Category: Mobile

How to enable full-screen album art on the iPhone Lock Screen

A more immersive music listening experience awaits you! For the longest time, iOS was a relatively limited operating system that, for the most part, didn’t permit its users to personalize it in advanced ways. Though, with every major, annual release, Apple has been introducing more customizations, …

How to Move Microsoft Authenticator to a New Phone

  Using an authenticator app for two-factor authentication (2FA) is more secure than SMS messages, but what if you switch phones? Here’s how to move your 2FA accounts if you use Microsoft Authenticator. Previously, we looked at moving 2FA accounts in Google Authenticator to a new …

How to Convert HEIC Photos to JPG on iPhone and iPad

HEIF images are great, but they don’t always work well with Windows or Android. The iPhone and iPad switched to high-efficiency HEIC/HEIF format for photos back in iOS 11. You might have realized this when you tried to export photos and found some devices couldn’t real …

How to Fix "SOS Only" on an iPhone

“SOS Only” means your iPhone is out of range of your normal carrier. Justin Duino / How-To Geek If you see “SOS Only” on your iPhone at the top of the screen you’ll have trouble making calls, sending texts, or accessing the internet. Here’s what’s going …

How to enable and use eSIM

As physical SIM cards begin to slowly disappear, many are starting to convert to eSIM. Here’s a walkthrough on getting an eSIM on your smartphone. The popularity of eSIMs (or embedded SIM cards) has skyrocketed ever since Apple replaced the physical SIM slot on the iPhone …

Cricket Wireless Now Has Multi-Month Discounts

Like Mint Mobile, you can now save money on your phone bill by paying for multiple months at once. Justin Duino / How-To Geek Prepaid carriers like Mint Mobile have embraced multi-month discounts over the past few years, which offer lower per-month prices if you pay …

How to take long exposure photos on a smartphone

If you’ve ever seen light painting photos from your friends on Instagram, Facebook – or any other social network feed – where they’ve managed to shoot an image where a waterfall or river looks cloudy and smooth, the answer is long exposure photography. And it’s actually …