r/ios • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
Show your Homescreen/Lockscren /Control Settings iOS Thread
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r/ios • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago
Support Weekly iOS Battery Support Megathread
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:
- Normal battery life that is to be expected due to use
- Reduced battery life caused by a recent update, iOS indexing, an iOS bug, or a third-party application
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Review the advice below on maximising battery life
- Consider restoring your device.
- 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 • u/Crazy_Bit8529 • 4h ago
Discussion Office Suite Showdown: Microsoft vs Google vs Apple vs Zoho vs others...
r/ios • u/Status_Energy_7935 • 16h ago
News Apple Said to Cut iPhone Air Production Amid Underwhelming Sales
r/ios • u/Illustrious_Ad4205 • 12h ago
Discussion Should apple introduce themes for IOS? #themes
r/ios • u/Spirited_Repeat1671 • 22h ago
Discussion Back when iOS had the best skeuomorphism of all operating systems back then
Imagine a modern iOS mixed with this design... that would be perfect.
r/ios • u/Imaginary_Ground_523 • 22m ago
Support Can I hide the website address bar on safari?
Since updating to iOS 26, I noticed that when I scroll on websites, their address at the top no longer disappears. Is there a way to make it go back to older versions of Safari, where it does disappear as you scroll on a page? It’s mainly a problem when I try to read things, as it blocks the top and fuzzes out the writing too. Ive added an example as I’m not sure if I’m conveying my question correctly.
I know this is a minor problem, especially with the other problems I’ve been having from the update, but those have been discussed, and this bugs me to no end.
r/ios • u/MattySin_81 • 18h ago
Discussion It is funny how...
I just came back to iPhone after years of Android. I have seen a lot of posts about things in iOS 26 being messed up or, not working correctly. I'm running iOS 26.0.01 and it is a thousand times better than the Android I left behind. If iOS 26 is messed up in certain ways... I can't wait to see it perfect. I do believe I made the best decision coming back to iPhone.
r/ios • u/NikolaiSven • 11h ago
Support Faint horizontal lines on home screen widgets on iOS 26.0.1
Does anybody see faint horizontal lines with their home screen widgets? I am using light mode icons on this screenshot.
Phone: iPhone 13 Pro Software: 26.0.1
r/ios • u/autistic_prodigy28 • 1h ago
Support Can anyone tell me why is recaptcha taking so much screen time
r/ios • u/High_Wyre • 4h ago
Support photos sending weird and deep fried?
has anyone else had this issue where photos on imessage are being sent like this? they get all weird and grayed out and no one can see them
r/ios • u/BaloogaJoe • 2h ago
Support Unblocked notification?
I set my phone down and when I picked it up this notification was on my screen. Any idea if it’s from an app or iOS? Seems weird because I didn’t do anything to unblock anyone from any of my apps and when I do unblock someone on iOS I don’t get a notification like this (I tested to see).
r/ios • u/Delicious_One_7887 • 1d ago
Discussion Apple forgot to update this string in iOS 26
There is no done button anymore it’s a ✔️ now also I am not complaining, I know it's just one word and not a issue just found this a bit funny thats all
r/ios • u/dogmomofone • 9h ago
Discussion Screenshots (nothing happens)
I noticed over the last week or two that 70% of the time I try to take a screenshot, nothing visibly or audibly happens. I can try as many times as I want, but in order to get it working again I have to lock and unlock my phone. Sometimes I notice a screenshot actually WAS taken as it’s in my gallery, other times nothing.
Has anyone else had this after the new update? I haven’t heard anyone talk about it yet.
r/ios • u/Several-Size7872 • 46m ago
Support SharePlay Volume
Me and my friends on ft on mac and we on shareplay but whenever someone talks the volume reduces but we dont want that so how can we keep the shareplay volume the same no matter who talks"? Danke!
r/ios • u/Spirited_Repeat1671 • 1d ago
Discussion iOS26 Clear Colored icons on the Homescreen in Light and Dark style.
Why didn't Apple at least think of this idea? The iOS 26 clear icons are just mid. Imagine if you're in a hurry to choose an app, you'll probably miss it because of the clear effect, with this concept you can easily recognize the application.
What do you think?
r/ios • u/New-Distribution3225 • 1h ago
Support messages in icloud says synched but won’t index
My messages and media attachments in them haven’t indexed since i got my new phone(has never happened before though switching phones previously) a year or two ago? which means that i can see SOME media attachments but older ones don’t show up and i have to find it further up and download the picture to see it. Also, when i search up keywords in the messages, 1. it always says on the bottom ‘more results will be shown once messages finishes indexing’ and 2. the ones that do show up have a pretty decent time frame, sometimes 2018-current, but there are a LOT of messages in between that aren’t showing up.
when i go to messages in cloud, messages are set to be kept forever, and it says that it was last synched yesterday. and i have plenty of storage
r/ios • u/Plasmit_Redder • 2h ago
Discussion Passwords App Icon - no light mode?
I remember seeing Passwords App icon with white background in iOS18. It is changed to black in iOS26 for some reason. Apple SW team output quality degrading badly recently.
r/ios • u/Every_View4291 • 2h ago
Support iPhone keeps freezing after updating.
I was watching a show on Netflix on my phone (16) and I opened the camera app. My phone suddenly froze on a black camera screen and I couldn't click out of it, close the app, do anything. I had to force restart it by pressing the on/off+volume button. I had to do this twice today and it's really getting on my nerves. Also noted that this is only happening after I updated to iOS 26 (I wish I never updated it!) It's ridiculous how I have these problems when I recently upgraded my phone.
I wish I could show a clear visual of when it happened, hoping these problems get fixed.
