How to Avoid iPhone Hackers

Summary: From this article, we’ll learn some tips about how to avoid iPhone hackers.

Although iPhone is safe for most of us to use, and can protect us from hacking, but there are many software on our iPhone, it’s still possible to be attacked. But don’t worry, there are some tips can help us avoid some iPhone hackers, see below page for more detailed information.

Don’t Use Public Charger

When we go out and our iPhone is out of power, we may think of using public charger to charge our iPhone, from now on, don’t use it any more.

As it can be used to download some potential malware or hacking software on iPhone, so you’d better bring an iPhone charger along with you when you’re out.

Don’t Jailbreak iPhone

We’ll get more chance to get our iPhone hacked when jailbreak our iPhone, as jailbreak iPhone will allow us to install some apps from unknown resource. So please don’t jailbreak iPhone.

Delete Credit Card Information

As your credit card account may be get hacked, so you’d better remove it when you don’t use it.

Step 1. Open iPhone, go to App Store and click “Apple ID”, then log in it.

Step 2. Tap on “Payment Information” when you enter account setting page, then you can see your credit card information there.

Step 3. Now find and click “None” to remove all information, then click “Done” on the right top corner.



What to Do when iPhone is Hacked

When your iPhone is hacked, what to do? Don’t worry, now you can follow below steps and fix it.

Step 1. Open your iPhone, go to Setting--General--Reset--Erase All Content and Settings.

Step 2. When it needs password, input your Apple ID password, and confirm with “Erase iPhone”.



Get Back Lost Data when iPhone is Hacked

How do you get back your lost data when iPhone is hacked without backup? Here we’ll recommend you iRefone, which is a professional iOS data recovery software.

It has two version, Windows version and Mac version. It has three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud Backup. It’s 100% safe with clear interface.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and tap on “Next”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, find and click “Contact” icon for example, and it will be scanned by the software.



Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose contacts you need, tap on “Recover to PC”.

How to Enable True North in Compass

“I often get lost when i come to a new place, and i heard from my friends that there is compass feature on iPhone. When i open it, it doesn’t seem right, how to enable true north in compass?”

Do you know one of iPhone built-in apps which named Compass? Do you know how to enable true north and how to use it? Now from this article, we’ll show you the detailed information about how to do it.

How to Enable True North in Compass

Before using compass, we’ll need to enable true north in compass first, see below steps.

Step 1. Open iPhone, go to Setting--Compass.

Step 2. Now you can see option “True North”, turn it on.



How to Use Compass on iPhone

Now we’ll see how to use compass on iPhone after enabling true north on it.

Step 1. Open your iPhone, launch Compass on it.

Step 2. Then hold your iPhone steady and spin around until you hit the degrees that you need to follow. For example, 30 degrees north-northeast.

Step 3. Then click Compass Face to lock in the bearing. And you can see the red circle inside the compass.



Now do you know how to use it now?

Tips:When you want to backup or recover your lost iPhone data selectively, or you need to extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively without erasing all content and settings, you can come to iRefone for help. It can help us recover our lost iPhone data with three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud Backup.

For detailed steps, you can refer to below article for reference:

Get Back Lost App Data after Updating to iOS

How to Short Videos on iPhone

“I’d like to take videos of my little baby to record his cute moment, but some videos are too long, so i want to short them. Anyone can tell me how to short videos on iPhone?”

As we can edit our photos within Photo app, we can also edit our videos within Photo app, as it has built-in video trimming. With it, we can delete some dead time at the beginning of our videos. Now follow below page and learn how to short your video on iPhone.

How to Short Videos on iPhone

Step 1. Launch Photo app on your iPhone, find and click the video you need to short or edit.

Step 2. Then click “Edit” button at the right top corner, which looks like three horizontal lines or sliders.



Step 3. Now click and hold on the right or left side of the timeline to engage the trimming tool. Then drag the “Anchor” left or right to trim it. And you can click and hold on “Anchor” to expand the timeline for more precise editing.



Step 4. When finish it, click “Done” at the bottom right of your screen, then tap on “Save as New Clip” or “Trim Original” to replace your original ones.



