anyone notice apple recently finally fixed the buggy hotspot after years? it was a pain to just turn it on

I used to use this shortcut with details as attached before upgrading to iOS 18.1 from iOS 17.7.1

How to resolve this??

Anyone still seeing this battery message after updating to iOS 18.1 on release day? It can't possibly still be working in the background.

https://ibb.co/nfXcz4g

i’m on holiday and have being usual a dual sim for data, and now that i’m about to leave i have turned off my travel sim and now using my esim that i normally use. with that my imessages from the last month in a conversation have been deleted, and every time i look back at a conversation from today less and less messages appear (seem to be deleted). all messages are fine on my apple watch but my phone’s imessage keeps changing every time i open it . what can i do? i’m scared of resetting imessage/in cloud because i dont want to lose my messages

My battery health went down 5% since iOS 18 and I was thinking about downgrading so it won’t go down further

I'm not sure of the technical aspects here, so I'll try to explain. At work, there is a visitor wifi network. This is an unlocked network that pops up a browser window with a password field when you try to connect. But instead of that, I'm trying to connect to staff wifi. The staff network is displayed with a lock icon on the phone. When you tap on it, you get the iPhone system asking for a username and password. This is the one I'm having trouble with. I'm sure I have the right login info. When I enter it, every time, the phone does the same thing. I hit join, and the join button grays out and then instantly comes back. Nothing else happens. I hit join again, and I get a popup message saying the network cannot be joined.

Is this problem on my end, with the phone? It seems like it must be. What can I do? Is it something to do with internet settings? IP address settings, something? Or is it on the end of the wifi network? The weird thing is that the phone does that same thing when the connection fails each time. I suspect it's not even actually attempting to connect. How can I force a different behavior?

Not that the five dozen texts I receive from Kamala campaign daily aren’t annoying enough but one appeared on my phone “pinned” to the top. I’ve never pinned a message so it took several days to figure out how to delete and report spam.

I’m curious how they were able to do this and if there is a way to prevent it.

On 18.1. Updated two days ago now alarm silences, doesn’t snooze, and turns the alarm off just by moving the phone with no button presses. I usually set two alarms and sometimes rely on snooze. Anyone have a fix? Aware feature is off, phone is on silent but volume is 3/4 up.

I feel like there’s an actual “alarm troll” position at Apple…

I’ve been thinking about this lately; that IOS seems to be coming out with major features in its software, almost akin to Android back in the day. Do you think IOS has a brighter future than Android? Or are they pretty close rn that it’s just a matter of preference?

Im on thought of downgrading to 17.7 from 18.1 in my 15+. Suggestion required

Has anyone discovered the optimal settings for utilizing Camera Control? I initially employed it on Halloween to capture photographs of my son and his friends. However, every single image resulted in either motion blur, gitter, or a combination thereof. In contrast, the photographs taken with the on-screen shutter button yielded crisp and clear images. I would appreciate your insights on this matter. Thanks!

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Hi all,

I bought a new iPhone on Thursday evening and since then my phone seems to think I am in the Artic Ocean. I am not :D.

Find my seems OK when checking on another phone I've shared my location with and when apps request my location is shows correctly. So this might be limited to just when apps are wanting to scan my network. Several apps have all shown like this now, so it's not limited to just his app.

Any suggestions how to resolve this? I've done the obvious and restarted the phone, turned location services on and off and I can't think what else to try. Resetting the phone isn't really an option.

Thanks for reading.

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This one is extremely annoying. When my iPhone 15 Pro is locked, I must say "Hey Siri" two times in a row to make Siri activate and catch the command almost every time. I also tried ignoring it not activating on the first call and just saying the whole thing after the first "hey Siri," but it does not work.

Hello, im getting a new replacement iPhone and i need to return my current one, since im going to be using a new iPhone anyway and setting it up via ICloud, should i remove my accounts from my apps such as google account etc. Should i also remove my cards from my wallet though I’m not sure iCloud will save these?

Since the 18.1 update whenever i try to send a message with airpods trough siri on whatsapp, after saying what i want to send, siri asks me to unlock my iphone

Hi Guys, i have iPhone 13 iOS 18.1 but for 2-3 contacts the ring doesn’t go on despite the phone not being in silent mode all other contacts it goes on.

I have checked no special ringtone are set for these contacts and i tried deleting and again saving these contacts but the rings doesn’t go.

