Quick Solutions to Fix iOS 18/17/16/15/14/13 Update Problems from iPhone/iPad/iPod

1. Begin by restarting your slow iPhone. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time, until you see the Apple logo showing up on the screen.

2. Close an app by using the finger to swipe it off the top of the screen.

3. Head to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and you'll see a descending list of what's taking up memory on your iPhone. Delete useless applications to free up iPhone space.

4. Head to Settings > General > Software Update, and if there's an available software update, download and install it.

5. Manage your videos and photos as they are taking up much storage on your iPhone.

6. Maybe you need a professional iOS cleaning software, like FoneEraser, to erase all contents/settings and format iPhone to factory settings.

1. Dry off any moisture on the screen or wear no gloves.

2. Use the Sleep/Wake button to turn off and on the screen for a couple of times.

3. Press and Hold down the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons until you see the Apple logo on the screen.

4. Hard format your iPhone to factory settings, set it up and restore iPhone from an iCloud/iTunes backup. Kindly note that you'd better backup your iPhone.

1. Check battery drain suggestions. Head to Settings app > Battery.

2. Turn off Raise to Wake on iPhone.

3. Reduce the widgets numbers on iPhone lock screen, or disable widgets.

4. Turn off background app refresh. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh > Turn it off then.

5. Set location services while using the app.

6. Use Low Power mode.

7. Reset all settings: Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings > Enter your passcode.

1. Use another charger for a try. Check to see whether it is iPhone issue or charger issue.

2. Maybe you should fix iPhone charger.

3. Check the lighting cable for damage. Most of us may get a broken charging cable after using it for a long time. It is very unsafe to touch the exposed internal wires. And charging your iPhone with a broken lighting cable will your iPhone not charging or charging slowly.

4. Change the wall outlet and try another one.

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How to Fix iPhone Charging Slowly

1. Power off your iPhone and charge it: Press and hold the Sleep/wake button > Slide to power off> Charge your iPhone now.

2. Clean up the dirt on charging port of Your iPhone or iPad. After a period of long use, the lightning port of your iPhone will collect dirt or dust and that may be the reason why your iPhone is not charging. Use toothpicks or dry a soft toothbrush to clean up.

1. The easiest way is to let it cool down, not charge and not use any app.

2. Shut down the running apps.

3. Take off the iPhone case.

4. No charging right now. Many times the overheating is caused by this.

5. Turn off Location Services/GPS.

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1. Check Wi-Fi router or the Internet Service Provider (ISP).

2. Check all the cables and connections.

3. Make sure your Wi-Fi button on iPhone/iPad is on.

4. Restart Your iPhone/iPad, Router, Cable/DSL mode.

5. Reset iPhone/iPad network settings.

How to Fix iPhone iPad Wi-Fi Greyed out or Won't Turn on

1. Reset network settings on iPhone iPad

2. Force restart iPhone or iPad.

How to Fix iPhone iPad Keeps Dropping Wi-Fi

1. Check other devices to see the Wi-Fi dropping issue persists.

2. Forget this network and reconnect to it.

3. Reset iPhone iPad network settings

How to Fix iPhone iPad Slow Wi-Fi

1. Figure out it is a network problem or iPhone/iPad issue. Use another device for a try.

2. Reset network settings from iPhone or iPad.

3. Change iOS Default DNS to Google DNS.

4. Disable Q0S, MMS, WMM on your router.

5. Changing the wireless channel between 1, 6 and 11.

How to Fix iPhone iPad Unable to Join Wi-Fi

1. Check and see the Wi-Fi button is on or off.

2. Turn off the router for 30 seconds, and restart it again.

3. Restart iPhone or iPad.

4. Reset network settings on iPhone iPad.

5. Forget your network on your iPhone or iPad, and then join again.

1. Check your iPhone is out of service.

2. Turn Cellular Data off for seconds and then turn it on.

3. Restart iPhone for minutes.

4. Turn Airplane Mode on and off.

5. Check Carrier update. Head to Settings > General > About to see whether there is any available carrier update.

6. Reset iPhone iPad network settings.

7. Restore iPhone to factory settings.

1. Check you've turn on the iPhone Bluetooth button.

2. Confirm your iPhone and Bluetooth accessory are close to each other.

3. Restart your iPhone and then turn on the Bluetooth.

4. Re-pair the iDevice or car you connect: Settings > Bluetooth > Choose the device you are having issues with > Tap on the info button next to the device > Tap on Forget This Device.

