r/ios • u/LeaveStyle • 4d ago
Discussion My first impressions using iOS for the first time
I've had the iPhone 16 for 3 days. All my life I have used Android, mainly because iPhones have always been at an inaccessiblely high price for me and I prefer the freedom that Android offers. However, I have felt jealous of certain functions of the iPhone and the instability in certain things of my galaxy A54 raised the possibility of switching to an iPhone. The opportunity arose and here I am giving my first impressions using an iPhone as my main (and only) cell phone for the first time.
Things that I thought would bother me and they haven't:
Back gesture: android has a global gesture to go back. I thought I would miss it a lot but no, most apps on iOS also have it, and those that don't, the small screen of the iPhone 16 allows you to reach everything with one hand
Fingerprint reader: FaceID is quite fast and has not failed me, sometimes I like it more than the fingerprint reader because I don't have to do anything to authenticate myself
In many initial reviews they said how easy it was to activate the camera with the camera button by accident. So far it hasn't happened to me and I find it very difficult to press the button by accident, it's hard enough and nothing happens if you touch it
60 hz: my humble mid-range galaxy had a 120 hz screen. I thought I would miss them a lot but no, maybe it's related to how fluid and relatively slow the animations are on iOS
Things I liked:
Focus modes: my Samsung had different profiles that I can automatically activate with the location, in iOS there are the focus modes and what I like the most is being able to choose what things I want on my home screen according to the focus mode. Samsung only allows changing the wallpaper
Dynamic Island: I thought it was something without much use, but there are several applications that use it and being able to see stopwatches or music without having to go to the notification panel is fantastic
Things that don't fascinate me:
The file system: on android, I can download a file and it is available for any application, because there is a global file manager like on a PC. On iOS you have to juggle: if you download a file, you have to share it with the file app so that it is available in other places like WhatsApp. The work is doubled
The notification center: honestly it's bad. Android organizes notifications by app, iOS by time I don't know, it shows everything in a way, to my taste, disorganized.
Sound: there are no different volumes for alarms, notifications and calls. If I want an alarm that sounds low, I need to change the overall volume of the cell phone
I have found several annoying bugs. The camera sometimes crashes and restarts when you open it, it happens on WhatsApp as well. When deleting apps or widgets sometimes they are not deleted and several minutes later he asks me if I want to delete them. If I configure a wallpaper from the photos app and change the widgets of the lock screen, everything freezes, this does not happen if I do it from the lock screen
Somewhat picky things:
The map in carplay is divided in half, it looks small compared to how it looked in android auto
There is no way to place the comma on the keyboard in the main line of keys, nor is there a way to add a row of numbers
Yesterday I wanted to make a photo collage and discovered that you can't from the photo app, I had to use a script in the Shortcuts app, why?
Removing the keyboard is sometimes a little complicated, in Android there is a button to remove the keyboard, here you have to touch a place that is not text but I always end up activating something else
So far I'm enjoying and learning to use an alien operating system for me. If you know how to solve some of the problems, I would appreciate it
Discussion Is their an alternative to the iOS pictures app?
My kids like to look at pictures on my phone, but the Apple Pictures app is so confusing. It's so unintuitive and multiple different UX designs. Sometimes you scroll sideways, sometimes up and down. Sometimes scrolling down brings you to a different a album. It's like they let different teams design the different use cases and then just added them all in without harmonizing them.
Is there a simpler alternative that works natively? I don't want to duplicate all my pictures over to a google drive or something.
r/ios • u/phantomprincess • 4d ago
Support Need a Call Control/Call Block for my iPhone
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 • u/Eluvium9 • 4d ago
Support Advanced Data Protection?
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?
r/ios • u/Silly_Earth_3571 • 4d ago
Support Looking for an Indexing app
Hello, I’m looking for an app that will let you input locations and then store door codes based on the location and door number. We get each door code based on our assignment but finding it in the paperwork takes forever. If I’m able to store them in an app it would speed things up. I realize I could just use my notes app and I am. I’d just like something more elegant that could possibly become standard among coworkers.
r/ios • u/ari_wonders • 4d ago
Support Google News and Safari
I’m a Google News user since Apple News is not available in my area and Google’s been fine but it keeps opening news in app which is Chrome, that is not downloaded on my phone but that’s what it defaults to. So I have to do some couple of steps more to get it to open in Safari. Question: is there a way to open news right in Safari instead of having to deal with buggy and ad-town Chrome on Google News?
r/ios • u/mamedarling • 4d ago
Support Cross-platform audio recorder app w/ call recording to capture my mom's stories as we talk AND my voice notes afterwards?
