iPhone User Guide
- iPhone User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Supported iPhone models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change sounds and vibrations
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Make screen items more reachable
- Search with iPhone
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPhone
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- Calculator
- Compass
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Weather
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- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your car’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
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- Restart iPhone
- Force restart iPhone
- Update iOS
- Back up iPhone
- Return iPhone settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPhone
- Erase all content and settings
- Restore iPhone to factory settings
- Install or remove configuration profiles
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Manage incoming calls on iPhone
In the Phone app , you can answer, silence, or decline an incoming call. You can respond with a text or remind yourself to return the call.
You can also avoid unwanted calls by blocking certain callers and sending unknown and spam callers directly to voicemail.
![The incoming call screen. There are two rows of button near the bottom. In the first row, from left to right, are the Remind Me and Message buttons. In the second row, from left to right, are the Decline and Accept buttons.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FE0946226D7189D62A/en_US/693cd9ac08c9f9d1ecf9c2b0bde759d2.png)
Answer a call
Do one of the following:
Tap Accept, or drag the slider (if iPhone is locked).
On your EarPods, press the center button.
Tip: You can have iPhone announce all calls or just those you receive while you’re using headphones or using Bluetooth in your car. Go to Settings > Phone > Announce Calls.
Silence a call
Press the side button or Sleep/Wake button (depending on your model) or either volume button.
You can still answer a silenced call until it goes to voicemail.
Decline a call and send it directly to voicemail
Do one of the following:
If iPhone is unlocked, tap Decline.
If iPhone is locked, press the side button or Sleep/Wake button (depending on your model) twice quickly.
To be reminded to return the call, tap Remind Me, then choose when you want to be reminded.
To respond with a text message instead of answering, tap Message, then choose a reply or tap Custom.
To create your own default replies, go to Settings
> Phone > Respond with Text, then tap any default message and replace it with your own text.
Note: In some countries or regions, declined calls are disconnected without being sent to voicemail.
Set up call forwarding or call waiting (GSM)
Go to Settings
> Phone.
Tap any of the following:
Call Forwarding:
appears in the status bar when call forwarding is on. You must be in range of the cellular network when you set iPhone to forward calls, or calls won’t be forwarded.
On models with Dual SIM, choose a line.
Call Waiting: If you’re on a call and call waiting is turned off, incoming calls go directly to voicemail.
On models with Dual SIM, call waiting works only for incoming calls on the same line, unless the other line has Wi-Fi calling enabled and a data connection is available. See Set up cellular service on iPhone.
For CDMA accounts, contact your carrier for information about enabling and using these features.
For information about conditional call forwarding (if available from your carrier) when the line is busy or not in service, contact your carrier for setup information.
Avoid unwanted calls
Block unwanted callers: In Favorites, Recents, or Voicemail, tap
to see a caller’s contact card, then tap Block this Caller. Or go to Settings
> Phone > Blocked Contacts. You don’t receive voice calls, FaceTime calls, or text messages from blocked callers.
Send unknown and spam callers to voicemail: Go to Settings
> Phone, then turn on Silence Unknown Callers. You receive notifications only for calls from phone numbers in your contacts, phone numbers you recently called, and phone numbers sent to you in email or text messages.