How To Make iOS 4 Faster On iPhone 3G


Submitted by Dan; July 31, 2010
Yup, this is happening to almost everyone who took a leap of faith and upgraded their shiny iPhone 3G to Apple's latest and greatest, iOS4 (Previously iPhone OS). Well, many if not everyone is experiencing extreme pain and slowness on the performance of their device.
Here's a video comparing an iPhone 3G running iOS4 and an iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.1.3 side-by-side.

The difference couldn't be more clear.
iPhone Dev Team member, Comex, tweeted a link to ModMyI's forums, where a user posted the following:
iPhone 3G apparently has trouble keeping up with indexing, ever since 3.x. Two days ago, I turned off Spotlight search (Settings-General-Home Button-Spotlight search-switch off all you don't use) because I rarely, if ever, used it. Up to this day, my poor old 3G with iOS is way snappier than it was before, and I wouldn't hesitate to say it's as snappy as with 3.1.3.
To disable Spotlight Searching:
  • Launch Settings app
  • Go to General
  • Go to Spotlight Search
  • Deselect indexing for all or as many items as possible
  • Enjoy faster iOS4 on iPhone 3G!

I can't vouch for it and say it does in fact work, but it can't hurt for you to try it out.
Please, let us know in the comments if this worked or didn't work for you!
- source: twitter.com modmyi.com



Tags: ios 4 performance, ios4, iPhone 3G, make iOS 4 faster on iphone 3g



Related Stories:




Become a Member of Dashhacks!

If you want your comments to go live without waiting for moderation, you need to be logged in. Being logged in has its benefits:
  • Logged in members do not wait for their comments to be approved.
  • Logged in members can sign up for nightly updates.
  • Logged in members can create Profiles to be seen by other users.
So why wait? Create an account or login now! It's easy, quick, and free.

To get started, use the LOGIN boxes, or the REGISTER link at the top right!

Comments 


 
# Mr Saibot 2010-08-02 10:32
Typical Apple, when will they get it right?

Reply
 

 
# talia 2010-08-16 00:53
works for me! thnx for the tip

Reply
 

 
# Dom Nax 2010-08-27 15:02
Super tip, i had been lookin for sumtin like dis, wow... though looks simple tip or trick bt efficiently successfully.

Well ios4 users all nid dis

Reply
 

Add comment

Security code
Refresh




 
CREATE ACCOUNT NOW TO POST COMMENTS!

Why create an account on the Dashhacks network? Because being logged in has its privileges!

• COMMENTS! Only logged in users comments go live without waiting for moderator approval!
• No video! The video ad in the upper right doesn't interrupt you on all pages!
• Customize your profile! Flaunt your xBox Live & PSN gamertags!
• It's FREE and it's EASY! And one login works for all of the Dashhacks review sites!

So what are you waiting for?

Go to the TOP RIGHT of the page and LOGIN or click REGISTER!