Three iPhone Life Hacks That Could Make Your Life Easier

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I was so excited to tell my kids about these three cell phone life hacks, like I knew something cool about technology before them. Well, I told them last night and my son said, "Dad, everyone knows that. You didn't know you could do that on your phone?" Fine, I'm still going to share it with you, just in case you don't already know these iPhone tricks...

 

1. When you open your calculator on your iPhone, you see a regular calculator. Now, turn it sideways. BAM! There you have it, a Scientific calculator with a lot more options.

 

2. Have you ever needed a tape measure and of course you don't have one. What about a level to hang a picture? Well, did you know there's an iPhone app called "Measure" that you can download an use with your phone? It will allow you to use your camera as a tape measure and your actual phone as a level.

 

3. Have you ever been put in group text that doesn't really pertain to you and you get notifications from it all day long? It's annoying, I know! Here's what you do...

At the top of the group text where it shows all the people on the text, press there where it says how many people are in the text. There will be a small drop-down menu that comes up and click the i for info. Look down at the bottom and there is a button you can push there that says "Hide Alerts." This will stop all of the vibrating and alerts every single time someone sends a text in the group. However, they will still show up so you can go in later and read them if you choose. 

 

Plus, I just found this out on-the-air this morning from Andrew...

He said in the newer iPhone, if you're looking at your texts and you simply swipe left on it, it will say Hide Alerts or Delete and you can hide the alerts right there! 

 

There are several more you can check out from Buzzfeed here.