HT1386 Question about synch to another iphone

I went to sych with another iphone to update my itunes. Instead I got all the contacts and apps, pics, etc. of the other person. How do I reverse this.

How did you do this and to update your iTunes? There is no updating of iTunes on an iPhone. iTunes is not on an iPhone.
Did you install an iOS update with iTunes on a computer besides your own?

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Okay i just recently asked a question.about my factory unlocked iphone 3gs asking how to activate it but..

i probably shouldnt say this but,okay i just recently asked a question.about my factory unlocked iphone 3gs asking how to activate it. so i got too excited of aving it and couldnt wait for my tmobile sim card to come one more day. so i "hactivated" it (i know this voids all warrenty) and i jailbroke it just so i could use it as an ipod.it worked and i was syched.
BUTTT.... it asked me if i wanted to update the software to 5.1 and i was like " oh yes id love to" and it started downloading it and it was inrecovery mode the whole time .
when the download finished. i hit restore so i can put the software on the phone but the itunes had an error and the phone went glitchy and it does a rebooting loop. it shows the apple symbol with the slash through it for about 5 seconds and shuts off for a little bit (about another 5 seconds) and it starts up then loops the process. ive managed to turn the phone off but if i start it up it loops...what should i do? any help :/
Also it does not show up in my itunes because it is turning off to fast to detect.

Discussion of hacked phones is prohibited on these forums. Sorry, you'll need to go elsewhere to get support for a j'broke iPhone.

Question about tranferring data from iPhone 3gs to iPhone 4

I just had a couple quick questions about transferring data from my old phone from my new iPhone 4. The reason i am wondering is because i am worried about whether i will encounter any problems when doing so.
First off i have already sold my phone today, i reset all data and settings from the phone and gave it to my buddy so its gone. I did a full sync and backup yesterday so all the necessary files should be on my computer(windows 7). Now, im basically wondering if i will run into any problems if i restore my iphone 4 from a backup. My 3gs was running 3.1.2 on att. Now i know IDEALLY i would have updated it to iOS 4 before backing it up and used the newest version of itunes, but i did not. Does anyone think this will be a problem for me?
Now with that out of the way, my biggest fear is losing my old data(text messages and notes mainly because i am a pack rat for those type of things) so id like to be SURE that none of my old backups will be deleted in any scenario. The reason i dont just restore it right now is because i want my new phone to be as clutter free as possible. I am going to be putting on here only the apps that i used often and would basically like to transfer over the BARE minimum; texts, notes, and highly used apps... So i guess my main question is can you transfer over only certain things like texts and notes after setting up the phone as a new phone. And if i were to set up the phone as a new phone what would happen to my old backups? Would i be able to selectively restore?
Im afraid that it might not be a possibility to transfer only certain things even though it should be.. i should be able to select a text messages folder and put it on my new phone and be done with it... But anyway i dont want to rant. Can anyone explain to me how this all will work?
ULTIMATE GOAL: Transfer only texts, notes, certain apps(and their data) and NOTHING ELSE.
MOST IMPORTANT THING: Not losing texts and notes. I can deal with putting all the old **** on my new phone and cluttering/slowing it down if i NEED to.
Thank you in advance, sorry for the long post.

If the most important thing for you is keeping old text messages, notes, and voicemail, then you'll need to sync the phone from your existing backup. I know of no other way to access those items.
Once you have synced to the new phone, check that you have those items that were important. Then you can reconnect your phone to iTunes, and change the sync settings to remove the apps or other items you no longer want to keep on the phone.
iPhone backups are stored by iTunes; you can see them by opening your iTunes preferences, clicking on "Devices" and then looking in the window. You can delete old backups from here. I don't know how you can open/read the backups though.
I don't expect you'd have any problems syncing from your old phone's backup, but it's definitely an either/or situation. Since you got rid of the old phone already, it's too late to email yourself your notes, or copy the text messages. Your previous backup is your only solution.

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There might be other thread already, but have a question about upgrade to 3G.
I have the original iPhone and have upgraded to iPhone 3G.
The question is whether I can use the original iPhone indefinitely.
People at Apple store was telling me I can use the original iPhone (without the phone functionality) as long as I don't restore the firmware.
Is this true? What happens if Apple releases firmware in the future? Would this mean that I can only use this as long as machine doesn't require restore? I wanted to give it to one of my family members so she can use it as iPod so any info would be helpful ....

