How to temporarily remove iOS home screen animations

The coolest new iOS tweak since iOS 8's screen dimmer. Via vista980622 on reddit.

1. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch and turn AssistiveTouch on
2. Go to your home screen and drag the AssistiveTouch icon to the bottom-right corner of the screen
3. Swipe down to show Spotlight search, and swipe up when the AssistiveTouch icon finishes moving above the keyboard. You don't need to lift your finger. Do this a bunch of times until Spotlight becomes noticeably faster.
4. Open an app and the opening animation should be gone. If not, repeat step 3.
5. Disable AssistiveTouch to hide the icon.

Animations will resume when you reboot, but until then things should feel a bit faster. The official alternative is to use Accessibility > Reduce Motion, but that still adds a few milliseconds of blur animation to every action.