Apple iPhone Tips 'n' Tricks [TNT]

Welcome. This is a new revamp thread for iPhone Tips 'n' Tricks [TNT] and it's open for all to post their recommendations. This thread is solely for Tips 'n' Tricks and if you have any queries, please post it at iPhone Club or related threads.
*Do drop a pm if you happen to find an interesting TNT

Here are the Sections:

1. Phone Functions
2. Safari and Keyboard Shortcuts
3. iPod
4. Text and Keyboard Shortcuts
5. Mix iPhone TNT
6. Other Useful TNT
7. iPhone 3.0 TNT

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Links:

For more iPhone Tips 'n' Tricks: http://www.apple.com/iphone/how-to/#basics.introduction
Previous iPhone Tips 'n' Tricks Thread: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/687108

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For General questions like what's firmware, EDGE,..please refer to this post.

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Aug 20 2009, 10:44 AM

Phone Functions

1. Avoid answering calls
To stop an incoming call from ringing, press the sleep/wake button. To send the call immediately to voice mail, press the sleep/wake button twice.

2. Silent a call
Press the volume button to disable the ring and vibrate as well.

3. Home button
a) If you press the Home button twice, by default the Favourites screen will be displayed. This setting can be changed under Settings > General > Home Button.
b) If you're on the 5 or 6 page on your springboard, press Home button will return to the first springboard page.

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Appilicable only for Jailbreak iPhones.

1. Categorize your applications to folders
Download Categories from Cydia and place your applications to your custom named folders.
http://cydia.thebigboss.org/moreinfo/categories.php

2. Hide icons
Download SBSettings. Select More and select Hide Icons. Toggle Off the applications you would liketo hide.

This post has been edited by davidgary73: May 15 2009, 03:17 PM

Safari

1. Go Straight to the Top
When viewing a long Web page, if you want to get back to the top, or access Safari's address field, you don't have to scroll all the way up; instead, just tap on the gray status bar at the top of the iPhone's screen. You'll be immediately transported to the top of the current Web page. (c_calvin)

2. Embedded links
When in Safari, holding your fingertip down on a link instead of tapping it produces an information balloon that displays the underlying URL.

3. Page Down function
When in Safari, double tap right below of the screen before the navigation bar and the page would scroll like a page down function.

4. Zoom and zoom out function
Double-tap a column on a webpage to expand the column. Double-tap again to zoom out. You can also pinch to zoom in or out manually.

5. Scroll in Boxes on a Web Page
If you encounter a scrolling box or list while surfing on your iPhone in Safari and you try to scroll with your finger, you'll find that the entire page scrolls, instead of just the box. The trick is to scroll such areas with two fingers.

6. Playing embedded Youtube clips
Your Safari now is able to play Youtube clips on fly just like how you browse website using your desktop PC. (mikelee)

7. Add Web Clips
Add web clips to the Home screen for fast access to your favorite webpages. Web clips appear as icons on the Home screen, and you can arrange your web clips along with the other icons. Add a web clip: Open the webpage and tap . Then tap “Add to Home Screen.” Touch and hold any icon on the Home screen until the icons start to wiggle. Tap the “x” in the corner of the web clip you want to delete.


Keyboard Shortcuts

1. To get the international domain extensions on the [.com] key (e.g .co.uk, .fr, etc)
1a. Tap on Settings on your iPhone's home screen, navigate to: General > Keyboards > International Keyboards. Turn on the languages of the international domain extensions you might want to use. Then while you are using your iPhone's Safari browser and want to type that regional domain extension, tap on the key on the keyboard with a picture of a globe on it (to the right of the 123 key and left of the "." key) and switch to the keyboard you want. Then hold down the [.com] button which should result in a menu to pop-up abobe it with the option to chose the extension from.

1b. When you type in your address, hold down the ".com" button to get a selection of 3 other domain name endings: ".net," ".edu," and ".org." When you tap on any of the endings, it will be automatically inserted in the address bar.

