Extremely slow

[Strongbow]

My iPhone 5 appears to be suffering from a terminal illness . . It's slowed down to a crawl despite having deleted 80% of content and switching to airplane mode . . just now I'm having difficulty even entering 'settings' to reset it as a last resort . . is it near death or caught up in a loop of some sort ?

 

[Pinkpoison]

Try a hard reset, Hold down your on/off button and Home button together until the apple appears then let go, this will reboot your phone and may help.

 

[Strongbow]

Thank you . . have tried that without success

 

[J. A.]

A few more things you should take a look at/try:

Make sure your device is up to date. The latest software version is iOS 8.3.

Restart your device: turn it off and on again.

Disable Background App Refresh in Settings - General, also disable Automatic Downloads for Music, Apps, Books and Downloads.

Restore from a backup, and if that doesn't help: erase it and set it up as new.

 

[bear7962]

How old is your iPhone ? I ask because a 5 can be almost 3 years old. Your battery may be coming to the end of its life. If you can get to an Apple Store they can test that for you.

 

[Pinkpoison]

The trouble is with the above advice is that the OP is having problems getting into Settings in order to perform a Reset ect .

 

[Strongbow]

The trouble is with the above advice is that the OP is having problems getting into Settings in order to perform a Reset ect .

 

[Strongbow]

Yep . . precisely !

 

[bear7962]

Yep . . precisely !

So how old is your iphone5?

 

[Strongbow]

So how old is your iphone5?

Its about 3 years old now . . I've deleted almost everything including facebook, google and gmail . . there are about 300 pics left that it won't delete . . I still can't get into settings . .

 

[bear7962]

You need a new battery.

 

[Strongbow]

I replaced the battery 1 year ago . . I would be delighted if that is the solution . . the battery charges to full and I wasn't aware that the battery could affect the processing speed . . I hope you're right . . thank you

 

[Pinkpoison]

I replaced the battery 1 year ago . . I would be delighted if that is the solution . . the battery charges to full and I wasn't aware that the battery could affect the processing speed . . I hope you're right . . thank you

I don't think its your battery, A worn out battery doesn't make the iDevice slower, but it does affect how long people can use their iDevice before having to find the power cord.

 

[Strongbow]

This malfunction seems to be tied up with the processing speed . . It makes an effort to get into settngs for about 10 seconds and then gives up . . I must admit that I had been using storage to the limit before this ! . . iPhone 5s aren't prone to viruses . . or are they ? . .

 

[Pinkpoison]

This malfunction seems to be tied up with the processing speed . . It makes an effort to get into settngs for about 10 seconds and then gives up . . I must admit that I had been using storage to the limit before this ! . . iPhone 5s aren't prone to viruses . . or are they ? . .

I can't see it being a virus, you could take it to an Apple store and get a diagnostics.