Learn How The Iphone Can Work For You

By Leonora Rosales


Did you know you can instantly video chat with someone on the latest versions of the iphone? You can also talk to your phone and have it complete simple commands for you as well. This is how much iphones have advanced in recent years, and they are only getting better.

If you happen to lose your iPhone, finding it is very simple. Once you realize the phone is missing, use the "Find my iPhone" feature to find it on a map and to secure the data you have stored. You can even have a message pop up on the phone's screen!

You can compose messages pretty fast on an iPhone, and you can do it even faster when you know all of the shortcuts to use with the on-screen keyboard. For instance, you can use the symbols section much more quickly. Simply press the symbols button and hold it. Drag your finger to the symbol you want, then release. You'll be taken right back to the QWERTY keyboard, ready to continue entering text.

You can easily get driving directions from your iPhone's Map application. You can use the Bookmark button for your starting points, ending points, contacts, and recent locations. The first thing you should do with this application is bookmark your address in order to find directions to and from your location. This can make your navigation much quicker and easier.

You can check where links will take you to by slightly pressing on them instead of tapping. This is the equivalent of hovering your mouse over an element displayed by your computer; you will see more information about the links you touched. Always check links you receive in your emails, especially if you do not know the sender.

You're going to need to switch between punctuation keys and the alphabet keys, and you would like to know how to do this much more quickly. Press the ?123 key, but then don't let up your finger as the actual punctuation layout shows up. Slide your finger over to the comma key, release, and you will see the ABC layout appear automatically.

If you have Siri on your latest generation iphone, remember that you need to speak simply, clearly and slowly. If you speak too fast, in a deep accent or mumble your words, she won't be able to understand you, and you'll end up being frustrated. Try to learn the words that she recognizes easily so that you have an easier time using her.

If you use your iPhone to store huge numbers of contacts, songs, email and websites, you may find it time-consuming to scroll from the end of the list to the beginning. Save time by double-tapping the clock icon at the top of the screen. This will immediately take you to the very top of the list.

To help you get cool new ringtones for your iphone, there are plenty of apps available for free where you can customize a ringtone. Having a customized ringtone is neat and it is something you will easily recognize when your phone rings. So, to make your phone unique to you, make yourself a customized ringtone.

If you encounter a problem while using your iPhone and have to reboot your device, try holding the home button for about five seconds. If that does not work, you will have to hold the home button and the on/off button for about ten seconds. Rebooting your iPhone is the best thing to do if your device freezes.

If you don't have unlimited texting on your phone plan, you need to be careful how many messages you send. Go to Settings and the Message and enable the character count. After about 160 characters in a text message, the message becomes split into two texts. This can help you avoid sending multiple texts by accident.

If you accidentally drop your iPhone into some water, do not turn it on right away or you can permanently damage it. Dry the phone with a towel and sit it in a bowl of rice overnight. This will help draw out all of the water that may have gotten into hidden areas.

Do not rely solely on the iPhone's auto brightness feature to save battery power. If the auto brightness feature is active, the phone's brightness sensor will be constantly active and using battery power to adjust the brightness. Instead, use the manual brightness setting and put it on the lowest setting that is visible to you.

There are definitely features that the iphone has that you weren't aware of before reading this article. The truth is, there are still probably more that you don't even know about. That is what is so great about the iphone, that there is a vast amount of technology available for it. So grab yours today, and be a part of this evolutionary history of cell phone development.




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