How to fix 10 ANNOYING iPhone issues!

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iPhones are amazing, but there are some really annoying issues that I see users dealing with all the time. In most cases, the fix is really straightforward. In this video, I'll show you how to fix 10 of the most common iPhone problems.
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Chapters;
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Horizontal videos saving as vertical videos
1:25 - Camera defaulting to Live Videos 'on'
4:22 - Running low on storage
5:53 - Face ID issues
7:18 - iPhone overheating
9:58 - Screen too dark to see
11:24 - Accidentally taking screenshots
13:01 - Call alerts not coming in full screen
13:42 - Struggle to use phone with one hand
14:34 - iPhone lost in the house

[@movieman2009]

"Live" photo setting is one of the most important features to me. It has allowed my still photos to come to life with now deceased close family.... to hear their voice again ...

[@mikemager2254]

I really like that you put the list of steps on the side of the screen when showing a menu item in settings. Great tips too.

The banner option for incoming calls is a God blessing IMO… I used to be so annoyed when I was in the middle of something - like sending an email - and a call popped up taking control of my phone… I can’t see why someone would prefer it the old way… but hey… to each their own…

[@jpjp3873]

I love that your example of deleting apps was a tick tok delete! Everyone should do that!😅

[@ljs2274]

That app is pathetic

[@prodxtendo]

@@ljs2274 yessir.

[@sofakinggenius4936]

Never had it in the first place

[@Chancer_Mage]

Stop being a rude jerk and actually respect the people who work on/make the app. It’s not that bad it’s actually decent, it only gets bad when you watch bad things / cringe things! There are decent TikTok’s on the app if you don’t watch bad ones, so actually give it a try and stop going with the “TikTOK iS bAD” trend because it really isn’t.

[@Chancer_Mage]

Thanks for reading❤

[@timchesonis]

You provide the best tips, (it’s not the tips that you offer, it’s HOW you explain the solutions). Thank you!

[@PhilbyFavourites]

He is clarity personified 👍🏻👍🏻

[@KirsteyWhicker]

OMG Tim, I completely agree!

[@Keisuke_op]

I agree. I love his consistency.

[@marywoodnc]

Thank you for helping me eliminate the mini-banner phone notification! I kept hanging up on people trying to answer the phone.

[@tumbleweed57]

One annoying thing for me is this. I often carry my phone face up with hand around the front. Many many times a day it will start the jiggling to remove apps. I have not touched the screen, it seems that something about holding the sides starts this. I don’t know if this can be disabled or not?. Love your tips!

[@rhyami]

Thanks for such a helpful episode of your show. I wanted to give a small tip about the back tap capability of phones. I was born blind, and I have had several strokes in the last few years. I found adapting to a phone without a home button to be very difficult, especially when I needed to use the app switcher. I now have back tap set up where app switcher will come up if I tap twice. That really makes my life so much easier, and it might help anyone who has tremors in their hands or dexterity issues.

[@ChrissieSM]

Very useful! More please, we need your clear and concise fixes.

[@helenwoolston1549]

You fixed things I hadn’t consciously realised were frustrating me! Thanks!

[@heleng.2317]

Thank you so much for letting us know how to disable the "live" default mode on the Camera. I never want it to be the first type of photo I take so appreciate the info very much!

[@ruthcarter8895]

I really like the text directions on the left side of the screen. That was really helpful! Thanks.

[@Teresa-K]

Thanks for this video. It was very helpful. I was looking to see how I could create more storage without buying more and this video was just what I needed. I already changed a few things you suggested. Please make a second video with more tips and tricks. Kindness, Teresa

[@davidhalldurham]

Thank you for this very helpful video! Listing the steps on the left side of the screen is a great idea.

[@razorcatshark3223]

Thanks! I always learn helpful tips with your videos: both the darkness and the reachability issues were spot on.

