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.

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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.

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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

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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 • • 1d ago

Discussion iOS 27.2 is really good!

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What is your experience so far? My iPhone 16 pro max is really smooth. Apps open faster, battery is great. Nice update.


r/ios • • 1d ago

Discussion New apple music logo

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I have updated my ip 17 pro to iOS 27.2 but my Apple Music icon didn’t change to that new liquid glass one. When will it get updated?


r/ios • • 48m ago

Support Is it possible to force internal iPhone mic instead of bluetooth connected devices?

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I am connected with my bluetooth speaker and whatsapp e.g. takes the bluetooth speaker as the mic source. Can i force the internal mic on bluetooth devices somehow?

I had it before, except for my Earphones, but now it doesn't work anymore after I had to reset my settings.


r/ios • • 3h ago

Support Cant get rid of the Wireless Charging notification

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I cant get rid of this notification. OK and Learn more doesn't do anything and swiping it away makes it come back whenever I start wireless charging again. Anyone else?


r/ios • • 4h ago

Support 27.2 automatically shows HomeKit / AirPlay activity on lock screen

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Recently updated to iOS 27.2 and now I’m seeing my HomeKit / AirPlay speakers and devices on the lock screen.

I remember this being a thing from an earlier iOS and I turned off the Automatically AirPlay setting to stop these from showing.

Not sure if this is somehow different but I’ve toggled the same setting, rebooted, even turned off Handoff to Home Devices but this pop up keeps returning anytime something new starts playing.

Curious if anyone else is having issues or noticed this?


r/ios • • 8m ago

Support Some contacts just disappeared?

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r/ios • • 4h ago

Discussion 27.2 / Age verification with a selfie

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Did anyone in UK tried verifying their age with a selfie? Did it work? How was it overall?


r/ios • • 1h ago

Discussion iOS27: still no fix for Avatars and Posters in Contacts

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r/ios • • 1h ago

Support Anyone else having trouble downloading images from Safari with IOS 27?

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Ever since I updated, when I try to press and hold an image in safari, it just gives me the selecting text menu. Anyone else having this issue and/or knows how to fix it?


r/ios • • 1h ago

Support problema con la app de mapas

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necesito borrar los documentos y datos de mapas pero ya intenté un monto de cosas y no se puede, probe borrar la app, probé eliminado el historial de ubicaciones importantes, también hice lo de la ubicación más chiquita para los mapas sin conexion, y llenándolo hasta el máximo de espacio para q haga una eliminación forzada d ellos datos, pero nada me funcionó, vi q esto pasa hace muchos años, q hago?


r/ios • • 1h ago

Support Alarm Sound Not Changing

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Just got the iPhone 18 Pro after 6 years with my iPhone 12. I’ve been using the same song for my morning wake up alarms even longer than that. When I got my new phone I had to remake all of my alarms. I selected the song for all of them but somehow each alarm still plays as the default sound, despite showing that the song is indeed the selected sound. I’ve tried to search for solutions but everything that comes up is about solving an issue of having no sound at all. For additional context my ringer is silent (always has been, never had an issue with the song playing, plus the default alarm still plays) and my iOS is 27.0.1 (about to update to 27.2). Thank you for any help!


r/ios • • 2h ago

Support I can’t message any android users

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Hi, have an iPhone 14 Plus and I’m on iOS version 26.7.1, though this has been going on since last December I believe? Anyone who has an android I cannot text. They can send me messages and call but I can’t reply back, so I can only call them as a substitute. My messages don’t send at all and everytime I retry it doesn’t work.

I have a physical SIM card and my message settings are set to phone number and email, (though before it was just phone number and still didn’t work)

anyone have a guide? I can’t find anyone with a similar issue


r/ios • • 3h ago

Support iPhone 12PM stuck on Apple Logo Boot Loop - phone storage is FULL.

