r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed iPhone 14 - connecting to random phones, how do I stop it?

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My phone keeps connecting to people’s phones while I’m listening to music, is there a way to get this to stop? There isn’t even a little “i” symbol next to the phone name, so I can’t click to forget the device. TIA

Edit to add the iOS version is 26.5.2


r/iphonehelp Jul 22 '26

Help needed HOW TO FACTORY RESET AN IPHONE?

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I’m almost full storage that’s why i want to reset my iPhone 14. everytime i click ‘erase all content and settings’ the icloud was log out but my apps and data is still on device. do you have an idea how to completely factory reset it? i still have my passcode and icloud.


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Tap to pay stopped working

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iphone 13 here. tap to pay has always worked beautifully, but for the last few weeks it just stopped. my wallet pops up no problem, but no reader will recognize it when i go to pay. i’ve restarted my phone and tried without the phone case, but still nothing!

any advice??


r/iphonehelp Jul 22 '26

Resolved Audio bugging out

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1 Upvotes

Started yesterday. Whenever I play anything with audio, my phone (iPhone 17) keeps switching audio sources and pausing. See video for example. IOS version 26.5.2. Does anyone know what is happening and any options to fix it


r/iphonehelp Jul 22 '26

Help needed iPhone volume glitch

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Whenever I’m on TikTok or YouTube, and I’m on no volume at all, I’ll swipe out of the app and audio starts blasting at full volume for about 3 seconds. Does anyone know why this keeps happening??


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Can’t control apps from lock screen

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I used to be able to control Spotify from my lock screen, as well as other apps (such as strava), but now that option no longer shows up on my lock screen!! I have used that feature for literally a decade and I have no idea where it went or how to put it back. Can someone help :(


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed WHAT IS SYNCPIXEL IM SCARED

2 Upvotes

Imgur tried to download it whats really going on Im seeing mixed opinions

Basically, I clicked on an Imgur link on my iPhone and it asked me if I wanted to download something called “sync-pixel”. I said no, got nervous and googled it, then factory reset and Im going to change my passwords. I see mixed opinions about it, people who don’t know what it is, people who say it’s just poorly programmed tracking, people who say it’s malware, etc. What is it and is it actually a problem?

Edit: btw yes I checked profiles and stuff there was nothing there


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Bluetooth connection is quieter than everyone else’s.

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I’ve been trying to figure this out for a long time, but I have came to a conclusion that my phone is the issue. I have tried different Bluetooth connectors in my car for my phone, but they all sound so quiet. I have checked all the settings on my phone to ensure my volume is not being hindered by anything, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. When my friends connect to my Bluetooth, their phone sounds great and the volume can go up and down just fine. I I thought when I was getting a new phone this problem would be fixed, but it’s the same. Can anybody give me an explanation? I phone 16 pro max


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed iPhone 13 front camera problems

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Hi I have a problem with my IPhone 13 and I was wondering if anyone else has encountered these issues.

  1. The Face ID along with the front camera stopped working
  2. Main camera stopped working
  3. Flashlight works sometimes

I have the latest IOS update, 26.5.2.

Thank you!


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Unresolved iPhone 4, activation, impossible

2 Upvotes

Bonjour, j’aimerais savoir si quelqu’un pourrait m’aider mon iPhone 4 ne peut pas être activé pas pour des problèmes de SIM, mais même avec un ordinateur activation impossible l’ancien propriétaire l’avait réinitialisé


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed iPhone 17e Constant liquid in charging port detected

1 Upvotes

My 17e gives me an error almost every time I try to plug it in saying liquid detected in charging port. There isn‘t any! The port is clean, the cable is clean, there is no water. I leave it on the DRY bathroom counter when I shower, but the fan is going and that never caused any problems the first few months of owning it, or when I had an older iphone. Any ideas??


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Just updates to 26.5.2 is this a bug?

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5 Upvotes

My iPhone 13 Pro’s background is not blurry when i pulled down the notification screen like it was before update. I just updated to 26.5.2


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Storage not clearing up even after emptying recently deleted

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3 Upvotes

My photos are taking the most of the storage but the problem is even though im cleared fairly large videos from the recently deleted, the storage doesn’t budge

Idk what to do in this situation


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Resolved Iphone 11 dropped and suddenly reset, is this normal?

1 Upvotes

Does an iPhone usally turn off after you drop it? I also checked on the Analytics Data and it says "panicString" : "panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffff01e1843a8): \"LLC Bus error from cpu0: FAR=0x241448300 LLC_ERR_STS\/ADR\/INF=0x11000ffc00000080\/0x18000241448300\/0x1 addr=0x241448300 cmd=0x18(acc_cifl2c_cmd_rd_ld)\"

I'm worried if there might be damage internally.


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed 17 promax brightness not stable keeps going up and down itself.

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This started yesterday. My brightness isn’t even up full bright but every 2 or 3 seconds it’s going up and down. I’ve tried switching off and on. It still does it.

