iPhone User Guide
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Welcome
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Supported iPhone models
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What’s new in iOS 14
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Wake and unlock
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Adjust the volume
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Change sounds and vibrations
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Access features from the Lock Screen
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Open apps
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Take a screenshot or screen recording
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Change or lock the screen orientation
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Change the wallpaper
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Make screen items more reachable
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Search with iPhone
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Use AirDrop to send items
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Perform quick actions
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Use and customize Control Center
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Add widgets to the Home Screen
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Charge and monitor the battery
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Learn the meaning of the status icons
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Travel with iPhone
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Calculator
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Compass
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Collect health and fitness information
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Maintain a health profile
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View health and fitness information
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Track your menstrual cycle
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Track headphone and environmental sound-level exposure
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Set up sleep schedules
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Share health and fitness data
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Download health records
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Create and share your Medical ID
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Manage health with the Health Checklist
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Register as an organ donor
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Back up your Health data
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View maps
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Use Siri, Maps, and widgets to get directions
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Choose your preferred type of travel
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Get driving directions
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Find your parked car
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Get cycling directions
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Find places to stop
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Get walking directions
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Get transit directions
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See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
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Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
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Select other route options
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Get directions between places other than your current location
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Delete recently viewed directions
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Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
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Get rides
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Help improve Maps
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View photos and videos
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Delete and hide photos and videos
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Edit photos and videos
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Edit Live Photos
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Edit Portrait mode photos
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Organize photos in albums
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Search in Photos
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Share photos and videos
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View Memories
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Find people in Photos
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Browse photos by location
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Use iCloud Photos
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Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
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Use My Photo Stream
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Import photos and videos
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Print photos
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Shortcuts
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Stocks
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Tips
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Translate
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Weather
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Charging cable
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Power adapters
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MagSafe Chargers
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Qi-certified wireless chargers
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Set up AirPods
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Charge AirPods
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Start and stop audio playback
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Change the AirPods volume
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Make and answer calls with AirPods
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Switch AirPods between devices
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Use Siri with AirPods
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Listen and respond to messages
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Share audio with AirPods and Beats products
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Change noise control modes
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Control spatial audio
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Restart AirPods
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Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
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Use other Bluetooth headphones
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Use EarPods
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Check headphone and environmental sound levels
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Apple Watch
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HomePod and other wireless speakers
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Magic Keyboard
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MagSafe cases and sleeves
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Printers
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Share your internet connection
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Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
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Hand off tasks between iPhone and your Mac
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Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
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Connect iPhone and your computer using USB
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Sync iPhone with your computer
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Transfer files between iPhone and your computer
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Intro to CarPlay
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Connect to CarPlay
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Use Siri
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Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
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Get turn-by-turn directions
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Change the map view
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Make phone calls
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Play music
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View your calendar
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Send and receive text messages
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Play podcasts
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Play audiobooks
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Listen to news stories
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Control your home
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Use other apps with CarPlay
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Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
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Change settings in CarPlay
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Get started with accessibility features
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Turn on and practice VoiceOver
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Change your VoiceOver settings
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Learn VoiceOver gestures
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Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
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Control VoiceOver using the rotor
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Use the onscreen keyboard
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Write with your finger
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Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
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Use a braille display
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Type onscreen braille
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Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
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Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
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Use VoiceOver in apps
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Zoom
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Magnifier
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People detection
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Display & Text Size
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Motion
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Spoken Content
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Audio Descriptions
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Important safety information
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Important handling information
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Get information about your iPhone
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View or change cellular settings
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Find more resources for software and service
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FCC compliance statement
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ISED Canada compliance statement
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Ultra Wideband information
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Class 1 Laser information
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Apple and the environment
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Disposal and recycling information
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Copyright
View or change cellular settings on iPhone
Turn cellular data and roaming on or off, set which apps and services use cellular data, see call time and cellular data usage, and set other cellular options.
Note: For help with cellular network services, voicemail, and billing, contact your wireless service provider.
If iPhone is connected to the internet via the cellular data network, an icon identifying the cellular network appears in the status bar.
5G, LTE, 4G, and 3G service on GSM cellular networks support simultaneous voice and data communications. For all other cellular connections, you can’t use internet services while you’re talking on the phone unless iPhone also has a Wi-Fi connection to the internet. Depending on your network connection, you may not be able to receive calls while iPhone transfers data over the cellular network—when downloading a webpage, for example.
GSM networks: On an EDGE or GPRS connection, incoming calls may go directly to voicemail during data transfers. For incoming calls that you answer, data transfers are paused.
CDMA networks: On EV-DO connections, data transfers are paused when you answer incoming calls. On 1xRTT connections, incoming calls may go directly to voicemail during data transfers. For incoming calls that you answer, data transfers are paused.
Data transfer resumes when you end the call.
If Cellular Data is off, all data services use only Wi-Fi—including email, web browsing, push notifications, and other services. If Cellular Data is on, carrier charges may apply. For example, using certain features and services that transfer data, such as Siri and Messages, could result in charges to your data plan.
Turn Cellular Data on or off
Go to Settings > Cellular. The following options may also be available:
Turn Voice Roaming on or off: (CDMA) Turn Voice Roaming off to avoid charges from using other carrier’s networks. When your carrier’s network isn’t available, iPhone won’t have cellular (data or voice) service.
Turn Data Roaming on or off: Data Roaming permits internet access over a cellular data network when you’re in a region not covered by your carrier’s network. When you’re traveling, you can turn off Data Roaming to avoid roaming charges.
Enable or disable 4G/LTE: (availability varies by carrier and region) Using 4G or LTE loads internet data faster in some cases but may decrease battery performance. There may be options for turning off 4G/LTE or for selecting Voice & Data (VoLTE) or Data Only.
Voice & Data: (some carriers) Choose LTE to load data faster. (This also turns on VoLTE.) Choose slower speeds to increase battery life.
Set up Personal Hotspot: Personal Hotspot shares the internet connection on iPhone with your computer and other iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. See Share your internet connection from iPhone in this guide.
Turn Wi-Fi Assist on or off: Wi-Fi Assist is on by default. If Wi-Fi connectivity is poor, Wi-Fi Assist automatically switches to cellular data to boost the signal. Because you stay connected to the internet over cellular when you have a poor Wi-Fi connection, you might use more cellular data, which may incur additional charges depending on your data plan. For more information, see the Apple Support article About Wi-Fi Assist.
Set whether cellular data is used for apps and services
Go to Settings > Cellular, then turn Cellular Data on or off for any app that can use cellular data.
If a setting is off, iPhone uses only Wi-Fi for that service.
Lock your SIM card
If your device uses a SIM card for phone calls or cellular data, you can lock the card with a personal identification number (PIN) to prevent others from using the card. Then, every time you restart your device or remove the SIM card, your card locks automatically, and you’re required to enter your PIN. See Use a SIM PIN for your iPhone or iPad.