Extend your phone’s battery charge with Airplane Mode

Extend your phone’s battery charge with Airplane Mode
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This is, hands down, one of our favourite iPhone tricks. When you want to extend your iPhone’s battery, switch your phone to Airplane Mode. This is an optimal solution when you don’t need to be connected to the Internet. Bonus: Setting your phone to Airplane Mode can also help it charge faster.

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Utilise the hidden Caps Lock key

Utilise the hidden Caps Lock key
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When you first look at the iPhone keyboard that pops up on your screen, it’s noticeably missing a Caps Lock key. However, all you have to do is double-tap the Shift key, and it will turn into a Caps Lock key. Use it any time you need to write in all capital letters so you don’t have to press the Shift key for each letter.

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Help friends find their phones

Help friends find their phones
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If family members or close friends lose their iPhone, you can help them find it with yours! According to Apple, the Family Sharing and Find My iPhone options help to make this happen. Just be sure that you and your family and friends turn on the Find My iPhone option. This can also help you find your phone if you ever lose it. Under your iPhone’s Settings, go to Share My Location and select the name of all the friends and family members who you trust to one day help you find your phone, too.

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