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r/ios • • 3h ago

Support need help downloading epub

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currently im trying to download a book and when i click epub, it gets downloaded but on trying to open it, it doesn't.

idk what to do cause i've tried to click the open in files button circled but it doesn't fo anything....

does anyone know how to fix it?


r/ios • • 9h ago

Support Collapsing all notifications under "While in do not disturb"

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So I have do not disturb on permanently on my phone and I do not get notified. I go consult my Notification Center when I want to consult my notifications and before, everything was cleanly hidden and stacked under a "While in Do Not Disturb" thing, which I could expand when tapping and I'd see stacked notifications for all my apps.

Now, it's not hiding most of my apps anymore for whatever reason and I'm trying to get them back hidden under the "While in do not disturb" thing again. Any ideas? In the screenshot provided ALL of the messenger notifications should be hidden under the While in Do Not Disturb thing, which should say like "Messenger" or whatever other app I would have received notifications for.


r/ios • • 3h ago

Support Why so many connected devices that are not mine?

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“Terry” is my headphones I’m wearing but idk why that name. The other connected devices are not mine. Christine is a neighbor and I don’t have a dryer with Bluetooth. The other devices that are ‘not connected” are mine. I can’t even click the connected devices to then select “forget this device” like I can with the rest that have the blue info icon. What is going on?


r/ios • • 4h ago

Support help pls

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this is happening with the same contact. on messages on my phone it says “text message sms” but on my ipad, it says “imessage”. i have my number set to send and receive on both devices. although on my iPad i also have my email, but i unchecked it to see if imessage would stay on there and it did. i’ve tried deleting the chat, toggling iMessage off and on, turning my phone off and nothing has worked. i also have this person on Find My and on my phone it says “no location found” but on my ipad it says “can see your location”. what does this mean? mostly i just wanna know about the texts. find my, i don’t really care for, but it is a bit confusing.


r/ios • • 4h ago

Discussion Why do some in-app purchases disappear when switching Apple IDs, while others remain active?

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i use two Apple IDs for Media & Purchases, one Belgian and one US, mainly because some apps aren’t available in my region.

i’ve noticed something strange with in-app purchases.

for example, i purchased the premium version of Manic, but when i switch to my other Apple ID, the premium features are no longer recognized.

however, with apps like Web Video Cast, my premium purchase remains active regardless of which Apple ID i’m currently using.

both apps remain installed, and i’m only switching the Apple ID used for Media & Purchases, not my iCloud account.

i’m curious: is this related to how developers implement StoreKit and purchase verification, or is it an iOS limitation?

has anyone else experienced this? and is there any way to keep purchased features active without having to switch back to the original Apple ID?


r/ios • • 1h ago

Discussion Looking for some email app recommendations.

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Not super happy with the default mail app. Have used Gmail, Outlook, Spark and a few others but just can’t find the right one.

Any recommendations on some to try?


r/ios • • 5h ago

Support Mic not working in Messages

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r/ios • • 23h ago

News You can now run classic iOS (iPhone OS 1 – iOS 7) on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android

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LightTouch is a new open-source emulator that runs old iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad firmware on almost any modern platform.

Supported right now:

  • Windows 10/11
  • Linux
  • macOS (Apple Silicon)
  • Android

GitHub: https://github.com/blake-lucas/LightTouch

(I’m not affiliated with the project at all, i'm just sharing it because it’s interesting.)


r/ios • • 7h ago

Support Apple Fitness Rewards Missing

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I had to restore my iPhone 17 Pro. It was restored to iOS 27.2 and my new Apple Watch S12 paired to replace my S9.

I have my health data backed up to iCloud however upon setting up my watch most of my awards are now missing, some are there but they seem totally random.

All awards are still showing on my old iPhone which is signed into the same iCloud account but for some reason these don’t seem to sync completely over to my restored iPhone. They were all present on the restored phone before it was restored so they did sync off the cloud the first time the phone was setup.

I’ve tried unpairing and pairing watch again, rebooted phone etc but it’s been 48 hours now and 90% of my awards are still missing.

I’ve looked online and it seems it’s happened to some people but never seems to be much resolution.

Just wondering jf anyone had any ideas or had this happen to them?


r/ios • • 7h ago

Discussion WhatsApp backup stuck on iPhone—loading circle keeps spinning and never completes

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