I haven’t even touched the books app in the last few days. How have I read for 1,294 minutes (21.56 hours)? I read on my iPhone, iPad and sometimes Mac

Everytime I take a picture of screen or computer monitor, the photos almost instantly disappear in photos app. The said photos are being backed up and sometimes appears on iCloud, photos are gone in photos app tho. It is weird and I am certain that it only happens when it is a photo of a computer monitor. It's frustrating as taking such picture is part of my job.

Hope someone can help me on this one!

I'm using iPhone 15pm and currently in 18.1, this thing is happening since 17, unfortunately.

Just traded in my iPhone 15 for a iPhone 16 pro max mainly for Apple Intelligence but when I got home and set it up it totally did not work. I would get the animation but when I asked it a question, nothing happened. Nothing at all. I then turned it off as to not get upset but hoping to try again another time.

What did I do wrong?

i don’t have any vpn active i even delete everything from settings - general - vpn and k can still see this. how do you remove it?

iOS 18.1 and can’t believe this is still here, I made a post about a year ago regarding the same issue sometimes characters/word suggestions randomly jump up to the top of my screen.

Hello, I just got an iPhone 15 with iOS 17. I set up Face ID with the passcode as a backup if Face ID doesn’t work. I’m using Brave as my default browser. I want to disable both Face ID and the passcode for accessing Brave. I was able to turn off Face ID in the settings, but I can’t remove the passcode, Brave keeps asking for it every time I open the app.

How can I disable this code without removing Face ID from all of my iPhone ? Thanks!

General advice for those concerned about their battery from the Support FAQ Wiki:

Battery health

Battery health depends on usage and a variety of other factors. It is normal to see a decrease in battery health by 7-10% per year, resulting in a battery health of 80-85% after 2 years. This number can fluctuate, remain the same, or decrease quickly over a small period and should not cause undue concern.

Apple recommend battery replacement when your device falls below 80% battery health if you notice reduced battery life. If it falls below 80% within the first year you may be eligable for a free battery replacement. It fails after your warranty, it's a $69-$89 USD replacement cost for a battery. Contact Apple Support here.

You can find more information about battery health and performance from Apple here.

You can check the cycles count with Coconut Battery for Mac or iCopyBot for Windows.

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Battery life

Issues relating to battery life can be categorised in three ways:

1. Normal battery life that is to be expected due to use
2. Reduced battery life caused by a recent update, iOS indexing, an iOS bug, or a third-party application
3. Reduced battery life, or other abnormalities such as overheating or sudden power-off, caused by device or battery aging

If you experience issues with your battery:

1. Check your battery health. If it is below 80% or you are experiencing issues you suspect are related to device or battery age, see Apple Support.
2. If you have a new or recently updated/restored device, wait a number of days for background process to complete. If you continue to have issues, wait for a further iOS update. If you are on iOS Beta, you can expect to have a decreased battery life.
3. Review the advice below on maximising battery life
4. Consider restoring your device.
5. If issues persist, contact Apple Support.

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Maximising battery life - the amount of time your device runs before it needs to be recharged.

• Use low power mode (This reduces mail fetch, turns off background app refresh and increases the auto lock timer)
• Remove apps from background app refresh
• Ensure auto lock is on
• Turn off auto brightness and manually reduce brightness
• Use dark mode if your device has an OLED display
• Clearing background apps from the app switcher does not improve battery life

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Maximising battery lifespan - the amount of time your battery lasts until it needs to be replaced.

• Avoid extreme temperatures
• If you notice that your iPhone gets hot when charging, remove it from its case
• Store your iPhone in a cool place, switched off, and half-charged if not using it for long periods - and charge it every 6 months when in storage

Hey guys, my iPhone 15 Pro and my iPad Pro M2 are still on iOS 17.6.1 respectively iPadOS 17.6.1 because I'm afraid of upgrading it to 18.X since I heard that it has a lot of bugs and the battery drains much faster.

Can I safely get 18.1 or should I rather go with 17.7.1 on my iDevices?

And also: why I don't get an notification about the availability of iOS/iPadOS 17.7/18.X?

iPhone 14Pro, iOS 18, importing to a PC. Any photo taken in portrait downloads both the portrait mode version, and the original. From what I can see on Google there used to be a way to turn that off, but I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone help?