I bought an iPhone, what to do next? What you need to know after purchasing an Apple smartphone. iPhone instructions for beginners - everything complicated is simple

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The first batches penetrate Russia in a roundabout way iPhone 5, with iOS 6 on board. This means that soon the happy owners will have their first questions about how to use all this goodness and what that button means. This is where our traditional manual with an overview of the main points of the new phone and its OS comes in handy. So let's meet our brief instructions for using iPhone 5 and iOS 6.

Basic elements of iPhone 5

The layout of the icons on the home screen may not match what is shown in the picture. It all depends on your settings and installed applications, this picture shows the “default” arrangement of elements.

Most important buttons iPhone 5

On/Off button

To lock the iPhone 5 screen, press the On/Off button In this mode, the phone can still receive calls, messages and other data updates, as well as play music. At the same time, touching the screen does not cause any action.

By default, the iPhone 5 screen will lock if you don't touch it for one minute. This parameter can be adjusted in the main phone settings, “Screen” section.

Home button
The home button lives up to its name and allows you to instantly return to the home screen from any application with just one click. It also gives quick access to a number of extremely useful actions, more details about them can be found in the following table:

Volume buttons

They also serve their intended purpose and allow you to adjust the volume during a conversation, listening to music and in many applications in iOS environment 6. B inactive mode Adjust the volume of calls, alarms and other sounds. effects.

Ring/Silent switch

To activate silent mode Just switch this lever to the position with the red indicator. In such iPhone mode 5 will not play incoming calls, messages, alerts or other alert sounds. At the same time, this switch does not affect alarm clocks, games and the player, and sounds from these applications will continue to be played through the built-in speaker.

Installing a SIM card in iPhone 5

The process is extremely simple. Your iPhone 5 comes with a special tool for opening the SIM card tray, which can be easily replaced with a regular paper clip. With help of this instrument open the SIM tray, insert our nanoSIM card (as from regular SIM card make a nanoSIM) and carefully insert it back. A special latch built into the tray mechanism will not allow you to make a mistake, the main thing is not to mix up the side, but even this, thanks to the special design of the tray, is not easy to do.

iPhone 5 activation
Process iPhone activation 5 is described in detail in one of our previous instructions.
We advise you to look there -

Making a phone call
To launch the “phone” application, feel free to click on the green icon with a handset, which is always located by default in the dock of your desktop.

To make a direct call, you can enter a number manually using a keypad, select a caller from favorites, contacts or the list of recent calls, and also ask for it voice assistant Siri. Special buttons quick access, located in the bottom row of the “phone” application will help you get comfortable with calls quickly enough, but we go further.

Launching programs and switching between them

To open any application, simply click on its icon. To minimize it and return to the home screen, press the “Home” button, and to switch between desktops, simply swipe left and right.

Double tap Home button will open a list of all running applications, and also allows you to switch between them; to do this, after the list is open, simply click on the required icon.

Keyboard layouts in iPhone 5
To add or remove a particular virtual or physical keyboard you need to follow the following path: “Settings” icon -> “General” -> “Keyboard” -> “International keyboards”. Here you can add or remove one of hundreds of layouts. For any language, you can separately select the layout of both the on-screen and physical keyboard.

Search

To start searching throughout your iPhone 5 (this includes contacts, mail, photos, apps, notes, etc.), you need to go to the search screen. To do this, return to the main desktop and swipe the screen to the right, or simply press the “Home” button again.

Notifications
Center iOS notifications 6 collects all available notifications in one convenient place. A short list of available notifications:

- Missed phone calls and voice messages
— New text messages
— New email
— Calendar events
— Reminders
- Social networks
— Weather
- Stock

To open the notification center, simply pull the screen down smoothly, starting from its very top border. Scroll down the list to view all notifications. The Notification Center also shows a number of alerts on the locked iPhone screen 5, and notifications received while working with applications will be shown as a small pop-up banner at the top of the screen.

Voice assistant "Siri"
To launch the voice assistant Siri, you need to press the Home button and hold it there for three seconds. After sound signal you can ask a question, or ask Siri to do something for you.

