Kung Fu Jedi
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Charred Greyface said:
Like what? I'm not aware of things that iTunes doesn't safe. Can you elaborate?
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Like what? I'm not aware of things that iTunes doesn't safe. Can you elaborate?
Well iTunes doesn't back up you music and videos (obviously) but also your contacts, voicemails, third party data, calendar and pictures I think. Basically if you can sync it with a program on the computer (excluding voicemail) it doesn't get saved. And forget about the data from your jailbroken section.Kung Fu Jedi said:
Brapscallion
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Is Super Monkey Ball really worth £6?
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Is there any sign of ATnT or Apple going to allow tethering with the iPhone?
It's really driving me mad and would be the only reason I'd jailbreak my phone. I really don't want to, but not being able to tether is really annoying.
It's really driving me mad and would be the only reason I'd jailbreak my phone. I really don't want to, but not being able to tether is really annoying.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
I don't like not being able to verify the backup. That sucks.
Cornballer
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Any advice on retaining good battery life? I bought my iPhone back in February (8GB on Edge) and I've been pretty happy with the battery life up until the last couple of weeks. Now it's draining quickly and I'm not sure what to do about it. For the most part, I've been running it most of the way down before a full recharge.
Cornballer
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So I should just recharge every night?dallow_bg said:
Cornballer
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Ok, I'll give that a shot. Thanks.
dallow_bg said:
I looked it up again (and we're both off base):
Would still need a proper backup tool for jailbroken phones anyway.
dallow_bg said:
WHS
@dallow_bg what radio app are you using? And do you find that despite being plugged in, the battery still runs down while using that app?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Cornballer said:
Airplane mode when you get little to no reception. Mid-range screen brightness.. Goes a long way.
Also, according to Apple (and this was referenced a few pages back)... Lithium ion batteries should be run all the way down at least once a week.
I'm looking at buying an iPhone 3G 8GB tomorrow, but I'm curious at how much the upfront cost will be at the register. I know that it's $199 plus tax for the phone, but I'm not sure how much it will be for the activation and etc. fees that will be tacked on. I live in L.A. county if that helps. Any help is appreciated!
Kung Fu Jedi
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Cornballer said:
I was in the same boat where my phone went from being solid without needing to charge for 2-3 days, to where it was barely making it through they day. I couldn't figure out what was happening, until I disabled one my e-mail addresses that gets A LOT of mail, much of it junk. Once I did that, my battery life improved again.
Now I occasionally will have it drain after using an app. It's almost as if the app doesn't quite quit and is still taking juice.
digital said:
Upfront for me was phone + tax + $36 activation.
It's my first day with an iPhone and I've been digging through these iPhone threads for tips and app suggestions since the OP is way out of date, but would some kind souls please suggest some must-dos and downloads?
Are iphones still hard to find back in the states? I'm studying abroad in Spain for this semester and when I return (get back Dec. 21st) I'm due for a new phone with ATT. I'm wondering if I should get family to buy it for me before then or take the risk of not being able to get one due to christmas. It's a little early to be thinking about this but the ungodly shitty phone I'm using here has me thinking of an iphone every day.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Charred Greyface said:
Can't you just sync with Outlook or something in iTunes? That would move all your contacts from your phone to whatever sync-ing option you are using.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Charred Greyface said:
Ohhh, true. Good point. Didn't think about that. Might want to go up to your local Apple store or call one. They are surprisingly helpful with questions like that. Atleast the one near me.
OK, but i don't have the same contact list on the computer as I have on the phone. Is there a way to merge the data sets or copy the contacts from the phone to the computer. I don't want to try and find it only one way is possible and lose some contacts...dallow_bg said:
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Sold? Damn. Or is that 'shipped'?
Charred Greyface said:
it'll add the contacts to outlook, then add what's in outlook to your iphone
i tried once, by using first names only on iphone, and first and last names in outlook
after i synched i had duplicates of everyone in outlook and on the iphone :lol
reggieandTFE
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Has anyone had any problem with dust getting under the screen?
