Calling all iPhone owners!
I would like your help in building this tips and tricks guide on the iPhone functionalities. I would basically cover tips found while using my iPhone or read from forums/books. Areas to be covered are like keyboard, springboard, etc. Any tips recommended by you people, will be added here and credited on your nick.
Let's start!

iPhone 1.0 Tips

Phone Tips
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.

Rebooting your iPhone
Pretend for a moment that your iPhone suddenly becomes unresponsive. Pushing the Home button does nothing. Hitting the On/Off button produces the same discouraging result. What do you do? Apple�s first reset tip is to press and hold the Home button for about six seconds to quit any application that might have locked up your iPhone. If that doesn�t work, trying pressing and holding both Home and On/Off; after about 10 seconds the Apple logo will appear.

Alternative method of "Slide to Unlock" (Credits to CoolerMR)
This method uses 2 fingers where there might be some event where we couldn't slide to unlock. Place 1 finger at the most left of the bar and then tap another 2 finger at the most right of the bar (the 1 finger need to release before 2 finger).

Fastest way to check a working wifi connection
If the Stocks or Weather apps are updated automatically, it means you are connected to wifi.

Battery saving tips (Credits to llllll)
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=659343&hl=tips

Home button
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.

Adding custom ringtone by using iTunes
http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=439

Modding your GUI into Silver/Chromium (Credits to smokepsp32)
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/713014

To solve the low or no signal issue (Credits to smokepsp32)
Using the "scotch tape fix" where you just put the scotch tape on the back of your simcard so it will not move inside the simcard slot.


SMS Tips
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.

Alternative way to add contact before SMS (Credits to 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.

To immediately stop sending SMS while sending them (Credits to 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.


Keyboard Tips
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.

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.

Disabling auto correction
http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=493
*Note that if you disable auto correct, the auto insert "." by double tapping space tip above doesn't work anymore.

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"

Editing typos (Credits to 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.

Fast switching between Punctuation layout and ABC layout (Credits to c_calvin)
Touch the �.?123� key, but don�t lift your finger as the punctuation layout appears. Slide your finger a half inch onto the period or comma key, and release. The ABC layout returns automatically.

To get the international domain extensions on the [.com] key (e.g .co.uk, .fr, etc)
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2008/04/iphone-tricks.html

Putting smiley icons on the keyboard layout (Credits to smokepsp32)
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry17865970

MacBook Air keyboard mod
http://gizmodo.com/5021449/iphone-gets-a-m...ir-keyboard-mod


Safari Tips
Go Straight to the Top (Credits to c_calvin)
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.

Find out where those links go
When in Safari, holding your fingertip down on a link instead of tapping it produces an information balloon that displays the underlying URL.

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.

Zoom and Unzoom function
When in Safari, double tap on the location you wanted to zoom and it will zoom to fit the whole screen. Double tap again to unzoom back to previous setting.

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.


Spring Board Tips
Moving icons (only works for firmware 1.1.3 and above)
Press and hold any of the desired icons on spring board for 2 seconds and you notice all icons starts to wiggle. Move the icon to any desired position and press the Home button to confirm position.

Calendar icon (Credits to BigFoot-X)
The Calendar Icon changes according to the actual date.


Camera Tips
To take self-portrait pictures (Credits to 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.

Good positioning to take self-portrait pictures (Credits to 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!


iPod Tips (Music and Videos)
Quicker way to delete videos on iPod. (Credits to 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).

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

Controlling iPod using iPhone earphones (Credits to Choongster)
Using the original iPhone earphones, clicking on the mic button once, you can pause your music. Click again to resume play or double clicking it will skip to the next track.


Contacts Tip
Alternative method to scroll for contacts (Credits to Acquiesce)
When viewing your contact, you could quickly scroll to the alphabets you need by scrolling on the alphabets on the right.


Clock Tip
Switching off alarm
As we know to snooze the alarm, we just click on the snooze button. However if you want to off the alarm completely, you can just scroll to unlock.


Stocks Tip
Easy toggle between numbers and %
At the stocks page, tap on the %/numbers to toggle between those formats.