Siri's capabilities are quite extensive, including this moment you can ask her to make a call, write an SMS, schedule a meeting on the calendar, find out the weather and where the best fish is cooked in your area, the list goes on and on... The only fly in the ointment is that Siri still doesn’t understand Russian, so you’ll have to talk to her in English.

Often after purchase iOS devices the user does not know what to do with it next, which is why the beginner has the question: “How to set up the iPhone and start using it”?

According to advanced apple growers, the initial setup is extremely important stage, on which the quality and ease of use of the device in the future depends.

The article will discuss in detail how to properly configure a new, newly purchased iPhone.

You will have the opportunity to enjoy all the advantages of Apple technology and not pay store managers for initial settings your device.

General settings

So, you took your iPhone out of the box and pressed the power button.

If you are setting up a new Apple device, then this setting is optional and you can skip this step by clicking “Next”.

If you decide not to skip this step and are in the zone Wi-Fi actions networks, then select the one you need and enter the password, then click “Next”.

The next window will ask you to choose whether to enable or disable location services.

Important! Responsible for the operation of geolocation servicesGPS module. When activated, the iPhone will track your location, use maps, receive the latest weather forecast, be able to change the time zone as you move, and much more. But, moduleGPS consumes quite a lot of battery iOS device.

Basically, setting up new iPhone You can disable location services, which can always be enabled as needed.

Click “Disable” and confirm your decision by clicking the “Yes” button.

After you have decided on the geolocation, you will see the settings screen for your Apple gadget.

Since we are considering a new, “boxed” iPhone, we need to “tap” on the line “Set up as a new iPhone.”

Creating an Apple ID Account

You have moved to the most important process– Apple ID settings.

Using this account, you will subsequently log into Apple services, buy applications, music, synchronize several devices, make transactions between them free video calls, communicate in chats, etc.

This step is not considered mandatory and can be skipped when setting up a new iOS device, but experienced Apple growers recommend creating this identifier right away.

Select “Create Apple ID for free”

Important! Please note that if the owner of the “Apple gadget” is under 18 years of age at the time of creating the account, the system will refuse registrationAppleID.

After entering the data, the system will ask which mailbox to use. You can enter an existing one email address, or get it for free on iCloud.

In this article, we will look at registering with Apple ID with an existing address.

Use current Mailbox

enter the address available to you Email;

E-mail address

create a password and confirm it;

Important! The password must be at least 8 characters long and contain lowercase and capital letters and at least one number. After this procedure, you need to confirm the password and click on the “Next” button.

Control questions

In order to New user The iOS device had the ability to restore Apple ID in case of its loss; the system offers answers to three questions, which you can independently select from the proposed list.

Advice! We answer questions and write down the answers. You should add your login (email address before the @ sign) and password to the list of answers. This data must not be forgotten or passed on to anyone!

To restore your identity, you may need a backup mailbox. In the next window, the system will prompt you to enter his address.

This is not mandatory and you can use it at your discretion.

Updates

In the next window you can disable updates (updates are enabled by default). If you want to receive various spam from Aplle, then leave everything as is.

Otherwise, move the switch to the off position. and click Next.

License agreement

Agreeing to the rules and license agreement, you are approaching the final stage of creating an Apple ID.

You can’t skip it, so we tap on the “I Accept” button, especially since there is still no alternative.

In a few seconds a new official one will appear iOS user products with personal Apple ID.

Connecting cloud information storage

After creating an account, your iPhone is already part of the Apple empire.

With Apple ID you have the ability to customize cloud storage iCloud in which they will be stored backups your iOS devices, contacts, photos and applications.

This is an optional setting item and you can refuse it.

But without iCloud, the iPhone loses a good part of its functionality, so experienced Apple growers recommend tapping on the “Use iCloud” line.

Touch ID, password creation and diagnostics

If you are the happy owner of an iPhone-5s, then in the next window you will be asked to set up Touch ID to use a fingerprint instead of an unlock password and as your personal identifier when logging in, making purchases, etc.

