Disaster strikes. You’ve accidentally dropped/kicked/thrown/slammed your beloved mobile phone into the ground- and in a flash, your trusted digital assistant is no more. To keep in contact with your loved ones and business contacts, one of the first actions you should take is arranging to forward your calls to a functioning cell phone so that … Read more
There’s nothing worse than having to repeat, “Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?” and wondering if the fault lies with your phone or the other person’s. While we use our smartphones for various tasks, they are still phones at the end of the day. They were intended to make life easier by allowing us to … Read more
As many of their owners can attest, iPhones have an uncanny knack to pause downloads or stop playing music when the screen is locked. It’s just as annoying an occurrence as when pictures stop loading all of a sudden! You yourself may be thinking right at this very moment: “What can I do if my … Read more
Having a phone with short battery life is disappointing, to say the least. Keeping your phone’s battery charged is simple enough in the short term, but keeping the battery healthy in the long run is a much more complicated endeavor that has many questions attached. In your quest to balance immediate utility with future longevity, … Read more
The iPhone XR was first revealed to the world by Apple in 2018. At the time, it was rolled out as a relatively lower-cost device and sold alongside pricier iPhone models. For many people who have now owned this phone for around four years, the question that’s inevitably coming to mind is: “Just how long … Read more
Many people in their homes constantly lose the remote control. You may leave it somewhere and forget about it, so you won’t know what to do if you need it. A mobile phone is one of those items we rarely lose. Smartphones aren’t using the technology anymore, but you can use the IR Blaster to … Read more
iMessage is a great tool with which you can converse on iPhones; text, videos, images, GIFs, and audio messages can all be sent, allowing for a huge range of communication styles. However, Apple does have a tiny issue when it comes to voice and audio messages. The default setting is such that an audio message … Read more
If you’re wondering whether it’s possible to see your AirDrop history, the short answer is no. At the risk of being too blunt, your iPhone does not keep a record of the transactions you conduct using AirDrop. Apple support has stated that AirDrop does not keep a record of any transactions. So, even if many … Read more
Is your iPhone timer annoying you with its tone, and you’re wondering, “Can I make my iPhone timer vibrate only”? Unfortunately, the answer is no. The default iOS clock app has no setting to change their Ringtone to vibrate only. Therefore, there is no way to change this functionality. However, there are ways to make … Read more
Ever since its inception, Apple’s Face ID has been a more secure and more convenient feature than a password. Throughout the years, some have wondered whether there are any easy ways around the security feature. For example, can Face ID work with a picture? Long story short: if you think you can just use a … Read more