iPhone 6s Portable Genius

Covers iOS9 and all models of iPhone 6s, 6, and iPhone 5

Paul McFedries

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781119173922
• eBook ISBN: 9781119173946
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Hardware
• Index: Computer Science

Take a bite out of all your iPhone has to offer

As easy and intuitive as the iPhone is, it's more complex than most of us realize—and what's better than learning all the insider tips and tricks with the iPhone Portable Genius, 3 rd Edition? Whether you're just starting out with your first iPhone or upgrading to a newer model, this full-color guide will have you tapping, swiping, and typing like an Apple genius in no time. You'll find essential information about iOS, Siri, iCloud, and how to use your phone to manage, organize, and navigate your life.

Written in clear, no-nonsense language, iPhone Portable Genius, 3 rd Edition offers expert tips and tricks that will save you time and hassles—and help you unlock all your device has to offer. Designed for the visual learner, it provides plenty of full-color screenshots that illustrate exactly what you'll see and do on your iPhone. Plus, 'Genius Icons' throughout the text highlight smarter, more innovative ways to do what you need to do. So what are you waiting for? Everything you need to truly make the most of your iPhone is here.

• Connect to a network, configure your settings, and work with iCloud
• Max out the media features, surf the Web, and check your e-mail
• Manage your contacts, appointments, e-books, and libraries
• Sync your apps, photos, music, and more

Chapter 1: How Do I Start Using My iPhone?

When you first look at your iPhone, you notice its sleek, curvaceous design, and then you notice what might be its most remarkable feature: It’s nearly button-free! Unlike your garden-variety smartphone bristling with keys and switches and ports, your iPhone has very few physical buttons. This makes for a stylish, possibly even sexy, design, but it also leads to an obvious problem out of the box: How do you work the darn thing? This chapter solves that problem by giving you the grand tour of your iPhone. You learn about the few physical buttons on the phone, and then I show you the real heart of the iPhone, the remarkable touchscreen.

Using the Home Button

Working with the Sleep/Wake Button

Working with the Ring/Silent Switch

Operating the Volume Controls

Getting to Know the Rest of the iPhone

Operating the Touchscreen

Running Your iPhone from the Control Center

Using the Home Button

The starting point for most of your iPhone excursions is the Home button, which is the circular button on the face of the phone at the bottom, as shown in Figure 1.1. The Home button has six main functions:

1.1 Press the Home button to (among other things) leave standby mode or to return to the Home screen.

• When the iPhone is in standby mode, pressing the Home button wakes the iPhone and displays the unlock screen.
• When the unlock screen is displayed, leave your thumb (or whichever finger you’ve trained) on the Home button to unlock your iPhone using your fingerprint (assuming you have Touch ID configured; see Chapter 2).
• When the iPhone is running, pressing the Home button returns the iPhone to the Home screen.
• Pressing and holding the Home button invokes Siri, which enables you to control many iPhone features using voice commands. (If Siri is turned off, pressing and holding the Home button invokes Voice Control, Siri’s predecessor.)
• Double-pressing the Home button displays the multitasking bar, which enables you to quickly switch between your running apps.
• On the iPhone 6 or 6s, double-tapping the Home button (that is, lightly tapping the button rather than firmly pressing it) slides the current screen’s contents down about half-way, making it easier to access items at or near the top if you’re using the phone one-handed. To push the screen back up, double-tap the Home button once again or tap in the blank area above the screen contents (you can also wait about eight seconds and the screen will restore itself automatically).

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To disable the Home button double-tap feature, tap Settings, tap General, tap Accessibility, and then tap the Reachability switch to Off.

If your iPhone is in standby mode, press the Home button to display the Slide to Unlock screen, shown in Figure 1.2. (The iPhone displays this screen for up to about eight seconds, and if you don’t do anything the phone just drops back into standby mode.) Place your finger on the left side of the screen and slide it to the right side of the screen. This either unlocks the iPhone and displays the Home screen or, if you configured a passcode during setup, it prompts you to enter that code.

1.2 Slide your finger along the screen from left to right to unlock your iPhone.

Working with the Sleep/Wake Button

If your iPhone is on but you’re not using it, the phone automatically goes into standby mode after one minute. This is called Auto-Lock and it’s a handy feature because it saves battery power when your iPhone is just sitting there. However, you can also put your iPhone into standby mode at any time by using the Sleep/Wake button. You find this button either on the right side of your phone (if you have an iPhone 6 or later) or at the top of your phone (for all earlier models). It’s the dash-shaped button (see Figure 1.3) and, as you see in this section, it actually has three main functions: sleeping and waking, powering on and off, and handling incoming calls.

1.3 On an iPhone 6 or later, the Sleep/Wake button appears on the right side.

Sleeping and waking the iPhone

If you’re currently using your iPhone, you put the phone in standby mode by pressing the Sleep/Wake button once. You can still receive incoming calls and texts, but the screen powers down, which drops the power consumption considerably. Tap the Sleep/Wake button again to wake your iPhone. This is just like pressing the Home button: You’re prompted with the Slide to Unlock screen, and you slide your finger from the left side of the screen to the right to unlock the phone (or enter your passcode).

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Press the Sleep/Wake button to put your phone in standby whenever you’re not using the screen. This not only conserves battery power but also prevents accidental screen taps. If you have a program such as the Music app running, it continues to run even while the phone is in standby.

Powering the iPhone on and off

You can also use the Sleep/Wake button to turn off your iPhone so that it uses no power. This is a good idea if your battery is getting low and you don’t think you’ll be able to charge it any time soon. You can still periodically check your messages or make an outgoing call when needed, but as long as you turn the phone off when you’re done, you minimize the chance that your battery will drain completely. You might also want to turn off your iPhone if you won’t be using it for a few days.

Follow these steps to turn off your iPhone:

1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for three seconds. The slide to power off slider appears on the screen.
2. Use your finger to drag the slider all the way to the right. The iPhone shuts down after a few seconds.

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If you change your mind and decide to leave your iPhone on, tap Cancel at the bottom of the screen. Note, too, that the slide to power off screen automatically cancels itself if you ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: How Do I Start Using My iPhone?
• Chapter 2: How Do I Configure My iPhone?
• Chapter 3: How Do I Connect My iPhone to a Network?
• Chapter 4: How Can I Get More Out of the Phone App?
• Chapter 5: How Can I Make the Most of iPhone Web Surfing?
• Chapter 6: How Do I Maximize iPhone Email?
• Chapter 7: How Do I Synchronize My iPhone?
• Chapter 8: How Can I Get More Out of Audio Features on My iPhone?
• Chapter 9: How Do I Max Out My iPhone’s Photo and Video Features?
• Chapter 10: Can I Use My iPhone to Manage Contacts and Appointments?
• Chapter 11: How Do I Use My iPhone to Navigate My World?
• Chapter 12: How Do I Manage My Ebook Library?
• Chapter 13: How Do I Keep My Life in Sync with iCloud?
• Chapter 14: How Do I Fix My iPhone?
• Glossary
• End User License Agreement