What are some surprisingly useful iPhone hacks you discovered recently?
By SwiftMaker899 · QUESTION · About iPhone 17 Pro
Recently discovered that you can connect an external SSD / hard drive directly to an iPhone and access it from the Files app.
I tried it with a USB + cpin converter SSD and it worked instantly — no app, nothing. Felt like suddenly my phone had unlimited storage.
It made me wonder how many other small iPhone tricks people use in day-to-day life that most users don’t know.
Curious to know —
What are some underrated iPhone hacks that genuinely improved your daily workflow?
Could be productivity, photography, automation, hidden features, anything.
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NeonFlux225: When you’re wishing to draw/markup on a photo, hold your finger down on what you drew and it will be a perfect shape.
For example, draw a circle on a photo and keep holding with your finger and the circle will be perfectly round.
Other examples are lines, arrows, hearts, ovals, squares, etc.
SwiftMaker899: Hold the plus button in an iMessage conversation to open photo library and skip the menu.
ThunderPulse5561: 1) background sounds. Your phone can generate white noise, falling rain, babbling water, whatever and add it to whatever you’re listening to or play by itself. It’s in control panel.
2) emulation. You can easily emulate things like the n64 and older on your phone. Last flight I took I brought a sm
ShadowSpark326: iPhone has enhanced call screening that asks the unknown caller who they are and what they want. You can even see the conversation transcribed in realtime and decide to accept it or not. This has basically defeated call scammers for me.
ShadowVibe354: Screenshot a QR code and open it in photos. The link to the code will be clickable. All without having to use your camera on someone else’s device.
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