It happens to us all: frozen app. Yes, frozen app, the frustrating condition that causes your iPhone or iPad to suddenly seize up, forcing you to do a full restart because even your home button has stopped working.
Now while the causes of frozen app are varied, you can remedy its foul presence in two easy steps.
Here’s how:
- Press and hold the power button on the top right corner of your iPhone or iPad until you see the shutdown screen. All iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad power buttons are on the upper right corner (if you’re facing the screen).
- Now you should be seeing the shutdown screen below. Next step is to press and hold the home button. Keep holding it until frozen app closes and you see your home screen.
Voila! Your app is now closed, feel free to go about your business.
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31 responses to “Force Quit Frozen Apps On Your iPad Or iPhone In Two Easy Steps [How-To]”
Wait a minute – I thought iOS (and its pretty apps) was flawless…
Feh.
Aside from the fact that this very sad “tip” is something that every iOS device owner already knows and is more like a basic feature than some kind of hidden function …
I have *never* had an app freeze any iOS device to the point where “the home button doesn’t even work.” I’ve never met anyone who had this problem either and I’m the person who fixes the iPhones for everyone in my department (400 people or more).
I just flat out don’t believe the entire premise here.
Boring, sad, fake. Why even print this?
You mean to tell me iOS doesn’t manage memory well enough to kill a runaway app? Wow. I thought Apple said it’s the most advanced mobile OS ever. What a bummer.
Too bad iOS users can’t experience a more advanced OS.
Troll.
Truth?
Get over yourself, dickwad.
oh check it out the troll is back hah
Actually I never left. :)
i cant remember the last time an app froze on me, but this is good info to have, thanks.
Cult of Fandroid’s this way > http://www.cultofandroid.com/
pretty sad an Android developer spends his time trolling on apple blogs
It’s not easy for your OS I hear. You have to install an app, visit the app, then force quit noncore apps that have previously ran in the background. Force quit a core app like a system file, you’re screwed until you reboot your phone.
Android does it all automatically. The steps you indicate or manual which are no longer needed in 4.0 because it’s been revamped and improved.
Spreading the truth.
Another method:
* go to home
* double tap the home button
* then hold an app
* force quit all the apps you don’t need to resume.
If you have several dozen apps that have ran which preside in your background, this can eat lots of memory. Install an app such as Memory Doctor and you can see how much Memory is used on an previously active applications.
Truth or troll, you’re still a very sad person.
Good thing all Android devices can run 4.0 then.
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Yea, this is the first time I have ever heard this tip. I doubt the extreme majority of iOS users know of this.
Ha said, the home button always works for me too. Just hit it, then go back to the app, which will usually start back up.
if you were actually bringing valid arguments and open to opinions i would actually take your opinion into consideration but the fact of the matter is every single one of your posts (this topic and other topics) are just biased and meant to bash apple. You really blow your credibility with your posts. I’m not such a fanboy as you to say sure iOS isn’t perfect, hints why i’m jailbroken, but to say that Android is the best at everything and has done everything and has innovated everything is just complete fiction.
Not true
http://www.macworld.com/articl…
ddevito — are you desperate or lonely for attention? why hate on apple users for dealing with the occasional crash on their device? from what I have heard and experienced, Android devices crash constantly. A crash on an Apple device is fairly rare. Anyways, I advise you to get a life or think about other things besides whose platform is the most advanced — there are far more important things in life.
Bro, this shit happens all of the time on Android. Why the fuck would you try and say something about iOS?
“All iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad power buttons are on the upper right corner (if you’re facing the screen).”
You’re an idiot! On the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation iPod touch, the power button is on the left. It’s only the 4th generation where it’s on the right. But you said ALL iPod touch. Do some research and don’t be so stupid!
ouch, you got me eric. i apologize to you and all our readers for being a worthless scum bag.
yeah i have to agree, most people i’ve told this tip to have never heard it which is why i thought it would be good for our readers to know.
a lot of these kinds of tips seem like common knowledge, but often they’re new info to many people.
Doesnt work my power button wont work either. What should I do?
I have encountered several troubles like this before, but what I only did is restarting my gadget and luckily it turned back to its normal system of the programs. Some other ways, you can still used the manuals and guides regarding same problems like this.
thanks very much, i did what you show here and it works perfect. So again, thanks.
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