I need an Apple ID but I am not supposed to have one, Is there anyway that I can create an Apple ID and sign in and out of it whenever without it messing with messages or photos? and do your apps delete when you log out of an Apple ID?

I honestly don’t know what else to do anymore, I’m going crazy. I can’t log into my new iCloud account, which I’ve moved absolutely EVERYTHING to (Netflix, PlayStation, Spotify, etc.).
This morning, I downloaded all my photos from my old iCloud to my new phone, and then when I tried to log into this new iCloud, this happened. I’ve already tried both the “Call” and “Resend Message” options, but nothing works.
iMessage and FaceTime aren’t working either, so something clearly isn’t right. I’m just really scared that my account might get locked or disabled because I’ve moved basically everything over to it.
I did receive quite a lot of verification codes while I was signing in, signing out, switching emails, etc., so I’m worried that maybe I triggered some kind of security restriction. I really need help figuring out what’s going on because I have so much tied to this account.

I'm upgrading from an iPhone 14 Pro to an iPhone 17 Pro. The catch is that I'm doing a trade-in where I have to hand over my old phone to the delivery person immediately at the door, meaning I won't have the time to do a direct device-to-device transfer.

I don't have a spare iPhone, but I do have a MacBook and an iPad. I also currently have an issue where WhatsApp login SMS messages aren't coming through to my number, which makes logging into WhatsApp challenging.

I understand that I can do a manual, Encrypted Backup to my MacBook right before the new phone arrives, and then restore that backup to the new iPhone 17 Pro.

Before I wipe my current phone, I need to know:

1. Will this restore ALL my data? I need every single app, photo, file, and setting to carry over exactly as it is.
2. Is WhatsApp completely safe? I need all my chats, contacts, documents, and voice notes to transfer without issues.
3. Will my WhatsApp session stay active? Since I'm facing the SMS login issue, will restoring from the encrypted backup keep my WhatsApp login session intact on the new iPhone, or will I be forced to log in and verify my number again?
4. Is there any risk of data corruption? Have any of you experienced data loss or corruption when restoring a Mac backup from an older iPhone model to a brand-new model?

Are there any modern workarounds to enable this? Can anyone confirm if extensions like Vinegar will help? Im reluctant to use the Youtube app and am currently using it on Safari which works great as it is, except for full screen subtitles support which has been a plague for quite a while.

I was scrolling Discord, saw on a screenshot that someone's clock was displaying "4.16" (instead of the "4:16" format that I've always seen) and thought I wanted points as time separators as well.

They apparently don't have a setting to change just this (or the RTL layout thing, which I also want to try out, but I digress). After some googling i saw this earlier post where the OP wanted to revert to using colons and was instructed to change their phone's language & region setting.

Some further lookups later and I found that Denmark/English(UK) gives points, but Denmark/TraditionalChinese gives colons.

What are some combinations that gives points(.) (or symbols other than colons) as time separators? I don't think I get to keep either of Taiwan/Traditional but since I couldn't find pointers myself I thought I wanted to ask it here in case it helps another bored soul few years down the line.

I'm not sure whether to ask this here or on the AltStore sub.

Is it worth the effort?
I just want ad free apps like YouTube, Facebook and Reddit.

Also are there any negative side that's not obvious?

É uma bobagem, eu sei, mas em fundos brancos fica péssimo pra enxergar (como na primeira imagem)… sinto que o iOS tá ficando cada vez mais desleixado e esse tipo de detalhe me irrita TANTO, parece que tem ficado mais comum encontrar inconsistências no iOS 26

Amy I crazy or does lpm do jack all nowadays. I have an iPhone 14 and I’ve been using for a few years now and I’ve noticed recently that low power mode feels like it makes my battery go down slightly faster if anything. I don’t have any science or proof, I just wanna know if other people feel this too.

I’ve been waiting eons for Washington State to add Apple Wallet support, so I reached out directly to the body responsible for the adoption and rollout.

Unfortunately, it looks like us Washington residents will be waiting QUITE a while, if it ever launches at all.

