By now you either love or hate the iPhone’s new operating system. Whether you belong to group A or group B, we have some tips for you that are going to make your friends think you are a wizard, and at the end of the day you will be more at peace with your brand spanking new iOS7 operating system.

1. Change Your Background – Do you hate the way your background looks in contrast to your apps? That’s because your background is a picture, silly. Try going to settings and checking out the programmed wallpapers. Try out a minimalist, solid color gradient background. Looks better, right?

2.Built In Level – For all you DIY guys, this is awesome. Open up the Compass app and swipe to the right. Your pictures will never hang crooked again.

3. Cool Control Panel – You an access your control panel without unlocking your phone, and it comes equipped with a flashlight. So the next time you’re lost in the dark, just swipe from the bottom to the top, and click the flashlight in the bottom left hand corner. Let there be light.

4. Swipe Down to Search – Never fumble through your phone again to find what you’re looking for. Swipe down on any screen and type in what you’re looking for, your phone will find it.

5. Block Unwanted Numbers – Do you have a creepy ex? Want them to stop calling you? All you have to do is go in to your contacts click on the person you no longer wish to be in contact with, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on “Block this Caller.” If they are not in your address book, you can go to your recent calls and click the i symbol next to their phone number.

6. New Privacy Settings – There are new privacy settings, and even if you’ve reviewed them before, you probably want to review them again. By default all the settings are set to “on,” so if you don’t want your phone to constantly keep track of your whereabouts, do the following. Go to the Settings app, tap Privacy, then Location Services, scroll to the bottom tap System Services. You can turn Location Based iAds to off, and turn Frequent Locations off.

Do you have any cool iOS7 hidden features you want to share?

[Source: Time]