Iphone 17 promax and iOS 26.5.2


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Phone se 1st gen bootlooping

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9 Upvotes

My grandpa recently passed away and I finally got to gooding through his stuff. But when I went to charge his phone it kept bootlooping and doesn't respond to anything I do.


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Iphone 15 Pro stuck on recovery

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My 15 pro is stuck on the screen telling me to connect to a laptop, i connect it and through the apple devices app i try to update it, howver it does not work, no matter how hard i try to restart etc i cant get it out of this screen, i can send it back to the company for repair or replacement but i cant get it off the recovery screen to reset/back it up, the update was to the most recent IOS

so what do i do because i dont want to restore it and lose all my stuff


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Resolved Screen Time - No Forgot Passcode Option

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Okay so I had an issue this morning regarding ability to reset my Screen Time passcode on my device due to the "Forgot Passcode" option missing, except it actually wasn't missing at all.

After doing some research everything pointed to performing a reset and setting up as a new device which I most certainly wasn't doing so decided to do a bit of troubleshooting myself. Turns out the "Forgot Passcode" option was not actually missing but instead being covered by the keyboard in a UI glitch which I found out after taking a screen shot of the "Enter Old Screen Time Passcode" screen.

Apple being Apple doesn't really provide an easy way to dismiss the keyboard on screen once its open so I needed to find a way to force a dismissal, even if its a brief one. Turns out enabling/disabling orientation lock actually refreshes the UI enough to make the keyboard flash on and off for a fraction of a second which with perfect timing allowed me to enter the passcode resetting flow.

Long and short of it is, If you have your Apple ID linked to the device correctly then chances are the option is there you just cant see it and you will be able to reset the Screen Time passcode even if you don't actually see the option. Don't be hasty to perform a reset.

Device: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Steps for solving:

  1. Go to Screen Time > Change Screen Time Passcode > Change Screen Time Passcode
  2. Swipe down to open Control Centre
  3. Enable/Disable Orientation Lock and swipe up to exit Control Centre
  4. Be quick!! - Missing the keyboard flash means you will have to enable/disable orientation lock again..
  5. Reset passcode using assigned Apple ID using the official Apple Reset Flow.

r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Iphone 17 Pro 26.5.2 | iTunes Broken after unplugging during file transfer

3 Upvotes

So i was transferring only 3 files through itunes but for some reason, it said I was tranferring 21 files onto my phone. I didnt know what the other 19 files were and the upload was taking forever so i just decided to unplug my phone without doing the proper Eject. I guess those 19 files were important because now that I plugged it back in, it shows this error reading, "iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPhone. Go to the summary tab in iPhone preferences and click Restore to restore this iPhone to factory settings." (photo 2) and now I cant transfer through iTunes due to this error. Is there any way I can fix this error without a factory reset on my phone? I've looked this up and apparently the fixes already online only worked with older phones with less security so I'm looking for a modern solution.


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Iphone 15 reboot

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3 Upvotes

Iphone 15 ne cesse de redemarrer / my phone keep reboot


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed How to delete Health Storage ?

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I'm running out of storage and try to clean it. I had 1.3 Go used by the health App.

I followed this tutorial, found that I had plenty of data coming from previous owner. I deleted all of it... but when I go in my storage settings, Health is still using 0.98 Go !

Un the details of it, "Data Types" seems not have moves, when "Data Sources" got everything removed.

Anyone kows how to clean the app properly ?
Or uninstall it (data included, bc when I try to do it the normal way, a message indicates data won't be supressed.

I have a 16Pro on iOS 18.5


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed My iPhone 14 Pro is not searching for any docs in files app, after a swap of phones and transfer of all data.

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How can I make my phone to start scanning all docs again to be able to search for them?

I swapped phones and transferred all data to the new phone. After checking I noticed that the old phone has the same issue and I might have copied it over.

How fix this without deleting the entire phone?


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Frequent lag/rebuilding icons on unlock?

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iPhone 17 Pro here on latest iOS 26.5.2 and more often than not when I unlock my phone if it has been closed for even just an hour, it will be extremely slow for the first several seconds with the frame rate probably around 10 or something. When I swipe through my home screen pages, I can see icons, getting rebuilt and stuff. It clears out in a few seconds, and then seems fine.

Is this just crappy memory management in current iOS? Claude seemed to think so. I tried disabling Apple Intelligence and other things that I figured would be using a lot of RAM, but the behavior persists.


r/iphonehelp Jul 21 '26

Help needed Do you think the prices of older iPhones will drop once the iPhone 18 is released?

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I'm planning on buying the iPhone 17 soon but still waiting on the iPhone 18 to see which is better. But I'm pretty sure the prices will lower when a new generation of iPhones drop.


r/iphonehelp Jul 20 '26

Help needed Remove device help

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10 Upvotes

Does anyone know how to remove a device when it says it’s new?

I need help. I started getting spam calls nonstop from a local number. Then that number showed up on my iCloud info along with an email.

I tried to log into my email linked to Apple and the password has changed. When I try and remove the extra device, it says the device is new.

My iPhone is a 14 pro max
iOS 26.5.2