Powering off the iPhone
This is probably a no-brainer, but I thought I’d throw it out there…
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My office building doesn’t get cell phone reception, and with my old phones, I’d power the phone all the way down so as to keep it from draining the battery while it looked for a signal. With the iPhone, I figured all I needed to do to power off the phone was click the little black button on the top right edge of the phone–it turns the screen off, and I assumed that meant it was powered off (a high school teacher used to tell us in class, “Whenever you assume, you make an ass out of u and me.” I guess she was right about that…). Unfortunately, I’ve been going to turn on my phone and discovering the battery drained down, so I knew I wasn’t turning it off. I would normally turn to the phone manual in cases like this, but since the iPhone manual is nothing more than a elaborately drawn game of Pictionary, I’ve not been able to turn to it for guidance with any of my iPhone issues.
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I finally broke down last night and called my dad, who knows all about technology, and explained my problem. I’m pretty sure he thought I was totally lame for not being able to figure this out on my own–I could tell from the exaggerated patience he used to walk me through the process, like he would if I didn’t understand English or something. Regardless, I finally know how it works and am passing it along for the benefit of anyone as inept as I apparently am. To completely power down the iPhone, press and hold the black button on the top right edge of the phone. After a few seconds, the screen will fade to black, and a red slide bar will appear at the top of the screen. Slide the bar to the right to power off, or touch the “cancel” button at the bottom to return to your phone’s desktop.
