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Why to turn stuff off occasionally
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My dad got an iPad for Christmas and was wondering why something wasn't working, so I went to see what applications he had open. When I looked, one of them was the iPad tips window that pops up on first startup. He had had his iPad on constantly since Christmas, and the reason why the window was still there is that he had never quit an application.

Now I always turn my stuff off each night just as a habit, because I always feel that things just run better with a fresh startup every now and again, but is there really any truth to that?

My dad got an iPad for Christmas and was wondering why something wasn't working, so I went to see what applications he had open. When I looked, one of them was the iPad tips window that pops up on first startup. He had had his iPad on constantly since Christmas, and the reason why the window was still there is that he had never quit an application.

Now I always turn my stuff off each night just as a habit, because I always feel that things just run better with a fresh startup every now and again, but is there really any truth to that?
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im kind of against this with my phone honestly, u never know
but with computers and other gadgets then thats a thing i do every day too

im kind of against this with my phone honestly, u never know
but with computers and other gadgets then thats a thing i do every day too
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On an android device restarting it is going to let the phone run its complete boot process and will also kill any currently running apps. This can be helpful is an app crashed and wasn't able to shut down properly. With iPhone/iPads a little bit of the system memory is consumed by open apps and restarting the device will clear this memory.
However, most modern devices are coupled with sufficient memory and task management and you really shouldn't need to restart them unless you are experiencing any issues.

On an android device restarting it is going to let the phone run its complete boot process and will also kill any currently running apps. This can be helpful is an app crashed and wasn't able to shut down properly. With iPhone/iPads a little bit of the system memory is consumed by open apps and restarting the device will clear this memory.
However, most modern devices are coupled with sufficient memory and task management and you really shouldn't need to restart them unless you are experiencing any issues.
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I don't think I've turned off my iPad since before Christmas. I don't really see a need to. I turn off my phone and computer all the time but a tablet just seems to not need to be turned off ever in my experience. You can always just free up memory using some sort of task management program if it seems to be running slowly.

I don't think I've turned off my iPad since before Christmas. I don't really see a need to. I turn off my phone and computer all the time but a tablet just seems to not need to be turned off ever in my experience. You can always just free up memory using some sort of task management program if it seems to be running slowly.
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