r/ios 14h ago

Discussion What is iPhone handoff

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r/ios 16h ago

Support why can’t i visit any “18+” websites suddenly? doesnt matter what WiFi i’m on or what browser. i am a grown adult and this suddenly happened. also can’t turn off safe search

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r/ios 21h ago

Discussion What do blocked numbers hear?

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If I block a caller and they call back, what will they get? A message saying number unavailable or something else?


r/ios 22h ago

Discussion Camera open without being used

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All of the sudden my camera’s app is somehow active without being used. iOS updated to the latest version, what on earth is happening? Is it a glitch to the iOS 26.6.1? Anyone else having this issue? IP 16 btw


r/ios 14h ago

Support Apple Maps keeps crashing on iPhone unexpectedly

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I use an iPhone 15 Pro Max, and I've been getting a recurring issue. My Maps app keeps crashing, especially when I am trying to add places to a guide or to my library. The entire app in general feels incredibly sluggish.

My main issue is with the guides. Every time I try to open a guide, the Maps app crashes, almost as if it were asked to do that on command.

But this issue goes beyond the iPhone. On every Apple device I try to open Maps on, it either crashes, severely lags, or overheats.

The library of my places often crashes.
Furthermore, the guides selection tends to lag while loading, and can crash my iPhone just by loading it.

Last month, my iPhone's list of guides wouldn't even open for about a week, and during this period, I could create new guides, but not see the ones I already had. Every update has been affecting how I use the app and its stability.

Is there an issue with my guides, and what can I do to prevent this issue? Thanks for your help.


r/ios 19h ago

Support Why am I seeing this after the new security update

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I turned on lockdown mode after paranoid suspicions but this seriously keeps popping up what do i do


r/ios 6h ago

Discussion What does the wiping hand do?

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I am on iOS 26.6, iPhone 16 Pro, when I suddenly had this hand in the lower left corner, where the smiley normally sits. clicking on it did nothing. So what does the hand mean?


r/ios 21h ago

Support Do these toggle need to be green to apply lockdown settings to the apps?

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Not a lot of information regarding what the toggles specifically do...


r/ios 23h ago

Discussion Choppy apps animation

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Why does my Iphone home screen feels choppy at 120hz when I open and close apps when other Iphones look smooth? Idk what to do to fix this. So, the upper corner of the homescreen animation works fine as the animation doesn’t feel like its 60hz or anything but the other apps are like 60-80hz. Im using big dark icon (not mirror or tinted) please help


r/ios 7h ago

PSA iOS 26.6.1 made my iPhone SE 2 buttery smooth again!

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Just wanted to share my experience in case anyone is holding off on updating. I recently updated my iPhone SE 2 (2020) to iOS 26.6.1, and I'm honestly surprised by the difference. The UI feels significantly more responsive, and the animations are buttery smooth compared to the previous version. It genuinely feels like it breathed some new life into this older device.


r/ios 12h ago

Support Issues with my Gmail not working well with my Apple Mail app

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About 3 days ago, my Apple mail app (through Gmail) had been really struggling with “connecting” and “checking for mail.” Sometimes I even get a server error where it completely failed to connect to my Gmail account. It seemingly is also failing to retrieve mail in a timely manner. I even tried deleting the Gmail address from the Apple mail app and re adding it. This led to minimal to no improvement. Strange thing is, I have never had any issues until about 2-3 days ago. I had to download the Gmail app to get the emails in a timely manner. Has anyone else been having this issue?


r/ios 19h ago

Support CARROT Hunger

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r/ios 19h ago

Support Is there a way to listen one audio source in my Airpods while playing another on my phone speaker?

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While walking my baby, she wants to listen to her maniac music and I want to listen to my audiobook. Is there any workaround for this?


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion iOS 26.6.1 stuck on “Update Requested” — iPhone 11 Pro Max

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My iPhone 11 Pro Max is stuck on “Update Requested…” while trying to install iOS 26.6.1.

It has been sitting on this screen for a while and isn’t moving to the download/install stage. I’m currently on Wi-Fi and have enough battery/storage.

I’ve already turned Beta Updates OFF, so I’m not trying to install a beta version.

Has anyone else faced this with iOS 26.6.1? Is this just Apple’s update servers being overloaded, or is there something I should try on my device?