This post has been edited by Baronic: Nov 15 2008, 03:46 PM

iPhone 2.0 Tips

iPhone 3G Tip (only applicable if you have an iPhone 3G)
Tips on maximizing battery life
http://gizmodo.com/5025150/how-to-maximize...te-battery-life


Safari Tip
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.
http://gizmodo.com/5025632/iphone-20-tips-...d-youtube-clips


Keyboard Tip
A new URL Trick
While holding down the ".com" button, other suffixes will be displayed such as ".edu", ".org".
http://gizmodo.com/5025614/iphone-20-tips-...a-new-url-trick

This post has been edited by mikelee: Jul 16 2008, 02:50 PM

got this tips from the previous version of iphone club

Surfing Tips
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.

Camera Tip

When taking a picture with your iPhone, keep your finger on the shutter button, line up your shot, only then release the shutter button.

TS, not sure if that's called a "Shutter Button"! Change the wordings around if you want. I've met a few people with iPhones that don't know this and end up having not-so-nice shots!

Pinned.

And a few people still don't know this one -

SMS Tips

When editing a typo in your SMS, keep your finger pressed on the screen until a magnifying glass comes out and then move cursor to typo.

TS, again please change words to make it more comprehensible!

When listening to IPOD....

1.You can bring up the IPOD control by double clicking on your HOME button without unlocking your phone

2. using the original iphone earphones, clicking on the mic button once, you can pause your music ....click again to resume play .....double clicking it will skip to the next track

I like this tips too...

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Added on May 2, 2008, 8:43 pmplaying with the phone that day and i found out that even sliding ur finger from right to left the delete icon will also be displayed

This post has been edited by c_calvin: May 2 2008, 08:43 PM

Quicker way to delete movies on iPod.

Just swipe you finger from left to right and the delete button appear (just like SMS).

Before I know this tricks, whenever I want to delete video that I already watched, I will connect to itunes, and manually delete it from there.

when viewing your contact you could quickly scroll to the alphabets you need but scrooling on the aphabets on the right.

From what I have checked online, you could only edit the playlist "On the Go" by adding songs into it.

Thanks thanks! Sharing is caring!

As far as I know, you can't remove icons but you could hide icons. This can be done by downloading the app called "Customized" from installer.
To change the icon appearance, you can get the app "Summerboard".

if you are trying to remove the icons from the bottom dock, you just need to drag them out from the dock when in icon arrange mode, or you can replace them with any of your preferred applications icons.

I think we should clear this thread from unnecessary question. Keep this thread for tips n tricks only. We have enough thread for all those questions and answers.

On my iPhone, once I have typed a password for a particular wifi spot it automatically saved for future use.

it will auto save, if u got probs, try install the wifi fix

"How to save WEP password?"

When u connect with wifi that require u to put in the 'key', the 'key' will be save automatically until to tap the 'forget this network'. The key is unique to every Access Point. So if u go to a new place and never connected to it then it will ask again for the key unless last time u tap the 'forget this network'.

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Added on May 29, 2008, 7:38 pmUse wifi fix only if your wifi got problem i.e can't connect or greyed-out wifi. If not then don't use it.

This post has been edited by frozzbyte: May 29 2008, 07:38 PM

could only change via iTunes..

is it true if we poke some holes in at speaker,,then the sound can be increase?

YUPS!! many hv verified dat..u can also check it out in GOOGLE our fav search engine

Seriously I don't recommend you doing this.

Anyway, anyone else have any tricks/tips to recommend? (Before iPhone 3G comes in )

Ya,that why i off my keyboard click sound and Lock sound..is too loud and i also want to save battery

its one of the way to save batt
some other things u can also disable to save more batt
like email acc, wifi, bluetooth and dun use auto-brightness function
just set it to a desirable level as the iphone dun need to adjust it according to lighting. just my 2cents

this is a tip i found out just now. if ur iphone earpiece got no sound its prob bcos u were listening to ur earphones while playing itunes or something then u unplugged the earphone? to get sound back just plug in ur earphone while playing itunes then stop the music and unplug ur earphone normally, do a few times and sound should come back to ur earpiece.

another thing u also need to take note is the bass level of ur song
if the level too high ur song will be distorted by the bass

set the ipod EQ to bass reducer


but word of advice; reduces battery life

i am quite sure there is ppl know this oledi.. but i still wanna share with u all guys.

