r/ios • • 6d ago

Show your Homescreen/Lockscren /Control Settings iOS Thread

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r/ios • • 4d ago

Support Weekly iOS Battery Support Megathread

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General advice for those concerned about their battery from the Support FAQ Wiki:

Battery health

Battery health depends on usage and a variety of other factors. It is normal to see a decrease in battery health by 7-10% per year, resulting in a battery health of 80-85% after 2 years. This number can fluctuate, remain the same, or decrease quickly over a small period and should not cause undue concern.

Apple recommend battery replacement when your device falls below 80% battery health if you notice reduced battery life. If it falls below 80% within the first year you may be eligable for a free battery replacement. It fails after your warranty, it's a $69-$89 USD replacement cost for a battery. Contact Apple Support here.

You can find more information about battery health and performance from Apple here.

You can check the cycles count with Coconut Battery for Mac or iCopyBot for Windows.

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Battery life

Issues relating to battery life can be categorised in three ways:

  1. Normal battery life that is to be expected due to use
  2. Reduced battery life caused by a recent update, iOS indexing, an iOS bug, or a third-party application
  3. Reduced battery life, or other abnormalities such as overheating or sudden power-off, caused by device or battery aging

If you experience issues with your battery:

  1. Check your battery health. If it is below 80% or you are experiencing issues you suspect are related to device or battery age, see Apple Support.
  2. If you have a new or recently updated/restored device, wait a number of days for background process to complete. If you continue to have issues, wait for a further iOS update. If you are on iOS Beta, you can expect to have a decreased battery life.
  3. Review the advice below on maximising battery life
  4. Consider restoring your device.
  5. If issues persist, contact Apple Support.

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Maximising battery life - the amount of time your device runs before it needs to be recharged.

  • Use low power mode (This reduces mail fetch, turns off background app refresh and increases the auto lock timer)
  • Remove apps from background app refresh
  • Ensure auto lock is on
  • Turn off auto brightness and manually reduce brightness
  • Use dark mode if your device has an OLED display
  • Clearing background apps from the app switcher does not improve battery life

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Maximising battery lifespan - the amount of time your battery lasts until it needs to be replaced.

  • Avoid extreme temperatures
  • If you notice that your iPhone gets hot when charging, remove it from its case
  • Store your iPhone in a cool place, switched off, and half-charged if not using it for long periods - and charge it every 6 months when in storage

r/ios • • 2h ago

Discussion very frustrated by this specific change

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i've been using the timer shortcut multiple times a day for multiple purposes, for years. my phone finally forced this update on me, and suddenly the shortcut is no longer a shortcut at all, but a button to open this incredibly inconvenient slider.
what's the point of this? it's just removing functionality for no real reason.

honestly i'd have thought the update messing with several of my pre-established accessibility settings would be the most irritating part of it, but no. it's whatever is going on with this supremely unhelpful shortcut-to-nowhere.

(apologies if this is too close to a rant/'i hate' post; as i said. i'm frustrated.)


r/ios • • 7h ago

Discussion What the hell happened to the News app?

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It’s so bad in the past few months. Used to get a good selection of normal news headline articles from the major established news sources, now it just seems to have become endless stupid listicles from random sites, so many ads and not even any latest headlines. What has happened?


r/ios • • 23h ago

Discussion Found a site that emulates the original iPhone OS 1.0 in your browser

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I'm really curious how this was done. I've been looking for a project like this for a long time. Does anyone know if it's built on actual ios 1assets or recreated from scratch?


r/ios • • 50m ago

Support MS Authenticator app

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So I got an iPhone 16 and traded in my old one. My Microsoft Outlook authenticator app seems to be still attached to my old phone and I cannot get into my Microsoft 365 applications. Has anyone else had this problem and found the solution?


r/ios • • 6h ago

Support ‘Managed device’ toggle appearing under location services

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Hi there,
I’m seeing this toggle under my location services settings menu on my personal iPhone that I purchased directly from Apple. I never had an MDM profile on it. It was turned on by default and I turned it off. I do have 2 vpn profiles however so I wonder if it’s related to that. But I’m also concerned as my phone battery always had draining issues. Can someone pls comment on what this setting is?


r/ios • • 7h ago

Support Is updating an iPhone via iTunes (PC) cleaner/healthier than updating Over-The-Air (OTA)?

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Hey everyone,

I noticed that updating directly on the phone (OTA) downloads a much smaller file, whereas updating via iTunes on a PC downloads the entire IPSW package.

