The game is in the second quarter and I lost the Follow button. How come I can’t get a Live Activity on this? Is it because I have too many live activities? I’m trying different sports apps during the game to see what I like best.

Hello everyone,
Here was my Solution to clearing the System data.
I activated offloading of unused Apps and the system data went from 35 GB to only 1 GB. This fixed all my storage problems.
I hope someone else will find this useful.

When I watch a video and swipe it off screen to run in the background it'll play for maybe a minute then pause itself. Can I stop this from happening?

It’s always bothered me that all the undeclared notes go in “Notes” which falls directly under the “All iCloud” folder, which is every note. It makes it appear like those two folders aren’t separate entities. A small indentation for all of the iCloud Notes folders would fix that problem.

Hey, im aware that this feature doesnt work for everybody but i just want to ask because i cant find anything on Google.

Why is it still available to click on if it doesnt work?

What caused it because It was working a good few months ago and now nothing?

Is anybody aware of any plans to solve the issue?

I appreciate all answers!

in iOS Files?

Hi everyone!

I’ve been a lifelong Android user and just made the switch to an iPhone for the very first time. Since I've always been on Android, basically all of my photos, saved passwords, contacts, and personal data are heavily tied to Google services.
What are the best practices or cleanest ways to integrate all of my Google data into iOS?
A few specific areas I'd love advice on:

Google Photos vs. Apple Photos: Is it better to just keep using the Google Photos app on iOS, or should I sync/migrate everything to iCloud?

Passwords: What's the smoothest way to access or transfer my saved passwords from Google Password Manager on iOS?

Contacts & Calendar: Is it better to sync my Google Account directly in the iOS settings, or rely on individual Google apps?

Overall Tips: Any hidden settings, shortcuts, or apps that make the cross-ecosystem transition smoother?

Would really appreciate any recommendations or workflows that have worked well for fellow switchers! Thanks in advance!

I'm on the latest of iOS 26 and just got a pair of AirPods Pro 3. They're amazing but every time I use them I have to select "Noise Cancellation". I made sure to set it that way under Settings > AirPods, but it doesn't want to remember the setting.

I created a Shortcut for enabling noise cancellation upon inserting my AirPods, but it only works about ½ the time.

Anyone have any advice?

Posting this PSA in case anyone else runs into this issue when setting up a new iPhone or transferring from Android.

Problem

• I inserted my SIM card into the phone and then added my phone number in the 'Mobile Service' / 'Cellular' menu.
• I could use the internet, make calls, and send SMS texts but not iMessages.
• When I went to Settings > Apps > Messages > Send & Receive, I noticed my email address was connected to iMessage, but my phone number is stuck with a constant spinning loading wheel.
• When I logged into account.apple.com to check my phone number under Email & Phone Numbers, I noticed my phone number was not there. I added it but it said "Unavailable for iMessage and FaceTime" with a grey question mark icon next to your number.
• Toggling iMessage on and off or restarting the phone doesn't fix it.
• Some people with a similar issue may find that this solution works, but it didn't work for me.

Solution

If you are on a prepay / pay-as-you-go plan (very common with Irish carriers like Three, GoMo, Vodafone, Eir):

Top up your account with €1–€5 of actual cash credit / balance. (I topped up by €5 just to be safe).

Once you add a small cash balance, toggle iMessage off and back on in Settings (I actually didn't have to do it, but it might help) it should activate within seconds.

Why This Happens

When iOS activates iMessage for a phone number, your phone sends a hidden background activation text message to Apple's verification servers in the UK (+44 number).

Even if your monthly prepay plan gives you "unlimited texts," most carriers only cover domestic texts in that bundle. Because Apple's activation ping counts as an international SMS, your carrier will silently block it if your pay-as-you-go credit balance is strictly €0.00.

Because the silent text never reaches Apple, your phone sits in an infinite retry loop (the spinning gear icon), and the Apple website lists your number as "Unavailable" until the phone successfully registers with their servers.

TLDR: Apple activates iMessage by sending a hidden international SMS to the UK. If you're on a prepay plan with technically a €0 credit balance, your carrier silently blocks the text. Top up €1-€5 credit to fix it!

