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Hi all,

It'll be a few days before I can go to the store to get help, and the online help wasn't, well, helpful, so I'm hoping someone else has had this issue and can provide a fix.

Three times in the last week I've had someone send me a text message with a picture, and while I can see the words and that there was a picture included, the message isn't on my phone when I go back to look later. I've never had this problem before, and I didn't change any settings or upgrade my iOS before this issue occurred. In one instance the phone was right next to my watch, but in the other two my phone was in another location. (Edited to add: I can see all subsequent messages on the same text thread on my phone, even if they're sent within minutes of the orginal picture text that didn't come through.)

I have an iPhone XR and an Apple Watch SE2 with cell data activated.

What I've tried: updating iOS, turning iMessage on and off, restarting phone and watch, liking the picture in question on the watch, marking the text in question as unread on my watch. No changes.

Anyone else encountering the same issue and/or know how to fix it? Thanks!

I have unplugged the Apple TV, restarted the remote and still the issue persists. This is first gen Apple TV 4K running on tvOS 17.1.

I forgot my iPhone 6s password and searched for a solution on YouTube. I came across the iTunes method, but the issue is that my home button doesn't work, I rely on AssistiveTouch.

Is there any way to make a shortcut where whenever I plug my iPhone it asks whether to use optimized charging or charge to 80%?

Would be nice to have the option the night before whenever I know I'm not going to be home most of the next day and need that 100% without having to go into the settings to switch every time between optimized and 80%.

Thanks in advanced!

Since I'm not a runner, and since my outdoor walks tend to be fairly gentle strolls rather than cardio training events, should I designate my daily elliptical workouts as "outdoor runs" in order to get a better estimate of VO2Max?

Hello!

I know this has been asked several times, but to be honest the answers I found where a little bit vague.

The thing is my grandma is not getting younger and she is has been falling these past few months. Thankfully, my fiance and I live with her, so we can be there as soon as something happens, but, as we are both working from home, we are usually with headphones, and the last 2 times our dog was the one that alerted us about grandma falling.

Now to the point. We do have iPhones, but grandma does not. I was thinking about buying an Apple Watch for her just for the fall detection and health tracking, but my question is if I do go out of the house, will the apple watch with only the Wifi connection be able to notify me (or anyone on the emergency contacts) about a fall; or do my iPhone needs to be by her side at all times?

Maybe buying the one with celluar data will help? The thing is she is too old to be using an iPhone and it would be just for the apple watch, so it seems like a lot of money and trouble for nothing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

So, you can see it on the photo - a circle with a pale dot in the center. I wouldn't say it bothers me a lot, but that's really strange - I only have the phone for 2 weeks, never dropped or stored with anything in a pocket, and it doesn't look like a scratch. It also becomes less visible if I clean it with a microfiber cloth, but comes back as soon as you slide a finger across it. Any ideas?

It's damn near brand new. Ended up getting an Android after my iPhone shattered. What's the Ultra 2 worth used? Am I allowed to sell it on here? I'd be down to ship.

For me it’s the option to individually lock apps.

Is it just me or the YouTube allows now for PiP on iPhones without a premium subscription?

Edit: It’s wired as it works only on MKBHD videos for some reason.

So I have an old series 2, I haven’t used it in ages, I guess it was paired to my old phone but since I stopped using it I wiped the phone multiple times, and now recently I switched to a new phone as well, so I can’t unpair it from the original phone.

From the settings I did see the device in my iCloud but I’ve since removed it, hoping that it would allow me to pair it, but to no avail. I wanted to gift this watch to my mom since I recently bought a series 9, but the Apple Watch either refuses altogether or fails to update (I think it’s still on watchOS 6, while my mom phone is iOS 17).

If it only could connect to the internet it would probably notice that it was removed from my iCloud and so it is free to pair with whoever. Unfortunately the watch was reset from the watch settings a couple of days ago so I can’t connect it to my wifi either, since it needs to complete the setup.

Is there any way to fix it by myself? Do I have to go to Apple? Did it just become an expensive paperweight? Thanks

Drop any app you find useful on apple watch

Hi guys,

After I tried everything that Google told me without success, I took the watch to the service and they told me that Apple has that stupis policy, that if your watch stops working after the warranty expires, the minimum service price is like a new watch!!

Does anyone have experience with this and has anyone managed to solve it?

