r/ios 4d ago

Show your Homescreen/Lockscren /Control Settings iOS Thread

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r/ios 2d 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 4h ago

PSA John Ternus, CEO update now available

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Source: 9to5Mac on X


r/ios 9h ago

Discussion How does my phone know that “tomorrow” is technically “today”?

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Hey all, I’ve been discovering a weird phenomenon over the past few nights, and was wondering if someone could explain technically how it works. Not sure if anyone else has brought this up before.

Late at night, before I go to bed, I’ll usually ask Siri to set some reminders for the next day/morning. However, it’s after midnight in which this happens. Take a Sunday night for example. I’ll say, “Hey Siri, set a reminder for tomorrow at 9am to do the dishes”, and even though it’s say 12:30am or 1am (so really Monday morning) it will still set the reminder for that Monday at 9am. Not Tuesday at 9am, which is not what I want but technically correct. Hope this makes sense.

I’ve yet to figure out when the threshold is of when “tomorrow” actually becomes the next day, or if your phone just knows you haven’t gone to bed yet and assumes “tomorrow” always means the day after your most recent sleep period. Has anyone experienced this, or can someone explain it to me?


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion I’m sorry but I love the animations in iOS

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So I’ve had my iPhone 14 for about 3 days now and im just sitting here and appreciating all of the animations in iOS 26+1. It’s actually one of the reasons I switched from android.


r/ios 13h ago

Discussion Why is the "send later" feature iMessage only?? Why can't the phone just set itself to send an SMS or RCS at a later time?

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It's an amazing feature with one extreme drawback that I can't understand. What's the difference?


r/ios 4h ago

Discussion Camera app question

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I’m at a conference and I saw someone hold their camera to the content on screen. The camera put a yellow box around the content and basically took a screenshot of only the content. How did he do this? It looks so beneficial to save only content in a picture like this.


r/ios 4m ago

Discussion Apple removed imessage and phone from settings. Cannot find where to change my imessage from icloud to my number.

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I genuinely do not know why companies have to “fix” what isn’t broken. Like why? The settings page length wasn’t even that long. Who complained that they needed to be moved into other categories???? God each update brings me closer to just getting a different brand of phone.


r/ios 5h ago

Discussion Anyone else seeing a faint square around the Focus moon icon in iMessage?

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Just noticed this in iMessage. There’s a faint square/rounded box around the moon icon next to “notifications silenced.” It’s visible on the actual screen too, not just the screenshot.
Is this a known iOS rendering bug?
iOS 26.6


r/ios 19h ago

Support imessage storage

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Hello everyone, need some help with imessage storage taking up almost 40GB of space on my iphone. I have a 12 pro max with 128GB storage and 6TB icloud storage as well (only about 2TB used).

A month ago, i was persistently getting a storage full error on my phone because apple maps was taking up 20GB storage despite clearing cache, offloading app, and attempting to delete the app (i finally fixed this bug by updating to the latest ios).

Now that i finally had about 115GB full of 128GB— my imessage app started taking up way more storage and has shot up to almost 40GB leaving me at stuck with a laggy phone and no storage available on my phone. Seems to be another bug?

Why is my phone doing this?! Why are all my images in chats being downloaded and stored as app data when this was never the case in the past? Do i need to toggle some sort of setting?!

disclaimer- i do not necessarily want to clear my chats i like to have the imessage history but do not need to have the app taking up this much storage all of a sudden due to pictures and videos.


r/ios 7h ago

Support Click Pinned Address Without Launching Directions?

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Figured I would repost here as well.


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion Safari on iPhone and iPad crashes when zooming in

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Anyone else have Safari on iPhone and iPad completely crash and reload the page when zooming in? It’s been an issue for a decade now and still not fixed


r/ios 8h ago

Support Members, what are some user flairs you’d like to see here? Let’s come up with some ideas for user flairs, funny/creative ones are welcome!

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r/ios 10h ago

Discussion My ipad has a soft glow while it’s recharging over night

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It’s iPad (9th generation), on ios 26.6.1
I lock the screen when I start the recharge and it’s dark. But in the morning I see a soft glow on the screen.

I’m pretty sure this began when I first updated to v26. Is this common? Is it a setting?


r/ios 10h ago

Support iPhone Screen Time Not Syncing With iPad

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I have an iPhone and an iPad linked to the same iCloud account.

From time to time, I check my Screen Time on my iPad to see my iPhone’s usage. However, sometimes the Screen Time data from my iPhone suddenly stops syncing with my iPad.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is this a known bug?

For example, today the latest Screen Time data I can see from my iPhone is from yesterday at 1:07 PM. Nothing after that has synced or appeared on my iPad.

Both devices are connected to the same iCloud account.
Has anyone found a fix for this, or does the syncing eventually start working again on its own?


r/ios 1d ago

Support Does iOS have a version of this?

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Hello, I switched from Android to iPhone a couple of months ago.

I’ve always wondered why the sound quality of my music on Android sounded better when I listened with the same pair of earbuds; and I think this is the reason why. If you switch between the two phones on the same song, you can really hear the difference in sound quality.

Does iOS have a feature similar to this? On Android, it’s a software feature that isn’t locked to a specific app or pair of headphones.


r/ios 11h ago

Support Unable to download or update any app. Is there any server issues?

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r/ios 11h ago

Discussion iPhone 17 AF/A

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r/ios 13h ago

Support Search opens Shortcuts instead of Notes

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r/ios 17h ago

Support Is it possible to see which items are in Photos sync queue?

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I have had my photos iCloud sync stalled for quite some time now, and my patience is running out. Is there any way to see what items are currently being synced or the sync queue, either natively, with an app or even with xcode?

I had ~400 items in sync queue and after days nothing changed. I managed to hunt some videos causing the issue down and got the queue down to 18. But after that I wasn't able to locate problematic media anymore from 35k items I have in photos.


r/ios 15h ago

Support cannot log in to my apple account, Apple not sending the 2FA code, i’ve been trying for 5 days

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r/ios 6h ago

Support Spyware - ex-boyfriend

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I truly believe my abusive ex-boyfriend is spying on my cellphone, and I honestly don't know what to do.
I always had that intuition, but because of the gaslighting I suffered during the relationship, I thought I was going crazy. Looking back at his past actions, he always somehow knew things I searched for and really personal stuff I only talked about with my best friends online.
After going through all this abuse, I started therapy, and I suddenly remembered one specific time we met up: he made a drink for me, and I got extremely drunk much faster than I ever normally do. I don't know if he put something in my drink that day, but my cellphone was sitting in a different position when I woke up. Now, I'm questioning if he installed something to spy on me.

When I broke up with him he shared private things with his friends that I never told him and just existed strictly on my phone.

I am terrified that he might share my intimate pictures or sell them online, or share them with his friends. Because he is poor and broke, I honestly don't know what low he wouldn't sink to

Has anyone experienced anything like this, or does anyone know what steps I should take to check for spyware or secure my phone?

I feel like i am realiving that trauma…


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion I got tired of apps that unlock if I just type a code I already know

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Every blocker I tried still had an escape hatch. Screen Time was a passcode. App limits were Ignore Limit. I always found the door.

What finally helped was locking Instagram and TikTok until I finish something real and unlock with a photo that I did it. Dottle is what I use. Not magic, but there is no four-digit cheat code anymore.


r/ios 2h ago

Discussion Worst design ever

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Everything is circular
Apple ProRAW in settings on iPhone SE 3🫩
Calendar and clock disappear


r/ios 17h ago

Support WhatsApp freezes instantly on launch (iOS 26), 20 GB of unsynced local data at stake. Crash log analysis included

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