How to hide text messages on your iPhone 5

To hide texts on your iPhone 5, just follow the easy steps below: From the iPhone home screen, open the Settings app. Once inside the app, scroll down and select Messages. Now if you receive a text, only the sender's name will appear on the screen. To see the full text contents now you can either slide the icon or go directly to the Messages app.

How to save battery life by managing Notifications on the iPhone 5

Go into your settings and you'll find Notifications just underneath Do Not Disturb. From there, you can manage the types of notifications you want to get from certain apps. Do you really need your screen to turn on and your device to notify you every time someone replies to a tweet on Twitter? Turn off the "View on lock screen" feature for apps that can wait. It'll save you a headache and battery life since your display won't be turning on every single time you get a notification from every app that supports push notifications.

How to insert images into your email on the iPhone 5

You can either share directly from your Photos app, but what if you're composing an email and you decide you want to throw an image into the body? Simply go into your photos app, and in gallery view, click the edit button on the upper right. Select the image or images you want and click copy. Go back into your email, press and hold in the body where you want to insert the images, and select "paste."

How to search for text within a Web page on the iPhone 5

Looking for a word or phrase in a Web page like Wikipedia or a news article? Simply type in the word or phrase you're looking for in the search bar on the upper right, and scroll down past the related search terms to see if the word or phrase appears on the page. It will also tell you how many times it appears on the page. Click on the word or phrase and it will shoot you to it on the Web page, highlighted in yellow. Click the forward or back arrows to cycle through the other sections of the Web page where the word or phrase appears.

How to save a Web page to your home screen on the iPhone 5

When you're on the page you want to access quickly from your home screen, tap the arrow button on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen. A list of options will come up; select "Add to Home Screen." Now you'll have an icon on your home screen that will take you straight to that Web page. This is useful for Google Maps (simply go to maps.google.com in your browser) if you hate Apple Maps.

How to save a Web page to your home screen on the iPhone 5

When you're on the page you want to access quickly from your home screen, tap the arrow button on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen. A list of options will come up; select "Add to Home Screen." Now you'll have an icon on your home screen that will take you straight to that Web page. This is useful for Google Maps (simply go to maps.google.com in your browser) if you hate Apple Maps.

To launch various Factory Tests

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  • *#*#0*#*#* - LCD test
  • *#*#0673#*#* OR *#*#0289#*#* - Melody test
  • *#*#0842#*#* - Device test (Vibration test and Back Light test)
  • *#*#2663#*#* - Touch screen version
  • *#*#2664#*#* - Touch screen test
  • *#*#0588#*#* - Proximity sensor test
  • *#*#3264#*#* - RAM version

How to lock and unlock screen orientation on the iPhone 5

If you want the screen to stay in portrait mode while you're lying down in bed or on the grass at a picnic, simply double tap your home button to bring up the system tray. Swipe the tray to the left and you'll see the orientation lock at the far left. Simply tap it to turn it on or off! If you need a little help from Apple's digital assistant, simply press and hold the home button for a few seconds and you'll see Siri's microphone pop up. Tell her to set a calendar event for you or to set an alarm. You can even have Siri reserve tables at restaurants or give you movie times and reviews. If you're unsure what you can ask Siri, simply press the little "i" when the microphone pops up.

How to create app folders

It's great that the iPhone 5 has so many apps you can add to it but it can be a pain to organize once you've downloaded a ton. Luckily, the iPhone 5 makes it very simple to organize your apps into folders. To create folders for your apps on the iPhone 5, simply long-press on an app and then drag it onto another app. You'll then dive into the folder and you can rename it by tapping where the letters are. You can add up to nine apps into a single folder and with iOS 7, you'll be able to add an unlimited number of apps.

Enable Automatic Dictonary in Iphone 5

There is a dictionary built into iOS that you can use to look up definitions at almost any time. If you see a word you don't recognize in Safari, for example, tap and hold on it. One of the options that will pop up is "Define".

Creating ScreenShot For Iphone5 within

You can create an image of your iPhone's screen at any point. Press down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and a screenshot will be saved in the Images app.

LED Flash for Alerts For Iphone 5s

ED to flash to silently notify you of an incoming call or an alarm going off, a standard feature on most off this device's competitors. Actually it does: the camera flash can be set to take care this task. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > LED Flash for Alerts.

To get Firmware version information

  • *#*#4986*2650468#*#* - PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate
  • *#*#1234#*#* - PDA and Phone
  • *#*#1111#*#* - FTA SW Version
  • *#*#2222#*#* - FTA HW Version
  • *#*#44336#*#* - PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Change list number

WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth Test Codes


   *#*#232339#*#*

   OR *#*#526#*#* OR *#*#528#*#*     -

WLAN test (Use "Menu" button to stat

various tests)

   *#*#232338#*#*                  - Shows Wi-Fi MAC address

   *#*#1472365#*#*                - GPS test

   *#*#1575#*#*                     - Another GPS test

   *#*#232331#*#*                  - Bluetooth test

   *#*#232337#*#                    - Shows Bluetooth device address

Get into Service Mode in Android Phone

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This code can be used to enter into Service mode. You can run various tests and change settings in the service mode.