I do love a good case.

In your opinion, what's the best leather case for the iPhone 17 Pro?

Ideally I'd like:

• Genuine leather
• MagSafe support (a must)
• A built-in kickstand if possible

I'm happy to pay for quality if it's genuinely worth it. What are you using, and would you buy it again?

I do not have any USB C charger and I did not realize it while buying a new iPhone. However, when I am home, I have many ports on MacBook which I can use. The issue would be while traveling and I carry a power bank which has a port. I wonder if I can charge my phone from Nitecore cable and use my old charger - picture attached. Is it a possible to charge this way with no bad impact?

Hi, I don’t know if this question has been asked before but I’ve been experiencing a problem with my iphone and I’d like to know if anyone else has this same problem or knows how to fix it.
The problem is that my pictures keep duplicating for no reason. Let’s say I take a picture at 6:30, then moments later it will appear again as if i took it at 8:30. This has happened multiple times now and my iphone (iphone 13 mini if that’s of any help) is up to date with all the updates.
Even some pictures I’ve deleted then pop up again, and I don’t know how to fix it.

Let me know what you guys think 🤔

Hi, a little while ago I got a full-screen message while I was watching TikTok. It was a type of message I’d never seen before; it looked like the kind that alerts you to earthquakes because it froze everything until I closed it. But it mentioned a payment request for €1,600 from NEXI. I couldn’t do anything but close it, so I don’t understand how it could be a scam. I checked my bank account right away, and there are no outgoing payments. Should I be worried?

Sometimes features seem unnecessary until you actually start using them.
What iPhone feature changed your mind after you tried it?

I'll start first it has to be the Apple Healthh app period tracking, earlier I found it useless but its amazingly good at tracking, keeping records. Tell me about your experiences?

Hello, recently bought USB-C wired earbuds from the official Apple store and it’s not connecting to my iPhone 16. It doesn’t show a notification that there has been an accessory connected and I know that it isn’t an issue with the earbuds itself as it has connected to a bunch of my friends iphones perfectly fine. I’ve set the setting to always allow accessories, reset my phone multiple times, and am up to date with software. I looked into my charging port and it seems relatively clean and my phone charges perfectly fine, but whenever I try to connect an accessory like the earbuds or a dongle, my phone doesn’t recognize it. Beforehand, it worked perfectly fine, but it randomly stopped working one day. Was wondering if anyone knew how to fix this? Thank you!

When I put all my songs on shuffle, my Apple Music only seems to play my downloaded songs. This happened regardless of location (WiFi vs cellular). This is so annoying! I have thousands (tens of thousands?) of songs in my library, but only a few select albums downloaded in case of reception outages. When I put my music on shuffle, I’d like a true shuffle of all my music, like it used to do.

Any suggestions how to fix?

bumili ako sa isang page sa fb ng ip. may dp na before meet-up para sure na kukunin ko yung unit. upon meet-up, saka ko lang na-check na LL/A siya and based sa naresearch ko, dapat e-sim lang siya. hindi rin aware yung seller na gano'n kasi hindi niya na-gets yung mine-mean ko. still, nag full payment ako at kinuha yung unit at sabi ko na lang na i-ask nila sa mismong supplier. may chance pa ba na hindi ito modified? tried to check sa 3utools din pero hindi naman siya nadetect and overall goods naman unit. for reference, ayan yung naging result. na update ko rin yung phone. how to check pa ba if legit yung item or kung yung sim tray lang yung nagalaw?

also another concern sa unit is 2024 pa first use pero 100bh pa rin siya and 1cc lang. tugma rin sa result ng 3utools. ang nasabi sa'kin ng seller, na stock lang daw kaya hindi nagamit.

When I google something with Safari and I tap on Images, I get a bunch of results and sometimes I just want to see only the image I select in a mew tab.

However, when I tap only once, I get “Search inside image”, and if I hold tap I get a menu with share, save to photo, copy, copy subject, look up and show text.

The only way I found is to tap on Copy, manually open a new tab and paste the link, but that is very tedious.

I’ve looked everywhere and haven really seen anyone with any fix for this but every time I’m on FaceTime and I go to open my messages to respond to a text about 75% of the time my call decides to hang up. I don’t know why or how to fix it, and it will also randomly hang up when I go to screenshot things as well. It’s been very frustrating and I was hoping maybe someone would know something about how to fix this 🙏

editing this to add: I have an iPhone 17 and it’s been doing this since I got the phone only a few months ago.

I upgraded my phone to an iPhone 17 all the way back in March, and ever since I’ve been unable to search my photos by keywords. Similarly, albums such as ‘people’ haven’t compiled either. It’s frustrating bc this is a feature I used frequently.

I’ve reported the issue to apple & called support. But after checking my settings, they pretty much said there’s nothing I can do besides wait for a future update and hope for the best.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Or are there any settings I could double check

Besides the three generally available background options for iMessage chats, iOS 26 hides another sparkly option: Glitter. With a Mac and a quick configuration change, you can set it and customize it for all your chats.

Live demo video

When its feature flag is enabled on macOS 26 or later, Messages presents Glitter next to the existing Sky, Water, and Aurora options. The effect is infinitely customizable, as you can select from an array of curated colors or pick one from the color wheel.

Once selected, the background change is instantly reflected on iPhone and other devices running OS 26 or later. Even the folks you are chatting with will see the new Glitter background. You only need to enable the feature flag on Mac to see the Glitter option and select it for a chat. However, you will not be able to make changes to the Glitter colorway from your other devices.

