ios7 keeps refreshing apps after switching

Does anyone know if these problems exist on the new, smaller iPad Pro?

My iPad 2 used to fly when it was first released but, like most users, has seriously slowed down with each incremental update to the point where it's far from a pleasure to use.

'There was a problem with this web page so it was reloaded', the bewildering tab refresh problem that obviously will never get a fix, the iOS Mail app closing as soon as it's opened, the SERIOUSLY S..L...O......W lag between keyboard input and waiting for the characters to appear on screen. etc. etc. etc

I need to upgrade now, thanks to Apple's (likely intentional) increasingly poor OS/hardware compatibilty, but if the aforementioned problems still exist and simple multi-tasking is still beyond the realms of iOS, then I'll have to consider another platform.

Shame really as I like iMessage.

Thank you Chris!

Looking forward (NOT!!!) to how the app refreshes work now that I've turned refresh off globally. Another problem to replace this one?

oh Apple, how much I love thee . . .

best regards

Chris

Lawrence Finch wrote:

If the 2 most recently used apps are occupying all of available RAM that would explain what you see, and why it isn't reported by everyone. I don't generally see this issue, but I also close unused Safari pages periodically. They can accumulate very fast.

I've been plagued by this problem since iOS 7. That's a long time ago, and I'm now on iOS 10.

From memory, the problem also affected mail in iOS 7, and it was easy to lose a partly typed email. In iOS 9 that was mostly fixed, but the cursor moved to the top of the email when returning from another app. That seems fixed in iOS 10.

I did see the problem to a small extent in iOS 6. When returning to Safari on a website that expired the login cookie on browser restarts, I found I was occasionally logged out. With iOS 7 and above, that website logs me out every time.

I do feel that the problem is a lack of memory, and app authors not rewriting their apps to restart properly.

Has anyone tried Lawrence's suggestion to close Safari tabs? I often have many open. Perhaps this is why some people experience the problem more than others. I'm sure there are many people who barely use tabs. I'm going to experiment with regularly closing them all.

I have the same problem on 8.4.1 . I was running iOS 5 before (yes you read that right), which did not behave like this.

To those who say it is not a problem, and that it works as intended... I'm sorry this isn't how a multi-tasking device is supposed to behave. No other multitasking computer OS I have ever worked with has ever acted like this.

I'm not running a whole lot of apps either: the basics (phone, message, calculator, camera) plus Safari (with 2-3 tabs) and on occasions Google Maps.

Since the problem did not exist on iOS 5 (nor on iOS 6, if I go by the various reports on this thread) either it's a bug, or Apple have decided it is a good idea to make running apps drop part of their memory when the phone gets low on RAM to overcome how bloated and RAM-hungry iOS has become.

In any case, it is totally frustrating.

What's even worse: due to Apple's overly restrictive policies and iOS signing dictatorship, I cannot revert back to iOS 5 or 6.

So I'm SOL.

P.S.: Just to make it clear, I'm not an Apple hater. While I much prefer PC's to Macs and Windows (even 10) to OS X in general, one thing that I am NOT is a fanboy : I give credit when credit is due and I criticize when criticism is due.

iPhones are nice pieces of hardware.

P.P.S.: Please avoid troll-posting / post responsibly. Posts that imply that one can buy a different device if one is not satisfied are pointless and bring no solution. Not to be rude, but please don't bother posting such meaningless comments.

See, the thing about this forum is that everyone can post their opinion if they wish. Only the moderators get to decide if a post is not "responsible". You got to say what you wanted, and if someone else wants to reply with what they want to reply with, you are just going to have to go with the flow. You don't get to proscribe certain types of responses to your posts....

GB

mach128x wrote:

P.P.S.:

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Not to be rude,

Why post this then disregard it?

Well, the "post responsibly" bit was intended as humor on my part in reference to the drink responsibly campaigns.

I guess I was just trying to kill yet another Apple hate/love type flame war before it even began.

I see so many of these "buy something else if you don't like it" type comments on these forums. Given that people come on threads like this to look for actual technical solutions (and to vent a little at the same time), the helpfulness of such comments is near zero.

mach128x wrote:

I guess I was just trying to kill yet another Apple hate/love type flame war before it even began.

I think after 69 pages of posts, you may have missed the boat on that.... 😀

GB

not working

End of 2016 and iOS 9.3 and still have the problem, this is one of the main reasons I'm switching to Android.

Good for you. We don't have a vested interest in what you do since we are also users....

GB

I can confirm the same problem. I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 10.2 and my phone does this constantly- drives me crazy.

After 69 pages of posts, I don't think anyone was looking for a confirmation....

GB

Yes gail from maine I suppose you're right. I could never match the level of helpfulness your post contains.

Helpfulness was not in the equation here. Just didn't seem to server any purpose whatsoever....

GB