How to Speed Up iPhones Updated with Latest iOS 11 (8 Smart Ways)

3. Ensure to Update your Apps
Getting your applications updated after upgrading your device to iOS 11 is a welcomed development. As this will enable the already existing apps run smoothly on the latest iOS version update. You should know that running old apps after installing the new iOS will definitely run slow unless you update. So to update your apps after upgrading, Open App Store > click Updates and then > tap Update all to get all your apps updated. That’s all for such.

4. Stop Automatic updates
The latest iOS 11 runs some process in the background so as to make life and usage easier for users. So in other words, some apps update themselves automatically in the background without the knowledge of the user, which results to having lots of badge alerts on the device’s App Store icon.

You should know that, leaving your apps to get updated automatically without your knowledge, gets your device’s Central Processing Unit (CPU) filled up. And this also drain battery to the core. So you are advised to disable the feature and then get your apps updated manually by yourself whenever you wish to through Apple App Store.

Now, to disable the feature, go to your iPhone settings > iTunes & App Store and then tap the toggle switch to turn off Updates in the Automatic Downloads section. There you will also see 3 other options, which are: Music, Apps and Books & Audiobooks. They are used for sharing downloads to another iOS device. If you enable the options, any new purchase you make in the iTunes Store, iBooks Store or App Store automatically sync across your devices.

5. Stop Background App Refresh
If your device is still occupied, then this further tips will enhance a better performance. Some apps automatically refresh their content in background without your knowledge. Such apps are Facebook or Twitter feed, they update themselves ones you open them for usage, thereby occupying your device’s CPU cycles. To turn off such feature from carrying out such task, go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and click toggle switch off. You can as well, use another approach of a la carte and then leave the Background App Refresh enabled as seen in below screenshot.

6. Ensure to Reduce Motion Effects and Transparency (Below is how to go about it)
In iPhone devices, Apple company added a number of effects in other to give the iOS a sense of depth when you open and close applications. And these motion effects in talk, basically improve your experience, but not if they result in choppy animations. Now to get such feature disabled on your iPhone device, navigate to Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion and then tap on the toggle switch to turn ON the Reduce Motion. For further set up, you can toggle off Auto-Play Message Effects, but this will remove some fun in texting mode.

After above, the next thing to do, is to go back to the Accessibility screen, just tap on the line above Reduce Motion which is named Increase Contrast and then click toggle switch to turn ON the Reduce Transparency. The function of this settings you just applied or activate, reduces the transparency and blur effects, ostensibly to increase legibility. Enhances the processor to handle your device’s graphics better.

7. Set up Location Services to Standard
One of the things that drain up your iPhone battery life faster is location services. Some apps use your device’s GPS in other to get or request your location. And such leads to low performance in battery life span. Now this is how to put an end to excess battery drainage on devices running on iOS 11 update. Meanwhile, Apple made it easy for users, as they provided a special option for managing and controlling how apps access your location. So as it stands, you can disable the feature from apps even when the developers didn’t put options for removing the tracking ID locations. To disable such feature, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, from here adjust all the apps using location services to your choice of standard.