Why not simply reboot the phone? On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 7:20 PM Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I just tried it on my iPhone 8 I didn’t get the SIRI beep at all, > after the tap to power off prompt appeared I pushed down and held down on > the virtual home button and after maybe 8 or so seconds I got the lock > screen with the prompt to enter my passcode, it did not simply go back to > the home screen. > > > > Doing a Google search for “How to clear memory on the iPhone” resulted in > a lot of articles, many older and referring to phones with a mechanical > home button and apparently even the iPhone 7 which I believe had the first > virtual home button still works this way. Anyways, I also found an article > from 2018 which explains how to do this on the iPhone 7 and older phones as > well as the iPhone 8 and iPhone X and, I assume XR/XS/XS Max. > > I tried the method described in the article on my iPhone 8 and the result > was the same as pressing and holding down the virtual home button, I ended > up on the lock screen where I had to enter my passcode, Touch Id at that > point did not unlock my phone and focus did not return simply to the home > screen. If anybody wants to try this on the iPhone X/XR/XS, here is the > text of the article: > > > > Speed Up iPhone: How to Clear RAM on iPhone to Make It Faster > > By Conner Carey updated on 04/10/2018 > > > > How do you clear RAM on iPhone and what does clearing RAM do? Resetting > RAM on your iPhone makes it perform faster. Memory on iPhone is about how > many various activities are going on at once. Clearing RAM allows iPhone to > clear out any processing it doesn’t need to currently do. When you clear > RAM on your iPhone, nothing on the surface changes. But you will see and > feel the difference when using your iPhone. This is one of the best ways to > make your iPhone faster in just a couple short steps. You can clear RAM on > any iPhone model, including the latest iPhone 7. Here’s how to clear RAM on > iPhone to make it faster. > > > > What Does Clearing RAM Do on iPhone? > > This is one of those tricks that rarely gets talked about, but if your > phone is feeling sluggish, clearing the RAM should help give it a boost. > Clearing iPhone RAM is like sweeping cobwebs from a closet—the information > that’s cleared isn’t needed so we reset RAM to free up usable memory on our > iPhones. With less information to process and filter through, your iPhone > is free to run faster. > > > > How to Clear RAM on iPhone 7 & Older iPhones > > Hold down the Sleep/Wake button. > > When Slide to Power off appears, let go of the Sleep/Wake Button. > > Hold down your Home button. > > After a few seconds, your screen will flash blank and then return to Home > screen, which means you’ve cleared your iPhone’s RAM. Some users have had > trouble with this and I’m not sure why. > > If Siri comes up when you hold down the Home button, one user suggested > turning Siri off to clear RAM and then turning Siri back on when you’re > done. For most this should go smoothly and be easy to do. If your iPhone > has been particularly sluggish, you’ll feel how much faster your iPhone is > instantly. > > > > How to Clear RAM on iPhone 8 & X > > First, you will need to turn on Assistive Touch. Go to Settings > General > > Accessibility > Assistive Touch and toggle Assistive Touch on. > > A gray and white button will appear on the screen. > > Next, return to the General page in your Settings app. > > Scroll down to the bottom of the General menu and tap Shut Down. > > A screen should pop up telling you to slide to power off with a Cancel > button at the bottom. > > Tap on the Assistive Touch button and then press and hold on the on-screen > Home button until your iPhone flashes and returns to the Home screen. > > It’s good to note that clearing RAM on your iPhone will not quit any of > the apps you had open; the app will simply reload. Everything should be as > it was, just faster. > > That's all there is to it! > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of > *[email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, September 8, 2019 3:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: clearing memory > > > > How do you clear memory with a 10R phone, that doesn’t have a home button? > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of > *Gordon > *Sent:* Sunday, September 8, 2019 5:20 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: clearing memory > > > > You want to hold the side button down for about three seconds or until it > comes up with the shutdown option. Then release it and hold down the home > button. It should take you back to your home screen. > > On 9/8/2019 4:04 PM, Paul and Paula Jordan wrote: > > Hi. I was just looking through my archives list and found some > information about clearing the memory. I decided to do this. I held down > the screen lock button until it said IPhone shutting down, then held down > the home button on my IPhone 7. Voice over didn’t come back, but I heard > the siri beep. Should I have held it down longer? > > Thanks. > > God bless! > > Paula and Garçon > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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