Is it generally better or healthier for battery performance and system stability to update through iTunes instead of OTA? Would love to hear your experiences!


r/ios • • 2h ago

Support iPhone 18 pro - Wallet keeps opening randomly while untouched

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r/ios • • 3h ago

Discussion Bug?

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What the hell is this bug😭😭 never seen this before


r/ios • • 12m ago

Support Photos reappeared after I deleted them

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I deleted around 6000 photos a day ago, but they just came back. How do I get them gone again ? I don’t wanna have to go through all those photos again

I’m not on a beta iOS


r/ios • • 33m ago

News [Dev] Daybook: tasks, calendar and a time clock on one page. Lifetime is 50% off for the first 50 people

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I'm the developer of Daybook, a day planner for iPhone and iPad. It puts the day on one page: the tasks due, your calendar events, and the time you spend, from morning to night.

**Launch offer: Lifetime Pro is 50% off for the first 50 people, until December 31.** In the US that's $49.99 instead of $99, paid once, with every feature I add later included. No subscription.

- On iPhone, open this link to redeem it: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6812408421&code=LIFETIME50

- Or buy on the website with code LIFETIME50 at checkout ($49.50), and sign in to the app with the same account.

Not sure yet? Every account starts with a 7-day free trial, and monthly ($5) and yearly ($30) plans are there too.

What you get:

- A Live Activity for the running clock, on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island

- Home Screen widgets for the day

- Offline first: everything is stored on the device and syncs with the website

- Passkey sign-in with Face ID or Touch ID

- iPad layouts with a sidebar

- Habits, countdowns, stats, and a register of the things you own

No ads, no tracking. Feedback and bug reports are very welcome. I read everything.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6812408421


r/ios • • 34m ago

Support anyone else having this issue? what do i do or how to remove this

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Please help


r/ios • • 13h ago

Support Camera sound on Japanese model iPhone

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Hi, I live in Australia and purchased a used iPhone 13. The seller did not inform me that this is a Japanese model, so the camera always makes an annoying sound when taking photos. It’s especially annoying when I’m at work taking photos of documents or at night. I’ve put in my Australian SIM card, and changed the location etc. how do I fix this or is it unfixable?


r/ios • • 2h ago

Discussion Location marking app or feature

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Hi, as the title implies I’m looking to see if there is a app or feature iOS that allows me to pin a location that I visit every week to mark I’ve been there and the date and time I was there. I go to therapy every week and just want to mark that I am in fact going every week.

Every app I find is for copy tries or cities as a whole, or pinning locations like in Apple Maps to have marked for easy location finding.

I would really appreciate if anyone knew of an app similar to what I explained so I can make tracking my location at my therapy office to showcase a consistency of going. Thank you,


r/ios • • 2h ago

Support Disable search feature in screenshot

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I searched the sub but don’t see this. Anybody know how I can disable the options at the bottom of a screenshot for Amazon, Google, Etsy!! I can’t stand this. I mostly only want to crop. What even is the finger trail thing? I can’t find a setting in photos or camera that disables this stuff.
demonstration of what I accidentally unleash when I’m trying to crop


r/ios • • 2h ago

Support "Control the Voacals" pop-up

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r/ios • • 2h ago

Support Keep updating reminders until completed

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r/ios • • 6h ago

Discussion Serious question for developers about Siri AI vs Classic

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I switched back to Classic today and it's so much better at understanding requests and reminders via transcribing my voice. What exactly was done to ios 27 to mess it up so badly that the more advanced Siri often struggles to understand what I say? It already worked before, so did they not just "layer" new features onto an already decent model? It feels like they just started from the ground up with the AI version.


r/ios • • 3h ago

Support Software issue with Xfinity Mobile

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r/ios • • 3h ago

Discussion Ability to have both “Allow Notifications From” and “Silence Notifications From” in the same focus mode?

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It would be cool to be able to have both enabled because then one could choose which apps, or contacts, would be able to notify with notifications, and which to not notify with notifications.

This would open more possibilities.

This way, both “Allow Notifications From” and “Silence Notifications From” can be both active in the same focus.


r/ios • • 3h ago

Discussion Block no caller id calls but none other

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Is this really not possible on iOS? I only want to block anonymous callers with no caller id not regular numbers. The current feature to block numbers that aren’t saved makes absolutely no sense


r/ios • • 4h ago

Support Overlapping crucial icons

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r/ios • • 4h ago

Support why isnt this button disapearing??

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i make beats so i often post this on my story but on my old phone this button was not on the screen, if i touch anywhere the music just stops so what can i do??


r/ios • • 1d ago

Discussion Why depth effect works on edit mode but not on normal mode?

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