Questions tagged [iphone]
iPhone is Apple's smartphone line. All iPhones are shipped with iOS, Apple’s mobile Operating System. This tag can include questions about hardware, software and accessories.
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Is there a way to force the iPhone to use its own microphone when connected to a Bluetooth speaker?
I connect my phone to a Bluetooth speaker to play music. When engage Siri or try to use dictation, the phone wants to use the microphone on the Bluetooth device, which is either too crappy or too far ...
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How do I share my Wi-Fi connection through USB to my MacBook Pro without using cellular data or hotspot?
I have a MacBook Pro (running OS X and Windows) with a broken Wi-Fi card. I plan to get the Wi-Fi card fixed soon, however I want to back a few things up on the Internet before I hand off my Mac to ...
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Show caller ID and number on incoming call on iPhone?
I looked around quite a bit for an answer to this question but can't find one, so maybe I'm overlooking something obvious.
I recently starting paying my carrier for caller ID. This is great sometimes,...
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When scanning a url/phone number qr code, is there anyway to force the iPhone to show 'Copy' menu only instead of asking opening browser?
For example, when scan a url qr code with iPhone, the iPhone usually asks you to open browser with Safari (or ask you to dial a call if the qr code is a phone number), which is different from plain ...
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iPhone missing from Screen Time on other devices
My iPhone SE 2020 doesn't appear in Screen Time on my M1 MacBook Air or iPad Air 3rd gen.
All devices are signed into the same iCloud account and fully updated to the latest supported stable (i.e. non-...
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How to tell which email/phone number an iMessage was sent from
I've got a few addresses that I can be reached at, one phone number and two email addresses. I know which address new conversations are started from, but how can I tell which of my phone number/emails ...
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Trying to use a data-only SIM card in an iPhone 7 running iOS 10
So, I recently got an Android tablet (Samsung Tab E 8) from my carrier (Virgin Mobile in Canada) and it came with a nano sim card on a $15/month 3GB data plan. I’d way rather use this in my iPhone 7 ...
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Constant "please unlock iPhone" message in Photos 2.0
I recently upgraded my Mac Pro from Yosemite to Sierra, and whenever I plug in my iPhone 6s, both iTunes and Photos will open as they should. However within Photos (and Image Capture), I get a "...
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How to find out which apps aren't shown on home screen?
I have deleted a folder on my iPhone and removed the containing apps from homescreen. Now they are only in the App Library after the last homescreen.
I don’t know exactly what apps where in this ...
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iPhone app access log
I accidentally brought my iPhone 7 into my university examination and was wondering if I would be able to produce a log (record) of iPhone app access, to show that I never used it during that ...
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Why does my Apple Watch repeatedly say, "Trust This Computer?"
I have a first generation Apple Watch and an iPhone 7Plus. For the most part everything works fine. However, I get the following notice on my Apple watch every few weeks:
Trust This Computer? Your ...
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Missing artist's artwork in iTunes
I last iTunes Apple have changed algorithm of displaying picture for Artist. How does it works? Why almost all my Artist's doesn't have artwork?
As I see Alice Cooper have the image:
But why I can't ...
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Apple Freeform app: stop geometry snapping to centre
In Freeform, if I insert geometry on top of an image, the top node snaps to the centre of the image and will not move. How can I move both the top and bottom nodes of the geometry?
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Disable pull to refresh in Safari
Safari on iOS 15.5 (iPhone 8) seems to have the pull to refresh feature baked into every tab for every web page. This is incredibly annoying, counter-productive and just a bad design choice for all ...
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Sharing full resolution photos
My friend has and iPhone 12 max and I don't.
Using her phone, she selected the photos and videos and shared them to me by creating a link.
Using the link, I could download the photos in a zip.
All ...
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iPhone no sound on incoming calls in Guided Access
I've got my 88 year old grandma the latest iPhone SE and Watch SE and set it up in Guided Access for the Phone app (see attached for the icon).
I also have it set up so she only receives the calls in ...
