How To Use Your Iphone To The Fullest

May 23, 2016
AppNews

TIP! If you get your iPhone wet, simply use rice in order to dry it out. It is common for people to drop their phones in a puddle, toilet, or other wet location.

It doesn’t take you very long with an iphone to figure out that it can do a lot more than an ordinary phone, but fully exploring its features requires a little bit of time and learning. To get the most from using your iphone, keep reading this article.

TIP! You don’t need to type in the “.com” when browsing the web on your iPhone.

Dry rice can be used to dry an iphone if it gets wet. If your iphone lands in the toilet or you get it wet, this can help to save your device. Dry your iphone with a towel as well as possible, then seal it in a bag that has dry rice in it. Then dry it out overnight, or at the bare minimum for several hours.

TIP! Use your iPhone to help you navigate from place to place. You can use the map feature as your GPS to find locations or amenities along your route.

When you have mastered taking pictures by using your volume buttons, give it a try with your headphone cord. Steady your hands when snapping the picture, and then touch the cord’s button. You will get a clear shot and won’t shake the phone by doing this.

TIP! You can easily create shortcuts to websites you visit frequently. First, navigate to the site.

Do you get too many notifications on your iphone? You can shut them off. First, select the settings button, and then touch the notifications bar. Take a look at the apps that are under the “In Notification Center” heading, and remove anything that doesn’t need to be there. This will also dramatically increase the iPhone’s battery life.

TIP! Do you need special characters when you type foreign or accented words? Here’s the trick. Touch the letter you want to change, and hold it for a bit.

You can take photos with the cord from your headphones. For starters, get the frame of the photo that you want to take. Once you’re ready to take the picture, press the button that’s on the cord. Your picture is recorded. Save the picture as you normally would.

TIP! Maximize your iPhone’s utility by using the various multimedia capabilities. You can enjoy videos from virtually any source on your iPhone.

Here’s a tip to help you type a message more quickly. If you do not want to use the word the dictionary suggests when you are texting with your iphone, you can simply tap anywhere on the screen to dismiss it. This is much easier than removing the word by tapping on the small “x” that follows it.

TIP! Have you ever found yourself doubting your most recent entry into iMessage? Has Auto Correct made you say something silly? Shake your iPhone and you can quickly undo any damage. This automatically removes your most recent typing.

Do you want to include an umlauted or accented letter in your conversation, but don’t know how? If so, then listen carefully. If you touch an individual letter for only a few seconds, options will appear for that letter. A box that contains extra keys should pop up. You will then be able to type as many fancy letter as you want.

TIP! Your iPhone has the capability of showing previews of incoming messages when your screen is locked. This can be a positive or a negative, depending on your preference.

Tag your email accounts to your iphone for quick accessibility to all of your messages. This fabulous feature allows you to receive instant notification of your messages. You are not limited to a single email account with this feature.

TIP! Keep firmware updated. This will improve the phone’s usability and the battery life of your phone.

In its default setting, your iphone will highlight incoming messages on its lock screen. This could come in handy or it could be annoying. You can disable the feature quite easily. Go into your settings menu, choose notifications and then messages. You’ll want to disable the Show Preview function.

TIP! With your iPhone, you do not need to worry about your phone shaking when you take a picture. The volume control buttons on the headphone cord are what helps.

Should a freeze occur with your iphone, and it will not wake with a button push, a hard reset is probably needed. By simultaneously holding down the sleep/wake button and the home key, it should get your phone working properly again. The iphone will initiate a shutdown and restart, solving the problem.

TIP! Personalize your iPhone with the ringtone of your choice. You don’t want to be just like the rest of the crowd who probably just use the standard ringtones.

Turn keyboard clicks On by going to your Sound Settings if you like hearing the little clicks every time you press a character. These clicks help you know that the phone is picking up every tap you make, helping you lessen your mistakes.

TIP! Don’t freak out if your iPhone freezes up. First, test the sleep or wake button.

Choosing a custom ringtone is a terrific way to optimize your iphone. This will keep you from feeling like one of the crowd when your phone rings. Upload a beloved song or sound byte. That will turn heads when your iphone rings.

TIP! Should Siri’s voice not be to your liking, you can adjust the settings. The first step is to find Siri in the “general settings” area.

Every so often you will be using the iphone when all of a sudden you get interrupted with notification. But perhaps now is not a good time, so before getting to the notice you will want to save it for later. You can easily dismiss notifications. Once you see the notification bar, just make it disappear with a swipe.

TIP! You might not always have time to finish composing your email so the iPhone allows you to tap the cancel button, as opposed to closing your email completely. The iPhone will then ask if you would like to save the email in your drafts folder.

Marking emails as unread is easy with an iphone. Open details for the mail in question and click the unread option. When you relaunch your email, the message is now in your inbox and unread.

TIP! Connect with your friends using mobile social media. The iPhone lets you instantly update your life and friends on any of the major social networks like Facebook or Twitter.

Think about buying an app for battery management. There are a few available, and they can let you know where the most amount of battery power is being used and what can be changed to extend the battery life. They can also tell you when it is time to calibrate, allowing you to keep your battery healthy.

TIP! Do you text certain individuals frequently? These numbers can be added to your favorites, so that you can have easy access to them. This is a great feature because it organizes all your favorites and recent calls into a list that you can simply use to text and call them.

Love Siri but loathe her voice? If so, this tip should be of interest to you. The first step is to find Siri in the “general settings” area. Then you can adjust Siri’s language to French, German or English. On this screen, you can also select the accent of the Siri app to have various accents as well. In fact, British Siris are male.

TIP! Make sure you iPhone stays out of direct sunlight for any extended period of time. If you leave your phone in direct sunlight a long time, it could be completely ruined.

The iphone allows you to get a screenshot whenever you want. Simply do a quick press of your Home button and your power button all at once. (Press them both briefly; pressing them at length will cause undesired effects.)By doing this, a snapshot will be taken of the current display which will be sent directly for you to Images app.

TIP! Be gentle with your iPhone cord as they have shown to be delicate. When you disconnect your iPhone from the cord, be gentle with it.

No matter how much you do with your iphone currently, there are almost certainly new ways that you can use it. Just make sure you remember every tip you learned so you can apply them all.

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