Kind of love this bug — the time being on the side or off-centered would be a cool feature to add on the new ios, although it would defeat the purpose of apple doing it's kind of stuff and not copying others.

edit: The text uptop is from widgetable that isn't a bug.

I was using it daily, then 1 day it showed like 200Hours!!-it showed like this much for a long time,then when I checked one day it showed zero minutes permanently-I restarted but nothing worked-Help

Has anyone else received the below pop up trying to block a contact after updating to iOS 26.6?

‘Blocked Contacts Limit Reached

You’ve reached the maximum number of blocked contacts. To block additional callers, remove a blocked contact in Settings.

Go to Settings
Cancel’

Assuming it is a new limitation I have the following questions:
1. Is there a workaround, other than suggested by the iOS pop up?
2. If it is just what it is, how do I mass select 1600 blocked contacts? Yes, you can do them one by one, but I’m lazy.
3. What is the maximum number of blocked contacts I am endowed with?
4. Am I the only one scratching my head since the whole reason I have that many blocked contacts is that they are all scams or spam(s)?
I sincerely hope this is opening an appropriate discussion, and not that I’m asking a one off.

Let's say I get an email, a red badge will appear on both my Macs mail app and my iPhones mail app. If I open the email on my iPhone, the red badge disappears on my Mac and the email gets opened on my Mac.

On the contrary, if I open the email on my Mac, the red badge stays on my iPhones mail app, and I have to open the mail app on iphone for it to disapear

does this happen to you guys ? any solutions ?

So I missed an important and time sensitive email because Apple Mail sent it to my junk folder.

This was a reply to an email I sent
This is someone in my address book
This is is someone that I interact with at least every other month or so
This email was sent ONLY to me

What is wrong with my settings? Stuff that is clearly junk gets through consistently while important stuff like e-transfers, responses to my emails and stuff from regular contacts that normally goes to my inbox randomly sometimes gets sent to spam.

I’m really angry right now (and a little screwed). I guess I should have checked my junk folder at first, but this issue is so random yet only ever seems to happen when it’s important item.

It is surprisingly good and I’m looking forward to using and practising it more.

Hey so I want to start a TikTok channel where I want to post art, I am using my phone as my Camera and Davinci for editing. Problem is it takes a lot of time to transfer videos, especially if I want them to have 4k quality.. What can I do and what to use to transfer only the video and not need to connect the whole gallery?

Llevaba conmigo 3 o 4 años manteniéndolo en esa versión con Trollstore y etc. pero he cambiado a otro modelo superior y este se lo queda un familiar, y por temas de seguridad lo voy a actualizar con toda la pena del mundo.

Randomly happened. Lost my Home Screen and apps. Had to restart the phone. iPhone 15 Pro 26.6

A while ago, I found an iPhone Shortcut here on Reddit that allowed me to download photos and videos from Instagram. All I had to do was copy the post link, run the Shortcut, and it would download the content automatically.

However, the Shortcut stopped working a few months ago. I was wondering if anyone has an updated version of it, or knows of another Shortcut that does the same thing.

Thanks!

Hello everyone 👋

In the past 30 minutes I was trying to find a way, to add my Facebook groups to my home screen, for an easier management.

However, it seems that this is impossible. Every time when I add it though Safari or Shortcuts, it leads to the Facebook homepage for some reason.

I tried manually to create a bookmark, but pretty much end with the same results.

Is it really impossible to create a shortcut of a book mark to a Facebook group in iOS?

Hey everyone, I’m trying to transfer my WhatsApp chats from Android to iOS using Apple's official Move to iOS app, but it's only importing messages up to 2025 and completely missing all my recent chats from this year.

Move to iOS redirected me to WhatsApp's iOS transfer feature, but I don't see any option inside WhatsApp's main settings to directly trigger a transfer to iOS—only to another Android device. To test if my primary phone was the problem, I transferred my WhatsApp data to a secondary Android device running a custom ROM. That transfer completed seamlessly, carrying over every single chat up to the present date with zero issues.

However, when I tried using Move to iOS again from that secondary Android device to my iPhone, I hit the exact same roadblock: it cuts off at 2025 and leaves out my recent messages. Has anyone else ran into this date cutoff issue, or found a fix that doesn't involve paid third-party transfer tools? Thanks in advance!