over-exited fan on G5 2.7 dual

over-exited fan on G5 2.7 dual

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It's not often easy to clean these G5 Beasts, but have you access to a high pressure air compressor? I use 100PSI to clean most areas.

I've often wondered if the amount of RAM sticks affected the Memory Controller temp much, I have all but 2 slots filled with 10GB, my temps stay about 57°C, I think the 66-67°C on yours is going to aggravate the lead-free solder issue around the slots & controller.

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I have a 2.7. and had the same problem with noisy fans. There are lots of 'fixes', none of which worked for me. Removing the LCS can be a bit daunting but is not too hard. I changed the thermal paste and the unit had no leaks, I did not change the coolant but will do that next time.

To stop the racket I removed the two front input fans and replaced them with ultra quiet after market fans. I wired them a PC fan controler card which powers and regulates the noise/speed of the fans. I am about to do the same with the rear fans, this stops the 'ramping' of the fans. There are reports of 'ramping' G5 fans as far back as 2005, my thoughts are that the sensors which control the fans are too sensitive and even when users have had new logic boards, the problem often returns.

Bottom line, the early attempts at liquid cooling and fan control where not really very good, but as my mac only cost about 120 dollars I don't mind chopping it up and adding PC fans and to be honest it's a fun project to try to get all the Apple fans out and high quality silent fans in. Hope this was helpfull in some way.

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How to retrieve old nickname in Game center?

How to retrieve old nickname in Game center?

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Aprox a year ago I registered nickname iBolit.
At that time I've had iPhone 3G.
Now I somehow can't login with the same nickname from my new iPhone 4G...
Thing is that I'm using the same Apple ID....
I have been using game center for at least six months (most likely longer) and enjoying their games. However this evening I went to play one of my game center games Eternal Warriors a game by GLU and it asked me to accept the game center terms of service. This seemed routine to me so I accepted. Then it booted my Busta80 game center ID and replaced it with one that my wife had set up over a year ago. Now when I try and get my old ID linked back to my apple ID it tells me that that nickname is already in use. Someone help!
Anyone knows something about this subject?

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This also had me in a panic but this is what worked for me.

When Game Center was launched, it was trying to log me in by default with my email address whatever@whatever.com, but I had to change this to my Apple ID which is just a string of text, and then I put in my password for my Apple ID.

If you do not know your Apple ID, search your inbox for "Apple" and hopefully the email from the past is in there somewhere.

You can also try and find your Apple ID on this Apple Webpage:-

https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa

Also, earlier, ! had to change my Apple ID password because it was not secure enough by default and it was not letting me log in, so I went from the link in my email to the apple password change page and I changed the password to make the new security happy.

Game Center then logged me in first time and didn't have to put in a nickname or anything - yay

Hope this helps someone - I would have cried to have to redo all those **** achievements!!

Regards,

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Game Center deleted my account, all progress lost

Game Center deleted my account, all progress lost
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When I updated my iPhone to iOS 5. Whilst it was doing it I tried playing RR2HD on my iPad as usual. It welcomed me as a Rookie!!

Tried relogging into my Game Center account and it says it's never been used for game center before! So I lost all my game progress and multiplayer ranking! It also effects other games, as my account seems to have been reset at Apple.

Spoke to Apple MobileMe support, as it was a MobileMe account I started converting to iCloud but got scared off by all the warnings, but they say they don't support apps on the devices. No help there then!

I am using the same Game Center AppleID, yet it seems like I am a new person to my games. How do I get it to reconnect with my old profile and restore all my progress?

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For some reason, when I upgraded my iPhone, my iPad signed in as my current iTunes Store ID. I had been using a different gash Apple ID (this one in fact for apple discussions since 2005) for Game Centre on my iPad.

So others who may have lost progress, check the actual account you are using and try other Apple IDs in Game Centre. Hope this helps.

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Switch Apple IDs in Game Centre

Switch Apple IDs in Game Centre

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Is it possible to switch Apple IDs in Game Centre? I made this fake Apple ID when I first got my iPhone (just in case anything happened in the first couple months) and I played a few games, got a few achievements etc etc. But now I made an actual Apple ID with correct information and stuff and I want to change the fake Apple ID currently in my Game Centre account with the real one I just made. Problem comes up when I type in my actual ID to switch. It says 'The Apple ID you have entered is already in use'. Please help, I dont know why thats coming up.

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Well, you should have ensured that you were using the one you intended to use with Game Center. Scores, achievements, and friends are not tracked across multiple Apple IDs, nor can you merge Apple ID's(Apple is working on allowing this, but currently you can't). All you can do is change the account you are signed into.

In game center, there is a banner showing your email. Touch that and you will see, view and sign out. Touch sign out.

But as wjosten says, you can't merge the accounts together and the ownership of the games will belong to the old account.

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How To Get Siri to automatically read my text messages

How can I get Siri to automatically read my text messages to me as I recieve them?

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In the Introducing Siri video, there was a bit here a blind woman got an SMS and Siri read it to her straight away, without even needing to ask Siri to do so. How do I enable that feature? I looked in the Accessability section, and couldnt see it. Am I missing something?

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you have to turn on Voice Over and Speaks Notification under Setting. Then it will say "you have a text from whoever". Siri doesn't notify you when you get a message unless you ask. I watched the commerical. The voice " you got a message from Sandy Chen" is Voice Over not Siri's voice.

Why in the world would you want that? That's just trouble waiting to happen. LOL. Your standing in your bosses office when a text from a buddy gets blurted out loud! Your at dinner with your girlfriend and Siri starts reading a text from another girl! I see a lot of awkward moments in your future if you do get it turned on.

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How to get siri to READ text messages out loud

Does any one know EXACTLY how to get siri to READ text messages out loud ?

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While the text is still unread, ask Siri "read my new text message". If it understand but for some reason doesn't read the content, then you have to reset Siri. Siri is not perfect yet. It is still a "beta"

How do I get siri to READ my text messages ? What do I "say " to siri ?

Answer :
Turn iPhone completely of. Once off. Hold down the home button and the on/off button for 10 second. Then let go. :) reset complete.

You need to have Settings->Notifications->Messages->Show Preview set to ON or it will not read the message unless the phone is unlocked.

Just reading through this post and the best way to Reset SIRI is to go to Settings>General>Siri and then turn SIRI off. This erase's anything SIRI has learn't about you, all you have to do then is turn SIRI back on and it is reset. It is not necessary to reset the iPhone itself.

SIRI can only read back unread Txt messages, if you have opened a Txt message and already read it you can not have SIRI read it back to you. Don't forget SIRI is still in BETA and will take a little while while Apple tweek this technology.

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My Siri is not working when VoiceOver is on

My Siri is not working when VoiceOver is on

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My Siri is not working when VoiceOver is on- can anyone help?

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They should both work at the same time but there appears to be a glitch as it works unevenly. Also, Siri doesn't work quite the same way when Voice Over is turned on. It seems that to input information to Siri with Voice Over switched on, you have to activiate Siri's microphone icon (first tapping once to identify the button, then twice to activate it) rather than just speaking to Siri automatically.

I would keep trying with it as it took me a few goes to get it to work properly. Make sure that both Siri and Voice Over are switched on in General Settings, and when you do so, make sure you back all the way out to the Settings front page before hitting the Home button. I had a hard time with it when I just went through these steps:

Settings > General Settings > Siri > Siri On > Home

But it worked okay when I went through these:

Settings > General Settings > Siri > Siri On > General > Settings > Home

(Or the same with turning on Voice Over).

