I’ve had my 3g for about a week now and really love it. After a few hours of use, I noticed the keyboard and contacts start to lag tremendously. I updated to the 2.0.1 firmware and still experience the problem. After a little testing over the past few days I’ve come to a realization; The iPhone is like a little mac. If I run too many apps at once, the system starts to be less responsive. On larger machines, this isn’t really a problem but if you use a mac mini or an older G4 then you’ll know what I mean. Anyway, launch the Maps or iPod application, play a few songs and mess with the GPS a little bit. Maybe check your email and play around as you normally do and you’ll start to get the lag. So the question I asked myself is, what would I do on my mac if this were happening? Force quit some apps maybe? For a while I had been shutting down the phone and restarting until I figured out that if I launch an app, say Maps for example, then hold down the “home” button for 6 seconds, the app is forced to quit. Keyboard and contacts lag seems to be remedied for now. So, I guess keeping my iPhone happy may require me to treat it a little less like a phone and more like a little mac, but in the end it’s still a badass little phone.

  via  http://www.caseylee.com/blog/2008/08/solution-to-iphone-keyboard-contacts-lag/

Posted on August 6th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: iPhone Tips