Remove iPhone applications

How do I remove applications from my phone?

I just bought the iPhone and started dowloading aplications, but some didn't work and now I want to remove them! Does anyone knows how can I remove aplications from my iphone??

iPhone apps
Touch the icon and hold it. It will start to jiggle and an x will appear. Then press the x.

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Hold your finger on one of the apps and they will all begin to shake and an "x" will appear in each of the apps' top left corner. Tap that "x" and you will be ask to confirm your decision to delete it and then you will be asked to rate it. When finished push the home key to return to normal. You can also rearrange you apps while they are in the "shaky state".

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You can also delete in iTunes as well. After you plug in your iPhone. Click on iPhone on the left. Then click on the apps tab. You'll see all the apps you purchased. The ones checked are the ones in your phone. If you unchecked them from left panel. They'll be deleted from your phone. You can also move your mouse over the app on the right and x will appear for you to click on. You can arrange the apps here as well.

Merge CDs into iTunes album properly

Iphone - Merge CDs into iTunes album properly

When I import several CDs and then merge those imported tracks into one iTunes album it often makes a mess. I merge the imported CDs by ctrl-clicking on the albums, going to get infos and editing the common data (composer, artwork, album title etc.). iTunes then does make a single album out of the cds but sometimes it merges the tracks in a silly order. This happens especially if the CDs are not known to Gracenote. In that case iTunes will merge the CDs in the order Track 01, Track 01, Track 01, ... instead of all tracks from CD1, then all tracks from CD2 etc.. Since there is no Undo if the merge I have to re-import all CDs and start again. Very annoying.

I can set the sort field to sort by "import date/time" which brings the tracks in the order I want (i.e. first all tracks from the first imported CD, then the next one ...) but when I sync my iTunes with the iPhone all the tracks are again in the order Track 01, Track 01, etc. (i.e. the CDs are interleaved).

I do not want to build a separate Playlist but want a single iTunes album with all the CDs that belong to a particular set in correct order.

How can this be done, please ?

iPhone iTunes
To preserve (or enforce your own) order, you should use the fields Disc x of y as well as the track number.

But what is the advantage of merging albums?

Why do you have to re-import? You can select imported tracks at *any time* and use Get Info.

How to block a number on iPhone?

How to block a number on iPhone?

I have the need to block several numbers from repeatedly calling my phone. Any
suggestions on how to do this is greatly appreciated.

iPhone number
One trick is to download a "silent" ringtone to your phone, and assign it to those numbers

...and that is precisely why I had asked about the silent ringer. It sure does give me a sense of satisfaction when I see that it works...kinda petty...but hey! LOL

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You can go to AT&T and set up a block of telephone numbers. There is a charge for this service.

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its a function of AT&t not the iPhone... you can as I do, save the number as a contact with a name of "DO NOT ANSWER"

LOL funny thing also, if you want to make the call not so annoying even when you have " do not answer"

Make their ringtone your favorite song. Double the satisfaction, you dont answer them, and you get to hear your favorite song hahaha

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I beg to differ... Not being able to block a number is a function of iPhone! I've had AT&T service for some 18 years now, and every smartphone I've had previous to the iPhone has allowed me to block a number from the phone itself. Nokia, motorola, palm etc. I was in utter shock when I moved to the iPhone and found I could not. Check the archives for my messages in July of 2009 for my shock and amazement.

I too just set the offenders up to be a "Do Not Answer" contact, with a "no ringtone" ringtone. I don't want to pay AT&T 4.99 extra a month for them to block the number, none of their other phones require it. That is just a way for AT&T to futher separate iPhone users from their money.

:)

Wi-Fi problem follow up

iPhone - Wi-Fi problem follow up

We made a trip to the Apple Store after making an appointment with the "Genius Bar" to have them look at my wife's 3G that was having Wi-Fi problems. As it turns out, she said that she had been having Bluetooth connectivity problems for a while as well. Anyway, we went there Sunday afternoon at our appointed time, about a half hour before the place closed for the day. It was busy and noisy, very high energy. Anyway, after waiting 10 or 15 minutes, and being "checked in" by at least 3 folks, a fellow came to us. We explained the problem, and what we had already done (full restore). After warning us that if he had to replace the phone we would loose all data on it, and us telling him that wasn't a problem due to our back ups and me.com accounts, he took it in the back. After about 5 minutes he came back out with a brand new phone (at least I assume it was brand new as opposed to refurb, I didn't specifically ask him now that I think of it). Anyway, it was already activated with my wife's number and operational. During dinner on our way home, I got it set up on her me.com account, so she had her contacts and email. Then when we got home I synced it up on iTunes. Everything went very well. Only thing that was lost was her custom voice mail greeting (no biggy). Best thing was that since it was still under warranty, we got out with a grand total of $.00 being spent!