Place your finger to scan on the scanner located under the screen in the Home button.

After completing the process, proceed to creating a password. This step is also optional for iOS devices and can be configured at any time.

The final steps in setting up your iPhone are agreeing to send diagnostic data from your iOS device to Apple.

Whether you agree or not is entirely your choice. To start using the device, click “Start using iPhone” in the next window.

This completes the basic settings.

Quite recently, official iPhone sales 6 and its older brother iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8 on board. New items can raise a lot of questions, so we have prepared a brief instructions for using iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus and iOS 8.

What's included with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus:

Headphones Apple EarPods with microphone and remote control for listening to music and watching videos, as well as making calls.
Lightning cable. Used to sync data between your computer and phone, or to charge using a power adapter.
USB power adapter. Use it with Lightning cable to charge the device from the network.
Tool for SIM removal cards. Use this paperclip to remove the SIM card tray.

Basic elements of iPhone 6/iPhone 6 Plus

Icons on the desktop can be located completely differently, the picture above is just an example. It all depends on your settings and installed applications.

Installing a SIM card in iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus

The process is very simple, although not familiar. IN iPhone included 6 / iPhone 6 Plus has a special tool for opening the SIM card tray (in the picture above), which, however, can be replaced with a paper clip. Using this tool, open the SIM tray, insert the NanoSim card from your mobile operator and carefully insert it back. A special latch built into the tray mechanism will not allow you to make a mistake, the main thing is not to mix up the side, but even this, thanks to the special design of the tray, is not easy to do.

The most important iPhone buttons 6

Lock/Power Button

When you are not using your phone, you should turn off the screen by pressing the lock button. This will put your iPhone into sleep mode, which will help save valuable battery power and avoid random clicks to the screen. While in Lock mode, you will continue to receive calls, FaceTime video calls, SMS messages, and app notifications. You can also listen to music and adjust the volume.

On iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, this button is on the right side. iPhone enters Lock mode automatically if you don't use it for about a minute. You can change the Auto-Lock time in Settings > General > Auto-Lock.

If your iPhone is turned off, to turn it on, hold down the power button until the Apple logo appears on the screen.

If your iPhone is in sleep mode, press the Lock button or Home button, and then slide the screen from left to right to unlock the phone.

If you wish, you can set a password that will be requested every time you unlock your device. Open “Settings”, go to the “Touch ID & Password” section. Create a secure combination or set up Touch ID to unlock using the built-in fingerprint sensor.

Home button
No matter what app you have open, the Home button will take you back to the home screen, where all your app icons are conveniently located.

Find out which applications are currently running by double clicking on it. Long press will call your personal voice Siri assistant, who will answer your question or complete an order in the blink of an eye.

Volume buttons

With these buttons you can adjust the volume in music, movies, third party applications and games. By default, when music or video is not running, these buttons are used to adjust the ringer volume, notifications, and other sound effects.

Ring/Silent switch

To turn on silent mode, switch this lever to the position with a red indicator. In this mode, iPhone replaces ringer and notification sounds with vibration. It is worth noting that some applications (for example, alarm clock or “Music”) will in any case continue to play sound through the built-in speaker.

You can also silence calls and notifications using Do Not Disturb mode. To do this, pull the screen up from the bottom. Control Center will open. Click the crescent moon icon to turn this mode on or off.

Basic Gestures iPhone control 6/iPhone 6 Plus

Used on iPhone touch screen with the support multi-touch gestures. The main gestures that will be useful to you when working with your phone are pressing, scrolling (scrolling), “swipe” (swiping with your finger) and “pinch” (narrowing, squeezing).

Launching applications
To launch an application, simply tap its icon on the Home screen. There can be several screens; you can switch between them by swiping your finger right or left.

Put everything on the shelves!

Hold any application icon until it starts to move. While apps are shaking in fear that they could be deleted at any second, you can change the order of the icons. Layer one on top of the other to create a folder.

