Woman tests some of the most viral iPhone myths to see if they're actually true or just plain false

A woman has trialed a bunch of viral iPhone hacks and hints to see which ones are legit and which are nothing more than myths. 

There are hundreds of iPhone tips and tricks out there. 

However, while some of them – like using your iPhone to charge another iPhone – are the real deal, others don’t actually work. 

YouTuber Sarah Grace decided to round up some of the most viral hacks to see which ones are worth a try.

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She tested out several viral iPhone hacks to separate the fact from fiction

The content creator tested a bunch of different hacks, with some of them particularly bizarre and others a little less off-the-wall. 

And, as you might expect, not all of them lived up to the claims – here’s what worked and what didn’t.

The content creator started off with one of the more bizarre viral hacks out there: charging an iPhone with a potato. 

Over time, your phone’s battery will degrade, and you’ll find you don’t get as long between charges. 

So wouldn’t it be great if all you needed to recharge your phone was a cable and a humble spud? 

Unfortunately – but not surprisingly – Sarah discovered that the hack doesn’t work. 

Another somewhat baffling hack claimed that you can remove scratches using nothing more than some toothpaste. 

But, much like the potato charger, this one didn’t work, either, and just resulted in a toothpaste-smeared screen. 

A third weird and wonderful claim suggested Siri is able to identify a song, just by you singing it into your phone’s speaker.

Again, this one didn’t work, and Siri was unable to help out here. 

Is rice or ice the solution to fixing your iPhone?

If you’ve ever accidentally dunked your phone in water, there’s a good chance that someone you know recommended leaving it in rice to dry out. 

In Sarah’s case, she submerged an iPhone 12 and then placed it in rice overnight. 

The next morning, the phone switched on again, but it’s unclear if the rice actually helped or whether it would have turned on anyway. 

On a similar theme, she tested whether putting your broken iPhone in the freezer to see if it fixed it, and – no surprises here – it didn’t. 

She had more luck when testing if the iPhone was water-resistant and discovered that it still worked after being briefly placed under running water. 

Some of the hacks made use of little-known features

Does the iPhone have a ‘secret button’ on the back? Well, sort of. 

If you go into the Accessibility settings on your phone and then find Back Tap, you can then choose from a long list of functions your iPhone will do if you double-tap the back. 

For example, you can have it set up to take a screenshot when you gently tap the back of your iPhone twice. 

The Accessibility menu can allow you to control your phone using just voice commands. 

Head into the Voice Control accessibility features, and turn them on, and you’ll be able to control your iPhone without even needing to touch it. 

Another accurate hack tested by Sarah was using the Notes app to scan documents. 

And that you can copy hand-written text directly from a photo, which is pretty impressive stuff. 

Sarah was also able to share her AirPods with another phone using the Share Audio feature, so you and a pal can listen to the same music.

So, what have we learned?

As well as learning some cool new features and functions, the tests also taught us not to believe everything we see online. 

Just because there’s a handful of videos out there claiming something works, it doesn’t mean that’s the case.

Although in these tests, Sarah’s iPhone mostly escaped unharmed, trying out viral hacks can leave you at risk of damaging your phone – so, if in doubt, don’t bother. 

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