5 Tips for Enhancing iPhone’s Privacy & Security

In this digital information age, consumers would pay more attention to the privacy and security of their mobile devices which would attach their social account, private photos, private messages, etc. For iPhone users, the privacy information would include the information security iCloud and Apple ID. Now, we will give some tips for iPhone users to keep alert to keep their information safe.

1. Open “Find My iPhone”
Find My iPhone feature helps iPhone users to protect their iPhone. iPhone users can sign in to iCloud.com or go to the Find My iPhone apps to play a sound or lock your iPhone and track your iPhone. If you have no idea how to find your iPhone, you can remotely erase all of information to keep your data safe.
You can go to your Home screen, tap Settings > iCloud. If you’re asked to sign in, enter your Apple ID. And then scroll to the bottom and tap Find My iPhone. Slide to turn on Find My iPhone and Send Last Location.

2. Turn on “Limit Ad Tracking”
This feature can provide users with more advertising based on the users’ location, reading history, etc. Most users don’t need to this feature, so they can choose to open the “Limit Ad Tracking”, which can automatically block third-party application to get the phone's cookies in order to keep the privacy of personal information safe.
For iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch users, they can go to Settings > Privacy > Advertising and turn on Limit Ad Tracking.

3. Control Apps Access to Contacts
On iOS 8 and iOS 9, users can control which apps can access to data saved on your devices by going to Setting > Privacy. To protect your contacts on iOS, you have better not allow the apps you which you don’t trust to access contacts. You can open Settings, then go to “Privacy”, tap on “Contacts” to see the list of applications that have requested access to the address book. Toggle the switch to OFF or ON for apps that you do or do not want to have access to Contacts information.

4. Don’t Use Safari AutoFill
With Safari AutoFill, Safari can automatically fill in information on websites like passwords, credit cards, and more. If you want to change AutoFill settings, you can go to Setting > Safari > Preferences, then click AutoFill. If you don’t want to use it, you can go to Setting > Safari > Password & Autofill. Turn off the information that you don’t want to save in Safari or certain website.

5. Disable Frequent Location on iPhone
The Frequent Location allows the system to track and display the address you go, when you go and how long you have stayed there. You can also turn it off by going to Setting > Privacy > Location Services > Frequent Locations and then toggle off the Frequent Locations.

If you still think your data is not safe, you can use FonePaw iOS Transfer to backup your iPhone from time to time so that you can restore data from backup when you lose some important data on your device. This tool can also help iOS users to manage their data like music, videos, playlists, photos, SMS, contacts and more. For example, you can use it to add, export, import and transfer photos from iPhone to computer. All in all, hope you enjoy using iPhone with these tips.

How to Force Refresh App Store on iOS Devices

Maybe you have encountered this problem - you want to find an app update version, but you cannot find it on App Store. Sometimes, you open the App Store, but you can’t see any app there for a long time. Unfortunately, App Store has no refresh button, You need to force close the app and refresh it to see if there has new update version. But there’s an even easier trick to refresh the App Store. And it works on iOS 8 or later.

How to Force Refresh App Store on iOS Devices with A Few Taps

Step 1: Launch App Store on Your Device;

Step 2: Tap one of the bottom taps repeatedly (like Featured, Top Charts, Explore, Purchased, or Updates) for about 10 times or more;

Step 3: After the 10th tap, the App Store will refresh as the screen of the iPhone or iPad goes white and wait a minute, it will reload the data.

This tip originally discovered by iDownloadblog and it works exactly as described. So we hope the trick can help you too.

This is the FonePaw iOS Transfer topic. And we are going to publish some tips for iPhone, iPad or iPod users to manage their data. If you have any tip and tricks, please leave a comment below and let us know.

Apple Releases iOS 9.2 - Update iPhone Safely

Apple has updated the official version of iOS 9.2 for the iPhone recently, I think it’s a great improvement, which has added a number of features.

The iOS 9.2 update file size is about 270MB. And iOS 9.2 version has added these features:
1. Improve Apple Music playlists and allows users to save song offline. The classical music catalog in Apple Music has been improved with works, composers, and performers;
2. Add the Mail Drop for mail which can can send large attachments up to 5GB in size;
3. iBooks supports 3D Touch, which allows users to peek and pop into pages from the table of contents, notes and bookmarks, or search results with force press gestures;
4. Add the new function - "USB Camera Adapter", which means that by the Apple Lightning Flanagan connected USB cable, you can directly import photos from camera or U disk to iPhone (this function requires at least iPhone 5 or later models).

5. Add NumberSync service, which is an expansion of Wi-Fi calling.
iPhone Users running iOS 9.2 can open the iPhone, go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling. And then tap on “Add Wi-Fi Calling For Other Devices”, agree to the terms and conditions, and Wi-Fi Calling will be enabled for other devices tied to your iCloud account.

In addition, iOS 9.2 also fixes a lot of bug. The update change log has 4 pages. This update will solve some small problems which troubled most of iPhone users. For example, take music when listening to music and then return to music which cannot continue to play anymore.

The update is currently available to all users with an iPhone 4s or later models and can be downloaded over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. But jailbreak users don’t update the system directly; otherwise the iPhone will not start when you restart it.