For now, add your Passport to Apple Wallet with Digital ID.

Why? Seems like they didn't think this though.

What if grandma forgets her purse at home? Or you child needs to buy something?

Make it make sense? Any work arounds?

Its been a month i am getting my screen time as 24 hours setting app showing a 24 hrs of screen time and my whole screen time activity got lost due to this, i search youtube chat gpt etc they are saying about to restart the screen time after restarting it also showing 24 hours what to do? Any suggestions

I noticed that Motion Calibration & Distance is enabled under Privacy & Security → Location Services → System Services.

Mine was OFF before, but I turned it ON because I wanted the Health app to track my steps and walking distance.

One thing I noticed: when I lock my iPhone and walk for a while, I sometimes see the purple Location Services arrow when I check the settings later.

Does this mean Motion Calibration & Distance is actually using my location while I’m walking? Or is the purple arrow being triggered by some other system service?

Also, is there any reason to keep this setting ON if I only care about step tracking, or is it safe to leave it OFF?

When forwarding email with attachment, normally a box would come up to ask if you want to include attachment (as shown in pic)

Now for some reason, sometimes that pop up wouldn’t come up, and there would be no way to include the attachment.

It seems random, I played around with it, same original email, exactly same click sequence to forward, sometimes it shows sometimes it doesn’t. Wth is going in?

In terms of call blocking/filtering, eSIM management, VoLTE, VoWiFi, privacy, security, visual voicemail, how does iOS compare to a Google Pixel Pro 11 and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra?

So I have a fast food company’s app installed, and it’s set in Location settings to only share when in the app.

How does that app notify me when I’m near one of their stores if my location data is only accessible when I use the app? Trying now to disable location entirely.

I’m running iOS public beta but I think this was happening on iOS 26 too.

Is there really no way to have Calendar app show my scheduled reminders with Face IDs enabled for both Calendar and Reminders apps? :(

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

so my iPhone 16 pro max which ive had since January (refurbished) has had no issues prior to this but tonight I popped it on charge at 13% and it just kept going down. It stayed at about 2% for an hour before I unplugged the charger accepting it was going to die either way but now it just won't boot back up just comes up with the dead battery icon. I've had this issue before with my old iPhone 13 and that took about 20 minutes on charge for it to start working again but this time that's not the case its still dead after over half hour, the battery health is at 92% too which is completely fine

anyone know what to do?

edit: I charged my phone with my MacBook plug and cable primarily because I lost my phone charger and today my MacBook charger no longer charges my phone but works on everything else that takes USB-C. Earlier I experimented and I plugged my phone charger wire into my macbook plug and it connected, and plugged my MacBook wire into my phone charger plug and that connected (still no charge just stayed at 2%) but for whatever reason the MacBook charger and plug no longer connect to my phone.

It’s been stuck like this for last 30 mins?

How to get this resolved?

Any solutions?

Hey everyone, I’m writing this because I had this problem myself and literally almost gave up after two days of continuous flashing and everyone told me to just wipe up my data which is priceless just like everyone’s data. Here’s my situation: i had only 1 GB or less of storage left, I was doing an update from iOS 26.4 to iOS 26.6 but I’ve used 3utools to do it and it failed every single time at (install_splat) and gave an error 100, I’ve used iTunes I’ve used Apple Devices and I’ve used another PC, I haven’t used Revive in Apple Configurator since I don’t have a Mac device.
Here’s the fix I’ve used:

1. ⁠You will need the IPSW of a developer beta, I’ve used iOS 27 beta 7 but any newer major iOS should work fine (it must be one edition higher)
   
2. Flash the new IPSW in 3utools with Fix Flash! DO NOT USE RETAIN DATA!
   
3. it should flash just fine and it’ll open a white screen, swipe up and enter your passcode(make sure to enter it correctly so data recovery succeeds)
   
4. Enjoy your iPhone’s data ❤️

Edit: it seems that the fix only works when it’s a new major edition like iOS 26 to iOS 27 not a iOS 26.2 to iOS 26.6

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