This section will share with you the most common general tweaks that Malaysian iPhone users will usually want to apply. These include tweaks to localise your iPhone to suit the local networks and environment. Your Malaysian iPhone experience will be greatly enhanced after going through this.
1. Name your iPhone.
A: In iTunes, under Devices, double click your iPhone and enter your custom name.
2. How to import Existing SIM Contacts and add contact picture?
Q: Have a lot of existing contacts stored in your SIM?
A: No worries. Copy all your contacts in your previous phone to your simcard. You can easily import them into your iPhone. In your iPhone, go to (Settings> Mail,Contacts,Calender> Import SIM Contacts)
Q: Can i save my contacts to Sim?
A: No you can't. There's no available function to export contacts to the simcard.
Q: Can sync contacts with OutLook?
A: Refer to this thread.
Q:How to Backup Contacts with iTunes?
A: Here is how to back up your iPhone contacts on a Pc/Mac.
- Open i-tunes on your computer that you sync it to
- Plug in your phone to the computer
- open "Address book" window's address book program. Kinda lame, but it works. Its under start-programs-accessories
- Back to iTunes, click on the phone icon on the left
- Click on the Info, and under "Contacts" (the first one) check "sync contacts from" and then pick "Windows address book" and "AddressBook" for Mac from the drop down menu
- Click all contacts
- Then at the bottom right of iTunes, click "Sync" It will ask you if you want to merge or replace. Make sure you select "MERGE" or it will delete your contacts on the phone.
Thats it, check your Windows Address Book or Mac AddressBook and everything should be there. All the numbers and emails that you have put so much time into adding to your phone. Pretty nice. So, from now on, if you add contacts to the phone it will back up to the Computer and the Computer's Address book (if changed) adds new contacts. Hope this helps.
Q: in coming call "Unknown"? How to fix?
A: Call your telco.
Q: How to place contact pictures to Caller ID (small caller id picture as per Apple site)?
A: To have the small top right corner caller id as per the Apple site, use Addressbook for Mac ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2486 ) and Outlook for Windows ( http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/...0137791033.aspx ) to place the contact pictures. Sync your iPhone with iTunes.
3. Add Your Carrier's Voicemail
To add your carrier's voicemail via a single dial tap to the "Voicemail" button on your iPhone: (credits: stringfellow)
1) First get your carrier's voicemail number. (DiGi=121, Maxis=121, Celcom=1313 or call up your carrier's customer service to find out)
2) Tap on the 'Phone' button in your iPhone.
3) Tap on the 'Keypad' tab.
4) You need to then add the following code: ( *5005*86*xxx# ). Here xxx would be your voicemail number.
5) After entering the code, tap 'Call'.
6) This results in the code being set.
7) Thats all, tap on the voicemail button and it should automatically call your usual voicemail service.
4. Maxis 3G Settings, Celcom 3G Settings, Celcom GPRS, DIGI GPRS and EDGE
Q: What is the settings for 3G and how to enable Cellular Data Network which is not available in my iPhone?
A: Go to Settings - General - Network - 3G and toggle your 3G ON. Place the settings in Cellular Data Network.
If you can't see the Cellular Data Network column, refer to this thread to enable the Cellular Data Network.
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6. Forward SMS and Email
Q: Can iPhone forward SMS and email?
A: iPhone 3.0 has the ablility to copy/paste/forward text features.
Q: Is there a SMS Report Confirmation?
A: By default, there none. You can use the proposed SMS Report Confirmation Tip below.
If you're using Maxis enter: *N#<space>your message
If you're using Celcom enter: *n#<space>your message
Not available for DIGI and UMoblie users.
**Start at the beginning of your sms. Recipients won't see the *N#
7. Adding MMS Functionality
Q: How To add MMS fuction?
A: For 3G/3GS iPhones, iPhone 3.0 has MMS capability. Carrier settings needed to enable MMS. More info here.
8. Turn OFF Keyboard 'Auto Correction'
Q:The Keyboard 'Auto Correction' can get pretty annoying at times. Can i turn it off?
A: In your iPhone, go to Settings> General> Keyboard> Auto-Correction. Toggle it OFF.
9. International Keyboard
Q: How to enable different languages in the iPhone?