When we write new sms.. instead of we press + to add contact for the reciepent.. all we need is just write contact name and the list of name that we wrote will appear..

as example :

we write don

will appear donald, mr don, donkey etc.. hehe..

haha.. it is just for example la mr nokia2003...

btw, is that anyone has encountered that when we got receive call, we can just press volume button to disable the ringing and the vibrate as well (if u enable vibrate lah..)..

This post has been edited by Apis_LuaLua: Jun 18 2008, 02:17 PM

Tap on the springboard and get a pic of pencil and paper? Tried that but nothing happen.

BTW u can also press the sleep/wake buttton to silence the phone same as the volume button.

u can drag and drop but u need to convert the format to .m4r first....
use iringer...very good software...its a standalone software...no need to install...

Install Phonezap in your iPhone and you're ready to go. You can actually do it with your iTunes as well, just RTFM!!!

dunno whether dis has been posted or not. but if u guys using standard sms apps notice dat we can't cancel sms when the button "send" is pressed. it will jz proceed to progress bar until finish.

but i found one way to stop the sending process. when u press the "send" button n realized dat u want to cancel it, juz press sleep/wake button to lock n immediately after dat u unlock it back by pressing the same button n slide it. it will then show the same message u type jz before u press the "send" button.

hope this helps!

no prob bro.

if u need to forward msg i suggest u to use iSms tho. i dislike using it as standard sms apps juz bcos it lags whenever i want to read or reply msg. but still i need it to forward msg and the function to disable the sms preview rawks! it also enables us to add contacts into sms which is really great!

jz hoping dat future upgrade will enable it to load much much more faster. huhu

yes, it does happen.


opt for a lower quality? just a suggestion of course.

Customise the conversion setting by the screen resolution, bitrate & the audio bitrate, those will affect the size and quality of a converted movie format.

480x320 screen resolution, video bitrate: 1000(or lower if you want smaller file size), Fram rate: 29.97, Audio Bitrate: 56 (or lower), Sample Rate: 48000 & Channel: 2 (Stereo).

If you follow the settings above it will be good enough for a DVD or movie conversion.

man i love customize everything hehe... for the keyboard, i'll stick to Rasbill's one i'll post mine later

edit: this is mine... all file can get from modmyifone forum take a look what i used haha





ps: a lil bit show off haha, sorry2

This post has been edited by korn: Jul 3 2008, 01:07 PM

kewL customize there.. nice!

ps: i dont know hot to use customize..

This post has been edited by gengstapo: Jul 3 2008, 02:34 PM

Dont worry... iphone apps are straight foward. on is on and terminate is terminate... only certain progs that keeps its string to run and hanging on others like services and anything similar which is not a bad thing... y? too used to wm device? no... its totaly diff... iphone progs = 1 do 1... wm based apps = 1 do many. Thats why many conflicts cos of priority..

Oh... Tips and tricks
Well, i got one but maybe its not important.... during browsing picture either from rolls or albums, picture will be auto rotating all the time which is a very2 nice feature apple have made and same goes to other device nowdays... but some picture (normaly imported from pc/mac) is not displaying accordingly for instance, a potrait pic which displayed lanscape on iphone. When you rotate iphone to view the pic in a correct position, its autorotating and you never get the chance to view that pic in a correct posture unless you hurt your neck .... well, to avoid picture auto rotating, just touch that screen and turn ur iphone to whatever position without releasing that thumb on screen earlier on. It will stick on its current possition. To release, just untouch it or apply some gesture to any direction..

This post has been edited by JasLyn: Jul 4 2008, 03:26 PM

nbtd.. so, i'll just do some mods to my phone..

Omg,it is so cool!!!

Can teach me,cz i still noob on cuztomize iphone

nice job, hehe maybe dark suite you hehe... im into simple style...

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Added on July 5, 2008, 4:15 pmcan go to http://www.modmyifone.com/ for learning, certainly usefull... and im not using Customize app

This post has been edited by korn: Jul 5 2008, 04:15 PM

Today just read the Iphone book from Kinokuniya,

found out another tips that the world clock..

The White display on the clock mean the country on Day light,

If the black display on the clock mean the country on Night...

Here's another iPhone trick where you can play the mono music through your existing Bluetooth headset with a simple little change in your audio output options:
1) Pair your Bluetooth headset with your iPhone - we're not gonna get into the specifics, just do it.
2) Go to your Voicemail and hit the "Audio" button (when the iPhone is not paired with a headset, this button will say "Speaker."
3) Choose your headset in the subsequent audio selection dialog.
4) Get to your homescreen and hit the iPod icon.
5) Start playing a song and revel in the Bluetooth headset

Inform me if this been posted before and I will delete this post.

