Travel with iphone, 47 travel with iphone – Apple iPhone iOS 8.4 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Basics

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You can also charge the battery by connecting iPhone to your computer, which also allows you

to sync iPhone with iTunes. See

Sync with iTunes

on page 20. Unless your keyboard has a high-

power USB 2.0 or 3.0 port, you must connect iPhone to a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port on your computer.

Important:  

The iPhone battery may drain instead of charge if iPhone is connected to a computer

that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode.
See proportion of battery used by each app. Go to Settings > General > Usage, then tap

Battery Usage.

The battery icon in the upper-right corner shows the battery level or charging status. To display

the percentage of battery charge remaining, go to Settings > General > Usage. When syncing or

using iPhone, it may take longer to charge the battery.

Important:  

If iPhone is very low on power, it may display an image of a nearly depleted battery,

indicating that iPhone needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it. If iPhone is

extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes before the low-battery

image appears.

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be

replaced. The iPhone battery isn’t user replaceable; it should be replaced only by Apple or an

authorized service provider. See

www.apple.com/batteries/service-and-recycling/

.

Travel with iPhone

If you travel outside your carrier’s network area, you can avoid roaming charges by turning off

voice and data roaming services in Settings > Cellular. See

Cellular settings

on page 190.

Some airlines let you keep your iPhone turned on if you switch to Airplane Mode. You can’t make

calls or use Bluetooth, but you can listen to music, play games, watch videos, or use other apps

that don’t require network or phone connections. If the airline allows it, you can turn Wi-Fi or

Bluetooth back on to enable those services, even while in Airplane Mode.
Turn on Airplane Mode. Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center,

then tap . You can also turn Airplane Mode on or off in Settings. When Airplane Mode is on,

appears in the status bar at the top of the screen.

You can also turn Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on or off in Control Center.

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