Tips: When you have backup your videos on iTunes or iCloud, and you want to extract them from your backups selectively; or you want to backup them selectively, iRefone can help you with it.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can help us recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, call history, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively without erasing all content and settings.

Now you can refer to below article for reference:

Export Recording Videos from iDevice to PC

Forward Phone Calls on iPhone 8

“Recently, I’m too busy to answer some phone calls, so I want to do calls forwarding on my iPhone 8. But how to set up phone call forwarding on iPhone?”

Call forwarding allows us to forward our phone calls to another phone number, like your home number or your friends number. And when set up phone calls forwarding feature on our iPhone, we’ll need to do it with different methods according to different network, like GSM or CDMA. Now we’ll see how to do it.

Enable Call Forwarding on iPhone

When your iPhone is with GSM carrier service, you can follow below steps.

Step 1. Open your iPhone, go to Setting--Phone, then you can see many options, choose “Call Forwarding”, turn it on.



Step 2. Then input the phone number that you need to forward your calls to, when finish setting it, you can see call forwarding image icon at the left top of your screen.



Enable Call Forwarding on iPhone with Carrier Code

When your iPhone is with CDMA service, you can enable call forwarding on your iPhone with carrier code, see below steps.

Step 1. Open your iPhone, and click phone app, then go to Keyboard page.

Step 2. Then check your carrier’s correct code from its website and input it into the keyboard and call it to enable call forwarding.



Now do you know how to enable calls forwarding feature on your iPhone?

Recover Call History on iPhone

When you need to backup your contacts or recover your lost contacts or call history, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can not only help us recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, call history, WeChat messages ect. It has two version and can help us recovery lost data with three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud Backup.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, then tap on “Next”.



Step 2. Now we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon, find and click “Call History” icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose call history you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



For more similar issue, please check below link for reference:

Get Back Disappeared Call Logs after iPhone Updating to iOS 11

How to Recover Deleted Facebook Messages?

“It’s my first time to check my old Facebook messages, now i couldn’t find some of them. How could i recover my deleted Facebook messages?”

When you’re using Facebook, and occasionally lost some of your Facebook messages, now you’re in correct place. Here, we’ll show you some methods about how to recover deleted Facebook messages.

Recover Deleted Facebook Messages from Facebook Messenger

When you have archived your Facebook messages on Facebook Messenger, we can help you get them back from your Facebook Messenger.

Step 1. Open Messenger app on your phone, and go to recent conversations. And click search bar to input the conversation you have archived.



Step 2. When you find the conversation you lost, click it and tap “Unarchive Messages” option, then you can get back your lost Facebook messages.

Step 3. You can also find your archived messages from web version by going to Messages--More--Archived.

Recover Deleted Facebook Messages from PC

We can also try to find our lost Facebook messages from PC, see below steps.

Step 1. Connect your phone to PC, when it’s recognized, go to SD Card/Internal Storage--Android--Data--com.facebook.orca.



Step 2. Click the folder, and find “Cache”, then tap folder “fb_temp”, then you can find your deleted Facebook messages here.



Tips: When you lost some data on iPhone occasionally, iRefone can help you recover them.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can help us recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, call history, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud Backup selectively without erasing all content and settings.

For detailed steps, you can check below article for reference:

Export iCloud Contacts to CSV Format

iPhone Won't Turn on after Updating iOS

What to do when your iPhone won’t turn on after updating iOS?

Now iOS 12 is going to be released soon, many people are trying to update their iPhone with iOS 12 beta. Unfortunately, their iPhone won’t turn on after updating to iOS 12, what happened? What to do? Recently, many iPhone users feedback us this kind of issue, due to this issue, we prepare this article and show you some methods about how to fix iPhone won’t turn on issue after updating to iOS, check below page for detailed information.

Check iPhone Battery

After updating to iOS 12, our iPhone may be out of power, so our iPhone won’t turn on. Now you can plug your iPhone with your iPhone charger to charge it, then check if it turns on or not.

Hard Reset iPhone

When iOS crash or some other app crash, we can hard reset iPhone to fix it.

Now press power button and home button together and hold on until your iPhone screen goes black, and don’t release the buttons, then wait a minute until Apple logo show up, now release buttons, and your iPhone will be hard reset.

