SMS printing

Apple iPhone - SMS printing

I need to print a SMS text, has anyone printed their SMS text messages out?

Did you use an app or how did you do it?

iPhone Email
You could forward the SMS to yourself as an email. They will all be run together but readable.

Also you could do screen prints that go to your camera roll and email the photos to yourself.

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If I was to print a SMS, I would copy it and past it to a memo and print it from there.

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If I understand the description on the website, it looks like this app can extract sms text messages as well as other files from the iPhone backup file created by iTunes:

http://www.addpod.de/juicephone

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That looks like a handy app. Too bad it's not available for us PC users....

iPhone 5

Apple iPhone - iPhone 5

Heard that iPhone 5 was in the way. Wonder what they could possibly add to it!

iPhone 5
Mind reading?
Dual core processor?
Faster processor?
A non-conductive coating on the external antenna band?

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I'd settle for an external antenna connection for those of us in tough reception areas between cell towers or far from cell towers. I really don't think it is uncool to have an antenna sticking out. What isn't cool is dropped calls. A bit better antenna would be very welcome, even if it sticks out on the side or something.

My tin foil log periodic I've stuck on with tape inductively couples to a degree, but is too directional to be practical.

iCal Calendar

Apple iPhone - iCal Calendar

Looking for a calendar app that shows week view nut syncs with iCal

iPhone Calendar
You can look at quick-Cal which also has a widget for Mac. It has a list view and a month view. I use the list view, but it does not show only one week at a time. The best thing is it uses plain language to add events.

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I hope OS 5.0 brings week view.

Location Services

Apple iPhone - Location Services

When I go to settings and Location Services to be sure certain apps have Location Service turned on...they are all greyed out so I can not turn them either on or off. Whats up with that?

iPhone Warranty
Never mind. I figured it out. I had used the procedure posted earlier concerning the mobile me and FIND MY IPHONE app. I had placed restrictions on the accounts and Location Services.

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Thank you. I was having the same problem.

Tasks apps

Apple iPhone - Tasks apps

I have the advances version of todo but that doesn't show a start date, only a completion date for tasks. Is there a better ap in the candy store?

iPhone appsYou can look at an app called quick cal, there is a Mac and a iPhone app. You enter tasks in plain English.

Calendar

Apple iPhone - Calendar

The in-built calendar on the iPhone 4 begins on a Sunday after the upgrade some time ago. I'd like mine to begin on a Monday. Also I'd like to see my appointments in the week at a glance, even though I realize that the screen size is limited. Does anyone know of an ap that would perform this task. Thanks enormously.

iPhone Calendar
Look at Quick Cal for iPhone and there is a Mac widget also.

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Look at Pocket Informant.

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Thanks. I have downloaded it and it works beautifully.

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Does this calendar sync with iCal ?

IChat...FaceTime

Apple iPhone - IChat...FaceTime

Does IChat work with FaceTime?

iPhone FaceTime
No but there is FaceTime on a Mac now. It replaces iChat.

Charge cord with bumper

Apple iPhone - Charge cord with bumper

My daughter got an iPhone 4 and loves the bumper but it seems she can't find a cord to use for charging when the bumper is on it. Is there any cord out there that will work with a bumper?

iPhone Battery
Only the Apple stock charging cable that comes with the iPhone will work.

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Can I order one from Apple?

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Sure you can. You can usually find it at Walmart too.

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Usually the white USB to dock cable from apple is it, and 'straight in' headphones. Not the 'pistol bent' ones.

No 3G service

Apple iPhone - No 3G service

For that last few days my phone doesn't pick up a 3g signal just the slow edge network. Is anyone else having this issue? I live in Michigan.. I seen a message from AT&T in my account that said there was a carrier update to update the MMS features however I go there and no update available.

iPhone ATT
On the very rare occasions it happens to me, I turn the iPhone off. Then on. And 3G is back

Not very technical but if works for me in NJ.

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Thanks... I the past when this has happened I did the same thing... This time that's not working I even synced and that didn't help

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Mine did the same thing. I called ATT and they walked me through a few steps (which I can't remember) and performed some magic on their end. All was well.

Give 'em a call but have something to read while you're on hold.

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Are you saying not cellular service or no 3G?

They don't have 3G everywhere. I used to work in a metal roofed building just outside Denver. Their cellular service was horrible in Denver and all of Colorado, but under that metal roof, your chances were slim to none and if a HCAV fan turned on, forget it completely.

The comment on cycling Airport mode forces it to search again.

Also, get the free App AT&T Mark the Spot and report these to AT&T. They can't fix it if they don't know they have a problem.

I used to travel for work to "wide spots in the middle of the road" or some farmers far field. I was happy to have any signal there, let alone 3G.

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And for me here in S. fla...in fact..my gym is known to be a 'no fly zone'...and if i don't restart after leaving that building of torture...my next call invariably drops.

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Next time, try turning airplane mode on, wait a moment, then turn it off. This may correct your reception just as well, and it's easier and faster.

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Instead of turning off the phone and back on, you can just switch it to airplane mode then back out of it.

