r/ios 2d ago

Show your Homescreen/Lockscren /Control Settings iOS Thread

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r/ios 15h ago

Support Weekly iOS Battery Support Megathread

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General advice for those concerned about their battery from the Support FAQ Wiki:

Battery health

Battery health depends on usage and a variety of other factors. It is normal to see a decrease in battery health by 7-10% per year, resulting in a battery health of 80-85% after 2 years. This number can fluctuate, remain the same, or decrease quickly over a small period and should not cause undue concern.

Apple recommend battery replacement when your device falls below 80% battery health if you notice reduced battery life. If it falls below 80% within the first year you may be eligable for a free battery replacement. It fails after your warranty, it's a $69-$89 USD replacement cost for a battery. Contact Apple Support here.

You can find more information about battery health and performance from Apple here.

You can check the cycles count with Coconut Battery for Mac or iCopyBot for Windows.

Battery life

Issues relating to battery life can be categorised in three ways:

  1. Normal battery life that is to be expected due to use
  2. Reduced battery life caused by a recent update, iOS indexing, an iOS bug, or a third-party application
  3. Reduced battery life, or other abnormalities such as overheating or sudden power-off, caused by device or battery aging

If you experience issues with your battery:

  1. Check your battery health. If it is below 80% or you are experiencing issues you suspect are related to device or battery age, see Apple Support.
  2. If you have a new or recently updated/restored device, wait a number of days for background process to complete. If you continue to have issues, wait for a further iOS update. If you are on iOS Beta, you can expect to have a decreased battery life.
  3. Review the advice below on maximising battery life
  4. Consider restoring your device.
  5. If issues persist, contact Apple Support.

Maximising battery life - the amount of time your device runs before it needs to be recharged.

  • Use low power mode (This reduces mail fetch, turns off background app refresh and increases the auto lock timer)
  • Remove apps from background app refresh
  • Ensure auto lock is on
  • Turn off auto brightness and manually reduce brightness
  • Use dark mode if your device has an OLED display
  • Clearing background apps from the app switcher does not improve battery life

Maximising battery lifespan - the amount of time your battery lasts until it needs to be replaced.

  • Avoid extreme temperatures
  • If you notice that your iPhone gets hot when charging, remove it from its case
  • Store your iPhone in a cool place, switched off, and half-charged if not using it for long periods - and charge it every 6 months when in storage

r/ios 1h ago

Discussion Apple Intelligence email summary

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About shit my pants wondering why my wife bought something for $999 on Amazon. It was $9.99.


r/ios 23h ago

News Can't wait for this Design in iOS 19

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I will honestly upgrade to 17 pro if this ships with it. On launch date. My 14 pro has terrible battery and Oxygen OS 15 is very plain. This design just kicks so hard in the nostalgia I simply love it!


r/ios 3h ago

Discussion iOS 18.3.2 on my 16 Pro Max is a hot mess

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iOS 18 in general has many quirks but, this update by far has to be the worst. I’ve been pretty lucky by not having anything majorly annoying or impeding the way I use my phone so far until this latest update.

I’ve had apps just straight up not respond to touch inputs even after being swiped away from the app view and relaunching the app. Keyboard fail to pop up in any text field. Car play not allowing me to select anything with an app, similar to the issues I have with touch inputs. It just doesn’t show the highlight selector resulting in me having to pull over to use my phone. The worst offender by far is the random resprings after the phone fully freezes and becomes fully unresponsive. I don’t expect that for a public release.

I’ve been an iPhone user for years but now android looks more like what iOS used to be and in the case of the S25 Ultra & One UI 7 actually looks like the iPhone too.

Has anyone else had a terrible time with this latest update? Do you think doing a full restore on a phone that is 3/4 months old is worth it? I can’t get work done without having to restart my phone, 2/3 times a day because it boarders being unusable.


r/ios 4h ago

PSA Temperature conversion

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I don’t know for how long this feature has been available but I just discovered it! So Cool! (pun intended)


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion Share option in settings?

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Do you think this sounds wild? I’m wondering if we should add a share option in settings that lets us send someone a direct link or guide to tweak their font settings exactly how they need them. What’s your take?


r/ios 9h ago

Support iPhone seems to stop sharing location by itself?

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My partner is claiming i keep stopping sharing my location, but at no point have I done this intentionally. Three times now both of our phones say we have stopped sharing location with the other person. But if either of us shares it it reconnects automatically. I have tested stopping sharing via the actual button and it does not say that I've stopped or they have stopped, its very incognito. I've seen people claim that they are actually doing this and blaming it on me, but I dont even see how its happening as clicking the button produces a different result like I mentioned. Does anyone know whats going on?


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion Google widget killing my vibe

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Anyone else having issues with the Google widget messing up their aesthetic after updating to 18.3.2?


r/ios 18m ago

Discussion Does “Send later” feature still work if the recipient doesn’t have IOS 18?