[@jaquetawhite7925]

Some really useful tips! Thank you. I have a puzzle for you - why can my husband and daughter open my iPhone 11 with their faces and, more to the point, how can I prevent it!

[@TheJonnyjacko]

Thanks again for a great vlog, even I found something I didn’t know.

[@sengle3]

Great stuff, very clearly presented. Thanks for that.

[@rozsmith6850]

Thank you! There were 3 things that were driving me crazy. Not anymore!!👍🏼

[@beatricecollins5429]

Thanks for your very clear solutions!

[@Paddystyx]

I just changed a few settings. Thank you.

[@pmoncayo]

thanks for adding the on-screen instructions as they are really useful

[@chasingpaint0702]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the tip to modify the Live setting in the camera. This has been driving me absolutely crazy and was more than annoying. OMG why would this be the default setting? Sanity restored. Thank you again!

[@jilldavidson240]

Thanks heaps for the tip about the phone banner. I have hated it for ages and did t know how to fix it. All fixed now 😊

[@deborahbuonomo296]

This video is very helpful. TFS! 😊

[@rickringer]

Such a great video. I got several useful tips from it. It's amazing how versatile these phones are.

[@leejacobs3620]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I was way past calling some of these just 'annoying.'

[@rosedowling3690]

you have just fixed a few of my problems , thank you

[@hankfacer7098]

Brilliant video used many tips. Thank you so much

[@cohall46]

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

[@billnaranjo8747]

Great advice on the video - it was long time coming! All great insight to many-Thanks.

[@wht-rabt-obj]

This was actually super helpful. Thanks.

[@Brunse61]

Thank you for this great video!

[@natbarmore]

The camera default that I _really_ wish we had the option to set or to remember from session to session is zoom. I’d set it to 3x, because I find that when I’m taking a photo I end up at 2x-3x something like 80%-95% of the time. And for those “can I get my phone out fast enough and activate the camera in time to capture this‽” moments, not having to also adjust the zoom would shave valuable time, increasing the odds of capturing whatever it is. And, if I had to choose a single zoom setting most likely to be appropriate for the largest fraction of those “urgent” photos, it sure as heck wouldn’t be 1x. But 3x is pretty close to that optimal default, and has the advantage of being the native zoom for the telephoto lens, not a computationally approximated zoom.

[@KevinBritain]

Awesome stuff.. I wish there was a setting on the watch that would alert if your iPhone is out of range on your watch.. like leaving a location and forgetting your phone.. been searching on this for a bit..

[@allenglishknives6823]

Great tips thanks. I use the watch find iPhone regularly 👍🏻

[@suec4791]

Another great video with helpful tips clearly explained. Love this channel & newsletter! Have a wonderful Christmas & New Year Tom - with best wishes from Australia.

[@jackfenbobs3519]

Thank you. Very helpful.

[@cecilr7986]

Thanks for the great tips. You’re the best.

[@WasimAkram-ep6sr]

great One. Learned two new setups Thanks

[@tombridge1225]

Another great video. I always come away with an increased and most useful knowledge.

[@georgee3401]

Great tips. Many thanks!

[@nermeenhamada6447]

Your Chanel is forever lasting education to all iPhone users , and for that we are very thankful ♥️♥️. As always thanks for uploading.

[@zareerwadia2787]

Thanks your videos are always very helpful. God bless

[@ammq23]

I use shortcut for screenshot. Thank you I enjoyed todays video.

[@maurice491]

Happy New year and Thank you for the amazing content/

[@sandrahanna934]

Your videos are incredible! Could you please give us pointers for keeping our phone from switching to DATA or turning off WI-FI?

[@elisabethlafontaine8979]

Thank you for another great video.

[@RFVisionary]

👍🏻 Good tips! Good explanations! Excellent and easy to understand pronunciation.

