Fixing your iOS woes

No doubt that just like us, you love your range of iPhones, iPads and iPod touches, but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t all love them that little bit more if they only worked a little differently. Here are some tips for making the iOS experience even better than it normally is, with a few simple adjustments.

Ever since iOS 7 was released, I have trouble reading the screen!

Open the Settings app and go to General > Accessibility. You can make the text larger in some apps that support Dynamic Text by tapping on the Larger Text option and adjusting accordingly. If you’d like to return the titles of apps to something closer to what they were in iOS 6, tap the Bold Text preference to On – you’ll have to restart your iOS device in order to make the change.

I get a lot of background noise when I’m trying to hear a call on my iPhone 5 or 5c…

Active noise cancellation was something of a hallmark for the iPhone 5s when it was released, but if you’re using a different phone model with iOS 7.1.1 or later, don’t feel left out! You can do the same. Phone Noise Cancellation is now an option for everyone under the Accessibility menu.

I hate the Passcode lock screen; can I disable it?

The passcode lock screen on iOS 7 is optional – when you first set up your iOS device, Apple encourages you to do it, and only in tiny letters underneath tells you it’s optional. Obviously a passcode lock is a good idea – it’ll keep anyone who doesn’t know your password from seeing what’s on your device, and if they enter it incorrectly enough times the device will lock them out. But if you’d prefer not to have a passcode on your device, open Settings > General > Passcode Lock to turn it off. This won’t work on iPhone 5s models that have been set up to use Touch ID, by the way.