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This post has been edited by davidgary73: Apr 16 2009, 08:40 PM

iPod

1. Alternative way in bringing up the iPod control (Choongster)
You can bring up the iPod control by double clicking on your HOME button without unlocking your phone.

2. Controlling iPod using iPhone earphones
While using stock iPhone headphone, clicking once to play/pause, Double click to next song and by clicking 3 times, you will able to go previous song. (nokia2003)

3. Slide artwork to return to playlist (ff8ong)
When you listening to music and you wanted to go back to your playlist, we press the < button. Now you can just double tap on the music artwork and it will show the playlist menu.

4. Normalize iPod songs
To set the volume so that every song plays at the same volume level, select Sound Check toggle 'ON' in the Settings - iPod menu.

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Video

1. Quicker way to delete videos on iPod (alang)
Just swipe you finger from left to right or right to left on any of the video listed and the delete button appear (just like SMS).

2. Converting Movies
File Format:MP4, Video format H.264, 480x320 screen resolution, Video bitrate: 1000(or lower if you want smaller file size), Frame rate: 29.97, Audio Format and Bitrate: AAC-LC and 128kbps, Sample Rate: 48000 & Channel: 2 (Stereo). These settings are good enough for a DVD or movie conversion.

3. Video Rotatable (Mike3300)
You can play the video not only in 1 direction of 90 degree but also in the other way round. Rotate left or right to view your video how you like it and comfortable with.

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This post has been edited by davidgary73: Apr 17 2009, 12:01 AM

Text

1. A quicker way to delete SMS
Press on the SMS icon at your spring board. For each SMS under "Text Messages", just slide through from left to right or right to left and the Delete icon will be displayed. Press on the delete button to delete the particular SMS.

2. Alternative way to add contact before SMS (Apis_LuaLua)
When writing new sms, instead of we tapping the "+" button to add contact for the recipient, all we need is just write contact name and the list of names will appear.

3. To immediately stop sending SMS while sending them (GaussSeidel)
When you press the "Send" button and realized that you want to cancel it, just press the "Sleep" or "Wake" button to lock your iPhone and immediately after that you unlock it back by pressing the same button n slide it. It will then show the same message you type just before you press the "Send" button.

4. Display new text messages when iPhone is locked
In Settings, choose General > Passcode Lock and tap to turn “SMS preview” on.

5. Emoji - Emoticons
If you’re looking to add emoticons to your iPhone or iPod Touch, you might be surprised it’s already built in. Emoji is very poplular in Japan and was added in firmware 2.2 and the catch is that it’s only available when your iPhone is set to Japanese language.

To enable Emoji for non jailbreak iPhone, refer to this thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/855700 or you can download/search Emoji applications in iTunes Appstore for free.

For jailbreak iPhones, you can download Emoji via Cydia through iSpazio repo.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Auto insert "." by double tapping space
Make sure the "." shortcut is enable under "Settings > General > Keyboard". Now while typing, just double tap the space button and it will automatically place a "." for you.

2. CAPS LOCK feature
To use the CAPS LOCK feature, enable it in 'general settings.' To use it, double-tap on the shift key and the shift key will turn blue.

3. Auto correction tricks
- Type "welll" (3 L's) and the iPhone will auto correct to "We'll"
- Type "itsa" and the iPhone will auto correct to "It's"
- Type "weree" (2 E's) and the iPhone will auto correct to "We're"

4. Editing typos (Imzadi)
To edit a typo in while typing, keep your finger pressed on the screen until a magnifying glass comes out and then move the cursor to place to edit the typo.

5. Period-Typing Shortcut iPhone

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Appilicable only for Jailbreak iPhones.