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Unable to add ICS Calendar Invites to iOS Calendar
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Calendar invites sent to my email (usually .ics attachments, as they originate from a customers' Exchange server) do not add and sync to my calendar. The UI to handle the calendar invite ...
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iPhone Airdrop can't find Macbook, but Macbook can find and airdrop to iPhone
I'm so stumped here. About 6 or so months ago, my iPhone stopped recognizing my 2012 Macbook Pro running High Sierra, and my work Macbook Pro 2013 now running Mojave. I recently got a new iPhone Xs ...
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Skype notifications disappear while there are unread messages, on iPhone
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 13.2.2 and latest Skype.
Today I noticed, that notification about new messages in Skype are not shown on the lock screen.
What happened was that I has a chat with a ...
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iPhone slow to complete an unsecured Wi-Fi connection
I have an iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 12.3.1.
Have been through a few posts about Wi-Fi problems, but this is quite peculiar.
When connecting to a free/unsecured Wi-Fi access point, the checkbox ✓ (...
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Why is Photos not suggesting new Faces in the People Album?
When I first began using the People / Faces feature in iOS and Mac Photos, the app automatically listed a bunch of people.
I added names for all the people I knew. I thought this was a near-complete ...
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iPhone screen recording without red bar suddenly appeared on my phone
This morning I woke up to a notification on my iPhone saying that the current screen recording session was stored to my camera roll. I didn't do any screen recordings lately (definitely not last night)...
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Siri knows all my contacts but contacts app doesnt?
I have contacts on my phone that I can ask Siri to call, and it works fine.
I can say "call John Smith" or "show John Smith" and that contact shows up.
On the other hand, if I go to the Contacts app ...
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Transferring photos between iPhones keeping metadata
I want to transfer all photos from my old iPhone 6 to a new iPhone 7 Plus(both running iOS 10.3.2, if relevant). Since my iCloud is full, I first thought about iTunes, but many photos are shown as ...
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Why do some numbers in the call history have a share contact option but not others?
If I tap on the (i) for numbers in the call history then some have Share Contact displayed as an option but others do not.
None of the numbers are in the address book so why should there be any ...
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What's the meaning of the exclamation point in the triangle next to my Calendars?
System details:
OSX 10.11.6 (15G1212)
Calendar Version 8.0 (2092.3)
I have a few Calendar subscriptions shared between my Mac and iPhone, including a few shared with multiple people. I noticed that ...
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Lost all email composed and sent while in airplane mode
I just returned from an international flight that did not feature wifi access. While my iPhone was in airplane mode, I replied to a number of email messages attached to my exchange account and sent ...
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How to mass-delete SMS messages that match a pattern?
At work, I have a job that sends me a SMS when a critical job fails. Because of a bug, it ended up sending several hundred SMS messages over the course of a night that I wish to delete.
Is there an ...
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Can't restore iPhone in order to downgrade
I just downloaded the iOS 11 beta from Apple's developer website, but I'm having such a headache downgrading back to iOS 10.3.2.
I installed their provisioning profile from their website, as ...
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Why does my voice have low volume during calls?
When calling, or recording voice messages, with the phone app, my voice has a very low volume, such that it's almost inaudible.
I disabled noise cancellation in the accessibility settings, which ...
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Is there any way to interrupt my AirPods reading me a new text message?
A lot of times I'll hear my iPhone start announcing a text message through my AirPods, and want to "cancel" it for some reason (I already saw the notification on my computer, I'm in the ...
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What does it mean to have red bars in battery usage graph even while charging?
I got a new iPhone (12 mini) this week and its battery usage graph does something that my previous iPhone (SE) didn't.
The old iPhone only showed red bars when battery was really low. The new one ...
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Share car(s) parking location with family members
All family members have iPhones. We share 2 cars. What’s the best way to have the parked car location update automatically for everyone?
Currently I manually share the Parked Car location that appears ...
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What may be preventing iOS 15 rich web search results from being shown in Spotlight?