I'm unlikely to use Voice Over myself, but my mother is visually impaired and I'm thinking of getting her an iPhone 4S for Christmas - only if I can get Siri and Voice Over to work together, though.

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iOS 5.0.1 Siri Issues

iOS 5.0.1 Siri Issues

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Seeing a plenty of posts on no real improvement to battery in 5.0.1, I agree. However, anyone having issues with Siri and reception? Seems like ever since I updated to 5.0.1, Siri is not coming up when prompted or vice versa. Also, seem to be getting crappy coverage all of the sudden. Anyone else experiencing this?

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I just updated my iPhone 4s to 5.0.1 and it seems like I'm having same issue too. My Siri is lagging on me ... I'm not sure bcuz of apple connection or bcuz of the update.

Perform a hard reset... press the power button and the home key at the same time for ten seconds..

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siri and voiceover not working well together

siri and voiceover not working well together
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I've been trying to help a friend use Voice Over and Siri together. She has limited vision so has to use Voice Over. The issue is that with voice over on, siri will activate when holding down the home button, but will not listen. Voice over tells us to click the Siri icon, then double click it to start Siri listening. But Siri just does not start.

Any thoughts?

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siri does no always start from sleep mode

siri does no always start from sleep mode

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Very often when I hold down the home button for 3-4 seconds, I do not get the Siri double tone. I do see the Siri microphone and the "What can I help you with prompt" but no double tone and the microphone button is unlit. Sometimes it does work sometime it does not. It almost always works when I am on the home screen (no app). Any ideas?

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Reset Home Button Steps

Reset Home Button Steps

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Sometime home button do not works iphone 4

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Start with the basic steps as needed: Resart, Reset, Restore. See the User Guide. Appendix B.

Reset Home Button Steps:

(1) Tap Settings App, when open:
(2) Hold Power button until "slide to power off" bar appears.
(3) Don't slide it, release power button.
(4) Gently, continuously press Home button for few seconds until home screen appears.
(5) Done.

If this does not help, further points to Hardware Problem.

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Sim Card Failure No Sim with iPhone 4S Anyone Else

Sim Card Failure No Sim with iPhone 4S Anyone Else


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If it's the microSIM issue then why did my problems go away when I did the update and used the same microSIM?
Or why is the same microSIM in question working just fine on my wife's iPhone 4?
So next time before you start commenting please check your facts.
4S is the issue and as we can see in some cases it takes a new SIM and in others it works with the update.

In my opinion, the problem is also related to hardware.
Probably one sub model (P/n: MD234C/A Model A1387) in Apple's defective.
The fact that some iPhones have not encountered a problem and some did. And those that replaced the iPhone, did not have a problem anymore.
Answer :

PROBLEM FIXED! (Iphone 4S, 16GB, last version of IOS 5.0.1, Vodafone IT, micro sim (not cutted))
The sim-error problem started wiht IOS 5.0.1. I've changed 4 SIMs and restored the iPhone more than 10 times, also with the last version of IOS 5.0.1 (9....6) Error appared 5-10 times a day.I was loosing hope when I read Stephan's post... I've followed his procedure :


1. Plug in to iTunes and back up.
2. Hold down the power (top) button and the home (bottom) button together for approx 8 seconds.
3. Release the TOP BUTTON ONLY after 8 seconds. As iTunes begins to restore the phone you can release the bottom button.
4. The phone will go back to the factory settings. You can then restore from your save back up.


Now everything works!!! 50hrs and no sim error!!!

My understanding is that there are many, many things that can cause the messages "NO SIM," "SIM FAILURE," "INVALID SIM," etc. That is why this issue is probably such a difficult one to fix. Let's hope Apple gives us a holiday present soon with a REAL fix for this issue.

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iPhone 4S 5.0.1 Update Improves Battery w/ Settings Reset

iPhone 4S 5.0.1 Update Improves Battery w/ Settings Reset

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Follow Davisch's post exactly. It does not use iTunes restore feature. Its all done directly on the iPhone itself. Also do not use the "erase all content" option that WILL delete all your data. And you do not want to restore you settings from the backup as the current backup is a backup of your device with the problem. So effectivley it will restore the items you are attempting to get rid of. Since this procedure does not impact your data/apps etc there is no need to restore it anyway. Certainly you still want a backup just in case but after the process is completed and all is well, THEN backup again with the "fixed" version and you will be good to go and have a good backup of the phone in a working state. Luck to ya! Hope it helps.

I'm still not sure I have seen any difference. 5min of Internet 5min on Facebook and about 20 text messages and there I've lost a lot of my battery. Usage is showing 1hr 27min and 13 hrs 24 min on standby with battery at 60%. I removed the phone from the charger at 5am and around 930 turned it on for the first time. It had been in my pocket asleep during that time. Usage showed 30 min which leads me to believe there is some phantom programs running or something not sure


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Here is my usage:
-usage: 5 hours, 24 minutes (phone calls 17 minutes, gaming, social networking, email)
-standby: 13 hours, 11 minutes
-remaining battery: 8%
-it manages to stay alive till i got home

Location service On (system services OFF), Fetch MANUALLY email, Siri ON (Raise to speak OFF)

I have tons of questions I hope you have time to enlighten me about them, most of them make sense and they matterwith regards to the overall experience of the phone especially battery usage,here goes:

In Standby or using the phone: does leaving more apps in themultitasking bar burn more battery than leaving none open?
Or no difference? Even if there's no wi-fi andthe phone's locked but should iteven matter considering that the phone is on sleep mode?
Also Does the number of unclosed apps, enabled wifi,affect the battery drain even on standby? Or it should not?

Is locking the home screen same as pushing the sleep/wakebutton wherein the phone should go into sleep?

As a best way of charging the battery, should I turn it offevery time I charge - or ON is OK?
Related question is it best practiceto charge the phone even if it’s not depleted yet or still more than 20%? Or itdoesn’t matter since it’s a Li-Ion battery?


Withregards to this procedure to save my battery life:

Will this work for my iPhonewhich is Ios5 5.0.1 out of the box?
When recharging back to 100%,do I need to turn it off until its 100% (Oh come to think of it how would Iknow it’s 100% already -_-)

AnywayI’ll be trying this procedure when I can then I’ll update you definitely.

Here’smy current situation:

In standby mode my iphoneburns 2-3%. NO wifi, JUST 3 apps in the MT bar whatsoever, no date usagewhatsoever because 3G is disabled
Ithought initially that this was normal but reading this thread I found thatit’s not supposed to be that way.
As formy usage statistics – are these acceptable numbers? It charged to 100% 12 AMSGT yesterday Monday, Dec 5, 2011. Now at 17:32 PM SGT, Dec 6 it’s 25%, itsays:
The Usage is 6 hrs and 4minutes (plus some minutes while still writing this reply)
Standby is 1 day and 17 hours
Even if these were kinda acceptable compared to other Usage Statistics in this thread,I didn’t feel I really used the phone that much most of the time I’m working :/PLUS the 2-3% standby battery drain should not be that way right…
Overnight, with wi-fi setting to ON (but my router is dead), with 12-13 apps in the multitasking bar, from57% it went to 48% after 9 hours L It shouldn’t be draining that much at standby even if there are lot of open apps, right?


