Please fix this

Hey. So I recently just upgraded from my iPhone 5 to an iPhone 6 Plus. I am very impressed with how smoothly it is working. The graphic enhancements are amazing, too! However, I noted a few bugs that are still there since iOS 8's debut and they are kinda annoying and I want apple to get rid of them. First of all -- this one is EXTREMELY annoying -- is the multitasking feature. I love the way it works, but, um, it shows content that no longer exists. For example, say that you were about to close ten tabs from the multitask bar. But before you did that, you were on safari and you finally closed a web page. Once you click on the home button and you double press it, say you scroll to the safari app, you see the content you were recently viewing even though it's not really there. I'm sorry this is kinda hard to understand, I'm only 14. Another noted bug also involves the home button. Say you are on the weather application. You go to the multitasking bar and you close the tab. Just as you are about to, you repeatedly press the home button before it fully closes the application. Once its closed, you get stuck on a blank home screen, or in some cases, your left without your status bar (carrier, time, battery, etc.). One final thing I want to jot down is a new feature. I love iOS 8's capabilities, but it needs something. A few software update(s) ago, I remember apple added a feature to switch between 2G, 3G, and 4G along w/ LTE. I already know that it varies upon your carrier if they released 4G or not. But I want to be able to use 2G for battery saving and data consuming purposes. I only have 300 MB on my plan (AT&T), and I'm pretty sure phablets use a whole lot of data. I want to be able to switch between 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE, and I'm pretty sure other people do too. That's all I have to say. Please fix this apple, or are there any solutions to prevent these errors? Thanks.


— Brian

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.3

Posted on Feb 21, 2015 5:22 PM

15 replies

Feb 21, 2015 8:16 PM in response to Community User

My first question is why are you going in the recents and removing items at all? Unless an app is actively misbehaving, there's no reason to do this. You might want to review this article:


Understand multitasking and background activity on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


I've never experienced the error you're attempting to describe. But then, I can't figure out why you're throwing in that extra tap on the Home button.


The presence or absence of the ability to switch to 3G or 2G is carrier dependent. The carrier, not Apple determines if that setting is made available. In the U.S., carriers are in the process of deprecating their older, slower networks. They don't want you using them unless absolutely necessary because the newer networks are unavailable. The older networks don't have nearly the capacity of the newer ones.

Feb 21, 2015 8:28 PM in response to Community User

In addition to what Meg has told you, I can tell you that AT&T does not offer the option to switch to 2G, or Edge. They are eliminating that in favor of upgrading everything to LTE, and where the infrastructure will handle it, VoLTE.


As far as the multi-tasking bar, Meg is right on the mark when she says that it is not necessary to be force closing all of this. Only a select number of apps remain running the background, most are just in a suspended state from when they were last open/closed. The screen you see in the multi-tasking bar is from the last update in that app, and may not reflect the actual last screen you observed. It really doesn't matter. And as far as tapping the home button, sounds like you activate the reachability, which brings down the top icons to make it easier to reach them without having to move your hand on the phone.

Feb 21, 2015 8:39 PM in response to Community User

lmpact wrote:


I know. I just wanted to say that. Heard there is gonna be beta testing.


There is always beta testing. But, as Templeton noted, that's not something that gets discussed here so posting suggestions here is probably of little use. If you feel you have a bug to report, you can always use the Feedback page:


http://www.apple.com/feedback


Tap, press, they are often used to mean the same thing. But, whichever term you use, I don't know why you're pressing the extra time.

Feb 21, 2015 8:44 PM in response to Community User

You are not experiencing any errors, just not understanding what is going on. What would beta testing have to do with your issue. Besides, even if the public beta testing does go on, people that do not completely understand the operations of iOS and the iPhone and then attempt beta tests, end up bricking their devices and then blame Apple for their wows.

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