Making calls

To launch the “Phone” application, feel free to click on the green icon with the handset icon. It can often be found in the lower left corner of the Dock. home screen. The application consists of several tabs. If you need to dial the phone manually, select the Keys tab and start dialing the number. In most cases, you will, of course, use the Recent and Contacts tabs.

Apple ID
To download apps, music, movies and books from the store iTunes Store need to create an account Apple entry ID. It will identify you in the Apple ecosystem and allow you to use all the company's services. Ours may be useful.

Reachability
If you can't reach the top, tap the Home button twice. The entire contents of the screen will smoothly move down so that you can get to the desired element.

Notifications

All notifications, including those you missed, go to the Notification Center. To open the control center, pull the screen from top to bottom. Also here you will find the “Today” tab with current events in the calendar and available application widgets.

In this short guide, we tried to briefly talk about all the main features. To unlock the full potential of your device, we recommend reading the prepared Apple(unfortunately, it is currently only available on English language). If after reading this manual If you still have some exciting question, don’t hesitate to ask us in the comments, we will try to help.

In fact, this is not a feuilleton or even a humoresque. Marketing pressure from Apple, a hundredfold strengthened by the “herd feeling”, when in fact, in an orderly tone, the need to have something from equipment with Apple logo, does its job. The most desired gift is an iPhone. The most popular gift for New Year- iPhone. The most “corporate” gift - an engraved iPhone! Therefore, not considering a topic like “oh, how beautiful it is, but I clicked somewhere...” is unacceptable and to some extent impolite towards readers, especially since many do not know what to do immediately after the purchase. Let's fill the gap.

One, even more or less proper guidance At the beginning of using the device, there is no device - after all, no one except you knows what you need the iPhone for.

There can be a great variety of scenarios for using such technology: from the simplest “call - write SMS”, scroll through the VKontakte feed to every minute load corporate mail, hundreds of messages on Skype and constantly updated joint task lists while working on a project in . Not to mention the developers and testers, they are literally engaged in torturing their devices with alpha and beta versions of programs and firmware. Let's hope they don't come here to visit us.

So, you have the treasured box in your hands, your hands are shaking a little, the iPhone is carefully and tremblingly removed from the packaging. The level of adrenaline in the blood slowly drops, along with this comes the realization that it’s time to turn on the smartphone. And already at this stage questions arise.

As a warning, here's what needs to be said. Immediately after purchasing, you shouldn’t give your iPhone into the hands of enterprising and helpful sales consultants who promise you to “set up everything and everyone, install all the applications from the App Store for a thousand” and stuff like that. Of course, you want to quickly turn on the newfound object of desire and start using it, but be patient a little, try to figure it out yourself initially, or find a friend or acquaintance and ask him to help you at the initial stage. Well, or read it. The fact is that almost all services and iPhone features are tied to your unique account in , and this is your personal data, your logins and passwords, your payment information. And no one will give you a guarantee that the sales consultant will not use such information. Or he simply forgets to delete something from the corporate computer. Or something even worse.

It often happens that sellers are careless with the goods they sell, and your meticulous perfectionism will suffer unbearably from scratches on the body of a freshly printed device, received before even leaving the store. If you really want to exploit the service personnel behind the counter, then the most that a sales consultant can help you with is to tell you how to correctly remove the tray and insert a nano-SIM card. It should be noted that this simple procedure causes difficulties for many. There was a case, and I was an involuntary witness, when two girls brought a recently purchased product to the branch of the largest reseller. Apple iPhone 4s with completely torn apart and torn apart back cover, so that the insides and battery were visible. When the consultant asked what ladies with blond hair wanted and how it happened, they said with an arrogant look: “This iPhone of yours is bullshit - you can’t even take out a SIM card just like that!”

In the end, having figured out the device and its functions yourself, starting from the very basics, it will be much easier for you to use it in the future. And you might even like it.

So, what is this article about and for whom? In order not to be bombarded with floppy disks, video cassettes and other waste products, I want to make it clear right away: this article is not so much for Habr readers, but for their loved ones.

