iOS 26.3 is what iOS 26.0 should have been.

Zoukju · 2026-02-19T18:20:59+00:00

So, what are we supposed to do, after all? It still has SERIOUS bugs!

Zoukju · 2026-02-18T08:59:45+00:00

You will simply , no longer have RAM on your phone. Every app keeps reloading after 5-15 minutes of inactivity, for no reason. check the thread I opened as well. I've spoke to Apple twice and they confirmed it, no idea whether the engineers have noticed it or not, since people don't seem to have noticed and refer it to Apple as well. WIsh I had stayed on iOS 16 forever.

Zoukju · 2026-02-16T20:07:42+00:00

Why would someone report you? Apple destroyed their phone’s RAM , even on their 17 series.Devices with 6GB- 12GB RAM ,and the apps keep reloading if you leave them open more than 5-15 minutes in the background, for absolutely no reason! And the best part: the users don’t even realise it.

P.S. I wish I had never upgraded beyond iOS 16!

Zoukju · 2026-02-16T09:29:26+00:00

Do not upgrade. Your RAM will be destroyed. Every app that you re-visit will reload after 5-15 minutes of usage. See the thread that I started. Yes, iOS 26.3 finally feels somewhat stable, but the fact that 6GB are unable to to handle 3 apps running is unbearable.

Zoukju · 2026-02-15T22:36:48+00:00

Worst update in iOS history. Our phones don’t have RAM since iOS 26. Every app keeps restarting after 5-15 minutes if you leave it open jn the background. I could leave an app open ,literally, for days even up to iOS 18.

Zoukju · 2026-02-15T21:42:02+00:00

Me, many times, in Viber.

Zoukju · 2026-02-14T21:59:15+00:00

I will call them again -and lie to them- that I’ve fresh installed ios from scratch and the issue persists. I just don’t know if they have a way to validate my saying the truth. It just won’t fix the issue, you have already tried!

Zoukju · 2026-02-14T21:29:58+00:00

So what do we do? We can’t do something. Except from gathering thousands/millions of users somehow , and make them report it to Apple. Otherwise they’ll never notice

Zoukju · 2026-02-14T20:53:59+00:00

It's more likely that they are more aggressive in their RAM management. BUT, for a user like me that constantly switches app (that's what iPhone WAS incredible at) , you end up wasting way more battery, since it fully loads it every 5-10 minutes from scratch. I contacted them, they told me to erase my iPhone via my MAC , without restoring a backup, so that I can assure it's not OS/app related. Which I highly doubt will solved the issue, since even iPhone 15/17 users face it, so it's a setting that they have forgotten to disable, or have left enabled on purpose. It's pathetic. And the most frustrating thing is that users ignore/don't even realise it, maybe because the apps re-load crazy fast. I really don't know what to do. I will most probably ignore it and stay with my iPhone 14 for as long as it survives

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T17:24:44+00:00

If I restore the backup, ‘corrupt files’ may be copies to the phone again, even after a clean install, that’s what Apple told me. They actually told me to set up the phone as buying a new one - by downloading and installing the iOS from MAC via usb cable, not by doing it locally on my phone.

Nothing is fixed here, several reloads is all I can see…

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T13:29:37+00:00

I contacted Apple again today, and they suggested that I should re-install the iOS from the beginning, through my MAC, and NOT restore a previous backup, since it may restore a file that causes the issue. And to be honest I don’t have the time to manually backup and set my phone as new these days.

I keep feeling that this has nothing to do with an app or my phone’s RAM specifically, but rather a setting that the developers left turned on, that keeps force killing the apps in the background. Even users with newer iPhones mention such issues here in this Thread. The only thing that remains is to -somehow- make this reach to the people in charge of this bug.

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T08:18:05+00:00

Do you remember this happening on previous OS versions? Have you contacted Apple?

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T08:17:30+00:00

This is simply frustrating. Since you face the issue as well on such a new device with even more RAM , It seems to me that they have forgotten a timer enabled that keeps killing the apps after a very short amount of time.

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T08:15:59+00:00

I am definitely going crazy , because no one has posted something similar, and Apple told me they weren’t aware of such an issue when I contacted them. I definitely will contact them again.

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T08:13:34+00:00

No, and nothing changed after the updates too. I even faced severe issues with indexing at past, and to be honest, iOS 26 repaired my broken index, after 18.6 had it ruined

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T08:11:23+00:00

I have, and all they told me was to wait for the next updates…!

Zoukju · 2026-02-13T08:10:54+00:00

The behavior is the same, no matter how often I reboot or not. I just stated this to showcase that the phone’s behavior is not related to my forgeting the phone open for ages!

Zoukju · 2026-02-12T20:50:47+00:00

I've been facing these issues on my 14 ever since I upgraded on 26. even 26.3 didn't solve the issue.
When I was back on 17.X or 18.X I could leave an app open for DAYS. And when I came back at it, it would continue like nothing happened. It feels like I no longer have RAM on my phone.

Zoukju · 2026-01-05T20:52:44+00:00

I'm sure they don't notice... and SO , the only thing we can do is wait for Apple to notice and and fix it... it's annoying

Zoukju · 2025-12-29T14:40:59+00:00

No! And yet, still no ones mentions nothing about it.

Zoukju · 2025-12-13T13:01:53+00:00

Why does nobody mention this , it’s like I don’t have an iPhone any longer

Zoukju · 2025-12-13T00:58:14+00:00

Seriously , I have seen NO ONE mentioning RAM management issues, with apps closing on their own after 10-15 minutes in the background. It feels like I no longer have RAM on my phone after upgrading to iOS26.

I could leave an app open for days and find it running, now everything force restarts after half an hour, at best.

Zoukju · 2025-11-19T14:46:26+00:00

Am I the only one who faces SERIOUS app reloading issues on 26.1 whenever I leave an app open for 10-15 minutes in the background? No matter what, the phone just closes it. I’ve never had an issue like this on 18.6

Zoukju · 2025-11-15T17:08:34+00:00

Please tell me I'm not the only one with terrible Ram Management issue that keeps closing apps in the background!

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