5. Make sure your Bluetooth accessory is turned on and connected to power or fully charged.

6. Once un-pair the Bluetooth Accessory and then put back in discovery mode, and then make pair and connect again.

7. Reset Network Settings.

8. Factory your iPhone.

1. Make sure the contact is not on your block list.

2. Delete your current conversation and then start a new one to text.

3. Simultaneously hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons to soft reset your iPhone.

4.Reset the network setting.

5. You could format your iPhone iPad.

1. Check if Apple's iMessage server is down.

2. Ensure you've got a good network connection.

3. Check the iMessage settings and the addresses and mobile number you have listed in Send & Receive.

4. Turn iMessage off and on again and restart iMessage feature.

5. Delete some messages for available space. They will also lead to iMessage slowing down.

1.Check the Mute switch. When you see the red line from the switch, that means your iPhone is in Mute mode.

2. Check Do Not Disturb (DND) is turned on or not. When Do Not Disturb is turned on, you can see a little moon sign on the top bar on your iPhone screen.

3. Check the notifications settings. Go to Settings > Notifications and choose the app, making sure that both the "Allow Notifications" and "Sounds" switch are turned on.

4. Maybe you can adjust the volume.

5.Reset iPhone settings to repair no sound on iPhone.

1. Take the SIM card out of your iPhone, and then put it in.

2. Maybe the SIM card is dirty.

3. Try to insert the SIM card in another mobile phone to see whether the problem source.

4. Try to turn on and then off the Airplane mode.

5. Restart your iPhone.

6. If your iPhone is damaged or dropped down, that might leads to loosing the SIMS tray.

7. If the problem exists and then contact your carrier or Apple.

1. Inspect iPhone front and rear camera. You can open a app like Skype, Facetime to check camera use.

2. A force reset may help you.

3. Reset all iPhone settings.

4. Maybe the issue is caused by an old backup. If you are restoring from an old backup to a new iPhone, that might cause such problem.

1. For the first time when your encounter iPhone activation error, it is better for you to wait.

2. It may be solved by a simple restart.

3. Check to see if it is the issue of SIM card.

4. Check and reset Wi-Fi/ cellular network.

5. Format your iPhone to factory settings.

6. Try another activation approach. Use iTunes for iPhone activation.

1. Check if you block calls.

2. Turn on and off Airplane mode. Check your Do Not Disturb settings. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb and make sure it's off.

3. See if Call Forwarding feature is turned on. Go to Settings > Phone > Call Forwarding and make sure it's off.

4. Reset the network settings.

5. Update your carrier. (iPhone call forwarding not working?)

1. Quit and then restart Mail App.

2. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and take a look at your settings.

3. Check if email is blocked on iPhone.

4. Try to turn on Airplane mode on and then turn if off.

5. Go to Settings > General > Reset Network Settings and fix iPhone mail error.

6. Refresh the email account via Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Delete the email account and then set it up again.

7. There are some tips in case of mail connection to the server failed.

1. For iPhone not showing up in iTunes, quit iTunes and unplug your device. Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed.

2. If the error shows again, run through the update process above, but choose Set up Touch ID later when you get to the Touch ID screen in set up.

3. Your may have to contact Apple or visit an Apple Store to fix iTunes errors.

1. Go to Settings > Sounds to adjust the volume of ringtone.

2. Make sure you have "mute" button set to ring instead of silent.

3. Restart your iPhone.

4. Transfer ringtone to iPhone.

1. Try another USB cable.

2. Check Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is disabled.

3. Update iTunes to the latest version.

4. Restart iPhone/iPad, iTunes and computer.

1. Hold and press the Sleep/Wake button and Home button together make a force restart.

2. Clean the iPhone's Home button with a soft cloth.

3. Delete and then setup your fingerprint. Head to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode, delete your fingerprint, and then go back to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode and set up your fingerprint afresh. (Forgot iPhone passcode?)

4. Reset all settings from Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings.

1. Check whether your iPhone get a good signal.

2. Download and install one iPhone tracking app for checking GPS.

3. Check your iPhone from Settings > Privacy > Location Services and see Location Services is turned on or not.

4. Maybe you should take off the iPhone case.

5. You may need to reset iPhone iPad settings.

1. Check network connection, including cellular data or Wi-Fi.

2. Clear Safari cache on iPhone iPad.

3. Shut down the Safari by press down the Home button for twice, and then restart Safari.

4. Reset network settings by going to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings.

5. Erase all content and settings on iPhone iPad.

1. Restart Facebook Messenger.

2. Upgrade Facebook Messenger app.

3. Uninstall Facebook Manager and then install it again on iPhone iPad.

4. Restart iPhone iPad.

1. Restart your iPhone by pressing down the Wake/Sleep button, and sliding to power off.

2. Turn on cellular data for App Store or make sure a good Wi-Fi network.

3. Sign out from iTunes and sign in to it again.

4. Set Date & Time automatically.

5. Reset the network connection.

1. Hold three fingers together and double tap the screen and you should see the screen will return to normal.

2. To make sure that it doesn't happen again, you need to turn off the Zoom feature. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and slide Zoom to Off.

