I was sick of my iPhone not responding instantly to my finger taps the first time around (like when I had nothing loaded on my iPhone when I first got it) so I decided to figure out the issue. I felt that my iPhone had either reached its end-of-life or one of the programs was causing it to delay my touch response. I’m not ready to purchase a new iPhone 4, as the iPhone 5 is just around the corner, plus I got a brand new replacement just last week from the Apple store (cracked case — thanks Apple!). I closed all my programs, cleared all my safari history, cookies and cache, and still experienced the same issue.
I then worked my way to the one and only SPOTLIGHT settings (Settings > General > Spotlight Search) and unchecked all the options (Contacts-Messages).
My iPhone is now working normally. I am very happy, but of course the downfall is that your built-in search will not find anything. I will most likely go back and check a few options within the Spotlight settings, but I refuse to give up phone functionality for a search feature that I barely use in the first place. I hope this helps you just as much as it helped me.
You can read more about Spotlight HERE.
12 responses to “iPhone 3GS Slow Response Time”
This worked brilliantly so far. I was having the same problem. Thank you.
Yeah me too I cleared the Safari caches and that stuff as some recommended but it didn’t help. This did it! Now runs like it used to thanks!
I dont HAVE the spotlight setting under my general settings! Back to google search!
This blog was for an iPhone 3GS, so I assume that you have an older 3G.
Try this:
– Tap on “Settings”
– Tap on “General”
– Navigate to and select “Home Button”
– Scroll down to “Spotlight Search”
– Disable everything by tapping the check box next to each item
– Exit settings
Thanks a lot dude 😉
That was really helpfull
Thanks SO much, I was about to throw my phone out the window, it´s now working great.
Thanks I was freaking lol now all is right in the world
Holy crap, I’ve been dealing w the slowness forever, thank you. Why did I not google this problem before.
excellent advice! Instant fix!!!
Nothing Happened, Its still slow 🙁
dude you rock
Excellent, my game apps no longer freeze and crash. Good work