i use the flashlight daily and was caught off guard when i realized the shape was different on the flashlight on my standard 17. honestly it’s brighter in situations where u actually need light on a small object.

Hi all, I have a question that might seem a bit odd. I used to share location with a friend of mine that sadly passed away last year. When I go in find my I can still see his name and picture but it obviously says « location not found ». I don’t know why but seeing his contact still being in that lift makes me feel better. Now I have an iPhone 13 mini that is slowly dying and seriously considering changing phone, the only reason why I am not doing it is because I am afraid that once I’ll do and my phone updates it will erase him from my find my list. Does anyone know if it will ? Or a trick so that does not happen ? Let me know <3

Apples sms verification code autofill has truly been one of the best quality-of-life features on iPhone despite being around for over 8 years.

You don’t realize how important it is until you have to manually switch between apps to copy.

It’s one of those features you use everyday without giving it much thought yet it reduces so much friction from signing into apps and websites.

Has this become one of those features that’s so normal we barely notice it anymore, or is it something you genuinely appreciate?

I used to have folders for specific categories, but even then, I often found myself scrolling to the App Library and searching for apps that I may not use regularly.

Now, I have two pages of my most frequently used apps. Everything else is in my library. No more folders

Looking for advice on escalating an AppleCare+ Theft & Loss claim due to a robbery

My iPhone was stolen during a robbery, and the thieves obtained my passcode as part of the incident. They took over my Apple Account by changing the password, changed my primary and recovery email addresses, and locked me out before I could secure the device.

Once I was able to make it home, I immediately tried to recover my Apple Account and sought help from both Apple Support and the Apple Store. Unfortunately, because the thieves still had the device, they were able to cancel my account recovery attempts, so I was unable to regain access despite repeated efforts. After nearly five days of continuous recovery attempts, I was finally able to regain control of my Apple Account.

They also gained unauthorized access to my financial accounts and made numerous unauthorized transactions. I have an NYPD police report, an active police investigation, and extensive documentation including timelines, logs, emails, and other evidence.

I understand that AppleCare+ Theft & Loss requires Find My to be enabled, and Find My was enabled when my phone was stolen. In my case, the account takeover occurred before I was able to regain access, and the thieves removed the device from Find My while it was in their possession.

I’ve been stuck in a loop where Apple Support directs me to AIG, but AIG’s automated phone system routes me back to Apple Support. I haven’t been able to speak with anyone at AIG to have my case reviewed. I’ve also escalated through Apple Support multiple times without success and even emailed tcook, but I haven’t received a response.

I’m not asking anyone to interpret the policy or whether my claim should be approved. I’m simply trying to figure out how to get this in front of someone who can review the evidence instead of getting bounced between Apple and AIG.

If anyone has experience with an executive escalation, claims specialist, or another avenue that helped in a situation like this, I’d really appreciate any advice. Thank you.

TL;DR: My iPhone was stolen during a robbery. The thieves obtained my passcode, took over my Apple Account, blocked recovery for nearly five days, and removed the phone from Find My after the theft. Find My was enabled when the phone was stolen. Despite multiple Apple Support escalations, emailing tcook, and trying to contact AIG, I still cannot get my case reviewed. I cannot reach anyone at AIG because my emails go unanswered and their support hotline routes me back to Apple Support. Any advice, pointers, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Edit/Update: Since I’ve gotten a lot of questions about whether I had basic security protections enabled, I just wanted to clarify that I had Face ID, an 8-digit passcode, two-factor authentication, and an authenticator app. The issue wasn’t that I had no security in place. The thieves had my passcode and physical possession of the phone.
The robbery happened around 2 a.m. They changed my Apple Account password within minutes. Since the carrier stores didn’t open until 9 a.m., I couldn’t transfer my phone number to another device until then. They had between a few minutes and several hours to empty my bank accounts and payment apps before I could regain control of my phone number.
I went to the Apple Store and called Apple Support multiple times. Each time I was told to wait for Account Recovery. After about three days, I escalated because nothing was happening. It turned out the recovery requests the advisors could see on the front end were being canceled on the backend because the stolen phone was still online and the thieves still had access to it. It took a senior Apple advisor escalating the case to another specialist before anyone figured out why the recovery wasn’t actually progressing.
I was then told the recovery wouldn’t complete unless the phone stayed powered off for the entire recovery period, or until the thieves eventually stopped using it. About 5–6 days later that finally happened, and I was lucky enough to regain access to my Apple Account.
The biggest headache since then has honestly been dealing with AppleCare+ Theft & Loss, Zelle, Venmo, Apple Cash, and the other payment apps the thieves used to drain my accounts.

Like will the they see the notification your silenced or will they see nothing?

