If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You can put your iOS device in recovery mode and then restore it with iTunes. In these situations, you might need to use recovery mode to restore your device: 1  iTunes doesn't recognize your device or says it's in recovery mode.
Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending brief, electronic messages between two or more mobile phones, or fixed or portable devices over a phone network.
Text Messaging Abbreviations & Shortcuts. Here's a list of over 300 popular SMS (short message service) text message abbreviations or text message symbols used to reduce typing when you are messaging on your cell phone, SmartPhone (iPhone, Samsung, Android, etc.), or on your computer keyboard. Some may call it internet slang or a form of leet.