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I was having a conversation on the phone using the speaker option. While on the phone I attempted to force close apps using force touch as I normally would. However, the phone freezes and reverts back to the phone call screen.
I am wondering if this is a bug that apple needs to look into.
Thanks
Using Iphone X with IOS 11
No, it isn't a bug. You can only force close apps from the HOME screen when there are no active apps running. As the phone app is active you can't force close apps. There's a technical reason involving memory management that I won't bore you with.
But the bigger question, already raised by others, is why are you force-closing apps at all? There is no valid reason for doing so, and many reasons NOT to force close apps.
That is not true about Facebook or Snapchat. If they are off in Background App Refresh they will not access their servers. They can receive Notifications and display them, but they are not "running", they are just displaying the Notification. And if you turn off Notifications for them, they won't even do that. If you force close them they can still receive and process notifications.
What does it say in the users manual and is that really something you must do?
I’m on the phone right now and I was able to close some apps. Tried again a few minutes later and it wouldn’t let me. That sounds like a glitch.
SWAGNATIONS wrote:
I believe they do things if the majority of customers want them to be done.
Ha! No, usually they do things the way Apple wants them done.
If that were true, they wouldn’t have such a large customer base.
Well, bully for them.
It’s a glitch bud.
Same here. Sometimes I am able to close them, and other times it won’t let me. On my husband’s phone it always lets him close them out.
You can do it. Hit the button on the side to make you phone sleep (while on the call). Wake it back up. Once at the home screen try to force close. Works every time.
It sounds like a glitch because it is.
Every app that uses data, and is open in the background, will continue to use data; whether background app refresh is on, or not.
I would like to believe you, but I support a product that reads, and manages internet usage. As long as an app is not force-closed, it will continue to ping its servers.
How do you force close apps while on the phone?
