QUICK ERASE In a nod to the Etch A Sketch toy, shaking the iPhone when typing something brings up the option to undo it. Hold down the letter “e,” for example, and you will see diacritical-marked versions of the letter “e.” This code can be different from the lock code for the entire phone, if you have set one of those.ĪCCENT MARKS In the plain-Jane United States English keyboard, tapping and holding a letter will bring up other permutations of that letter for expressing yourself with aigus and macrons. Under “Volume Limit” you can adjust the maximum volume and set a code to lock the setting. VOLUME LOCK If you want to limit the iPhone’s volume (because it is being used by your children, for example), you can go into Settings, then iPod. Swipe once more to the right from this screen and the iPhone’s volume control appears. It is here that you also gain access to the screen rotation lock button, so you can turn on or off the iPhone’s ability to switch from portrait to landscape mode. If you have the latest operating system, iOS 4.3, you will also see a button that will call up controls for AirPlay, Apple’s wireless audio feature. MUSIC SHORTCUTS Swipe that same previously used app screen to the right and you get another shortcut to music-playing controls. Touching an app in this state forces it to shut down, a useful move if you have an app that is running in the background and causing trouble. This is advanced-beginner stuff.īut serious iPhone ninjas know that pressing and holding an app icon in this panel will cause minus signs to appear beside each app. Swiping to the left moves through the apps in reverse chronological order to aid in quick app switching. VOICE ACCESS If you press and hold the home button while the phone is locked, you can still access Voice Control to place a phone call (or FaceTime call) or get to any of the iPhone’s other voice commands.įORCE-QUIT APPS Double-tapping the home button while your phone is unlocked reveals a panel of most recently used apps. If you are using Pandora, for example, the same technique will bring up its controls. This feature is not limited to Apple’s iPod app. This saves you the time it takes to unlock your phone, open a music-playing app like iPod and get to the volume and track controls. (Sorry, Android users, but that OS has so many versions and skins that a quick guide would be neither very quick nor much of a guide.) Beyond the realm of those basic iPhone controls is an advanced level of shortcuts and tweaks, some of which even hard-core users may not know exist.ĭOUBLE-TAP Even while your iPhone is locked, you can access the audio controls by double-tapping on the home button when the lock screen appears. Most of those people believe they know how the iPhone works.īut dig a little deeper into the iPhone’s latest operating system, iOS 4.3 - available for the iPhone 3GS and the AT&T iPhone 4 - and there’s another layer to master. ![]() And in that time, millions of people have bought and used iPhones, swiping and tapping their way through life. The iPhone has been around for nearly four years.
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