By Afolabi Oluwatobi, Lagos
Chances are, when you upgrade to the latest IOS version 11 , your Iphone begins to act sluggish all of a sudden. Here are few tips, if properly adhered to, would make all the freezing go away.
First and foremost, try to update your applications. Old appliactions may not run as smoothly or quickly on the new iOS 11 without an update. After updating your iPhone to iOS 11, check to see if you have app updates waiting. Open the App Store app, tap Updates and tap Update All to update your apps.
Second, eliminate unused applications and multimedia. An iPhone at or near capacity tends to run slower. You can reduce its load by eliminating apps you no longer use and deleting photos and videos you no longer need (alternatively transferring the ones you want to keep to the cloud). iOS 11 introduces a few new tools to help you regain some storage space. Head to Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage and select Manage Storage under the Storage section. Here, you’ll see a colorful chart that shows you how much space you are using and how much free space you have remaining.
Third, turn off automatic updates. As with previous versions, iOS 11 runs processes in the background. Apps update themselves in the background. Updating apps in the background, however, is a process that occupies your device’s CPU (not to mention battery). You can disable this feature and update your apps manually via the App Store app.
To do so, go to Settings > iTunes & App Store and tap the toggle switch to turn off Updates in the Automatic Downloads section.
Fourth, use location services only when necessary. Location services consume battery life more than performance, but if your iOS device is draining its battery at a faster rate with iOS 11, it indicates a need time to reduce the number of apps using your device’s GPS to request your location. to do so Head to Settings > Privacy > Location Services to adjust the settings for all of your apps that use location services.
Finally, reboot your device when all else fails. If your iPhone has been on constantly for days or weeks at a time, give it a break and power it off and back on. Sometimes a simple reboot will put a little liveliness back into your device.