Imagine a scenario - someone close to you has an iPhone or iPad, but he is not one of those who will meticulously study a multi-page manual and every menu item. It is precisely for such people that I am writing this article.

Of course, you can use an i-gadget without instructions, but you may miss out on something useful.

But I I highly recommend reading this entire article. It is unlikely that you will remember how all the described functionality is used and immediately run to use everything, but it will be ingrained in your head that such functionality is present at all. And when you begin to miss him, then you will remember this article.

Although I wanted it to be shorter, there are a lot of nuances - so the text still turned out to be voluminous... Yes, and the information is grouped thematically, and not by complexity. So don’t give up in the middle :) To make it not too boring, I will entertain you with pictures as much as possible.

So, let's go!

What's wrong with the SIM card?

If you don’t know, iPhones and iPads use their own SIM card format - microsim. You have two options - either, armed with scissors, cut your full-length SIM card to a micro version (there are a lot of instructions on this, for example - here). Just keep in mind that even if properly cut, not every SIM card will work - some old ones don’t want to work.

Or, just go to a communication store and they will give you a micro-SIM card while blocking the old one. The number, of course, will be saved. I don’t know about other operators, but with MTS it takes 2 minutes and is free. Just take your passport.

How to turn it on?

Do not laugh. After purchasing a new iPhone and clicking “turn on”, you will find that it asks for a SIM card and activation.

We sorted out the SIM card. What about activation?

To activate, you will need a computer (if your phone is on iOS 4), or just WiFi (for iOS 5). In general, you can hear the myth that you can’t use an iPhone without a computer. It is not true. A computer is required only when you first turn on the device on iOS 4. That is. if you have a new iPhone 4S, you don't even need a computer.

To activate your phone on iOS 4, install iTunes on your computer, connect your phone to your computer, and then follow the instructions. Everything is simple there.

However, I advise you to install iTunes in any case, even if you activate the phone via WiFi. Because it is an indispensable tool.

Let me immediately note a few points that may be of interest to you:

If you are a girl, then take care of purchasing an iPhone case. It's glass on both sides. And the glass scratches quite easily (no matter what marketers say). Especially in a woman's handbag :)
About protective film on the screen - this is a matter of taste, of course. But keep in mind that the screen is coated with a special oleophobic coating that repels grease. This allows the phone to not get so dirty and can be wiped clean with a slight movement of a cloth (and simply when taken out of a pocket/case). If you stick a film, you will lose this effect.
As a stand/night charger, I advise you to buy a docking station (you can order it on eBay for $3 with delivery). Just keep in mind that stands with a headphone jack usually put the phone into silent mode when you put it down (if you don't like this, you can fix this by cutting the trace near the single resistor inside the stand).
When traveling abroad, be sure to turn off “data transmission”. So as not to open it accidentally Google Maps or not updating the weather for a lot of money in roaming.

How can I transfer contacts from my old phone?

Sync your old phone with Outlook. For each phone model this is done in its own way, using special program from the manufacturer.

And then - synchronize your Outlook contacts with iTunes - and it will upload them to the iPhone.

How to download photos/music/videos, etc.?

For all this it is used iTunes program. A little slow, but that's iTunes. Yes, and the downloading/uploading process is called “synchronization”. You select in iTunes what you want to upload to your phone, and then click the “sync” button. At the same time in reverse side- photos from your phone/tablet are copied to your computer.

By the way, what about the video? I heard that you can't just watch an avi movie...

Yes. You just can't look at it. But once you install a special player, you can watch anything you want by simply transferring files to your phone. I recommend AVPlayer. Watches everything in the world - avi (xvid, divx), mkv, etc.

Oh, and there’s no flash on i-devices!

Yes. No flash. But I’ve been using Apple devices for several years now - and I’ve never noticed! All videos from contact, youtube, vimeo, etc. - perfectly reproduced. And the fact that I don’t see flash banners is only a plus.

What is AppStore? Do I need to register?

Appstore is a store of applications and games. It is from here and only from here that you can install applications (there are also unofficial way- jailbreak, but more about it below).