After upgrading to iOS 15 on my iPhone 12 mini, I was expecting to see rich results from the web in Spotlight, as in this example from an AppleInsider article:
However, when I search for something ...
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Safari on iOS doesn’t save cookies
iPhone, latest iOS, Safari.
I do very little web browsing from my phone; in most cases, I just open Safari and search for something. I always had this rather frustrating issue: every time I search for ...
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iPhone is stuck in Recovery Mode with full storage
I was trying to update my iPhone X (GSM) from iOS 12.3.1 to iOS 14.0.1
The following steps was carried:
1- Downloading the latest firmware ipsw (size 4.61 GB) from
iPhone10,3,iPhone10,6_14.0....
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Import Albums "From my Mac" to my iPhone albums and keep them synced
I don't use iCloud Photos. I wanted to import my iPhone photo albums to my Mac but it seems that without iCloud Photos it is not possible without any third party software according to my searches.
But ...
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How to force iphone to free space when storage is full?
My phone (ios 13.5.1) was running out of storage, so I freed up a few Gbs of space by removing whatsapp album, photos (also clearing the recently deleted album) and a few app. On the next day the ...
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iCloud storage showing data for Pages but no documents are saved - what is it?
In my iCloud storage it says that just over 100kb are being used by Pages. I used to use Pages a while back but never saved anything to iCloud drive. On checking iCloud drive there were no documents ...
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Shortcut to switch off and on individual cellular network
iPhone iOS13 w/ dual SIMS: T-Mobile (EU) & AT&T (US). I need help shortcut script:
IF I arrive home THEN
turn on airplane mode and WIFI
GO To Settings -- Cellular (Cellular Plans)
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How to remove all keychain entries an app created from iPhone?
It seems that when an app creates keychain entries, these entries remain in the keychain even after the app is deleted.
Afaik this behaviour was changed in ios11.3 beta, but the change was reverted ...
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iPhone Restore process
Have taken the back up of iphone to replace the battery of phone. After replacing battery, need to restore the phone back. The iPhone back is stored at default location. iPhone backup size is 114 GB....
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Export battery usage report
Is it there any tool that I can use in order to export the battery usage from my iPhone SE?
The device is running iOS 13.2.2.
Thanks in advance.
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IOS 13.2.2 Incorrect Wifi password
I have an iPhone with iOS 13.2.2. Until today, my wifi connection was totally normal. After I turned wifi off and back on again, it keeps saying "Incorrect WiFi password". I tried the following steps ...
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How to set default paper size for scan with continuity camera
How can I set the default paper size when scanning with continuity camera using my iPhone?
I am using the fantastic new Mojave feature to scan documents directly into Preview with my iPhone using ...
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Why have I stopped receiving weekly Screen Time notifications?
I used to receive weekly Screen Time notifications regarding my daily averages and such. However, around a month ago, I randomly stopped receiving these notifications.
I've checked in the ...
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Bluetooth headset connected to Mac and iPhone: Cannot play music/music stops
I am encountering a weird bluetooth issue and even after extensive googling I don’t have so much of a start of an idea what is going on. Here is the situation:
I have a Jabra elite 65t headset which ...
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Slow Internet access on iPhone SE after updating to iOS 11.4?
I am upgraded to iOS 11.4 on iPhone SE and have noticed it seems to have terribly slow internet access since the update. Toggling Wi-Fi will speed up each individual request (Web, Twitter, other apps),...
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What does "Restore from iCloud Backup" currently NOT restore? (Fail to preserve/discard/lose/delete?)
What does "Restore from iCloud Backup" currently NOT restore? Is restore from local backup more or less, complete?
(My intention is for the answer to stay up to date, SE-style; I know this answer ...
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iPhone pair iphone bluetooth with media audio but not with phone audio
I just switched from Android to an iPhone. With Android, once the phone pairs with a bluetooth device, I can go into the settings for that device and determine which bluetooth interfaces it uses. ...
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