I have seen some external Bluetooth sim adapter or maybe a thin usb-c adapter anyone tried it and where can I buy one stateside?

picture shown is what they call db link Bluetooth SIM card adaptor they use in china for US iPhone 15 pro and pro max I was thinking of getting something similar for temporary oversea trips

Hi guys, I’m posting to ask if anyone is still experiencing about keyboard lag. Currently still on iOS 17.1, although it is mentioned that the issues was fixed but from time to times it lags a lot when typing.

Therefore, is it just me or the keyboard still lags?

I've been digging around online for some kind of record of past Amazon sale prices but haven't found anything. I want to pick up an S9 GPS which is currently on sale for $349 at Amazon, but I'm not sure if I'll end up regretting not waiting for Black Friday.

My main complaint is that there isn’t a consistent experience between apps. Things are in different places, actions do different things in different apps, no gesture support, subpar players with horrible scrubbing, etc.

I think all apps should be held to a few basic UI/UX standards so going from one app to another isn’t a completely different experience.

The attached photo is just one example. Within the Apple TV app itself, long pressing an icon brings up this great menu allowing you to go straight to the show or the episode page. Long pressing in most other apps removes the show from your now playing list! All of these conflicting actions need to be rectified.

I love my 15 Pro Max and have been an iPhone user for 3 years now.

I am so tired of texting to Android phones because SMS really sucks. I want Apple to support RCS. Not for the Android people but for the iPhone people. It will make our lives better.

How do we get Apple to understand it is for the betterment of their users more than it is for the Android users?

I tried out Stand By Mode on my iPhone SE3 the past few nights. My biggest complaint is the only way to get nightstand mode to show up if you want to glance at it is you have to actually press a button on the phone. I know with the newer phones you can just lightly tap the screen, or your nightstand and the screen will show.

Does anyone have a review with using Night Stand Mode with an iPhone SE3?

This may seem totally random, but I'm having a hard time deciding so I thought why not turn to reddit and ask?
Here's the deal - As I got into college i decided to get a laptop, at the time I wasn't using apple products at all, so I got an asus vivobook that had tons of memory (512 gb to be precise), cheap but that would allow me to play LOL and "lighter stuff" (I have a Gaming PC that I built it in 2019/2020 so I wont use it for "heavy lifting" per say) . Then, i finally saved up for an Iphone, and i loved it. Switch my old phone for an apple watch and some airpods and my brother gave me he's old Ipad air, so all of a sudden I'm in. I'm inside the apple ecosystem, but I never thought of switching laptops ... Mine's totally fine, before college I didnt felt the need for one, now as I'm almost over, I realised i dont actually game on it and probably would feel happier with a Macbook (looking for a reforbished macbook pro 2018 with a touchbar, 256gb, I7) but for some reason I'm still on the fence. Is it worth it? Will it pay off? Is the hype real? Can I play casually? Will i miss the ports? Has anyone gone through something similar? Any hints, tips? Am I just being materialistic?

Hello there!
I'm new to the Apple environment and liking it so far.

So I just got my iPhone 15 pro max, and my Apple Watch 9. But as soon as I connected my watch, I stopped receiving my notifications on my phone, no sound, no screen wake up, nothing.
The watch also only make one kind of sound, so I have no way to tell what kind of notification it is (text vs mail for instance)

The only solution I found is to deactivate the wrist detection, but by doing so, I also lose like 50% of the watch features.

Am I missing something here? I feel like I have a very basic usage of the watch/phone feature there, but somehow it's not working.

Thanks community!

I have an AW5 that is almost 4 years old. It can't really make it through a day any more without charging which most days isn't a HUGE deal but some days I just can't be near a charger.

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Given that they will do the $79 "fix"/replacement at under 80% battery health, I have been eagerly anticipating this since I want to hold off til next year for the X rather than get a 9. I currently sit at 83% and have been there for a few months. I turned off Optimized Charging, but still no movement downward.

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I'm also having issues with the HR sensor not allowing me to start workouts (or Peloton rides, or anything related to HR) in the mornings for like 30 minutes, so I REALLY want to get a replacement sooner rather than later.

Questions are:

-How long will this take with "normal" usage and charging every night to get down to 79% and be eligible to replace?

-Any strategies to actually SPEED UP the decrease in battery health and get me to 79% as soon as possible?