You can (and should) buy from the app store directly with a credit card. Don't be afraid of the prices. Most of the useful stuff is free or costs $1.

If you don’t have a credit card (you need one that you can use to pay on the Internet), then you can register without it - for this you need to try to buy free application.

Typing and keyboard.

"Kommersant" on the iPhone is hidden on the soft sign button. Just hold it a little longer.

In addition, in a similar way you can type different symbols type ₩ ¿ ", etc. And also, in Safari, by holding down the ".com" button you can call up a list with other zones (.net, .org, .ru, etc.)

By the way, there is also a reason to disable auto-correction. Because by default, by writing a word that the device considers incorrect and pressing the space bar after it, you will automatically replace the word with the “correct” one. Sometimes when you use words not from the dictionary, you can find surprising results after sending the message :)

WITH comma more difficult. Or switch to symbols, type a comma and press space - the layout itself will return to letters. Or hold down the button to switch to the character register and, without lifting it, move your finger to the comma.

To enable the mode Caps Lock (all caps) - press the case change button twice (the one with the up arrow).

iPad. Can split keyboard into 2 halves - just hold down the button with the keyboard and pull it up.

Editing text.

Point your finger at the text and the cursor will move to the specified location. For more precise positioning, do not release your finger and start moving it over the text - a magnifying glass will appear.

You can undo an action by shaking it.

Icons on the desktop.

Everything here is simple and quite obvious. Click on any icon and hold. After a few seconds the icons will begin to tremble. Now you can drag them around. If you throw one on top of the other, they will create a folder. Here you can also delete applications (by tapping on the red minuses in the corners). Exit editing mode - Home (1 time).

You may want to remove some of the standard icons (iTunes, FaceTime) to avoid cluttering your desk. They cannot be deleted, but they can be disabled in Settings → Restrictions.

Notifications.

Some apps send you notifications. For example, a VKontakte client sends you all incoming messages. The way notifications are displayed can always be selected in Settings → Notifications. There you can choose whether there will be sound, whether notifications should be displayed immediately on the screen (as SMS), on the locked screen, whether they will go to the notification center, etc.

By the way, regarding notification center- all your notifications are stored here. To open it, pull the top strip with the clock down.

The weather can also be displayed here.

Unobvious buttons.

If you simultaneously press the “Home” button (round, under the screen) and the power button (on the top end), you will take a screenshot.

Double-clicking “Home” on a locked phone (for iOS version 5.0) - quick call to the camera (for 5.1 - move the slider up). You can take pictures with the volume up button (including on the headset, which is good so as not to introduce unnecessary shaking into the frame). This brings up the interface for managing the music player (you can control playback without unlocking the phone).

If the phone does not respond to the power button and is frozen, then press Home + Power (as for taking a screenshot) and hold for 15 seconds. As soon as the apple appears, release it.

Fast forward.

IN notebook or in Safari, to quickly return to the top of the list (top of the page) - click on top line with a clock.

If someone calls, but you don’t want to answer the phone, press the off button once. The call will not be dropped, but the phone will continue to ring silently.

A second press will reset the call.

In addition, if during a conversation you need to play Angry Birds or rummage through your notebook, you can safely press the “Home” button. She will give you access to the phone, but the conversation will remain.

By the way, pay attention - at the top of the phone (next to the speaker) there is a proximity sensor that turns off the screen during a conversation when the phone is close to the head/cheek (by the way, now remember in how many films you have seen how the hero communicates on iPhone with glowing screen! An iPhone will not do this in talk mode). So, if during a conversation you take the phone away from your ear, the sensor will work and turn the screen back on (give it a second or two for this). Just don't block it with your hand top part phone, otherwise the screen will not turn on (I repeat - the sensor only works during a conversation).

Multitasking. Switching applications.

Click "Home" button twice in a row and a panel with applications will open at the bottom. These are the applications that were launched in Lately. The list is scrolled left and right using swipes (by the way, if you scroll it to the very left, you can find there quick adjustment brightness (for iPad) / volume (for iPhone) and player control).

