Discovering What Makes Your Iphone Great: Advice For Users

September 22, 2015
AppNews

TIP! You can take pictures with your headphone cord as well. Most headphones contain a button you can press to take a photograph.

Nearly everyone has an iphone now, well it may seem that way, but many aren’t aware of how to use most of its functions. If you feel as though you’re not getting all you can from your iphone, you should know you’re not alone. Information regarding the best use of your phone can be obtained simply by reading on.

TIP! When surfing the web on the iPhone, you do not need to add “.com” to web addresses.

Make sure you update your iphone when you see new updates are available. Updates to your phone protect your phone and should be installed as soon as possible. It also forces you to store the pictures and other important information you have acquired on your computer so that if something happens to your phone, you haven’t lost EVERYTHING.

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TIP! The iPhone works pretty well as a navigation tool. Whenever you’re attempting to obtain directions somewhere or find stores located along the way, the map portion of the phone can be utilized as a GPS.

The iphone has a great option for those who need a bigger keyboard to type. It is not necessary to buy a larger keyboard. Turn you iphone sideways, then tap the Safari address bar, and viola! The larger keyboard allows you to have more speed and efficiency when typing.

TIP! Search for an app that lets you utilize your phone for storage. With this app, you are able to upload pictures, brief videos, music and text files.

Many iphone users will spent a lot of time surfing the web and reading mail, but they do not know how to save the images they find or are sent. It’s really easy to do this. When you’re viewing a photo you want to save, just click down on it and make sure that you hold it for around 3 seconds. A screen should pop up and ask you to either save the image, or cancel.

TIP! If you have Siri on your iPhone, but like to keep your privacy, you maybe not want to continue to use her. Anytime you use Siri, Apple is recording all of the voice prompts and they keep them on their internal server.

You can easily create your own dictionary and shortcuts with the iphone. When you use the diction feature, your iphone will recognize everything you say thanks to this dictionary. It is also possible to put in new phrases and shortcuts. When typing on your keyboard, these phrases will appear as suggestions.

TIP! You can get screenshots of websites and other screens with the iPhone. Whenever you’re on a screen you want to snap, hold down the Sleep and Home buttons simultaneously.

In order to get access to your email messages quickly, hook your accounts up to your iphone. By tagging these accounts, you will receive a notification any time you receive an email. This will allow you to view your messages in a timely manner. You can link several different email accounts or only one.

TIP! When using an iPhone, you have to remember that it’s a legitimate computer and it needs its operating system updated to the newest version. Due to the complexity of the iPhone, Apple will release patches to fix various problems or security lapses.

Are you wondering about what you have put in iMessage? Is AutoCorrect confusing the meaning of what you write? Shaking your iphone can help erase the typing that you just wrote. This automatically removes your most recent typing. This feature is optional and needs to be enabled if you wish to use it.

TIP! Make AutoText shortcuts with phrases you use the most, in order to save yourself some time when you are emailing or texting. This feature can handle cumbersome email address, along with common phrases like “Where are you?” or “On my way.

If you wish to send your message or draft a note but do not want to utilize corrected words, there is no need to touch the “x” to get rid of them. Simply tap anywhere to get rid of this box.

TIP! Should your iPhone fall in water, wait before trying to turn it on. Instead, do you best to dry the outside of the phone, and then allow the phone dry out overnight in a bowl of uncooked white rice.

For a quick way to add, subtract or multiply, don’t forget that calculator function on your iphone; it’s located in your phone’s utilities section. When you hold your calculator vertical it is standard, but when horizontal it shifts into a scientific calculator.

TIP! Try not to purchase or store too many apps on your iPhone. There are quite a few free and paid iPhone apps that are useful.

It is possible to take a screenshot when using your iphone. When you are looking at what you want the screenshot of, press Sleep and Home together. Your screenshot is captured when your screen turns white momentarily.

TIP! Think about buying a battery management application. There are a lot available, and they can help you find out where you use battery power and which adjustments to make to extend battery life.

Do a hard reboot if your phone is not responding to the Sleep and Wake button. Press down and hold the Sleep/Wake button while simultaneously holding and pressing on Home. This shuts the phone down and restarts it so your phone won’t be frozen anymore.

TIP! If you have run out of time and can’t finish composing your email, then just press cancel rather than closing out of your email app. The iPhone will then ask if you would like to save the email in your drafts folder.

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 an iphone owner, you understand just how wonderful it is. Hopefully after reading this article, you will be able to utilize all of its features and use it more efficiently.

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