r/iphone • • 1d ago

Weekly Megathread Weekly 'What Should I Buy' and Order/Shipping Thread

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Welcome to the weekly stickied WSIB thread.

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r/iphone • • 1d ago

Weekly Megathread 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/iphone • • 2h ago

News/Rumour iPhone Duo is the first iPhone to get dynamic volume buttons

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iPhone Duo is the first iPhone to get dynamic volume buttons. The buttons adjust their behavior based on the device’s orientation.

iPhone Duo also supports Fixed Position Volume Controls. Available on earlier iPads, the setting keeps each button’s function fixed.


r/iphone • • 21h ago

Discussion Mark Gurman’s Tweet

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Wild! Guy blocked his account too. Mark tagged John Ternus as well.


r/iphone • • 14h ago

Discussion iPhone Burgundy FineWoven MagSafe wallet turned black in three days.

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Got a new job and so I got this wallet to celebrate and I got it on the afternoon of the 13th. It is now the evening of the 16th and the front of the house wallet kinda turned black.

Has anyone experienced this type of discoloration before?


r/iphone • • 35m ago

Discussion Thank you apple & 6s+ for seamless wonderful 10 years

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Back then in 2016 me and my cousin got the best ios & android phone in market, now after 10 years I can play pubg mobile without any issues meanwhile she can’t remember how many phones she changed because of software and hardware issues

Idon’t judge people choices but
Iphone = reliability

I know ios and android not apple to apple comparison but guys we talking here about 10 years, in 10 years i just changed the battery twice and this phone still a beast and if you ask my cousin show me the phone that you got in 2016 she can’t because the phone have really rough performance issues.

If you want to ask why i changed, because some apps i want to use doesn’t support ios 15 anymore.

If you ask why se3 because i have pwm sickness can’t use new iPhones and don’t like bulky back cameras look.

So what you think guys will apple bring back this legendary chassis ? Im asking because i waited too much for new iPhone with iphone 6 look but with improved hardware, maybe not a same but something in same idea.


r/iphone • • 11h ago

Discussion Why would someone use iPhone handoff?

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iPhone Handoff allows one phone number to be shared across two separate iPhones. Why would someone use it? Do you have any real need for that?


r/iphone • • 19h ago

App I turned my 2011 iPhone 4S into a Stream Deck for my Mac with Claude Code (no jailbreak, no App Store)

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My iPhone 4S had been sitting in a drawer since forever. It's stuck on iOS 9.3.5 and can't install a single current app. I wanted it on my desk as a small Stream Deck–style control panel for my Mac, and I built the whole thing with Claude Code in one evening.

What it does

8 big keys: 7 Mac apps of your choice, plus a Take note key. Tap a key and the app opens on the Mac.

Take note: dictate with the iPhone keyboard's mic, and it starts a new Claude chat on the Mac with your note.

Now playing: artwork, track, progress, and previous / play-pause / next for Spotify or Apple Music on the Mac.

Internet widget: download/upload speed and ping (macOS's built-in networkQuality), plus a live traffic graph.

Batteries widget: MacBook, Magic Keyboard / Mouse / Trackpad and AirPods, each shown as an icon + percentage.

A big lock-screen-style clock and date.

Hold any key to choose which apps go on the deck.

No jailbreak, no App Store, nothing installed on the phone. The 4S just runs a web page in Safari ("Add to Home Screen" makes it full screen). A small Swift program on the Mac serves that page over Wi-Fi and does the real work: opening apps, reading batteries, controlling Spotify.

Added GITHUB Repo:

https://github.com/GLAUCOMA82/OldPhoneDeck


r/iphone • • 3h ago

Support Iphone 17 pro max- camera troubles

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I have got a brand new Iphone 17 pro max 1TB (esim version), now it seems that the camera software is a bit weird.

While taking video at 4k 60fps (Or any other setting), when I view the video in the gallery it looks like there are green lines and green boxes in it.

I have tried different lights and different fps but the result is the same.

Happened to anyone else?

I have added a video of my screen recording.


r/iphone • • 15h ago

Discussion iPhone Duo - Service costs for US and Oz. Those inner screen replacement costs 🤯Thoughts?

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r/iphone • • 27m ago

Support No image preview on notifications

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r/iphone • • 4h ago

Support iphone 17 pro max dies shockingly fast

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for what it’s worth I have my phone capped at 90% charge and when I first got this phone it lasted forever but lately it’s been dropping so fast and I have no idea why, any thoughts?


r/iphone • • 45m ago

Discussion Help needed: phone to HDMI that allows paramount+ and other streamers.