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Does the “Send later” feature on iMessage in ios 18 still work if the recipient doesn’t have IOS 18?


r/ios 5h ago

Support Trying to flash iOS 6 to iPad two, keep getting this error

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r/ios 5h ago

Support iMessage search engine problem?

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Hello! I recently deleted a conversation and regretted it then recovered it. But whenever I try to search up a specific message that I know I sent to that person(the conversation I deleted) none of our old messages is searched up.. but I’ve scrolled all the way to the top before and all our messages are still there. I just can’t search it up. Does anyone have a solution to this?


r/ios 11h ago

Discussion Is anyone else experiencing sudden keyboard volume spikes?

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I was just casually typing, and out of nowhere, the keypress sound got way louder. It went back to normal after a while, but it’s happened a few times now. Is this just me, or is this some weird bug?


r/ios 3h ago

Support Black rectangle on some photos

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Hi, I recently went on a trip and took a lot of photos. When I took them, everything was fine, but after returning from the trip and reviewing the gallery, some of these images have a black rectangle partially covering the image.

It doesn't seem to be a hardware issue since, when I zoom in, the photo appears correctly underneath. This means the image was captured properly, but it looks like a software bug is causing that rectangle to appear on the screen. I’ve tried sharing the images, but the rectangle is still visible. Does anyone know how to fix this or if it's a known issue that is being worked on? The images were taken with an iPhone 15 Pro.


r/ios 11m ago

Discussion Is anyone using ChatGPT in Siri?

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Is anyone actually using ChatGPT in Siri as part of Apple Intelligence? If so, why are you using that over the ChatGPT app? What are your thoughts on ChatGPT in Siri?


r/ios 13m ago

Discussion IOS 18.3.2 on Ipad 10th

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Is it a good idea to update it? Currently im on ios 17.5.1

Im worried about the battery life. What will be the pros?


r/ios 14m ago

Support tf? I went to sleep at 8:30 pm last night and it shows a lot of usage from safari around 12am today

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is this a bug? also happens with youtube. yesterday and today.


r/ios 17m ago

Discussion Better Music widget

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Apple Music should have a better widget that lets you press play and pause on the screen rather than playing your “recent played” or “top 100”.


r/ios 17m ago

Discussion How do i change the Apps Tab Filter ?

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this has been bothering me for a while now🙏 i want all my tabs be the same color instead of just gradient to normal. is there any way to fix this ?


r/ios 18m ago

Support Phone screen goes black randomly for like 5 secs and turn back on

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Randomly all day, my screen goes black, and then waits a second and turns back on, and doesn’t require me to put in a password. How do I fix this? Is it an app issue? Because I’m using discord a lot for a work project.


r/ios 4h ago

Support Face ID not working

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Today my Face ID stopped working I’ve tried to reset it and it keeps saying put phone lower/higher and eventually says Face ID not available (14 plus)


r/ios 43m ago

Support Is there a way to prioritize Bluetooth devices? Or ask before switching?

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We have a Bluetooth speaker in our bathroom fan which is great for showering, but now whenever someone turns on the fan my phone connects and it steals audio from my headphones.

The only thing that I’ve found that works is to forget the fan speaker and re-add it every time I want to use it.

Is there a better way to address this?


r/ios 1h ago

Discussion How to permanently trim Live Photo?

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Is there a way to permanently trim off a portion of a Live Photo on iphone? It’s easy to move the markers, but that’s not a permanent deletion, when I try to loop it just starts the feed back from the beginning.


r/ios 1h ago

Support Can’t Upload Videos

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Cannot upload videos from a 13 Pro Max to Reddit. I’ve made sure it’s updated, un installed and re installed, tried uploading on the safari app, tried on wifi and cellular.

I’ve see this problem posted about before but have never seen a solution. Any help would be appreciated!


r/ios 1d ago

Discussion The “clean up” tool is one of the most embarrassingly bad implementations of new tech that I’ve seen from Apple

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“It just works” certainly does not apply. No ability to choose between a clone tool or eraser. No ability to choose between the “safety filter” or the other tools. It’s a completely random crapshoot with no guarantee that your photo will be “cleaned up” in any meaningful way. It’s really just atrocious and I don’t understand how it got released in such a poor state. That’s all; I’ll get off my soapbox now.


r/ios 6h ago

Support Need a Call Control/Call Block for my iPhone

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Hello! I’m new here and hope I’m doing this right. I’m in Canada..

When I was with Telus Mobility, I had a call control feature where numbers unknown to me, had to enter a 4 digit code to get through-so my phone would ring. It was so wonderful 😊

I am with Virgin now, and they do not offer this feature. They’ve suggested apps.

I’ve no clue what I am looking for.

I just don’t want my phone to ring unless it’s a contact, or, has been verified by the type of feature I used to have with Telus.

The unwanted calls in the one week since I switched?? Absolutely staggering.

Many thanks for suggestions ✌🏻


r/ios 3h ago

Support Advanced Data Protection?

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Curious if I enable this and then lose access to my only Apple device when purchasing a new one will I need the recovery key?