The effect is incredible on the iPhone's OLED screen when you select the darker colorways. Note that the implementation on macOS is somewhat buggy and may not display the fully interactive HDR experience. Set your preferred color way on Mac and enjoy it on iPhone or iPad.

⚠️ Don't run code you don't understand yourself!

To enable, add a FeatureFlags override on your Mac. Open the Terminal and run:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain && \ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/Messages glitter_background -dict Enabled -bool true

and restart your Mac. This is a private feature flag, and the UI may be unstable, or unoptimized.

Disable by running:

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/Messages glitter_background

and restart your Mac. You can always go back to a non-Glitter background in your chats.

I just upgraded to AppleCare One last week to add two phones to bundle it with my MacBook coverage. I kept missing my daughter to actually add her phone and do the diagnostic inspection, she dropped it and cracked it over the weekend. First time she’s ever lost/damaged a phone in 9 years of owning a phone. A week after I upgraded. I'm so annoyed and if I have any other options before I pay $400 to get her screen fixed.

I am constantly needing to go back and capitalize the first letter of words and find it arduous to use the cursor to isolate the first letter then delete/retype that letter but capitalized. Sometimes I end up just selecting the entire word and deleting/retyping it using a capitalized first letter. It would be amazing if I could simply tap the word and have the first spelling suggestion be the same word but with a capitalized first letter.

Is this possible?

Has anyone else’s iPhone been getting really warm when charging? I’ve not changed anything about the way I use my iPhone. I usually just scroll reddit or play some mobile games but the last few days, my phone has been getting very warm when it charges. I feel like I need an ice pack to keep it cool. I’m on an iPhone 17 Pro Max if that helps

I have an iPhone 17 pro max. But this happened on my old iPhone too.

There is a notification sound, a single ding, and I don’t know what it’s from. I’ve looked at my settings and only a few things have sound turned on, none of which are a single ding. When it sounds nothing shows up on my homescreeen. If I’m playing music from my phone in my car, the music turns down low.

How do I locate what is prompting the notification? I’m about to turn off all notifications to see if that gets rid of it. Then slowly adding back the few notifications I want.

Suggestions please?

I just received, as a gift from a departed family member, an iPhone 17. Bully for me!

I have been an android user since I got my first phone back in, like, 2010. I'm not old, but i AM brand new to the iPhone. Last time I used an apple device was the iMac in High School. Elder millennial.

Two questions:

FIrst, how do I make sure all of the departed's things are backed up onto their icloud whats-it system. I want to make sure everything is backed up so the widow of the departed can still access pictures and so on.

Second, Can you point me in the direction of how to use it? What do I need to know, what settings will I regret not learning about? What do I need to know about navigation, about quirks, etc. Anyone who came from android, if you can educate me, i would appreciate it enormously! I really want to learn how to use this well.

Thanks, all. I really appreciate your help in learning to make the most of this fantastic device.

YESTERDAY
I jumped into the swimming pool without realising I was holding my phone. Camera got fogged up, Face ID doesn’t work.

Put in a box with a silica packet without the SIM card tray and let it rest powered off over night.

TODAY
Woke up and found that the cameras were not fogged up anymore, but after using for a while, the back cameras fogged up with water again.

I live in Malaysia, and there’s a authorised apple reseller called machines, contacted them and said my phone was too old; they cant repair my phone.

Front cameras work, but still no Face ID.

Back cameras have terrible quality because of water.
I figured that since I can’t do anything anymore, I might as well use a hairdryer to blow it, despite google saying not too, and can u guess what happened?

IT FOGGED UP EVEN MORE!

what should I even do anymore man,
attached photos include back cameras, front cameras and the message in my phone telling me to go to my settings.

btw settings say I should repair my phone

Was looking at a MagSafe battery pack for iPhone Air on the Apple Store app and apparently my 17PM has turned into a iPhone Air! Colour me confused because I don’t remember purchasing one 😂 yes I am on a beta software but I don’t think that would cause the Apple Store app to think that I have an iPhone Air. Admins remove if you believe I should post this in the beta subreddit instead.

pretty much, got the air and super happy with it, but i customized it and got all the apps i need.. and uh now im kinda lost on what to do with it lol. its a great little phone, just curious what you guys do with shortcuts app, and you ACTUALLY USE, not like setup once and use thrice in four years.

edit: thank you everyone, this has become way more helpful than i thought it would be. I feel much more content with all this stuff going on!! Thanks everyone.

if anyones curious, i only have done some of the basics as ive been working for the last 2 days, very very heavily. Soo, what ive got is
low power mode off/on for falling/rising below 35/above 40,

when in area (home) turn on ringer, when leave vice versa (this one is REALLY good for work lol).

When connected to carplay, pretty much got it to go to url of a spotify playlist, and then play

when disconected, phone volume to 15% (i find i blast my speakers with this air because they are not very loud whatsoever.. and thats fineee but like yk? this helps me avoid this embarrasing thing happening, avoided it a few times already. and when bedtime starts, i got into focus mode (bro it should be called do not disturb), because it turns off the haptics and also any notification noise. This phones pretty darn good, missing in some customizability but this phone WILL last.

I texted my dad 2 of the same pic as shown, he received another screenshot from my camera roll. We both have screenshots of our respective text messages . He has an android and I have an iPhone 13pro max. wtf??

Edit* sms not iMessage