This post has been edited by Joelles: Jul 10 2008, 12:42 PM

i cant click on my voicemail...and i just set the voicemail to call my 121...

It's *5005*86*phonenumber# (where “phonenumber” is the number you dial to call to your voicemail)

best mods iphone ever!

project geek

This thread certainly has been "salah guna".. Thus, i am now referring back this thread to what it should be..

Just wanna share with iphone users who yet to know this..

In Safari Web Browser.. To Zoom In, instead of double tap on screen (result to too far zoom in).. we can manually adjust the zoom in level by Hold one finger on the screen, and use other finger to scrool to right slowly to manually adjust the zoom in level

Enjoy better way of surfing..

Cheers

This post has been edited by Apis_LuaLua: Jul 16 2008, 10:16 AM

Isn't that the same pinch-and-zoom we used for zooming in photos?

Yes.. it is same. Can apply to zooming in photo as well.

In maps..
Just place two finger at the same time,it will automatic zoom out...do it again and again...

This thread shall now split into iPhone 1.0 (old gen) and iPhone 2.0 (new gen) tips. Refer to the 2nd post on the 1st page.

Hey guys, just wanna share this website i found called Audiko @ www.audiko.net
You can create and crop custom ringtones for your iphone using the site. It's pretty cool.

FYI, customizing ringtones can be done directly from your iPhone by choosing your song from your iPod. Just Install Phonezap(for ringtones) or "Ringtones"(for ringtones & message tones).

Not sure if it's posted earlier in this thread, if so then sorry upfront.

With firmware 2.0, u can now capture screenshots of your iPhone screen by pressing Home + Power (at the top) simultaneously. Your screen will flash for a sec and the photo then saved to your Camera Roll.

Hope that's useful.

iPhone 2.0's backup screws your life for taking long time to finish?

A quick fix:

1. - Quit iTunes.
2. - Open Terminal.app
3. - Copy and paste this in, then hit return: defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
4. - Open iTunes
5. - Plug in your iPhone (2.0 or 3G) and sync.

Caveats:
- You have no backup... can't restore data...
- If you use programs like SMS Log or Phone Log by Markspace - it will most likely stop working... because it uses backup as base for sync.

Have fun...

Another tip to share. Try double-pressing on the Home button when your iPhone goes into sleep mode (i.e. when the screen goes blank) or in the "slide to unlock" state.

You should get an ipod control interface to access your music directly without having to "slide to unlock" and go into ipod mode.

This only works when you had a song playing in ipod mode and u had it on pause.

Hope that's useful.

This already show in the 1st page...

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Added on July 26, 2008, 9:56 pmIphone 2.0 tips

While using safari,if you find out the picture you like...just press and hold the picture for 2 second and you will able to save image...

This post has been edited by ff8ong: Jul 26 2008, 09:56 PM

Oh really ah? hehehe ... sorry.

OK, I just tried it and can now confirm that the custom ringtone hack still works on firmware 2.0, itunes 7.7 and iphone 3G.

ringtones must be < 30 sec, AAC encoded (*.m4a) and then extension changed to *.m4r and open with itunes. thereafter, will appear under ringtones in itunes and just sync.

For 2.0

If you've got more than one page of apps, instead of flicking pages left and right you can tap on either the bottom right or bottom left to move from page to page (just above the dock- where call, mail, safari, ipod are by default) to chang

This is not only for 2.0,it work same with 1.1.x

This post has been edited by ff8ong: Jul 29 2008, 01:40 PM

Another 2.0 Tips...can help me upload to first page?

With iphone 2.0 FW,we manage to take/snap screenshot by using iphone itself

By just holding home button and click the power/reset button...the phone will flash 1 second and it will

snap the screenshot on iphone and save it into camera roll

Try enable Japanese keyboard (Kana) and you can add lots of beautiful emoticons in your SMS texting.