If you’re using an iPhone X, please follow below steps:

Step 1. Press volume up button and quick release it.

Step 2. Press volume down button and quick release it.

Step 3. Press power button and hold on until Apple logo show up on your screen and wait for your iPhone open.



Restore iPhone with iTunes

When there is some hardware issue, we can restore your iPhone with iTunes to fix it. But you will need to do back if you have no backups on iTunes.

Step 1. Launch iTunes, connect your iPhone with PC.

Step 2. When it’s recognized, click iPhone image icon on the left top corner, then tap on “Backup” on the right page, and confirm with “Backup”.

Step 3. When finish backup, go to Files--Summary, and you can see your backup files list there. Choose the backup files you need, tap on “Restore Backup” on the right page, and confirm with “Restore”.



Backup iPhone Data before Updating iOS

When you’re afraid to lose some of your iPhone data before updating iOS, you can backup your iPhone data selectively with iRefone. And also when you have lost some of your iPhone data after updating iOS without backup, iRefone can also help you with it.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can help us recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, call history, WeChat messages ect. And also when we have some backups on iTunes and iCloud, it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively without erasing all content and settings.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, then tap on “Next”.



Step 2. When finish scanning, you can preview and choose related data by clicking its data icon. Now we’ll take message icon for example, click “Message” icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose messages you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



Tips: When you have done some backups on iTunes and iCloud before updating to iOS, now you can refer to below article for get back your data from iTunes and iCloud selectively without erasing all content and settings.

Get Back Disappeared Call Logs after iPhone Updated to iOS 11

iPhone couldn't be restored, what to do?

“When I try to restore my iPhone, it always pop up an error unknown message, how could i fix iPhone couldn’t be restored issue?”

It’s a quite common issue when we use iTunes to restore our iPhone iPad, and there are some solutions here, and we’ll need to use recovery mode to restore our iPhone. See below steps and have a try.

Set Recovery Mode to Restore iPhone

Before doing it, please make sure your iTunes is with latest version.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone with PC, and launch iTunes on your PC. When your iPhone is recognized by your PC, force restart your iPhone with below steps.

iPhone X/8/8Plus: Press volume up button and quickly release it; press volume down button and quickly release it; then press power button and hold on until you see it connects to iTunes screen.

iPhone 7/7Plus or earlier: press power button and home button together and hold on until you see the connect to iTunes screen.



Step 2. When it pops up a message with options “Restore” and “Update”, click “Update”. Then iTunes will try to reinstall iOS without erasing you data. Wait for a while until iTunes download the software for your iPhone. When finish it, force restart your iPhone again.



Step 3. After restoring, set up your iPhone.

Backup iPhone Data when iPhone Couldn’t be Restored

When your iPhone couldn’t be restored, how do you backup your iPhone data? Or when you want to backup your iPhone data selectively, what will you do?

Don’t worry, we can come to iRefone for help, which is a professional iOS data recovery software. It supports two version, Windows version and Mac version.

iRefone supports three recovery mode to get back our iOS data, that is “Recover from iOS Device”, “Recover from iTunes Backup” and “Recover from iCloud Backup”. and it can help us get back more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, call history, WeChat messages ect.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and click “Next”.



Step 2. Then new interface will show up, find and click related app data icon, like “Photo” icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose photos you need to backup, tap on “Recover to PC” and choose folder path to save them.



Extract iPhone Data from iTunes Backup

When you have done backup on iTunes, and want to extract them from iTunes selectively, please follow below steps.

Step 1. Run iRefone, choose “Recover from iTunes Backup”, and all your backup files on iTunes will show up.



Step 2. Find the backup files you need, click “Select” at the end of the files. And new interface will show up, find and click “Photo” icon in the new page for example, and iRefone will scan it.



Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose photos you need, tap on “Recover to PC” and choose folder path to save them.

Export iCloud Contacts to CSV Format

“How to Export our iCloud contacts to CSV format?”

“When we want to open our contacts files on our PC with detailed information, we’d better save our contacts as CSV format. And from this page, we’ll show you how to export iCloud contacts to CSV format.”

