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How to Get Email Notifications on iPhone 5 Easily and Quickly

Posted By Floyd Tedder

There are some possibilities about why you do not get email notifications on your iPhone 5. You do not know there are a new email and no notification for any conversation in your mail app. Well, it is not your problem. Many iPhone users have the same problem that the iPhone does not notify a new mail in the Notification Center and the Mail app. Therefore, we are going to discuss how to get email notifications on iPhone 5, so you can enable the notification alert on your new email or old conversation reply that you should not miss anymore.

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Before telling you about the steps, we are going to discuss what to do with your iPhone, iPad with iOS 7 and iOS 8 (iOS 8 has some changes in the app settings). Mail app is one of them.

Ways on How to Get Email Notifications on iPhone 5/5s

Method 1: Steps For iPhone or iPad (iOS 7 or iOS 8)

  1. Go to “Settings” app.
  2. Tap on the notification center.
  3. Enable the notification view.

After that, you can see the notification center by swipe down from the top of your phone screen.

Alternatively, you can enable the show in notification center toggle through the Mail App setting. Below is the step to try:

  1. Go to Mail App setting, activate Show in Notification center toggle.

By using the steps above, you will get a push notification on the notification center anytime you have a new email.

Method 2 – Activating Notify Me for Mail App

In iOS 8, it has more advanced mail system. It provides more options, and the design is more reliable for all users. However, there is no notification you can get, especially for the old message conversation reply. A notification appears if you are in conversation. Follow the steps below to turn on notify me.

  1. Open your email and tap on the flag icon.
  2. Once you tap the icon, there is a popup menu with the “notify me” option, select it.
  3. Anytime there is an activity; you will get the notification on your iPhone, or even iPad notification center.

For some people, an email notification is very important to them. It is because their workflow goes with email. Some lose an important job interview just because there is no new email notification on their iPhone. Therefore, we hope all steps on how to get email notifications on iPhone 5 can be valuable for you.

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How to Find My Phone Number on iPhone 5 Shortly

Posted By Floyd Tedder

The first time you sign up for your iPhone 5, or when you are switching carriers so you cannot keep the existing contacts, you are going to get a new number. It is possible if you forget about the number. In some cases, some sellers forgot to tell buyers about the new number when they decided to sell their iPhone 5. Luckily, we have a valuable thing to share that is on how to find my phone number on iPhone 5 if you do not mind to follow our few short steps below.

Tips to Find My Phone Number on iPhone 5

How To View Phone Number (iPhone 5)

You may think that you want to use your iPhone 5 to call someone and ask them about the number, but not all people can do that. For some, it can be embarrassing to ask for that question. Besides, not all people have a willing to pick up your call because of the unknown number. Therefore, we are going to help you about how to find the phone number on your device as below.

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Scroll Down and Choose the “Phone” option.
  3. Find your iPhone 5 number that is next to My Number, at the top of the screen.
  4. You are done!

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Some Steps To Deal With My Number Unknown

In case that you have changed your SIM card and suddenly in the Settings, your number is unknown, it does not write your number automatically, and you cannot open it to write your number, below are some steps you can do:

  1. Try to call someone, make sure that your phone number comes up.
  2. Reboot your phone after swapping the SIMs.
  3. Don’t worry if your calls are going through, and your number is showing up. What you can do next is asking your provider for new SIM.

It can be a big problem if the “My Number” shows “Unknown,” which later blocks all the iMessages and SMS messages from working since they are not going through unless there is a Wi-Fi signal. You may try to use another SIM for the phone, but the number is still unknown. When you place the SIM on your other iPhone, it appears. The problem is definitely on the iPhone. To fix it, below are some steps you can do:

  1. Turn on Airplane mode.
  2. Turn off Airplane mode and go to Settings immediately, click the unknown number tap and enter your number manually. After that, you get a message from iMessage saying that you can get a charge, just say okay and done!

Those are some ways on how to find my phone number on iPhone 5. You can find other iPhone 5 tips on another page.

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How to Enter Recovery Mode on iPhone 5 with an Easy Steps

Posted By Floyd Tedder

Do you know what the recovery mode is? When your iPhone has damaged iOS installation or upgrade, the device enters this mode automatically. The company designs it as the solution to make sure that your device does not get more damages. Recovery mode is what you needed when you failed to update your iPhone or when your iPhone is unresponsive. Before telling you about how to enter recovery mode on iPhone 5, it is better to know the best time to enter the recovery mode on your device.

Best Time To Enter The Recovery Mode

  1. You are trying to update the latest version of the iOS software and your device unresponsive with a continuous restart.
  2. You want to restore your device from a backup, but the process is unfinished. Now, iTunes does not register the device once you connect it to your PC.
  3. Your device in many minutes with no change stuck on the Apple logo.
  4. Your Device cannot turn on when you try to update the iOS.
  5. You want to enter the recovery mode to fix any problem.
  6. You want to jailbreak your iPhone, but something goes wrong.

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Steps  to Enter Recovery Mode on iPhone 5

  1. The iTunes must run on your Mac or PC. It is the important step to make sure.
  2. Press and hold down the on or off button for three seconds to turn it off.
  3. Press and hold down the home button on your device in 10 seconds.
  4. Plug your device into your PC or Mac. See the Home button and what you must see is the Connect to iTunes screen.

