How to stop app crashes?
Short answerStop app crashes before they start with a five-minute weekly routine: restart the phone, check that storage is not nearly full, install pending updates, and open the work app once before the first job. Prevention takes less time than a single crash in the middle of a customer visit.
The explanation
Phones that run for weeks without restarting build up memory pressure. A restart every week or so clears it. Pick a time, such as Monday before work, and make it a habit for the whole crew.
Keep an eye on storage. Photos from the field fill a phone faster than people expect. Back up and delete old ones monthly, and aim to keep a few gigabytes free so the app has room to work.
Update during a quiet time, not in the driveway at the start of a job. Then open the work app once and check that today's schedule loads. If it does not, you find out at home on Wi-Fi, not in front of a customer. A small routine done every week beats a big cleanup done after the third crash.
Steps
- Restart the work phone once a week at a set time.
- Check free storage and back up old photos monthly.
- Install updates on a quiet evening, not mid-job.
- Open the work app before the first job and confirm today's schedule loads.
What to watch for
- Updating the operating system in the middle of a work day.
- Letting the phone fill with video until the app cannot save files.
How Apex does it
Built
Built and working against the real database for our first business only. Early access. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.
Apex gives each user an agenda view of the day that loads in the browser, and installs to the home screen without an app store, so the pre-job check is to open it and confirm today's list appears.
- MB23Tech app install without app store(Built)
- SC02Agenda / list view(Built)
Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.
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