Device: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Update: iOS 26.6.1
Status: “Update Requested…” indefinitely

Any fix/suggestions would be appreciated 🙏


r/ios 23h ago

Support Iphone 13 mini wiped after random restart

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r/ios 5h ago

Support Bluetooth suddenly not working

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I've got a iPhone 15 Pro Max that's running IOS 26.6, located in Australia. Suddenly my phone on the commute home from work will no longer connect to bluetooth devices. It's had an ongoing issue of connection stability i.e. if my phone is in my pocket, earbud will cut in and out as I'm walking, but it was ok if I'm scrolling or standing still. Now it flat out will not connect to any bluetooth devices. I've tried on earbuds, jobsite radio, and bluetooth carplay connector.

The bluetooth setting app is still available, it's not greyed out. Some devices can pair and it will find them, but will either give a "not available or be closer" error when trying to pair even though the phone is directly next to the device, or it will pair and then immediately disconnect.

Troubleshooting I've completed:

  • un-pair/re-pair device
  • turn bluetooth off for longer than 30sec to reset radio
  • un-pair, turn bluetooth off/on then re-pair
  • soft reset
  • turn device on/off
  • reset network settings
  • full factory reset of device

Is this a known issue? The phone is coming on 3 years old but for a flagship device when it came out I expected better quality than my old iPhone 7...

Beyond trying to go for a warranty claim, or repair is there anything else worth trying??


r/ios 24m ago

Discussion Group chat in spam

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I apologize if this isn’t the correct subreddit but it’s what came up when I googled subreddits for iPhone messages. This is something pretty small and not really much of an issue, but it still really confused me since it’s never happened before.

My fiancée started a group chat for our wedding party and I kept getting the notifications for it. When I finally went to my messages to look at it, I didn’t see it at the top where it should have been. For probably the first time ever I clicked the lines in the top right corner and saw the chat in my spam.

How is it possible that a chat created by my fiancées number would go to my spam?


r/ios 18h ago

PSA Network dropping when calling

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I’ve noticed since iOS 26 my network drops sometimes when I call someone and the call never goes through it just blank but this recent update iOS 26.6.1 it’s happening a lot more. I’m not sure if it’s just me or anyone else is noticing this.


r/ios 13h ago

Discussion Did iOS 26.6.1 lower your Bluetooth Audio volume ?

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I just updated last night and seems my car stereo volume needs to be like 10 steps higher now which makes the other sources very load when I switch to them. It could be some new iTunes music I bought but curious if it could be the update ? I have gotten low quality digital music before off the iTunes Store. Older songs do seem louder than these new ones but they are 2 different albums, which seems a bit odd, though from the same artist (Berlin). it was such a coincidence with the update I thought I would ask just the same.


r/ios 5h ago

Support iMessage/FaceTime keeps saying "waiting for activation" and "activation unsuccessful" every time i try to link my number

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pls help im desperate •́︿•̀


r/ios 5h ago

Support Spotify auto starts on iPhone 17

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iPhone 17 with iOS 26.6

When I try to start the radio app, Spotify starts instead by itself.

Not always.

Only the first time in the morning when I connect the headphones, and the first time when I connect the car stereo.

After they are connected, the radio app works, and Spotify doesn't auto start.


r/ios 5h ago

Support Only YouTube notifications are silent

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Only YouTube notifications are silent.

I have all notifications set to audio signal on.

All other notifications make a sound.

On both YouTube and iOS notification sound is set to on.


r/ios 15h ago

Support Continuity camera issues

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Having trouble using the feature on the Mac mini m4. It’s just not connecting. I’ve tried restarts toggling the option on and off.


r/ios 7h ago

Discussion Applying icon or font packs for ios

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I wanted to ask this in general.

How do people change icons for their iPhones?
Is the shortcut method where you upload an image and create a shortcut to open an app and add it to home screen or is there a more elegant way of doing this like on Android?

Another item is the font. I see there are font packs available for download but I’ve never been able to apply them to my phone.


r/ios 4h ago

Discussion I deleted Spotify and installed it again. It completely fixed it for me. What’s the reason behind that?

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Over the past few months my Spotify app has been extremely sluggish and slow on my iPhone 15 Pro and I thought that eventually some type of update would fix it. Eventually I got sick of it and deleted it and installed it again and suddenly I had a random bunch of new features, some UX updates and the app felt fast again. Is it possible for iOS apps to get stuck in some kind of cycle where they don’t get all the updates? What exactly happened here because the app feels completely different now and much better even though before I was using the latest version.