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11 mistakes in using iPhone

Ekaterina Bochkareva

1. Never turn it off

You should really turn off your phone at least once a week, otherwise the battery will drain faster than necessary. According to experts, the battery deteriorates when we do not use the switched on smartphone. If you use your phone as an alarm clock, consider replacing it with a regular, cheap watch, or turn off your iPhone for a while during the day.

2. Leave Wi-Fi and Bluetooth always on

When Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are turned on on the iPhone, but neither one is used, energy is wasted. In everyday life, you hardly need Wi-Fi and Bluetooth always on. It is better to turn them off and turn them on only when needed.

3. Use it in bad weather

Your iPhone is not designed for extreme high or low temperatures, so you shouldn't use it outdoors when it's below 0 or above 30 degrees Celsius. Because of this, the battery is depleted, and the phone also freezes for a while. If you know in advance that you will have to get out in bad weather, turn off your iPhone, or at least keep it in your pocket, away from the weather.

4. Leave to charge overnight

While it's convenient to leave your iPhone charging overnight, some people think it's not a good idea. This topic has generated a lot of controversy. Many agree on one thing: leaving your iPhone turned on after a full charge is harmful. Because of this, over time, the battery deteriorates and the phone discharges faster.

“The battery will perform better if you unplug it from the power source before it reaches 100%. If you leave the phone on a charge when it is fully charged, then the efficiency of the smartphone decreases slightly, ”wrote Gizmodo last year. Try charging it throughout the day to unplug immediately when fully charged. Well, or use a special timer for this.

5. Fully charge or discharge the battery

Lithium-ion batteries - the ones used in iPhones - work best when they are 50 to 80 percent charged, Shane Boesky, founder of Farbe Technik, a battery charging accessories company, told Digital Trends. On the other hand, if the battery is completely discharged, then the battery will fall into a "completely discharged battery state", because of this, ions will not be able to hold a charge for a long time, Apple representatives note. By recharging the battery at short intervals, the ions in the battery get enough energy to last longer and extend the battery life, he adds. Charging the battery is akin to having a snack and meal breaks throughout the day. Think of it this way.

6. Using a non-Apple charger

Apple chargers are expensive but well worth the cost. Using a charger from other brands can negatively affect your phone. According to some reports, counterfeit chargers even cause fires and explosions. Therefore, Apple has created a take-back program for USB charging adapters. According to her, since August 2013, in exchange for fake chargers, users have received a discount on real Apple chargers. (Discounts were valid until August 18, 2013).

7. Don't clean it

Your iPhone looks disgusting. Well, really disgusting. Pets have less germs on toilet seats and on their plates than they do on your iPhone. Apple recommends wiping your gadget with a "soft, lint-free cloth." In addition, devices with ultraviolet radiation are used to disinfect the phone. Remember to clean the charging port. Garbage from pockets and wallets gets stuck there and accumulates, which causes connection problems. Use a toothpick, fine needle, or the sharp end of an earring to remove any dirt.

8. Walking with a phone in hand, not noticing anything

Whether you realize it or not, the iPhone is a valuable black market item and a desirable target for thieves. About 40% of thefts in major cities in 2013 were theft of mobile devices. This was announced last year by the US Federal Communications Commission. Therefore, it is not safe to walk with your phone in your hands, hovering in the clouds.

9. Didn't protect it with a password

Half of iPhone users don't set a lock password on their phones, Apple reported in 2013. If you haven't set a passcode on your iPhone, thieves will have full access to your data and personal information in the event of theft. A password is the easiest way to protect your personal data from intrusions.

10. Give access to your location to all applications in a row

Apps like Maps need "location access" in order to work correctly. However, they usually notify you when you need to enable this feature. Other apps work fine without geolocation. Go to Settings\u003e Privacy\u003e Location Services and deactivate the feature by disabling it in all secondary applications. Your battery will thank you.

11. Allow to use push notifications in each application

Push notifications keep the phone on alert and require a constant data connection, draining the battery. When the phone receives another notification, the display will light up, thus reducing the battery life. The researchers also found that notifications made it difficult to focus. Go to Settings\u003e Notifications and select only one important app.

Surely many have heard about the date January 1, 1970 and what will happen if you put it on your iPhone. I propose today to fully understand this issue.

The topic is quite interesting and deserves attention, because without knowing about it, you can very easily turn your iPhone into a real brick.

All aspects of this problem and its solution will be further in the material.

What happens if you set the date to January 1, 1970 on your iPhone?

It all started with the fact that a certain "Reddit" found a rather amusing bug on devices starting from the iPhone 5S, that is, all models that have a 64-bit processor.

