A modern smartphone has so many functions that users do not even know about many of them. Some of the default features are rarely, if ever, used. Certain iOS features may run in the background, making your iPhone slower or draining the battery faster. In this article, we'll walk you through some of the iOS features that you might not use and how to turn them off.
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What features on iPhone can be disabled for most users?
Swiping down the display from the home screen will bring up the Spotlight search screen. Under the usual search line, there are numerous offers that some people do not use at all.
To turn them off, just follow the path Settings → Siri and Search and disable three items Siri Suggestions: In search, In "Find", On the lock screen.
Siri
How often do you interact with Siri's virtual assistant? If your answer is: “a couple of times a year” or “very rarely”, then feel free to turn it off (you can turn it on if necessary at any time). To turn off the Apple voice assistant, follow the path Settings → Siri and Search and disable all three options: Listen to "Hey Siri", Side button call Siri and Siri with screen lock.
Widgets
To go to the iOS widgets screen, slide the first page of the home screen to the right. If you rarely look here, we recommend getting rid of this clutter altogether. It is quite simple to do this: open the widget screen and press the button Change at the bottom. On the page that opens, click the icon «-» opposite each item, confirming the deletion with the button Delete.
When finished, press Ready.
Raising to activate
A feature that turns the iPhone screen on whenever you pick it up. This will work even if you just took your smartphone off the table to put it in your pocket. Disconnected along the way: Settings → Screen and brightness → Raising to activate.
The iPhone is set by default to automatically play videos on the App Store's app and game pages. But this behavior of the system can be annoying. It is quite frustrating when a video suddenly starts playing with a loud sound that hits your ears. Yes, and automatic video playback is a trite processor load and consumes traffic. This can be very unpleasant for the mobile Internet.
You can disable this behavior of the system in the menu Settings → iTunes Store & App Store → Autoplay Videos... Here you can set the option to automatically play video only when connected to a Wi-Fi network, or completely refuse to show videos.
Keyboard Clicks & Lock Sound
If you often have to type on iPhone in front of people, you can probably annoy them with keyboard clicks. In order not to draw attention to yourself, disable them along the way: Settings → Sound, tactile signals → Keyboard clicks... Here you can also disable and Lock sound.
Systemic tactile signals
In our subjective opinion, system tactile signals in iOS are also an unnecessary source of drain on the iPhone's battery. In case the lack of light vibration when working with iOS elements is not critical for you, disable this function along the way: Settings → Sound, tactile signals → Systemic tactile.
Handoff
As a reminder, this feature allows you to start using the application on one Apple device and continue on another. For example, you can open a YouTube video on your iPhone and go back to what you started on your iPad or Mac, and vice versa.
This feature can only be very useful if you have multiple Apple devices. If you only have an iPhone "from apples", then feel free to disable Handoff along the way: Settings → The main → AirPlay and Handoff.
Although Apple claims to collect little or no data about its users, this process is still happening. For example, a company collects information from a smartphone to improve its map service.
Only in Russia, Apple cards are significantly inferior to similar services from Google and Yandex. However, most iPhones have options enabled by default that allow Apple Maps to be enhanced in the background.
If you do not use Apple's mapping service, then you should not improve it yourself. Follow the path: Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services and disable options: IPhone Analytics, "Routing and Traffic", "Popular nearby", "Improving Maps".
One of the most important points that affects the user's productivity during the working day, as well as the consumption of the smartphone's battery. When installing a new application, do not rush to give permission to send notifications, otherwise the iPhone screen may turn on very often, for example, when receiving messages from instant messengers.
If there are already too many incoming notifications, open Settings → Notifications, go to noisy app options and set the radio button Allowing notifications into position Turned off.
This option has several negative aspects, the main one being clogging up the cloud storage with unnecessary backups. This is most relevant if you have multiple Apple devices and a free iCloud plan that runs out of space.
When you turn off iCloud backup don't worry about your contacts, notes, reminders, calendars, etc., as well as files stored in iCloud Drive, they will not be lost and all this very easy to restore on a new iPhone or iPad... The backup has nothing to do with it.
Disabling the creation of a backup in iCloud is made along the path: Settings → Apple ID (your name) → iCloud → ICloud backup.
We've discussed the difference between iCloud backup and iCloud sync (iCloud Drive) in more detail.
Fitness Tracking
If you are not tracking steps taken or calories burned and are not using your iPhone as an activity tracking device at all, disable the option. Fitness Tracking located along the path: Settings → Confidentiality → Movement and fitness.
Screen time
Starting with iOS 12, the iPhone has a function that monitors the activity of applications and how often they are used. It is called " Screen time". The purpose of this feature is clear - it allows users to know which applications they use most often or abuse them.
