Readers offer their best tips for letting your child play with your iPhone and hiding Facebook photos.
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Use A Metal Washer And Tape To Childproof Your iPhone’s Home Button
Fragdemented saves his kid from frustrating home button presses:
Want to let your kid play with your iPhone, but get frustrated that they keep hitting the home button and exiting out of the game? This parental security tip is so simple, all it takes is the right sized washer and electrical tape.
Go to the hardware store and choose a washer that is slightly bigger than the home button on your iPhone. Then take some electrical tape (preferably a matching colour to your phone) and wrap the phone in it with the washer placed over the home button.
Now you have a shield so your kid can’t press the home button, but you can reach it in a pinch with a ball point pen. Just be sure not to press too hard or you’ll leave an indent in the button!
Hide Facebook Pictures Instead Of Deleting Them
Audiopocalypse keeps Facebook impulses in check:
If you want to delete an old Facebook picture, I recommend taking a step back. Don’t impulse delete! You also have the option to hide a photo from everyone but yourself. If you delete it, there is no way to get back the comments or likes or history of it, which sucks if you ever change your mind.
To hide a photo, just open up the photo, click Edit, then under the permissions choose “Only Me”.
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