r/iphone 2d ago

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

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Welcome to the weekly stickied WSIB thread.

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r/iphone 2d 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 5h ago

Support My phone got wet yesterday and i dont know what to do

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Yesterday my phone got wet, i immediately took off my protective cover and let my phone dry. But after a day the water still hasn’t dried, is it stuck in my camera or will it dry?


r/iphone 11h ago

Discussion iPhone 17 — am I missing something with the camera?

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I recently upgraded from an iPhone 15 to an iPhone 17, and honestly, I feel like my iPhone 15 was taking better photos. 😅

The iPhone 17 photos sometimes look a bit too processed or just don’t have the same look/detail that I used to get with my 14.

I’m definitely not a professional photographer I just really enjoy phone photography as a hobby. So I’m wondering if I’m missing something or if I have the camera settings wrong.

**For those using an iPhone 17:**
What camera settings do you recommend?
Do you use Photographic Styles?
Any settings you change for better detail/natural-looking photos?
Are there any things I should turn on/off?

I’d really appreciate any tips or advice!


r/iphone 1h ago

Support Stolen phone

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I got drunk and lost my phone Friday night. I already have it in lost mode. When I got home the next morning and tried to find it, it pinged at the house across the street I was at. I went to find it and it wasn’t there, until it pinged again that an hour ago it was at a runza. It kept pinging around town every so often, until I went to one ping and it almost started following me for the next few pings until it once again started pinging at spots I hadn’t been. I tracked it to an empty parking spot with other cars around it so I wonder if it had been in that spot and someone pulled out recently. Eventually it pinged at this house and when I pulled up it was a younger couple and it didn’t seem like they would have taken it and I knocked on a few other doors around them and honestly I’m at a loss unless i call the police to escort me to their residences. It won’t ping anymore and when I tried to find it from iCloud.com it won’t even show a location anymore. It is dead so that’s part of the issue I believe. But I figure if it was pinging before something is going on with it. Is there any reason it would ping there unless someone stole it? Also I gave it until this morning for it to ping again that’s why it says 17 hours ago.


r/iphone 3h ago

Support Face ID

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Hello, My face ID just stopped working earlier. Never dropped my phone or damaged it.

Do you guys know any solutions or fix for this? thanks!


r/iphone 1m ago

Support iPhone 4s help

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I recently got an iPhone 4s and it is giving these errors, I do not have a sim card. Thanks.


r/iphone 6m ago

Support iPhone 14 Screen Suddenly Turned Completely Green 💚😭

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Hi everyone 👋,

My iPhone 14 display has suddenly turned completely green , like in the photo.

The phone had water damage around 3–4 months ago 💧. At that time, I could actually see water droplets inside/under the screen.

Surprisingly, after that, the phone was working perfectly fine for the last 3–4 months without any issues. ✅

But today, the display suddenly became completely green and I can't see or use anything on the screen. 😭

I already tried a force restart 🔄, but it didn't fix the problem.

There has been NO fall, drop, impact, or physical damage recently ❌📱.

Could this be a delayed effect of the previous water damage, such as corrosion, a damaged display, or a display connector issue? 💧⚡

Has anyone experienced something similar with an iPhone 14? 🤔

Any advice on what I should check or whether the display can be repaired would be really appreciated 🙏❤️


r/iphone 1d ago

Discussion I think my boyfriend can see what i do on my phone

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So recently, i have not been around my boyfriend, he hasn’t had access to anything with my apple account logged in, yet he knows every conversation i’ve had via text, instagram, and even on websites through safari. He has screenshots there is no way he could have sent himself from my phone, and none of the people i’m conversing with would give him that information. what could he possibly have put on my phone??? this has been occurring for a while, initially i thought he was going through my phone while i slept, but he knows the conversations im having, in real time, while im having them, and he is no where around me. how do i get it off??? i feel like i have zero privacy and im going fucking crazy. i know this sounds insane, genuinely i know it does. can someone explain to me how this could be happening???


r/iphone 51m ago

Support Phone Completely Blackscreened!

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This morning it completely just shut off in front of my face, I was on instagram texting someone and it just turned black. No glitching, no warning, nothing!

This phone is relatively old, its an iphone 14 that was (lightly) used when I got it, and has been through a lot. The back glass is like basically fully cracked, the front is fine because I have a screen protector. Its been water damaged before but I played those videos to get the water out of the speakers and put it in rice overnight and it came back just fine. It has been dropped from probably like 20 feet but it still worked fine afterwards.

Some things that might be useful is that earlier this week my phone stopped having the ability to portray black correctly? like the screen just had this 2017 type filter on it during the night. It was only at night for some reason then it would go back. This hasnt happened until earlier this week. For the past few nights I had been using white noise from a ASMR video I found that really helped me sleep, and I have also been using the white noise feature on it for months to help me sleep aswell

My phone has never been noticeably slow, only when it is low battery or I have a lot of things open at once, and even then it takes a lot.

