Siri used to be a cool, sometimes useful, feature of the iOS. Aside from the novelty of having a digital assistant (well, there is Cortana now), you can also ask it help for convenient searching and other simple tasks.

But it turns out that Siri may do just as much harm than good for your iDevice, even with all the additional locks in place. The locks screen code and the Touch ID are some of the new ways by which Apple aims to heighten security for iDevice users, and the iOS 7.1.1 was supposed to have improved the Touch ID as well.

However, GSM Arena has found a video that demonstrates how you can bypass the lock screen pass code with the help of Siri. Using the Siri trick, you can just activate Siri and ask for the phone's contacts and then make a call to any of them.

Passcode trick to access contacts via Siri (via YouTube/Sherif Hashim)

In the video, the user tries to access the phone, but Siri will ask the user to unlock the iPhone. But by simply encoding "Call A," Siri will bring up a number of contacts starting with A, and from there, you can already access the phone's contacts and make a call.

The video creator Sherif Hashim has advised to disable Siri for the meantime until Apple is able to deal with the situation.

Making it easier to spot which games needs money

If you haven't been buying apps on your iDevice for the past few days after the iOS 7.1.1 update has rolled out, then you may be happy to know that there is a slight change that can help you aid the simple decision of whether to get an app or not.

It's hard to choose apps and games in stores if you don't know have a particular app you want. It's even harder for gamers who want to enjoy playing free games before realizing after too much grinding that you need in-app purchases to enjoy the game.

One good example of this would be the much-criticized Dungeon Keeper, which seems like a fun game at first, until it starts milking you for what you've got on unnecessary things.

According to MacRumors, the iOS 7.1.1 update now has a small label "In-App Purchases" for games that offer them. This can be seen in the different lists so you won't have to access the detail pages. In addition, there are also featured app listings that are even more specific like the Great Free Games list.

This immediately filters out the apps, a result of previous warnings that Apple had received from parents whose kids have purchased unauthorized in-app items. So far, the inclusion of in-app purchases labels for the different apps is just a part of the string of changes that Apple has done for its App Store to ensure that unauthorized in-app purchases are avoided.

Other features added for the App Store is the addition of content under Medical/Treatment Information, Gambling and Contests, and Unrestricted Web Access.

Battery drain problems: One possible solution

For most people, the iOS 7.1.1 update has become the solution to powering up your battery even more, as it's supposed to do. However, there are still a number of people who are complaining about battery drain with their iDevices.

Softpedia reports that a user who has tried hard-restoring his iPhone, installed the iOS 7.1.1 via iTunes, and setting up the phone as new--never forgetting to back up data before doing all of these though--the battery seemed to have been restored and no longer drains as fast as before.

One speculation on why the likes of the iPhone 5S does not seem to have any problem with battery is that other devices have been installing the new updates since the iOS 7 beta version, and may have been using the same old backup that might have sync problems with the current version.

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