r/iphone • • 6d ago

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

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r/iphone • • 6d 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.

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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/iphone • • 13h ago

Discussion 18 Pro Max thoughts after using a month

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  1. At least 20% better battery backup than the 17 Pro Max. Lasts 1.5-2 days on moderately heavy usage (no games)

  2. Night photography has significantly improved over the 17 Pro Max.

  3. The Camera app layout and filters are very versatile and can be tuned to produce excellent results.

  4. Glacier and Silver color still seems the safest color choice over Black and Burgundy due to various discoloration issues.

If you would like to know anything else, comment below.


r/iphone • • 1d ago

Discussion Can anyone help me find the owner? Found this iPhone while scuba diving with a metal detector. Near Tallahassee.

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(Sorry for putting owners name out in advance I just don’t have much choice)


r/iphone • • 11h ago

Discussion iPhone 3G Display Backlight actually being a “back”-light 😁

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r/iphone • • 7h ago

Discussion People in healthcare how do you clean your iPhones?

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I am in healthcare and use Lysol wipes to wipe down my phone, but worry about it damaging my phone in the long term. What do you recommend doing?


r/iphone • • 41m ago

Discussion What made you give Apple Maps a second chance?

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I used Google Maps during the early "Apple Maps is terrible" period, so I never expected Apple Maps to become my default.

That changed when I got a new iPhone and decided not to restore every app immediately. I used the built-in apps for a while and realized Apple Maps had become much better than I remembered. It also fit more naturally into the Apple ecosystem, especially via CarPlay, so it gradually became my everyday map without me deliberately switching.

I originally installed Google Maps as a backup, especially for opening links shared by friends using Android. These days, though, I usually open Apple Maps without thinking. Google Maps is still there when I need it.

What made you give an iPhone app another chance after you had stopped using it?


r/iphone • • 21h ago

News/Rumour iPhone Duo's A20 Pro Chip Benchmarked Ahead of Launch

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r/iphone • • 56m ago

Accessory iPhone app report discrepancies

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App privacy report on iPhone shows camera using camera for hours. Even rebooted phone. It showed shortcuts when I never have any but camera hours a day for weeks now.


r/iphone • • 1h ago

Discussion IPHONE 12 PRO WONT TRANSFER TO IPHONE 15 PRO MAX

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I’ve tried everything. Both are on the newest iOS update. It will let me skip Face ID and Siri setup but not the wallet part. I’ve read that that is where the bug is but it literally won’t let me skip it. I have to either copy setting (which includes wallet) or customize which makes me just go back to quick start. I really don’t want to do iCloud backup because I want to have all of my apps and everything copied over. I’ve gotten the “cancelled data transfer” about 15 times now and I’m about to just return the phone all together. Please help. Has anyone had this issue specifically with the 15?


r/iphone • • 1h ago

Support Blowing apart group texts

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Hey Reddit,
I know someone out there has the knowledge that my Google searches fail me on. I seem to have a continuous problem with group messages. If I start them, regardless of with iPhone or android users, all is good. If someone else starts them, the group chat gets blown apart after someone responds. It’s like the group chat never existed, but I get individual replies from people. I checked the RCS settings, everything looks normal on the other message settings. It’s becoming a problem and I can’t figure it out! Does anyone have a fix for this?


r/iphone • • 21h ago

Discussion What weather app do you use?

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What time application do you use on the iPhone?


r/iphone • • 6h ago

Support How do I turn off this godforsaken pop up

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It pops up every time I open this screen, I hate it


r/iphone • • 15h ago

Discussion Iphone screen time is inaccurate or what is this ?

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r/iphone • • 16m ago

Support Is my phone cloned or hacked I don’t know.

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I can flip the pictures freely 360 every where in the screen and there is one point when I was changing my password it said choose your device. But it was the same name and same version 2 of em as you can see in the picture.


r/iphone • • 1h ago

Discussion Cydia

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Anyone still using cydia or jailbreak? It use to be popular back in early 2010’s!


r/iphone • • 15h ago

Discussion Other person typing indicator is different?

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I was texting someone and the icon that says they were typing was in this scribble style that I’ve never seen before. I went to go screen record and then it went back to normal.

Does this mean anything in particular?

It was scribbling in the dots and then erasing the previous one.


r/iphone • • 12h ago

Support Alternative ways to save photos?

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We just got new phones and our iCloud 50GB is used up between 2 people. I’m thinking of not saving photos/videos anymore. Is there other options to occasionally backup that media? Maybe something to plug into the iPhone and download them?

We have iPhone 18’s. Thanks


r/iphone • • 6h ago

Discussion Question

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But how would I go about changing the app icons on my phone to be something like this? I am on a iPhone 11 Pro


r/iphone • • 3h ago

Support Standard iPhone 14 touch screen will not respond when I try to swipe in any direction. What do I do?

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The touch screen on my phone isn't working. I can no longer down, left or right on the phone. Swiping up only works when I'm trying to go back to the home screen. It does not work any other time I try to swipe up. I'm also unable to power the phone down since I have to swipe a toggle on the screen and the phone won't respond when I do. I've been using this phone for about two years now. The only other issues I've noticed are some slight overheating.


r/iphone • • 9h ago

Support Weird grid in videos from iPhone 18 Pro

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I have this weird issue that when making a video and watching it in Photos, I see this weird grid all over the video. But while filming in the Camera app everything seems fine.

Does anyone have this issue as well…? I’m on iOS 27.0.1 and got this phone a week ago.

Look at the white bulb to see it better.
So the first screenshot is the video, second is a normal photo which is fine.


r/iphone • • 1d ago

Support Any idea what happened to my phone 17

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While I was using my phone it suddenly restarted by itself and displayed a red glitch screen. After I force restarted it, the screen turned blue and got stuck on the glitch screen. I haven’t been able to use my phone since.

Quick update: i went to Apple service provider, The shop said it is a logic board issue. Sadly, my warranty expired at the end of last month. So no freebie.
They said the issue caused by overheating or dropping it from a height. It didn’t happen as far as i remember.Unfortunately, I have to pay 16,000 THB (around $480) to replace logic board. 😭


r/iphone • • 4h ago

Support Translate Webpage Option Gone

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<SOLVED: hard reset restored it>

Is this a recent update change?

The translate website option in Safari has completely disappeared and I can’t figure out why.


r/iphone • • 1h ago

Support Face ID (passcode required?)

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r/iphone • • 6h ago

Support Cant play this playlist, even though it’s my own without an internet connection.

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