Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch when using a Face Mask

 iOS 14.5 bring the feature that is helpful to unlock the iPhone when wearing a facemask.

Here are the things you have to do to enable this feature.

1. Update your iPhone to iOS 14.5
2. Update your Apple Watch to WatchOS 7.4
3. Once you complete step 1 and 2, go to: 

Settings => Face ID & Passcode  => Enter Passcode => Scroll down to the section:  "UNLOCK WITH APPLE WATCH" => Enable the option for your watch. It may take about 30 seconds for the swipe switch to turn green.

iPhone 11 Pro Max situation: Completely dead phone and not responsive to anything at all

iPhone 11 Pro Max - Dead/Unresponsive after full night of charging


iPhone was complete dead.

All I could remember from the previous night was that the phone was getting warm while using it.

So I tried to close all the app, then later on it sort of went away. Then I put the phone on charge and this morning and it was completely dead.

Contacted Apple via my other device.

They asked me to go thru some diagnostics steps, including press volume up, press volume down and then press and hold power for 10 seconds. I tried that at least 10 times. so far this is taking at least half an hour.

At some point, I switched the charging cable/older charger.  Not sure if it did anything, for some reason I tried the reset again, and miraculously the iPhone logo appears.  There is no way to find out what happened. Apple wants me to wait for 24 hours to see if the issue comes back and at that moment they want me to setup an appointment for a a technician to take a look

Another iOS update is out:

iOS 13.1.2 includes bug fixes and improvements for your iPhone. This update:

• Fixes a bug where the progress bar for iCloud Backup could continue to show after a successful backup
• Fixes an issue where Camera may not work
• Addresses an issue where the flashlight may not activate
• Fixes a bug that could result in a loss of display calibration data
• Fixes an issue where shortcuts could not be run from HomePod
• Addresses an issue where Bluetooth may disconnect on certain vehicles

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

iPhone 7 Plus Vs iPhone 11 Pro Max

                                 iPhone 7 Plus       iPhone 11 Pro Max

     Portrait on Selfie Mode                                    No                       Yes
     Ultra Wide Camera                                          No                        Yes
     Night Mode                                                      No                        Yes
     Finger Print Login                                           Yes                        No
     Face ID Login                                                  No                        Yes
     Battery Percentage near Battery icon              Yes                        No
     Fast Charger                                                     No                        Yes
     Wireless Charging capable                               No                        Yes



For more comparison: https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/

iOS 13.1.1 is available for update

iOS 13.1.1 includes bug fixes and improvements for your iPhone. This update:

• Fixes issues that could prevent iPhone restoring from backup
• Addresses an issue that could cause battery to drain more quickly
• Fixes an issue that could impact recognition of Siri requests on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
• Resolves a problem where Safari search suggestions may re-enable after turning them off
• Addresses an issue that could cause Reminders to sync slowly
• Fixes a security issue for third-party keyboard apps

For more: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

Hissing noise from iPhone 7 plus. Does it exist on older models?

Brand new iPhone 7 plus have hissing noise. Websites have mixed reaction about it. But this made me look at the older iPhone (6 plus) and see if there is a hissing noise. And to my surprise, there is a slight noise. But in iPhone 7 plus, it sounded worse.

Apple support asked me to take the phone to the Apple store and they said if it cannot be repaired, they will replace it. Lets see. I will update the post after the store visit.

In the mean time please update your iPhone to iOS 10.0.2. The update fixes the following issues:

• Addresses and issue that could prevent headphone audio controls from temporarily not working
• Resolves an issue that caused Photos to quit for some users when turning on iCloud Photo Library
• Fixes and issue that prevented enabling some app extensions.

Update (9/24/2016): Swapped the phone for a new one. Noise is still there.

Turn off Wi-Fi Assist if your iPhone is eating up data after iOS 9 upgrade

If you are seeing an increased usage of data after you phone has been upgraded to iOS 9, then you might want to turn off a feature called Wi-Fi Assist in settings.

Here is how to turn off Wi-Fi Assist

Go to Settings > Cellular > scroll all the way down > Wi-Fi assist > Swipe the green button to left to turn it off

Fix: iPhone with iOS 9.0 not recognized in iTunes 12.3

If you have Windows 8, follow the steps:

1. Close iTunes
2. Make sure the iPhone is connected to your PC.
3. Go to device manager or type 'device manager' in Search Windows search field, select Device Manger from Settings
4. From the list, expand Portable Devices
5. Right click on Apple iPhone
6. Click Update Driver Software
7. Click Browse my computer for driver software
8. Click Browse
9. Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers
10. Click Next
11. Now windows will update the driver software.
12. Start iTunes and you will see the icon for your device.

Hope this helps.