david2 If you just got an iPhone, you’re probably enjoying it, but you’re also probably struggling to master your phone’s numerous features. Don’t be paralyzed with fear! Just read the suggestions in the following paragraph. Soon, you’ll have mastered your iPhone.
You can use the phone’s volume buttons for operating the camera, as well as the headphone cord. Press the button on the cord when you are ready. This will help you ensure you don’t shake your phone and create a blurry picture.
Reminders Based
Siri allows you to set reminders based on your location. Siri already gives reminders based on a pre-set time. You now say “Siri, please remind me when I arrive home to phone work.” As soon as the iPhone detects that you are home, it will activate the reminder. That way, if you have no idea when you will reach home, you are still going to have a reminder.
Are you sick of the constnt notifications you receive on your iPhone? Here is a tip on how to turn them off. Open Settings and select the ‘Notifications’ bar. Go to the “In Notification Center”; look at all the apps and remove any that you do not use. That should help your battery life as well.
If you go to a website over and over again, turn the site into an app on your iPhone. First, simply visit the site. Press the “Go” button when you get to the website. Then, you will have the option of adding the site to the home screen. When you see it on the home page, you are able to rename it. Then, you have an app!
One useful application allows you to upload and save files to your iPhone. With an app like this, you’ll be able to upload video, music, photo and text files to your iPhone. You can access files by connecting your phone directly to your computer, or you can view/listen to them on your phone.
By default, your iPhone will show a preview of incoming messages on the lock screen. You might find this annoying rather than convenient. If it is not to your liking, there is an option to remove this facility. Simply open Settings, move to Notifications, and click Messages. You’ll want to disable the Show Preview function.
You can take a screenshot with your iPhone. Once you are on the screen that you would like to take a screenshot of, hold down the “home” button and click on the “sleep” button at the same time. You have successfully saved the screenshot to your iPhone once you see your screen turn white.
You can navigate the Internet on your iPhone the same as you would on a laptop. Simple tap and hold the image you wish to save from any online site. A menu will pop up and allow you to save the image to your iPhone’s Camera Roll. It is even possible to drop it into an outgoing message.
In the event that your iPhone freezes and it is not revived when you press the Sleep/Wake button, you can do a hard reset to get things back in order. Press on the sleep button and the home button at the same time. The phone will then shut down and restart as a signal that everything went well.
Change the sounds on your phone so you can hear clicking when typing. This will let you know with a sound each time you press a button on the phone and will help eliminate mistakes as you are typing.
If you’ve just dropped you phone in water, make sure you don’t turn it on. Dry off the exterior, then allow the moisture to dry overnight. Activating a wet phone can short circuit it permanently.
Your iPhone’s calander can be a great tool. It’s more efficient to directly add events to your calendar than to touch “+” every time you want to add an event. In the “Day” view simply tap the hour to create a new appointment or event. The quicker you can schedule things, the less time you’ll have to waste on it.
Now you should know how versatile an iPhone really is. After you get the hang of it, the iPhone is likely to change your entire way of living. Simply use all the neat tips and tricks down below to help better your iPhone experience.