One thing I noticed was that after syncing her phone with iTunes, I put my phone on the same machine, as we always have. Now, instead of saying "Ken's iPhone", when iTunes recognizes the phone, it just says "iPhone".

Everything else seemed OK. It called my wife's phone by name, as it always had mine. Unsure what the deal is with that, but I don't think it's necessarily a problem.

iPhone WiFi
Next time your wife's phone is connected to iTunes, simply click on the name of the iPhone under devices (you said it is currently named "iPhone") and after clicking on the name, you can rename it "wife's iPhone" or anything you want. Same way you would rename a playlist or such.

Problem Syncing with .03

Iphone - Problem Syncing with .03

Anyone else having problems syncing after installing 9.03? I get an error that my computer is not Authorized for my installed applications, so I click Authorize and then it pops up and says the computer is already authorized but goes back to Authorize, Don't Authorize or Cancel screen - if I hit Cancel I can't sync and if I hit Don't Authorize it removes everything from my phone. I have tried to force a Deauthorize the computer (to force a re-authorization) but that comes back as a store error!@#$


iPhone Sync I did a full sync and had no problems.

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I usually have a ton of problems but this went smoothly. I synced, and way faster than before. Using Vista.

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I fixed it after rebooting, deauthorizing iTunes and reauthorizing iTunes then everything syncs fine.

Battery percentage

iPhone - Battery percentage

I have searched and searched on my phone but dmned if I can figure out how to turn on/off the battery percentage next to the battery icon at the top.

My iPhone shows it but my husbands does not and I cannot figure out how to turn it on for his phone. BTW, we both have 3GS phones.

iPhone Battery
Settings > General > Usage > Battery Percentage.

Not all iPhones are created equal. There's a free app called Battery Magic
which will work.

But all "3Gs" iPhones should be.

Trying to mms gps location

Trying to mms gps location
When I go to the gps app and drop pin. I then try to share location by mms but it says contact in the mms text box and not the location. What am I doing wrong ?

iPhone GPS
That is correct - it sends your "location" as an Address Book entry (Url to the Google Maps and Address field as your location translated as a physical address)

I have both Yahoo and Gmail accounts set up on my phone. If I use Yahoo to send the link, I get plain text. Using Gmail, I get a URL that links to Goggle maps.

If..you're mms to a verizon phone he gets nothing and he has gmail.. then Send it to his g-mail address from the iPhone Message app instead of his cell # - that will work

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Some phones really don't show MMS from iPhones. Tried that on several other phone models. Maybe something o do with the big file size (say, photo, which you cannot resize prior to sending) Whether that's the other phone manufacturer or Apple's fault, I don't know.

But Apple's been trying to be deviant ever since. Like their bluetooth which can only connect to fellow iPhones. Make you wish it's not an iPhone in your hand.

But you just love iPhone and couldn't let go despite its numerous flaws.

IPhone doesn't show up on iphoto

How to solve IPhone doesn't show up on iphoto?

Some times If you plugged iPhone into the mac iphoto would open and it would import all photos not previosly imported. But now no matter what you do the iPhone just will not show up on iphoto although it shows up on iTunes and syncs smoothly as before...

iphone iphoto
1st.. check the settings in iPhoto > Preferences > General. If it already says Connecting camera opens: iPhoto, try changing it to something else then back again. If you did this to no avail... then

Maybe had a corrupt foto on your 3G that was preventing it from showing in iPhoto. You used a non Apple utility to delete the file. Afterwards, the 3G appeared as expected... but How to identify the corrupt photo?

Saved some photos received via email or MMS. Iphone would not show in iphoto. Once deleted all photos received by email or MMS on the phone, iphoto worked properly.

If we always had lots of photos received by email and never had a problem until now suddenly. Is there a programme which can identify the corrupted photographs?

Finally got around to doing what suggested. Here's what happened:

Created another user account. Fortunately iPhone appeared in iphoto there. Imported all the photos into iphoto and then to a folder on the desktop.

Then deleted originals on the iPhone. One photo refused to be imported and remained on the iPhone and deleted it manually - suspect that was the elusive delinquent. Then put the folder into shared user and then opened own user account and transferred it to my desktop. Now we shall have to laboriously transfer all the photos into iphoto.

