Everything You Should Know About The Iphone

December 20, 2015
AppNews

TIP! The iPhone makes finding your way around a breeze. There are different maps in the software that can direct you to your destination.

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. A lot of people feel like their iphone could be even more useful with a few changes. To help learn how to get more from your iphone, keep reading.

TIP! If you are online with your phone, you don’t have to type “.com” to end the URLs.

You can find your way anywhere with your iphone. If you try the map feature with the GPS when searching for directions, you can locate the best route to your destination and even find gas or shops along the way. This can also be bookmarked so that you can go back to the spot that you were at.

TIP! Location-based reminders can be set by using Siri. Now you don’t have to say ” Siri, remind me at five to call work.

Are you sick of constantly getting iphone notifications? This is a simple way to turn them off. After you open the main “Settings” menu, touch the bar called “Notifications.” Check “In Notification Center” to identify apps that are not currently of use. That should help your battery life as well.

TIP! It is possible to create an app from your commonly used sites. Begin by visiting a website in your iPhone’s browser.

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. The images in these apps can be saved by simply touching them and holding down your finger for a short amount of time. A screen should pop up and ask you to either save the image, or cancel.

Hitting the “X” button when the AutoCorrect suggestion box comes up is not necessary. All you need to do is press the screen, anywhere. The box will instantly close.

TIP! Tag your email accounts to your iPhone for quick accessibility to all of your messages. If you have this set up, you can get a notification every time you get a new email and you can check it whenever you like from your phone.

Make messaging faster if you use this trick. If you don’t like the dictionary’s suggestion for a word replacement, just tap the screen anyplace to get rid of it. This is much easier than removing the word by tapping on the small “x” that follows it.

TIP! With its standard settings, an iPhone is going to display message previews whenever a notification arrives, even if you have the screen locked. For some this may be great; for others, this can be a major annoyance.

When you get to a webpage, you can use your fingers to search. When the webpages has boxes, one finger scrolling lets you see each box individually. Two fingered scrolling helps you quickly scroll through the whole web page.

TIP! Have you missed an opportunity to get a great picture because your camera application was too slow to ramp up? Use this simple and fast shortcut. With the screen in the locked position, give two quick taps to the Home button.

In its default setting, your iphone will highlight incoming messages on its lock screen. This is something that some find convenient, but others do not like so much. You can disable this feature. Under Settings, choose Notifications and then Messages. Show Preview is the option you want to turn off.

TIP! If you value your privacy greatly, then you should probably use Siri a little less. Apple makes note of these recordings and puts them on their internal server.

There is a calculator tool in the iphone that easily lets you add, subtract or multiply something very quickly. The calculator has a standard form, which appears when the phone is vertical, as well as a scientific version that appears when the phone is rotated into a horizontal position.

TIP! Just like with lots of other smartphones, the iPhone can be set to give you visual indicators of when you receive calls and/or messages. If you want silent notifications, you can configure your iPhone’s camera to flash and blink when a call or message comes in.

The Safari browser on the iphone allows you to do virtually everything you can do on a large computer, and that includes bringing images down from websites. You can save pictures on the Internet to your phone by tapping down for several seconds. The context menu pops up, and you can save the picture to the Camera Roll on your phone. Alternately, you can copy the image into a text message.

TIP! You can take screenshots with your iPhone. Once you are ready to take the screenshot, first hold the home button down, and then tap the sleep button as well.

If you prefer hearing clicks while typing a text, simply go to “Sounds” and enable the click sounds. Some people find this helps them make less mistakes because you can keep up with the speed at which your phone processes each of your keystrokes.

TIP! Should your iPhone fall in water, wait before trying to turn it on. Dry the outside well and allow the any internal water to dry overnight.

Use the iphone Calendar feature to keep your life organized. For faster and more efficient use of the tool, add events directly to the calendar rather than using your “+” button. Tap and hold on an hour in your “Day” view, and that will make a new event. Fast scheduling will free up more of your time.

TIP! As you probably know, you can set reminders to start at certain times. It gets better! You can also use reminders based on a particular location.

You only need one hand to snap a photo with your iphone. Hold your iphone with a steady hand and press the volume button to take the picture. The pictures are just like they were taken the normal way.

TIP! Sometimes you are working on your iPhone and you are interrupted when a notification pops up. But perhaps now is not a good time, so before getting to the notice you will want to save it for later.

If your iphone freezes up, do not be alarmed. Make sure to first try the button that puts your phone to sleep and wakes it up. If that does not solve the problem, select the sleep/wake and home buttons together. Your phone will get a hard reset and, be working again in no time.

TIP! Use the auto-correct to your benefit by setting your own phrases to the memory. Access settings, then general, and select keyboard, finally, choose “add new shortcut”.

An iphone doesn’t come cheap, but that’s only because it has so much to offer. It’s essentially a handheld computer! You already know that an iphone is worth its cost if you’re an owner yourself. Apply what you’ve just learned, and make even better use of your phone.

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