That is all that is actually needed.

Alarm

Apple iPhone - Alarm

I still cant get my alarm to work.

Any ideas?

iPhone Tutorials
It's a known iOS bug. Apple says it will fix itself on the 3rd.

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This might explain:

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Go8vL8XOJ_Y/iphone-alarms-not-working\
-right-now-heres-how-to-fix-it

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Wait a couple of days.
It isn't clear from my reading whether a fix is coming, or whether the bug is only present for the first 2-3 days of this year.

Runkeeper Pro (FREE!)

Apple iPhone - Runkeeper Pro (FREE!)

Runkeeper Pro was $9.99 but now free thru the end of January. It uses GPS technology in your phone to track fitness activity.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/runkeeper-pro/id300235330?mt=8

iPhone Apps
Is this a pretty good running app? I have 1 question. How does it work if you have multiple devices. Meaning I have a iPhone 3gs, new touch, and an ipad. If I download this app for my phone. How would it work putting it on my touch? I usually just download straight to the phone and not through iTunes. Can I download to multiple devices with the same account. Or should I download through iTunes and then place on the phone and touch?

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You can do whichever way you'd like. If you download via the idevice, then when you sync it, iTunes will download the app(s) to iTunes and then sync it appropriately with other devices.

Solar chargers

Apple iPhone - Solar chargers

I´ve been searching for a solar charger for my iphone on the web. I´m tired to plug it every nigth for charging and I was thinking to leave the iphone under a small lamp during sleep time and it would be charged in the morning with no wires.

Have anyone tested one of those silicon case solar charger for the iphone?

Here is the pictures




I liked this model most because it is like a normal silicon case to protect the phone plus a solar cell in the back

There are some others on the market that are just slide-in type and I don´t
like much the idea.

iPhone Battery
You have an iPhone, and you have a choice of recharge power sources - either mains power or solar power.

You have to plug the iPhone into the mains, or plug it into the solar unit.

You would prefer to spend the money to buy a solar unit to use in the same environment in which you already have mains power anyway, and plug into that in order to save you from having to plug into the mains.

Have I got that right?

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Yes, that is it. I just want to get home and leave my iPhone "sun bathing" under a lamp and have it recharge overnight (the lamp stays on anyways).

I don´t know if it possible, or I really need sunlight to use one of those chargers.

Importing Photos

Apple iPhone - Importing Photos

How can I import a photo from my computer to my iPhone4?

iPhone Photography
Select the albums in pictures when you sync.

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When I try to do that, I get a message that all the pictures currently on the phone will be replaced with the ones I am trying to import. I do not want to do that. I want to add them to the existing pics, not replace them.

Alarms not working

Apple iPhone - Alarms not working

The alarms on my wife's 3G stopped working today. We have changed times, turned the phone off and then on, made certain the volume is up and the phone is not on silent, and deleted old alarms and created new ones. Nothing seems to be helping to make it work. Any ideas? She is running most current iOS.

iPhone iOS
It is a know bug in the iOS.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-alarm-clock-on-your-Apple-iPhone-stopped-work\
ing-starting-today-will-fix-itself-on-January-3rd_id15634

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Yup.

http://gizmodo.com/5722381/iphone-alarms-not-working-right-now-heres-how-to-fix-\
it

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I don't know if there is a fix. There was a huge article on yahoo about an apparent alarm glitch. I for one was a victim of the new year alarm fiasco. My alarm didn't go off to wake me up for new years :-(

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I think this is more of the ATT issue than iphone. I am in SaudiArabia, have iphone 3GS. Did not gave any problem in recurring alarm on first there days of Jan.

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Really? oh dear. Funny one because I'm using my iPhone on T-mobile and had the same issue, still no working alarm.

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I don't think so, I'm in Jordan so no AT&T. My iPhone was ok,maybe because I had repeat alarms set (?), but my daughters iPod alarm and sons iPhone had the bug and did not work for those 3 days! In any case, all are working again :)

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Correct: repeating alarms supposedly had no problem.

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The problem is software, and is related to one time alarms not reacuring alarms. It has nothing to do with the carrier.

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Alarms (one time) on my iPhone4 weren't working for a few days over the weekend but they are working again, starting yesterday.

Upgrade iPhone 3GS to IOS 4

Apple iPhone - Upgrade iPhone 3GS to IOS 4

Initially, I would have agreed. But the updated IOS 4 is great. I updated my 3GS, and I've been very happy - no slowdowns, and everything works great. And I'm delighted to have the added capabilities of 4.0. So I'd say, go ahead and do it. I don't think you'll be unhappy.

iPhone iOS
If you are speaking to Dick and Barbara, They don't have the 3GS, they have the 3G, which only had 128Mb of RAM. iOS 4 bogs down the 3G to a crawl.

I have a 3GS and it works fine with iOS4. The 3GS has 256Mb of RAM and the iPhone 4 has i believe double that.

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I will modify what I said, the early versions of iOS 4 bogged the 3G down. That may not be the case with iOS 4.2, but not owning a 3G I can not say.