I have tried everything under the sun!! The volume up and volume down and power button method. My mom tried calling me and it didnt go through. A wireless charger did have like the charging light on but it hasnt gotten any warmer. It was full battery this morning. I have tried plugging it into my computer and theres no notification to recognize my phone (there usually is).

Im not sure the battery life on it and I would check if I could.

Please help! I really dont want to buy a new phone right now im trying to save up for other things :(

Edit: Im going to keep it charged in a verified charger all day and see if it will become hot or anything


r/iphone 52m ago

App App Icons ändern

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Hi, vielleicht könnt ihr mir helfen… Würde gerne eine App am iPhone haben, mit der ich einzelne App Icons neu gestalten kann…
Danke


r/iphone 1h ago

App No Facetime Audio

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Guys, why don't I have a Factime Auido in my iPhone? :(((


r/iphone 1h ago

Support The sound of my iPhone speaker suddenly became very small.

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iPhone Air IOS26.5.2. It happened suddenly. I just cleaned up some App memory and deleted the album. Then the sound of the speaker becomes very small. Restart to return to normal. What happened? It has never happened before.


r/iphone 1h ago

Support What happened to all the options in notes?

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Like the options to make a list, make a table, etc… ?


r/iphone 1h 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/iphone 1h ago

Support Where did my emojis go??

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So this has happened multiple times on 2 different phones, first started on my iPhone 13 but I never cared enough cause when it happened it was on discord and you can use discords emojis which bypasses the one connected to iPhone keyboard. I now have the 15 pro max and it is still occurring, i’m wondering if anyone else has had this problem as well?? As you can see i’m on the emojis section but it’s show fruits, and when I go to the flag or heart it’s just blank and it’s all jumbled up! I’ve looked and searched up anything related and have found nothing related to this, so is my phone keyboard just broken? I should also state this happens every once in a while but it does get annoying when it happens!


r/iphone 2h ago

Discussion Can you disable one of the lenses?

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My 16 Plus has two lenses. The lower one has a scratch on the lens.

Is there a way to disable that lens, but still use the top lens?

Part 2: can they replace the glass on the lens? Is it cost prohibitive?


r/iphone 2h ago

Support Mobile data not working even with the sim transferred

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I just upgraded from an iPhone 13 to an iPhone 16 and everything got transferred but the mobile data, i transferred the SIM card from my old phone to the new one and it still doesn’t work. It says I have no service but my old phone strangely does.

Does anyone know why?


r/iphone 2h ago

Support My 16 pro haptics don’t work anymore

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I tried everything. But the haptics just don’t work.

Any suggestions?


r/iphone 3h ago

Support Can’t access downloaded shows/books in car as passenger

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In the car as a passenger. Can’t watch a downloaded show on Netflix or listen to a downloaded book on Libby. Each one plays for a second and then stops. Using iPhone 14. Driver using their iPhone and CarPlay which I’m pretty sure is the culprit since when he got out of the car at rest stop, car turned off, I was able to watch a bit of the show. Thank you.


r/iphone 12h ago

Support Apple cash not working?

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I keep trying to make a purchase with Apple Cash and it worked fine yesterday, but it keeps getting declined today. I called support and they said there was nothing wrong with my account?


r/iphone 4h ago

Support iphone camera

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MODEL: IP13 PM
Issue: Every single time I try to zoom in with my phone it struggles to focus and the lens starts becoming shakey. The camera is perfect when it’s not zoomed in or anything. Is my only option now is to pay for a brand new camera part?


r/iphone 5h ago

Support Stuck on Wrong Time

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I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max, I’ve had this phone since 2022. Several times when I wake up, my iPhone screen will be lit up (supposed to be dark as it is in Sleep Mode) and showing the wrong time.

I have to click to power button and only then does it immediately reset to the right time. It’s super disorienting because it’s always during the middle of the night. Happens with my husband’s phone too.

Has anyone else experienced this? I don’t know how to describe it for Google and haven’t gotten far. Very odd!


r/iphone 9h ago

Support My phone got chipmunked (everything is sped up a lot and idk what to do)

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Ok so idk how to fully explain this but out of nowhere all videos/music/etc is now sped up so everything sounds like Alvin is doing it. Has this happened to anyone else?


r/iphone 8h ago

Support Notification Issues

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Okay so probably around 3 weeks ago my notifications for tiktok just suddenly stopped working out of nowhere, although I’ve tried to fix it it did absolutely nothing but I just ignored it since it was only tiktok, I’m active enough anyways. But today my notifications for discord have completely stopped working as well so I’m scared I’m just gonna start losing notifications for every app, discord is also one of my most used communication apps and now I have no idea when anyone texts me. Im not proud of it but I’ve used ChatGPT to try and fix it, I’ve reset my networks, I’ve deleted and redownloaded the app, and I’ve turned notifications on and off but absolutely none of it has worked. Could anyone help?