Why Is My iPhone Battery Yellow (2024 Guide)
Your iPhone battery is yellow because Low Power Mode is enabled. You can turn Low Power Mode on or off by going to Settings > …
iOS 9
How-to guides and tutorials about topics related to the iOS 9 operating system and how to perform tasks on iPhones that are using it.
How to Turn Off Frequent Location Tracking on iPhone
You can disable Frequent Locations or Significant Locations on your iPhone by going to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services> System Services > …
How to Remove Frequently Visited on iPhone
Are you wondering how to remove the ‘Frequently Visited’ section from Safari on your iPhone? Follow these straightforward steps for a clutter-free browsing experience: By …
How to Keep iPhone Screen On (2023 Guide)
To ensure your iPhone screen remains constantly visible, make use of the Auto-Lock feature in your iPhone’s settings. Start by navigating to ‘Settings.’ From there, …
Why Is There a Moon Next to My Text Message on an iPhone? (or a Bell in Newer Versions of iOS)
There is a moon or a crossed-out bell icon next to your iPhone text message because the Hide Alerts option for that text conversation has …
What Does the Paper Airplane Mean on iPhone?
Some of the icons on your iPhone are easy to identify, like the Bluetooth icon or the Wi Fi icon. But others are a bit …
Why Does it Say VZW Wi-Fi at the Top of My iPhone Screen?
The top-left corner of your iPhone screen usually contains information that tells you about your current network connection. So if you ever wondered whether you …
How to Delete an Alarm on an iPhone
Periodically going through and removing old items from your iPhone is a good way to stay organized. But while you may have already deleted pictures …
How to Change the Default Safari Search Engine in iOS on an iPhone
Using a different search engine than normal can be a little jarring. If you are constantly searching for things in Google or Bing, then the …
How to Forget a Bluetooth Device in iOS 9
There are a lot of different types of Bluetooth devices that you can pair with your iPhone. Between everything that you might use at home, …
How to Open Recently Closed Tabs in Safari on an iPhone
Have you ever been on the tab page in Safari on your iPhone and accidentally closed one of the open tabs? You might know how …
How to Enable Low Power Battery Mode on an iPhone 6
Saving battery life is often a priority for anyone that uses their iPhone a lot during the day. If you are away from home and …
How to Show the iCloud Drive App on an iPhone
If you are using iCloud Drive to store things like documents or spreadsheets that you use a lot, then you might want a fast way …
How to Enable Touch Accommodations in iOS 9
If you are having trouble using your iPhone because the touch component of it isn’t working well for you, then you might be seeking another …
How to Turn Off the Parallax Effect in iOS 9
There are some small animations and movements on the iPhone that are really easy to miss. But these animations can impact some iPhone users negatively …
How to Make White Colors Less Bright in iOS 9
If your eyes start to hurt when you look at your iPhone screen for too long, then there is likely something about the colors or …
How to Remove Stocks from the iOS 9 Notification Center
If you aren’t interested in the stock market, then you probably aren’t very concerned about how the market is doing or what the current price …
How to View an iPhone iCloud Backup Size in iOS 9
If you’re using the default iCloud storage amount, then you might be very close to using all of it with just an iPhone backup. If …
Do iPhones Automatically Change Time Zones?
Knowing the correct time is usually pretty important, but even more so when you are traveling somewhere. If you are going to be landing from …
How to Disable Do Not Disturb iPhone Settings in iOS 9
The iPhone has had a Do Not Disturb feature for many versions of iOS. Its current iteration is found inside a feature called “Focus,” which …
How to Enable Wi-Fi Calling on an iPhone 6
Initially, an iPhone couldn’t make or receive calls over a wireless network, but it was a feature that was added to some later models. If …
How to Print from the Chrome Browser on an iPhone 6
Do you usually email stuff to yourself when you need to print it? This is pretty common, as a lot of people are more comfortable …
How to Disable Cellular Data Usage for an App on an iPhone in iOS 9
Some of the apps on your iPhone can use a lot of data if you let them. While maps apps or other things that you …
How Do I Change My Amazon Prime Video Settings on an iPhone?