Another thing to share is i realize that the 2.0 will make the build in maps location service
become more accurate and better...here is some screenshot

This is on 1.1.4 first click on the blue circuit(location service)


For 2.0 (1st click)i will get this results which show quite big circle


Then when i click the button again(sometime auto)
i get excatly which taman am i..which is not bad...i cant get this results on 1.1.4


opinion is welcome

just to inform, MxTube avail. for d/load via bigboss repo in cydia

just ignore if u guys n' gals knew already

ps: its for iphone 2.0

This post has been edited by gengstapo: Aug 1 2008, 08:56 AM

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2326544,00.asp

nice artical

Only for 1.1.4

http://s.apfelphone.net

Add this to your installer, you will then find a new section called apfelphone fun in installer, which contains a couple of nes packs, both of which work on 1.1.4 ..

w00t .. no need SSH ..

Weeeeeee ...

This post has been edited by Fighteden: Aug 10 2008, 02:40 AM

Here's a tool that i would like to share with all of you. Its a tool that enable you to use SSH without wifi. It uses the USB cable for the connection. Great news for people with no wifi. This is for WINDOWS user only.

iPhone Tunnel Suite


Requirement:
• Open SSH installed through Installer or Cydia
• iPhone Tunnel Suite
• Latest version of. Net Framework

Functions:
• Connecting via SSH to an iPhone / iPod Touch, all without the need of WiFi and with the need of only USB cable.
• Client WinSCP integrated (included in the iPhone Tunnel Suite)
• Client Putty integrated (included in the iPhone Tunnel Suite)



Here's the guide on how to use it:

1. First, downloading it from here. http://www.makkiaweb.net/itunnel/download.html
2. Go ahead with the installation with the exe files:
3. Installation took place, then you can run the suite. Launch SSH in iPhone / iPod as well.
4. You will find a screen that shows only 3 buttons, first launch "iPhone Tunnel" that will establish a connection to your iPhone / iPod via the USB cable, then make sure to have it connected via USB. If you have not connected the iPhone close the tunnel screen (which is entitled "Launcher.exe"), connect the equipment and launch it again.
5. You can now use WinSCP client and Putty respectively for the file transfer and use of terminal line (Recommended). Within WinSCP there is already a profile called iPhone for the connection, then just click on connect (accedi Italian) to start the communication between the computer and the device.
Note: The WinSCP Client in the program is in Italian , but you can use your own by changing the language, just set up as follows:
• IP Address: 127.0.0.1
• Port: 22
• Username: root
• Password: alpine
5. Now you are Connected. using WinSCP as if you were connected via WiFi , have fun!

myb this can be useful for people that want delivery report. found it on iPhone thread v3.
i've tried maxis, and it's working. how bout other telcos?

This post has been edited by LaskarCinta: Aug 13 2008, 08:53 PM

where? before we start writing or in the end.

start

Just like to add this before it is lost again in the depths of the forum,

To add your carrier's voicemail single dial tap to the "Voicemail" button on your iPhone (2G/3G):-

1. You need to first get your carrier's voicemail number.
2. Click on your iPhone's phone button.
3. Then click on the Keypad tab.
4. You need to then add the following code: *5005*86*xxx#. Here xxx would be your voicemail number.
4. After entering the code you tap call.
5. This results in the code being set.
6. Thats all, tap now on the voicemail button and it should automatically call your usual voicemail service.

Celcom's voicemail is 1313, so you need to call *5005*86*1313#.

Saw this tips on the net:

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.

not too sure if this is classified as tips and trick, but an own personal experiment of mine found that the keyboard addon (could be found in cydia as well) on 2.0.1 lags the ENTIRE system (for example sms, safari typing etc) considerably.


i have been using the MBA keyboard addon since 1.1.4 and there isn't any problem, but to my horror that for 2.0.1 it doesn't compute that way.


it is pretty simple to come out with a conclusion for 2.0.1. with the existence of winterboard, one can tick or un-tick the keyboard add-on and observe the vast lag time improvement.

enable the ipod controls at setting---general---home button

Press the home button twice while the keypad is locked to bring out the ipod control

you can't do that amigo (unless there is a new 3rd party app which i have not heard of before)

your best bet is to probably to use the nokia pcsuite to transfer from outlook (PC) to a nokia phone.

Found a solution from a webstie to disable the iphone backup function for both Windows and Mac.

Ever since version 1.0, the iPhone has automatically backed itself up every time an iTunes sync was started. The feature makes sense on a phone and has definitely saved my bacon quite a few times. However, with the iPhone 2.0 update, the backup feature has gotten arguably out of hand. Most users report obnoxiously long backup times which make it extremely frustrating to refresh your iPhone's information.
So if you're tired of automatic backups that take forever, here's how to disable them.