[@johngafford1302]

Thanks for the tip on changing incoming calls from banner to full screen. 👏👏👍

[@Schatzie301]

These are great. I actually already knew the last one about finding your phone with your Apple Watch. Couldn’t live without it. Especially useful if unbeknownst to you, your phone has gone under the couch. Really needed the tip about camera settings. Have one more problem that happens on both my iPhone 12 and my iPad. My keyboard sometimes disappears and sometimes won’t reappear without a reboot.

[@premgaru8556]

Didn't know about turning incoming calls to 'full screen'. Thanks bro. I like the full screen incoming as opposed to 'banner'.

[@GirishAgashe1]

Nice tips, mate. Very useful. I can see that you are very earnest in all of your videos. Keep up the good work. Love and much respect from India.

[@LadyTracyOfTheDisk]

Great tips. I hoped that you would cover the issue of the phone going into jiggle (edit) mode when it's picked up or put down. I can't find anything on the web about this.

[@sharkie3491]

So excited!! Just signed up for the weekly news letter 🙂

[@ProperHonestTech]

Awesome - welcome aboard! 🙂

[@TracyWeber-wv6mz]

Hi thanks so much for this it certainly has helped

[@crystalconner3494]

Great video, thank you.

[@gordonclarke]

I love the style of presentation you use and it has solved many of my iPhone issues. I use my iPad much more than my phone and would greatly appreciate either comments about what suggestions you use that are identical to the iPad, or have separate iPad videos on similar subject matters.

[@krishnachaitanya3992]

Thank you for the informative video, is there any way to reject a call when we receive a call in full-screen mode?

[@Casper58]

Been looking for this!🥰

[@norinemueller4588]

Great video thank you

[@slide7132]

Thank you great video ❤

[@scootrodellabutro6183]

great video! thanks

[@mike.47]

One other tip I use if you miss the home button, make your own. Go to Settings - Accessibility - Touch - AssistiveTouch (on) - under custom actions you can have 3 options. Personally I have Single-Tap set to Home, Double-Tap set to Control Centre, Long Press set to Screenshot. I have the same functions set on my iPad Pro and my iPad Air. You can put this virtual Home Button anywhere on the edge of the screen and also alter its opacity to suit yourself.

[@ohffsnoway]

Assistive Touch is fantastic - I found out about this many years ago after my daughter’s phone was damaged & and this is how she kept using it without a functioning Home button.

[@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654]

Hmmm. I dont have custom actions. I have iPhone 8. Do you have a more recent phone?

[@SmitePlayz_]

@@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 why would u even need a virtual home button when the iPhone 8 has a physical one?

[@SmitePlayz_]

I have no clue why you would miss a slower and inferior way of using your phone... is that because iOS doesn't have a proper back gesture which works in all apps unlike Android?

[@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654]

@@SmitePlayz_ i have a wallet on the back of my phone. For emergency purposes

[@KirsteyWhicker]

Hi from Australia! This gave me a few new tips, thank you so much! Now, losing my iPhone is a regular occurrence to me and I don’t have an iWatch, but I do have an iPad, so -just after I got home yesterday I couldn’t find my phone and was panicking that I’d left it in a shop, but luckily I remembered ’Find my iPhone’ was on my iPad & when I went & used it, I found my iPhone…. On my washing machine!! Thanks again for great tips!

[@momlovesnoel]

What a great video!! Thank you. :)

[@DharveshKhan]

Bro- you are the best!

[@shaolaserlas8005]

Thanks for the preserve one, it wasn’t live fotos that bothered me tho but the auto macro mode

[@lormor460]

Thank you so much!!!

[@JoanneRyallHandEngraver]

Many thanks! 👍

[@jpjp3873]

Is there a way to choose a volume for alarms other than turning down ringer volume? Seems a simple toggle slide setting in the alarm app would be in order.

[@tinainnca]

Back in the day when I had an android device, I could say “shoot” to take a pic. Is there a verbal command settings, besides talking to Siri that you can take a picture?