Your iPhone is a great option for watching videos when you aren’t able to use a TV. Many of the most popular streaming services have …
How to Turn Off the Passcode Screen on an iPhone 6
Entering and remembering passcodes or passwords is a hassle for everyone, but it’s the price we pay to keep our information safe. Your iPhone has …
How to Enable or Disable Portrait Orientation Lock Button on iPhone
While the ability to rotate your iPhone screen based on what you are viewing can be handy, sometimes you need to lock the screen to …
How to Add a New Person to a Group Message in iOS 9
Do you have a group text going with friends or people from work, and you need to add somebody to it? Creating a new group …
How to Lock Screen Rotation in iOS 9
If you have ever tried to use your iPhone while lying on your side, then you likely experienced a problem where it kept trying to …
How to Share Internet from iPhone
If you’ve noticed the Personal Hotspot option on your Settings menu, or if you’re curious about the iPhone hotspot password, then you might have begun …
How to Change Video Recording Quality on an iPhone
Have you uploaded a video from your iPhone to YouTube, but the video quality didn’t seem great? Or have you been using up a lot …
What is Taking Up Space on My iPhone 6?
While the amount of storage space that is offered on newer iPhone models is noticeably higher than it was with previous versions, it is still …
How to Find the Other Calculator on an iPhone
While the default iPhone Calculator app is great when you want to add, subtract, multiply, or divide, you may occasionally need to perform some more …
What Is My iPhone Hotspot Password on My iPhone 6?
If you’ve ever been scrolling through your iPhone’s settings menu, it’s very possible that you have found the Personal Hotspot menu, then opened it to …
How to Turn Off Lowercase Letters on iPhone iOS 9 Keyboard
The iOS 9 update on your iPhone brought about a number of new features and changes. Many of these features are not things that you …
How to Bold Text on iPhone 6
There are a number of ways to format your iPhone experience by adjusting some of the settings on the device. Whether you want to make …
How to Mark All Emails as Read – iPhone 6
Unread email messages in the Mail app on your iPhone are usually identified by a small blue dot to the left of the message. If …
How to Turn Off Location Based Alerts on iPhone 6
Apple devices, and Android devices, for that matter, have been able to use location data for a while for a multitude of purposes. These purposes …
How to Turn Off the iPhone Character Preview on an iPhone 11
While the “normal” size of smartphones has gone through some cycles where they got smaller and bigger again, many users will find that the keys …
How to Always Allow Cookies in the Safari iPhone Browser
You can allow cookies in Safari on your iPhone by going to Settings > Safari > Advanced > then turning off Block All Cookies. Privacy …
How to Uninstall an App in iOS 9 on an iPhone 6
Sometimes you might be looking for an app on your device, but finding the right one could be difficult if you have multiple screens of …
How to Turn Off Location Services on an iPhone 6
You might be wondering where to find Location Services on your iPhone if you have ever seen the little arrow icon at the top of …
Why Does My iPhone Battery Icon Switch from Black to White?
While some of the battery colors on your iPhone indicate various device statuses, others are merely cosmetic. For example, your iPhone battery icon can switch …
How to Put Your iPhone Keyboard in All Caps
Typing in all capital letters in a document or digital communication is typically understood to represent shouting. For this reason, many people will avoid typing …
What Is International CDMA on the iPhone?
There are many different cellular settings on your iPhone 5 that can affect the way that you use data on different networks. One of these …
How to Save Photos and Videos Taken in Notes to the iPhone Photos App
The Notes app on the iPhone has always been a handy place to keep and record important information. Notes has been receiving a lot of …
How to Disable Geotagging on the iOS 9 Camera
GPS and location services features on the iPhone have an effect on most of the apps that you use with regularity. One app that you …
How to See Which Apps on Your iPhone 6 Have Access to Your Contacts
Many of the apps that you have on your iPhone can improve their functionality by interacting with other apps. For example, a bank app might …
How to Change an App’s Badge Icon Setting on an iPad
iPad notifications come in a variety of shapes and sizes. In fact, you might not even realize that certain features on your iPad are technically …
How to Upgrade iCloud Storage on an iPad in iOS 9
You can store a large number of files in iCloud from an iPad, as every Apple ID gets 5 GB of space for free. But …
How to Disable FaceTime on an iPad in iOS 9
Your iPad has much of the same functionality as an iPhone, including the ability to send and receive text messages. But it can also enable …
Where is the Check Spelling Option on My iPad?