For Windows users:
First, grab a copy of NotePad++[U]. The standard apps that come with Windows won't work well for editing the iTunesPrefs.xml file.
To apply this hack, you'll be editing the iTunesPrefs.xml, which is generally found at C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes. You may need to enable hidden folders if you don't see the "Application Data" folder.

1) Quit iTunes

2) Make a backup of iTunesPrefs.xml. If you mess up, you'll wish you had a backup, so it's a good idea to make one.

3) Open iTunesPrefs.xml using Notepad++

4) Search for "User Preferences" without the quotes and you should find something like "<key>User Preferences</key>"

5) Right below the first <dict> that comes after "<key>User Preferences</key>", paste the following:

<key>AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled</key>
<data>
dHJ1ZQ==
</data>

Your results should look something like this:

Before


After


6) Save the file and open iTunes. If all went well, your iPhone will sync, but it won't back up. To back up manually, right click your iPhone in the source list and choose "Back Up".

For Mac Users
Things are a little easier here. :]

Backup-disabler

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Aug 24 2008, 11:42 AM

Why not just press Win+R, paste the following command and click OK?

Code:
"%CommonProgramFiles%\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\defaults.exe" write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true

That's exactly the same as Mac method, it works with any version of iTunes.

To undo, just replace true with false.

Just to share with u..
those on fw 2.0 above, can copy sim contacts without any 3rd party apps..

settings>mail,contacts,calender>
scroll right to da botto, thr is a import sim contacts...
it wud take 2-5mins...
dun panic...
and dun let the phone sleep

Corvinux, still surprised?
lol

Ad Blocking for Mobile Safari
Found it when i;m browsing the web.


Quoted from the original website:


The Process

1. Install OpenSSH and set up Cyberduck on your computer. Don't know how? Click Here.
2. Navigate to /etc/.
3. Now download the replacement hosts file.
4. Drag that file to the Cyberduck window. Click on Replace when it asks you to.
5. Restart your iPhone!



Source: here


The above is for 2.x.x


This is for 1.x.x

Here: Links

This post has been edited by yewfatt: Sep 14 2008, 09:24 AM

iPhone Modem Apps





Source

Here another 2.1fw tips,hope I didn't repost.

iPod tips

While using stock iPhone headphone,I instand of clicking once to play/pause,
Double click to next song,now by clicking 3 times will able to go previous song.

Go here to learn about other features available for fw2.1 that's not documented.

Found out new tips for 2.1 this morning,

For IPOD

When you listening to music and you wanted to go back to your playlist,usually we just
press the (<--)button,now you can just slide on the music art or anywhre,will
able you to back to your playlist menu. Hope no body post this b4.

a very creative D.I.Y paperclip stand for iPhone/iPod Touch.

Get the Paperclip Template [ Here ] (PDF file)

Some screenshot for the tips above.
When you listen to any song,which the interface look like this


Slide your finger on the album art from left to right

You will back to the song playlist/menu

mmm...now this is a tip for some people that as silly as me that deleted contacts and images (or even wipe the iphone by restore).
previously i've posted the question on the forum here,

and here,


consider this case. u gave your iPhone to someone else to use for months (uncle, aunt, brother, sister, friend, gf, bf, etc etc), and he/she haven't performed any sync to the computer for months (myb this sounds ridiculous, but it's still possible, like my case). and he/she has added hundreds of contacts, and thousands of photos snapped. suddenly someone select Erase All Contents and Settings, or myb restored it on the computer. and the contents are all deleted.

and now i've just repaired my other experiment iPhone (previously the upper part of the screen wasn't responding to touch), so then i proceed using the guide that i forgot from where i read it (and i read it for months ago)

so then these are the requirements,
ON THE IPHONE
- OpenSSH
- Installer > BSD Subsystem / UNIX Subsystem. If u previously haven't installed Installer then don't worry. get QuickPwn and select only Installer on the menu.
- Mobile Terminal
- If using early version of firmware (1.x) then myb u wanna consider SU fix if your BSD got prob with SU.

