STEP 1: CONFIRM/ADJUST THE iPHONE’S SETTINGS

• Go to Settings > Display & Brightness> Auto-Lock and set it to ”Never”.

• Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and under “Ringtone and Alerts” make
sure that “Change with Buttons” is set to OFF.
• Go to Settings > Safari and scroll down to the GENERAL section and tap
Downloads and make sure that “On My iPhone” is checked.

STEP 2: THE FILES APP

You will need to have the Files app installed on your iPhone in order to
perform CLUE, COIN TOSS, COMIC CLASH & ESP CARDS effects.
This app comes pre-installed on iPhones, but if you do not have it, you can
download it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/files/id1232058109

STEP 3: DOWNLOAD THE PHOTOS TO FILES

Open this URL directly in the Safari browser on your iPhone:
https://tinyurl.com/synergy-photos-for-files-app
Proceed to download the .zip file of the photos directly into your Files app, then
unzip the photos. Do not rename any of the files or folders and confirm they are
downloaded into the “Downloads” folder of your Files app inside the “On My
iPhone” folder. (If you do rename or move them, the source paths in the
Shortcuts wont work. Make sure they are not saved in the iCloud drive folder
instead).

IMPORTANT! Please watch this brief step-by-step guide to confirm this

part is done correctly: https://youtu.be/-MVT__XkDoc

STEP 4: THE SHORTCUTS

Please make sure you have the Shortcuts app installed on your
iPhone. You likely do as it has come pre-installed since iOS 13.
If you don’t, download it here: https://tinyurl.com/shortcutsappstore

If you would like to learn more about the Shortcuts app, please view Apple’s
user guide here: https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios

STEP 5: INSTALL THE SHORTCUTS

Click on the iCloud links on the next page directly from your iPhone to install the
Shortcuts with one click! When you click on the link, it will automatically launch
the Shortcuts app and simply hit the button that pops up for “ + Add Shortcut”.
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SHORTCUTS (REMOTE VERSIONS)

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a3967d630a3f47c0b856934cbae6f812

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b3b631d2b4c34b96a3645db6200eaf65
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f153eab1474d409ead2c76701da1a61d
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/894ac6bda92d404ebe7e16e5677530e0

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b431a59f23a34c658a217980750bd484
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/24b5ce4e49af4251aacc6911ac9f8c0a
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/599a56e6d19c4166a39a8e6d79c9b6c2

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/485b6eb76fb04bb2a796a81e16feb332
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e869fedf7f274dc8964ccf7640d6ec4a
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/84707c44e6d84b5289db546104db26a6

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c38f777a7e2a40bb810b8bc792e68983
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c7cff64979354cbb8092885e3459d31c
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/9749acb9cb9146cc8b84e617e1fee66e
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b33ee7e8f2a641e9bd9913b83bb4e279

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3dfbed974ad3495383e440eba3a7cc23
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b70f65e459a241469630cebb39f05750
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/960b91f4c20c4eb28d0d4f8cf2426a7d
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/9263203fdb0f47a393cd95a8723ef7ae
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d2d4814d8594484f9c9c1769b42481ff

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2aab277caf51447b95ce56462ddbc746
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/51306f006b604b0fbe4f57e21a91b3dd
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1106130d36c141fa8dd1cf54508894b7
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5c63e1d9b2a54c9e969bd0636bd00fd7
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5500a0d82d8b4439b8f9db1b27399547
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f4e1772afc9f43e2933b023bcc74c5c4
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ea35a2a407434f7eb6f12ccb81cf8737

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/095b72fbe4404d388e192a2f5d36b90c
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ced64665f5054a2e8de46cbbba7be75e
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1d30e5a145d74b4dbf0da502e029d6e5
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7329f988c955486fb7fbb3754805b443
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ba6caecd34d5474696ccede45136b5da
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ce160baffa9248b290f4c71681588134
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WALLPAPER SETUP:
As discussed on the tutorial, you will need to set a second wallpaper on
your iPhone to perform Card Wallpaper & Coin Toss. Go to your lock
screen and long press anywhere on the screen, then tap the blue + icon
to add a new wallpaper. Now press Photos and choose any photo you
took with your phone’s camera from your gallery, then hit the blue Add
button. Make sure this is set as the second wallpaper. You will need to
go into the final shortcut for each of those two effects and make sure the
Wallpaper you are setting and switching to is “Wallpaper 2”.

