A smartphone like the iPhone should not be thought of as a simple cell phone but as a real computer. As such, during its intensive use and after installing and using numerous applications, it requires maintenance or, in practice, control of some internal settings of the operating system which, in the iPhone and iPad, is iOS .
What changes inside an iPhone or iPad are, for example, some Apps that require new authorizations and information, push notifications that start popping up everywhere or the fact that, suddenly, the battery life becomes very short .
below we see 4 settings that are worth checking at least once a month, to prevent this type of problem.
1) Check your privacy settings
Generally, when an application requests permissions to be approved, you tap the OK button without looking. iOS is a very closed system so there is no possibility for applications to go to read or modify personal data inside, but some apps do not necessarily find their way to personal data, such as location location. Then go to Settings> Privacy to see all the options of location services, contacts, calendars and more. When you touch one of the items in the list you will see the applications that have requested permission to access these services. In 99% of cases there are no security problems in an iPhone, however there is to check that there is not. for example, an unnecessary access to location services, which causes the battery to run out. For example, if you don't really need to give an app like Facebook access to the location, it's worth removing it.
2) Check who is sending notifications
Push notifications are useful if it is an important service such as mail or Whatsapp but they are only a nuisance for everything else.
Notifications also cause faster battery depletion. Go to Settings -> Notification Center, scroll down a little bit to find all the apps that appear in the Notification Center. Touch an application to change how the notification is displayed and block push notifications from apps we don't need. You may be surprised to find out how many applications try to appear in the notification center for no useful reason.
3) Check the applications that work in the background
on iOS it is worth checking every month or less which applications remain running in the background. Background applications tend to suck battery without being noticed. Then open Settings> General> Background app update to find all the applications that are running in the background even if not used. For example, if you are using an application to listen to podcasts, it may remain in the background to download new content while an app like Twitter or Facebook may be looking for new updates instead. For some apps this is useful, for others absolutely not and it is worth turning them off.
4) Erase data to save memory space
The applications, during their use, create and download data occupying more and more internal memory. If the iPhone or even the iPad starts to feel a little slow or if you are running out of internal memory space, you need to check the space usage of the apps. Then go to Settings> General> Usage to see the space taken by the applications. Unlike Android, there is no predefined way in iOS to clean up the space taken by applications and clear the cache or other temporary data except by uninstalling the app and reinstalling it.
Alternatively, a PC and Mac program such as Phone Clean can be used
5) Usage statistics
Usage time is one of the options in the iOS Settings app where you can find iPhone statistics, i.e. the most used apps and the time spent using them. If you notice too frequent use of an application, you can set a pause here and a time limit after which a security PIN is required to continue.
These are the essential operations for the maintenance of an iPhone and an iPad, to be done every month or even less depending on the amount of applications that are installed and used.
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