Very sorry for the number of questions, I don’t hope to get a response any timesoon.

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Personal hotspot Wi-fi on iPhone 4 with IOS 5.0.1

Personal hotspot Wi-fi on iPhone 4 with IOS 5.0.1

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I have two issues with my iPhone
First :I have upgraded IOS5.0.0 to IOS 5.0.1 and after that I read in discussion that I need to reset my iPhone in order to increase the battery power issue and I reset my iPhone . Later when I tried to use iPhone internet on my laptop using personal hotspot with WI-FI , it did not work. Though I am able to connect using USB cord. However I can not access it with WI-FI .


Second: I am unable to install/upgrade on my iPhone . It shows me waiting.... but it does not change. I have tried to update /install APP on my iPhone and it did not work with 3G and WI-FI

Any help on these issues will be highly appreciated .

Yogender
iPhone : 4
IOS: 5.0.1

Tried : Reset all Settings, Reset Network Settings.

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WiFi won't connect with Data Roaming Turned Off

WiFi won't connect with Data Roaming Turned Off

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I am currently travelling in the US and have turned Data Roaming Off. However, when i try and connect to a WiFi network it says that i need to turn Data Roaming on!??

I traveled earlier this year on iOS 3 with no issues connecting to WiFi...now it's not working.

Any ideas?

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Wi-Fi stopped working.

Wi-Fi stopped working.

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I have an iPhone 4 with the latest iOS installed (5.0.1). The update was installed a few weeks ago, when it came out.
I am having problems connectiong to Wi-Fi networks. It was working perfectly until earlier today when i got back home from the gym. It just doesn't want to connect to a Wi-FI network. It was working last night and this morning.
I restarted the router, even though my laptop is using the network with no problems wirelessly. I tried with another router as well.
I tried to renew lease, reset network settings, turn the device off and on again, but none of that helped.
Is there any way of fixing this ?

Answer :

You have already done most of the common diagnostic steps. If the problem occurs with multiple routers and you have reset network settings on the phone you have just about run out of options. It's possible you have a failed WiFi/BlueTooth chip. Does BlueTooth work?

You can try Reset All Settings, as you didn't mention it.

BTW, restarting the router matters even if other devices can connect to it. The common router failure is the DHCP daemon that assigns IP addresses. Your phone requests an address every time it connects. Your laptop is presumably on for long periods of time, so failure of the router to assign an IP address doesn't matter because it already has one.

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Wi-Fi issues after iOS 5.0.1 update on iPad.

Wi-Fi issues after iOS 5.0.1 update on iPad.

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After updating to 5.0.1 I can't access the internet through my home wifi. It worked right up until the update, now it shows as connected to wifi but it won't access any online services. I can connect only through my iPhone acting as an hotspot. Any Ideas on what to do? Is anyone else having this issue?

Answer :

Restart your WiFi router by removing power to it for 30 seconds.

On your iPhone go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset network settings.

Now try to connect.

While wifi connection is never good on ipad according to my experiecne, the situation is worsend after ios 5.0.1. It takes approximatley 2 to 3 minutes for me to connect to the home router, (it took 30 secs at most in the past). When I go out for outdoor wifi, the hotspots of some internet service providers can never be connected, the refreshing circles keeping spinning for 3 to 5 minutes and nothing happen.

The bottom line is, battery life seems to run longer than before, but I don't think it is an acceptable trade-off.


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Installed iOS 5.0.1 now WiFi won't connect

Installed iOS 5.0.1 now WiFi won't connect

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My 6 month old iPhone 4 has been having problems locating my home WiFi for the past few days.
It locates every other WiFi network outside of my house, but inside it can only find my neighbours, and with lower signal strength than usual.
At my school it has no problems finding and connecting to the free WiFi there.
My family's iPad's and our macbook pro's have no trouble connecting to the WiFi so it is probably not a problem with the router.
I've tried everything, I've turned WiFi on and off, reset network settings, reset the phone itself, all with no success.

Please help me guys, I need WiFi!

Answer :

I too am having the same issue with iOS5.0.1. I've not tried tweaking the router, but why should I have to? iPhone WiFi worked before the update and now it can't find the network intermittently. My gut tells me in trying to address the battery issue, they are limiting power to the WiFi chip and that's interferring with the phone being able to "see" available networks. In my case, I can be right on top of the router and I only get the spinning dial. I also get multiple lock-ups that require a hard reboot. Last night I had to do 3 reboots in an hour.

I tried all the reccomended solutions including seting the iphone to use a static ip address and dns etc... no change. BUT, Tonight I kept trying different settings on the router and found that by changing the 2.4ghz radio from n+g, to g only, then back to n+g somehow fixed the problem (at least so far). So it seems to be some kind of compatibility problem when using the n+g mixed mode on the AP. Keep in mind that all my ohter wifi devices continued to connect just fine before I toggled the router settings. In my case, the router is a Cisco/Linksys wrt600n router running DD-WRT firmware v24-sp2 (08/07/10) mega (SVN revision 14896)...

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Change name on iPhone

Change name on iPhone
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How do you change the name associated with an iPhone 3GS

Answer :

When you sync it to iTunes, under device, the phone will be there. Right click and click rename.

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How do I turn off 3G on the iPhone 4S?

How do I turn off 3G on the iPhone 4S?
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That is simply an incorrect generalization that ALL other GSM phones offer menu driven features for all aspects of call forwarding. Also call forwarding and all its' features and aspects are carrier dependent, meaning not all features and aspects may not be available with that GSM carrier.

Your original comment on call forwarding was that iOS didn't have a menu setting for call forwarding. It does.

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I always said that iPhone offers only the most basic call forwarding while even the entry level GSM phones have settings for advanced level call forwarding. If a particular type of call forwarding is not available from a carrier, it would be greyed out in these phones. Though I obviously cannot speak for each and every GSM phone released till date, I haven't seen these features missing in any GSM phone and I have seen some in last 15 years.

Coming back to the main point, this is but one of the numerous examples how Apple can choose not to offer an easily implementable feature. I believe that the software/hardware toggle issue can only be settled by Apple and they are not going to come out with a statement (typically) unless the situation snowballs to another antenna-gate.

Going through other forums on the toggle issue, I found that this problem is present even in some of the prime areas of US and Europe. I believe that more than 50% of the users all over the world are going to face difficulties on their iphone 4S if they keep 3G activated from the carrier.

It is a matter of creating awareness on this issue.

The call forwarding features aren't missing. They are available via standard "GSM Feature Codes", though not all features will be available on all carriers. Apple isn't restricting the iPhone from any of these call forwarding features, your carrier might, but not Apple.

You are not reading my post properly and trying to defend the indefensible. I have never said these features cannot be activated through carrier codes.

I have said that Apple provides for the most basic part of call forwarding. For conditional call forwarding, one has to use carrier codes.But that is so inconvinient that hardly any one would take that route. Even if you download a app for this purpose, the experience caanot be compared to the built in features of other phones.

Apple, like all other GSM phone manfucaturers, should have provided these options in the settings menu.

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What happens when you connect an ipod to a clean install

What happens when you connect an ipod to a clean install.