PRIMING THE SHORTCUTS:

We need to run through each Shortcut numerous times at first to approve
every pop up authorization that will appear for all the individual inputs.
Please refer to the tutorial video for detailed information on streamlining
this one time setup. As a reference, here are the initial setup inputs:

Coin Toss (2X):

1-1-1-1, 2-2-2-2

ESP Cards (5X):

1-1-1-1-1, 2-2-2-2-2, 3-3-3-3-3, 4-4-4-4-4, 5-5-5-5-5

Music Playlist (6X):

1-1-1-1-1-1, 2-2-2-2-2-2, 3-3-3-3-3-3, 4-4-4-4-4-4, 5-5-5-5-5-5, 6-6-6-6-6-6

Clue (6X):
1-1-1, 2-2-2, 3-3-3, 4-4-4, 5-5-5, 6-6-6

IMDB (10X):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Card Wallpaper (13X):

1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1, 8-1, 9-1, 10-1, 11-1, 12-1, 13-1

Card Input (13X):

1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1, 8-1, 9-1, 10-1, 11-1, 12-1, 13-1

Comic Clash (25X):

1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-1, 4-2,
4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5
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SHORTCUTS (MANUAL / NO REMOTE VERSIONS)

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a216d0abea074b8780be4eeee976baee

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1f96aeaf5ddb4274b8cca627aab96510

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/aa137a3d130a4ced8683c43c2872c170

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/277d9a62ca244446a46b3e6ef186d389

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/bfedef7e72c6493bb90a02555d789e2b

APP INTEGRATIONS:
Shameer Salim’s fantastic QR Genie supports integrations with Synergy for the
Clue, Comic Clash and ESP Cards routines.

In QR Genie, go to Settings > App Integrations, scroll down and activate the
integration for “The Architect of Predictions”. This will work with Synergy as it is
going to grab the latest photo in your photo gallery to reveal in your custom
linkgen.ie or qrgen.ie URLs.

You will have to remove the subtlety of the “Food” and “Coffee” images being
saved to your gallery for this integration to work. Edit either “(Clue 4)”, “(Comic
Clash 3)” or “(ESP Cards 6)” and at the very end delete the actions “Save Coffee
to Recents” and “Save Food to Recents”. 5
IPHONE VOLUME NUMBER VALUES:
If you are interested in exploring creating your own routines using the
Synergy system, below is the entire range of volume values to use as inputs:
0-0 6 - 0.375 12 - 0.75
1 - 0.0625 7 - 0.4375 13 - 0.8125
2 - 0.125 8 - 0.5 14 - 0.875
3 - 0.1875 9 - 0.5625 15 - 0.9375
4 - 0.25 10 - 0.625 16 - 1
5 - 0.3125 11 - 0.6875

IMDB ROUTINE BOX OFFICE GRAPHIC:

https://tinyurl.com/top-10-box-office

ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT TIPS:

• If you have another Bluetooth remote that you prefer, Synergy is compatible
with ANY remote that can control Volume Up. If you want an even more
covert remote, check out Benke Smith’s SB Mote. Please note that some of
the recently improved Shortcuts also use the Volume Down button.

• Vibrations are built into the Shortcuts as a confirmation cue to let you know
it registered the input and is ready for the next one. This is mainly beneficial
if the phone is in your pocket. If you will be performing with the phone on a
table in a quiet environment and are concerned with the spectator hearing
the vibrations, I recommend editing all the Shortcuts to delete every action
that says “Vibrate Device” (but keep the very last one in the final string of
Shortcuts to cue you that everything has run its course and you are cleared to
continue with the reveal). With all that said, keep in mind our phones vibrate
constantly with notifications and alerts, so if they were to hear the phone
vibrate, that’s a common occurrence and should not raise suspicion.

