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sjmawer Author

Level 1

12 points

ios7 keeps refreshing apps after switching

I dont know if this is a new "feature", but it's really annoying.

If i have, say, an open webpage in Safari, and say i've scrolled down the page and zoomed in to a section i'm interested in, then switch to Mail to get some info, and then switch back to the webpage, the webpage will refresh and take me back to the top.

It's REALLY annoying.

Why can't it just stay where it was, like in ios6??

Is anyone else having this issue? Can anyone think of a fix?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Sep 27, 2013 12:16 PM

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BindaasDavid

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Apr 16, 2017 11:14 AM

Just adding my issues here in hopes it gets attention from the powers that be

My Experience is as follows

Games - take your focus off the game and come back later and you have been refreshed out of a life and progress on current level. (I'll admit to playing Candy Crush when I have 5 idle minutes here and there )

Forms - Leave to get info on another page or app and come back to find your form emptied of previous entries.

Downloading Apps . take the focus off the app and it does not download in background as it did previously. Refocus to apps and page is refreshed to home page.

Facebook - since this is always on in background you may take a call, do work, etc and come back and now have refreshed what you left off with.

It is quite irritating and can not be called advantageous to the end user experience in any way. Maybe this frees up memory and makes the phone faster but at what cost?

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Jul 5, 2017 2:16 PM in response to kowas

You're first mistake is closing all apps. You should never do that. You should never close any app unless it is misbehaving. The rest of your post is almost impossible to read, so I didn't.

Jul 21, 2017 4:33 PM in response to Moxiemoney19

This just came across Slashdot today: Daring Fireball: Public Service Announcement: You Should Not Force Quit Apps on iOS

ios7 keeps refreshing apps after switching