A: Your iPhone provides keyboards in multiple languages such as Chinese Handwriting, Japanese etc. You can change the language for your keyboard or make two or more keyboards available at the same time:
1) On your iPhone, go to (Settings> General> International> Keyboards) and turn on the keyboards you want.
2) If more than one keyboard is turned on, simply tap on the globe icon on your keyboard to switch between the keyboards when you're typing. When you tap the symbol, the names of the newly active keyboard appears briefly.
10. Custom Ringtones & SMS Tones
Q: How to create my custom ringtones?
A: Creating your own custom ringtones is fairly straightforward with the availability of automated programs. The max seconds per ringtone is only 40 secs. More that 40 secs, iTunes will not allow you to use it as a ringtone.
For Windows:
- iRinger: ( http://www.iringer.net/ ) < Highly Recommended
- Audiko: ( http://www.audiko.net/ )
- Nakko: ( http://www.nakko.com/ )
- iPhone Ringtone Converter: ( http://www.dvdtoiphone.net/iphone-ringtone-converter.html )
For Mac:
- iToner: http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/ $15.00 (Highly Recommended)
- Garageband: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1358
2. Create ringtone via iTunes, the video is [ Here ] [by friends]
3. Via iPhone application: Ringtone Converter
SMS
Q: How to create custom SMS Tones? [This can only be available for jailbreak iPhones] | JB
A: Creating Custom SMS Tones on the other hand is fairly more technical and can only be done on jailbroken phones. It involves the following steps:
1) Create a tone you want in QuickTime or with any audio software. It has to be an aif file.
2) Rename the file to 'sms-received1.caf' (which is the file you might want to back up by the way as it is the original ringtone)
3) You can create multiple tones. Just rename correspondingly as sms-received2.caf, sms-received3.caf and so on.
4) Using a directory browser such as DiskAid, browse to ( System/Library/Audio/UISounds )
5) Place your new files in this directory.
6) Reboot your phone and you will have your new sms tones.
11. Transferring Video Files To The iPhone
Q: How and what software to use?
A: Please refer to this thread: Your One Stop iTunes Troubleshooting Centre
12. Transferring Songs To iPhone and Transfering Pictures
Q: How to transfer mp3's and pictures to my iPhone?
A: Please refer to this thread: Your One Stop iTunes Troubleshooting Centre
13. Instant Messenger (iTunes AppStore)
Q: Any applications like MSN or Yahoo Messenger for iPhone?
A: You can get this applications from iTunes AppStore for free or purchase.
1) Beejive (Purchase) (highly recommended)
2) Fring (Free)
3) Xumii (Free)
4) IM+ (Purchase)
5) Nimbuzz (Free)
6) Skype (Free)
7) Agile Messenger (Purchase)
8) Yahoo Messenger (Free)
9) eBuddy (Free)
14. Video Capture
Q: Is there any video recorder software for iPhone?
A: iPhone 4 comes with front and back camera.
15. Enable Push Notification Service
Q: I don't have Push Notification column in my iPhone? Why and how to enable it?
A: Please refer to these links @ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3576
16. Auto Correction
Q: How to enable auto Correction or disable it?
A: Please read the iPhone User Guide pdf Manual. Settings->General->Keyboard->Auto-correction ON.
17. Syncing Notes
Q: How to sync notes?
A: You can set up iTunes to automatically sync your notes with email applications such as Mac OS X Mail and Microsoft Outlook (requires Mac OS X version 10.5.7 on a Mac).
18. View/Edit Microsoft Office Words, Excel
Q: It's there any application from iTunes Appstore to view/edit Words or Excel?
A: Please refer to this thread: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/943002
19. Emoji - Emoticons
Please refer to this post.
Step 1 : Download [ Spell Number (Free) ] from App Store
Step 2 : Run the app, then key in 91929394.59
Step 3 : Press HOME button to exit the app
Step 4 : Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards > Japanese
Step 5 : Turn ON [ Emoji ] and viola ! [by friends]
20. How to Set a Custom SMS Alert Tone for Incoming iPhone Text Messages [JB]
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=6676
21. How to capture Homescreen or Lockscreen screenshot?
Taking screenshot of Springboard and Lockscreen: Press Home and Power button simultaneously. A shot bust of flash, screenshot pictures are save in Photos.
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