- Firstly, go to Settings >> General >> Storage & iCloud Usage.
- Next, tap on ‘Storage >> Manage Storage’.
- A list of all the apps will appear where you click on an app, select ‘Documents & Data’.
- If the cache files are more than 500MB, try uninstalling and reinstalling the app and there it is done.
Method #3: Free up memory & storage
It is not a secret that internal memory on iPhones is static and not changeable or expandable. However, users can complement or substitute iCloud or other cloud-based services to store data, however, internal storage is faster to retrieve the data from and accessible offline. However, lack of internal storage can trigger the device to go hostile and dial down the overall performance of any iPhone. If the phone constantly lags and the screen freezes for a few seconds or more but rectifies itself or not, the reason could be lack of storage. I would recommend users to? free up some internal storage by deleting some files or redirecting it to the cloud, therefore, treating the issues related to it.
If you don’t want to act redundantly by following the previous method, try this method for a change. Although this method involves closing all the operations on your phone without saving any unsaved data just like that, it can remove your phone out of the constant lagging using the soft reboot process. On the other hand, frozen screen or the phone as a whole can be treated using a forced reboot which is an easy process too and I have mentioned it below.
- To perform a soft reboot, simply press & hold on Side or Power button and either of the Volume buttons.
- Keep the buttons pressed until a slider comes alive on the screen that says ‘Slide to Power Off’.
- Drag the slider to the right and the phone will turn off immediately.
- You can wait for a few seconds or a minute or two before long-pressing the Power button to reboot the phone.
- To perform a forced reboot, you can simply press the Volume UP button once and quickly press the Volume DOWN button once.
- Now quickly press and long hold Side/Power button until an Apple logo comes alive on the display.
- This is where you release the keys and let the phone reboot itself and that’s all.
Method #5: Update all the apps installed
Next order of business to take care of is to get all the apps installed or otherwise updated to the latest available version. You can check out if the apps have any updates or not by navigating to the App Store >> App Updates. You can set up ‘Auto-update’ within Settings >> iTunes & App Store >> Updates so that you don’t have to take care of the updates anymore. Updating the apps ensures that the system is protected against unwanted logins and malware and other intrusions thereby proofing the system.
Method #6: Upgrade to the latest iOS firmware
Similarly how apps that are updated promise protection against intrusions although there is no 100% assurance, updating the firmware takes security a step further. The firmware is the base or foundation of a smartphone where the software and hardware parties coincide and interact. This makes it imperative to take close attention towards updating the firmware without any failure. You can do so by walking into the Settings >> General >> Software Update to find out if there’s any firmware update file available and if yes, download and install it or else, wait until an update is available which in the case of iOS is not more than a month or so.
Method #7: Reset all settings on your device
Resetting all the settings on your phone is analogous to how you would refresh a PC without deleting any user data. This will effectively restore all the settings including any invalid configurations that might have triggered the device to go overboard with the lagging and freezing issue at the first place. To do it, you need to step into the Settings app and proceed to General → Reset → Reset All Settings and that’s it. You will be asked to enter any passcode to authenticate but once that is entered, all the settings will be restored and hopefully, all your problems will vanish with it.
This is an ultimate step so you need to think it through before proceeding with it. You are performing a factory reset which means all the data will be wiped out of the system and thereby the problem regarding the lagging and freezing is bound to vanish itself as well. But ensure that you have a backup before going through and here’s how you can restore the iPhone XS Max to its original factory settings.
- You need to dive into the Settings >> General >> Reset.
- Here, you need to click on ‘Erase all user data and settings’ after which, the system will prompt you to authenticate the step which you can do by entering the passcode.
- After providing with the credentials, let the system take care of the reset.
- It will prompt you to reboot it once so go through it, configure the device and it is done.
Method #9: The permanent solution!
Back up a bit and visit a nearby service center preferably an authorized one because you would get trusted service while retaining the warranty on the device. On the other hand, a third-party service center is inexpensive, however, it voids the warranty on the device for sure.