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I was thinking of doing a clean install which would, of course, format my harddrive when I installed Snow Leopard. However, I've currently got a ton of music, notes, and appointments on my ipod touch (2nd gen, I believe). What is going to happen to this stuff when I connect it to my clean installed mac? Will all of the stuff on the ipod sync to the new install or will it get deleted from the ipod? I've got the music backed up so that's not a big deal. I just don't want all of my notes and appointments to get erased.

Answer :

Connecting to a new computer or iTunes will always erase the device first. Back up manually before by right clicking on the iPod in the device list and choosing "backup". A manual backup does not include the sync process. You can use this backup to restore from after your iPod got wiped during the first sync.
Transfer your purchases the same way and make sure to have at least one contact and event listed on your Mac, to be able to merge data.

See also iTunes: About iOS backups to get more info about the content of a backup, and How to back up your data and set up as a new device , if you want to know more about saving info from the iPod before setting it up in iTunes.

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iChat server xmpp federation broken

iChat server xmpp federation broken

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I was getting mad try to fedearate my 10.6.8 with Google Talk.

The server is working properly because I can federate with Jabber.org for example, while Google is not deliver and receive authorization requests.

I read many topics regarding a broken iChat server on 10.5.x on PPC, so, I tought that maybe is not google to blame here but ichat server on os x server.

I've then installed OpenFire on my domain (home.donemyself.com) and BINGO, can federate NO PROBLEM with gmail... so seems clearly to be a fault with iChat server.

Now, the only "uncommon" setup I have is that my public ip is dynamic and so I do not have reverse lookup, however, this was not preventing Jabber.org to federate on iChate server and still does not prevent Gmail and Jabber.org to federate with my domain now that I'm running openfire.

Anyone knows how to patch iChat server? Or I'd rather stay with openfire?

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Problem with incoming and outgoing calls

Problem with incoming and outgoing calls

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I see that people complain about outgoing calls, for me it workes from 2nd try, 1st is failed.
I also have problems with incoming calls, people say that I have my phone turned off.. so they have to try my numer 5-6 times to ring!

Any solutions for this? Anyone else having this problem? Thanks!

PS: I have my phone updated to 5.0.1...

Answer :

Settings > General > Reset > Reset network settings

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iOS 5 Network Problems

iOS 5 Network Problems

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Everytime I turn off and on my phone for whatever reason the phone searches for signal even though I'm in an area with full bars. Also there is a purple arrow signifying that the Cell Network Location Services is currently running under settings>location services>system services. I'm assuming there is a bug in the iOS 5 specifically with the iPhone 4S. This is a realy annoying problem to not be able to use my phone for an extended period whenever I turn it off. I never know when it is going to come back on but it seems to happen everytime when i turn my iPhone off or if it dies. If anyone has some sort of a solution that would be great. I've already been to an Apple Store and they didn't seem to know what was wrong. Oh and AT&T is my provider.

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Apple Mobile Device Service has stopped working. Vista SP2, iTunes 10.5

Apple Mobile Device Service has stopped working. Vista SP2, iTunes 10.5
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I've been having an issue syncing my iPhone to iTunes. Here's a description of the problem:

-With an up-to-date Apple Mobile Device Service, error windows constantly pop-up saying that it has stopped working. If I close the error window, another one pops up fifteen seconds later.

-If I plug my iPhone into my computer, it is not recognized in iTunes, because Apple Mobile Device Service is not running.

-This error does not occur on my desktop PC, so I have been able to sync my iPhone by loading all of my files onto a USB and transferring them onto it. However, I would much rather not.

Here are the steps that I have taken:

-Uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes 10.5 with firewall off

-Individually uninstalled and reinstalled the Apple Mobile Device Service with firewall off

-Stopped and Restarted the Apple Mobile Device Service in Administrative Tools -> Services

-Extensively searched the internet for solutions

-Replaced Apple Mobile Device Service for iTunes 10.5 with Apple Mobile Device Service for iTunes 10.1 (This worked PARTIALLY. The error windows have now stopped popping up altogether, but I cannot sync with iTunes because the Apple Mobile Device Service is out of date. It asks me to update it, I agree, and I get the Apple Mobile Device Service that spawns error windows and still does not allow me to sync my iPhone.)

I am running Windows Vista SP2, and iTunes 10.5. My Internet Security suite is AVG Internet Security 2011. My iPhone is running iOS 5.0.0. Here is a full report of the error:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
Application Version: 17.88.0.8
Application Timestamp: 4e66ceff
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18449
Fault Module Timestamp: 4da47967
Exception Code: c06d007e
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Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer :

Just a shot in the dark, but have you downloaded any program from Megaupload, like MegaKey? If so then that is your problem. I had been having the exact same problem for the past 2 weeks. I couldn't figure out what it was and tried everything that you have.. Then was on a board and someone mentioned Megakey. Having tried everything else, I uninstalled the program and reinstalled the current ITunes and AMDS. My Ipad and Iphone connected with no problem.

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Adapter or Wireless Bridge compatible with TimeCapsule

Adapter or Wireless Bridge compatible with TimeCapsule

Ask :

I would like to connect my home theater ethernet enabled equipment to my TC 11n network. I envision an adapter that has the same 11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi performance and is as compatible as, say a MacBook to obtain maximum speeds. However it must have at least 2 ethernet ports, acting as a bridge or router to feed the home theater equipment.

Anything out there?

Answer :

+Anything out there?+

An AirPort Extreme would do exactly what you want if you set it up to "extend a wireless network". In this configuration, the AirPort Extreme provides expanded wireless coverage and the ethernet ports (3) are enabled, so you could connect ethernet devices.

Keep in mind that your "ethernet" connections will only be as good as the quality that your wireless network allows. The AirPort Extreme would need to be positioned in a location where it receives a strong signal from your Time Capsule.

An alternate setup might be to take a look a ethernet powerline adapters to provide an ethernet signal to your remote devices by using the AC power lines in your home. Most major router manufactures offer these types of products..Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, etc. Try "Google" for more info.

+Can the TC and Extreme be set to operate in 11n only in 5GHz but 11g in 2.4GHz?+

Both devices can do this if you have the "dual band" versions. Apple started shipping a dual band Time Capsule approximately a year ago, so depending on what generation of product you have, it may or may not be possible for it to handle 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz simultaneously.

If you are not sure, check the model number on the bottom of the Time Capsule and post back and we'll check on this.

A new AirPort Exptreme will be dual band, of course.

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configure the airport extreme 11n as an access point

configure the airport extreme 11n as an access point?

Here's the situation, I got one airport extreme 11n as a christmas gift while I purchased one for myself not to long ago. Now my place is pretty big so I'm thinking about making the second extreme an access point for another area of the house. Can i do that with the extreme? Does anyone know where i can find the instructions ?

Yes.

If you are connecting the 2 AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) via Ethernet, configure the new AEBS to operate in "bridge" mode. Have it create a wireless network with the same parameters as the network created by the first AEBS.

If you want it to do it wirelessly that is also possible.

If you are using 802.11n only mode, you can use the new "extend a wireless network" feature to connect the 2 AEBS.

If you are using a 802.11b/g compatible mode, you need to use WDS to connect the 2 AEBS.

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Can the Airport Extreme work as an Access point

Can the Airport Extreme work as an Access point

As subject says, can the Extreme work as a regular access point? That is, no routing between networks - just serving wifi clients to my LAN?

Yes, if you configure the AirPort Extreme in Bridge Mode.

ATV as access point?

ATV as access point?

