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I don't even have a sufficiently updated firmware to take advantage of it. Still with my 3g, so the stories of horrible performance scared me right after the i

by Travis 16y ago

I don't even have a sufficiently updated firmware to take advantage of it. Still with my 3g, so the stories of horrible performance scared me right after the initial release with multitasking came out. Haven't updated my phone since then, because I don't really see a need to use the other features.

solipsist 16y ago
I have a 3g with a firmware that is not recent enough to use multitasking as well, although it is jailbroken and I chose to enable multitasking when I set it up (it was an option given by the jailbreaking program). Little did I know at the time how bogged down the phone would become. The performance is horrible (the worst thing I've ever seen), and if I ever get the chance I'm going to try to disable it. However, I'm wondering how bad it is in comparison to if I was using the official multitasking feature on my 3g. I mean, right now, it literally takes 5 or 10 seconds for the phone to react when answering a call and half the apps crash on startup. I really need to do something....
- Travis 16y ago
  I think you should probably upgrade to the latest firmware if you're experiencing that kind of performance degradation. My friends that initially updated kept up to date, and they don't notice those issues much anymore (exact same problem -- huge delays in answering phones... sometimes the phone wouldn't even pick up). From what they say, that really hasn't been a problem for a while. But I just don't really see the need for it (multitasking is somewhat of a non-starter on the puny processor in the 3g... I think it's just a 533 MHz job). So even with the upgrade, I doubt you'll be able to multitask particularly well... but you will get your speed back.
- minalecs 16y ago
  the jailbreak option is the official multitasking, the unofficial multitasking is the one provided in the cydia repository, which in my opinion is better. Multitasking along with game center is unavailable to 3G users. Which is crap, especially now that there are games coming out that are requiring gamecenter logon.

by Travis 16y ago

solipsist 16y ago

I have a 3g with a firmware that is not recent enough to use multitasking as well, although it is jailbroken and I chose to enable multitasking when I set it up (it was an option given by the jailbreaking program). Little did I know at the time how bogged down the phone would become. The performance is horrible (the worst thing I've ever seen), and if I ever get the chance I'm going to try to disable it. However, I'm wondering how bad it is in comparison to if I was using the official multitasking feature on my 3g. I mean, right now, it literally takes 5 or 10 seconds for the phone to react when answering a call and half the apps crash on startup. I really need to do something....

Travis 16y ago
I think you should probably upgrade to the latest firmware if you're experiencing that kind of performance degradation. My friends that initially updated kept up to date, and they don't notice those issues much anymore (exact same problem -- huge delays in answering phones... sometimes the phone wouldn't even pick up). From what they say, that really hasn't been a problem for a while. But I just don't really see the need for it (multitasking is somewhat of a non-starter on the puny processor in the 3g... I think it's just a 533 MHz job). So even with the upgrade, I doubt you'll be able to multitask particularly well... but you will get your speed back.
minalecs 16y ago
the jailbreak option is the official multitasking, the unofficial multitasking is the one provided in the cydia repository, which in my opinion is better. Multitasking along with game center is unavailable to 3G users. Which is crap, especially now that there are games coming out that are requiring gamecenter logon.