3. Delete apps that cause this issue.

1. Clean and dry headphone jack.

2. Try another headphones.

3. For AirPods users, take both AirPods off > Put them both inside the case > Close the case, and wait for 5-10 seconds > Take them out with the case next to phone.

Check what to do if AirPods not connecting to iPhone or Mac

1. Force restart your iPhone. Press the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo shows up.

2. Clear all on-screen notifications by tapping the "x" cross icon on the notification screen. Wait to get a new notification and see if the problem persist or not.

1. Check whether network connecting is good, cellular data or Wi-Fi.

2. Check Siri settings. Go to Settings > Siri and make sure the "Hey Siri" feature is turned on.

3. Reset iPhone settings by going to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. Then, turn on Siri feature again.

4. Switch On/Off Dictation: Settings > General > Scroll down to keyboards > Toggle Enable Dictation to Off and Turn it on.

5. Clean your iPhone microphone and make it is not damaged.

6. Update your iPhone to the latest iOS version.

Dram Mode, designed to make every moment on the screen to be dark from built-in apps and settings to system-level views, which is perfect for low-light environments. Dark mode can be set at the scheduled time to be easier on your eyes and won't disturb the people around you.

You do not need to worry you wallpapers, Dark mode will automatically change as you switch between light and dark and new wallpapers are optimized for it automatically.

Virtually adjusting the position and intensity of your studio lighting from Portrait mode, it moves the light closer to your subject, which smooth skin, sharpen eyes and brightens facials features. New Portrait Lightening effect, High-Key Light Mono, which helps takes a beautiful and classic look on a white background.

Without professional camera photo shooting skills, you can get wonderful photos.

All your moments from Photos will be managed from every day, month and year. New tools are offered to let you adjust your photo with filters to fine-tune your photos. Editing features in Videos (rotate, crop and auto-enhance) will also be available to photos editing.

Intelligently, you will not worry about the storage waste, because it can remove the similar shots and clutter from your Camera Roll.

A simple way to sign in to apps and websites. When an app using your location background, you will receive the notification to decide to grant it the access to your location. You can make the changes once or anytime for the new apps or the old apps.

When sharing a photo, you are given the control to share your location or not easily by changing the settings once or anytime you use it.

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Not only the sticker packs are generated automatically based on Memoji and Animoji characters, but also your name and photo will be shared automatically in a message conversation. Before sending the Memojis, you can customize your makeup, like eyeshadow, blush, etc.

The details pane will make the receiver find at a glance through links, locations, and attachments in a message conversation.

All-new design Reminders gives you more controls to create, organize, and keep track of your reminders. Via the quick toolbar above the keyboard, you can add attachments, times, location, flags, dates, etc., to the reminders.

Smart lists for upcoming reminders or a certain day can be organized and flagged as you like to arrange your task on iPhone.

iPhone unlock on iPhone X, XS, XR, 11, and 12 are up to 30% faster via Face TD. Apps launch is up to 2X faster in iOS 13/14. Smaller app downloads will be packaged with up to 50% smaller while app updates will be up to 60% smaller on average than before.

You can download more apps and update the apps without downloading the iPhone storage and speed in iOS 13/14.

A simplified CarPlay dashboard makes it easy to keep track of maps, audio controls and smart Siri suggestions via Calendar, Siri, etc. One tap on Calendar will get direction and dial into a meeting. One hit on the Music app will discover new music and old favorites.

Apple Maps always appear on the dashboard to get a simplified view of the road ahead, and even Siri takes up only part of the screen.

Bring you a new and more immersive experience, AR apps can place the virtual objects naturally in front of or behind you, which makes it accessible to more green-style applications on iOS devices running in iOS 13/14.

Motion Capture also enables the developers to integrate people's movement into the apps to provide more AR apps for users.

Adopting advanced neural text-to-speech technology, Siri has a new voice. You can talk with Siri via its natural voice and longer phrases. You can hear more personalized suggestions from Siri about Podcasts, Safari and Maps and ask Siri to tun into your favorite radio station.

Now, you can also ask Siri to play music, podcasts, audiobooks and radio with third-party apps, not only the built-in apps.