Top 10 hidden iOS 11.4 shortcuts and tricks for the iPhone
Settings app: Quick access
3D Touch gives you a quick and easy way to access Battery, Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth in the Settings app.
Press and hold until the pop-up appears and then choose where you want to jump to.
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App Store: Quick access
3D Touch gives you a quick and easy way to access Search, Redeem, Update All, and Purchased in the App Store app.
Press and hold until the pop-up appears and then choose where you want to jump to.
I find this especially useful for updating apps.
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Timer hack from Control Center
If you have the Timer app added to the Control Center panel (I'll show you how to add items to the Control Center panel shortly...), press and hold to bring up a nifty way to set a quick timer.
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Find out what's burning your battery
Finding your battery draining faster than usual? Chances are there's an app that's gone rogue and running in the background.
First, go to Settings > Battery and look at the Battery Usage list. Tap anywhere on the list to change it from showing percentages to also showing you a breakdown of how much screen time and background time the running apps are taking.
Remember that while some apps -- the Music app for example -- are designed to work in the background, most apps are not and could be the cause of the problem.
If you notice an app with unexplained high background usage, then you may have solved your problem. Go into Settings > General > Background App Refresh and turn off background refresh for that specific app.
Also look to see if you have No Cell Coverage on the list. If this is responsible for high battery usage, then you've found your problem -- being out of cell coverage or in an area with poor coverage. If this figure is high, try putting the iPhone into Airplane Mode when cell coverage is poor (you can still turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth independently) to see if that helps.
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Reset your dictionary suggestions
Are you getting odd words suggested to you when you type? Maybe you've been typing foreign words, or maybe you've allowed a mistake to creep in.
Unfortunately, Apple doesn't give you a way to edit the dictionary, so the only way to fx this is to reset the dictionary completely.
To do this go Settings > General > Reset and choose Reset Keyboard Dictionary.
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One-handed keyboard
Sometimes being able to type one-handed is a must.
Press and hold on the Emoji button to bring up the options for a left or right-handed keyboard.
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Camera app: Quick access
3D Touch gives you a quick and easy way to access Take Selfie, Record Video, Record Slo-mo, and Take Portrait in the Camera app.
Press and hold until the pop-up appears and then choose where you want to jump to.
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Turn the iOS keyboard into a trackpad
The allows you to turn the keyboard into a trackpad to allow you to more easily move the cursor on the screen to navigate around documents.
All you do is press down firmly on the keyboard and when the keys turn blank you can slide your finger around the keyboard, moving the cursor at the same time.
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Stop apps harassing you for feedback
I know that feedback is important to app developers, but sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming. This is probably one of the things in apps that annoys me the most.
Fortunately, Apple now offers users a way to put an end to it. Unfortunately, the setting is buried and unless you know where to look for it, you'll probably never come across it
Here's how to access it:
Settings > iTunes & App Store and then toggle In-App Ratings & Reviews to off.
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Customize Control Center
I promised earlier I'd show you how to customize the Control Center panel in iOS.
Go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls and add or remove the features you want available.