How to Display character count in texts on iPhone?

If you don't have the best texting plan and don't want to unnecessarily pay to send more texts than you need, here's a tip on how you can keep track of how many characters you’ve written in a text .

To turn on the character count in the Messages app,

Tap Settings >>Message option to keep an eye on your word count.

The phone’s texting interface will now count up to 160, letting you know if you’ve reached the character cap. Usually, your one text becomes two after 160 characters.

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How to Enable emoji emoticons on the iPhone?

Ever notice how some of your friends have cute little emoticons in their emails or text messages. You know, like a little yellow face with hearts for eyes, teddy bears, Christmas trees, and so on?

By default, your iPhone doesn't give you access to these emotions and other graphics — but it is stored on your phone and ready when you are.

To enable emoticons on an iPhone, 

- Tap Settings >> General >> International >> Keyboards.
- Then tap "Add New Keyboard" and select "Emoji."

You'll now see a globe icon to the right of the "123" icon on your keyboard. Tap it to access your emoji keyboard, and you'll be introduced to a vastly more efficient form of communication

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How to Enable Parental Restrictions on your iPhone?

For young iPhone users, of which there are an increasingly large number, the digital world can seem unlimited. And to a certain degree, it is.

Whether it's on your iPhone or your child's iPod touch or iPad, you can block inappropriate content from your kids (such as music with explicit lyrics), prevent them from buying apps (or in-app purchases) and block YouTube, Safari, FaceTime and more.

To enable restrictions on your iPhone:

Go to Settings >> General >>> Restrictions.

You will see the list of option what the iPhone user can and cannot access. By tapping Enable Restrictions and setting a 4 digit passcode, parents can easily limit their child’s access.

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How to Lock screen orientation on your iPhone?

Does it drive you nuts to have the iPhone screen flip around when you rotate the phone?

You can prevent this from happening if you have no desire to swap between portrait and landscape view.

To Lock screen orientation on your iPhone:

- Simply choose the orientation (landscape or portrait) you prefer by tilting the device.
- Then  Double-click the Home button. This will bring up the multitasking interface at the bottom of the iPhone.
- Now swipe from Left to right and you'll see a "portrait orientation lock" icon at the very left of this string of apps (it has a circular arrow on the icon).
- Tap it once to lock your orientation and you'll see a padlock appear. Turn it off by tapping it again.

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How to Find out which apps are taking how much space on your iPhone and delete them?

Beginning with the iOS 5 update, you can see how much space your apps are taking up on your iPhone and delete them from your device — even a bunch at once. 


To do this, tap Settings >> General >>Usage.

From here you'll see a list of all your apps and their file size. You can then select individual apps to get more detailed usage information. This is great because if you’re on the road and in a bind for disk space, you can quickly see what is hogging all the storage capacity and then delete an app or two.

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How to Close open apps to save battery life on your iPhone?

Make sure apps you're no longer using are not open and draining the battery.

Do this by double-tapping the Home button and you'll see all the recently used apps running in the background along the bottom of your phone. Press and hold an icon and they'll all jiggle, which means you can tap the (-) to close the open apps at the bottom of your iPhone.

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How to Send multiple photos at the same time on your iPhone?

Most iPhone users know how to send a photo to a friend, but many don't realize that they can send multiple photos at one time from the iPhone, either as part of an email or in a text message.


To send multiple photos to the same contact (say, in an email or iMessage),

- Open the Photos app
- Tap on an Album, such as Camera Roll.
- Now tap the Select icon in the top right of your iPhone screen.

 Now you can tap to choose any photo you'd like to send to someone. Once you've selected the desired pics, tap Share in the bottom right of the screen and you'll have three options: Email, Message or Print.

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How to Turn iBooks into audio books on your iPhone?

Like most smartphones, the iPhone has a number of accessibility options. One feature is called VoiceOver and it can read aloud any text on the screen. While designed primarily for the seeing impaired, anyone can take advantage of this feature if they want to turn an e-book into an audiobook. Now you can listen while commuting to and from work, while closing your eyes in bed or when jogging down the street. 

How to activate this feature?

Go to Settings >> General >>  Accessibility.

Finally, swipe to change VoiceOver from Off to On. You'll also be able to tweak settings, such as the speed of voice reading to you. She sounds like the voice of Siri, by the way.