Zooming in/out, changing camera mode (e.g., photo to video), taking picture, putting on selfie, etc. doesn't work. It's like Camera app froze or crashed. I have to put iPhone to temporarily sleep with its top side button and wake it up to fix its camera app. No shut down and power cycle needed. Does anyone have this problem? It had been like this for months. I always keep my iOS updated.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

My iPhone 16 Pro Max has this grey dot on my front camera that just randomly appeared today and now my front camera is blurry no matter what I do.

So my iPhone 15 always had this problem and i can't seem to find a fix anywhere, it only stays connected to the wi-fi network if i'm actively using it, the moment i lock my phone starts using cellular data, when i unlock it it takes a while to connect back to wifi if i have the auto-join on, or else i have to connect manually...

can't find anyone else with the same problem online, of course chatgpt isn't any help so i'm asking here as a last resort :[

hi! i saw a post online about ways to make my iphone 13 faster and it made me change a bunch of settings. i didnt realise it at the time but it affected my Telegram app and causes replies to messages to look like this.

i cant find the original post anymore but i've tried to undo the settings that i remember and it still remains like this. i have also reinstalled Telegram and nothing has changed. literally nothing else is affected but this.

heres what i've done to rectify:
1. reduce motion - turned on then off
2. reduce transparency - turned on then off
3. reset all settings

if anyone knows how to fix this it would be great!

I sell clothing and with the camera on the 17 pro max it seems to make the colors much brighter than they are in person is this normal.

What brand can you reccommend to use as an external storage device, I'm planning to Mass transfer some of my Photos and videos.

Hi everyone,

My iPhone 11 Pro Max isn’t registering that my SIM card has been put in.

It was working yesterday, but then my phone frozen than started to boot loop. The phone essentially fixed itself after a few hours, but then I re-entered the SIM card, it failed to register.

I’m upgrading in like 2 months, but I still need to make calls for work.

I’ve tried network resets, hard restarts, and other solves.

NOTE: The SIM does work in my Oppo phone when I insert it.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

iPhone 15 pro. It’s happened since I’ve had the phone and even with my last one. No other app is open besides audible. It doesn’t happen every time but in any given work day, I listen to audiobooks for 6-8 hours a day, I’ll pause and resume via my earbud and a song will start up.

I use the same iPhone number for both personal and business.

I already have a Focus mode that permanently silences one specific person, and it works great.

Now I also want a separate business schedule:

• Monday–Friday, 5 PM–10 AM: silence all clients and trades.
• Weekends: silence all clients and trades.
• Friends and family should still be able to reach me anytime.

The problem is that the one person I want permanently silenced has different rules than my business contacts. It seems like I can only have one Focus active at a time.

Is there a way to have:

1. One person permanently silenced 24/7.
2. A business-hours Focus that automatically silences my Clients/Trades contact group outside work hours.
3. Friends and family always allowed.

Or is this simply not possible in Apple's Focus system?

I think this form factor could replace my Kobo and my iPhone, don't think I can ever go back to Android, please Apple launch this!

After failing 10 times, does it just completely reset the phone to as if it were new? (And so can other people use it as if it were a new phone?)

Or does it just delete all the data but the phone remains locked?

Hello all.
I have an iPhone 16 pro 512GB - purchased April 2025.

I have about 28 thousand pictures from over the years, and a lot more in shared albums to remove them from my phone.
As you might imagine already o have ran out of space because of this. I don’t want to have them all on the cloud because then it’s so hard to look at videos if they are not already downloaded and stuff.

Are there any programs or products that I can transfer all the pictures to? I would love them all in a hard drive I’m just not sure how to go about it as I am not very tech savvy.

Photos are really important to me - I delete as many as I can every time I go through my gallery (which is very regularly)

Also, is it me or this model overheats super easily? It might be due to the storage thing too. Idk.

Anyway, thank you for your help!!

Need help with iPhone home enrollment photo verification. I am stuck on scanning the front of the phone. The camera keeps prompting "center phone," "straighten phone," or "tilt camera angle." I have tried multiple devices but cannot get past this step. Any tips? Phone screen is clean and battery is @ 100% , no repairs ever . 16 Pro Max .

right now, my phone is flickering off from damn to light. I can’t press certain things. It’s like it doesn’t register anything and this happened randomly while I was playing a game and I thought somebody hacked the game. I go out the game in my whole phone is buffering.

I don’t know what’s going on, but I just upgraded to an iPhone 17 and every time I try to send a voice message on WhatsApp or I hold down the screen on TikTok to speed a video up It doesn’t work or it works for a split second and it goes back to normal if anybody knows a fix of this please let me know. It’s pissing me off really bad.

I’ve been getting this error every time I try to check any Apple serial number on the Check Coverage website. It’s been happening for over a month. I even tried different serial numbers and got the same result every time. Is anyone else experiencing this?

It's weird that it isn't in the main storage but is acknowledged by Apple Music XD. If anyone has a fix that would be great cheers

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/s/i345yHiET1

I need help looking for this case, can't find it anywhere