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MacOSXAddict

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Just new to the iPhone (1 month). I have been using the phone quite heavily and I have noticed that it was become a little sluggish over time. Is there an app that will flush out all cache, history, etc on the iPhone? ie: similar to Cocktail and System Optimizer X on the Mac?

Thanks...........
 
MacOSXAddict said:
Just new to the iPhone (1 month). I have been using the phone quite heavily and I have noticed that it was become a little sluggish over time. Is there an app that will flush out all cache, history, etc on the iPhone? ie: similar to Cocktail and System Optimizer X on the Mac?

Thanks...........
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no there is not or unless im wrong but there is not the only thing you can do is restore
 
MacOSXAddict said:
Just new to the iPhone (1 month). I have been using the phone quite heavily and I have noticed that it was become a little sluggish over time. Is there an app that will flush out all cache, history, etc on the iPhone? ie: similar to Cocktail and System Optimizer X on the Mac?

Thanks...........
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you can clean out the cache. setting>safari>clear cache.
 
MacOSXAddict said:
Just new to the iPhone (1 month). I have been using the phone quite heavily and I have noticed that it was become a little sluggish over time. Is there an app that will flush out all cache, history, etc on the iPhone? ie: similar to Cocktail and System Optimizer X on the Mac?

Thanks...........
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Do you regularly power cycle the phone? This has seemed to help my phone if it becomes rather... sluggish.
 
You can delete cache of all apps by deleting contents of /var/root/Library/Caches. Also, there are app specific caches like Youtube in /var/root/Library/Youtube, it tends to get bigger over time. Of course, you need a jailbroken iPhone for this.
There is a native application that will clean up caches etc in development i think.
 
Chrysaor said:
You can delete cache of all apps by deleting contents of /var/root/Library/Caches. Also, there are app specific caches like Youtube in /var/root/Library/Youtube, it tends to get bigger over time. Of course, you need a jailbroken iPhone for this.
There is a native application that will clean up caches etc in development i think.
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I do have a jailbroken phone. How do you get to the iPhones directory paths to delete these caches?

Thanks again!
 
I am using the program Fugu to access the directories. I have also installed OpenSSH via the installer. When I connect to the iPhone I get a message saying "Warning: Remote Host Identification Has Changed".

I am putting in the correct IP address for the iPhone and, username as: root, Port: 22, and Directory: /

What am I doing wrong?

Addict
 
Chrysaor said:
You can delete cache of all apps by deleting contents of /var/root/Library/Caches. Also, there are app specific caches like Youtube in /var/root/Library/Youtube, it tends to get bigger over time. Of course, you need a jailbroken iPhone for this.
There is a native application that will clean up caches etc in development i think.
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When you say "in development" do you mean the development folder within installer? I do not see any app there that cleans out caches.
 
Another thing to keep in mind is: if you open many apps and don't "close" them, the run in the back ground taking up resources. This will also lead to a hot backside (insert juvenile laugh) of the phone.

Whenever I leave a program, ie: itunes, ipod, photos, settings, calender, etc - I hold the home button down for about 5 seconds. And the program will quit. Otherwise it will run in the background.

Nice of Apple to tell us in the owners manuel... oh right.

:)

ps - you'll get a better battery life with this procedure!!
 
junker said:
Another thing to keep in mind is: if you open many apps and don't "close" them, the run in the back ground taking up resources. This will also lead to a hot backside (insert juvenile laugh) of the phone.

Whenever I leave a program, ie: itunes, ipod, photos, settings, calender, etc - I hold the home button down for about 5 seconds. And the program will quit. Otherwise it will run in the background.

Nice of Apple to tell us in the owners manuel... oh right.

:)

ps - you'll get a better battery life with this procedure!!
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WOW! I didnt know this, I thought that just hitting home would close it down! Thanks!!!
 
junker said:
Another thing to keep in mind is: if you open many apps and don't "close" them, the run in the back ground taking up resources. This will also lead to a hot backside (insert juvenile laugh) of the phone.

Whenever I leave a program, ie: itunes, ipod, photos, settings, calender, etc - I hold the home button down for about 5 seconds. And the program will quit. Otherwise it will run in the background.

Nice of Apple to tell us in the owners manuel... oh right.

:)

ps - you'll get a better battery life with this procedure!!
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Thats very much not true. Not only has it never been proved, but it was proved at one point that many apps re-launch in the background.

Also even if true, the time spent holding the home button equals time the phone is up and on, using power, versus just powering it off.

When powered off, the phone goes into a very low power mode. This was a problem when the mobile IM apps were made, they could not stay logged-in because the low-power mode would not keep them running and connected.
 
unity said:
Thats very much not true. Not only has it never been proved, but it was proved at one point that many apps re-launch in the background.

Also even if true, the time spent holding the home button equals time the phone is up and on, using power, versus just powering it off.

When powered off, the phone goes into a very low power mode. This was a problem when the mobile IM apps were made, they could not stay logged-in because the low-power mode would not keep them running and connected.
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when you say powered off, I assume you mean with the screen off and locked, not actually powering the phone "off"
 
unity said:
Thats very much not true. Not only has it never been proved, but it was proved at one point that many apps re-launch in the background.

Also even if true, the time spent holding the home button equals time the phone is up and on, using power, versus just powering it off.

When powered off, the phone goes into a very low power mode. This was a problem when the mobile IM apps were made, they could not stay logged-in because the low-power mode would not keep them running and connected.
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Oh ... thought I had read about it around here awhile back... my bad. I had heard about people's iphone getting warm and this was the fix.... oh well...I still do it :)

I think I found where I had heard about this...
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=213341

..but it appears that this process is more akin to a "force quit" for a program - as discussed here (see the last tip from the article)
http://www.macworld.com/article/60232/2007/10/nov07mobilemac.html

as for the heating up...I think that was discussed around here somewhere... Oh well.

Again...my bad!

:)
 
junker said:
Another thing to keep in mind is: if you open many apps and don't "close" them, the run in the back ground taking up resources. This will also lead to a hot backside (insert juvenile laugh) of the phone.

Whenever I leave a program, ie: itunes, ipod, photos, settings, calender, etc - I hold the home button down for about 5 seconds. And the program will quit. Otherwise it will run in the background.

Nice of Apple to tell us in the owners manuel... oh right.

:)

ps - you'll get a better battery life with this procedure!!
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I have a 3GS with iPhone 3.0 on it and this does not work, if I hold down the home button, it activates voice control, so how do I truly stop a program and is this the same as force quitting?

Thanks
 
stubek said:
I have a 3GS with iPhone 3.0 on it and this does not work, if I hold down the home button, it activates voice control, so how do I truly stop a program and is this the same as force quitting?

Thanks
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Hold down the power button until the slide to power off screen appears, then let go and hold the home button until the springboard appears.

Search next time. :)
 
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