Some very cool tips !!

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Originally posted by stickman428:

Apple makes a great phone but doesn’t necessarily do so good at informing its users of all the neat little tricks and functions that are available.

There is an app on the iPhone, "Tips," that is placed there by Apple. Search for it* and poke around a bit, you'll find lots of stuff there.

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*Easy way to search for an app on an iPhone: instead of swiping through one screen after another, just pull down a bit. A search bar will appear at the top of the screen, and a keypad at the bottom. Use the keypad, start typing the name of the app you're looking for, and it's icon will appear just below the search bar. Tap on the icon and Bob's your uncle.

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Originally posted by Pyker:
Here's another:

Go to settings >> accessibility >> touch and scroll down to 'back tap'. Switch it to 'on' and there are numerous selections for what you want your phone to do if you tap the back of it twice or three times.

I have mine set to: 2 = app switcher, 3 = lock screen; but you can pick from a bunch

THAT is awesome! I just set back tap twice to screenshot, and back tap thrice to flashlight; no more struggling with the power button and the volume buttons to take a screenshot. Flashlight shortcut saves steps, too.

I already knew about the space bar thing; that has saved lots of frustration as well.

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Originally posted by SigFan:

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Originally posted by Pyker:
Here's another:

Go to settings >> accessibility >> touch and scroll down to 'back tap'. Switch it to 'on' and there are numerous selections for what you want your phone to do if you tap the back of it twice or three times.

I have mine set to: 2 = app switcher, 3 = lock screen; but you can pick from a bunch

THAT is awesome! I just set back tap twice to screenshot, and back tap thrice to flashlight; no more struggling with the power button and the volume buttons to take a screenshot. Flashlight shortcut saves steps, too.
I already knew about the space bar thing; that has saved lots of frustration as well.

My wife has the back tap flashlight option on her phone (12), I don’t (8+).
Is it the phone model or does it show up in the later updates? I have 15.3 waiting to install.
Whittling my way down the list! Soon, like maybe 200 years, I’ll finally know all the tricks…as long as they don’t change anything.

Thanks all for sharing. I got flash light on 2 taps how do you get another function for 3 taps?

V_Tail, my phone has a shortcuts app but no tips. Is that the same thing?

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
That's great. Here's something else coming to your iPhone:

I will find uses for this one. An example would be how I feel when my wife makes cheesecake and I just had to have that second piece.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
That's great. Here's something else coming to your iPhone:

Another reason not to update my OS (and probably kill my SE G1 with bloatware).

I did not know that! Thank you.

Another: if you want to use the degree symbol - like 72° Fahrenheit … just press the zero 0 key and hold it, then move your finger over the symbol when it pops up.
There are other similar keyboard shortcuts.

Thanks, just showed the wife the space bar trick. She thought I was a genius until I told her I learned about it on SF.

Thanks for sharing some great tips! These mobile devices today are incredibly powerful. Tips like these help me use my phone the way it is designed to work.

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Originally posted by fiasconva:

V_Tail, my phone has a shortcuts app but no tips. Is that the same thing?

I don't know. Don't think so, buy might be. Mine is called "tips"

Look here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tips/id1069509450

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Originally posted by cas:
Well shit. I wonder when that happened? Something that would have been nice about a decade ago.

It's been a feature for a few years now.

Yep. Use it for that all the time.

"Apple is sooo intuitive, you don't need directions!!"

MY ASS.

That is fantastic.

I found out about a couple years ago, very cool. If you ever want to insert a degree mark, hold the zero key down for a sec, and it will pop up for you to slide your finger to.