Can apple tv be used as an ethernet access point? My new Samsung Blu-ray player will not even see my TC.

No. The ATV can connect to an existing network but doesn't function as an access point. If you're Samsung uses WiFi, there shouldn't be any reason that I can think of that it shouldn't access a network that uses a TC as a router. The only thing I can think of is that you may have set the TC to only use "n" and the Samsung isn't capable of that. You'd need to check your settings for the TC using the Airport Utility in your Utility folder. As I'm not currently using an Apple Airport device, I can't access the exact settings.

Best of luck.

How can i make my iPhone an access point?

How can i make my iPhone an access point?

i was wondering about how i can transfer the internet from my iPhone into my laptop wireleselly or by Bluetooth or using the cable?
so how can i make my iPhone an access point??

Thanks in advance

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Do we get free imessage? i'm in USA & he's in UK?

Do we get free imessage? i'm in USA & he's in UK?

I don't know what you mean...iMessage only works over WiFi or the 3G cellular data network. If connected to WiFi, iMessage will use WiFi. If connected to your carrier's 3G data network, iMessage use will count against your data plan. However, the 3G data usage will be minimal.

Yes, if over WiFi. If over the 3G data network, will count against your data plan, but not your messaging plan.

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List Of All Siri Voice Commands On iPhone 4S

List Of All Siri Voice Commands On iPhone 4S - iPhone 4S, which was revealed only yesterday, comes with Siri Assistant. Siri is just like a personal assistant that will respond to your commands and do your tasks for you. Amazing, so were you wondering where you can find a list of all Siri voice commands? You've come to the right place.

Siri is actually capable of understanding many categories of voice interaction than what Apple has shown in the Siri Assistant demo video. This list of all Siri voice commands, tracked down by our friends over at TUAW, makes it easier for us to find out all the ways in which we can interact with our personal assistant, that lives inside our iPhone 4S.

Address Book

Querying Contacts

What's Michael's address?

What is Susan Park's phone number?

When is my wife's birthday?

Show Jennifer's home email address

Finding Contacts

Show Jason Russell

Find people named Park

Who is Michael Manning?

Relationships

My mom is Susan Park

Michael Manning is my brother

Call my brother at work

Calendars

Adding Events

Set up a meeting at 9

Set up a meeting with Michael at 9

Meet with Lisa at noon

Set up a meeting about hiring tomorrow at 9am

New appointment with Susan Park Friday at 3

Schedule a planning meeting at 8:30 today in the boardroom

Changing events

Move my 3pm meeting to 4:30

Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Manning to next Monday at 9am

Add Lisa to my meeting with Jason

Cancel the budget review meeting

Asking about events

What does the rest of my day look like?

What's on my calendar for Friday?

When is my next appointment?

When am I meeting with Michael?

Where is my next meeting?

Alarms

Setting Alarms

Wake me up tomorrow at 7am

Set an alarm for 6:30am

Wake me up in 8 hours

Change my 6:30 alarm to 6:45

Turn off my 6:30 alarm

Delete my 7:30 alarm

Checking the Clock

What time is it?

What time is it in Berlin?

What is today's date?

What's the date this Saturday?

Using a Timer

Set the timer for ten minutes

Show the timer

Pause the timer

Resume

Reset the timer

Stop it

Email

Sending Messages

Email Lisa about the trip

Email Jennifer about the change in plans

New email to Susan Park

Mail Dad about the rent check

Email Dr. Manning and say I got the forms, thanks

Mail Lisa and Jason about the party and say I had a great time

Checking Messages

Check email

Any new email from Michael today?

Show new mail about the lease

Show the email from Lisa yesterday

Responding to Messages

Reply Dear Susan sorry about the late payment

Call him at work

Friends

Checking Up on Friends

Where's Jason?

Where is my sister?

Is my wife at home?

Where are all my friends?

Who is here?

Who is near me?

Maps

Directions

How do I get home?

Show 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino California

Directions to my dad's work

Local Businesses

Find coffee near me

Where is Starbucks?

Find some burger joints in Baltimore

Find a gas station within walking distance

Good Mexican restaurants around here

Messages

Sending Texts

Tell Susan I'll be right there

Send a message to Jason Russell

Send a message to Lisa saying how about tomorrow

Tell Jennifer the show was great

Send a message to Susan on her mobile saying I'll be late

Send a message to 408 555 1212

Text Jason and Lisa where are you?

Reading Texts

Read my new messages

Read it again

Replying to Texts

Reply that's great news

Tell him I'll be there in 10 minutes

Call her

Music

Playback

Play The Light of the Sun

Play Trouble

Play Taking Back Sunday shuffled

Play Alicia Keys

Play some blues

Play my party mix

Shuffle my roadtrip playlist

Play

Pause

Skip

Notes

Creating and finding notes

Note that I spent $12 on lunch

Note: check out that new Alicia Keys album

Find my restaurant note

Create a reading list note

Add Tom Sawyer to my reading list note

Phone

Phone calls

Call Jason

Call Jennifer Wright mobile

Call Susan on her work phone

Call 408 555 1212

Call home

FaceTime Lisa

Reminders

Requesting reminders

Remind me to call mom

Remind me to call my mom when I get home

Remember to take an umbrella

Remind me take my medicine at 6am tomorrow

Remind me to pick up flowers when I leave here

Remind me when I leave to call Jason

Remind me to finish the report by 6

Stocks

Checking Stocks

What's Apple's stock price?

What is Apple's PE ratio?

What did Yahoo close at today?

How is the Nikkei doing?

How are the markets doing?

What is the Dow at?

Weather

Checking the Forecast

What's the weather for today?

What's the weather for tomorrow?

Will it rain in Cupertino this week?

Check next week's forecast for Burlington

What's the forecast for this evening?

How's the weather in Tampa right now?

How hot will it be in Palm Springs this weekend?

What's the high for Anchorage on Thursday?

What's the temperature outside?

How windy is it out there?

When is sunrise in Paris?

Websearch

Looking up information

Search the web for Bora Bora

Search for vegetarian pasta recipes

Search the web for best cable plans

Google the war of 1812

Search Wikipedia for Abraham Lincoln

Search for news about the World Cup

Bing Alicia Keys

Using Wolfram Alpha

How many calories in a bagel?

What is an 18% tip on $86.74 for four people?

Who's buried in Grant's tomb?

How long do dogs live?

What is the Gossamer Condor?

What's the square root of 128?

How many dollars is €45?

What was the Best Picture of 1983?

How many days until Christmas?

How far away is the Sun?

When is the next solar eclipse?

Show me the Orion constellation

What's the population of Jamaica?

How high is Mt. Everest?

How deep is the Atlantic ocean?

What's the price of gasoline in Chicago?

Whew! Quite a big list. You know what would be awesome? The ability to make Siri recognize your own custom voice commands. Don't you think so? Let's discuss it out in the comments below.

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How To Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with RedSow?

How To Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with RedSow? Using RedSn0w 0.9.9b9 to Jailbreak iPhone iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod Touch 4G, 3G iOS 5.0.1 – The newly released beta 9 version of RedSn0w 0.9.9b9 now having native support to do tethered jailbreak on iDevices with iOS 5.0.1 running on it.

RedSn0w is the most popular iOS jailbreak tool made and released by iPhone Dev Team and made available for both Mac OS X and Windows.

How To Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with RedSow?

