How to Speed up your Jailbroken iPhone 3G

By Gary Ng on November 7th, 2008 176

As much as I love my iPhone 3G, the latest 2.1 firmware is still not the smoothest and stable yet. Apple has released a couple firmware updates so far and we have seen some improvements, but anticipation for 2.2 firmware can’t come any sooner. If you have jailbroken your iPhone, you’ve probably run into some more lag and just horrendous system speed.

The choice to jailbreak or not is entirely up to you. For myself, access to PDAnet, QIK, and some of the must have jailbroken apps is something that I enjoy. However, for some reason my iPhone 3G was at its slowest point ever and it was driving me insane. Wait times to launch apps such as the Phone, SMS, Mail, and just navigating around resulted in frustration and neverending pauses.

How to Speed up your Jailbroken iPhone 3G

Are you also experiencing laggy wait times and just general slowness? Well, here’s one simple solution to your problems. All you have to do is…

…uninstall Winterboard.

Yep, after doing some research and testing of uninstalling other apps, Winterboard is a major culprit. Sure, I love customizing my iPhone themes as much as the next person, but after uninstalling Winterboard I noticed the navigation and speed increased by 50%. So there you go, that’s my advice for the day. Uninstall Winterboard and I guarantee you’ll notice a difference in your iPhone. I would rather have a speedy iPhone instead of a laggy, customized theme installed. Let’s hope that 2.2 firmware will bring some more bug fixes our way!

Let me know if uninstalling Winterboard speeds up your iPhone 3G in the comments!

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  • Brian

    awwwww… I like winterboard =).
    oh well… I have noticed lately that my phone is a little slow AND my battery drains just a little faster.

  • Brian

    awwwww… I like winterboard =).
    oh well… I have noticed lately that my phone is a little slow AND my battery drains just a little faster.

  • Brian

    awwwww… I like winterboard =).
    oh well… I have noticed lately that my phone is a little slow AND my battery drains just a little faster.

  • SCREWFACE

    FK!
    I knew it, but I didn’t want to admit it to myself.

    So if you’re going to tell us to uninstall it, at least suggest another way to customize the phone.

    Or tell us that some magic firmware, or magic update for Winterboard is in the works.

  • SCREWFACE

    FK!
    I knew it, but I didn’t want to admit it to myself.

    So if you’re going to tell us to uninstall it, at least suggest another way to customize the phone.

    Or tell us that some magic firmware, or magic update for Winterboard is in the works.

  • http://TO SCREWFACE

    FK!
    I knew it, but I didn’t want to admit it to myself.

    So if you’re going to tell us to uninstall it, at least suggest another way to customize the phone.

    Or tell us that some magic firmware, or magic update for Winterboard is in the works.

  • teddyx

    exactly why apple doesn’t theme or have winterboard on the app store

  • teddyx

    exactly why apple doesn’t theme or have winterboard on the app store

  • teddyx

    exactly why apple doesn’t theme or have winterboard on the app store

  • Chris

    Thanks for the tip – any other tips for speeding up a jailbroken phone besides Winterboard? I never installed it, but mine’s so S-L-O-W.

  • Chris

    Thanks for the tip – any other tips for speeding up a jailbroken phone besides Winterboard? I never installed it, but mine’s so S-L-O-W.

  • Tim Aucoin

    Winterboard is one of the main reasons I jailbroke in the first place! I jailed my phone as of the last update, as I don’t like the lag in speed that jailbreaking does. I’m pretty happy with the features available in the unbroken phone and I’m confident that there will be customizable screens coming quite soon. Had dinner with Steve and his family last weekend and he let a little something slip! That’s all I can say right now (legally) :-)
    ..
    Everyone have a fantastic Friday and weekend!

  • Tim Aucoin

    Winterboard is one of the main reasons I jailbroke in the first place! I jailed my phone as of the last update, as I don’t like the lag in speed that jailbreaking does. I’m pretty happy with the features available in the unbroken phone and I’m confident that there will be customizable screens coming quite soon. Had dinner with Steve and his family last weekend and he let a little something slip! That’s all I can say right now (legally) :-)
    ..
    Everyone have a fantastic Friday and weekend!

  • Tim Aucoin

    Winterboard is one of the main reasons I jailbroke in the first place! I jailed my phone as of the last update, as I don’t like the lag in speed that jailbreaking does. I’m pretty happy with the features available in the unbroken phone and I’m confident that there will be customizable screens coming quite soon. Had dinner with Steve and his family last weekend and he let a little something slip! That’s all I can say right now (legally) :-)
    ..
    Everyone have a fantastic Friday and weekend!

  • Justin

    I do noticed my 3G is slow these days at launching apps like Setting to turn on Wifi, Phone, etc. but I do like the winterboard theme. What to do…

  • Justin

    I do noticed my 3G is slow these days at launching apps like Setting to turn on Wifi, Phone, etc. but I do like the winterboard theme. What to do…

  • Justin

    I do noticed my 3G is slow these days at launching apps like Setting to turn on Wifi, Phone, etc. but I do like the winterboard theme. What to do…

  • sally

    Does it have to be uninstalled? can i just turn off all the themes (wall papers etc) but just leave like one or two things (such as the battery chargers)?