The spell checker on iPads and iPhones can be very useful if you have difficulty typing accurately on your mobile device. When a word is …
How to Disable iOS 9 Emojis on an iPad 2
The iOS 9 emojis library included a couple of new updates from earlier versions of the operating system. Emojis on iOS 9 are a fun …
How to Close Tabs on iPhone 6
Whenever you click a link to a Web page that someone copied and pasted into a text message or an email, it typically opens in …
How to Show Text Messages on the iPad Lock Screen
Your iPhone and iPad can interact with each other effectively with the help of your Apple ID and iCloud. If you want to know how …
How to Turn Off Security on the iPhone 6
One of the steps that you completed when you first activated your iPhone involved setting a passcode or enabling touch ID. These both provide security …
How to Enable the Last Location Option in Find My iPhone
The Find My iPhone feature can be incredibly useful if you can’t find your device. When the setting is enabled, you can sign into icloud.com …
How Much Storage Do I Have Left in iCloud?
The Apple ID that you created and use on your iPhone includes certain features, such as iCloud storage. This storage is typically used to store …
How to Get an Attachments Folder in Mail on an iPhone
Email attachments can come in a lot of shapes and sizes, and it is now possible to view many of those attachments directly on your …
How to Fetch Mail Manually on an iPhone 6
The Mail app on your iPhone allows you to add your email accounts so that you can read and send email messages directly from the …
Where Are the Safari Tabs on an iPhone?
The ability to use tabs when you are browsing the Internet can make it much easier to quickly switch between multiple Web pages. Tabbed browsing …
How to Get Your iPhone to Send an SMS if iMessage Isn’t Working
The iMessage feature on the iPhone is a great way for you to share text, pictures, videos, and more with other apple users. Like most …
How to Get Rid of Lowercase Letters on the iPad Keyboard
One change from iOS 9 that I personally dislike is how the keyboard switches between upper and lowercase letters. I have written about turning off …
How to Turn on Flashlight Without Unlocking iPhone
While entering a four digit passcode, or using Touch ID or Face ID is a fast way to access your iPhone, occasionally you just need …
How to Enable the Notification Center on the iPhone Lock Screen
iPhone users often have a love/hate relationship with their notifications. Some notifications are important, and you always want to make sure that you receive them, …
How to Change Auto Lock on the iPhone 6
Pocket and purse dialing have long been a problem for cell phone owners. The most common method that has been used to combat these unwanted …
How to Make Your iPhone Flash When You Get a Text
The Messages menu for iPhone notifications allows you to configure badges, alerts, banners, and more. But one option it does not contain involves the use …
How to Only Show Downloaded Movies on an iPhone 6
iPhones have a limited amount of storage space, and properly managing that space so that you can keep all of your music, apps, and videos …
How to Disable Autocorrect on iPhone 6
Typing on a small touchscreen keyboard, such as the one found on the iPhone, presents some challenges that are difficult to overcome. Accurately typing on …
How to Move an App from a Folder to the Home Screen in iOS 9
An iPhone with a lot of apps on it can be difficult to navigate. One way to improve navigation is by creating app folders. But …
How to Stop Text Message Notifications from Appearing at the Top of the iPhone Screen
Text message notifications on the iPhone come in a couple of different varieties. One is called an alert and appears at the center of the …
How to Hide the Contact Pictures Next to Text Messages on the iPhone
The default iPhone Messages app screen can contain a number of different elements when you first open it. You might see notifications like Sent as …
How to Only Receive an iPhone Text Notification Once on an iPhone 6
Alerts and notifications are helpful tools on your iPhone that let you know when an app needs your attention. Some apps have a lot of …
How to Turn Off Predictive Text or Word Suggestions in iOS 9
The gray bar above the keyboard in some of your iPhone apps displays word suggestions that your device thinks you may wish to use in …
How to Find Your Own Phone Number in iOS 9
It is not uncommon for people to forget phone numbers, especially in an age where most people simply save a phone number as a contact …
How to Disable Keyboard Clicks in iOS 9
There are a lot of different sounds that can occur when you are text messaging on your iPhone with the default settings. You may already …
