5s Very slow

northdubgal

Ever since iOS8 it's been crawling along and after all the recent updates it's still very slow 😖

What can I do to speed it back up? It's a 64g and has a good bit of space left.

Zcott

Try erasing all content and settings and restoring from an iCloud backup.

Potus

Zcott wrote: »

Try erasing all content and settings and restoring from an iCloud backup.

Try switching your time to 24 hour format and you shud see a difference. Let me know if it speeds up tings for you.

northdubgal

Potus wrote: »

Try switching your time to 24 hour format and you shud see a difference. Let me know if it speeds up tings for you.

That's a weird one! Phone was already in the 24hr fornat tho..

Done a full restore yesterday and pages are loading much quicker now

Zcott

Potus wrote: »

Try switching your time to 24 hour format and you shud see a difference. Let me know if it speeds up tings for you.

Have you a source for this actually working?

Potus

Zcott wrote: »

Have you a source for this actually working?

Yes. Mine. Phone was dead slow after each software update and by switching to 24 hour format I noticed a snappier performance.

Potus

northdubgal wrote: »

That's a weird one! Phone was already in the 24hr fornat tho..

Done a full restore yesterday and pages are loading much quicker now

If you use 24 hour format try switching to 12 hour format and see if you notice any difference. It something to do with the way iOS reports time. I don't understand it but it works for me. Worth a shot.

dodzy

Potus wrote: »

Yes. Mine. Phone was dead slow after each software update and by switching to 24 hour format I noticed a snappier performance.

Potus wrote: »

If you use 24 hour format try switching to 12 hour format and see if you notice any difference. It something to do with the way iOS reports time. I don't understand it but it works for me. Worth a shot.

Not a chance on this earth will that mod make a difference to a phone's performance.

Potus

dodzy wrote: »

Not a chance on this earth will that mod make a difference to a phone's performance.

Grand so, if you insist.

guil

Potus wrote: »

Grand so, if you insist.

Can you show anywhere else that recommends this "fix"?

Potus

guil wrote: »

Can you show anywhere else that recommends this "fix"?

All I can say is that I had a very slow 5s after updating to iOS 8 and by changing the time format to 24 hour it speeded it up no end with no lagging issues. No other change were made. Op asked for any suggestions as to how to speed up her device. I gave one. It might or it might not work.

dodzy

Potus wrote: »

All I can say is that I had a very slow 5s after updating to iOS 8 and by changing the time format to 24 hour it speeded it up no end with no lagging issues. No other change were made. Op asked for any suggestions as to how to speed up her device. I gave one. It might or it might not work.

Change your format back to 12hr as an exercise. There will be no difference.

Potus

dodzy wrote: »

Change your format back to 12hr as an exercise. There will be no difference.

Actually there will be a slower response from the phone if I do that. Have you anyrhing you can actually suggest for the OP?

northdubgal

Rang apple this morning as it started getting slower again.

They advised 2 things

1 - disable 4g and then a hard reset.

2 - back up phone and then set up phone as a new device

Option 1 is working for me so far!

Potus

northdubgal wrote: »

Rang apple this morning as it started getting slower again.

They advised 2 things

1 - disable 4g and then a hard reset.

2 - back up phone and then set up phone as a new device

Option 1 is working for me so far!

Hope it sorts out the problem for you. I had the exact same problem and my original suggestion worked for me.

guil

Potus wrote: »

Actually there will be a slower response from the phone if I do that. Have you anyrhing you can actually suggest for the OP?

I just changed my 5s to 12 hour and guess what??? Absolutely nothing changed. It was a simple coincidence, nothing more.

Potus

guil wrote: »

I just changed my 5s to 12 hour and guess what??? Absolutely nothing changed. It was a simple coincidence, nothing more.

Well it solved my phones lagging performance and I was trying to help OP