Idiots guide to iOS?

Kona* · 21 Mar 2011 at 16:06

Hey

On Friday I moved to the dark side and got an iPhone 4 however I'm getting a little frustrated by how things work in iOS having spent 2+ years on Android. As an example I wanted to delete an email and podcast, nowhere on the interface was there a "delete" button, nor did holding down your finger on the item you want deleted. It took me ~15mins to search for the answer (it was nowhere to be found in the tiny manual that came with the phone, nor was it on Apple's help pages) which by the way, is swipe from right to left over the item you want deleted.

Anyway, enough of my mini-rant

Is there a guide out there which tells you the basics of iOS? I fear I'm missing a whole lot due to the lack of documentation!

Thanks

Craig

SiriusB · 21 Mar 2011 at 16:23

There really isn't a lot to iOS. Generally you can either select an item or swipe it. If neither does anything then odds are there is nothing to do!

The link below has a few features and stuff, might be worth a read.

http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/34_ios_40_features_and_tips_iphone_and_ipod_touch

MikeHunt79 · 21 Mar 2011 at 16:28

Yep that swipe to delete thing took me a while to figure out also, google knew in the end!

Apart from that, it's very easy to use... My top tip would be to Double tap the home button to see the programs that are running, long press then to get them to shake, once they are shaking, tap the [x] to close them.

Kainz · 21 Mar 2011 at 16:57

Pressing the Home and Sleep buttons together will save a screenshot to your photo roll. There isn't much to learn on iOS, it pretty much comes to you fluidly very fast.

reflux · 21 Mar 2011 at 16:57

I also got stuck by the 'swipe to delete' thing.

nbkpsycho · 21 Mar 2011 at 17:27

You can currently download an app called appstart. That helped me out when I bought my iPad.

Turbo-G · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:35

I've always found it to be very intuitive. However, just download the official iPhone user manual from iBook store and it should give you a ref point for most things.

Or, nip down to smiths and pick up one of the many iPhone magazines.

^187 · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:56

Another tip: If you're typing a URL into safari, holding the '.com' button lets you choose, .net, .co.uk etc etc

PaulyD · 22 Mar 2011 at 20:50

Another tip is tap the status bar in safari to scroll to the top, quite handy on long pages

Kainz · 22 Mar 2011 at 21:45

Also shaking (tilting side to side) the damn device like you would a teenager triggers the Undo dialogue box

killsta · 22 Mar 2011 at 21:47

Kainz said:
Also shaking (tilting side to side) the damn device like you would a teenager triggers the Undo dialogue box

I threw my phone across the room doing that once

oli356 · 22 Mar 2011 at 22:04

PaulyD said:
Another tip is tap the status bar in safari to scroll to the top, quite handy on long pages

This is one thing I didn't know till a few months ago though I have used iOS for a few years now.

Things like double click shift to go into caps lock etc, all good to know. There's apps (atleast for the iPad, with iOS 'secrets' in)