1- Download redsn0w 0.9.9b9d Mac OS X or Windows

2- Launch Redsn0w up

3- Click on [Jailbreak]

4- Put the iOS device into DFU mode:

>> hold down the power button for 3 seconds,
>> start holding the Home button as well for an additional 10 seconds,
>> release the Power button but continue to hold the Home button for 15 seconds

5- Wait for the jailbreak process, this will take a few minutes so sit tight.

6- When till it finished and you will see a “Tethered Jailbreak” popup window.

7- Still in Redsn0w, click back to the first screen and click on the [Extras] button

8- Click on [Just Boot] and put the device back into DFU mode again.

9- Wait for iDevice to boot tethered.

10- Voila,.. your iPhone should now running jailbroken iOS 5.0.1 (tethered).

The PlayStation Vita Release Date in North America, Europe and Australia on Feb. 22

The PlayStation Vita Release Date in North America, Europe and Australia on Feb. 22 - The PlayStation Vita will be released in North America, Europe and Australia on Feb. 22. The WiFi-only model will sell for $249.99, with the 3G version priced at $299.99.

The Vita and 3DS are trying to carve out a niche for handheld devices dedicated solely to gaming as smart phones and tablets have greatly increased their own gaming capabilities in recent years. After its strong debut this year, 3DS sales dropped off rapidly, but analysts have speculated that the Vita’s wide range of game titles will give it a longer-term appeal with consumers.

The BBC also reported on Tuesday that Sony released an apology on its Japanese PlayStation site, as well as a software upgrade, following a series of complaints from users about problems including frozen displays, unresponsive touch screens and system crashes.

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Hit Bubble Game for iPhone – NEW colorful Game for Kids! Addictive fun for FREE!

Hit Bubble Game for iPhone – NEW colorful Game for Kids! Addictive fun for FREE!

Hit Bubble Game for iPhone is an amazing App for children and adults. Your task is to hit the bubbles before they disappear from the screen.

You need to be careful. Try to avoid thieves and hunters. Do not touch accelerate and bombs. There are also features that might be helpful: time stop, slow down, double points and many others. All details how to play can be found in the help screen.

Hit Bubble Game consists of four colorful boards to choose from:

* Forest,

* Playground (InApp),

* Meadow (InApp),

* Ocean (InApp).

Each of them has great graphic design, amazing sound effects and many other surprises. Earn points, extra life and check your results in the Game Center!

Download Hit Bubble from iTunes

How to Transfer iPhone Apps to Another iPhone

How to Transfer iPhone Apps to Another iPhone - Before anyone gets concerned, the linked article simply shows you how to authorize other computers to use your iTunes account, which Apple allows (you can have up to 5 computers authorized to use your iTunes account). Technically, though, this is meant for users in the same household, and not to share with your friends.

Here is a nice link showing how you can transfer your paid application from one iphone to another without paying twice.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4864095_transfer-iphone-apps-another-iphone.html

Thought it might be helpful to newbie guys like me.

How do I change my app store login?

How do I change my app store login?

Just click on the name that is in the little silver box in the right hand corner of the iTunes Store Page. Click on Sign Out, then enter her own Apple ID and password and you both should be good to go

I entered my login name on my friends iphone so she could download a free game, and now that she has created her own itunes account, she wants to use her own account, but when she goes to download anything from the app store, my account name is already entered, and I can't seem to figure out how to enter a different acount. Any suggestions?

You have to sync her iphone to her own itunes account on a computer.

1. Open up itunes and go to the itunes store.

2. Check the email address at the upper right hand corner of the screen.

3. If this is your email address, click it and tell her to put in her own itunes login info.

4. Sync iphone.

Now her itunes info will be stored on the iphone!

how to remove account from app store from iphone

how to remove account from app store from iphone - Just wondering if there is a way to change the account you use on the iphone app store. I have several itunes accounts and i wanted to use a certain account that had credit to make a purchase, but when i clicked buy... etc, it asked me to enter a password for my other account with no credit.

Is there anyway to change the account you use?
I looked around in settings, no app store setting.

I think you need to do this through iTunes - change the account to which you're logged in and then sync your iPhone. You might have some trouble here, since it probably assumes that a new iTunes account means a new user and it will overwrite everything that's already on your iPhone. There is no way to change this on the iPhone itself.

Download My Xbox LIVE for iPad

Download My Xbox LIVE for iPad

My Xbox LIVE app for iOS devices, released by Microsoft, brings the features of Microsoft's gaming service to iPad. With the app, you can track and compare your achievements, chat with Xbox Live friends, and edit your 3D avatars.

My Xbox LIVE has a clean interface, with no problems or any crashes on my iPad 2. The app makes the Xbox 360 a powerful home entertainment device.

Download My Xbox LIVE (Free) from iTunes.

Download Notability ($0.99) from iTunes

Download Notability ($0.99) from iTunes

Notability is the best note taking app for iPad with lots of features, including full-featured handwriting, note taking, linked audio recording, media insertion, annotate PDFs, cloud sync your notes to Dropbox, and more. You can use it to capture information at school, work, or anywhere.

The UI on this app is user friendly and customizable. I have tried a number of note apps, but this's the best. You can draw, write and type. If you don't like typing, you can record it. Perfect for classes and meetings. Thanks for the Dropbox sync function.

Download Notability ($0.99) from iTunes.

Download Unstuck (Free) from iTunes

Download Unstuck (Free) from iTunes

Unstuck is absolutely a very powerful life planning app that offers up personalized digital tools and community. The app helps you see your life from a third person perspective, gives you tips, and lets you get unstuck. Really good at determining problems.

Unstuck app is very helpful. It provides a great way to organize my through around issues when I'm feeling stuck. For getting unstuck on live, you must take action and follow the recommendations.

Download Unstuck (Free) from iTunes.

iPad 3 release date is February 2012

iPad 3 release date is February 2012 - According to rumors, the iPad 3 will become available in March or April. The first Apple tablet release on April 3, 2010 and the iPad 2 launch on March 11, 2011, so the iPad 3 hit the market around same time as first two iPads.

Apple's iPad 3 have the retina display at 2048X1536, and keep going thinner as far as possible.

Stream Videos To Your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch With AirVideo Server On Ubuntu 11.04

Stream Videos To Your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch With AirVideo Server On Ubuntu 11.04

Air Video is a server that allows users to stream videos in any format to your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. No need to send these videos to your device in order to watch them.

Videos with unsupported formats will be converted on the fly, you can watch videos while being converted. In this tutorial, we will see how to install Air Video on Ubuntu 11.04, but you can also install it on later versions of Ubuntu (10.10/10.04).

Get Started

1. Launch the Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run these commands to install Air Video on Ubuntu 11.04:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rubiojr/airvideo

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install airvideo-server

2. To start Air Video, search it using the dash:

 3. Once launched, an icon for Air Video will be displayed in the upper panel, right-click it and select Start Server:

4. To configure your server, run this command via the Terminal:

sudo gedit /opt/airvideo-server/AirVideoServerLinux.properties

5. Now install Air Video on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch and add this server to start watching videos. Enjoy!

Souces:::::::::::

Manage iPad multiple email signatures on iOS 5

Manage iPad multiple email signatures on iOS 5 - The iOS 5 is still officially lacking support for this feature. Apple hasn't made that option available.

