The iPhone is a good, versatile device. An iPhone can offer a world of entertainment, along with tool that can organize your daily life. Personalizing your iPhone can be achieved in different ways and will allow it to serve your needs better. You can be in complete control of your iPhone with these tips.
Be choosy about which apps you download to your iPhone. iPhone has an infinite number of apps available, some of which are free and some that may cost money. You have to remember that there are the ones that are shady, which means they will use your information in a negative way or stick you with hidden charges.
Apple offers many iPhone tutorials. Each tutorial walks you through each step of the various features to help you fell confident using your iPhone. You can use tutorials anytime you are having problems with your iPhone.
Do you have more than one program running on your iPhone, which must be shut down? For quick access, tap the home key. Locate the app that needs to be closed, and press down on it. After the icon wiggles, close the app by tapping the red minus sign.
There are a few different ways to search contacts on the iPhone. There is one that does not involve flicking with your fingers. Press and hold on the alphabetical contact list. Now you can simply slide your finger up and down to peruse the list. This is an easy and controlled way to look through all of your contacts.
To get to web pages quicker and cut out the repetitive “www.” You can also get to .com quickly by making Google your default search device. With Google you can just type out the name of the page, leave out the other parts of the address and it will bring you right to the website you need.
For wireless functions that you don’t need, turn them off. You may not actually be using them, but if left active then they drain your battery much faster since they are constantly searching for available networks. Wireless radio functions on your iPhone such as Wi-Fi or your GPS and your Bluetooth use additional battery power on your iPhone that will cause more frequent recharging. Anytime these functions aren’t in use, turn them off.
Use your iPhone to connect via social media with your friends. There are apps available for every social network including Twitter and Facebook that allow you to easily update your status and post photos. Use the social apps to get instant news and updates to know what everyone in the world is doing first.
If you are using your iPhone to search the web, you do not need to type in the .com of the web address you want to go to. Just enter the main phrase in the URL, and Safari will put you at the right place. It might not seem like that much of a time-saver, but there is no reason to type it if you don’t have too.
You can scroll through your iPhone contacts in three different ways. If you swipe the list with your finger, you’ll scroll through the whole thing. You can also tap a single letter to go straight to the contacts that start with or, or you can press and hold on one spot on the list. The last way makes it simple to scroll through all of your contacts much faster.
You can save time when typing on your iPhone by presetting specific words. Go to settings, then keyboard, then to add shortcut. By this method to preprogram, words and phrases with many characters can be typed with just a few keys. Once you have the shortcut set up, it’ll only take you a few quick taps to produce the word you want.
You can turn your favorite website in an app. First, navigate to the site. Once you are on the website, just hit the “Go” button. This then gives you the option for adding this site to the home screen. Once it connects to your home screen you have the option to change the name and personalize the app.
There is an easy way to remove unwanted emails with just a swipe of your finger. Simply highlight the message by dragging your finger across the message and hitting the delete button that comes up.
Do not expose your iPhone to extreme temperatures if possible. Don’t leave it in your car in extreme heat and don’t bring it with you into walk-in freezers. As with other electronics, water can build up inside the phone if the temperature drop is extreme.
You can set reminders based on location with your iPhone. Instead of telling it to call work at a certain time, you can tell it to remind you to call when you arrive home. Now, you can simply say “when I arrive home” instead of specifying a time. Then the phone will tell you to call up your work when it detects that you are home. That way, if you have no idea when you will reach home, you are still going to have a reminder.
The iPhone’s built-in camera can be utilized for taking clear pictures. The iPhone allows you to take photographs and save them to your phone. Once you’ve taken them, you can send them to your friends, email them to yourself, or download the albums to your PC. It is not necessary to spend money for a digital camera because you can take pictures with your iPhone.
Hard reset your iPhone if it gets frozen. You will want to press the home key and the sleep button at the same time. This will restart your phone, which will bring up the Apple logo in white.
Now you can see that iPhones offer many features right out of the box. There are some things it can do that even you may not know about. Use what you learned today as a starting point to personalize your iPhone and life.
