Configurable iOS idle / background behavior (close app in background)

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Lukemx

July 28, 2025 13:49

I use Jump all the time on iOS to connect to my Mac, but I often forget to disconnect a session, and it stays open indefinitely. For my particular use case, this is bad; dozens of times, I’ve accidentally left it open in the background, leading to battery drain and using up many GB of mobile data long after I intended to disconnect but didn’t. It seems fundamental to have some sort of idle timeout or “disconnect-on-backgrounding” option, but I can’t seem to find it. Am I missing something? Thanks!

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  Michael Roehr March 31, 2026 19:53

  Holy moly I just noticed this too. The app is not managing its background process well at all. I don’t use it often on my phone but when I do and don’t kill the app I find it hogging 40%+ of my battery.

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  Lukemx March 31, 2026 19:58

  Hey Michael, one thing worth noting:

  I realized after posting this that the culprit, for my situation, was that I had the "Disable Sleep" option enabled in the Jump Desktop Mobile app under Settings > Security. That setting says it "Prevents your iPhone from locking or sleeping while connected to a computer"; I thought that was referring to keeping the connection alive while the app was foregrounded, but it turns out it actually means "never let the connection die ever, even when the app is backgrounded". I turned that off, and my problems went away. 

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  Michael Roehr March 31, 2026 20:00 (Edited March 31, 2026 20:01)

  Good find, I wasn't thinking SECURITY when it comes to that scenario setting. Shoot, I am just gonna toggle that off along with auto-reconnect and maybe my pocket won't be on fire next time I use it.

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  Lukemx March 31, 2026 20:02

  "I wasn't thinking SECURITY"
  
  ...agreed 😂 glad I could help!

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