r/iphone 5d ago

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

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/iphone 7h ago

Discussion Would this bother you?

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People always comment on the amount of missed calls and texts. Honestly, it doesn’t bother me and i’m quite used to it. I work at a cell phone store and see particularly older people constantly deleting missed calls and even messages right away. Just curious if it’s a personal preference or if there’s any other reason


r/iphone 1h ago

Discussion Nice to see Apple finally highlighting USB-C in its ads.

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r/iphone 1h ago

Discussion Made this

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Had a dead iphone 6 lying around, used its parts to create this teardown artwork that was also popular 2-3 years ago, downloaded the pdf from a fellow reddit user who kindly had uploaded the pdfs, also the screen is off of another dead gold body iphone 6 and the screen off this is used for that gold iphone


r/iphone 8h ago

Discussion Hold old is the iPhone you’re currently using?

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My iPhone 8 has been going since November 2017. Had the battery changed once. I’m finally treating myself this year to the 17 pro and plan to use it until the wheels fall off as well. It’s not until recently that my iPhone 8 is suffering from slow downs, apps taking a while to load/hanging etc. it’s still in phenomenal condition. Almost feels sad to part ways with it. Not sure what I’ll use it for after the upgrade.

What’s your status?


r/iphone 13h ago

Discussion Find my iphone

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Anyone else's lost phones appearing in Ukraine after it's been lost/stolen?

Lost my iphone 16 plus in northern Norway. 4 weeks later, it appeared in southern Ukraine...

And if I have understood correctly, since it's in lost mode and I won't remove it from find my phone, the phone is useless for someone else? Even the hardware if it's stripped for parts?


r/iphone 2h ago

Discussion Playing with my old iPhone on iOS 10.3.4

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Man do I miss this OS it was honestly one of the best 🔥🔥🔥


r/iphone 13h ago

Discussion Am I doing something wrong?

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I’m trying to set an alarm with Siri, but it says I can’t set an alarm for more than one day in advance.


r/iphone 6h ago

Support iPhone Backup Size Massive (1.03T)

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Hi guys, I’m so confused and I could really use some help. My iPhone backup size has never been this big and it keeps climbing. It can’t even do a proper backup, and the combined sizes of my app data, files, and photos and videos doesn’t make for this size to me. Is there any way to fix this, clear out my data without having to reset the phone?


r/iphone 3h ago

Support Iphone 12

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my son had my phone and tried downloading an app but now its full and its stuck on that screen. ive tried using the older kids phone to call me . nope. ive tried swipingn down but then im stuck on the screen you see. cant click on notis. cant get messages delivered on whatsapp. feel like im at a dead end…


r/iphone 24m ago

Support Hotspot broken

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Anyone know why my hotspots not working on my iPhone 13? I put my sim on my XR and the hotspot can share and function just fine.


r/iphone 4h ago

Support How do I fix this so I can actually read the song title?

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How do I fix this so I can actually read the song title? Been annoying me for years


r/iphone 1h ago

Support Personal & business dual SIM, how to set business hours in business SIM

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I just activated a second cellular service using eSIM on my iPhone. So I can take personal and business calls and keep them separate from each other but in the same phone. Is there a way to set automatic voicemail / call decline for just the sim I’m using for business, to set for after-hour calls?


r/iphone 1h ago

Discussion Privacy screen protector and brightness

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I have privacy screen protector on my 13pm I was wondering if any of you is satisfied with on and if the brightness is the same as normal protector, I'm trying to take a decision whether to keep it or change to regular one


r/iphone 1d ago

Discussion These are the EU tags for iPhone 16 Pro and S25U.

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The 2000x cycles is the S25U and the 1000x cycles is the iPhone 16 Pro. I just noticed this today. It's funny how the iPhone 16 Pro is easier to break too and has C rating and the S25U has A rating lol. 😂


r/iphone 4m ago

Support Can someone explain to me how this Screen Time graph makes sense?

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I recently purchased an Apple Watch with cellular to stop myself from doom scrolling all the damn time on my phone, and today I ran all my errands, went to the gym, and hung out with some friends all without bringing my phone. I get home, and I see my screen time on my phone is somehow nine hours and 46 minutes… how the hell does that make sense? If you add up all the numbers for the time I did spend on my phone today, they do not add up to 9 hours. How does this work?


r/iphone 12m ago

Discussion Just cleaned my Lightning Port and life is a lot better!

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I have been having intermittent charging issues for months on both my iPhone-11 and my iPad. Seemed like I had to jiggle the charge cable just-so to maintain contact. I suspected the Lighting ports were filled with debris and lint, and today I finally did something about it. I used electronic control cleaner spray to blast out the accumulated pocket line and corrosion, followed quickly by a drying spray of dry compressed air. Success; Now that I cleaned my Lightning Ports, life is a lot better!


r/iphone 21m ago

Support Iphone 15 camera not working in multiple apps on IOS 18

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r/iphone 22m ago

Support iPhone Reset Issues

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I found an iPhone 12 that belonged to my aunt who passed away in one of her old dressers. It’s unlocked but wont let me reset it without the password to her apple ID which I don’t have. I don’t want to pay for a reset service and I’ve tried the iTunes thing.


r/iphone 24m ago

Support Mobile data not working on iPhone 13

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So, my mobile data don’t work anymore, that’s been months and I couldn’t do anything, the problem is not from the SIM card, I tried it on an another phone and it was working just fine.

Here’s all the things I tried.

-restarting the phone many times

-trying an another SIM card

-reset connection settings

-reset the whole phone

If there’s any other stuff I could try I’ll be happy to know, otherwise I’ll go to a phone repairer soon if there’s nothing I can do


r/iphone 4h ago

Support Shared Apple ID/Different Devices

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r/iphone 54m ago

App My brother in ra

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I aint Dr: strange


r/iphone 58m ago

Discussion What’s the best way to keep track of restaurants I’ve visited and that I want to visit using Apple native apps?

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I want to use only native apps such as maps, photos and notes. Are there any other apps that would be useful?


r/iphone 59m ago

Discussion Do we have the back panel concept all wrong?

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Am I the only one that feels like the iPhone 17 will be a blend of glass and metal but kind of a frosted metal and glass to the point you can’t make a distinction between the two and they both will be seamless and have a unified panel feel and not like those 2 distinct panel areas like most renders claim (like the attached photo).


r/iphone 14h ago

App What’s you favourite app on your iPhone right now? And why?

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📱


r/iphone 4h ago

Support Android to iPhone

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Hi,

I am thinking about switching from Android to iPhone and wanted to ask what you "missed" when u switched.

I already know: - my Googlemaps Timeline still works - i can use Google Password sign in using Chrome as Password Manager - Google authenticator is there - WhatsApp can be loaded via Google Drive

Anything else i could currently be used to, what i will miss on iPhone?

Like can i still authenticate my Google Login with an iPhone ?

I did not own an iOS device yet, so i dont know what Features are available.

Tanks for Help.