iPhone: Beginner's Tips and Tricks for iOS7

Chapter 1: Quick Start Guide

Quickly Go to First Home Screen

Press the Home button once allows you to quickly go to the first Home screen.

Quickly Return to the Top

Whenever you need to swipe up to browse more contents, for example, when browsing a webpage, a list or emails, you can always tap the status bar to quickly return back to the top.

Jumping the Index

If you see indexes on the side of a list, you can hold down your finger on the list and move around to jump between indexes.

Delete a List Item

For list items, you can usually swipe left on it to delete.

Change List Order

When editing a list, drag an item to change list order.

Reveal Hidden Search Field

Apps like Contacts, Mail, Notes (and more) allow you to pull down the list to reveal the search field.

Find Anything Quickly

Swipe down (not from the top edge of the screen) from any of the Home screens to reveal Search field, then enter your search terms to find it in your iPhone. This can be an app, message, contact, and etc.

Switch Between Recently Used Apps

Quickly press the Home button twice to display recently used apps.

Swipe left to find more result.

Tap the screen to switch to that app.

Close an App Running in Background

Flip up to close a recently used app (in order to reduce battery usage).

Save an Image

To save an image from Mail, Safari and Messages, just touch and hold the image until you see the save option.

Never miss a Shot

If you are on Locked screen, touch the camera icon and swipe up to turn on camera. You don’t need to enter any passcode.

Control Centre

Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Centre.