Many people own an iPhone these days, but few really know the secrets to mastering it. You are not the only person who is unsure about all the iPhone has to offer. Keep reading to learn out about the ways that your iPhone can improve your life.
Though many people use their iPhone for surfing the web or email, many are not aware of how easy saving images from these can be. When you see a picture you want to save to your phone, just tap and hold on the image. In a matter of moments, a small box pops up and allows you to select and save the image.
Does your message require an accent or an umlaut over a letter? Well, luckily for you it’s a relatively easy process. Holding down the letter you wish to use for a quick second is all that you need to do. A pop-up box should appear with extra keys. This will give you the additional options that you were hoping for!
You can easily access your email accounts and messages by tagging them. This is essential, because you can receive instant notifications any time a new email arrives, allowing you to read it immediately. The iPhone has the capability to give you instant access to all of your email accounts.
Are you wondering about what you have put in iMessage? Did Auto Correct change the meaning of it yet again? The easiest way to undo this is to just give a quick shake to your iPhone. That undoes any recent typing. Go to the Settings menu to make sure this function is enabled.
When you’d like to write an email or type up a note, and aren’t interested in using the words your iPhone is suggesting, you don’t need to press X to get rid of the suggestion box. You can actually tap your finger anywhere within the screen to dismiss the box.
You can see a list of messages on your lock screen. You might find this annoying rather than convenient. If you would prefer not to see them, it is not hard to disable this feature on your iPhone. To disable this feature, open the message notifications under the Settings menu. You can then turn off the Show Preview option.
Did you miss an important photo because you were fumbling to pull up the camera feature on your iPhone? If so, check this tip out. First, just tap on the Home feature two times while the phone is locked. Then you’ll see a camera icon at the bottom right. Touch this camera icon and you will be able to use your iPhone as a camera right away.
If you need to do some quick math, use the iPhone’s calculator function. It’s available in standard form if it’s held vertically, but can become a scientific calculator if it’s held horizontally.
If you are concerned about privacy when using Siri, you may want to keep your Siri conversations to a minimum. Apple keeps recordings of almost all communication with Siri on its own server. While this does assist the speech recognition function, you should be aware that you might not have total privacy when doing this.
Your iPhone can provide visual indicators of incoming messages and calls. If you want to have a silent notification, the iPhone’s LED camera can be set to blink whenever you receive a call and/or message. Use the menu for Settings, then General, then Accessibility. Activate LED Flash Alerts.
Whenever you’re using your iPhone, you can take a quick screenshot. Holding down the Home button while clicking the Sleep button simultaneously captures a screenshot of whatever is on your iPhone screen. Your screenshot is saved when the screen is white.
With Safari, you can do pretty much all of the things you like to do on your browser on your computer; this includes getting images from the Internet. If you find a picture you would like to save, simply press and hold it. A menu will pop up, giving you the option to save the image to the Camera Roll. You can even place it in a message.
Sometimes a hard reset is necessary to get your iPhone working again if it freezes and the Sleep/Wake button does not fix it. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home key at the same time. This shuts the phone down and restarts it so your phone won’t be frozen anymore.
It’s important that you always have the most recently updated version of the OS. The iPhone is really like a mini-computer, so every now and then patches appear to fix security holes, bugs and issues with functionality. Doing this is even more important if you use your phone to transmit any kind of personal data.
Always remember to keep the iPhone firmware updated. Each update increases the functionality of the iPhone, and improves battery life. Update firmware by putting iTunes on your computer, then synchronizing the iPhone to the computer. On the other hand, you can utilize iCloud to facilitate your connections.
There is a very easy way to get your iPhone to take a picture the instant you want it to. Your headphones incorporate volume buttons and these can be used for this purpose. Keep your hand steady and focus on the object you are trying to capture. When you are ready to snap the photograph, press the volume button on your headphone cord.
If you prefer hearing clicks every time you hit a key while texting, you can turn that feature on in your phone’s Sounds section. Hearing the clicks can reduce your typing errors because you know when your phone reads the key sections.
Although they’re not cheap to purchase, iPhones give their users an astonishing amount of power (they can do almost anything a home computer can) right in their pockets. If you are the proud owner of an iPhone, you know what an amazing piece of technology it is. Apply what you’ve just learned, and make even better use of your phone.