This option seems useful at first glance, but this is only in theory. Surveys of iOS users consistently show that they very rarely use this feature. But it stays on on many iPhones, putting a heavy load on the battery. In many cases it is Screen Time blame for the fast discharge of the smartphone. To disable this feature, go to Settings → Screen Time.
Auto correction
Tired of the crooked automatic word corrections when typing on your iOS keyboard, turn off the option Auto correction along the way: Settings → The main → Keyboard.
Transparency (background blur effect in iOS)
This is the same background blur effect that gives a special shine to the "apple" software shell. Thanks to transparency, iOS elements stand out in volume against a "retouched" background, which really "refreshes" the interface design. The effect is present everywhere from the Control Center to the status bar with the clock.
Turning off transparency in iOS has a positive effect on device performance as well as battery life.
If you're willing to sacrifice beauty for the performance and uptime of your iPhone, turn on the option. Reducing transparency along the way: Settings → Accessibility → Display and text size.
Reducing movement (parallax effect)
You've probably noticed the presence of a three-dimensional effect on the iOS home screen, in which application icons seem to float against the background of the wallpaper. This is called the parallax effect.
If the lack of proprietary iOS visual effects is not critical for you, enable the option Reducing movement along the way Settings → Universal access → Traffic.
This action will reduce the load on the processor and therefore extend the battery life of the iPhone.
Every Apple smartphone collects some data by default, which is sent to the manufacturer for analysis. But don't worry - Apple does not collect personal data from its users. And this information is transmitted in encrypted form.
However, the very collection of data and their subsequent encryption, taking place on your iPhone, requires certain resources. It's good that this feature can be disabled. To do this, go to the menu Settings → Privacy → Analytics & Improvements and disable the functions: "Share iPhone Analytics", Improve Siri and Dictation, "Share iCloud Analytics".
Every iPhone has a standard feature that tracks the places most frequently visited by the owner every day. The determination of these points is quite accurate. You can then see on the map those places where you visit most often.
This feature is designed to improve various features of the iPhone, such as Maps or the voice assistant Siri. But such an improvement has practically no direct effect on the operation of a smartphone. But the battery, this function of tracking the most frequently visited places eats up decently. To disable this feature, follow the path: Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services -> Important Locations.
Shaking to undo
Function "Shake to undo", which allows you to shake the iPhone in order to undo the last action when typing in applications, has appeared for a long time. But the fact is that active users, who often quickly move the gadget in space, could be pretty annoyed with the offer "Do not apply" Enter "".
To disable the annoying feature, go to Settings → Universal access → Touching → Shaking to undo and move the slider to the position Turned off.
Many users iOS 8 were unhappy with the new operating system. In addition to a huge number of bugs and shortcomings, the developer has installed many functions that are simply not used in everyday life. The outrage from the community was so intense that many media outlets took the opportunity to write about the OS's over-functionality.
The popular magazine "Popular Mechanics" has compiled the top 10 unnecessary iOS functions on its pages, which, according to statistics, are disabled by almost every user. If you also have a desire to get rid of such features of iOS 8, then we will describe in detail how to do it.
Predictive input.
On the one hand, this is a great feature for typing long texts in English, which is ideal for the updated keyboard of devices. Many users are eagerly awaiting the release of the Russian-language version, but not everything is as rosy as we would like. If you often enter your secret passwords using the predictive keyboard, then after a while it will provide them in clear text.
Thus, the security level classified materials and information. To refuse such a function, you need to go to the "Settings" menu, select "General", then "Keyboard" and disable predictive dialing. In the same menu, you can eliminate other unnecessary functions that relate to the keyboard.
Airdrop
Registration in social networks has led to the fact that every day we are faced with the exchange of photos and other information. As it turned out, very few users use Airdrop so it is not surprising that many have expressed a desire to disable this application.
You can disable the function in the "Control Center" section: slide your finger in the bottom-top direction and stop at Airdrop and then just turn it off. By turning off unnecessary device features, you can save battery power for a longer time.
Background updates
Applications App Store, which update automatically, will delight many, but sometimes the update occurs at the most inopportune moment.
Often we ourselves do not want to update the application we like, and sometimes updates cause disruptions to the battery life of the device. In order to manually carry out all the necessary updates, you must enter the changes in the "iTunes Store, App Store" section.
Voice messages
Excellent function iOS 8 are voice messages iMessage... Now users can send not only text messages, but also delight the interlocutor with their voice.
In order not to occupy a large amount of memory, messages of this kind are subject to automatic deletion. If you want to save voice data, then go to the settings section called "Messages" and make adjustments at the specified deletion time.
Parallax
A lot of time and performance during battery life takes away the amazing property of icons and wallpapers on screens to move when the angle of inclination is changed.
This function can also be seen on devices running on iOS 7, but what exactly the developer wanted to show with his innovation is still unclear.