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Thanks, for clarifying our situation. One other poster mentioned that as well, that the later iOS 4.2 seemed to be okay on a 3G, but not the first version. Any other experience with this? By the way, does anyone have any trouble with not receiving copies of their own posts to this list (just receiving the replies)?

Apple TV, what is it ?

Apple iPhone -

Greetings Bill and Group Members

I have an iPhone 4 as well as an iPad (who doesn't) and wanted to know if anyone had used apple TV with any of these components. I'd also like to know some (if any) of the cool things i could do with an apple tv and my other home equipment which consist of 2 Vizio televisions (55" & 45") and my two 32" inch Vizios usual solely as monitors for my ZT desktop. Thanks for any info you can share .....

iPhone TV
I don’t have an iPad, but I do have an iPhone 4, my MacBook Pro and — since Christmas — an Apple TV. I have been successful in streaming movies, photos and music from the MBP to the Apple TV. I’ve only tried streaming podcasts from my iPhone to the ATV, but that was also successful. I also have Vizio TVs (a 32” and a 19”), and they work just fine with the ATV. :)

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I like playing music from computer or iDevice through TV/sound system. Also like to view photos from iPhone on TV

Skype: New Zealand and back to the US using Skype?

Apple iPhone - Skype: New Zealand and back to the US using Skype?

I have Skype on my MAC and iPhone 4. I bought some Skype credit to make calls. If I travel to another country (New Zealand) can I make calls within New Zealand and back to the US using Skype?

iPhone Call
Provided you have a data network, yes. You'll probably want to make a call while on wifi so you don't get charged international roaming.

Also, you can make Skype to Skype calls for free. I.e. From iPhone to a friend with Skype on a PC or Mac. The only time you need Skype credits is when you're calling with Skype to a landline or cell phone number. IIRC, they call it SkypeOut.

Car stereo suggestions anyone

Apple iPhone - Car stereo suggestions anyone

Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations for the best all around car stereo that's compatiable with the iPhone 4. I had an alpine model that allowed me to operate my iPhone 3GS music via a 3 inch touch screen that also served as a navigation system "for an added fee" and bluetooth capabilities with parrot also at an additional cost.

Since that unit been stolen out of my car I wanted other possibilities for replacement before I give another 1000.00 bucks to alpine and the installers .

iPhone iPod
I have a Pioneer DEH-P7000BT, which I had installed into a 1996 Mercedes (in place of a radio/cassette player). Had an iPod wired in (which I just leave in the car), satellite radio wired into the aux and a microphone by the sun visor.

The BT works great with iPhone 4's voice control for hands free dialing. Great for an old car.

Updating iPhone 3G to iOS 4

Apple iPhone - Updating iPhone 3G to iOS 4

My son is trying to update iOS 3 to 4 on his iPhone 3G. He gets a message on his MacBook that says he will lose all his media content when he does the update and to be sure to do the update on the computer on which he has all his media that he normally uses to sync the iPhone. I've updated an iPh 3GS and an iPad to iOS 4 before this. The sequence I've seen is that the new OS is downloaded to the computer, and then, if the iPhone is connected, it will automatically update the phone. If not, you can attach and download onto the phone later. Never have I seen this message previously.

1) What actually happens when we download the iOS 4 update in terms of media content (movies, photos, music)? The update obviously d/loads to the computer, but does it then wipe the media content, or only when it (new OS) is transferred to the phone?
2) If we have the identical media content on the phone and computer prior to the new OS downloading, what is left (if anything) on the phone and computer after the phone is updated to new OS?

This is probably pretty basic, but this message we received was not especially clear.

iPhone
If I could scream via this message any other way except by typing in all caps,
I'd do so, but since that's typically not my style, I'll just say this: don't do it.

I had a 3G and upgraded it to the 4 software. It slowed down my phone TREMENDOUSLY. And others that I have spoken with that have upgraded the 3G have had the same problems (no less than 5 people). My coworker has a 3GS that he upgraded without a problem, but for some reason, the 3G doesn't like that upgrade. I hope he hasn't actually done it as of yet.

I just got the 4G about a month ago and am in love.

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Thanks, for your wisdom. I had seen some earlier discussion about this when the iOS 4 update came out but didn't pay much attention, as we didn't have a 3G at the time.

Any other similar experience about putting iOS 4 on a 3G, or should I just bite the bullet (or the Apple) and get him a 3GS or 4? I hope you all have an entertaining and safe New Year's Eve (if you haven't had it already...................US Central Time here).

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Don't upgrade 3g to iOS4. It physically does not have the memory necessary to work well.

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I upgraded my iPhone 3g to iOS 4 and it was slow. That was a while back. I recently upgraded to 4.2 and now it runs smoothly.

Removing audio book from iPhone

Apple iPhone - Removing audio book from iPhone

How does one remove an audiobook from my iPhone once I've listened to it?

iPhone Tutorials
Just de-select it in your sync settings the next time you sync. Look under the 'books' tab.

If for some reason (the way it was imported into iTunes) it's not under 'books' look for it under 'music'.

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Just like you would music, movies and TV shows. Delete it from iTunes.