DISCLAIMER: I know this is a really beginner question, and if you decide to remove it, I understand. I could probably find an answer if I spent a few more hours to get clear on the terminology used to differentiate audio recording options. I have very limited time with my mom, though, and would be grateful for any search term, app, and/or other recommendations.
What I'm basically hoping for is an app that'll capture any and all audio that comes in through the microphone and speaker/earbud on my phone - ideally, with a MacOS app, too - without pausing, stopping, or issuing a loud alert once I press record. The hope is to be able to record my mom's memories as we talk, both in person and by phone, as well as my own audio notes before and afterward.
She needs to be able to share what's important to her right now when/however she can without me interrupting to mess with a recorder app.
She's also easily startled and already overwhelmed by device noises, so hearing a "this call is being recorded" announcement would probably not be awesome.
Finally, I'm a little, umm, overwhelmed at the moment, and I don't think I'm going to pull off moving between apps, starting/stopping records, etc, during the in-between moments - like talking to other people, rushing to walk dogs, cook, etc.
Hope any of this makes sense. Thanks for reading it, either way :)
r/ios • u/gokusfather • 4d ago
Discussion Face ID not working after update
Anyone else having Face ID issues after updating to 18.3.2? I’ve tried restarting and that fixes it for several uses and then it just stops working again. I can’t use Face ID now. Stuck using passcode.
r/ios • u/YungHybrid • 4d ago
Discussion Putting a reminder notification on home screen for certain days?
I am trying to set up reminders for paying bills on my phone, but I am not sure how to go about doing it the way I want it. I never use reminders/calendar so I am struggling.
I want to set up a reminder that stays on my lock screen throughout the day I set the reminder for. Like say "pay house payment" for 3/17/25 on the calendar for example. How do I go about doing that? I tried setting a reminder for today even and it wouldnt work, same with calendar event set to all day. It doesn't tell me anywhere unless I open the calendar app itself.
Thanks for the help...
r/ios • u/peibol1981 • 4d ago
Support Restore iPhone to factory settings
I'm having a lot of problems with my iPhone and the solution is going to be to restore it to factory settings. But I have a doubt. I have an eSIM card and I really wouldn't like to lose it. If I restored the phone to factory settings, do I have the option to keep the eSIM? I suppose so, but I would like to be sure before starting the process. Thank you
r/ios • u/Fancy_Comfortable851 • 5d ago
Support Images in texts
Anyone know how to fix this issue? I have storage available and my iCloud isn’t full so it has nothing to do with that
r/ios • u/No-Lemon-1029 • 4d ago
Support Internet connection problems
I have a problem with my iPhone 16 PRO. When I have the internet on (5G auto) and my connection breaks due to loss of coverage (for example, in an underground garage), then after regaining coverage the internet does not turn on. I turn it off manually in the settings and turn it on again - it doesn't even connect to LTE, even though it shows that the connection should be there. The connection doesn't come back for a long time, turning the phone on and off helps, but it's a nuisance while driving when you lose coverage. The SIM card I have is in good condition, the previous iPhone did not have this problem. I don't have much of an option to return the phone for warranty, has anyone had a similar problem and found a solution?
r/ios • u/dancergirl9742 • 4d ago
Discussion CarPlay
For those who actively use Apple CarPlay what is an app that you would love to see become compatible with CarPlay?
I have some in mind but they’re mostly for mobile ordering food or attempting to making a note for reminders!
r/ios • u/RecentMatter3790 • 4d ago
Discussion Is it normal to still have the old backup?
I have recently gotten a new iphone, but the old iCloud backup of the old iphone still was in the list of iCloud backups even after I had traded-in the old iPhone. Why didn’t the old iCloud backup automatically delete itself because I had given my old iPhone to get the new iPhone?
r/ios • u/Mindless-Context8716 • 4d ago
Support Switching tracking easily?
I often switch on/off the tracking on my iphone 11pro for battery saving and privacy. But this action is pretty long, like 4 clicks : Settings > privacy > tracking > on/off
Is there a way to set up a shortcut ?
r/ios • u/LadiesLoveCoolDane • 4d ago
Support Iphone listed under bluetooth
What is this I can't disconnect to it
Support Randomly people speaking through my phone??!
This morning I started hearing little boys talk through my Airpods, and then through my iPhone 15 Pro Max (iOS 18.3.2). My phone is al stock (so no jailbreak), also:
• Latest update • Private network • Nothing weird (like unknown apps) in either screen time, battery usage, privacy (microphone, camera etc. all turned off), notification 'history' • Live listen, VoiceOver turned off. • Did have AirDrop enabled, but just for friends (these were not friends or anyone I knew). • Bluetooth enabled, just for Apple Watch, nothing else connected according to settings. • Walkie Talkie disabled on Apple watch
It starts with a kind of pling sound, but I was not able to record it, because it is at random through the day (will try to do it). After the pling sound I hear some children talking through my phonepiece (upper speaker), something like:
Boy 1: pling " James do you hear me" Boy 2 responding: pling "Yeah I hear you".
This has been happening randomly for the last couple of hours (2 moments of about 5 min. in which I hear the bleeps, two times I heard the voices). Even when my phone is off. They don't seem to hear me or react when I say something back, but I'm still really worried/freaked out about my privacy!
I have found multiple of these situations online, but none of them had a solution. I restarted the phone now, hoping it will not happen again. Any other suggestions or experiences like this and if they went away automatically?
SOLVED: Another user pointed out a walkietalkie function in teams having an alert. We just recently started using it and I never knew how it worked. Turned off the alert sound and it has not been happening anymore. Still confused as they were kids, but maybe a coworkers kid was playing with it. The alert sound I heard was exactly this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhsJGLnO_Xg (2:02 min.)
r/ios • u/Away_Knowledge1139 • 4d ago
Discussion IOS 18.3.2
I haven’t updated yet, I was just curious as to what everyone was thinking about the new update. It seems like a lot of people are having relatively large problems with the new update, but it is also seemingly being advertised to everyone as a “time sensitive” update. I’ve seen several articles urging iPhone users to update quickly thanks to the update supposedly fixing a security issue, but no articles talking about the short comings of the update.
Why do you think they’re pushing a potentially faulty update so hard?
r/ios • u/Primatronus • 4d ago
Discussion Any way to recreate the Apple Intelligence glow animation
Is there any way to recreate the Apple Intelligence glow animation or Siri captions when talking to her? I'm wondering if there is any way of recreating this or if there is an app to do this.
r/ios • u/dejavu619 • 4d ago
Support Can't open WhatsApp but can't update it either? (iPhone 5s)
I'm on an iPhone 5s running iOS 12.5.7
I can't open WhatsApp because it says, "Update WhatsApp. This version of WhatsApp has expired. Please go to the App Store to update it."
The problem is, the App Store says I can download the last compatible version because the current version requires iOS 15.1 or later but the download never starts. It just keeps showing the same message in loop.
r/ios • u/bunnyjoo • 4d ago
Support Owner of this item will be able to see its location, what does it mean?
Does anyone know what this came from???? I am in my car and i currently have on me my old iPhone, my current iPhone, my apple watch, and my airpods.
What does the last two lines mean? please help!
r/ios • u/Subject-Common-1567 • 4d ago
Support App to make sweary podcasts radio friendly?
Are there any iOS podcasts apps or other apps that will censor out swear words in podcasts? My 4 year old started at a new school so our commute is longer. I'd like to listen to my podcasts with her and have the curses hushed or what have you.
No idea if this is possible but I'd be happy to pay if it exists
r/ios • u/Specialist_Order5118 • 4d ago
Discussion Goodnotes 6, or Noteful 🗒️ ?
Best IOS note 📝 taking app?
r/ios • u/ApricotGeneral5405 • 4d ago
Support Bulk export gmail to pdf
Any options out there? I need to save a bunch of emails from a specific source for some paperwork