To turn off the meaningless property, just go to the "Accessibility" menu, go to the "General" section and select "Reduce Motion".
Geolocation services
Every iOS 8 user is sure to come across constant requests from applications with a request to indicate your location... It may not take much time to determine geolocation, but the battery power is consumed very quickly.
Content update
To increase the battery life of the device, you should avoid background content refresh. Disable the function in the "Basic" settings and immediately notice how much longer your iPhone... Social media is considered especially energy-intensive.
Handoff
For users of the Apple device ecosystem, a function has been developed Handoff, which is designed to run a program in one device and continue to work on another.
However, if you only own one device of a branded company, then this function is completely useless. You can disable it in the "General" settings in the "Handoff" section.
Spotlight
IOS 8 Developers Improve Search Spotlight, which allowed the system to give out more of the requested information. If you do not use all the data in Spotlight, then leave the necessary parameters, and cancel all unnecessary ones. Search and its parameters can be configured in the "General" section.
Notifications
Often notifications from apps do not carry any important information, so they start to get annoying. Disable notifications can be found in the "Notifications" section. Widgets are configured in the "Notification Center", where it is enough to click "Change" without leaving the section.
0Confirmation that iOS has become less user-friendly. Let's say what they did with the spotlight.
@iGeek, the spotlight has not changed in functionality and the way it is used, compared to the old experience
Everything that was in the “times of user-friendly” - everything is at the same level and has remained, has not gone anywhere, there is no need to retrain, the entry threshold has not changed
@Shannon, Spotlight functionality does not change the essence. It means that it was easier for a beginner to find it before. Logically, he was on the left.
It makes sense that iOS is growing and becoming more complex. It is clear that it takes longer for a new user to master iOS 7 than iOS 2. But many things became incomprehensible, the same slide that unlock became less clear. How to turn on the music from the closed screen (control) is not clear. It used to be 2 times home. Button labels are also confusing.
Of course, the application has a right to exist. But it is better to install it from the app store. And this is not in the spirit of Apple.
@dimsonclear, and even earlier (ios5) opened the camera 2 times on home. Yes, you certainly know better that in the spirit of Apple
All of the above to be new to ios instantly or in a minute, checked. Now everything is just more intuitive.
Reasoning in the style of "before the grass was greener"
@Shannon, you don't need to be a person with an Apple brain, but consciously understand what and how. Jobs has always wanted to keep things super simple. Even complex professional programs Apertur and Logic Pro, despite their complexity, are very clear and intuitive. And imitation of real objects, toggle switches, switches and light bulbs plays a huge role in understanding. One could understand what sustain, arpegio and so on were all at once. There is no instruction even on the poppy itself. I just sat down and drove off.
I think a top-down swipe spotlight is dumb.
In the list, when it is hidden, it is normal. You have a list of contacts, but the search does not take up space, if anything - here it is. But on the main page, it's still unusual.
The functionality is up to the mark and continues to amaze. But design, I think Forstal is a genius, not because of the textures. And because of the way he made the system itself. Let it be flat.
And about the grass - the Music application. Quiet horror, when rewind, buttons and volume are in a heap, and the finger, every now and then falls into the wrong place. The music player has been more elaborate. There is a lot of true empty space on the screen, and it is not used rationally in any way. Instead of switching songs >> I go to maximum volume, then vice versa.
@dimsonclear, wow how everything is running ... Unusual and inconvenient - different things
I switched with great success to ios7 (and now to ios8) - because now all the actions that I did before, I started doing stupidly elementary and faster, less work with the device, more results. It feels like we have different ios7
@Shannon what are you all evil?
Functionality - approx. Design is not. Many elements that break the rules in design. It is even more correct to say the rules of industrial design are applied in the world of computer graphics. The same mesh that is needed for rounding shapes, shape slices, is used for rounding icons. Yes, the pixel transition has become more rounded, good. This grid is full of crap, which does not carry any functionality.
The same helvetica was stuck in yosemite, when it is not suitable for small sizes.
Even the designer (I can't remember the name) who designed this font said that it was not suitable for small sizes. Pledges yes.
Everyone loves Jobs and Forstall, but ordinary users do not realize why they love them. Everyone loves, and so do I. Something like this…
> Unusual and uncomfortable
It is already you who find fault with the words. Ok, let's think objectively.
Let me give you an example:
Notice right away that lists are actually a table. Horizontal or vertical.
Here we have a list of contacts, scrolling down and up. Search - continuation of the list (looking from the bottom up).
Below I have shown the screens of iOS 6. The “list” of screens is horizontal.
Even lower is the iOS 7 screen. The scroll arrows intersect. It seems to be necessary to scroll left and right, but there is an intersection. And not just an intersection, but with Notifications and Control Panel.
