Iphone: Tips To Help You Navigate It

TIP! Remember to update the phone as updates become available. These updates may contain bug fixes, feature upgrades and other important options for your iPhone.

The iphone is an amazing device with many different uses. Not only is it a phone, but it is also a personal organizer and an entertainment device. Given all that the iphone does, it can perform even better than it does now. Use the information below to learn all the ins and outs of your phone.

TIP! Save time by omitting the ‘WWW’ and ‘.com’ from the URL while using your iPhone to browse online.

Getting a larger keyboard makes web browsing simpler. And it doesn’t have to be an external keyboard. Put the iphone to the side and in Safari, tap on the address bar. Your keyboard is larger and easier to use for fast and efficient typing.

Suggestion Box

TIP! Do you get too many notifications on your iPhone? If so, you have the option to disable these notifications. First, select the settings button, and then touch the notifications bar.

Hitting the “X” button when the AutoCorrect suggestion box comes up is not necessary. Just tap the screen! This will close the suggestion box for you, which is a much faster method.

TIP! You can make an app out of any website that you visit often. To try this out, visit the site.

You can easily create your own dictionary and shortcuts with the iphone. Diction will be able to know what you intend to say. You can make shortcuts (and custom dictionary entries) for words, phrases, and terms you use repeatedly, too. The autocorrect feature will help you out, too, by speeding up your typing and saving you from doing a lot of editing.

TIP! When using a web browser on your iPhone, you can scroll with either one finger or with two. If the site is divided into sections, one finger allows you to easily scroll through a single section.

Compose emails, notes, and messages faster with this easy tip. If you don’t like the dictionary’s suggestion for a word replacement, just tap the screen anyplace to get rid of it. You do not have to tap the “x” that follows the suggested word.

TIP! Have you missed an opportunity to get a great picture because your camera application was too slow to ramp up? Give this tip a try. While you have the screen locked, quickly touch Home button two times.

If you want to use special characters in your text, the iphone makes it easy. Here’s how to get that accomplished. Press the button of the letter you want to use and hold it down. You will see a box appear that has several more keys. This will give you the additional options that you were hoping for!

TIP! If you like hearing clicks every time you put a character into a message, go to the sounds section in your iPhone and enable keyboard clicks to an On setting. This will let you know with a sound each time you press a button on the phone and will help eliminate mistakes as you are typing.

There are many multimedia capabilities available to your iphone. It’s no trouble at all to download video clips from the Internet or even whole TV shows to your phone, putting a little miniaturized entertainment center in your pocket wherever you go.

Camera App

TIP! If you’ve just dropped you phone in water, make sure you don’t turn it on. Dry off the phone and let it sit overnight.

Have you ever missed out on the perfect shot because you couldn’t bring up the camera app fast enough? Try this quick and easy shortcut. Tap your home button two times in quick succession to pull up the camera icon. There will a little camera icon in the bottom right hand corner. Slide up on this button to have your camera app automatically open.

TIP! Your iPhone’s calendar is a great tool for staying organized. You can add events directly to the calendar without needing to use the “+” setting.

If your iphone is equipped with the Siri app, you may want to rethink using Siri often if you want to protect your privacy. Anytime you use Siri, Apple is recording all of the voice prompts and they keep them on their internal server. These files are great for advancing the technology of the main speech software, but it comes with the price of recording a great deal of your daily, spoken conversations.

TIP! You can mark emails as unread; however, the option is not visible on the main, mail screen. Open details for the mail in question and click the unread option.

The iphone makes it easy to keep the camera steady and take a clear photo. You can just use the volume buttons on your Apple headphones. Focus initially on the subject that you are looking to take a picture of. This is a very convenient feature. Simply use the buttons on the cord when you want to take a photo.

TIP! Think about buying an app for battery management. There are a lot available, and they can help you find out where you use battery power and which adjustments to make to extend battery life.

Turn keyboard clicks On by going to your Sound Settings if you like hearing the little clicks every time you press a character. This will help you to know when the phone reads you typing, so that you can limit the amount of mistakes that you make.

TIP! There are many ways to save time while typing on your iPhone. From the settings menu, access general area, then the keyboard and create a shortcut.

Interruptions many frequently bother you while you are using your iphone. But perhaps now is not a good time, so before getting to the notice you will want to save it for later. You can quickly get rid of the notification. Just swipe away the pop-up bar that shows up near the upper end of your screen.

TIP! With the iPhone you have the power to instantaneously take a screenshot whenever you want. Simply press the home and power buttons simultaneously.

If you experience a screen freeze on your iphone, do not be overly alarmed. To begin with, press the sleep/wake button. If that doesn’t work, try pressing the “Sleep/Wake” button along with the “Home” button. Doing so should bring up the option to reset your iphone by using the Power tab. After a few seconds, the phone should power up again.

Using Facebook with your iphone can be a great idea. This is a very handy way to access to Facebook on your iphone.

TIP! You can gain access to your iPod controls through your favorites. To find this, you can go to the Home button under Settings->General.

If you are writing an e-mail, but don’t have the time to finish, cancel it instead of closing the app. You’ll then be given the option to save your prose as a draft. Select yes and you can return to the email later via the draft folder.

TIP! An excellent way to communicate with your iPhone is through FaceTime. It lets you see the person you are talking to.

As we said earlier, iPhones have tons of features that make them much more that simply a phone. However, there are still tons of things your iphone is capable of that you may not know about. Use these tips to get the most from your iphone.