Cool Features Your iPhone Can Do

Did you know that you can use letters instead of numbers for your Passcode?

1. Go to Settings > General > Passcode Lock.
2. Turn off the setting that says “Simple Passcode.”
3. A screen will appear prompting you to change your passcode, along with a full QWERTY keyboard. The next time you unlock your phone, the keyboard will appear instead of just the number pad.

Or that Siri can read your email?

Tell Siri, “Read my email,” and she’ll oblige. You’ll hear the sender’s name, the date/time of the message, and the subject line. You can also instruct her to “read my latest email” or ask, “Do I have email from [person]?”

Or how about finding out when you got that iMessage from your daughter??

For a while, the fact that I couldn’t see when my iMessages were sent drove me crazy. Turns out there’s a stupidly easy way to view timestamps of your messages in iOS 7: touch and drag message bubbles to the left.

Another cool yet worthless feature it finding out what planes are overhead.

Ask Siri, “What flights are above me?” or just say, “Planes overhead,” and she’ll pull up a chart featuring each plane’s flight number, its altitude, and its angle. (It took my Siri about 30 seconds to pull up this data, so be patient!)

Shake your phone to delete Text!!

Did you change your mind about that text you just tapped in? Shake your phone, and an “Undo Typing” box will come up. If you change your mind after you’ve hit Undo, shake your phone again for a handy “Redo Typing” box.

How about a more detailed view of your calendar??

Turn your phone horizontally when in your calendar app to see a more detailed view of your appointments.

Turn on caps lock is as easy as this!!

This is so simple to do, yet totally changed my ability to CONVEY HOW EXCITED OR MAD I WAS to my friends without having to hit the shift arrow every time. NB: If this isn’t working for you, go to Settings>General>Keyboard and make sure Caps Lock is enabled.

Need a level??

Swipe left in the Compass app to access a level. Pretty cool.

Don't want anyone to use the in-app purchase feature??

This is especially useful if you have kids, or have zero self-control when it comes to Candy Crush. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions, Enable Restrictions, and scroll down to disable In-App Purchases.

How about taking a burst of photos at once?

Hold down the shutter button in your camera and you’ll automatically activate burst mode. Your phone will capture a ton of photos in rapid succession and save them to your camera: a great way to guarantee you’ll get a profile pic to your liking.

My favorite is taking a photo with  the volume button!!

Instead of using the touch circle to snap your selfie, hit the “up” volume button. It lets you hold the phone — and camera — more steadily.

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Great for when you need to charge your phone quickly at a bar.