I've had a 16 Gig white since july and had a screen protector on since day 1. Last week I bought a new case (the thin slider one from incase which is awesome by the way) and because I had the screen protector slightly off the case pinched one corner and caused an annoying bubble on the protector. I bought a new screen protector and took the old one off. After cleaning the screen I noticed that I have about 10 tiny white specs/pieces of dust under the actual iPod screen. I had thought nothing of them before and had assumed they were just between my screen protector and actual iPod screen.
How the shit did they get under there? And is there anything I can do to get them out?
I've had a 16 Gig white since july and had a screen protector on since day 1. Last week I bought a new case (the thin slider one from incase which is awesome by the way) and because I had the screen protector slightly off the case pinched one corner and caused an annoying bubble on the protector. I bought a new screen protector and took the old one off. After cleaning the screen I noticed that I have about 10 tiny white specs/pieces of dust under the actual iPod screen. I had thought nothing of them before and had assumed they were just between my screen protector and actual iPod screen.
How the shit did they get under there? And is there anything I can do to get them out?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
I've always been amazed at how air tight my 2G is with regards to dust under the screen. Maybe the 3G is more susceptible.
For those that use vWallpaper, this background is pretty damn nice.
http://www.thememyphone.com/displayimage-155-10.html
For those that use vWallpaper, this background is pretty damn nice.
http://www.thememyphone.com/displayimage-155-10.html
Okay, so I finnnnnnnaaaalllllllyyyyy pulled the trigger on getting a 2G iPhone 8GB from eBay. I got it for $225 (after Microsoft Cashback) -- includes car charger, wall charger, cradle, box, manual etc. Not a bad deal at all IMO
So what software do I need to unlock it? Should I update the firmware before or after unlocking?
Is it difficult to install a sim card? It was a no-brainer with my last phone, but I can't exactly tell where you open up the iPhone to insert your sim.
So what software do I need to unlock it? Should I update the firmware before or after unlocking?
Is it difficult to install a sim card? It was a no-brainer with my last phone, but I can't exactly tell where you open up the iPhone to insert your sim.
My iphone was working perfect for the last couple of weeks. It's a replacement iphone for my last one that died when freezing during a game of Star Trigon.
On this new phone I haven't played any games or ran any apps outside what comes with the phone. Everything was working fine. Then tonight I take it out of my pocket and hit the wake up button and it has the silver apple logo on....ok. Then it loads up and everything seems fine if kinda slow and unresponsive.
So I hook it to the charger and it's charging like normal but then a few minutes later it shows the apple sign, makes a couple of buzzes and then after a few mins is back on the charging screen.
So I take it and it's suuuuuper slow and laggy and so I do a manual power down. When I start it back up and it sits on the silver apple logo for 10 mins before showing the connect to itunes picture.
When I connect it to itunes it says itunes cannot read the phone information, please restore and only presents me with a restore option.
Note I did not do ANYTHING to set all this off. It didn't freeze or anything in a program. It was just in sleep mode and somehow got fucked up.
I'm restoring it now and I wasn't smart enough to back up anything since I got this replacement phone. I haven't even plugged it into itunes since I got it and updated it to 2.1 before it had anything on it.
What happened?
I'm starting to become a dissatisfied customer with my iphone.
On this new phone I haven't played any games or ran any apps outside what comes with the phone. Everything was working fine. Then tonight I take it out of my pocket and hit the wake up button and it has the silver apple logo on....ok. Then it loads up and everything seems fine if kinda slow and unresponsive.
So I hook it to the charger and it's charging like normal but then a few minutes later it shows the apple sign, makes a couple of buzzes and then after a few mins is back on the charging screen.
So I take it and it's suuuuuper slow and laggy and so I do a manual power down. When I start it back up and it sits on the silver apple logo for 10 mins before showing the connect to itunes picture.