How to Reset Statistics for Cellular Usage on an iPhone 6
The way that you use the apps on your iPhone can have a large effect on your cellular data consumption. For example, you may find …
How to Take the Lock Off an iPhone 6
Your iPhone can be “locked” in a couple of different ways. The first occurs whenever the screen is turned off. If you have a passcode …
How to Check iPhone App Data Usage in iOS 9
Cellular data usage by the apps on your iPhone is an important thing to consider for almost everyone that has a cellular plan with a …
How to Enable Night Shift Mode on an iPhone 6
The screen on your iPhone can be very bright if you are not using auto-brightness and are looking at the device in a dark room, …
How to Delete a FaceTime Call on an iPhone 6
The FaceTime app on your iPhone shares a number of similarities with the normal Phone app. You can delete recent calls from the Phone app, …
How to Change or Remove Touch ID Fingerprints in iOS 9
The Touch ID sensor on your iPhone has a number of different applications, including the ability to unlock the device, or even make a payment …
How to Block All Cookies in iOS 9
Most websites use cookies to store information that is relevant to your visit to their site. These cookies are often harmless and only serve to …
How to Unsubscribe from Tidal on an iPhone 6
We have previously written about turning off auto-renew for an Apple Music subscription, which helps to prevent you from being charged once your free trial …
How to Turn Off LTE in iOS 9
Your iPhone can connect to cellular and Wi-Fi networks to download data from the Internet. You can read here to learn which type of network …
How to Turn Off Bluetooth on an iPhone 6
The Bluetooth capabilities on your iPhone allow you to connect headphones, fitness apparel, keyboards and more. You can even connect more than one Bluetooth device …
How to Send a Voicemail as an Email in iOS 9
If someone has sent you a funny or entertaining voicemail, then you might be looking for a way to share with a friend. iOS 9 …
How to Mute the Notifications in an iPhone Text Conversation
For particularly active text message conversations, it is very easy for the notifications to become so frequent that they are essentially worthless. When you are …
How to Stop Forwarding Calls to Your iPad
If you have multiple Apple devices that share the same iCloud account, then you may have noticed an odd behavior where your other devices will …
How to Turn Off Data Roaming in iOS 9
Cellular data is a requirement for most cellular providers that offer the iPhone. You will need that data to download email, browse the Internet, or …
How to Turn Off Character Pop Up in iOS 9
There are some features on the iPhone keyboard, like spell check, that can be helpful if you use them but annoying if you don’t. Fortunately, …
What is the Status Bar on an iPhone 6?
We have several articles on solveyourtech.com that reference the iPhone status bar. But if you have never heard the location called by that name, then …
How to Remove the Badge App Icon from Mail on an iPad
We have previously written about removing the red number from the Mail icon on an iPhone, which is a task that can be completed for …
Why Isn’t My iPhone 6 Screen Rotating?
The size of the iPhone screen means that some things are better viewed in landscape orientation. Usually if you encounter a Web page or an …
How to Unmerge Contacts on an iPhone 6
We’ve previously written about merging contacts on an iPhone so that you can clean up a large contact list, but there are also cases where …
How to Stop Syncing Data from the Chrome Browser on an iPhone 6
The Web browsers on the iPhone are becoming easier and easier to use, and many websites have mobile-optimized versions of their site that are designed …
How to Delete History in the iOS 9 Chrome Browser
The Web browsers that you use on your phone and computer will store information that might be useful to you later. One piece of information …
How to Make Photo Folders in iOS 9
Your iPhone automatically allows you to sort your photos by date and location. It can even distinguish “selfies” and screenshots among the pictures on your …
How to Copy a Web Page Address on an iPhone 6
There’s so much helpful content on the Internet that you will inevitably find something that you want to send to a friend or family member. …
How to See the Safari History on an iPhone 6
Have you ever visited a Web page on your iPhone that you needed to get back to, but you couldn’t re-create the steps that you …
How to Delete a Text Message on an iPhone 6
Text messaging is the most common method of communication for many iPhone users. The frequency of its usage means that, eventually, you may have some …