  • sally

    Does it have to be uninstalled? can i just turn off all the themes (wall papers etc) but just leave like one or two things (such as the battery chargers)?

  • sally

    Does it have to be uninstalled? can i just turn off all the themes (wall papers etc) but just leave like one or two things (such as the battery chargers)?

  • Larry

    Yes, I also figure out this recently that Winterboard is sadly the reason slowing down my iPhone. Really missing the stable Summerboard in FW v1.1.x

    However, uninstall Winterboard doesn’t mean you can’t customize your iPhone, you can still do them manually. Just copy the files inside the theme dir to the matching location in your iPhone then you will still get a customized iPhone with no lag !!!

  • Larry

    Yes, I also figure out this recently that Winterboard is sadly the reason slowing down my iPhone. Really missing the stable Summerboard in FW v1.1.x

    However, uninstall Winterboard doesn’t mean you can’t customize your iPhone, you can still do them manually. Just copy the files inside the theme dir to the matching location in your iPhone then you will still get a customized iPhone with no lag !!!

  • Larry

    Yes, I also figure out this recently that Winterboard is sadly the reason slowing down my iPhone. Really missing the stable Summerboard in FW v1.1.x

    However, uninstall Winterboard doesn’t mean you can’t customize your iPhone, you can still do them manually. Just copy the files inside the theme dir to the matching location in your iPhone then you will still get a customized iPhone with no lag !!!

  • Larry

    Even not selecting any theme won’t help unless you uninstall.
    Personally I’m guessing that Winterboard use too much system resource even though you are not loading any theme. Also, there could be memory leak for this program that’s why the longer you run the slower your iPhone is, until you reboot then get a bot better…..

  • Larry

    Even not selecting any theme won’t help unless you uninstall.
    Personally I’m guessing that Winterboard use too much system resource even though you are not loading any theme. Also, there could be memory leak for this program that’s why the longer you run the slower your iPhone is, until you reboot then get a bot better…..

  • Larry

    Even not selecting any theme won’t help unless you uninstall.
    Personally I’m guessing that Winterboard use too much system resource even though you are not loading any theme. Also, there could be memory leak for this program that’s why the longer you run the slower your iPhone is, until you reboot then get a bot better…..

  • shnukms

    i think the developer of winterboard has to address this issue. i love the app and would be sad to see it go, if there is something he/she could do so that we can continue supporting it. i’m even willing to pay for an effeciently run winterboard in the future!

  • shnukms

    i think the developer of winterboard has to address this issue. i love the app and would be sad to see it go, if there is something he/she could do so that we can continue supporting it. i’m even willing to pay for an effeciently run winterboard in the future!

  • shnukms

    i think the developer of winterboard has to address this issue. i love the app and would be sad to see it go, if there is something he/she could do so that we can continue supporting it. i’m even willing to pay for an effeciently run winterboard in the future!

  • Kuldip

    Agreed!

    I am definitely willing to drop a bit of cash to have this app work efficiently. Probably be the best bang for your buck compared to anything in the app store.
    :p

  • Kuldip

    Agreed!

    I am definitely willing to drop a bit of cash to have this app work efficiently. Probably be the best bang for your buck compared to anything in the app store.
    :p

  • Kuldip

    Agreed!

    I am definitely willing to drop a bit of cash to have this app work efficiently. Probably be the best bang for your buck compared to anything in the app store.
    :p

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  • Nick

    Wow. Like night and day!

  • Nick

    Wow. Like night and day!

  • Nick

    Wow. Like night and day!

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    You know what, I was in the same boat as you. I loved my customized themes, but the lag was getting to the point where I would just get frustrated. Now, without WB the phone is actually pretty quick when moving from app to app. Let’s hope for an update to WB or a new firmware soon.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    You know what, I was in the same boat as you. I loved my customized themes, but the lag was getting to the point where I would just get frustrated. Now, without WB the phone is actually pretty quick when moving from app to app. Let’s hope for an update to WB or a new firmware soon.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca iPhone Fan

    You know what, I was in the same boat as you. I loved my customized themes, but the lag was getting to the point where I would just get frustrated. Now, without WB the phone is actually pretty quick when moving from app to app. Let’s hope for an update to WB or a new firmware soon.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Apple doesn’t like to let users customize themes…I bet if they did, they would make a killing.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Apple doesn’t like to let users customize themes…I bet if they did, they would make a killing.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca iPhone Fan

    Apple doesn’t like to let users customize themes…I bet if they did, they would make a killing.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Good point!

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    I think it is the app WB itself. Uninstalling seems to have the greatest effect on speed.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Uninstall it and see the difference. You can always reinstall it!

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    I think it is the app WB itself. Uninstalling seems to have the greatest effect on speed.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Uninstall it and see the difference. You can always reinstall it!

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca iPhone Fan

    Uninstall it and see the difference. You can always reinstall it!

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca iPhone Fan

    I think it is the app WB itself. Uninstalling seems to have the greatest effect on speed.

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca iPhone Fan

    Good point!

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