I’ve had an iPhone for a little over five months now and have never been happier with a phone in my life. That being said, I need to bring up the fact that I didn’t always feel this way. Around two months after I purchased the phone, I noticed the battery life was starting to decline and besides that, on apps I use all the time such as the calendar as well and safari were causing my entire iPhone to freeze.

Having not dealt with these problems in the past, my first instinct was to call tech support or to send the phone back for a new one. This however would be time consuming and expensive and I didn’t want to involve time or money in fixing what seemed to be simple problems. When I started thinking about previous tech devices I had owned, the solution to my battery life problem was found. Let the battery completely die and then let it charge up from 0 to 100% with no charging interruptions. I know it seems to be common sense but so many people forget to do this and it really does cause a problem with the battery. I still do this once a week and because of it, my iPhone will last 2 days on a charge. Now that I had the battery fixed, I still had the issue of my iPhone freezing up.

Instead of calling tech support, I plugged my iPhone into the computer and pulled up iTunes. Like always, it synced automatically, looking around the main iPhone page however, I noticed a sort of reset button that would return my iPhone back to its factory settings before reinstalling all of my apps and recent updates. I figured I would give it a try and after consenting to the usual pop up messages the restore began. It took almost an hour but it was well worth it! Everything now runs smoothly and I have not had a glitch or a battery problem since then.

I would definitely consider trying these tips out if you are having similar problems with your iPhone because they really work and they are free, which at this point in time is a lifesaver!

Michael Blumreich is a contributor for the aptly named laptop site, LaptopReviews.com. He’s currently a university student and lover of all things tech.