If you turned the feature off and decide you want background activity to be on again, here’s how to toggle it back on easily: However you use or don’t use Background App Refresh is entirely up to you. Background Refresh lets the app fetch new data in the background.

Switch apps on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, app unexpectedly quits, stops responding, or won't open, change settings on your device to maximize battery life. Background App refresh has no impact on Notifications. Note: Turning on Low Power Mode on iPhone temporarily disabled Background App Refresh as well, so if you’re trying to adjust the feature off or on and you can not do so, it may be because Low Power Mode is enabled.

Reboot doesn't help.

After a couple of days and a few full charge cycles iOS 13 will calm down and you'll see your battery life return to normal. Nothing fancy.

In other words, it should behave much like it did before 13.2 arrived.

As compiled by MacRumors, numerous iOS 13 users say the OS is killing apps in the background far too aggressively in what appears to be a memory management issue.

If you quit an app from the app switcher, it might not be able to run or check for new content before you open it again. document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a3bfbdcd5e7e614ac8f6a2f0fe99c7ad" );document.getElementById("d3d067aea9").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); About OSXDaily | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Sitemap.

That could be due to how memory-intensive the new camera system is, especially on the Pro devices where there are more computational photography elements at play and the extra camera lens. Then press and quickly release the Volume Down button.

If you have an iPhone 8 or earlier, or an iPad: After you switch to a different app, some apps run for a short period of time before they're set to a suspended state. If you want suspended apps to check for new content, go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and turn on Background App Refresh. Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh - On Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh -> Ski Tracks - On. newsletter. I’m used to the camera purging all open apps from memory on my iPhone X, but iOS 13.2 goes above and beyond in killing background tasks. This takes a ton of processing power and chews through battery life like a hamster through a cardboard box. 5. Double-click the Home button to see recently used apps. If there’s something you want to see me tackle, drop me an email at: anthonyATanthonykarczDOTcom.

Otherwise a Good article; a bit wordy, but good. Toggle Background App Refresh switch to the right of the app for which you wish to disable it to off. I don’t want them changed. Just wait 24-48 hours. This guarantees the app will not run in the background.