Secret iPhone Tips and Tricks You Should Know

You may use iPhone for years, but you may not learn all of its tricks as well as you thought. Like other mobile phones, there're some tips and shortcuts that can help you enjoy a lot from your device. If knowing the main tricks of iPhone has already brought you much fun, you'll enjoy a great more out of it if you learn those secret iPhone tips and tricks, which may be little-known to most users.

So here, I'm going to walk you through some secret but quite useful iPhone tips and tricks you should know. They will help you be more productive while using your iPhone.

- Create custom keyboard shortcuts

Are you tired of repeatedly typing your address, your name, or common phrases like "How are you?" or "I'll be right there" on your iPhone virtual keyboard? If so, fortunately, iPhone can allow you to create your own, custom keyboard shortcuts to get your work done easier and faster.

• Tap Settings > General > Keyboard.
• Scroll down until you find the Shortcuts section, and then tap Add New Shortcut.
• Type your frequently-used phrase (e.g.) "How are you?" in the blank next to Phrase; then, in the shortcut blank, type in the letters "h", "a" and "y".
• Tap the button Save to get it done.
• Check your new shortcut. Compose a new message, and type "hay". You'll see a bubble appear above the text saying "How are you?" Simply press the space bar or a punctuation mark to confirm.

Read more about how to make best use of the virtual keyboard on your iPhone.

- Turn the camera flash into a blinking alert light

Prefer to see rather than hear your iPhone's ringing? With the help of your iPhone's camera flash, you can do this just in a few taps. Simply set the LED flash for the iPhone's rear-facing camera to blink whenever a call, a text or any other iPhone events come.

• Tap Settings > General > Accessibility.
• Scroll down until you see the "LED Flash for Alerts" section, then flick the switch button On.
• Try it out by asking your friend to call your iPhone, and then you'll see the flash on the rear iPhone camera will start blinking in time to the ringer.

- Turn on Raise to Speak

It's a user-friendly feature of iPhone that brings you much convenience. You can raise your iPhone to your ear and issue commands to Siri at any time, no longer need to touch the Home button. This really makes your interaction with Siri on iPhone quite more smoothly.

Go to Settings > Tap General > Scroll down to Siri > Turn on "Raise to Speak".

- Take a screenshot

Want to take a quick snapshot of your iPhone's screen? Though it is very easy to get it done, still a number of users are confused about how to take a screenshot with their iPhone. Simply press the "Sleep/Wake" button on the top edge of your iPhone and hold the "Home button" below the screen at the same time, then release both right away. A screenshot is done. Now you can find all the screenshots in your iPhone Camera Roll.

If you want to enjoy more out of your iPhone while saving yourself time and energy, you should try these iPhone secret tips and tricks right now. Maybe you do not need all, just try the ones most helpful to you. Want to learn more iPhone tips, like the tip to make your iPhone run faster, remove junk files from your iPhone, iPad dramatically? Just leave your thoughts in the comments section!