Released 2011
iOS 5
No longer receiving updates
3 iPhones run it
Settings shown for this version reflect where things were at the time, not where they are today.
Settings introduced in iOS 5
- Allow Notifications Each app has its own notification switch, plus separate control over...
- AssistiveTouch A floating on screen button gives you access to gestures and hardware...
- Auto-Brightness The ambient light sensor raises and lowers screen brightness to match...
- Automatic Downloads Apps, books and music bought on one device can download automatically...
- Badges Badges are the red counters on app icons, and they can be turned off...
- Battery Percentage This shows the exact charge as a number in the status bar instead of...
- Dictation Dictation turns speech into text anywhere a keyboard appears, and on...
- Find My iPhone Find My lets you locate your iPhone on a map, play a sound on it...
- iCloud Backup iCloud Backup copies your device settings, app data, messages and...
- iCloud storage Manage Storage shows what is using your iCloud allowance, which is...
- iMessage and Send as SMS iMessage sends over the internet between Apple devices and shows...
- iMessage settings iMessage settings control which addresses receive messages, which one...
- LED Flash for Alerts The camera flash blinks when a call or notification arrives, which...
- Mono Audio and Balance Mono Audio plays the same signal in both channels, and the balance...
- Read Receipts Read receipts tell the sender when you opened their iMessage, and...
- Siri activation Siri can be summoned by voice, by holding the side button, or by...
- Software Update The Software Update screen shows which iOS version you have, offers...
- Text Replacement You can define a short code that expands into a longer phrase, and...
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