Multitasking in iOS is tricky. When you minimize an app, it doesn't necessarily close it. In most cases, it still hangs in memory (although it does not work). This is why some applications take a long time to launch when first launched, but then instantly. However, later, when the system decides that it needs memory, it can kill the application (it will still remain in the list).

What is this list for?

Firstly - you can open any of the recent applications or quickly switch between applications. Sometimes this is more convenient than looking for an icon on the desktop.

And secondly, you can forcibly kill any application from memory. This may be useful when we're talking about again about the navigator (if you don’t want it to eat up the battery in the background and give you directions even when you’re already at home). Another option is when the application is buggy and you want to completely restart it.

To close an app, hold your finger over the apps in the list at the bottom (sort of like you do on the desktop to drag icons). Then red “minus” buttons will appear for each icon, with which you can close them.

So if you have a suspicion that some application is sitting in the background and eating up the battery using, for example, GPS or Internet traffic - kill it!

How to erase a letter, call, etc.?

To erase any element in iOS, a horizontal swipe (swipe with your finger) is widely used. A delete button will appear:

SMS delivery report.

For some reason, Apple did not include this option in the phone's capabilities (apparently, it considered it unnecessary). But there is a way out. As a rule, to start receiving SMS delivery reports, you need to change the SMS center and send some special team. All this is free. What and where to send depends on the operator (or even on the region?). Information on this topic can be found on the Internet. Here is one of the articles: ibobr.ru/manual/iphone-otchet-o-dostavke-sms.html (MTS, Megafon, Beeline)

Free SMS/mms and iMessage.

Starting from 5th iOS versions The SMS message writer has been merged with the iMessage service, which allows you to send text and pictures over the Internet to those who also use this service.

In fact, we receive cheap sms (if you have an Internet connection, at the price of mobile traffic) between iPhones.

Nothing is required from you. Just turn on iMessage and that's it (Settings → Messages → iMessage). And write regular SMS. The phone itself will figure out whether the recipient has iMessage on the other end or not. And if there is, it will send your text/picture via the Internet. You will understand that your interlocutor has iMessage enabled by the blue “send” button and by your blue messages (instead of the usual green).

What is iCloud and why do I need it?

iCloud is a service cloud storage data (i.e. when your photos, contacts, etc. are uploaded to Apple server and are stored there (just in case or for synchronizing several i-devices).

Among the convenient and useful, I can note the service " Photostream". The bottom line is this - everything that you photograph is automatically uploaded to the cloud and automatically ends up on all devices that have access to it. That is, if you have an iPhone, iPad and regular computer(on Windows or MacOS) - then by turning on the “photo stream” and taking a photo on your iPhone, it will literally immediately go to your iPad and to a folder on your computer. No wires or downloading photos. And of course this only works over WiFi. Those. the phone will not rush to upload a photo to the cloud, wasting mobile traffic. You walked around, took some photos, came home, your phone picked up home WiFi and he silently threw all the photos into the cloud, and from there they got to your computer and iPad.

Very comfortably. All photos are always at hand on all devices. Connects in “settings”.

Theft/loss protection.

There, in iCloud settings I recommend turning on “Find My iPhone”. This will allow you, if your device is lost/stolen, to see where it is located on the map, block it remotely, send a message to it, and even erase all information.

Just to ensure that someone who finds/steals your device cannot easily disable this setting, limit changing it with a password. This is turned on in Settings → General → Restrictions → Accounts→ Disable change.

Just don't flatter yourself. This is not a panacea. If the person into whose hands your device has fallen is at least a little “in the know,” then he can easily bypass this protection by complete flashing devices.

What applications should I install?

I'll give you a list useful applications, which anyone may need in everyday life.

