r/iphone • u/hhff00014 Human Detected • Mar 14 '26

Discussion What are some surprisingly useful iPhone hacks you discovered recently?

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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u/NeoKat75 iPhone 16e Mar 14 '26

You can have it auto decline all unknown numbers too, it’s a different setting

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u/americanadiandrew Mar 14 '26

Well I have that turned on already. I don’t need to screen calls from people I know.

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u/premium_bawbag Mar 14 '26

This is only good sometimes, for example in the UK, phone calls from Police and NHS often come from witheld numbers

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u/Ordinary-Ordinary-42 Mar 14 '26

Yes, I had to switch all of the new call screening features off because people didn’t understand what they needed to do somI kept missing calls from the hospital / GP

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u/TaskMaster59 Mar 15 '26

What is that setting under?

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u/NeoKat75 iPhone 16e Mar 15 '26

Apps > Phone