Tips For Your Iphone To Make Life Easier

March 24, 2016

TIP! To dry a soaked phone, use rice. You should of course avoid dropping your iPhone in water.

It can be hard to decide which smartphone to buy. There are multiple phones available that have very similar functions. Determining which phone is better can be a challenge. However, most people would agree that the iphone far outperforms other smartphones. This article will explain why it is the only choice.

TIP! Getting from one destination to another is easy with the iPhone. Use the map component as a GPS when you are trying to get directions to a specific location, or when you are trying to find things like grocery stores or gas stations along the way.

You may want to opt for a larger keyboard to make surfing the Internet easier. It is, however, not necessary to purchase a larger keyboard. Simply rotate the phone and double tap on the address bar in Safari. Now your keyboard is larger and you will be able to type more efficiently.

TIP! Are you sick of constantly getting iPhone notifications? There is a way to turn them off. Open Settings and select the ‘Notifications’ bar.

Not only can you take photos using your iPhone’s volume buttons, you can also take photos with the buttons on your iphone headphones. Steady your hands, and then press the button located on the cord. This will help you ensure you don’t shake your phone and create a blurry picture.

TIP! If you go to a website over and over again, turn the site into an app on your iPhone. To try this out, visit the site.

If you’re browsing the web through your iphone, you should know you don’t have to type “.com” when you’re putting in a site’s address. Just put the main address – anything before the .com – to navigate to the site you want. This may seem like a tiny time-saver, but it will save a lot of minutes during your phone’s lifetime.

TIP! Instead of trying to remember what a webpage or email said, you can save an image from on of them. Tap on the image for a period of three seconds and it will give you the option to save it.

When using Safari, make calls with a single tap. For example, you may need a dry cleaner, so you begin searching the Internet for one located near you. When you find the number, no need to go to your phone component to make the call. Simply tap the phone number once and you will automatically be connected.

TIP! Have you ever missed out on the perfect shot because you couldn’t bring up the camera app fast enough? Luckily, there is a shortcut that will help to speed things up. Tap your home button two times in quick succession to pull up the camera icon.

It is possible to create an app from your commonly used sites. First, visit the website. Once you get on the website, tap once on the “Go” option. This gives you the ability to put this site on your home screen. Once it connects to your home screen you have the option to change the name and personalize the app.

TIP! Should a freeze occur with your iPhone, and it will not wake with a button push, a hard reset is probably needed. You will want to press the home key and the sleep button at the same time.

You can download an app to allow your iphone to upload files and save them as a storage option. You are able to upload videos, music or pictures and text files. You can view and manipulate your files right through your iphone, or link it to another computer to download and access them.

TIP! Make sure to keep the OS upgraded to the latest version possible. Due to the iPhone’s complexity, patches and fixes are frequently made available to address security and functionality issues.

When you get to a webpage, you can use your fingers to search. If the site is divided into sections, one finger allows you to easily scroll through a single section. To scroll down the whole page, use two fingers.

TIP! Update your firmware on a regular basis. This increases your iPhone’s usability and battery life.

Have you ever lost out on snapping a great photo because the camera app takes too much time to pop up? Consider this simple shortcut. First, just tap on the Home feature two times while the phone is locked. A little camera icon will appear on the screen near the bottom. Press this icon to enable the camera.

TIP! There is a very easy way to get your iPhone to take a picture the instant you want it to. Just use the volume buttons that are located on the headphones.

Be mindful of your privacy and watch what you say if you have a new iphone that comes with Siri on it. Apple stores all Siri voice prompts on their internal servers. They do this to help the programs’ speech recognition, and to try to keep these files secure, but everything you say to Siri might get recorded.

TIP! If your iPhone accidentally falls into a liquid, avoid turning it back on right away as a means of seeing whether it’s working. Take the time to dry the phone off as much as you possibly can, even leaving it overnight to dry.

You can navigate the Internet on your iphone the same as you would on a laptop. Just press on and hold any images you wish to save. A menu will appear asking if you’d like to save the picture to the Camera Roll. You can then put it in a message if you want.

TIP! Don’t waste time using suggested words when typing on an iPhone. If you do not want to receive suggestions when composing a message, just tap the screen to make the suggestion box go away.

If you happen to accidentally drop the iphone in water, you should not try turning it on right away. If your iphone gets wet, dry the outside as thoroughly as you can and allow the phone to sit and dry out. If you turn the phone on while the internal components are wet, you can short circuit the device.

TIP! Your iPhone’s calander can be a great tool. Use it directly to add meetings and reminders instead of using the plus button.

You only need one hand to snap a photo with your iphone. You can use your volume buttons as your shutter button, so there will be no need to tap the screen. The quality is identical to taking the photo the usual way.

TIP! Consider purchasing a battery management app. 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.

Do you understand why iPhones are so superior to other phones after reading this entire article? No other smartphones can compete with the iphone in power and functionality. It has clear advantages that make it the number one smartphone available.

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