For this bug to occur, the following actions were performed on the video:

1. went to Settings - General - Date and time;
2. disable Automatically to enable manual configuration;
3. set the date to 1 January 1970 and the time 1:00;
4. we get a brick.

As soon as this problem appeared, it raised a lot of noise and many video bloggers began to test their gadgets. After all, it became interesting about the reason.

The main theory is that iOS is a UNIX-based operating system. If you set this date, then the system time goes to a negative value.

The computing components of the smartphone start to go crazy and then the gadget simply cannot be loaded.

Standard solutions like reboot or recovery via DFU and Recovery mode just don't work.

Solving the problem with the date January 1, 1970 on an iPhone

We all know that in order to reset the settings on your computer, you just need to disconnect the battery on the motherboard and then, the settings in the BIOS will be reset, including the time.

Therefore, given that the iPhone is a kind of computer, the solution is similar. We need to do a very similar procedure on the phone.

There are two ways to achieve a reset:

• wait until the battery is completely discharged;
• disassemble the phone and manually disconnect the battery from the device.

In the first option, you really have to wait a long time and then you have to be patient. And this option is really normal if you don't want to spend money.

In the second case, you just need to do this operation yourself, but only if you have done this before and have enough experience, otherwise you can harm the device.

But the most ideal option is to just go to any service center and say what your problem is. In a matter of minutes, the problem will be fixed and your iPhone will come to life again.

conclusions

Now you know what exactly will happen if you put on any iPhone, starting with 5S, the date January 1, 1970. At one time, this all made quite a lot of noise.

For today, it is still not clear to the end whether this problem has been fixed or not. There are articles on the net about the fix, but there is no official confirmation from Apple.

Therefore, for now it is better to avoid cruel jokes of your friends and not let them do it. Although now you know if this happens, what needs to be done in this case.

The iPhone, like any complex technology, has many hidden functions, many of which are very useful. Here is a selection of life hacks.

1. Unlock your phone with your nose

In winter, using a smartphone is not very convenient. Even if you have gloves that transmit a touch to the screen, in order to turn on the phone, you either need to enter the password each time or take off your gloves. But there is another way. In the settings of the TouchID system, select "add a fingerprint", and put your nose instead of your finger. In the cold, the nose sticks out anyway, so it's easier to bring the phone to your nose than take off your gloves.

2. Flip the phone over so it lags behind you

When you're at work, the constantly lit iPhone screen can be very distracting. Here is a retweet, there is news, here the channel has been updated. Even if notifications come without sound or vibration, your phone is constantly flashing somewhere in the field of view. If you turn it over, the phone only vibrates for the most important alerts. And if you have iOS 9 (or higher) installed, the proximity sensor will also inform the phone that the screen does not need to be turned on again. And so you can save battery power surprisingly noticeably.

3. Fall asleep faster in the evening

Starting with iOS 9.3, iPhone 5S and newer iPhones have the Night Shift feature. This is a mode that changes the color of the screen depending on the time of day. The darker it is outside, the less cold colors and the more warm. If you are sitting with your phone in the evening on social networks, the bright screen light prevents you from falling asleep - it interferes with the production of melatonin, the sleep hormone. When Night Shift is on, this effect is reduced. You can enable the mode in the screen settings, and when the sun goes down, the screen will gradually change color.

4. Play music or podcasts quickly

When you connect headphones to the phone or insert the USB cable that is connected to the car, the icon of the last application that you have actively used with the headphones appears on the lock screen in the lower left corner - music, podcasts, YouTube. Very handy for quick launch. The same will happen if you double-click the "home" button - the icon will be below, under the carousel of open applications.

5. Close applications quickly

If you like to close apps so they don't drain your battery, we will disappoint you. This action is quite meaningless, alas. When the application is running in the background, it almost does not use up the charge. But then you can free a little random access memory... Well, someone is just calmer when everything is closed. In any case, it can be done more efficiently. By swiping not with one finger, but with three, you can close applications three times faster, since the iPhone screen is able to track more than one touch at a time.

6. Take photos discreetly

There are two ways to secretly take a photo. First, press any volume button on your phone, it works like a shutter. But all the same, if you turn the phone in your hands and press the button, someone will notice. If you have headphones with volume buttons (it is important that they work, some headphones have buttons, but they do not change the volume on an iPhone), you can take a photo and pretend that you are adjusting the headphones. We hope you will not use this knowledge for evil.

7. Calculate sines and cosines

If you open the calculator and turn the iPhone into landscape mode, that is, on its side, a regular calculator turns into a logarithmic one, and more complex calculations can be performed.

8. Check if the painting hangs straight

Every iPhone has a compass since 3GS. But besides this, modern smartphones are crammed with other sensors. Including, there is an accelerometer and a gyroscope. These sensors allow you to use your iPhone as a level and check the evenness of any surface. Open the Compass app, swipe left, and place your phone on whatever you are checking for evenness.