That is, a person already needs to master:
1.if he pulls from top to bottom from the screen - this is a search
2.If he pulls from top to bottom from the edge of the screen - these are notifications
3.If he pulls from the bottom up from the screen - this is the control center
There are, of course, pluses: search is available from any home screen, “no need to go to the -1 floor”. Nevertheless, in iOS 7, the modular table is already much more complicated than it was. And since it's more complicated, then it needs instructions on how to use it.
With the arrival of iOS 11.3, it's very easy.
Apple, as promised, released the final version of iOS 11.3 until the end of March. The key innovation of the update is the new "Battery Status" settings section, which allows you to determine the current battery status without third-party utilities. In the same section, users of iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPhone 6s / 6s Plus, iPhone SE and iPhone 7/7 Plus with depleted batteries have the option to disable the intentional slowdown of their smartphones, which is enabled in order to prevent sudden shutdowns. This tutorial explains how to check the battery health of your iPhone and turn off intentional slowdown if necessary.
In order to determine the status of the iPhone battery, you need to go to the menu " Settings» → « The main» → « Battery» → « Battery health (beta)". In field " Maximum capacity»Displays the remaining battery capacity of your iPhone.
You can find out whether your iPhone is slowing down due to a weak battery or not by looking at the line under the field “ Peak performance».
If your iPhone isn't slowing down
In the event that the iPhone is operating at maximum peak performance, you will see a message:
"The battery is now maintaining normal peak performance."
It is important to note that this message may also appear on iPhones that have a low remaining battery capacity (below 80%). The fact is that after installing iOS 11.3, a feature that deliberately slows down iPhones with old batteries, disabled by default... It will only automatically activate if the iPhone is suddenly turned off due to a lack of battery power.
If your iPhone is slowing down
In the event that the iPhone is artificially slowed down, the message under the "Peak Performance" box reads:
“This iPhone shut down unexpectedly because the battery could not provide the peak power required. To help prevent such shutdowns in the future, performance management has been enabled. Disable ... "
You can disable intentional deceleration by clicking on the word " Disable"In this post. Immediately after that, the iPhone will stop slowing down, but again there is a risk of accidental shutdown due to lack of battery power.
Note that it is not possible to manually enable the capacity adjustment function. It activates itself after the next sudden shutdown of the iPhone.
IPhone has unnecessary features - it's time to turn it off.
There are dozens of different features active on millions of iPhones around the world that users don't even know about. Many of these features are useful and are just waiting for the iPhone owner to notice them. However, there are also "pest functions" that practically no one needs when turned on. In this article, we talked about four such iPhone features.
Prevent apps from pestering you
Apps and games on iPhone and iPad quite often send messages to users asking them to rate them in the App Store. Not long ago, Apple responded to numerous customer complaints and severely limited the number of possible notifications from any particular application. Despite this, they are all the same annoying, and if there are dozens of different applications on the user's device, then they are completely annoying, since there are a lot of them.
IOS itself helps to get rid of annoying notifications once and for all. On the menu " Settings» → « iTunes Store and App Store"Switch available" Ratings and reviews". Disable it and you won't receive any more notifications with a request to rate.
Don't let the App Store decide for you
After a major update to the App Store in 2017, videos began to play automatically on the app pages. And all would be fine, but many videos, in particular trailers for games, start very abruptly and loudly, which few people find pleasant. However, the very fact that the video on the application pages is automatically played without the user's request also pleases not everyone.
Turning off automatic video playback on app pages in the App Store is easy. Go to the menu " Settings» → « iTunes Store and App Store» → « Autoplay video"And check the box" Off". After that, videos from the App Store will not disturb you.
Prevent iPhone from sending data to Apple
To improve iOS, Apple continually collects data from users' iPhones and iPads. And users would be happy to share such data, if not for the situation with the autonomy of iOS, which, despite all the efforts of developers and complaints from Apple customers, is still far from being in the best condition. In this regard, the question is - why share any data with Apple, especially to the detriment of the autonomy of the iPhone or iPad?
You can turn off the function that sends various data for analysis to Apple in the menu " Settings» → « Confidentiality» → « Analysis", Where you want to uncheck the box" Share iPhone Analysis».
Stop improving useless "Maps"
Only a few people in the CIS countries use the Apple Maps application. And this is not surprising. Apple's map service is being improved and refined, mainly with a focus on the United States, China and some European countries. For us, Apple's "Maps" is a "broken" version of services from Google or Yandex.
In its default state, the iPhone enhances these same "Maps" by sending various information useful for developers to the Apple camp. You can disable the sending of this data, at the same time prohibiting the smartphone from spending valuable resources on such tasks in the menu " Settings» → « Confidentiality» → « Geolocation services» → « System services", Where you want to disable the switches" IPhone Analysis», « Routing and traffic», « Popular nearby" and " Improving Maps».