If you need to do that, you can try the tip. Tap Setting > General > Keyboard, and use "Add New Shortcut…" to create many keyboard shortcuts for each different signature. You can also use Mail Enhancer to get custom signatures for per email accounts on jailbroken iPad.

Cannot access Newsstand store on iPad

Cannot access Newsstand store on iPad - How to connect and setting NewsStand Store

After updating my iPad to iOS 5, I can't access the Newsstand store. I had it all installed correctly, but the "Store" button is always greyed out. There is only the New York Times in the library and I cann't add others to the newsstand app.

If you have the same issue, press the home and hold buttons at the same time for shutting down, and then hold the button again until the apple logo appears. Fix the problem.

How To Add Server on Air Video on iPod Touch

How To Add Server on Air Video on iPod Touch - Air Video Server – Video streaming your iPhone and iPod touch. Video streaming your iPhone and iPod touch. The Air Video application will allow you to stream videos in almost any format to your iPhone and iPod touch. You don't need to copy your videos to the device just to watch them. Air Video Server features : Automated server discovery on local network using Apple Bonjour. Possibility to add custom servers by specifying IP address and port directly

Air Video Server 2.4.3 is a feature-rich and convenient tool that is created for video streaming your iPhone and iPod touch
Major Features:

Streaming

Air Video can stream videos to your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. You don’t need to copy your videos to the device just to watch them.

Automated server discovery on local network using Apple Bonjour
Possibility to add custom servers by specifying IP address and port directly
Can be used to stream videos over internet
Share disk folders and iTunes playlists
Optional password protection
Add videos to iTunes playlist from iPhone

Conversion

If the videos in your collection are not in format supported by iPhone, Air Video can convert them on fly (live conversion) or offline (entire file).

Videos that can not by directly played by iPhone can be easily converted.
All major containers and codecs supported (mp4, m4v, mov, avi, wmv, asf, mpg, mpeg, mkv, 3gp, dmf, divx, flv). DRM protected videos as well as proprietary codecs are NOT supported.
Live conversion allows you to play videos without having to convert them upfront.
Requires iPhone or iPod touch with firmware 3.0 or newer and sufficiently powerful computer.
Option to convert entire video before playing it (offline conversion)
Files converted offline can be put to conversion queue
Adjust quality, zoom and resolution for each video individually
Select audio stream (language)

Enhancements:

Fix for invalid files on network shares
Improved loading big shared folders

Requirements:

Air Video Server also requires Bonjour to be installed.
If you have iTunes installed, you already have Bonjour so you do not need to download it.



File size: 7.5 MB
Platform: Windows XP / Vista / 7
License: Freeware
Price:FREE
Publisher:InMethod

Turning an iPhone into an iPod touch - keep the original SIM!

Turning an iPhone into an iPod touch - keep the original SIM!
The kids had used old iPhones as IPod touches without trouble, but apparently I'd never done a factory reset.

If you do that, the phone can't be used -- until it's activated.

You need a SIM card that was either originally used to activate the phone, or that works with a currently active phone:

Using an iPhone without a wireless service plan

Follow these steps to use your iPhone without a wireless service plan:

Insert the SIM card from your new, activated iPhone or one that was previously used to activate the original iPhone.

Connect the iPhone to iTunes on a computer connected to the Internet.Once iTunes activates the device, you're free to use the iPhone as if it were an iPod touch.

... It may be necessary to repeat this process after updating or restoring the device.

Yikes. If I'd known that then, when I got my 4S, I'd have asked to keep the old SIM card and had them give me a new SIM. Instead we just swapped the old SIM. (Not sure if AT&T will do this, it's an advantage of ordering you iPhone from Apple for home delivery.)

Lesson: When you upgrade your iPhone, keep the SIM card that was previously used to activate the device.

Update: On the brighter side, iOS 5 allows use of FaceTime and iMessage without a SIM card. You can't use them in airplane mode however.

Update 11/30/2011: iMessage behavior is flaky in a SIM-Less iPhone. More on that later. In a separate experiment on another phone I found a SIM card that had previously been used in a different iPhone worked to get pasts the iTunes check even though the number no longer existed and the SIM card was no longer valid.

How to charge an iPhone iPod Touch at multiple computers

How to charge an iPhone iPod Touch at multiple computers

iPhone 2.0 can't charge via Firewire. It's one of the most annoying "features" of the new phone.

That means I've lost some chargers. Since iPhone 2.0 is a power hog, I need to be able to charge at the office.

The best way to do this would be to use my corporate laptop's USB port, but I don't want to sync the iPhone at work. That would be a disaster. The iPhone can really only sync at one machine.

One trick is to change the "sync automatically" setting to OFF at your normal sync workstation. That setting travels with the iPhone, so it applies everywhere. You can now plug your iPhone in without fear of sync.

Another trick is to hold the home button when you connect the iPhone. That's supposed to disable Sync but I haven't tried it.

Best of all is to to into iTunes preferences and click on the "Syncing" preference. There you can turn off automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods. That's what I do at work, so I can recharge my devices from my work machine's USB port.

iOS 5 -- What Apple didn't fix

iOS 5 -- What Apple didn't fix - My personal list of things that are still broken in iOS 5 (to be expanded):

Migration problems:
ActiveSync accounts must be removed completely, then restored when updating from iOS 4 to iOS 5 (this may be a new bug)
My son's Harry Potter Lego game data was not saved when I migrated him a 3GS to iOS 5
Alerts: Now there is a birthday alert, but it's a 1 week alarm. We need 2 week alarms for all events.
Colors on Calendars: Still can't control color assignment, still get colliding colors with ActiveSync calendars, color assignment algorithm still doesn't look across multiple calendars

iOS 5 updates and lost game data: wait for iOS 5.1

iOS 5 updates and lost game data: wait for iOS 5.1 - Lost game data: Apple Support Communities

• I just migrated my son from a 3GS to an iPhone 4 running iOS 5.01. I wiped the iPhone 4, reactivated it, then restored from a complete backup of his 3GS. His Harry Potter Lego saved game setttings were not preserved. He was, understandably, disappointed. I haven't evaluated his other games. In general iOS 5 migrations have been difficult, with more than expected work to reinstall apps, delete crashing apps and resume them, and restore accounts.

I suspect the problem is some combination of ...

a bug (of course), perhaps related to Apple's confused identity management infrastructure (Cloud ID, AppleID, StoreID)
a change in how applications are allowed to store data. If an app is not updated prior to updating, and the app stored data in a fashion that's no longer supported, then data will be lost.


I've moved three users from iOS 3 or iOS 4 to iOS 5, and it's been painful each time. Most credentials have to be recreated. ActiveSync account migration doesn't work at all; accounts have to deleted and recreated. Migrating Google Authenticator was particularly difficult (that's Google's fault though). Worst of all, for my son, is this data loss.

I don't know if Apple will fix this, but I recommend waiting for iOS 5.1 if there's no driving necessity to upgrade to iOS 5.

AT&T sells iPhone cables for $10 with 3 for 2

AT&T sells iPhone cables for $10 with 3 for 2 - Turns out AT&T sells their own iPhone/iPod/iPad charge/sync cable - for $10. As of today they also have a "buy two get one free promotion", so I bought 3 for $20.

Excluding obviously counterfeit $2-$3 cables (caveat emptor), I've not seen these cables on Amazon for less than $20. Griffin's powerblock/cable combo for $23 or so has been the best deal.