:)

iPhone and Windows 7

iPhone and Windows 7 don't play nice, Intel P55 chipset to blame

The iPhone is one of the most wildly popular phones the world has ever seen, while Windows 7 is well on its way to becoming the globe's most ubiquitous OS. So compatibility between the two would be kinda sorta important, right? Tell that to Intel's quality control team who seem to have somehow missed an issue between Apple's app carrier deluxe and the P55 Express chipset's USB controller. Consistent (and persistent) syncing issues have been reported on Apple's support forums, wherein iTunes on Windows 7 machines recognizes the iPhone, but spits out an "error 0xE8000065" message whenever the user attempts to sync. While some have found limited success with using PCI-based USB cards (and bypassing the chipset), this is clearly a major issue and something Apple would expect to be fixed before shipping its Core i5 / i7 iMacs, which are likely to sport the chipset.

iPhone windows
I just upgraded to Win7, and the physical sync with my iPhone went just fine. My computer isn't Intel, it's AMD/ATI.

I do have a bit of a problem though... I'm now getting errors that Outlook is not set to be my default mail client and thus my contacts and calendar data is apparently not syncing.

Well duh, it's not set to be my default mail client - BECAUSE I DON'T USE IT FOR EMAIL!

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I am running windows 7 on one of my laptops and when I plug my iPhone in to charge it, it "attempts" to sync just fine (Its not the primary machine I sync on)

It is only machines with Intel P55 chips running Windows 7.

My computer is an HP Pavilion Media Center m7690n.

My OS is Windows 7 Home Premium. It is a P55 chipset. My spouse's computer is a home-built system, also running W7 on a P55 chipset. Both of us have the max 2GB of RAM that can be utilized with the 32-bit version of Windows 7. The 32bit limit on RAM is 4GB, not 2. Well, technically it's 3.5ish GB.

We're having no problems at all - in fact, sync seems to have increased speed since we installed W7.

Perhaps the sync problem being experienced is a function of his computer's RAM?

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2 GB ram is not the upper limit of 32 bit W7, 3.5GB is ... of course to get 3.5GB usually means you have 4GB of chips but 3.5 is all any 32bit OS will activate.

I doubt RAM is the problem for the OP, because I received W7 Professional through my Microsoft EA quite some time ago and it is running on my desktop (4GB Ram) and laptop (1GB Ram) and can sync my iPhone and iPod fine. Based upon his description of what is occurring I would suspect an invalid state descriptor.

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Intel has said they are looking into the issue and think it might be a BIOS thing. Which would be an easy enough fix.

Windows Outlook to Windows Mail

Moving from Contacrs from Windows Outlook to Windows Mail

We are migrating our iphone from using Windows Outlook to a new computer using Windows Mail as the desktop repository for the Iphone Contact list.

1. I understand that if you just want a portion of your Windows Contacts to be on the iphone, you create a Group and point to that in Itunes sync,

2. I tried converting the Windows Outlook contact list to Windows Contacts but I did not get all the information to port over and I don't have the original Outlook file to do it again.

3. If I have an empty Contact Group in Windows Contacts, what happens the first time I sync?

-- Do my several hundered contacts on the iphone get wiped out by the empty Windoes contact group on my computer; or

-- Does my iphone contact info fill in the heretofore empty iphone contact group?

iphone email
If you change the sync setting in iTunes you will be prompted with your option(s) - I believe the only one will be to replace the data on the iPhone or not. If you have a third party service such as MobileMe, Google, Yahoo, etc I think you would have the option to Merge, replace on the device, or replace on the server but if the data is either only on the iPhone or only on the computer it can only be replaced or not...

Google Local

iPhone - Google Local
For those of you using your phone in an unfamilar part of town, while traveling or just in generally might like the new Google Local - the only way to explain it is like having a built in GPS system in your car and searching for the closest whatever (American Restaurant or Walgreens Pharmacy) - you simply tell it what you want and then narrow down the results such as Restaurant then type and it displays ever one within a certain mile range.

iphone google
The examples also give ways to plan upcoming trips by researching POIs, staring them, then using the "Starred Places" to pull them up and search through results when you are at your travel destination.

"To access these features on your mobile device, go to www.google.com/m/local, or just click on the Local tab on www.google.com.

The product is available in the US and China, with more regions coming soon."

