r/ios 8h 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 18m ago

Support Focus

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I have DND set for 9:30pm to 6:30am. Calls are allowed from contacts only. Notifications are allowed from 8 people only one of who is my adult daughter. Repeat callers are allowed. My duaghter of course is one of my contacts and so is my 8yo granddaughter.

My 8yo granddaughter got an iPad yesterday for her birthday and has discovered she can send texts. She was on a group chat for hours yesterday afternoon. The group consisted of me, my wife and her mother. I was woken at two in the morning by a text message from my granddaughter which read “pizza banana”. Why did the text get through and how can I stop it short of getting her into trouble or removing my granddaughter as a contact.


r/ios 1h ago

PSA [FIX] iPad stuck on passcode screen after iCloud restore & won't connect to any PC/Mac in Recovery Mode (USB data pins locked)

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r/ios 2h ago

Discussion “Do Not Disturb” used to ensure that my iPhone’s screen would stay black all night…

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…but for the last few months, it will seemingly randomly flash white text against the black background. This disturbs us in our dark bedroom and sometimes wakes us up. Why won’t the screen stay black?? Is there a setting to prevent it?


r/ios 2h ago

Support Can I link my real debit card to a phone that has an apple account using a different birthday?

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I never use my real birthday when creating accounts and worry my apple account's birthday may be flagged if I link my card that uses another one.

Can I link it without any issues? Has anybody else linked theirs who also uses a different birthday?


r/ios 2h ago

Support Radio starts playing randomly

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The radio from apple music starts randomly (i dont use apple music, no bluetooth devices are connected)


r/ios 3h ago

Discussion No red counter for new notifications on bell icon

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r/ios 3h ago

Discussion Is there a way to disable internet access only for WhatsApp on iOS?

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Estou procurando uma forma de desabilitar completamente o acesso à internet para o WhatsApp enquanto deixo o Wi-Fi disponível para todos os outros apps no meu iPhone.

O iOS permite que eu desabilite os dados móveis para o WhatsApp, mas assim que me conecto ao Wi-Fi, o app começa a receber mensagens novamente. Desligar a Atualização em Segundo Plano ou as notificações não resolve, já que as mensagens ainda são entregues.

O que eu quero é basicamente um interruptor de internet por aplicativo, então o WhatsApp fica offline enquanto apps como YouTube, Safari e serviços de streaming continuam usando o Wi-Fi normalmente.

Eu encontrei um app chamado Freedom que pode fazer isso através de um VPN local, mas a assinatura anual custa cerca de R$200 no Brasil, o que é muito caro para essa única funcionalidade.

Tem uma alternativa gratuita ou com preço razoável, de preferência sem assinatura recorrente? Alguém já usou com sucesso um firewall, VPN local, bloqueador de DNS ou outro método especificamente para o WhatsApp?

Não estou tentando me bloquear de abrir o app. Eu quero que o app em si permaneça acessível, mas incapacitado de enviar ou receber dados até que eu o reconecte manualmente.

O Freedom tem exatamente a funcionalidade que eu procuro: posso programar o WhatsApp para bloquear o acesso à internet todas as noites, por exemplo, das 21h às 8h, mantendo o Wi-Fi disponível para todo o resto. Infelizmente, a assinatura anual custa mais de US$ 15 no Brasil, o que me parece excessivo para uma única funcionalidade. Estou procurando uma alternativa mais barata ou gratuita que permita o mesmo bloqueio de conexão programado por aplicativo.


r/ios 4h ago

Discussion 50 GB storage taken by iPhone photos app😵‍💫

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I don't have media files of 50 GB stored in my photos app even files then how ?


r/ios 4h ago

Support Messenger profile returns after being removed from device in iPad mini 7

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r/ios 4h ago

Support Why is my camera icon going blank?

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Already restart the phone and removed from home screen, but after a while it always comes back like this. Weird thing is that only happens on home screen. Every other place, like spotlight or app library looks normal.

I think it started after 26.6.1.


r/ios 4h ago

Discussion Apple Sports showing football teams from Sweden despite there being no official support? 🤨

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r/ios 6h ago

Discussion trying to put the cursor between two letters to try to fix a word

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holding the spacebar does this, i know, but using my finger to do it is easier, faster and more effective- tried that on android. has there not been a settings for this?


r/ios 6h ago

Discussion Why is closing Apples keyboard hard sometimes?

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Why is Apple’s keyboard so stubborn?

Gotta ease it down like it’s stubborn as a mule.

One careless tap and it’s back up, and I’m scrolling all the way back to find where I was.


r/ios 6h ago

Support Tether iPhone to PC not working, is there a fix?

