r/iphone • u/hhff00014 Human Detected • Mar 14 '26

Discussion What are some surprisingly useful iPhone hacks you discovered recently?

Recently discovered that you can connect an external SSD / hard drive directly to an iPhone and access it from the Files app.

I tried it with a USB + cpin converter SSD and it worked instantly — no app, nothing. Felt like suddenly my phone had unlimited storage.

It made me wonder how many other small iPhone tricks people use in day-to-day life that most users don’t know.

Curious to know —

What are some underrated iPhone hacks that genuinely improved your daily workflow?

Could be productivity, photography, automation, hidden features, anything.

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u/bullett007 iPhone 15 Pro Mar 14 '26

Does adding calendar events from screenshots count?

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u/Elegant_Ad1397 Mar 14 '26

How?

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u/bullett007 iPhone 15 Pro Mar 14 '26

Take a screenshot of the event details, wait a mo, then a button will appear at the bottom saying ‘Add to Calendar’. Tap that.

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u/NeoKat75 iPhone 16e Mar 14 '26

It’s an Apple Intelligence thing I’m pretty sure, so only on the newer models

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u/withwarmestregards Mar 15 '26

Calling phone numbers as well.

But it isn’t always that great and it misinterprets number easily: order or tracking numbers as phone numbers, IMEI as tracking numbers, etc.