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Can I Change Where Bluetooth Menu Appears in iPhone 4S?

Ok - one (as there are many) of the big frustrations with using an Apple iPhone and bluetooth is that you have to click through four screens to actually find teh Bluetooth button, and the second screen (after clicking in Settings) throws up 'General' just off screen. This is VERY ANNOYING when you are pressed for time and want to get you car Bluetooth connecting to iPhone (as I do not and will not leave Bluetooth permanently switched on for obvious reasons - personal health and battery drain). SO..... one solution, as enjoyed by most of the other manufacturers mobile handsets on planet Earth is to have the bluetooth function accessible/switchable on the iPhone home screen at all times. YES - that would work nicely like it does for millions of others with Android phones etc


So my question is - can I change something on my iPhone 4S to make bluetooth switch accessible on the homescreen rather than buried 4 layers down like it is is so very annoyingly now?


I am guessing the answer is 'no' but I will wait to hear if my current sense of futility about this can be overturned by hearing it is possible.


Anyone?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1, Win XP

Posted on Apr 4, 2012 2:06 PM

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Apr 4, 2012 2:28 PM in response to Julian Wright

er..what is the 'OP'?


I disagree about the Bluetooth and health - its a radio wave and having that transmitting in addition to the normal 3G radio cannot be good. My iPhone 4S battery is almost dead after a day even with little ontime use (some calls, some emails, some calendar sync) - so I wish to avoid killing it further by leaving Bluetooth on.


I think its ridiculous that Apple provide no Home screen Bluetooth switching access. It gives the impression that the designers stay in their labs too much and don't appreciate the life of an average working person and their iphone use!

Apr 4, 2012 2:42 PM in response to Cobalt19

er..what is the 'OP'?


That's you... the Original Poster.



I disagree about the Bluetooth and health


Have you done your own research and got different results to the experts? I'd be interested to see it.


Bluetooth is very low powered (even more so when on but inactive), much less than the radio chip that needs to send your voice/data thousands of meters to the nearest cell tower and keep regular contact with it even when not actively in use, and also less than WiFi - both of which are present in your iPhone.

Apr 5, 2012 3:21 PM in response to Julian Wright

I don't leave my BT on on my phone...learned that the hard way. Not because of health or battery issues, but because someone in the vicinity of my phone used their BT connection to USE MY PHONE. I don't exactly understand HOW or WHY it happened and it was also about 3 years ago and not through an iPhone. But it happened and I learned my lesson to only turn it on when I was going to use it.

Can I Change Where Bluetooth Menu Appears in iPhone 4S?

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