9. Get new phone instead of the killed

There are many ways to break an iPhone. But if you give the iPhone for the first repair that comes along, the warranty flies. And the main thing that you deprive yourself of when you make repairs with an uncertified specialist is the ability to replace your phone. If you break the phone yourself, drown it, or burn it, you can request a paid replacement at a certified repair center. This requires that the phone was officially purchased, less than two years have passed since the purchase, and that the phone should not be opened with a screwdriver. Most likely it will be more expensive than repairing, but you will have a completely new device.

10. Turn off your phone even if your button is broken

On iPhones, the on-off button sometimes breaks. This was especially true for the 4 and 4S models. Almost all iPhones of that generation no longer have these buttons. But there is a trick. In the settings there is an Assistive Touch mode - for people with disabilities. This button appears on the screen and can be used to configure almost all phone functions with one hand. Including, there is a button "lock the screen". This can save you from thousands of messages and calls being dialed with your backside due to the button not working.

11. Recover accidentally deleted text

If you typed a mistake, inserted text into the wrong document, erased what you were going to copy, the iPhone has a way to undo the last action with the text. To do this, the phone must be shaken. A window will appear asking if you want to undo this action or not. This feature is rarely needed, but when it is needed it is needed very badly. Just remember, you made a mistake with the text - shake your phone.

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Buying an iPhone

Buy a PCT iPhone. He's under warranty. Do you want to save? Then don't complain.

Don't buy an iPhone from the market. Or with hands. It will contain someone else's Apple ID or non-original internals. If you really need to, buy from hands with a friend who understands this. Pay him 10%.

You spent two of your mom's salaries on an iPhone. It was not enough to break it. Have pity on the woman, buy a cover.

Buy an iPhone? Think for what. Selling a used iPhone with minimal memory is easier. But the video from Friday alcoholic drinks won't fit into it.

Moving from Android to iPhone? Download Move to iOS. The program will transfer photos, contacts and applications to the iPhone.

If you buy an iPhone in America, do it in the Apple Store. In networks, sellers are blunt or deceiving.

If you find a store where the iPhone is cheaper than elsewhere, do not buy there.

Bought an iPhone on credit? Get your insurance back. Find out on the Internet how.

Can't choose an iPhone? Take the very last one. It will last longer.

Using

Read everything the iPhone tells you. Each toast and text below the radio buttons. It is not written there for nothing.

Turn on auto brightness. Your iPhone is smarter than you. It will match the brightness better.

Hammer your pinky into Touch ID. You can eat a burger and unlock your iPhone.

Broke your iPhone? Find a good master. A good craftsman is expensive and provides a guarantee. The rest will be deceived.

Find an authorized service center. Sometimes changing an iPhone for a new one with a surcharge is more profitable than repairing it.

Don't dip your iPhone in water. Even if it's waterproof. You won't prove anything to anyone.

Don't update iOS in McDuck. Although no, update. Did you make a backup?

Do messages from your favorite clothes shop end up in spam? Add your store email address to your contacts.

Use iOS search. He even searches the Internet.

Got a 16GB iPhone? Buy a seat on iCloud. Your dull selfies and videos from Friday alcoholic drinks will be saved reliably and will not take place in the iPhone.

Some apps store data in iCloud. Find out which ones in iCloud settings.

Do not unload applications from memory. The iPhone won't work faster.

Stop listening to music from VK in shameful quality. Buy an Apple Music subscription. if there is no money.

Synchronize purchased ringtones with iTunes.

Bought a charger? Save your receipt. A good store provides a guarantee.

Disable Live Photos if your iPhone has less than 64 GB.

If you don't have a Mac with a retina display and a non-4k TV set, turn on 1080p 60fps in the video settings. This is the maximum that will be enough for you on an iPhone.

Accessories included with the iPhone are under warranty. Save your receipt from your iPhone. You bought a PCT iPhone?

Move your iPhone clock forward 10 minutes. At least sometimes you won't be late.

FaceTime setup. Calling FaceTime Audio is free. And you can hear it better.

Tap the clock icon at the top of the screen to quickly scroll up any list.

To quickly charge your iPhone, turn it off.

If you deleted contacts from iCloud, restore them to icloud.com.

Factory reset solves a lot of problems. If something doesn't work, reset all settings.

Apple has free Russian-speaking support. Call them if factory reset doesn't help. 8 800 333-51-73.

If you've deleted everything from your iPhone, and your memory is still low, reinstall iOS. Call support if you don't know how.

Not getting enough sleep? Turn on Night Shift.

Your iPhone shuts down in the cold because the chemical processes in the battery slow down. Your neighbor's Samsung doesn't turn off because he is.