[@iBeeRaut]

I always enjoy your videos. Greetings from Mumbai

[@globtrott74]

One issue I encounter often is with having headphones on. Then asking Siri to read a message that has just been received. Or WhatsApp. Then Siri will reply that I have to unlock my iPhone first. But in those situation like skiing if I have the headphones is because I don’t want to get my phone out of my pocket. Really annoying. Specially now that you can have the code for access on WhatsApp !! It drives me crazy when friends are texting or where am I on the pistes !! 😢.

[@marcodimario9918]

Hello! Your contents are very useful and also well made. Congrats! I just subscribed today :)

[@donlibes]

Very good video, thanks! But I can't get the reachability gesture to work reliably. Your video shows the gesture starting in the middle of the bottom row. I find it to be more reliable if my finger is even lower - which is a challenge since there's not a lot of space remaining (and I'm on an iPhone mini which means there's little space there to begin with).

[@---nt5mb]

Love your tips! A question though have you had a look at the new Assistive Access mode? It looks like what I was looking for, for my parents. Have you played around with this yet and do you know if it is stable?

[@arthendrickson4860]

Regarding “phone lost in the house“ one can also say, “Hey Siri, where are you?”

[@mcomeslast]

What…. Thank you!

[@AlistairGale]

I’m over here. 😂

[@brunombessa]

Except if you have a wild HomePod around 😅

[@DPRX99]

Doesn’t work if you keep your ringer off like I do

[@Weezer.Fan69]

@DPRX Fr, I have an android but it's still so annoying. Like sorry any notification will distract me from whatever I'm doing😅😅😂😂😂!

[@brucequinn]

Really nice.

[@chrishuston4445]

Thanks!

[@ProperHonestTech]

Thank you very much!

[@appleholic1553]

You also don't have to tap the back of the phone for the screen shot if you have it enabled that way. It will work if you tap the side of the phone too.

[@bobcohen629]

Thank you a most helpful video and I accidentally turn on the light in my camera and people are constantly saying your light is on your light is on is there a way to disable this? Keep up the good work and again thank you so much.

[@argusfleibeit1165]

I can never find my flashlight when I need it. The b&w swipe screen won't come up, and then the brightness is all the way down. Seeing people in films pull out their phones in an emergency and immediately turn on their flashlight is a lie.

[@coffeewithlinda]

LOVE Neeva!

[@krisholt8390]

Great tips, at least of them were issues I have been dealing with for a while. I do wish Apple would move some of the navigation buttons to the bottom, like the back button in iMessage and other apps. While I don’t have small hands it’s obnoxious when using the phone one handed to stretch to hit the back button.

[@marshiahobson3727]

That's a great tip about changing the video landscape or portrait. I couldn’t find the iPhone option to turn off Live Photos on my iPhone X XR with the latest iOS version. is there any way to make the Apple Watch find my iPhone ringtone stay on longer? Mine only beeps once, which isn’t long enough for me to find my phone.

[@brianmoran1968]

Very helpful

[@cachi-7878]

@4:51, you can also use your other Apple devices such as iPad, iPod touch or even an iMac to find your iPhone using the Find My App.

[@loisenolp4746]

I watched this to see why my phone keeps putting in the AssistiveTouch keeps getting activated and as I was checking the double tap feature there is was! Now I don’t have to deal with that issue anymore! Thank you.

[@MA-xg7sz]

Hi, what was the little man on your watch control Center pls , thank you Great video

[@ProperHonestTech]

That’s Focus mode. You can switch from Do Not Disturb, Work, Personal etc.

[@thadsgudenuff]

I’m new to the iPhone ecosystem so this was very helpful. Thanks. Does iPhone offer a similar feature as android’s “Trusted Devices?” When I’m home and connected to my Wi-Fi, I would like my phone to remain unlocked. Is there a setting for this?