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How to Create a music playlist on the fly on your iPhone?

You no longer need a computer to create a playlist. You can create playlists directly on your iPhone without the iTunes program on your computer.

To create Playlist, follow this step:

Go to Music app (iPod)>> tap Playlists >> then select Add Playlist and give it a name.

Now, tap any song (or video) to add it to the playlist. You can add individual songs, entire albums, or all songs by a particular artist.

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How to Take an iPhone screen grab?

Did you know you can take a screen grab from your iPhone without having to install any third-party apps? This allows you create a picture of anything displayed on the screen, no matter which app you have open. 

To capture a screen shots on iPhone:

- Press and Hold down the Home button (the main button below the screen) and tap the Sleep button (the switch on the top right edge of the device.) 

You'll hear the camera click, see a white flash and the screen shot will be saved to your Camera Roll.

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How to Save photos or images from Safari on your iPhone?

Have you ever wanted to save a photo or an image while surfing the web with Safari on your iPhone? If yes, then you're going to love this tip.

For Saving an image from Safari to iPhone, all you've to do is:

- Simply Press and Hold on a photo and you'll be prompted with a menu asking if you'd like to "Save Image." 

Once the photo is saved, you can view it offline, email it or set it as wallpaper.The saved images are automatically placed in the default Photos app under an Album.

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How to Select URL domains faster on your iPhone?

When typing a website address in Safari, you don't have to type the ".com." For example, you can type "yahoo" in the URL box to get to yahoo.com.

On a related note, you can press and hold down the .com button and you'll see a list of alternatives to choose, such as .net, .org and .edu.

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How to Create text shortcuts in your iPhone?

You can create text shortcuts to words and phrases you use a lot. For example, instead of typing "I Love You" you can use abbreviation "ilu" and iphone will automatically replace it with full word/phrases - "I Love You". You can add text shortcuts to any words and phrases. It will save a lot of time while composing message.

To create text shortcuts on iPhone: 

Go to Settings >>General >> Keyboard >>  Add New Shortcut.

Now you can add new words or phrases and assign shortcuts to them (such as "ilu," in the above example) and it'll type out the full word each time.

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How to Fix a frozen iPhone?

Is your iPhone screen frozen and it won't turn off? Then Don't Panic!!

If your iPhone freezes on you and pressing the Sleep/Wake button on top of the device doesn't do anything, then here's the tip to fix your frozen iPhone.

All you have to do is:
-  Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.

You'll be prompted to swipe the "Slide to Power Off" tab. This so-called "hard reset" and it fixes the frozen iPhone. You'll first need to wait through a full shut down and restart.  Then your iPhone will be back to normal state again. Voila!

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How to Take photos faster from lock screen on your iPhone?

One of the features in iOS 5 touted by Apple was the ability to quickly access the camera from the iPhone's lock screen. You would double-click the home button, a camera icon would appear next to the "slide to unlock" bar, and you would be taken straight to the camera.

Here's what you need to do:

- Just double-tap on the Home button and you'll see a camera icon.
- Tap camera icon to open the camera immediately.

Now you can use the volume up button to snap the photo, too. You can also use the volume up on the headphone cord to take a photo (if you want to) and pinch the screen to zoom instead of using the slider bar.

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How to Dismiss suggested words on your iPhone?

If you're typing an email or note and the virtual keyboard is suggesting the correct spelling of the word — and you don't want to accept it — you don't need to tap the tiny "X" at the end of the word in question. 

Simply tap anywhere on the screen to close the suggestion box.

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How to Dry out a wet iPhone?

You're not the first one to drop an iPhone in a toilet or sink. If this happens, follow these tips to fix a wet iPhone:

- Don't turn it on as you can damage the smartphone by short-circuiting it. Lightly towel dry the phone.
- Don't use a hairdryer on the phone as it can further push moisture into areas that aren't wet.
- Submerge the iPhone in a bowl or Ziploc bag of uncooked white rice and leave it overnight.

If you have it, try using a desiccant packet you might find with a new pair of shoes or leather purse.

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How to Take a photo with your headphone cord on your iPhone?

Starting from iOS 5, you can use the volume up or down buttons to snap a photo.

Steady your hand while framing up the photo and when you're ready to take the picture, press the button on the cord so it won't shake the iPhone. Voila!

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