Your iPhone is too slow. How many times have you complained about this very thing, only to find yourself confronting a stalling phone on a regular basis?
If your phone struggles to download files, take photos, open emails, and so on and so on, it’s time to make your snail-like phone speed up. There are several ways you can boost your phone’s speed, starting with avoiding three of the most common mistakes people make. Apple experts agree: these four common mistakes could be responsible for the annoying way your phone has slowed down.
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3. Free VPNs
If you didn't know, a VPN tool is supposed to give you more privacy while browsing. However, a free VPN accessed through an app isn't necessarily a safer one. Some free VPN services may collect, store, or share user data to help make money, potentially defeating the purpose of using a VPN in the first place. Before trusting a free service with your internet activity, check its privacy policy and find out exactly what information it keeps.
"Hola VPN is the classic example," adds Johnstone. "It turned out the app was quietly routing other people's internet traffic through your connection without telling you, basically turning your phone into part of someone else's network. If a VPN is free and you can't work out how it makes money, that's usually your answer, and that story is over ten years old now; free VPNs still pull versions of the same trick under different names."
2. Turn Off Background App Refresh
There’s a good chance you have too many apps set to refresh in the background, which takes up battery power and can stall your device. Close apps that you’re no longer using and turn off Background App Refresh by going to Settings > General > Background App Refresh
3. Widget Overload
Widgets can be helpful, convenient, and, yes, cute. But they can also take up space on your phone and impact performance. Consider removing as many widgets as possible (keep the few you really need). This may help boost your phone’s speed and performance.
4. You Leave Your Phone Charging All Night
For many people, part of their evening routine is plugging in their iPhone right on their bedside table, maybe scrolling for a bit, then leaving it on the charger as they drift off into sleep. After all, who doesn't want to wake up to a fully charged phone? However, this habit can be quite dangerous to your device's battery, especially if you don't use Optimized Battery Charging.
"While charging your iPhone overnight is not necessarily bad for it, the heat involved in charging your iPhone will do damage over time," notes expert and tech store owner Steven Athwal. "If you charge your iPhone and put it under your pillow, in a thick case, or in a warm room, you are causing your iPhone's battery to sit at high temperatures for long periods of time with high voltage applied to it."
