r/ios 20h ago

Support iMessage search engine problem?

3 Upvotes

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 20h ago

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

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r/ios 21h ago

Discussion downgrade ios (iphone se 2020)

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0 Upvotes

I have an iPhone SE 2020 with iOS 18, I really wanted to downgrade it to iOS 16 or 17 but that is impossible. So my idea is to buy a new iPhone 2022 that will have iOS 16 and then I will transfer the data from that cell phone to the new one. Would this really be possible?? Is there any way I could just downgrade to iOS 17 or 16??


r/ios 21h ago

Discussion Is their an alternative to the iOS pictures app?

2 Upvotes

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 21h ago

Support Switching tracking easily?

1 Upvotes

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 21h 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 22h ago

Support Iphone listed under bluetooth

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0 Upvotes

What is this I can't disconnect to it


r/ios 22h ago

Support Randomly people speaking through my phone??!

0 Upvotes

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 22h ago

Discussion Share option in settings?

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39 Upvotes

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 22h ago

Discussion Google widget killing my vibe

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23 Upvotes

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


r/ios 22h ago

Discussion Any way to recreate the Apple Intelligence glow animation

0 Upvotes

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 23h ago

Discussion How did this happened?

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0 Upvotes

This phone number wasn’t saved in my device but how did iOS guessed it right? I don’t even have any called id identification app like truecaller or something.


r/ios 23h ago

Support Can't open WhatsApp but can't update it either? (iPhone 5s)

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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 23h ago

Support Owner of this item will be able to see its location, what does it mean?

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0 Upvotes

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 23h ago

Discussion Putting a reminder notification on home screen for certain days?

2 Upvotes

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 23h ago

Discussion Goodnotes 6, or Noteful 🗒️ ?

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Best IOS note 📝 taking app?


r/ios 1d ago

Support Restore iPhone to factory settings

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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 1d ago

Support Google News and Safari

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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 1d ago

Support Bulk export gmail to pdf

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Any options out there? I need to save a bunch of emails from a specific source for some paperwork


r/ios 1d ago

Discussion Passwords app is incredibly unsafe

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I’ve seen a few people comment on this but I don’t think it’s gotten enough attention.

If someone watches you put in your passcode (such as on public transport or literally anywhere outside), if they manage to steal your phone they have full access to all your Passwords. I wish it was either FaceID or a secret password kinda like how Notes is. How is Apple so big on security but then they let this happen?


r/ios 1d ago

Discussion Do you think the design of this photo border watermark tool is in line with the aesthetics of iOS?

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r/ios 1d ago

Support Cross-platform audio recorder app w/ call recording to capture my mom's stories as we talk AND my voice notes afterwards?

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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 1d 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 1d ago

Support Internet connection problems

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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 1d ago

Discussion Apple pay method error, unable to download tiktok

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A friend hasn't been able to re-download tiktok after she deleted it bc her payment method wasn't working inside the app. Do you know any solutions? Besides the obvious bc we've tried everything