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    Confessions of an IOS user

    I just want to check if everyone considers this strange, or if I am ok.
    On my Iphone I detest open apps. if I open an app and then leave it, I immediatly have to bring the switcher up and close the app. It got so bad that the home button on my iphone is slightly loose now. To mitigte the damage I installed cydia and switchermod and using a swipe down gesture I can now bring up the app switcher and quickly close open apps. I avoid using the home button in case it breaks and made a double tap on the status bar simulate a press of the home button.

    I still close every app I open. Is this normal behaviour or am I doomed to a random fate or evil for my sins?

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    I'm sure alot of people here have a little OCD in them; especially the competitive ones; whether they admit it or not. As for your home button being loose, you can pass that off by saying, "I'm a firm believer in the saying, there's no place like home".

    I'm not so bad with closing apps because I still use a 2nd gen. iPod Touch so it's not really an option for me to have many apps open at once. For some reason, my Sleep/Power button is hard to press so I've also used Cydia and use touch gestures to replace hardware buttons. Technically, I still have warranty and could get it serviced but I'm too lazy and will probably wait just before warrant's up before sending it in.

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    According to Apple, you shouldn't have to close apps in the app switcher bar at all. I close a lot of my open apps anyways, too.

    While I close most apps after I'm done with them, I tend to keep a few core apps open at all times. I don't like to wait for the startup every time I want to use them. Apps like Safari, the camera, the phone, the mail, and (of course) Shadow Era stay on all of the time. Also, any games that I happen to be playing that week. It's really annoying sitting through startup times for games like Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies, and especially Infinity Blade.

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    Thanks AnAdolt. At least Im not going mad then.
    @lightside - well I did an experiment once where I didnt turn off my phone or close any apps for a whole month, then turned it off to compare startup and shutdown times. The shutdown took almost 2 minutes, although the startup was unaffected. This freaked me out and I thought, what if I was low on battery and it 2 minutes to save everything and it just died while trying to do that. I investigated how one could run fsck from ssh etc, but in the end decided closing apps was the best mitigation against such an option.
    Last edited by Padawan Pete; 03-23-2011 at 07:46 AM.

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    Senior Member AnAdolt's Avatar
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    By the way, my statement declares alot of people having OCD; however, nowhere is it specifically mentioned that I have it. I just wanted to make that clear.

    None whatsoever. Just to be perfectly clear. I hope we're crystal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnAdolt View Post
    By the way, my statement declares alot of people having OCD; however, nowhere is it specifically mentioned that I have it. I just wanted to make that clear.

    None whatsoever. Just to be perfectly clear. I hope we're crystal.
    lol

    you're awesome

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