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iOS Software Swipe away your touchscreen troubles and rekindle your love of Apple’s mobile devices iOS software quick-fire questions What can I do about receiving junk iMessages? > Messages sent in that way (and shown in blue) have a Report Junk link under them if the sender isn’t in your contacts. Tap that, then Delete and Report Junk for Apple to investigate. Report junk SMS or MMS messages to your service provider, and tap Details, then ‘i’ next to the sender’s number, then Block this Caller.
Why won’t a Wallet pass appear on my Lock screen? > Location Services needs to be turned on, and that pass’s Suggest on Lock Screen option has to be enabled too. If the pass still doesn’t appear, it may be the merchant that provided it doesn’t support the Lock screen suggestion feature: check with its support site to find out.
Dictation with a Smart Keyboard still attached I love my iPad Pro and its wonderful Smart Keyboard, but it has one hideous failing: it’s impossible to use iOS’s dictation feature at the same time. To be able to dictate again, I have to yank the Smart Keyboard off. Do you know of any way of fixing this so that I can dictate while keeping the keyboard attached?
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There’s a solution for this in iOS 9.3, so make sure your iPad Pro’s running at least that version by checking in Settings > General > About. If it’s still running an older version, go to Settings > General > Software Update to get the latest version of the operating system. Once you’re on the latest version of iOS, connect your Smart Keyboard and tap in a text field or a document’s body. The Shortcut Bar should then appear across the bottom of the iPad’s display. At the right end of the bar is a downwards-pointing arrow that you would normally tap to dismiss the bar and free up a little bit of screen space. Instead of tapping it, though, hold a fingertip on it for a moment and the full software keyboard should appear shortly afterwards, complete with its
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microphone key, enabling you to once again speak the text you want to appear. This can be a little cumbersome thanks to the short delay before the software keyboard appears. When you’ve finished dictating, tap Done, then tap the software keyboard’s bottom-right key (which shows a keyboard and an arrow) to slide it off the screen, once again leaving only the Shortcut Bar visible at the bottom of the screen. Search for ‘Hardware keyboard improvements and fixes’ at bit.ly/ios9info for descriptions of other keyboard enhancements that were introduced in iOS 9.3.
Hold a fingertip on the arrow at the right end of the Shortcut Bar to open the software keyboard
In iOS 9.3, Apple introduced various improvements for working with hardware keyboards.
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