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Hi everyone, My phone 5c runs so slow recently, and I tried to delete some files in my iPhone and get more space. Ah, it doesn't work at all. Do you meet this? My phone has used 2 years and everything goes well until last week. It suddenly changed so weired...

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Member Avatar for chrisschristou

because it is iphone get an android hehe jocking maybe update cause it or have downloaded many apps and you dont have enought space or many apps are running in backround

Member Avatar for techforus

It depending on how many apps and what is that. Some app is running in background and take of you much RAM and make device running slow. If there is any unuse app, just removed it.

Member Avatar for gyles

You phone is older than 2 years. There are several reasons for slow run. Like - you didn't update softare, virus attack, some instrument gone old.

Member Avatar for iPoor

gyles,I have an iPod Touch 4G which is 3 Years Old but runs fine, christopher.ava, Did you Jailbreak your Device? If you did then you can download many Cydia tweaks to speed-up your iDevice...

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Member Avatar for techtrendsit

Install ant anti virus software or-else restart your phone.

Member Avatar for Sofia_2

May be you have not cleared the cache of your iPhone.

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Member Avatar for Joycekyle

Maybe there're too may apps running in the background. Just shut down them!

Member Avatar for ChaoticCoder

OP -
Is there general slowness? Is it primarily when browsing?

As mentioned above, always keep the device current.
Settings > General > Software Update and make sure you're running the latest

If you check storage, are you low?
Delete apps that you don't use. Most users of Android or iOS do not configure notifications and refresh frequency, but a large number of apps updating constantly can certainly have an effect on both speed and battery life.

There is always the nuclear option. Back up your device settings, photos, etc. Then pull a fulll refresh.

Member Avatar for Amber_4

Mostly iPhones run slow due to backend runing applications and in generall low memory, I would advice to get rid of back running apps and heavy gaming apps and reduce memory.

Member Avatar for zinist

Hi,
There are may be several reasons:-
1. To many apps/heating apps are installed
2. Software Updation not done yet
3. Clear history, cookies and data

Member Avatar for vintunashrestha

did you recently done any update. it might be the problem i suggest u reset all the network settings and if possible restore the phone.

Member Avatar for Mohosia bush

You should unintall some useless apps and shut off the apps when you don't use them.

Member Avatar for ChrisRogers

Your iPhone runs slowly, maybe you should clean up some junk files。 Follow this steps:

I can understand you very well.Because this situation drives people insane indeed. I once have the same trouble.here's some tricks to free up space on your phone.
1. Go to Settings > Safari > Clear History & Clear Cookies & Data. This takes up a surprising amount of space if it isn't cleared on occasion.
2. Go to Settings > General > Usage > Here, you'll see a list of apps that are using your space sorted from the app taking the most space down to the app taking up the least space. Right from here you can remove apps that are killing your storage.
3. I would recommend backing up photos and videos to your computer regularly than deleting them from your phone. Plus you can limit music to what you actually listen to regularly.
4. You can also try some softwares . iMyfone Umate is efficient. It can deeply scan your iPhone and find the junk files which need to be deleted. Also it make lossless photo compression to save your space. You don’t even have to worry about your photos will be ruined because the compression is lossless and your original photos will be backed up automatically to your computer!

Member Avatar for rincepqs

You need to clean up your device now. And don't upgrade to latest iOS

Member Avatar for ewai1

Press Home button twice and swipe up to turn off any apps running in the background
Disable background app refresh

Member Avatar for Ja sa bong

This usually happens when the RAM of your iPhone is almost exhausted. It is one of the reason why any smartphone will start being very slow and lagging when you're trying to use it for anything. Also, you should try and upgrade your phone after using it for 2 years as it behaving this way.

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Member Avatar for Dani

I think you're referring to physical memory (hard drive space) and not random access memory (RAM). Using up all your hdd space can make your phone go slower. RAM is transient and is just the memory the apps you currently have open at the time are using. The amount of RAM you use goes down when you close out of apps or restart your phone.

Member Avatar for mahaam

If your iPhone has been running slow recently, there could be a few common reasons.

First, check your storage. If your storage is almost full, the phone can lag. Go to Settings → General → iPhone Storage and make sure you have some free space available.

Second, background apps can slow things down. Close unused apps and restart your phone — a simple reboot often improves performance.

Third, check for software updates. Sometimes bugs in older iOS versions cause slowdowns, and updating can fix that.

Also, battery health matters. If your battery health is low (Settings → Battery → Battery Health), iOS may reduce performance to prevent shutdowns.

Lastly, if your phone is older, new updates and apps may demand more resources than the device can handle smoothly.

If none of this helps, backing up and doing a factory reset can sometimes fix persistent lag.

Hope this helps 🙂

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Member Avatar for Barrett202

Maybe there're too may apps running in the background.

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Member Avatar for Annie warner

While it's true that a 2-year-old iPhone 5c can feel slow at times, a sudden slowdown is typically a sign of a problem and not solely the result of aging.

The first few things I would do:

If you have not already restart the phone.
Check the iPhone Storage from the Settings > General to ensure that you still have some GB of free storage.
See if an application is taking too much space or is running in the background.
If the issue began since an iOS update it might resolve itself in a day or two when indexing is finished.
Poor battery health can also impact performance and overall responsiveness if the battery is very old.

If all else fails a backup and factory reset (then restore data) might be the only thing that would be best to check out software problems.

Has it been slowed down since some update or app was installed or has it occurred without any reason at all? Is it all of the apps or some of them?

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