• If you prefer to have the photo gallery reveals appear as your wallpaper
instead, this is easy to modify in the Shortcut. Open the edit view of the LAST
Shortcut for that routine, say for example “(Clue 4)”. Scroll down to the very
bottom and delete “Save Location Overlaid Image to Recents”, “Save Coffee
to Recents” and also delete “Save Food to Recents”. Instead add a new
action for “Set Wallpaper 2 to Location Overlaid Image for Lock Screen and
Home Screen”. Hit the little circled arrow icon and make sure none of the
three options are toggled on. Now add a final command for “Switch to
Wallpaper 2”. (Look at the end of ”(Coin Toss 5)” as a reference as you are
replicating the final actions in that Shortcut. 6
 ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT TIPS (CONTINUED):
• Richard Naylor has shared a wonderful idea in the Facebook group, which is
to change the final “highest” volume input as follows:

"If Current Volume is XXX" now becomes "If Current Volume is greater than
or equal to XXX”. To make this change, click on the word "is" in the existing
line to see the various options and select “is greater than or equal to”
instead, then hit Done. (Note: I have noticed the Shortcuts app is buggy and
doesn’t always save the change, so keep trying until it registers this). This
means that in Clue, for example, you can change all of the 6 press inputs
(e.g. Professor Plum, Wrench and Study) to “If Current volume is greater
than or equal to 0.375” so that you do NOT have to press the button 6
times, you can just hold it down for a second and it will register as the input
for option 6!

• If you want to experiment with changing around one of the Shortcuts, but are
worried about potentially screwing something up and not knowing how to
get back to the original, here is what I do. Long press on the Shortcut and hit
”Duplicate” to make a copy of the Shortcut, then rename that new copy and
add “TEST” at the end of it. Now you can feel free to try new things I the
“TEST” version without the worry of impacting the original unchanged
Shortcut.

• Craig Petty has a great presentation of the IMDB routine where the
participant never says the name of the movie out loud. You can take a look at
it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O44uA6rnflg&t=2992s

• You can duplicate the IMDB Shortcut and link it to other apps instead. For
example, you can replace the IMDB movie page links to with links to
YouTube, Spotify songs, etc. Just present a different set of options to choose
from, such as the top 10 songs on the Billboard charts and link them to
Spotify or music videos on YouTube in the Shortcut. This is super easy to
customize!

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TROUBLESHOOTING:
Here are the most common issues and solutions for how to fix them:

“I get an error message that pops up which says the The file doesn’t exist”
Solution: Your Synergy photos are saved in the wrong location in the Files app.
Please rewatch the second half of THIS video. The folder of photos must be
saved here in the Files App: “On My iPhone > Downloads > Synergy_Photos”.
If you are getting this message, you most likely have it saved either in “iCloud
Drive” (instead of “On My iPhone”) or you did not place it inside a ”Downloads”
folder in “On My iPhone”.

“I go to my photo gallery and none of the images are appearing”

Solution: You are looking in the wrong gallery. Saved photos will always appear
in the Recents album. In Photos, click Albums, then Recents.

“I try to prime the Shortcuts, press volume up and nothing happens”

1. Your phone may be set to control the ringtone volume with the buttons, not
the media volume. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and under
“Ringtone and Alerts” make sure that “Change with Buttons” is set to OFF.
2. If you live in a region where decimal commas are used instead of decimal
points, you will need to edit the Shortcuts. Press the 3 dots to open the edit
view for each Shortcut and wherever you see the action “If Current Volume
is XXX….” you will need to replace every decimal point (.) with a comma (,).
For example “If Current Volume is 0.125” becomes “If Current Volume is
0,125”

“My remote inputs are exporting the wrong reveals”

1. You may be pressing the button too fast and the phone cant keep up to
register each press. Slow it down and make each input more deliberate.
2. If you modded the remote, try removing the tape as it could be interfering
with your presses.

For all other issues, or if the above does not work, then try restarting your
phone. If that does not resolve it, delete and reinstall the Shortcuts.

THANK YOU!
I sincerely appreciate your support of Synergy. This has been something I have
been working on for nearly a year and it took countless hours of work to finally
crack the code and fine tune the backend of this system. I also want to thank JS
Magic for his awesome live performances – please follow his Instagram to see
his incredible content! Until next time…
David Jonathan
September, 2023 7
POST LAUNCH NEW & UPDATED SHORTCUTS:
New routines & updates to the Shortcuts will be added here as this PDF is updated frequently.

QUICKER INPUT SHORTCUTS:

ESP Cards, Music Playlist, Card Wallpaper and Card Input now have faster inputs. Please
watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/893472049/37c35e61e3

CUBE 52:
Here is a variation of the ESP routine using the Cube 52 cards from Craig Petty! These are
perfect as they are marked and since there are six colors, this version has 720 outs!

