bugs in iOS 7.

I hope this message is not flagged by the autobot as being a rant.

It's gone depressingly quiet in here...

I for one am holding my breath waiting for paulfromstone's findings on 7.1 Beta 5 ...

Recent tech new reports that Apple appear to be preparing to phase out the iPad 2 (the mystery has been why they have kept selling it at all particularly when it was no bargain at around 80% of the price of an iPad Air).

The more that our devices become obsolete, the weaker our case becomes for expecting support for these slower, memory-poor devices. Many of us have suggested we would have preferred to have had an option to revert to iOS 6 but that would have had it's own problems down the line as app development becomes more iOS 7 centric.

I am gradually resigning myself to replacing my iPad 2 with the iPad Air S (or whatever they call it) in October. Those with iPhones may have had enough and there are some amazing smart phone alternatives out there but the grass isn't always greener even though our own turf is looking a little brown at the moment. Among tablets it looks as if the iPad Air (or new iPad Mini) still reigns supreme.

Comments about iphone no help to me with my ipad either. Just bought this ipad mini recently based on my prior love.... wasted money, since it can't multitask like me.

I couldn't stand it anymore and I contacted a developer friend for getting UDID registration. After that I applied iOS 7.1 beta 5 and restored from my backup. I have to say it is definitely better now. The apps are not forgetting where they are and if they need to reload due to the lack of memory, this process is way faster than it was.

I would suggest to everybody to have a liitle bit more patience until 7.1 arrives. When it comes, I suggest to restore through iTunes for complete install.

K8atapple - comments about iphone are relevant. It's the same issue that I also experience on my ipad2.

Rick7 - did same process as above but swapped GMaps with AMaps. Low and behold - route was not lost.

Nymphe1410 - thanks for update. Patience is long gone however.

Solution: Settings - General - Background app refresh.

You can turn it off for selected apps or turn it off completely.

Extends your battery life quite a bit when you have this feature turned off.

Oh, please do go away!

Bobbyoranges - go troll somewhere else.

ChrisCA - you never (I mean never) have app refresh issues? What 4S do you have, how much free space, how many apps open? Have you tried my routine and no encountered any waiting time or progress loss? This would surprise me hugely. Worried we just have a fanboy here.

iOS 7.0.4.

I haven't tried the specific Safari links and other apps but switching I see no problems.

Usually 3-6 apps open (Waze, Maps, iHeartradio, Safari, Messages)

Worried we just have a fanboy here.

What is "fanboy"?

and why are you worried about it?

If it worries you, you should report it (click Report post at bottom of a specific post).

@Bobbyoranges - I'm assuming you do not have the problem as apparently you do not understand it, nor have you read the 33 pages of discussing (Dissing and cussing is more like it LOL)

Thanks Chris CA but unlike your fanboy status of Level 9 and 71790 points, I don't have 'Report Post' status.

Many thanks anyway for your input on this discussion anyway.

What Chris CA has told us though is he is clearly a very light user of his iPhone so that's another bit of information we can take.

tomsruk wrote:

Thanks Chris CA but unlike your fanboy status of Level 9 and 71790 points

I don't understand.

What is "fanboy status"? Where are you seeing this?

i don't have 'Report Post' status.

Okay.

I think you need to be level 2 to get the Report post. This helps keep the hit & run posters and trolls wasting the moderators time.

You can report here -> https://discussions.apple.com/community/using_apple_support_communities?view=dis cussions

Or is there something you'd like me me to report for you?

What Chris CA has told us though is he is clearly a very light user of his iPhone so that's another bit of information we can take.

Actually, that's not what Chris CA told you at all.

Thanks again Chris - but I'm still unclear what you want me to report you for? FYI it says Fanboy under you points score.

I won't be responding to you anymore.

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Apologies to the rest of the discussion participants - my fault for going off topic this time.