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iphone 5s

  1. V

    Iphone 5s not working after a battery change

    I have an iPhone 5s. I wanted to use it but the battery was old so i bought a new one and replaced it using a tutorial. After it was done i putted it on charge for like 30 mines. After that i tried to power it but it only showed the logo and after that the screen was dark but it showed some...
  2. W

    iPhone SE (2016) Apple Screwed Up the Keyboard on Smaller iPhones...

    I don't know if this is intentional or if it's a byproduct of less testing being done on smaller phones, but hear me out: the first-generation iPhone SE is harder to type on than the iPhone 5S and 5. I've noticed this and so have friends and family. I own a couple variants of the 5S, all on iOS...
  3. R

    iPhone SE (2020) Upgrading from 5s (32gb) to SE (2020) - 64gb or 128gb?

    Hi all! Obligatory 'hope this is the right place to post if not mods please move', because lots has changed since I last spent much time here! I'm finally accepting that my beloved 5s, while working just fine and as handy as ever with its small size, is getting to be too much work to keep using...
  4. Gandek

    iPhone 5S on iOS 10.2 or update it to 12?

    Recently picked up a iPhone 5S for my old iPhone collection and it came with iOS 10.2 I’m just wondering if these have any special value like some older iPhones on older versions, or should I just update it to 12?
  5. Win7>SnowLeopard

    Other Is the S in iPhone 3GS, 4S, 5S, 6S, XS, XS Max Capitolized?

    Is the S in iPhone 3GS, 4S, 5S, 6S, XS, XS Max Capitalized? On Wikipedia it shows that after the iPhone 4S it becomes lowercased. Just wondering.
  6. E

    Iphone not showing as a Port option for Internet Sharing Catalina OS

    Hi all, I am trying to connect my iphone 5s to a macbook pro 2012 running Catalina 10.15.5 OS. The iphone connects to the mac fine (visible in itunes etc) but I want to turn on internet sharing from the macbook's Ethernet to the Iphone via the USB cable. Cannot use wifi. I have it working on...
  7. J

    Credit card in apple watch series 0 and iphone 5s.

    Good afternoon. MY partner has an apple watch series 0 and an iphone 5s (dosent work Apple pay). She is in a compatible bank with Apple Pay and we have searched some information and read about apple pay in a iphone 5/5c/5s with apple watch but dont say how to do it. Anyone knows how to do it...
  8. bad03xtreme

    iPhone 5 or earlier How to activate iMessages on an old iPhone w/o SIM

    So my son is 11 and some of his friends have phones and he wants to be able to message them. I let him have an old iPhone 5s we had sitting in the closet, and I set up a child account under my iCloud account. However I cannot figure out how to get iMessage to work, I keep getting an activation...
  9. B

    Can't update to Watch OS 5.2 (or later)

    Hi, I just purchased a series 4 watch. It's currently on Watch OS 5.13 and I would like to update to at least 5.2 so I can use the ECG function here in the UK. Admittedly, my iPhone 5s is a grandpa by today's standards. But I don't feel the need for a new phone, and it runs iOS 12.4.2 perfectly...
  10. ImNotARobot58

    My phone deleted all my photos...help

    My iPhone 5s deleted all my photos when i signed in on my wife's apple account. I don't have a apple account, and all my photos are gone. I check through all my photos, albums, and recently deleted. I have no idea where they went. I had around 100 photos that i need for work and personal ones...
  11. emlit

    iPhone 5 or earlier How Best to Move Away from 5s

    Considering a) my wife's 5s took an inadvertent bath, b) we're out of our current contracts, and c) Verizon is running a decent Mother's Day promo, I need advice for upgrading our old 16GB 5ses. I don't want to spend a ton of money, so what's your take on the following options: 1) Take...
  12. mnni

    iPhone WhatsApp Media restore. Storage won't free

    My wife's iphone 6s needs repair and the temporary 5s has only 32 gigs of storage. I cannot restore the WhatsApp media because after downloading the backup (probably 8.03GB) it appears WhatsApp tries to unzip the backup files. Now the local storage consumed is separated into: 8.03 GB in my...
  13. iPhoneAndTechReviews

    iPhone 5 or earlier Should one upgrade to the iPhone 5S in 2018?

    Is it recommended to upgrade to the iPhone 5S or the iPhone 6 in 2018? One of my younger cousin's (David) who is 23 (12 years younger than me) and uses the iPhone XS's younger cousin (Alina ) who is about 14, has just switched from an undefined Android phone to an iPhone 5S (not SE). Some of the...
  14. Z

    iPhone Is it possible to downgrade from 11.4.1?

    I've recently bought a used iPhone 5s. The old phone I have is also a 5s but is on 10.2.1, while the new one is on the 11.4.1. I prefer the old ios version for cydia, but many online resources claim downgrading to unsigned versions (jailbreakable ones) are pretty much impossible. So is there...
  15. Jordan246

    Carrier iPhone battery question

    hey guys i got a question for you my friend has a iphone 5s and when he updated to ios 12 he has been having random shutdowns around 50 to 60% of battery, and also sometimes once it hits 60% to goes directly to 14% and then dies. When he plugs the phone in it jumps back to what percent it died...
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    iOS 12 Final vs. 11.4.1 on 5S! Is it usable?

    I use this 5S as my secondary phone, so I don’t really use it but would it be usable with the latest iOS? In fact, not the worst but not the best, too. :D
  17. C

    problem with Iphone 5s usable storage

    Hi, today i've uptaded some apps on my iphone 5s (with 16gb of capacity), like instagram, whatsapp ecc...when i've tried to open whatsapp, i ran into the "optimizing" interface, that warned me that i havent enough avaible space to use whatsapp (so basically i couldnt respond or receive...
  18. O

    iPhone iOS 12 on iPhone 5s? (Speed, battery)

    Have any of you tried iOS 12 on your iPhone 5S? How is it holding up? I did not upgrade to iOS 11 out of fear of significant lag. There are really big reasons for me to upgrade to iOS 12, but I would hate to make my phone unusable. How is the performance of the beta? Battery life? (Not just...
  19. MY_USERNAME

    iPhone 5 or earlier 5s and HDMI AV Adapter No Longer Work.

    In May of 2018 I upgraded to an iPhone X from an iPhone 5s. I love the X and recommend it. My problem isn’t with the X though. My old 5s, after the update to the X, stopped supporting the AV HDMI adapter. The plan was to use the 5s for work presentations so that I would not put extra wear on...
  20. Austin4321

    General iOS 12 VS Android P 9.0

    So iOS 12 just came out. Both iOS 12 and Android P are incremental updates with optimisations and performance improvements. iOS 12 is said to double the speed and performance across all Apple devices starting from iPhone 5S, that’s crazy as the 5S was launched back in 2013. It mainly optimises...