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You came through to the list - and yes Google does (and has for quite a while) done local searches with zip code or city, state - the difference between that and Google Local is that not only do you need not enter or know the city/zip code, the results are in real time to your location whereas a zip code can cover a 5 sq mile area, the "local" searches can return results within half a mile of your current location via GPS...

If I simply bring up Google Maps on the iPhone, any enter "McDonalds", it shows me the 10 McD's nearest my location with the nearest one highlighted.

No "near", no Google Local....

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Out of all the apps that search for points of interest, I find the white pages app to be my favorite. It works great, bringing up the phone number, directions, map and it is a free app. I use it all the time!

Bizarre Headphone Problem

iPhone Headphone - Bizarre Headphone Problem
I have a 16G 3G. After a month or two of use, the volume on one of the earbuds (the side with the microphone) faded and died. So I went back to AT&T, and they replaced it. Happened again --- same side, same way. Got it replaced. This happened two more times, including one aftermarket set. I finally convinced Apple to give me a new phone. Well, you guessed it: it happened again.

I'll get this last set replaced again (phone is still under warranty), but does anyone have any ideas? This has happened both before and after the OS upgrade. Mostly, I have been using that Plantronics stereo bluetooth set that was on sale at Amazon a while ago, so it's not that huge a deal, but it bugs the crap out of me. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. BTW, the Apple "geniuses" are stumped.

It's happening with both the OEM buds and it happened with one aftermarket set. And the funny thing is that I am easy on my gear. The really weird part is that it is always the same side.

BTW, I have ruled out subjective and error factors, like maybe the problem is with my ear, maybe it's my imagination, maybe it's just the song, etc.

It's bizarre and baffling...

iPhone Headphone
.. What are you doing to the poor ear buds? I have the first pair of Apple ear buds from my first iPod Shuffle when they were first released that still work fine. If you have ruled out the iPhone (having an electrical) issue by having it replaced, I don't know what else to suggest.

iPhone tutorials

iTunes - iPhone tutorials

I would like to learn how to develop an application for iPhone. Please tell me the best tutorials which covers from "Hello world" to advanced topics.

iPhone iTunes
Open iTunes, click itunes store, click iTunesU on the left, first item in top downloads on the right is the Stanford University iPhone application programming course. It's free and is a good starting point.

THAT took a while to download.

I had to load them onto my regular iPod as they are huge.

Best Twitter App

Iphone - What Best Twitter App?
I've been sucked into the Twitter world for business reasons and I was wondering if anyone can recommend the best Twitter app. I did a search through the group archives but I didn't see anything.

iPhone Twitter
I've used nearly all of 'em, and the one I now rely on is TwitterFon Pro, but Tweetie comes in close second. TwitterFon Pro has a ton of features and a consistent interface that I just adore. ^_^

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I've tried several of them and I find Tweetie to be the best overall.

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Surprised you didn't find anything in the archives. It's been discussed numerous times.

My personal preference is Tweetie. I tried nearly all of them, but liked the serious drill down available in Tweetie.

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If you want free Twitterfon if you want paid Tweetie. My favorite Tweetie but not by much.

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You can't go wrong with Tweetie. I love the integration with InstaPaper.

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I like Tweetie and Twittelator. I had tried others, including some that are highly regarded by others (Twitterfon, anyone?) and found them lacking in some basic functionality.

I had initially settled into Tweetie but had to switch to something else because Tweetie was effected by the so-called "Twitpocalypse bug". New version that just showed up in my iTunes update check today says that is now fixed.

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Many of the reviews of the Twitter apps list a handful as being very good.

I've found that the look and feel of the apps is a big factor since everyone uses Twitter a little differently.

My point is that for these apps a lot of it will be personal preference so you might want to grab the free versions that are available for several of the apps to see if you like the interface, etc.

:)
:)

iphone ipod headset

iPod iPhone headset question
Is there a wireless headset that will work for both iphone functions and
iPod functions?

iphone headset
Currently, not without an adapter. Wait a few weeks for 3.0 (which enables Stereo Bluetooth capability) and the subsequent list of complaint products hit the shelves, t here is likely to be 10+ different choices whereas now you have to buy an adapter and a headset to get this to work.

Or "compliant" products even! :D.. Yes compliant would be a much better option than complaint ;). That's what I get for using a real keyboard.

iPod function doesn't work

iPhone - iPod function doesn't work
Issues with OS 3.4 ????

Has anyone else experienced any issues after upgrading to the newest OS 3.4 ?