Safety

Set up an Apple ID with the @ icloud.com domain. Your mailru will be hacked by a 13-year-old schoolboy and blocked by an iPhone.

Write down your Apple ID information on a piece of paper. Don't rely on memory. You will forget anyway.

Saved fingerprint in Touch ID, remember password. Write it down. The iPhone will ask you for your password after rebooting. Not a fingerprint, but a password.

Don't skimp on charges. The Chinese cable will cost more than the original one. Don't prove otherwise. I'll ban it.

Make sure you are not hacked before entering your password. Check the authenticity of the site. Think with your head.

Make a backup. There is a checkmark in iCloud settings. You will understand there.

Turn on two-factor authentication. Everywhere: iCloud, mail, VK.

Remember, one user, one Apple ID.

Don't rely on Find iPhone. If your iPhone is stolen, go to the police immediately. In hot pursuit, 70% of crimes are solved.

Do not enter someone else's Apple ID into your iPhone. And vice versa. I won't explain why.

Buy 1Password. Store your iCloud password, card pincode and everything else there. Write your 1Password password on a piece of paper.

Change your password. No, qwerty123 is not suitable. Generate password in 1Password and save.

Remember: the password and login must be different.

We filled the phone with various information (games, music, photos, films), now we will learn to quickly get rid of all files and settings, returning the device to its original state. Today we will consider reset all Apple iPhone information with iOS 7. But if you do not have a phone, but an iPod touch player or an iPad tablet computer, then you can also perform a full reset using the instructions below.

We will erase all information from the iPhone using the phone itself, namely the Reset section. In addition to completely resetting information, we will consider other types of reset available in the settings of any iPhone, iPod or iPad, which are also useful. The method considered today is not the only one, just as quickly you can erase absolutely everything from the iPhone in another way - using the recovery procedure in iTunes. There is also a third way - remote reset.

To be honest, today's reset I am doing for you, our reader, a lot of information has accumulated in my iPhone, which I do not want to delete at all. In general, I advise you to use a reset or a full reset:

• When your device is about to have a new owner
• After lots of experimentation and testing of thousands of applications
• Reset sometimes help with iOS firmware crashes

Since I need my information, I will do the following before resetting:

Now I'm ready to perform a hard reset. Before we start, you need to know that immediately after the reset, we need a Wi-Fi access point or iTunes installed on the computer with Internet access. Although probably mobile Internet will do too. Another very important feature for iPhone owners is that the phone should be. If you have a locked model, then do not reset. Well, iPad and iPod touch users have nothing to fear. Here we go.

The first thing you need is a good level of battery power, if you do not have 100% charge, then it is better to connect the iPhone to power.

We put it on charge, now we go to the standard application " Settings", Select the section" The main". Scroll to the very bottom, there is the section " Reset". Here we see the following types of reset:

• Reset all settings
• Erase content and settings
• Reset network settings
• Reset keyboard dictionary
• Reset settings "Home"
• Reset location alerts

Let's analyze the first three types of the most popular faults:

Factory reset Apple iPhone

The very first is "Reset all settings", a very handy thing when you need to reset all iPhone settings without losing information in the phone.

Press the button Reset all settings, a notification appears:

Are you sure you want to continue? All settings will be reset. Information and media will remain.

We confirm the reset with a few more clicks - Reset all settings. The reset procedure takes less than a minute, it applies all the initial settings to the iPhone, including among standard applications, alarms are also lost, but applications, music, photos, contacts and videos remain in place. Safari bookmarks and calendar notes are also intact.

Hard reset iPhone content

The second button from the top "Erase content and settings", allows you not only to reset the settings, but also to erase all data from the iPhone or other device. Very useful when selling or donating a used gadget.

If you want to delete everything from iPhone - press the button Erase content and settings, we see a warning:

Are you sure you want to continue? All media files, data and settings will be erased. This action is irreversible.

A couple of times we confirm with the button - " Erase iPhone". The phone turned off and after 2 minutes turned on again, in some cases the reset procedure may take longer, it all depends on the volume.

Important! When buying a used iPhone, always reset with the Erase Content and Settings button before paying, so you can avoid the possibility in the future.

After turning on the iPhone asked to perform activation, during which we needed the Internet (Wi-Fi or iTunes on a computer with Internet access). During activation, the iPhone gossips about something and connects to Apple's servers. Accordingly, without the Internet, a completely reset iPhone cannot be started. iPhone or iTunes suggested to me: Set up iPhone like new or Restore from backup, I chose the first one. Upon completion of all stages of activation, we get a clean, empty iPhone, where not a trace of the previous owner remains. We tried to find anything on the iPhone, but nothing was left, the "Erase content and settings" button deleted everything.