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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
Thanks Steve(s)
I love my plan, $60/month with 1GB of data so I'm OK keeping that though I should look just to see what other plans are available.
I really don't like my phone. It's slow. Very slow. I could get the 8 with no trade in keep it I suppose and sell it later. Why will a 6 be worth more in a year? I could try to sell it now on CL too I suppose.
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Your 6 shouldn't be that slow. Mine seemed to slow down after the upgrade to IOS11, but it seems about 98% as fast as it ever has now after going through a bunch of the stuff below. I think you may have 2 things at work here.
1 Apple has this thing so that if your phone's battery health isn't 100%, they slow things down to try to extend your battery life. Because that came out and people lost there minds, from what I understand, you can now go into an Apple store and they'll test and replace your battery for $29.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/28/16827248/apple-iphone-battery-replacement-price-slow-down-apology
2 When Apple released IOS11, they added a bunch of features and turned a bunch of stuff on that makes the phone seem slower. If you go through and turn that stuff off (it's nothing that you can't live without) your phone goes back to normal.
Here are some of the settings that I changed that seemed to have helped.
(borrowed from around the web)
Kill automatic background processes
Getting rid of automated features will help keep your iPhone running faster, and help extend your battery life as well. The following feature was added way back in iOS 7, so if you've got that or a later version, you can benefit from it.
Start by turning off Automatic Downloads. Tap Settings > iTunes & App Store > and turn all the Automatic Downloads off.
Next, turn off/down Background App Refresh.
It’s important for some apps to continue running even after they’re closed. If you use an app like Facebook Messenger, you’d probably want to be alerted whenever you receive a new message. That’s all well and good, but I believe that it’s important for you to understand two things with regard to apps that are allowed to run in the background:
Not all apps are coded by developers of the same skill. One app running in the background might slow down your iPhone a lot while another might have an indiscernible impact. There’s no good way to measure each app’s impact, but a rule of thumb is that lesser-known apps with smaller budgets may be more problematic than big-budget apps, simply because of the amount of resources needed to develop a world-class app.
I believe that it’s very important for you to choose which apps you’d like to allow to continue running in the background of your iPhone.
Which Apps Are Allowed To Continue Running In The Background Of My iPhone?
Head to Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh to see a list of apps on your iPhone that are currently allowed to continue running even when they’re not open.
I don’t recommend turning off Background App Refresh entirely, because as we said before, allowing certain apps to run in the background is most definitely a good thing. Instead, ask yourself this question for each app:
“Do I need this app to alert me or send me messages when I’m not using it?”
If the answer is no, then I’d recommend you turn off Background App Refresh for that specific app. Go down through the list, and if you’re like me, you’ll only have a select few apps left on by the very end.
Turn down the graphics
iOS 7 also introduced some fancy new visual effects, but dialling them down can help to improve performance.
Start by turning off Motion. Tap on Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion and set Reduce Motion to On.
This turns off the parallax effect of icons and alerts. Many people also find the phone easier to use in this setting.
Next you can reduce the see-through background effects which can also slow things down on an older iPhone.
Tap on Settings > General > Accessibility > Increase Contrast and set Reduce Transparency to On.
peed Up Safari By Clearing Saved Website Data
cleaning up cache of apple safari
If Safari is running slowly, one of the most common reasons for sluggish speed is that you’ve accumulated lots and lots of saved website data. This is a normal process, but if too much data builds up over a long period of time, Safari can slow down. Fortunately, clearing this data is easy.
Head to Settings -> Safari and tap ‘Clear History and Website Data’ and then ‘Clear History and Data’ again to remove history, cookies, and other browsing data from your iPhone.
Reset All Settings To Speed Everything Up
If you’ve tried everything above and your iPhone is still too slow, “Reset All Settings” is often a magic bullet that can speed things up.
Sometimes, a corrupted settings file or misconfiguration of a specific app can wreak havoc on your iPhone, and tracking down that type of a problem can be very, very difficult.
“Reset All Settings” resets your iPhone and all of your apps to their default settings, but it doesn’t remove any apps or data from your iPhone. I only recommend doing this if you’ve exhausted all of your other options. You’ll have to sign into your apps again, so make sure you know your important usernames and passwords before you do it.
If you’ve decided you’d like to give it a try, go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings to restore your iPhone back to its factory default settings.