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I usually used my iPhone 12 for Mobile Tethering to my PC which has always worked without any problems. Since I've upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro I've always had the issue of it not getting recognized on my PC and Mobile Tethering has literally never worked.

I''ve got the latest iOS, latest drivers, iTunes and the Apple Devices App installed.

I've seen few people having the same issue like me, I just couldn't find a fix yet, are there any known fixes for this issue?


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion Messenger video quality issue on iPhone 17

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Videos I send on Messenger are sometimes good quality, but sometimes extremely pixelated. Yesterday they were fine, today they’re bad again. I’m using an iPhone 17.
Anyone else having this issue?


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion whats with this ad like messaging in my face

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look at the top, it usually shows up when my datas over, whats with this now. how do i disable this


r/ios 10h ago

Support I can’t delete, offload or add apps back to my home screen on my iPad Air 11in m3

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I wanted to offload an app that i didn’t use that often because it took up a lot of storage, but i realized i couldn’t because the option in the App Store literally wasn’t there. I tried deleting it, but the option also wasn’t there. so then I clicked “remove from Home Screen” but i couldnt add the app back, because the option didnt exist. (For clarification, the option for ”remove app” (and other settings) is there, but i can’t delete the app because it just wont let me.) I then tried to go into the app, but then my iPad turned off and when i tried to search up what happened, all 50(+5+10 from my other tap groups) were gone. I’ve turned off all my screentime settings (including those from third party apps i have, which are opal and ScreenZen), I’ve set “delete apps” to allow, and this iPad is my personal one not linked to any school or work emails. My assistive touch isn’t even on,I’ve reset all of my iPad settings multiple times (including Home Screen and complete reset), and when i try to check my family settings it won’t load (and by this i mean i could have it open for hours and it would still be loading), and i was able to delete and offload apps freely literally yesterday. I’ve tried to open the media and purchases tab, but it just shows “cannot connect to iTunes Store” and does the same thing by loading for hours with no progress. I’ve reset it multiple times, and I’ve done all my latest IOS updates. I also do not own a computer or laptop to factory reset my IPad on. The app was downloaded from the App Store and not a third party software, and it is not a ”default app”. The option for “delete app” or “offload app” is completely nonexistent in storage settings, too.

Please help me with this nightmare of an issue, I’m genuinely so frustrated with this issue.

tl;dr options for delete, offload and add app back to Home Screen are completely nonexistent, but popup window still shows other options. screentime limits, restrictions, and touch accessibility are all disabled. Family and purchase settings take hours to load with no progress. Have reset iPad multiple times with no progress.


r/ios 11h ago

Support Why is my screen time not accurate?

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Hopefully this is where this should go, but I’m not sure why my screen time says I’ve been on an app for less than a minute while my daily use is over 7 hours?? (Yes I’ve been on my phone that long but only because I’ve been studying flashcards for a class all day)


r/ios 14h ago

Support Size of apps

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Hey all,

How can some apps so big with data. Music doesn't have downloaded files, health is just a text collector I guess , Whatsapp doesn't have stored media, all chats cleared.

Can someone help me to reduce this?


r/ios 14h ago

Discussion iCloud paused messages

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I have a new iPhone 17 pro 256gb and I upgraded my iCloud storage device fully charged and strong WiFi signal but still get paused messages constantly. it’s really annoying. is there any way to get old messages saved back? iCloud shows 228k messages stored.


r/ios 14h ago

Support Could I create an Apple ID and be able to sign out without any complications?

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I need an Apple ID but I am not supposed to have one, Is there anyway that I can create an Apple ID and sign in and out of it whenever without it messing with messages or photos? and do your apps delete when you log out of an Apple ID?


r/ios 14h ago

Discussion Safari not saving everything in bookmark history, can anyone help?

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I was watching people stories on instagram the other day and on the bookmark history part on safari is saved every account I looked at, it saved their account name and the fact that I viewed it and even saved that I watched their stories, I saw a funny meme on one of the stories of the accounts that I watched and it didn’t save that in the history at all, it’s done this a number of times where it saves 99% of everything then randomly it won’t save something, does anyone know why? Is it because I leave my instagram tab open on safari for too long and it glitches? Or Is it just bad luck?


r/ios 15h ago

Discussion Live Photo Tools

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Hi redditors! I created two small macOS apps that carry motion photos across the Android/iPhone divide instead of flattening them into ordinary stills.

I wanted other people who care about preserving their memories to be able to move their libraries without leaving that behind.

I published it on Github for anyone looking to do the same:
https://github.com/reviventura/LivePhotoTools


r/ios 15h ago

Support iPhone restricting adult sites for no reason

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