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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Troubleshooting on an iPad.
Date: 20 Sep 2024 18:07:00 GMT
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On 2024-09-20, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2024-09-20 12:41, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2024-09-20, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>> On 2024-09-20 06:32:47 +0000, Bernd Froehlich said:
>>>> On 19. Sep 2024 at 10:06:15 CEST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My son has has asked me:
>>>>>
>>>>> My iPad is getting slower and slower to the extent that it’s
>>>>> making some applications difficult to use. I could try shutting
>>>>> down or restarting but my perception is this is a recurring issue.
>>>>> Is there any known memory or process monitoring on the iPad to see
>>>>> if I have an app that is misbehaving?
>>>>>
>>>>> I know of none, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything. cAnd
>>>>> if there is I assume it would apply equally to the iPd and iPhone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions? I have suggested a power down and restart, and he
>>>>> will try that for starters.
>>>>>
>>>>> Old John.
>>>>
>>>> You could try if closing all running apps helps. (AFAIK a restart
>>>> won´t do that).
>>>>
>>>> iPad OS SHOULD take care of memory by itself, but I have
>>>> encountered some situations where closing all apps helped.
>>>
>>> The problem with devices is that most people don't close (and don't
>>> know how or that they should) apps they aren't currently using, so
>>> they can end up with lots of stuff still running. i
>> 
>> This is not the case with Apple mobile devices. You are spreading
>> misinformation.
>
> Well ...
>
> Suddenly my battery was draining very quickly and I had no idea why.
>
> Turns out I had unintentionally left a sensor recorder running in
> background and (at 5Hz and many parameters) that burned the battery
> pretty quick.
>
> The very helpful Battery status app (Settings) showed me which app was
> the bad boy.  And I turned off the recording - no need to kick the app
> out.
>
> To be sure the fault was mine.
>
> But this was a case where a "precautionary kick out" of an app would
> have saved me a little frustration.
>
> Otherwise I rarely deliberately kick apps out.

That's a specific type of app that was designed to run in the background
indefinitely though. As I said in my other reply in this thread. Most
apps do not run in the background indefinitely.

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