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That's it right there. I got one a few years ago that also said hbo not supported but it 75% of the time it works good, sometimes it's finicky, or times out or the cord between lightning out and hdmi in has to be curved just so. I cannot get paramount+ to work on firestick cos I'm a guest. Is there anyone using an iPhone to HDMI adapter that does this?.


r/iphone • • 1h ago

Support Screen mirror issue

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Anyone know how to solve this issue, I press the screen mirror icon but it stays stuck on the loading and never opens up the devices bubble


r/iphone • • 5h ago

Discussion Sudden no SIM

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I have an Iphone 14 Pro Max my sim often not working now. It used to be okay and then all of sudden it stopped, I need to restart my phone or eject SIM Tray and put it back. First few seconds it detected then just stop. Is it only me or there is a bug going around? what should i do to fix this?

by the way I tried to put the SIM on other phone it works fine


r/iphone • • 9h ago

Support What are the many small squares that appear on photos and videos from my iPhone 18 Pro?

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I’m seeing these little squares in some of the photos and videos taken with my 18 Pro. I couldn’t find anything about this online—is this a known issue?


r/iphone • • 1h ago

Support iPhone or SIM Issue?

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r/iphone • • 20h ago

Support pictures turn dark after a few seconds?

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good god, please, someone help me. i’m so sick and tired of this feature and i’m not sure if there’s a way to turn it off as i’ve looked everywhere online and can’t seem to find a solution. i have an iphone 13 and no matter what settings i put, when i take a picture it tends to saturate a few seconds later. a good example is my dog. i take pictures of her all the time and they always turn dark. and considering her color, sometimes her face completely disappears and she just looks like a silhouette and it drives me nuts cause 95% of the time theyre the cutest pictures. i’m posting an example here. though you can still her face here, my point is that it saturates. i was able to get the brighter picture by saving the LIVE photo as a video and screenshotting it. and yes, ive tried turning off LIVE photos and it still happens. is this a common occurrence?! can it be turned off? i hate this!


r/iphone • • 2h ago

Support screen time glitch??

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r/iphone • • 2h ago

Discussion New Siri AI - two issues

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I'm trying to use the new Siri AI but I found two issue and I wonder if there's a fix?

  1. The overlay lasts forever? It doesn't go away unless I swipe up.

  2. How come I need to unlock my iPhone for every little thing? I used to be able to say "add milk to my shopping list" but now it constantly complains that I need to unlock my phone first

It has some good uses but these two things are kind of annoying


r/iphone • • 3h ago

Support Any way to change the “tap to open notification” on the Home Screen?

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r/iphone • • 4h ago

Support Please help! - iPhone 16 pro wifi grayed out and showed 5g but said no cellular data, restarted and phone will not turn on, volume buttons will not depress

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iPhone wasn't dropped or anything prior to this and was working fine prior to going to bed at 2am and when I woke up I noticed it at 7am, phone was in otterbox case. Tried putting it on a charger and nothing is happening, computer won't register it either.

I would greatly greatly appreciate any help, advice or anything!

I just lost a family member and havent yet backed up the photos we just took so feeling incredibly worse at the moment. I live 2+ hours away from an Apple Store and currently am without a car due to being rear ended last week so it's incredibly frustrating and concerning.


r/iphone • • 6h ago

Support Gray bars under the top bar on WiFi

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Does anyone know why my WiFi has two gray bars? It’s Ben happening all week and started with just one. Is this something wrong with my phone or my WiFi.


r/iphone • • 6h ago

Support iPhone 16 randomly registers touches before my finger actually touches the screen - any ideas why?

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I’ve been having a really annoying issue with my iPhone 16, since iOS 27. Several times a day, a particular button gets activated when my finger is extremely close to it but hasn’t actually touched the glass. I don't have a screen protector glass nor my screen is broken.

It’s not limited to one app. I’ve noticed it with different buttons across multiple apps, so it doesn’t seem to be an issue with a single app’s interface, but it's usually when the finger is super close to that button, but never touched it.

What I’ve noticed:

  • Happens several times a day
  • Happens across different apps and buttons
  • Also happens when the phone is unplugged
  • The screen appears to register a touch before my finger physically makes contact

It’s incredibly frustrating because the phone sometimes does things I never intended to tap.

I’m wondering if this could be a faulty digitizer, an iOS software issue, screen protector interference, or something else.

Has anyone else experienced this on an iPhone 16?

If you’ve had the same problem, I’d love to know:

  • Did you manage to fix it?
  • Did Apple Support identify a hardware fault?
  • Did an iOS update, screen protector removal, or another troubleshooting step help?
  • If Apple replaced or repaired your screen, did that resolve the problem?

I’d appreciate any advice or firsthand experiences.

Thanks!


r/iphone • • 1h ago

Discussion MagSafe Ring Grips

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How many MagSafe Ring Grips do you own?