Apps randomly closing while using my iPhone!

[The Viking]

This is unacceptable to me. I have used Windows Mobile devices for years, and they've typically required reboots every other day to run smoothly. Now, my Apple phone has to be rebooted every day to remain remotely stable?

It's a great phone, but Safari crashing both randomly and reproducibly (trying to search on the Apple trailers site, for instance) is a major failing of one of the core functions of this device. This had better be solved via a very quick update from Apple!

 

[ctakim]

This is unacceptable to me. I have used Windows Mobile devices for years, and they've typically required reboots every other day to run smoothly. Now, my Apple phone has to be rebooted every day to remain remotely stable?

It's a great phone, but Safari crashing both randomly and reproducibly (trying to search on the Apple trailers site, for instance) is a major failing of one of the core functions of this device. This had better be solved via a very quick update from Apple!

Hmmm, me thinks you have a very low level of tolerance. I don't see how taking a few seconds to clear out the memory of you iPhone every few days is a major problem. After about 4 days of heavy use I had the problem with Safari and after I turned it off and on I have not had it happen since. It is not like the phone locks up or bricks until you reboot.

 

[Cleverboy]

This is unacceptable to me. I have used Windows Mobile devices for years, and they've typically required reboots every other day to run smoothly. Now, my Apple phone has to be rebooted every day to remain remotely stable? It's a great phone, but Safari crashing both randomly and reproducibly (trying to search on the Apple trailers site, for instance) is a major failing of one of the core functions of this device. This had better be solved via a very quick update from Apple!

My phone is very stable. I've used it all week. I've browsed Apple trailers just fine... I... um...

(15 minutes later) Thanks. You just cost me 15 minutes. The Die Hard trailer interview with Kevin Smith and Bruce Willis is great, BTW. Saturday I noticed that it was crashing Safari a lot. I cleared the cache and RESTARTed the device. Wasn't a big deal. I've probably restarted the phone 3 times this week (including this one). I only restarted it this time because of Safari crash problems. The other two I did it because I was playing with it. I'm only saying this not to say, "Nyah, nyah, my phone works." but to suggest that adjusting what you do might not be that much of a stretch. I'll say this though... we're only a week or so from launch. Whenever you bought this phone, you've still got time to return it if its too much of a chore to keep it working well. From what I understand, people are generally TOLD to restart their phones on a regular basis. My last carrier seemed to question why anyone would think their phone should be left on 24 hours a day, even if much of the time is in stand by mode. Generally when the phone is off, they do some type of update, I'm not sure.

~ CB

 

[HenMaster6000]

this is happening to me, as well. it's terrible not to be able to surf and listen at once.

i hope that apple sends some updates asap.

 

[kpetree10]

I also am having the same problem. It happens in all apps, I could be just bowsing with safari, getting directions, or listening to music. It does happen alot even if I am not multitasking. I usually just do a soft reset and it fixes it for a while.

 

[ukneeq]

Problem mainly in safari

I'm also having the same issue. I have only experienced it with Safari. I have had Safari crash on a variety of webpages. Also my music playback stops when I go to Safari after about 30-45 seconds. I haven't had any problems with the other apps. Hopefully a software update for Safari will fix the issue!

 

[DJ Hurricane]

This has happened a few times to me... Now I am in the habbit of holding the home button for 4seconds to "Quit" programs so they are not running in the background... seems to help. With WindowsMobile, I allways added a desktop software that CLOSED programs when i hit the close button... we need a Quit app like that for Iphone!

 

[jvanlee1]

The folks over at iPhoneAtlas recommend keeping about 10% free space on the iPhone to give things space to work. I'm going to delete a movie and see how that helps. Can't hurt.

 

[n8236]

Glad I found this thread. I also thought i spent $650 dollars for a POS.

My Safari (so far only Safari) would just go back to the home screen w/o notice. It started doing it when I was messing w/ it a lot. The soft reset did do the trick, but it's just so damn annoying to be doing that so you don't lose out on a webpage that took minutes to load!

 

[n00basaur]

This has happened a few times to me... Now I am in the habbit of holding the home button for 4seconds to "Quit" programs so they are not running in the background... seems to help. With WindowsMobile, I allways added a desktop software that CLOSED programs when i hit the close button... we need a Quit app like that for Iphone!

How do I know if an app is running in the background if i'm not using it? (ie: in OSX you see the little black triangle on the apps running the background while on the dock)

 

[Dirt Cadaver]

My Fix for Random app shutdowns and battery being drained

Hey guys,

I've had this issue for a while now. My phone would just start acting weird. It would start up like i had hit the home button. apps would close and return me to the icons screen. music and videos would stop for no reason. A restart never resolved my issue. Formatting the phone seemed to be the only way to resolve it, and it would come back eventually. I have formatted my phone 4 times in 4 months.

this is my scenario:

I use outlook which connects to my works exchange server. I have been using my iPhone to connect to the same mail server. My boss uses a newer version of office then i do.

I noticed that if my boss sends me a meeting request. And i accept it on my phone rather then my computer the meeting doesn't appear in the calendar and my phone starts acting like described above.

under settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > "exchange account"
turn off calendar
see if this resolves your issue... it worked instantly for me.