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You can easily take your social media based accounts and put them into your iPhone. However, some still do not know how. This article contains many useful tips on how to use social networks on your iPhone and other features.

Always update your device whenever you can. When you update your device, you'll have all the fixes, updates, and other important things your iPhone needs. This will allow you to keep a backup of all your pictures and information so you do not lose everything if your phone is damaged or lost.

To save battery power, decrease your iPhone's brightness. Do that by adjusting brightness in Settings to a reduced level. This will help you to conserve a lot more battery, especially if it is important for you to have your phone fully charged.

Protect the screen of your iPhone by purchasing a protective screen. Without protection, your phone's screen will get nicked and scratched. Even a tiny bit of dirt on the fingertip or keys in your pocket will scratch the screen. So make sure you protect the screen by buying a screen protector for your iPhone.

Websites that you visit frequently can easily be turned into an app. All you have to do is visit the website. Press the "Go" button when you get to the site. An option to add the website onto the home screen will appear. After it has been added, simply rename it to create the app.

On Safari, you can save images from Safari or Mail very easily if you know how to do it. Simply tap the image that you wish to save and hold your finger there for two or three seconds. This will prompt a box to open which gives you a save option.

You can use the iPhone to travel from one spot to the next. Use your iPhone's map to provide you with directions to get you where you need to go. Bookmark the map facility so that you can use it whenever needed.

Are you tired of the many notifications that come in on your iPhone? You can shut them off. Begin by selecting the settings button, then tap the notifications bar. Then check out which apps are listed inside of your "Notifications Center", and choose which ones you would like to keep or remove. This will also improve the life of your battery.

The Safari browser and mail are very popular, but not everyone knows how to save photos and images to the phone from them. Simply tap the image that you wish to save and hold your finger there for two or three seconds. A box pops up with the save option.

Using the tips in this article, you now know there are a lot of ways to use apps to have a better experience on your phone, and in your life. Put the valuable information you have garnered here to good use and let the iPhone help manage, entertain and inform you in the many ways it was designed to do.


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