When I connect it to itunes it says itunes cannot read the phone information, please restore and only presents me with a restore option.
Note I did not do ANYTHING to set all this off. It didn't freeze or anything in a program. It was just in sleep mode and somehow got fucked up.
I'm restoring it now and I wasn't smart enough to back up anything since I got this replacement phone. I haven't even plugged it into itunes since I got it and updated it to 2.1 before it had anything on it.
What happened?
I'm starting to become a dissatisfied customer with my iphone.
Finished restoring, still super slow. You hit a button and it takes 5-10 seconds to register. I opened up safari and it gave me an error saying it couldn't load because it couldn't allocate memory.
I powered it off, powered it on again and once again it's stuck on the apple logo for 5-10 mins and then it pops the "connect to itunes" screen.
So restoring obviously fixed nothing. OMG why do my iphones keep dying. Is the sim card cursed? They put the old sim from the last phone into this phone. But this phone worked perfect for 2-3 weeks now.....
I powered it off, powered it on again and once again it's stuck on the apple logo for 5-10 mins and then it pops the "connect to itunes" screen.
So restoring obviously fixed nothing. OMG why do my iphones keep dying. Is the sim card cursed? They put the old sim from the last phone into this phone. But this phone worked perfect for 2-3 weeks now.....
Now it's giving me the same error message about not being able to obtain activation info from the sim card that my last phone gave. So obviously it's the sim card that is broken and screwing up these phones.
I know they can give replacement iphones at the genius bar because I already got one, but can they give replacement sim cards? I got my phone at the AT&T store.
I know they can give replacement iphones at the genius bar because I already got one, but can they give replacement sim cards? I got my phone at the AT&T store.
Ashhong said:
I just took the sim card out and the phone works perfect. Really fast and no resets.
Time to go to the ATT store tomorrow!
*edit: Nevermind! phone just reset on me while browsing and is stuck on the apple logo now. But still, when I took the card out it was totally responsive and fast. So it seems like both are fucked. Guess I will get a replacement phone at the ipod store and sim card at the AT&T store.
Marty Chinn
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Anyone got any recommendations on an app for Netflix? It can be free or a paid app.
The Take Out Bandit
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Cornballer said:
Turn off wifi and BT when not in use. This helps a lot with battery life.
MacGAF will be pleased; I'm considering ditching my iPhone after contract is up and just getting an iPod Touch. I'll be able to do with it what I do with my iPhone, except for the whole shitty AT&T part of the equation.
Or can you take a jailbroken iPhone to another carrier? I just want to be rid of AT&T.
Fewer bars in more places!
Doing this made a big difference in my battery life. I can easily get 5 hours of heavy voice, internet, and email usage.The Take Out Bandit said:
The biggest drain on battery I have noticed are 3rd party apps. For whatever reason they take a lot more juice than the included programs.
The Take Out Bandit
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Grifter said:
Dashbuster, works w Netflix and Blockbuster.
Went to the itunes store and they sent me first to the AT&T store to get a new sim card and then they changed out my phone at the apple store. So now with a new phone+sim I have nothing linking my new phone to my last 2 that died. Hopefully 3rd time's a charm!
Guy at the Genius bar was at least very helpful and nice and didn't act like I'm an idiot who doesn't know what I'm talking about. So today was a good day.
Guy at the Genius bar was at least very helpful and nice and didn't act like I'm an idiot who doesn't know what I'm talking about. So today was a good day.
The Take Out Bandit
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Pimpwerx said:
I'm guessing a year, I've had mine nearly a year - will be in November, and Apple store replaced mine after all the bullshit I put up with with no fuss earlier this month.
I think it's time for me to jailbreak. Is this the program I should be using?
http://www.quickpwn.com/2008/09/jailbreak-iphone-21-gui-version.html
http://www.quickpwn.com/2008/09/jailbreak-iphone-21-gui-version.html
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