Settings & Other Apps Open in iOS 9 After Reboot

I Have a 5S. I have version 9.0.2. I have tried every possible way to turn it off and on and restarting short of wiping out my whole phone and putting everything back on (which I shouldnt have to do Apple!!) it's like what soundz714. It's like a saved state. Like when I restart my MacBook Pro and I can choose to have windows open on the restart. However I did not choose these apps to open. They are actually some apps that I havent used in weeks. Actually I think they are the apps I was using when I first updated to iOS 9.

Anyone one solve this yet? Or we just gonna have to wait for .3 and hope it's a bug fix???

You can do as you please of course but I would not wait for a 9.0.3 update to "fix" this. I doubt there will be fix as this issue is happening to very few. I believe your system got corrupted during the installation of iOS 9 (it happens to a small number during each and every update, luck of the draw, it happened to me once). As I already mentioned my 4 iOS devices do not have this problem and neither do millions of others. If it is a bug it is rather unique to some specific devices (I have an iPhone 5 and an iPad Air, no issues, my wife with the same hardware has no issues either).

I would do as I recommended to EeSsBb on the other thread. If you restore from a backup up, you should not lose anything except a little time. If you do have to restore as New it will be a bummer time wise but it may be your only option. If you took your phone to an Apple Store that is likely what they would do after the simple forced restart and will charge you for the process. Such is the state of complex computing hardware these days. I can help you with the restore if you like, just open up a new thread specific to your issue. If not best of luck, maybe an update will resolve after all.....

You are welcome, Guppi. I felt confident that a full Restore would take care of the issue but a Restore comes at the expense of time (and perhaps some risk) as you found out. I am glad that it is working well for you now.

elcpu

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Guppi Q wrote:

Just curious, did you upgrade to iOS 9 via iTunes sync, or through Settings on your device(s)?

Interesting that you would ask that.... I updated through iTunes on the Summary tab and did so for all 4 of our iOS devices. I will never update OTA again even if the update has already auto-downloaded to my device (it does that sometimes, &#$%). If the update has auto-DL I go to Usage and delete it. I have a contact high up at AppleCare who has strongly advised me to not do OTA updates. While they work 99% of the time, when they do not they can corrupt your system. This happened to me on my iPad Air and took me many hours to correct as the iTunes backup included the corrupted files. In order to restore my iPad as New I took 99 screenshots (literally) of all Settings and App Configurations in order to do a "visual" backup, so to speak, then imported the 99 SSs to my computer, and then followed them one by one in reconfiguring my newly restored iPad.

OTA updates, in order to minimize the update size, only download the files that are changing - fair enough so far, but in order for iOS to still manage the process, the downloaded files come down with a .tmp extension, the files to be replaced are then deleted and the new ones renamed. This works most of the time but when it does not, serious corruption can occur. There are some on this forum who have been doing OTA updates for years with no issues. However, once bitten I will not do so again. The OTA update resulted in a corrupted Photos App. I spent hours on the phone with AppleCare Level 2 who then passed the issue up to engineering but to no avail. Several "Restores" from backup apparently brought the corruption back every time. AppleCare went as far as replacing my iPad Air with a new one and sure enough when I set the new one from backup the issue came back again. That's when it became clear that the backup was responsible.

Therefore my wife and I will never do OTA again... not worth the risk of spending 12+ hours restoring as New. I have a lot of Apps that are highly configured for my needs and this took time.... Long reply, not what your were expecting, I am sure...

Best,

elcpu

Thanks Elcpu.

I did my IOS 9 upgrade via settings, so settings App was open.

I will attempt the process once I have made backups.

I have the same issue.

Before shutting off my Ipad Air everything is closed. I always turn it all the way off. When I turn it back on one of my Apps and the settings is always open.

i have the same issue and same version of OS 9.0.2. I have several other students with 9.0.0 not having the issue. I updated the to 9.1 and issue still exists. So I set all settings and that seems to work:-)

I noticed on my 5c that the apps that used all the battery in the last 24 hours which is shown in settings were the ones that were ther after i rebooted or restarted. For me settings and YouTube

Ok so it is annoying but is it critical to go through the fix - I hate relying on iTunes restore - and really can't be bothered so is there any real danger in ignoring it?

BTW - I removed one of the apps then when I reinstalled it still comes up on restart.

keychange wrote:

Ok so it is annoying but is it critical to go through the fix - I hate relying on iTunes restore - and really can't be bothered so is there any real danger in ignoring it?

No, there is no danger of apps showing in recents. There's no need to go removing apps from recents at all unless they are in someway malfunctioning.

Did it all. Still the same. Apps still opened.

iPhone 6s IOS 10.2(14C92)