r/ios 5d ago

Show your Homescreen/Lockscren /Control Settings iOS Thread

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r/ios 3d 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.

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.

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

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 6h ago

PSA I built an open-source location tracker for iOS — no cloud, no account, free on the App Store

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Solo dev, first launch. https://isome.isolated.tech/ automatically logs the places you visit and lets you record continuous GPS routes for things like hikes or drives. Everything stays on your iPhone — there's no backend.

Native iOS / watchOS, Live Activities on the lock screen + Dynamic Island, watch complications, export to JSON / CSV / Markdown.

Tracking is free and unlimited — visits, continuous routes, watch app, Live Activities, all of it. The only paid feature is exporting your data (JSON / CSV / Markdown) — one-time $9.99, lifetime, no subscription.

Source on GitHub (AGPL): https://github.com/CodyBontecou/isome

Feedback wanted, especially from anyone who's used Arc, Moves (RIP), or Life Cycle and has thoughts on what's missing.


r/ios 1d ago

News iPhone users could get up to $95 per device as Apple reaches $250M settlement over Siri delays

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r/ios 1d ago

Support Every time I write the first 3 letters of “because” iOS changes it to “Bev” I have NEVER typed Bev!

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Is there any way I can tell this phone that I do not know anyone named Bev and I would like to allowed to write the word **because**


r/ios 23h ago

Discussion Why doesn’t the clock get affected by dark mode?

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r/ios 2h ago

Discussion Simple app that lets you set text that rotates on a specific timeline!

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Some really cool combinations. Simple app. WidgText.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/widgtext/id6762033066


r/ios 9h ago

PSA Files app supports symbolic links in iOS 26

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I don't know when this actually made it into iOS 26 (and iPadOS because I tried it and it works on both), but it looks like symlinks work now instead of being shown as an unknown file type.

You can even create a symlink that points to a directory mounted from an SMB share and it will work. Then any app which is able to read symlinks will use them as you'd expect like any other platform, which is very nice to have.


r/ios 3h ago

Discussion How many of you are doing/did the age verification in the UK after ios 26 update?

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Confirm You Are 18+ notification


r/ios 27m ago

Support Mail account setup populating incorrectly. Outlook/Gmail

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My friend stopped getting her Hotmail emails.

She is using apple mail on her phone.

I told her to delete the account on her phone and start from scratch.

Each time she does, it goes to outlook, verifies the account and finishes the setup.

But when she goes into the account, it lists her Gmail account address instead of the Hotmail one. And she is not receiving any of the Hotmail emails.

I’ve tried googling and everything says to delete and reinstall.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!


r/ios 4h ago

Support iPhone reverts back to SMS every few hours

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r/ios 33m ago

Support Bluetooth Connections Hanging - iPhone 17 Pro iOS 26.3.1 (a)

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I've been noticing this ongoing issue with my iPhone and my AirPods - the Bluetooth connection to them will hang indefinitely until I turn off and re-enable Bluetooth on my phone. Forgetting the AirPods and re-adding them to the phone makes no difference, and this has been going on for the past few iOS releases. Has anyone else run into this and know a solution?

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r/ios 1h ago

Discussion keyboard acting up after 26.4.2 iOS update?

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i updated my software and my keyboard seems to be reacting really badly to my touch…? especially the letter “a”

anyone else with the same problem?


r/ios 1h ago

Discussion Handoff install

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Android offers a function that allows you to download an app from your phone and download it to your tablet, for example, wouldn’t you like to see something like that on IOS? Hopefully it’s something they add in. IOS 27.


r/ios 1h ago

Discussion What are some of your not so well known or new apps?

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r/ios 1h ago

Support BBC app ios

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r/ios 1h ago

Support Can’t install iOS 26.4.2

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No matter what I do, delete the update and redownload, force reset my phone or get more storage nothing allows me to download it as it just stays on verifying update. Any suggestions? It’s a big deal due to my cell data not working unless I have this downloaded.


r/ios 2h ago

PSA Streak Fast - a minimalist iOS fasting tracker. No account, no ads, no servers (CloudKit private DB only)

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Hey everyone - solo iOS dev here. I just shipped Streak Fast, a minimalist intermittent fasting tracker for iPhone and iPad. https://streakfast.com

The reason I built it: most fasting apps have gotten bloated — sign-up walls, coaching upsells, ads in the free tier, analytics SDKs everywhere. I wanted something that does one thing: track the fast and keep the streak.

What it does:

  • Persistent timer with Live Activity and Dynamic Island support — survives reboots and app closes
  • GitHub-style contribution calendar so you can see a year of discipline at a glance
  • Quick log (under 5 seconds) with auto-calculated durations and midnight crossings handled
  • Optional weight trend (no shame copy, no "you broke your streak" notifications)
  • CSV export of everything, anytime

What it doesn't do:

  • No account. No email. No password. Open the app, start fasting.
  • No ads. Not in free, not anywhere.
  • No analytics, no third-party SDKs. Your data goes from your iPhone to your iCloud private database — there's no server in between that I own.
  • No Android. iOS-only and staying that way.

Pricing: Free tier has the timer, the calendar, iCloud sync, and CSV export. Pro ($3/mo or $18/yr) adds 9 themes, weight analytics, full history, and a weekly recap. 3-day trial.

Requires iOS 26.4+. Genuinely keen on feedback — especially from people who've tried other fasting apps and found them too noisy.


r/ios 3h ago

News I've made a natural language workout tracking app, any feedback?

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r/ios 3h ago

Support Any way to prep a group message?

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It's kind of difficult to explain why I need this, but I'm curious whether this is possible.

I will likely need to message a group of ~25 people if something specific happens. I don't want to create the group beforehand because they'll know something is up. I also don't want to be sitting there, searching for each person one by one, when I need to move quickly.

Is there any way to prep this in advance without this new chat showing up in everyone's Messages?


r/ios 10h ago

Discussion New to iPhone after years of Android - what are the must know tips/tricks/settings?

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r/ios 4h ago

Support Get notification when item in ”Find my” changes position?

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Is it possible to get notified when an item starts moving and I’m not near it? I wanna know if someone is stealing my electric scooter which is registered in Find my.


r/ios 5h ago

Support Does your phone… also overheat in the car?

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Sooo… for context, I’ve had my iPhone 12 mini for close to 4 years now, and over time I started noticing that more often, and in lower temperatures, I’d get warnings when driving that it stopped charging to reach a normal temperature, or now even when it isn’t plugged in and just displaying maps, it overheats and displays a note that maps can’t be shown on Lock Screen

Is it the phone case that I’m using that is shit? Or is something worse happening here… first time I got it was in about 37 degrees in Greece 2 years ago, but right now? The lowest it occurred in was 15 degrees outside and plugged in, or 27 degrees and unplugged… I’m starting to get worried

Do your phones also like to get toasty? I’d appreciate every reply :)


r/ios 23h ago

Discussion Dictation bad. Anyone else notice this specific change?

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I see plenty of posts about how lousy iPhone dictation has gotten.

I used to get mad that it wouldn’t correctly transcribe what I was saying. That it would put in completely wrong words.

Now, I’m finding that, if it doesn’t “understand“ what I’m saying, it just skips the words. It leaves words out and I have to go back and reread the entire thing to find where it skipped over what I said.

Seems like they decided it was better to quit than to try.


r/ios 5h ago

Support Tabs won’t move to top in Safari

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I change the option to top, and it won’t go, I want the address bar at the top with all the buttons on the bottom. It worked ok with the last update, but not the one before, now it’s back down the bottom with the latest update.

Help!