Comments on: Background Apps: OMG My Phone Iz Broke! https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:30:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.9 By: Rose https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/#comment-26477 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:37:42 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=19361#comment-26477 Thank you for the insightful post. I'm a newbe to iphone and appreciate all the work and useful information.

]]> By: chpwn explains: no ProSwitcher for iOS 4 [Jailbreak] « Just Another iPhone Blog https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/#comment-26167 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:12:53 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=19361#comment-26167 […] but also thinks that Apple did a decent job handling multitasking (which is something our own Ray Merkler would disagree with), so the jailbreaking community should be alright without the cool, card-based […]

]]> By: Jay https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/#comment-26126 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:16:26 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=19361#comment-26126 I agree with you Ray! It wasn't until I jb again with jailbreakme.com and got SBS Settings back on tap that I realized which specific apps would remain running in the background! The hidden backgrounding dock that surfaces from the double-click in iOS4 doesn't tell you which ones are currently running; instead it's more a "recently used apps" dock.

Patrick has the right idea: it should be a menu option in the Settings menu.

]]> By: patrickj https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/#comment-26123 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:28:39 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=19361#comment-26123 I still say I wouldn't mind this being treated like Notifications. Chuck up a popup saying 'would you like to let ABC Memory Hog run in the background?' and give it a Settings section like the one for Notifications where we can easily toggle an app on or off for staying 'alive' in the background – for instance when seeing one that appears to make things painfully slow when backgrounding.

]]> By: Lance F. https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/#comment-26118 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:25:05 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=19361#comment-26118 If you're jailbroken, you can install Backgrounder and use it to disable Apple's "fast app switching". By doing so, only apps that actually do something in the background will be allowed to background.

If you (or anyone else) wishes to try it, I recommend the following settings:

Backgrounding method: Native
Fast App Switching: OFF
Enable at Launch: ON
Stay Enabled: ON

Note that with the "Backgrounding method" set to "Native", iOS4's built-in multitasking functionality will still be used (and not Backgrounder's old 3.x way of backgrounding). So basically the only difference will be that paused apps will not continue to hang around in memory.

]]> By: iMoo https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/#comment-26117 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:16:04 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=19361#comment-26117 Yeah i agree with this post. Maybe Apple should create an option in the settings where we can turn ON and OFF the backgrounding by groups (eg Games, News, Navigation) or maybe certain folders we have created or just individual apps. I too find myself having to keep going in and deleating the app from my task menu. If it affects battery life or not am not sure but always think it's affecting something.
Looks like a jailbreak and the app killl switch you mentioned on here for me.

]]> By: Mudassar https://isource.com/2010/08/20/background-apps-omg-my-phone-iz-broke/#comment-26116 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:09:24 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=19361#comment-26116 A good idea would be to always close the Apps whenver home button is pressed. And "under the hood", keep an option called SPRINGBOARD which when tapped would keep the running App in background. In this way, a user can choose which App to keep in background. The Rest , by default would be closed by the Home Button….

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