You could have a look at this detailed guide:
Upgrade to iOS 9 without Losing Any Data

Another important note: Make sure you have backed iPhone well before updating. You can still use FonePaw iOS Transfer to help you backup important data on iPhone safely.

iPhone Has Become Popular Camera

Recently, Flickr announced their "Annual Review" report, which select camera products that the most people used to upload and share up to the Flickr platform over the past 12-month period. Without on doubt, iPhone comes with the first. The top five are arranged sequentially would be: iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, Samsung Galaxy S5, iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 5. There is no Digital Single Lens Reflex at the top five names.

So we may think of the report published by the Yahoo of 2015 recently. The report said that the noun of iPhone 6 was searched most times at the category of science and technology. And even Windows 10 is ranked in behind it. Flickr is one of the units of Yahoo, so the two reports could have certain association. But iPhone has become a popular camera equipment in 2015, whether the new iPhone’s configurations can compete with the rivals or not.

2010, iPhone became the most popular photo-sharing camera equipment on Flickr, which has kept top-ranked up to now. The most popular camera on Flickr was the models of the iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, and then turned the iPhone 4s to iPhone 5, and then to iPhone 6 today.

Managing iPhone photos can be an urgent need for iPhone users. The FonePaw iOS Transfer is just dedicated to solving this problem. iPhone Transfer is particularly designed to add, export, delete data on iPhone/iPad/iPod. Here is an example of how to transfer photos from iPhone to computer and you could have a look.

Losing Data While Restoring iPhone 6s/6s Plus

Every year it will appear some different problems when Apple Inc. launches new iPhone model and this year are iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Recently, some iPhone users said they encountered some annoying problems when they restoring their data. Some parts of iPhone 6s users said they lost data when restoring data from old iPhone to new iPhone. Some parts of iPhone 6s users said they lost their health data and Safari history when restoring data from iCloud.

They have no idea what led to the loss of data. Some iPhone users pointed to the new system - iOS 9. When they recovered data from an old iPhone which is running a new system (iOS 9.0.1 or iOS 9. 1), the situation of data loss happened. Some iPhone users blamed it on the annoying iCloud service. In fact, some iPhone users really don’t like the iCloud and iTunes service. These tools can be the trouble makers.

So please remember the important note: backup iPhone from time to time. If you don't trust iCloud service, you can definitely trust FonePaw iOS Transfer. It allows you to backup iPhone safely. And if you already lost your important data on iPhone, you can also use FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery to recover your data like Safari history, contacts, notes and more from iPhone.

How to Set the Whole Song as Ringtone on iPhone

As we all know, the iPhone ringtone can be made with iTunes. But the ringtone must be limited to 40s and most iPhone users think it’s too short to be a ringtone. Most users also have asked me how to set the whole song as ringtone on iPhone. I don’t like use iTunes either, which needs users to convert the format of the song into the format of ringtone - mr4 manually. I think it’s too complicated to operate, let alone manage my data on iPhone. So I would turn to use FonePaw iOS Transfer to help me manage data on my iPhone. It allows users to transfer, add or delete data like music, videos, photos, contacts, text messages and more on iPhone. And it can also export data from iPhone to PC or import data from computer to iPhone. So this software can be an iPhone ringtone maker which allows you to transfer the whole song into ringtone from computer to iPhone. And the free trial version of FonePaw supports this function. So you can give it a shot freely.

Firstly, you can install and launch the free trial version of FonePaw iOS Transfer on your computer, and then connect your iPhone to computer.

Secondly, Click “Media” on the memo at left sidebar. Then you can see the detailed category on the top of the interface like Music, Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, Podcasts, iTunes U, Ringtones, Audio Books and Voice Memos. So you just need to select “Ringtones” here.

Thirdly, Click “Add” to select a song you want to be ringtone on your iPhone. Then the software will transfer the format automatically.

Now you can set the songs as ringtone by going to Setting > Sounds > Ringtones, select the song to be ringtone. Of course, other functions of the software you can also give it a try. Hope you enjoy it.

Create Sketch With 3D Touch In Notes of iPhone 6s/6s Plus

“Create a sketch” is the new feature of iOS 9. With this function, you can quickly start a sketch using the pencil, marker, or pen tool to capture an idea or plan. You can also switch to the eraser if you make a mistake. Note that the sketching feature is available with upgraded notes on iPhone 5 and later.

3D Touch is a new feature of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Make sure the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus users can make full use of this new feature, here is a practical tip - how to create sketch in Note with 3D Touch.

Firstly, on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, you can press the Notes app on the home screen to get a quick actions menu - New Note, New Photo or New Sketch. You can choose New Sketch to create a sketch.
You can also press a note in the notes list to get a peek; press a little deeper to open it or press a note in the notes list to preview it, swipe up, then tap Share or Delete.

Then you can use different drawing tools to create a sketch you want. Just tap a drawing tool to use it. On iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, you can press a little deeper as you draw, the pencil and marker will leave a darker line, and the pen tool leaves a wider line. If you want to earse them, you can press a little deeper as you erase, and the area you erase will increased.

Now do you know how to use it well? Just give it a shot. Besides, if you lose or delete your important notes by accident, you can use FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery to help you recover deleted notes on iPhone.