By doing the steps above, now your device is entering the recovery mode. After understanding about the steps on how to enter recovery mode on iPhone 5, now how to get out of this mode?

Ways to Get Out of Recovery Mode

You can get out of the recovery mode by restoring or updating your device.

  1. There is a pop-up screen asks you to “update” or “restore” your device.
  2. Choose “Restore” or “Update” the device to the newest iOS; it means the device will erase all existed data. You can select the latest backup to restore.

Another way you can do to get out of the recovery mode quickly:

  1. Plug the device into your PC and iTunes launches and detects that your device is in recovery mode.
  2. Holding the On/Off together with the Home button, hold until the Apple logo appears. It makes your device starts up and exits from the recovery mode.

That is all steps on how to enter and exits the recovery mode on iPhone 5.

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How to Extend Battery Life on iPhone 5 Effectively

Posted By Floyd Tedder

According to Apple, the iPhone 5 works with more than 8 hours of talk time on 3G, more than 8 hours of the internet on 3G, and more than 8 hours of LTE. It also works more than 10 hours on Wi-Fi, more than 10 hours of video playback, more than 40 hours of audio playback, and the last is more than 225 hours of standby time. If you are the iPhone 5 user, it is great to know how to extend battery life on iPhone 5. Follow these iPhone 5 Tips to entend your iPhone 5 battery.

About The Battery Usage

For most people, they love listening to music, and at the same time surfing the internet. It makes the battery drains out quickly. The battery life also depends on the connection you choose whether you go with a 3G/LTE network or a Wi-Fi.

It is better always to check the usage and standby time since it is fully charged. To do so, go to Settings app, choose General, choose Usage, Scroll down and then tap “Time since last full charge” section. Alternatively, you can choose on Cellular Usage to find the amount of time for calls.

It is helpful information to find the amount of time your device awake, and in use since the last when it is fully charged. When you are on call, listening to music, using email, browsing the Internet, receiving and sending text, it means the phone is awake.

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Some Ways to Extend Battery Life on iPhone  5

1. Set Auto-Lock Interval

By doing this, after your device enters the inactivity, it can turn off faster. You can configure the auto-lock interval. It can be 1 minute or 5 minutes. Below is the way to set it:

Go to Settings app > General > Auto-Lock.

2. Disable Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi takes more battery life on your iPhone 5. It is because the Wi-Fi chip tries hard to search for the available network. Therefore, you must disable the feature. Below is the way to disable Wi-Fi on your device:

Go to Settings app > Wi-Fi> Disable Ask to Join Network (toggle it off).
By disabling the Wi-Fi, it means that the device only can join the known Wi-Fi networks automatically. It only happens if you manually select a network.

3. Dim The Screen

How to extend battery life on iPhone 5 can be by dimming the screen. You can extend the battery life by lowering the screen brightness, or you can turn on the Auto-Brightness to let you adjust the brightness based on the lighting conditions. Below is the way to set the Auto Brightness:

Go to Setting app > Brightness & Wallpaper > Auto-Brightness (Enable this feature by toggle it on).

That is all about some ways you can do to extend the iPhone 5 battery life.

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How to Extend Ring Time on iPhone 5 with Easy Steps

Posted By Floyd Tedder

By default, Apple iPhone rings in just 20 seconds, and after that, the call sends to the voicemail. If you have a big effort to run your business by having many meetings, it is impossible for you to receive any calls immediately. The iPhone does not come with a choice to adjust the length. However, you can change the settings to extend ring time on iPhone 5 by dialing some series of numbers and symbols. You can follow this iPhone 5 Tips to extend your ring time.

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Steps to Extend Ring Time on iPhone 5

Below is the hidden way on extending the ring length on your iPhone.

  • Turn on your iPhone. Select the “Phone icon, and then choose “Keypad”.
  • Enter the code: *#61#, and then press “Call” that will let you view the Setting. After that, you must locate the text below on the screen:
    “Setting Interrogation Succeeded, Voice Call Forwarding, When Unanswered, Forwards to +” and record the 11-digit number after the + symbol”.
  • Tap the dismiss button so you can enter the code below on the keypad:
    *61*+ 11-digit forwards to the number from the step2, and then *11 and *ringtime#. In the ring times, you can change it based on the number of seconds you want to adjust to your iPhone to ring before automatically send the call to voicemail.
  • If you finish the code, it can be like this:
    *61*2966624577*11*60#
    In the example here, the ring time is set to 60 seconds. After that, you can press the Call button.
  • In this final step, you will get a message:
    Setting activation is the success. Press Dismiss and the next time you get a call, it will ring in the new amount of seconds before going to the voicemail.

That is one of the methods to try on how to extend ring time on iPhone 5. If you think that it is too long for you and complicated, the alternative is to call your provider. For example, AT&T can do this for you. Even Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint can help you to deal with the voice settings by calling them or visiting their store. It is important to note that every provider has their solution to deal with the voicemail settings.

Therefore, you must understand that the voicemail settings that you do are correct. Virgin Mobile, Vodafone, and AT&T have their way on how to provide their service, especially for the voicemail settings. We recommend you to call your provider as the best solution for quick support.

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