Forward SMS
Here are a list of applications to forward sms.
1) BiteSMS
2) SMSTool
3) iRealQuickSMS
4) iRealSMS


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This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 8 2009, 11:46 AM

Mix iPhone TNT:

1. Camera
a.How To Take Screen Shot
Hold the "home" button, then hit the "power/sleep" button, the screen will momentarily flash, and the iPhone’s current screen contents will be saved to the Camera Roll. This works for Lockscreen and Springboard screenshot as well.

b. To take self-portrait pictures (Imzadi)
When taking a picture with your iPhone, keep your finger on the shutter button, line up your shot, only then release the shutter button.

c. Good positioning to take self-portrait pictures (nokia2003)
If you can fit one and half eyes into the shiny apple logo at the back casing, you can be almost certain that you are on the right track to success!

d. If we want to silent the camera sound when taking pictures, we can do that by switching the phone to vibrate mode. this will mute the clicking camera sound. (credit: sanosizo)

2. Calculator
Tap numbers and functions in Calculator just as you would with a standard calculator. When you tap the add, subtract, multiply, or divide button, a white ring appears around the button to let you know the operation to be carried out. Rotate iPhone to get an expanded scientific calculator.

3. World Clock
The White display on the clock mean the country on Day light and black display on the clock mean the country on Night. (ff8ong)

4. How To Save Images In Safari And Mail
Just touch and hold an image in Safari or Mai, an action sheet will be presented to enable you to save the image. The image will get stored in the “Saved Photos” library of the Photos app.

5. How To Force Quit An App
Have you ever been using an app and it’s become completely frozen? You can actually apply a force quit on it by pressing the Home button for at least six seconds.


Jailbreak Useful TNT:
1. mQuickDo USD 7.99
Touchscreen Gestures to Replace the Home button, providing almost fully touch screen operated device.

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This post has been edited by davidgary73: Aug 20 2009, 10:38 AM

Other Useful TNT:

Mac Users

1. Preview OSX
Preview has an Import function that allows you to grab images from various sources. If you choose, in Preview, File > Import Image while your iPhone is plugged in, will open a new window with all of the photos on your iPhone camera roll. You can then select photos and choose Import and the photos will open in Preview, thus allowing you to save or export photos from your iPhone without using iPhoto or Image Capture.

2. How to Stop Your iPhone from Opening iPhoto
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=3747

3. Headphone as remote for Keynote 09
Since the new MacBooks now receive input from the iPhone's headphones, you can use those headphones as a remote for running a presentation in Keynote '09:

One click starts the presentation.
Two clicks moves to the next slide.
Three clicks moves to the last slide.
[I haven't tested this one. Let me know via pm if this works.]

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Jun 14 2009, 02:52 PM

iPhone 3.0 TNT

1. How to Copy and Paste on the iPhone
Copy and Paste

2. How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone
How to Locate, Message, and Erase Your Lost iPhone

3. How to Create iPhone Voice Memos
How to Create iPhone Voice Memos

4. Force Quit Program
With iPhone 1.x and 2.x, you could hold down the Home button to “force quit” an application (kill the process) and return to the Home Screen. With iPhone 3.0, however, holding down the Home button now activates Voice Control on the iPhone 3GS.
So, how do you Force Quit under iPhone 3.0?
To force quit an application in 3.0, press and hold the sleep/wake button until the slide to power off screen appears, then press and hold the home button until the application quits (about six seconds).

5. How to Send a MMS Message Using Your iPhone
How to Send a MMS Message Using Your iPhone

6. Forwarding SMS [credit: Shock]
iPhone 3.0 allowed us to forward sms.
1) Enter the messsage
2) Press edit
3) Select you message (got 1 dot at left side)
4) Press forward and lower right.
- This edit button also allowed you to delete specific sms message not like last time clear all message at once.

7. Keyboard special character
iPhone's virtual keyboard has also been updated with few more extra special characters while holding certain characters down similar to the ".com" button. In iPhone OS 3.0, when you hold down the "." you also get "...". The dash "-" also displays an em-dash "-" and quotations and apostrophes display "<<" and ">>" and can also be curved.

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Jun 28 2009, 05:19 PM