Mine went smooth and everything worked fine. Then all of a sudden EVERY 3rd party app would not work. All the Apple apps that came with the iPhone still worked, email and the web.

Then ALL my songs and videos would not show up. They were listed as using space under the settings though.

I did a sync and that fixed everything. It was strange as everything worked fine at first.

iPhone iPod
I have not experienced this so far. The apps that would not run under 3.0B3 still won't run under 3.0B4. The apps that don't run properly are the ones I use the most. Just my luck!

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That's my luck too. So, I am not wasting my time running the betas
anymore.

I'll just wait until the public release of 3.0 is ready.

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So far, I'm not having any difficulties. Same apps work for me as with beta 3, same apps that didn't with beta 3, don't on beta 4. Solitaire City Lite (one of my favs) started working with beta 3 and continues to work. My kid's favorite, "Jelly Car" works great too.

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Itouch batteries

iPhone - Itouch batteries

I have both iPhone and the touch. Lately I noticed that the touch's battery
hardly lasts a day. Anyone deal with this?

iphone itouch
The batteries are limited to so many charge cycles before they can hold a full charge so if it is a 1st gen that you have used and charged a lot, the battery could be going. If you are on earlier (2.1 or previous) or beta firmware there could be bugs that are draining the battery. If you have it set to Fetch a frequently or many accounts it could be using power, if you have the brightness turned up and/or not auto, it could be using the battery, etc. There are some many possible configurations, we (assume all) would need more information to help. Personally my touch easily outlasts my phone because I have everything set to manual, brightness is slightly lower, and I don't use it nearly as much.

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Yeah, but my ipod didn't last that long either. Right now there's really nothing that can be done other than carrying the charger with you. That's the down side to this otherwise great product. Not being able to change the battery out with a spare scks.

iphone tv

tv on iphone

I've tried all the supposed tv apps, they are all disappointing. I worked for Sprint for a while, they have tv on thier phones, but it's disappointing, it reminded me of tv before cable, with a bad signal. I bought Cusoft DVD to Ipod software and I get dvd's of shows to tranfer to my Ipod, before you know it, you'll accumulate more shows than you can watch in a year.

iPhone TV
I had Verizon's V-Cast for several months (I got it for the $15 unlimited data loop-hole opposed to a $50 data plan) before I got an iPhone and while not perfect, it's full length TV Show selection worked pretty well. I think if AT&T does improve it's network throughout the next year as they state they are going to they can start supporting high quality video, but it will never compare to having the media right on the device with no need to buffer.

Cannot Get Gmail

iphone e-mail - Cannot Get Gmail
Does anyone know of any reason why I would be getting this message- "Cannot Get Mail, The connection to the server "imap.gmail.com" failed.? I have been having trouble getting my mail on my phone lately due to getting this message. Any ideas?

iphone e-mail
You may be connected to a WiFi that is not working.

Turn off wifi and try through 3G.

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I don't know why, but I had the same problem. I logged into gmail on my computer using the same account I have set up on my iphone and it asked me to type in a captcha verification. I did that and it logged me in normally after that. Then my gmail account on my iPhone started working again.

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I have had the message come up, but it is usually intermittent, and often i am able to get to my mail seconds or minutes after getting that message. The one time that it was really persistant I got it to work again by deleting the account from my phone then creating it again.

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Make sure your GMail account has not somehow disabled IMAP access.

Sent while on the go, iPhone style

Also, log into your GMail account on a rehukar computer make sure it
is not locked and imap is enabled.

I've also found that if you try again moments later it works. However, if all else fails, change the password on your Gmail account (on a computer) then delete and re-set up your Gmail account on your iPhone. I had this happen and was out of business for a week or so until I found this tip on the Gmail blog.

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e-mail software version

Iphone - email software version

I have created a gmail account in my new iPhone. In trying to figure it out, I learned the difference between IMAP and POP for incoming mail. The phone defaults to IMAP. However I want to use POP. There are instructions on the gmail site but when I try to follow them I am told to tap certain things but they are not there. The software they give instructions for are 1.1.2 and 1.1.3. Neither one works. How does one find out what email software version is on the phone and also, maybe someone has some experience with this issue??

iphone e-mail
Your iPhone is most likely on 2.2.1 or at the very least 2.0 so those instructions do not apply, they are for iPhone v1. If you want to use POP (have no idea why), you need to delete the account you have, then click 'Othher' instead of G-Mail then type pop.gmail.com in the incoming mail filed and select POP instead of IMAP on the setup screen. Username, Password, and outgoing server remain the same.