How to enable easy access mode (Reachability) in the iPhone X, 8, 7, 6
The iPhone X’s Super Retina HD display is the biggest screen Apple has ever made for a smartphone. This means it can be difficult to use with one hand. Fortunately, Reachability still runs in “Convenient Access” mode, even without the familiar Home button.
Apple offers a helpful Convenient Accessibility feature that shifts the image from the top of the iPhone screen to the bottom. This makes it easy to control the gadget with one finger at the bottom of the screen. Convenient Access was first introduced with the iPhone Plus series and is now very popular with users.
How to use the double and triple tap feature of the iPhone in iOS 14
The first beta of iOS 14 introduced many new features, including the ability to invoke certain actions with a tap on the back of the iPhone. The list of actions you can assign to double and triple tapping on the back is quite large, but it can be made limitless with Commands.
We tell you how to enable and use the tap feature, as well as add gestures Commands.
What devices does Reachability support and how does tapping on the back of the iPhone work
All devices from iPhone X and newer, with the exception of the 2020 iPhone SE, support the new touch feature. iPhone recognizes gestures on any iOS screen, the main condition is that it must be active.
Actions can be assigned to double and triple tap. The list of actions is quite large, there are scroll gestures and universal access options. The most useful of the presented so far seems to be the ability to take a screenshot.
How to enable double or triple tap on iPhone in iOS 14
You can activate and configure the function by going to: Settings Universal Access Touch Rear.
- Open Settings Universal Access.
- Select the Touch section scroll down and tap Tap on the back.
- Go to the double tap and triple tap items one by one and assign the actions you want.
How to open apps by tapping on your iPhone
By integrating touch with Commands, the gesture possibilities are limitless: you can open apps or set a whole Cascade of actions.
Any command created on the iPhone can be assigned to double or triple tap.
If you do not have the Commands app, download it from the AppStore. It’s free.
How to create a command to open an app. such as Instagram
- Go to Commands, click on the sign in the upper right corner
- Click Add Action.
- In the search bar, start writing the word “Open”, in the options offered, choose Open App.
The function is really useful, but at this stage works unstable. Be prepared for false positives, especially when you put your iPhone on the table. for both double and triple taps.
You can enable or disable the Convenient Access function by going to: Settings → Settings → Universal Access → Touch and setting the Convenient Access switch to the required position.
- Open a second app. To split your screen on iOS, you just need to open a second app and minimize it
- Open the main app. Now open the main app, the one you want to share screens with.
- Drag and drop the second app.
Go to Settings → Universal Access → Touch and enable Convenient Access. 2. Pull down (swipe from top to bottom) the bar (gesture bar) at the bottom edge of the screen in any open app or under the Dock bar on the home screen.
- Open Settings;
- Go to the “Basic” section;
- Open the Universal Access tab;
- Scroll down the menu and open the “Quick Commands” item;
- Check the “Easy Access” checkbox.
To reboot the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, press and hold the volume down and power keys for about 10 seconds. If the model is older, to restart, you need to hold down the off key and Home button for 10 seconds until the apple icon disappears.
If your gadget isn’t responding or you just want to restart your smartphone quickly: press and quickly release the volume up button, press and quickly release the volume down button, then hold down the side button and keep it pressed until your iPhone restarts.
- Open Settings;
- Go to the “Basic” section;
- Open the “Universal Access” tab;
- Scroll down the menu and open the “Quick Commands” item;
- Check the “Easy access” checkbox.
Go to Settings → Universal Access → Touch and turn on the Convenient Access option. 2. Pull down (swipe from top to bottom) the bar (gesture bar) at the bottom edge of the screen in any open app or under the Dock bar on the Home screen.
How to move the screen on iPhone x down

Starting with the iPhone 6 model, the screen diagonal has increased to 4.7 inches (displays before this model were 4 inches), and in subsequent models (iPhone 6s, 7) supported this trend. Models with the Plus prefix have an even larger screen. 5.5 inches.
Along with the increase in the screen, these models of phones, got a new feature. Convenient Access, which can move the iPhone screen down. Made for users who don’t have long enough fingers to reach the top of the screen with one hand.
Lowering and raising the iPhone screen
Convenient Access lowers the screen of iPhone 6, 6s 7, Plus both on the main desktop with icons and in running applications and games.
Convenient Access moves screen up, down, only in vertical app panning
To move the iPhone screen up or down, tap the Home button twice, don’t tap it. The Convenient Access feature is enabled by default, but if the screen doesn’t slide down and move up, look here:
Go to Settings. select Basic. Universal Access. enable Convenient Access. If you don’t want the screen with icons to move up and down by accidental touches, then disable this feature.
iPhone 11 Pro: How to Enable / Disable Reachability to Bring The Top Screen Down
iOS 7 introduces many special features that many iPhone and iPad users have no idea about. One of them is the head movement feature for controlling mobile devices.
The section of the iOS 7 operating system that allows you to configure your head gestures left and right to perform certain commands is hidden far away in the OS settings. Although the feature is quite useful. For example, you can tilt your head to the right to turn up or down the volume, and by making a gesture in the other direction you can bring up the multitasking panel or return to the Home screen.
Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphones have a similar option. But the Korean company positions it as one of the main features of its smartphone, and Apple has transferred the feature to a special section of iOS for people with disabilities.
How to control iPhone and iPad with head movements
Open the Settings app.
Go to the Basic menu.
Go to Universal Access.
Scroll down to the Physiology and Motor Control section and go to Switch Control.
Turn off Auto Scan.
Activate the Switch Control toggle switch. The iPhone will alert you that the function will change the gestures used to control the iPhone. Press OK.
Navigate to the Switchers section.
Click Add New
Under Source, select Camera.
Specify the desired gesture here. Move your head to the left or Move your head to the right.
From the list of actions, select the one you want, such as the multitasking panel call. Program Switch.
Back to your desktop. You will see blue gesture indicators around the edges of the screen. Use one of the customized gestures to launch the multitasking panel.
To remove the magnified screen on your iPhone or iPad
If anything, you can’t make your iPhone screen smaller with a double tap or two fingers.
You need to double-tap the screen with three fingers, and then tap the “Zoom out” button.
Your iPhone screen will return to normal immediately. After that, you can disable the feature completely using the instructions below.
The bottom curtain (dock bar) in iOS on iPhone and iPad doesn’t open
Some users have a problem with opening the bottom curtain (dock bar) in iOS. It doesn’t open in apps like Safari, Yandex Browser, Chrome, etc.
Recently bought a new iPhone 6s and it does not open the control panel. I want to ask if you have an iPhone 6s, you can raise the bottom curtain in an open app, like Safari? Or know how to set it up? It’s just that everyone I know on their fifth iPhones, the curtain opens, but my iPhone 6s for some reason does not.
First, you need to understand whether it is a software problem or a technical one. Check if the bottom curtain works in apps, for example open the keyboard and try to write something at the bottom of the screen. Maybe the sensor at the bottom of the screen is glitchy. It can be, after a fall or a bump. Then the problem is technical and you need to contact the service center.
If you encounter a software problem, this article tells you how to fix the iOS dock bar that does not work on your iPhone and iPad.