Here’s a collection of tips and tricks to help you do more — and be more productive — with your iPhone 4.
Save images
from the web.
In Safari, touch and hold an image to save it to your Camera Roll or copy it to paste into an MMS or email.
Choose your wallpaper.
In Settings, choose Wallpaper, tap the image of the Lock and Home screens, then tap one of your photo albums or tap Wallpaper for the Apple-designed images. Find the image you want, tap Set, and then choose whether to use it as wallpaper for your Lock screen, Home screen, or both.
Scroll to the top fast.
In Safari, Mail, Contacts, and many other apps, tap the status bar at the top of the screen — which displays the network information, time, and battery level — to scroll quickly to the top.
Lock the screen orientation.
Double-click the Home button to bring up the multitasking interface, then swipe from left to right. Now tap the portrait orientation lock once to turn it on and again to turn it off.
Add PDFs to iBooks.
From a Mail message or a web page, touch and hold the PDF icon or link, then select “Open in iBooks.”
Use the compass
with maps.
Tap the Location button in Maps twice to use the built-in compass to orient the map based on the direction you are facing.
Learn some keyboard tricks.
* Tap the space bar twice, and iPhone adds a period and capitalizes the next word.
* To enter a number or symbol quickly, touch and hold 123, then select the key you want. Lifting your finger returns you to the alphabet keyboard.
* Touch and hold a letter to reveal a list of special characters.
Locate your lost iPhone.
If you’ve lost your iPhone, Find My iPhone can help you locate it on a map and protect its data. Display a message on its screen, remotely set a passcode lock, or initiate a remote wipe to delete your data.Save images
from the web.
In Safari, touch and hold an image to save it to your Camera Roll or copy it to paste into an MMS or email.
Choose your wallpaper.
In Settings, choose Wallpaper, tap the image of the Lock and Home screens, then tap one of your photo albums or tap Wallpaper for the Apple-designed images. Find the image you want, tap Set, and then choose whether to use it as wallpaper for your Lock screen, Home screen, or both.
Scroll to the top fast.
In Safari, Mail, Contacts, and many other apps, tap the status bar at the top of the screen — which displays the network information, time, and battery level — to scroll quickly to the top.
Lock the screen orientation.
Double-click the Home button to bring up the multitasking interface, then swipe from left to right. Now tap the portrait orientation lock once to turn it on and again to turn it off.
Add PDFs to iBooks.
From a Mail message or a web page, touch and hold the PDF icon or link, then select “Open in iBooks.”
Use the compass
with maps.
Tap the Location button in Maps twice to use the built-in compass to orient the map based on the direction you are facing.
Learn some keyboard tricks.
* Tap the space bar twice, and iPhone adds a period and capitalizes the next word.
* To enter a number or symbol quickly, touch and hold 123, then select the key you want. Lifting your finger returns you to the alphabet keyboard.
* Touch and hold a letter to reveal a list of special characters.
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