Other iRituals

[Ctrlos]

Does anyone else have any rituals or hang-overs from previous iPhones or Apple devices you just cannot part with?

For example it doesn't matter what phone I'm using, the bottom 4 apps on my homescreen must always be Weather, Clock, Calculator and Settings. I don't even use 2 of them very often but its something I've always done since the very first iPhone.

 

[thecautioners]

Does anyone else have any rituals or hang-overs from previous iPhones or Apple devices you just cannot part with?

For example it doesn't matter what phone I'm using, the bottom 4 apps on my homescreen must always be Weather, Clock, Calculator and Settings. I don't even use 2 of them very often but its something I've always done since the very first iPhone.

No it’s supposed to be phone, mail, safari, iMessage 😂 honestly I don’t ever change up my Home Screen. It’s been the same for ages.

 

[NotApplicable]

No it’s supposed to be phone, mail, safari, iMessage 😂 honestly I don’t ever change up my Home Screen. It’s been the same for ages.

No, no, no. It’s supposed to be phone, iMessage, mail, safari!

 

[rui no onna]

No, no, no. It’s supposed to be phone, iMessage, mail, safari!

Lol, mine has always been Phone, Message, Safari and Settings.

 

[S.B.G]

Nope. It's supposed to be Phone, Messages, Signal and then Camera.

 

[martint235]

Nope you’re all wrong: Mail, Messages, Calendar and Reminders. On the occasion I use a combined calendar/reminders app, Safari gets promoted.

 

[jz0309]

Geez folks: phone, mail, safari camera
Why is that even discussed? Get with the program

 

[jetsam]

Phone, Mail, Settings, and Safari. It's been that way since my first iPhone 3G.

Hmmm - maybe time to replace Mail with Messages? No, that would be blasphemy!

 

[lkalliance]

What are you all smoking? Merlin Bird ID, Angry Birds, Flappy Bird and Messages.

 

[menist]

Been using dark wallpaper to conserve battery and OLED burn-ins since the iPhone X days.

 

[MrGimper]

No it’s supposed to be phone, mail, safari, iMessage 😂 honestly I don’t ever change up my Home Screen. It’s been the same for ages.

This is the way

 

[eyoungren]

Apple's default placement of their icons has never suited me. I've had the following since about 2013. Took me a year with my first full-purchase iPhone from Apple to settle on this.

Every primary phone since (including the 9 months I was with Android on my Pixel) has kept the same setup.



The folder in the dock is actually named 'iPhone' and apps inside there are ordered by sameness. For instance, Google Voice is directly under the Phone app, Yahoo Mail directly under the Mail app. And so on. Apps are broken out into groups.

I like to keep my Home screen clean. There's a purpose for wallpaper and it isn't to show off your app icons. The first screen remains clear, all subsequent screens that have apps or widgets must have a purpose for being there. Everything else remains off the Home screen and in the App drawer (or whatever they call it where you scroll through all your installed apps).

Page one of my iPhone folder…the rest are similar.



It was easier when I had a jailbreak - I could fit more icons in the folders.

 

[Nermal]

I feel like a heretic with Phone, Safari, Mail, Music!

 

[goldmac2006]

Does anyone else have any rituals or hang-overs from previous iPhones or Apple devices you just cannot part with?

For example it doesn't matter what phone I'm using, the bottom 4 apps on my homescreen must always be Weather, Clock, Calculator and Settings. I don't even use 2 of them very often but its something I've always done since the very first iPhone.

I keep my default lock screen layout all the time since I had iOS 14 from the iPhone 7.

The bottom 4 apps are defaults. The widgets are the only ones that get moved around apart from the first page.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Phone, Safari, Message, and Mail for me.

 

[FeliApple]

I feel like a heretic with Phone, Safari, Mail, Music!

Phone, Messages, Safari and Music

Pretty similar

You are not alone! (Almost)

 

[splifingate]

What are you all smoking? Merlin Bird ID, Angry Birds, Flappy Bird and Messages.

Teh usual: nitrogen, oxygen, argon, CO2, and some densly-urban, vagrant gases.

SomaFM, Phone, MyRadar, and Maps

I spent a few minutes scrolling-through my app-screens looking for Maps, today . . . reminded me of looking for the sunglasses that were already propped-atop my head!

{fiddles}

Now it's:

SomaFM, MyRadar, Duo, and Everand

 

[joeblow7777]

Been using dark wallpaper to conserve battery and OLED burn-ins since the iPhone X days.

I still do this too. Is that crazy in this day and age? Does it even matter with modern displays?

 

[goldmac2006]

Phone, Messages, Safari and Music

Pretty similar

You are not alone! (Almost)

Same here

Been using dark wallpaper to conserve battery and OLED burn-ins since the iPhone X days.

I still do this too. Is that crazy in this day and age? Does it even matter with modern displays?

And y’all do 24/7 dark mode since iOS 13?

 

[joeblow7777]

Same here



And y’all do 24/7 dark mode since iOS 13?

You bet! But that's because I think it looks better as much as any other reason.

 

[goldmac2006]

You bet! But that's because I think it looks better as much as any other reason.

I seen that dark mode turns the interface black on most apps.

I do that with my iPhone but based on sunrise and sunset through dynamic mode

 

[thecautioners]

Phone, Safari, Message, and Mail for me.

You’re ALMOST correct! It’s supposed to be phone, mail, safari, message. I forgive you, it’s just a little mixup… NOW GO FIX IT!

 

[MultiFinder17]

I feel like a heretic with Phone, Safari, Mail, Music!

Same here. I got used to it on my 2G iPhone before they added icon rearrangement and it’s stuck since.

 

[JSDK]

Dock: Phone, Messages, Calendar, Safari.

All other apps are in the App Library. It's the same setup on my iPad. Also, the same wallpaper on my devices, so the transition from iPhone to iPad, and back again is as consistent as possible. That's my "iRitual"

 

[usmaak]

I wish that there was a way to get rid of the dock and get that space back for individual pages.