So if I turn off the feature it should make no difference? Nicole Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > This isn’t necessarily true. Not all apps need refreshing in the background, > and the ones that do certainly don’t do it all the time when the app is not > in use. I have seen no noticeable change in performance with this feature on > or off. If anything, this feature might use more data but, that’s about it. > > At least, this is what I have found running IOS 7 on an iPad mini and iPhone > 5. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > >> On Sep 22, 2013, at 5:37 AM, David Poyner <d.poyner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I have found in Settings - General an item "Background App Refresh" which by >> its description would infer that to turn it off will certainly help to speed >> the phone up. >> >> Regards, >> >> David Poyner >> >> chairman and webmaster of Blind Veterans UK Bowmen formerly St Dunstans >> http://www.st-dunstans-archery-club.org.uk >> >> chairman of British Blind Sport Archery >> http://www.bbsarchery.org.uk >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >