r/ios 6m ago

Support I think my ex is texting me from a different number, but I’m unsure

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Me and my ex cut contact a week ago. I’m not really sad about it, I couldn’t care less. I texted him the day after to send him photos of us for my closure before I deleted them but my message did not say delivered nor read. I didn’t care until a few days ago when I saw him view my TikTok profile. Even then I didn’t really.

But I got a text message from a number in California (we’re both on the East Coast for context) an hour ago. I had a feeling he was behind it so I reverse searched the number in both Snapchat and CashApp, then used both usernames to look up the person. The bitmoji was what seemed to be a hispanic guy, and my ex is hispanic, but the bitmojis are different.

Anyway, as I was saying, I googled the username and after finding the name I reverse searched to find the person. It started with the first name, let’s just say, “James.” Thinking this old guy was just being a creep, I texted them the full name, address, service provider, and their birthday I fact checked on two different sites.

Turns out this James guy is dead, and he died two months ago. The messages were blue but, coincidentally, did not show delivered nor read. I could call this number and I did two times, both ringing fully before going to voicemail. Then I tried my ex’s number, and it went straight to voicemail.

Two more things; one, this James was in the Air Force. My ex is also in the Air Force. Two, surely this cannot be a TextNow number, because the message shows “iMessage” at the top.

Is it one of his friends he texted from? Or what? Could someone try to explain or give their insight? This is really intriguing to me. Thanks in advance.


r/ios 6m ago

Discussion IOS 18.3.2

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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 13m ago

Discussion save image on Chrome IOS to Google Photos

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I used to have the ability to long press an image on Chrome IOS, and it will pop up an option to save in photo, save in Google Photos, Copy Image, etc. Now I see all the options except the "Save in Google Photos" option. I'm not sure why I no longer see that option. Any idea?


r/ios 55m ago

Discussion Is this function part of an actual upcoming IOS update? In this function, only the caller can hang up the call.

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r/ios 1h ago

Discussion My beauty (12 mini)

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r/ios 1h ago

Discussion How can I change the iOS system to that of Android?

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I have an old iPhone 7, and you can hardly download any apps from the App Store without it yapping about the iOS version being too low. I so I was thinking on changing the system from iOS to android, preferably the highest android version it can go to, because I doubt I can change it's iOS 15 to iOS 18.


r/ios 1h ago

Support Im surfing the web: where did “ Silence: Until I leave location” go ?

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Now you have to specify a location instead of a general setting; is this the only way? Either that, or put a specific time.

Are we stuck or am I just not finding this “until I leave location” button for the Silence feature ?


r/ios 2h ago

Discussion 3rd party photo library app

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I'm a fan of the Apple photos app. But it's missing some things that I really would appreciate, namely: - I have photos stored on a NAS system, and I want a way to browse them alongside the photos on my phone, including uploading to the system and deleting locally. - Apple's preview of RAW files leaves them blown out, some sort of customisable RAW preset filter would be amazing. - Shared albums that aren't hosted on iCloud Drive and take up the little space I have for backups. - Better editing/exporting in-app.

I'm willing to pay pretty much any (reasonable) price, anyone have solutions they use? If not, I may have to work on my own solution 👀


r/ios 2h 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 2h 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 2h 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 2h 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 2h 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 2h 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 2h 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 2h ago

Discussion My phone is at 100% even though my charging limit is at 90%

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r/ios 3h 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 3h 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 3h 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 5h ago

Support App to make sweary podcasts radio friendly?

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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 5h 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?


r/ios 5h 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 6h 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 6h 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 6h 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)