HARDWARE (dunno if this is the right term)
- Wireless router, or any public wifi, but make sure first that u can perform SSH (dunno if it's possible via ad-hoc, i'm no techno geek)
- Your laptop charger (if u r doing it outside), as the the iPhone drive image can easily takes 3 hours +/-. don't forget your iPhone cable too.

SOFTWARE
- Photorec
- Any SSH application, preferably running from Mac OSX or Linux

1st, make sure your iPhone is prepared for the procedure. make sure it has been installed with the required apps, and don't forget your computer too. and makesure u have enabled file sharing / SSH on the computer.

now there are 2 steps of recovering the files on the iPhone, getting the image file and analysing image file.

::Retrieving Drive Image From The iPhone::
1. Make sure u have connected via wifi, and try to perform ssh from the computer to the iPhone firsthand. use Cyberduck or any application u prefer to connect the computer to the iPhone. apart from testing that u already got the right address (which can be done via ping), u can also enable the SSH connection through both the devices in case u haven't performed SSH before (certs, credentials, etc etc, i dunno much bout that). now kill the SSH.
2. On your iPhone, start Mobile Terminal. make sure u have performed su first and entered the password first to gain root of your iPhone. and then perform the dd command to the target computer u wanna dump the iPhone image to. so these are what it will roughly look like, the italics one is the command that u entered,

<iPhone Name>:~ mobile$ su
Password : alpine
<iPhone Name>:/var/mobile root# dd if=/dev/disk0 | ssh <username>@<computer-ip> 'dd of=iphone-dump.img'
Password : login to the particular username on the computer

u can put the dump anywhere u want. if u do like what i've typed, the file will appear under User folder on your Mac.
Note : it will not show any progress bar of file transferred on the iPhone, nor the computer itself. it will only show the bytes transferred after the transfer is completed on the iPhone. so if u want to track the file transfer, just check the size of the image file generated on your computer from time to time to make sure the transfer run smooth
Attention! : as the transfer is really time consuming, the connection tends to time out after u have transferred around 1 GB of image dump. to counter this, make sure u do this,
> Exit Mobile Terminal
> On the iPhone, go to Settings > Wi-Fi, and go back to home. Make sure from time to time (myb every 15-30 minutes), u repeat this. as u r detecting wireless network, it will keep your connection from timeout. btw myb there's another software that can prevent network timeout but i'm trying to reduce the probability of having the files i'm intending to recover from being permanently overwrite.

after u have your iPhone drive image fully copied to your computer, now is the second phase which is,

::Analysing The Image File::
Now we are doing the recovery. nope, u can't just mount the image file. u can start with using Photorec. it's free. forgot where the address is, just google for it. it comes with testdisk application.
this software is command line only. another thing is u can't just run the executable, u need to run the proper command from the terminal.

1. make sure u have created a folder as for destination of recovered files. i just create a folder on the desktop.
2. Now start the Terminal on the computer. just run <directory of your photorec extracted>/photorec iphone-dump.img
3. U will perform su and enter the password. select the file type u want to recover, also u can select either u want to retrieve corrupted files too (if u want to further analyse it, i dunno how to do that). point it to the right folder that u already made as destination of the files, and then start recovery.
4. after finished, u can start checking on your recovered files.

Note : Due to firmware 2.x presets that it fully wipes the data on the iPhone on restore, most probably u wont get your data back if that feature is enabled. the feature can be disabled if u opt out for full wipe when creating custom firmware in Pwnage or WinPwn.

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Added on October 5, 2008, 10:33 pmjust found where i read the method,
http://modmyi.com/forums/file-mods/237321-...a-recovery.html
and this is the original guide,


P.S. : sorry if got any error in my post.

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Added on October 13, 2008, 7:22 pm



dunno someone already post about this here,

WHO SAY ONLY HiPHONE CAN VIEW VIDEOS HORIZONTALLY?

iPHONE CAN TOO!!!



u can only do this if u set the video as Music Video. when u open the music video under Playlist / Artist / Album menu, it will show the video on the album art area.

what's more, u can double tap to view it full size of the album art area.



and of course u can view it fullscreen as usual by turning it 90 degrees,



and yea, of course u can double tap it again,



This post has been edited by LaskarCinta: Oct 17 2008, 05:56 PM

In firmware 2.1, 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.

can i ask, whenever i on my msn using iphone, if an sms arrives and i read it..the msn will be gone? Because when i read my sms, i have to relog back into my msn and its really troublesome.