CSV format is widely supported by many apps, so it’s more convenient for us to use it. So here, we’ll show you how to export your iCloud contacts to CSV format, see below steps.

How to Export iCloud Contacts to CSV Format

Now follow below steps and export your iCloud contacts to CSV format.

Step 1. Open browser on your PC, and navigate to iCloud.com, and log in it with your Apple ID and password.

Step 2. When log in, find and click “Contact” image icon, then you can see all your contacts there. And click “Setting” at the left bottom corner.



Step 3. Now choose option “Select All”, then all your contacts will be selected.



Step 4. Then go to Setting again, and click “Export vCard...”, now vCard files will be download on your PC automatically.

Step 5. Now navigate to vCard to CSV Converter Page, then follow below instruction to fill it:


vCard-File: choose the vCard file here that you exported from iCloud.

Format: select “CSV” as the format from the drop-down menu, and choose “Comma” from the next drop down menu, and finally check mark “Add header line.”

Encoding: set it to “Unicode (UTF-8).”
Step 6. When finish it, click “Convert”, and your contacts files will be converted and downloaded automatically on your PC, now you can view them with other apps, like excel.

Selectively Export iCloud Contacts to CSV Format

When you want to export iCloud contacts to CSV format selectively, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it has two version, Windows version and Mac version. It can not only help us backup and recover more than 16 kinds of files selectively, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, call history, WeChat messages ect. But also can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud selectively, and it doesn’t need us to erase all content and settings.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, choose “Recover from iCloud Backup”, log in it with your Apple ID and password.



Step 2. Now all your backup files on iCloud will show up, find the one you need, click “Download” at the end of the files you need.



Step 3. After downloading, we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, find “Contact” icon, and it will be scanned by the software.



Step 4. When finish scanning, you can preview and choose contacts you need to export, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save your CSV format files.



For more related issue, please check below article for reference:

Recover Disappeared Contacts on iPhone

Save and Backup GIFs on iPhone iPad

It’s easy for us to send GIFs in message app on our iPhone iPad, but how could we save and backup those GIFs on iPhone iPad?

GIF is a kind of image file format which is animated by combining several other images ar frames into a single file. And unlike JPG image, GIFs use composition algorithm, and it won’t degrade the quality of our photos, and it’s easy for us to store them in bytes. Then how could we save and backup GIFs on iPhone? Follow below methods.

Save GIFs from Website

Firstly, we’ll see how to save GIFs from website, follow below steps.

Step 1. Unlock your iPhone, and open browser on it, and navigate to giphy.com.

Step 2. Then you can see many GIFs there, and search for the GIF you need, click it to open it, and it will prompt to ask you to click and hold on to copy or save it on your iPhone when you’re using iPhone with iOS 11.

Step 3. if you’re using and older iPhone, like iPhone SE, iPhone 6/6plus, iPhone 5, it will ask you to click and hold on until you get some options, like “Save Image”, click it to save GIF.



Save GIFs from Message app

As we can send and receive GIFs on message app, now we’ll see how to save GIFs from Message app.

Step 1. Unlock your iPhone, open Message app.

Step 2. Find the conversation that with GIFs you need to save, now when you’re using an old iPhone, click the GIF and hold on, then you’ll get option “Save”, click it to save your GIF.



Step 3. When you’re using a new iPhone, you can just 3D touch the GIF to save it.

Check GIFs on iPhone with iOS 11

After saving GIFs on your iPhone, how do you check your GIFs on iPhone?

Step 1. Unlock your iPhone, go to Photo app. And click “Album” at the right bottom corner.

Step 2. Now you can see many albums there, find photo album “Animated”, then you can see your GIFs there.



Backup GIFs on iPhone iPad

After saving GIFs on your iPhone iPad, you can backup your GIFs on iTunes and iCloud, or you can selectively backup them on your PC with the help of iRefone.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it has two version, that is Windows version and Mac version. it can not only help us backup, transfer and recover more than 16 kinds of files selectively, but also can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup without erasing all content and settings.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and tap on “Next”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon there, find and click “Photo” icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose GIFs you need, tap on “Recover to PC” to backup them, and choose folder path to save them.