Here are some key points:

1. You only enter the first 5 colors, the Shortcut will add the 6th color automatically.

2. The inputs follow the colors of the rainbow sequence - ROYGBIV

Red = 1 press
Orange = 2 presses
Yellow = 3 presses
Green = 4 presses
Blue = 5 presses
White = 1 long press

3. Prime this as one time setup as:

1-1-1-1-1
2-2-2-2-2
3-3-3-3-3
4-4-4-4-4
5-5-5-5-5
long press - long press - long press - long press - long press

Shortcuts
Cube 52 https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/bea16cee310549e491552c1b375b2559
(Cube 52 2) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ab9d0e9067bb40b29809d9a463537a64
(Cube 52 3) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f272a4acc3e545b0b3cae61ab5e9a273
(Cube 52 4) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/88054a4469b340f8a7719818e403b010
(Cube 52 5) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c11f8c01e1a74de9911fbd9d67365d9b
(Cube 52 6) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f547f354ed85449b83260f5005345feb

Manual Input Version:

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/65b68999bcc9473ea56b1eb970e1e103
This uses the keypad and you enter from right to left. For example, an input may look
like Gyorw. The phone will want to autocorrect this, so press the "Gyorw" text that appears
above the qwe letters on the keypad to override the autocorrect and then hit "Done".

Photos for Files App

Open this Google Drive link in Safari on your iPhone to download and add these photos to
your Synergy_Photos folder in your Files app:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YkAYOYz2RwhULOfjY7U8ibQZfjQ2DZyL/view

The folder must be added to this exact location:

On My iPhone > Downloads > Synergy_Photos > Cube52 8
POST LAUNCH NEW & UPDATED SHORTCUTS (continued):
New routines & updates to the Shortcuts will be added here as this PDF is updated frequently.

COLOR SYNC:
Here is another variation of the ESP routine using my Color Sync cards!

Key Points:
1. You only enter the first 4 colors, the Shortcut will add the 5th color automatically.

2. The inputs follow the colors of the rainbow sequence - ROYGBIV, which in this case
is RYGBV since there are no orange or indigo color cards.

Red = 1 press
Yellow = 2 presses
Green = 3 presses
Blue = 4 presses
Violet = 1 long press

3. Prime this as one time setup as:

1-1-1-1
2-2-2-2
3-3-3-3
4-4-4-4
long press - long press - long press - long press

4. This uses just the set of the 5 black Color Sync cards, not the white ones (I think that should
be obvious). They are not marked on the back - so you would either have to add markings or
simply perform the routine with the cards laid down face up.

Shortcuts
Color Sync https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d11628a3a00544c187f03bfd1d39c6a2
(Color Sync 2) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0d8fc803a9cb41ea8d3177650b82a059
(Color Sync 3) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f8442fa0b17e43f8995e03de056d00b9
(Color Sync 4) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b3984bcd40f744e7bd3cd857b7d0e166
(Color Sync 5) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a22b435f6e32444686749173dac4710a

Manual Input Version:

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/df5d3a49bbf84b4895fe08845bc93883
This uses the keypad and you enter from right to left. For example an input may look
like Bvyg. The phone will want to autocorrect this, so press the "Bvyg" text that appears
above the qwe letters on the keypad to override the autocorrect and then hit "Done".

Photos for Files App

Open this Google Drive link in Safari on your iPhone to download and add these photos to
your Synergy_Photos folder in your Files app:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qLMOgXoDYmuY1rdLEcnTepECBMG_mAoX/view

The folder must be added to this exact location:

On My iPhone > Downloads > Synergy_Photos > Color Sync

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POST LAUNCH NEW & UPDATED SHORTCUTS (continued):
New routines & updates to the Shortcuts will be added here as this PDF is updated frequently.

COIN TOSS:
Huge thanks to Richard Naylor for sharing this improved version of Coin Toss that removes
any chances of error! This uses both the big and small buttons on your supplied remote.

Heads: Press the big button

Tails: Press the small button

Coin Toss https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/52178587816e4005b1e7961ef9b0a58c

(Coin Toss 2) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/8a87071f84ac4b229c2699df9900e469
(Coin Toss 3) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3a50dc1414264ce481c455efc45d0bb2
(Coin Toss 4) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/67af25a7b65f47f2a2e20c774344fad2

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