Tagged: iPhone
My iPhone rant from 2008
Wow. How things have changed. My frustration was more about the websites I mentioned than the iPhone itself – but boy did I unload on the iPhone, too!
Replug: Save your jack!
Replug saves your headphone jack
Replug saves your headphone jack
Replug is one of the most useful gadget accessories I’ve seen in a long time. At only $13, Replug protects your iPhone or computer headphone jack by turning it into a sort of mag-safe adapter like you find on Apple’s laptop line. Put simply, when you jerk your headphone cord by accident, rather than the jack breaking off in the mic jack, it safely just pulls away. Very cool!
How to fix an unresponsive (stuck) iPhone Home button
If your iPhone’s Home button appears to be “stuck” or otherwise unresponsive, and a reboot doesn’t fix the problem, there is one more quick fix to try before taking your phone to the local Apple Store for repair. Many times, recalibrating the home button will do the trick!
To recalibrate the Home button, do the following:[ordered_list style=”decimal”]
- Launch the Calendar app (or other stock iPhone app like Mail or Stocks)
- Press the Sleep/Wake button at the top right of your iPhone and hold it down until the red slider appears on screen
- As soon as the red slider appears, press and hold the Home button until the red slider disappears
- The iPhone home button should now be recalibrated, but you might want to reboot the iPhone anyway
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I’ve had this problem twice with my iPhone 4 and both times this did the trick. To be clear, this is a software problem/fix. If your Home button is physically stuck in the down/pressed position, then you’ll definitely need to take it in to the Apple Store for repair.
How to do a hard reset on iPhone, iPad and iPod
Every once in a while, an app freezes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. You can try force quitting the app by holding the icon down in the app switcher at the bottom, but sometimes an app freezes so hard that you aren’t able to force quit. That’s when a hard reset can come to the rescue.
To perform a hard reset, do the following:
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- Hold down the power button until the Slide to Power Off message appears
- When the message appears, release the power button
- Now hold the Home button at the bottom of the device until the problematic app quits
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This tip is extremely helpful when on occasion you come across a rogue game or suspect app on the App Store!
iPhone photos appearing sideways when you display them on the computer? You’re holding it wrong!
If you use your iPhone to take photos and import them onto your computer or send them via email, you may have come across an issue where the photos display sideways or upside down on the computer or the recipient’s email. It’s frustrating for most users because they’re not sure why it’s happening. The reality is that there’s nothing wrong with your phone.
If Steve Jobs were alive today, he would simply tell you that “you’re holding it wrong!”
The iPhone supports an Orientation Tag in the image EXIF data under iOS 4 and above. It stores the information that tells the display the device what direction the photo was taken and how to display it properly. The problem is that most software doesn’t implement the Orientation Tag.
Until all Windows and Mac developers update their software to read the Orientation Tag, the solution is to make sure that you hold your iPhone with the home button either at the bottom for portrait photos, or to the right for landscape shots.
Apple releases Messages app; will replace iChat in Mac OS X Mountain Lion
Download Messages Beta and get a taste of what’s coming in OS X Mountain Lion. When you install Messages, it replaces iChat. But iChat services will continue to work. And Messages brings iMessage to the Mac — just like on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch running iOS 5.
Here are the features you can expect with Messages:
- Send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
- Start an iMessage conversation on your Mac and continue it on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
- Send photos, videos, attachments, contacts, locations, and more.
- Launch a FaceTime video call and bring the conversation face-to-face.
- Messages supports iMessage, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and Jabber accounts.
We knew this was coming, and it’ll be great to have all our messages synced across desktop and laptop Macs and our iDevices!
Cool iPhone cases
Cool iPhone cases, from Apple retro, original iMac, LOST, G4 Towers, and more
Cool iPhone cases, from Apple retro, original iMac, LOST, G4 Towers, and more
Fisheye, Macro, Wide Angle and Telephoto iPhone Lenses
Fisheye, Wide Angle and Telephoto lenses for your iPhone
Pro-style lenses with high quality glass for iPhone pics with a serious punch. More info here
Google releases Gmail app for iOS users
Get the official Google Gmail experience for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. As you may know, Google released the app previously, but it was buggy and was pulled shortly after. The app offers little more than the mobile version of Gmail, but users may be interested in giving it a try anyway.
With the Gmail app, you can:
- Receive notification badges for new messages
- Read your mail with threaded conversations
- Organize your mail by archiving, labeling, starring, deleting, and reporting spam
- Keep track of important messages with priority inbox
- Auto-complete contact names as you type
- Send and receive attachments
- Search through all your mail
The Gmail app is available for devices running iOS 4+.