Since Apple's last two years of cables have been absolute garbage (separation at iPod end), my family needs some extra cables. Now we're flush.

Download City Guides ($3.99) from iTunes : New York City guide for iPad

Download City Guides ($3.99) from iTunes : New York City guide for iPad

City Guides is the fantastic guide to top notch establishments in NYC. The app gives you a authentic guide from old-school classics to the best of what's new in food, shopping, decorating and more, with complete insider info and tips.

City Guides app is friendly, perfectly curated and beautifully made. I find that there're goop's much-loved and often undiscovered spots. The videos in the app takes a long time to load, but it's worth waiting for. Everything you need. If it adds more cities, that would be better.

Download City Guides ($3.99) from iTunes.

iPad music fades in and out on iOS 5

iPad music fades in and out on iOS 5 - When you re using the iPod app on my iPad 2 with iOS 5, the music periodically fades in and out randomly during playback. It happens during a song. That makes it impossible for me to use the iPod app and seems like a software issue.

Today I notes that it happens if you're downloading songs in the background. When I am listening to music and downloading my purchases music from iCloud at the same time, the music would fade out and fade back. Once the downloads are finished, the audio becomes fine again.

Airprint not working on Windows and iOS 5

Airprint not working on Windows and iOS 5 - How to make Airprint work with iOS 5 and Windows
* Make sure you are an administrator on the PC.
* Click Start > Run > type "sc.exe delete Airprint", press Enter, and then type the following 2 commands at the command Prompt:

sc.exe create AirPrint binPath= "C:\Program Files\AirPrint\airprint.exe -R _ipp._tcp,_universal -s" depend= "Bonjour Service" start= auto

sc.exe start Airprint

* If there is a lock icon next to the printer name, you need to enable the guest account.

Uk London iMessage User Share Here!!

Uk London iMessage User Share Here!!

post your imessage id on Comment Box Below:

Alas, not everything is quite perfect in iMessage and iOS 5.01. Apple's Discussion groups have many complaints about "waiting for activation". For example:

iMessage waiting for activation: Apple Support Communities

... To update on my iPhone-off contract, even though it says iMessage is waiting for activation, I can still iMessage my friend in Australia (and I am in the USA) So I don't know how it's working, but it's working great! Also, another one of my USA friends has an iPod touch with iMessage. It is working flawlessly..

We had no trouble at all with 3 iPhones with functional SIMs. In an SIM-free iPhone 4 in use as an iPod Touch, however, we got stuck at "waiting for activation".

The first time I used the device I think it sent messages, despite the notice. The next day, however, it could not send. I tried various tricks to no avail, including:

reboot phone
remove and restore my son's iCloud credentials and account.
play with location and time zone settings
create a contact card in iCloud with his migrated iCloud ID (@me.com) and specify that in iMessage

Singapore iMessage User : Please Share Your id and Chat with Me

Singapore iMessage User : Please Share Your id and Chat with Me

Hellow Folks, Let me pleasure to Introduce my iMessage ID and Let's Chat With me

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Customize the iPod Controls on iPad

Customize the iPod Controls on iPad - It is ability to customize the iPod Controls on iPad. Here's how to set items in the iPod part of the iPad.

Trap the iPod app > the "More" section at the bottom right > the "Edit" button at the top left.
In the Configure Screen, Drag the item you want to be visible on top of one of the ones at the bottom

How to use yahoo mail in iPad?

How to use yahoo mail in iPad? - Why i can not use yahoo mail in iPad? When i try to access my yahoo mail, it said that username or password is incorect from "imap.apple.yahoo.mail.com" many times. Can anyone help me?

Answer:

Trap the settings icon > Mail > Add Account > Y! Mail which is listed first. Then type your name@yahoo.com and password.

I heard if you change the password you use to a password with no special characters then it fixes the problem. I haven't tried it myself yet though, but supposably a password with letters and numbers only is the f

How To Setting iMessage Receive : Multi-Device Sync in iMessage

How To Setting iMessage Receive : Multi-Device Sync in iMessage - upgraded both my iPad and my iPhone to iOS 5, and iMessage wasn't synchronizing properly. Apparently this, the killer feature in iMessage (and the only one that's superior to Kik thus far in my experimentation), doesn't work out of the box. You have to change your phone settings to enable it.

1. Go to Settings > iMessage
2. Select "Receive At":
   
3. Make sure at least one Email is set (and is set on any other iOS device you have), and then choose "Caller ID":
   
   
4. Pick the email address you want to use (and make sure it's the same on all iOS devices):
   
   

And then you're in business! Shame they didn't make it default to this..

iPad Stuck On Apple Logo Fix it

iPad Stuck On Apple Logo Fix it - After installing the new firmware or jailbreaking an iPad, then go to reboot and iPad Stuck On Apple Logo. I had tried restarting many times, but can't fix it.

You Can Easily Solve iPad Stuck at Apple Logo while Reboot.
To get your iPad back on track, you need to restore your iPad without loading the OS first.

Connect your iPad to iTunes --> Holding the Home button and the Power button for seconds --> then release the Power button --> iTunes pops up a message to ask you if the iPhone will be detected in recovery mode --> click OK button in iTunes -->click “Restore”.

Work on iPad 2G and 3G.

Bluetooth keyboard with iPad

Bluetooth keyboard with iPad - The iPad is lacking a physical keyboard and many people want to use a Bluetooth keyboard with the iPad.

I have bought an apple wireless keyboard and want to know if the bluetooth connected with the iPad is incompatible with this kind of pairing.

I think it is incompatible, because iPad just transmit audio via bluetooth, but no data. Others, if it's possible to use by writing bluetooth keyboard drivers to hack it or upgraded to support data with a firmware upgrade.

With a jailbroken iPad, all iPad apps can make use of the keyboard.

How to Transfer Videos to the iPad

How to Transfer Videos to the iPad - Watching movies and TV shows with iPad big screen is very perfect for us. But how to transfer Videos to the iPad.

It's easy for you to transferr your video files onto the iPad by iTunes.

Connect your iPad to new computer --> Open iTunes --> in its left sidebar, click on your iPad --> click on the Movies or TV Shows tab --> in the checkbox, checkmark Synch Movies or Sync TV Shows --> Click the checkboxes next to the individual movies and TV show episodes you want on your iPad --> Click Apply or Sync bottom.

iPad Apps Won't Open/launch

I open google earth app in my iPad for 3 seconds and then it close. I hold down both buttons to reset thing, but the app still doesn't work. Why iPad Apps won't open or launch? Any ideas?

First you don't need to remove all the iPad applications. This is caused by the latest version of iTunes and it affects people with old and new version of firmware for iPad 3G.

How to fix it?
You can download a new free app from apple store and enter your itunes password.

Authorize your computer in Itunes -> Sync all iPad apps -> Delete one third party app -> Recheck this app in Itunes -> Test your other apps if it still not working.

All is fixed.

There are several solutions for you to fix the problems that your facing, if none of these solutions worked either visit your nearest Apple store or call customer service for any advanced help.

You can either try updating your ipad to the newest update available since they might have fixed the issue your facing.

Reseting your iPad through iTunes (be sure to back up, for any emergencies)

Restarting your iPad several times or leaving it shut off for a couple of minutes or hours to keep it resting.

Syncing all your information again if you are facing with application launches, and etc.

For more information, go to apple.com/support