[@dougiemacd]

Great tips as ever, thank you! One storage issue you might address in a future video (pretty please) is how to fix apps that use way more storage than they should. iOS notes for example - on my iPad, iOS notes uses about 2.5GB, which is about what I would have expected. The same app on my iPhone (same account, same content, same everything) uses 8.5GB. It drives me nuts. If you can help me solve that one, you will save this soul from eternal frustration.

[@anthonypaynter828]

On my iphone 11pro I use Notes all the time for everything but it only shows it is using 52.9mb. I wonder if you have something in your Notes like a video etc that is taking up so much more space than mine. Alsoon my ipad it only shows 39.5mb. I hope somebody with a lot more knowledge than I have, can give you the answer Dougie. All I've got to help is what my Notes are showing.

[@giao2380]

You can buy more iCloud storage for .99 or $2.99 based on what you use or need.

[@user-ld9bt8pp7l]

Great video as always and thanks! I have a question: my iPhone Safari browser recently keeps me signed out of my Google account. After I sign in with my credentials, it stays signed in for a day or two, then it shows a message that a new sign in is required. It's annoying and most likely there is an easy fix that I couldn't find. I would be grateful if this could be a topic for one of your next videos. Thanks very much!

[@TheCallyjean]

Please explain the portrait zoom option in the Camera settings?

[@brighterhoopes]

Thanks for the info. I have made several changes at your suggestion. I do have a question… Sometimes when I ask Siri to text for me, the screen pops up and she asks what I want to say. I give the info for the text and nothing happens. The text cell just stays blank and eventually goes away. However, sometimes the cell populates with what I said and sends with no problem. Why does it work sometimes and not other times. Lately, it has failed more than it works.

[@vernegunda]

To me the most annoying feature in iPhone is it's weak vibration. As a person who only used vibration in the alarm on android phone, this one is almost a deal-breaker. I couldn't even imagine, that iPhone can lack of it... felt so obvious and natural that any phone just have it. It felt so much more peaceful to hear pure vibration as an alarm in the morning, but as far as my research there is no cure for this...

[@andrewpadfield1397]

Thanks

[@ProperHonestTech]

Thank you very much!

[@lisajenckes7529]

Hello! I am learning a lot from your videos! New to iphone one thing i miss is when i make a call and the receiver does not answer is there a way in which text messaging will pop up. On android when you hangup an unanswered phone call you get the option to send a text. i really miss this feature. is there a way on the iphone to do this? Thanks!

[@Sugardaddy587]

You can also use find my on a iPhone iPad or Mac on the same iCloud account or family to ping any of your apple devices that support find my, muted or not

[@KarstenPHT]

I think car vent clips that are directly connected to the AC and are not raised just need the AC fan speed to be higher and if you feel too cold you could always close one of the vents or point it up

[@jnbond]

Can you explain what causes the screen to go so dark when it's not "supposed" to? I've tried raising the brightness manually on the screen but it already would show it was at full brightness even though the screen is super dark I can hardly see. Can it be overheating and shutting out any extra light/heat? Thanks for the tips!

[@PhilbyFavourites]

I love the way you detailed mask and sunglasses on Face ID . Just by way of amusement; in the winter I drive boats and I always wear spectacles (optical) as a matter of course. So winter’s here and I need a very thick face mask for warmth and optical sunglasses for glare reduction. So along with thick gloves there is almost no hope for me to get my phone out, opened using Face ID (it can only recognise the tip of my nose) and grab a shot in a hurry or make a call. Thanks for all the tips they are much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻

[@BenSussmanpro]

At my age it’s not smart to use face ID at all. Rather, I stick with a passcode that my wife knows in case I drop dead😅

[@PhilbyFavourites]

@@BenSussmanpro made me laugh 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Wishing you many more merry Christmas’ beyond this one… In case you drop dead 😎😎

[@BenSussmanpro]

@@PhilbyFavourites Merry Christmas to you - & I’ll try not to drop dead over the holidays 😅