Yandex maps(free) - sometimes more convenient (and more addresses/establishments) than in standard Google Maps + traffic jams. Searching for the phone number of a store using Yandex cards is a pleasure! There is a schedule for building bridges for St. Petersburg.
If you're driving, it's definitely free. Yandex Navigator
Poster, Film poster, Timeout(free) - see where which film is shown, ratings for clubs, cafes, etc. Personally, I recommend Afisha.
Yandex Metro(free) - metro map with an estimate of how long the trip will take, taking into account train speeds, transfers, etc.
Yandex Electric Trains(free) - train schedule
Gismeteo lite(free) - weather forecast, guesses the weather better than the built-in “weather”.
Flashlight(free) - the flash shines like a flashlight, very bright. In any case, you have to have it.
In contact with(official, free) - favorite social network. the network is always at hand, in addition, it is possible to set up notifications so that all messages are sent to you almost immediately on your phone (like SMS), etc. Just look, don’t get confused - download exactly official application from the VKontakte team, and not all kinds of leftists, of which there are about a dozen. I don't know what's wrong with Classmates, but I think that there is also an application. Like Facebook"Oh, of course.
Skype(free) - Useful to have. It’s not even necessary to communicate on Skype. Sometimes it is an irreplaceable thing, for example when you are roaming, but there is free WiFi, then using Skype you can call your home country for pennies.
AppShopper(free) - An application that monitors discounts in the AppStore. Very often, something that costs $1 can be snatched for free, and something that costs $5 can be snatched for 1 dollar.
AVPlayer- Omnivorous video player.
Air Video- Allows you to watch videos stored on your computer via WiFi. Those. If you like to lie on the couch with your iPad and watch a movie, but you don’t want to download the video to the device itself every time, then this is for you.
Photoshop Express, Instagram(both are free) - Photo editors - adjust brightness, apply effects.

What to play? I don’t play like that... but what if?

If you are not a fan of games, but want to have something to sometimes spend 5 minutes poking at your phone, then I will not be original here. (By the way, many games have free lite versions, in which there are few levels, but with the help of which you can evaluate the toy)

I advise Angry Birds(there are many versions - Space, Rio, Seasons, take the usual ones for starters).

AND Cut the Rope.

I also recommend" Crocodile Swampy" (Where is my water?).

How not to pay for applications. Jailbreak.

Here I will not go into details, but will simply describe the most important things that any owner of an Apple device should know.

As I already said, initially only applications from the AppStore can be installed on the i-gadget. And this means that for paid applications- you will have to pay. And also that you will not be able to install various interface changes and other things that Apple did not allow in their store (Apple is categorically against changing their interface).

But there is a way out - jailbreak (not to be confused with unlocking). Jailbreaking is a process where, using special utilities opens full access to the phone after which you can easily install any applications/games (including absolutely free) and other goodies.

I won’t write about how to jailbreak. A specialist or Google will help you here. I'll only tell you the basic things you need to know.

We will restore the jailbreak. Those. you can always roll back to the “official” firmware. By the way, if you have a broken device, do not update the firmware under any circumstances, because... then the jail will fly off. In addition, not every firmware version can be jailbroken (usually a jail for new firmware versions does not appear immediately).
Not every i-gadget can be broken. For example, there is no normal jail for the iPhone 4S and iPad New yet. But hackers are working hard :)
Jailbreaking does not in any way prevent you from continuing to use the official AppStore and officially purchasing applications there if you want.
There are two types of jailbreak - tethered and untethered. I highly recommend using only unattached ones. “Tethering” means that to turn on the phone you will have to perform tricky manipulations on the computer, which means that if you have to turn off the phone while not at home, you will not turn it back on until you get to the computer. Untethered jailbreak has no such disadvantage and does not cause any discomfort.

I don't mind paying $1 for the game, should I jailbreak it?

I'll just say that jailbreaking is not only free installation applications.

Jail allows you to install various interface changes (tweaks).

SBSettings(quick buttons to turn on/off Wi-Fi, cellular data and so on)
iBooksFix2- cures iBooks crash after jailbreak
KuaiDial- this is practically the main reason why I do Jail. Flexible change of dialer and SMS. For me, the most important functions are avatars in all call lists (not just “favorites”) and in SMS chats. I'm used to them. :) (in addition, there is the possibility of a black list, a list of operator codes, etc. - but I personally don’t really need this)