My understanding is the same as the Apple Store Employee.
If you try to update the software on an iphone with no service, I believe that it will be rendered useless.
It may be possible to swap the SIM card for software upgrades, etc., not sure.

HT4528 question in imessage to another iphone user.

i sent imessage to another iphone user who shares his apple ID with his wife, who also has iphone. Apparently, when I send imessage to him, his wife also receives same imessage that i sent to him. Anybody has any idea? would love to hear feed back thanks!

In his wife's phone go to Settings>Messages> and have her delete your friend's Apple ID/ phone number from the send and receive section

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Had many entire cd's on iTunes & synched with my iPhone. This past weekend, I had to completely rebuild my computer, all software was installed as new. As a result iTunes has no music, and iPhone has them all. As I read the info box on iTunes, If I synch, It will erase all my iPhone tunes. Is there a way to move all the tunes from iPhone to iTunes. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

You can access and transfer the music with PhoneView if you can get access to a Mac.
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HT1386 I cannot synch my new iPhone 5 with iTunes

I cannot synch my new iPhone 5 with iTunes. I have iOS 6.0.2 and on my MacBook Pro Mac OS 10.7.5. Strange enough my iPhone 4 with iOS 6.0.2 I can synch without any problem. Once the iPhone 5 is identified in iTunes (it takes some time) a disk is rotating as 1st step of synchronisation and after around 5 min it stops rotating but nothing has synched.

I also tried this. But it is still not synching. Only the small disk is rotating. No other error message.
I suspect there might be something with the phone not in order. Do you know if and where I can delete a synch history on the phone or in iTunes?

Another question about adding music to iPhone

Apologies for yet another question regarding adding music to an iPhone but I am completely stuck.
I bought a new laptop in January (it runs windows 8). I've authorised it and synced my phone to it before. I've used it to add music before.
Lately I've just been buying music directly from itunes on my phone but I wanted to add some music from my older collection that is on an external harddrive.
I've gone through the process of syncing the phone again, which has wiped whatever was on there. I made sure I'd ticked on the "manually manage music" box.
It's put all my purchased music back but it still will not let me drag and drop music from my external harddrive. When I hover over with the file it has "link" but it won't actually send the music to the phone.
Is there a way for me to do this without putting music on to my itunes library? I don't like itunes and I definitely don't want to add the music to my laptop as it defeats the purpose of having an external harddrive! Sorry for such a long-winded explanation.

Just to add... I've now tried adding music to the library (getting desperate here) and it's not letting me do that either. Just says 'link'.
This is the most frustrating thing ever. Why are the simplest of tasks made so difficult? It seems like it only works if you buy the music from the iTunes store.

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Hi,
I recently discovered that it is possible to synch gmail contacts with apple addressbook. I also found out this feature only works if you have an iphone or an ipod touch. Unfortunatly, I don't have either. I then discovered there was a work around for this:
http://lifehacker.com/393855/enable-google-contact-sync-without-an-iphoneipod-to uch
*My question is*..............
I'm planning on getting an iphone in half a year and if i mess with these settings will i have to change them back to be able to synch my iphone? or will my iphone be able to synch with the way the new settings are anyway?
Thanks

Does your question have anything remotely to do with iWeb 09? This is an iWeb 09 forum - did you not look where you were posting?
No - so it is not relevant to this forum. Please post in somewhere that is more relevant, such as the iPhone forum or the iPad forum.

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I have the fully updated Tiger OS, and I want to start putting all of my contacts in the Address application (iLife '06). A few questions:
1) Even thought it's an older OS and older iLife (my ibook refuses to die), will the Address app sync just fine with the iPhone? (I'm getting the one reportedly coming out this summer.)
2) Can I send out blanket e-mails (with images) from the iPhone?
3) Just a general Address application question: Can I assume that even if a new iLife comes out soon, I'll still be able to transfer all my contacts just fine from iLife '06?
Thanks for any feedback.

The OS X Address Book app is not part of the iLife package. iLife 09 was just released, so I wouldn't expect iLife 10 until next year, which has nothing to do with the Address Book application.
No one knows what the minimum OS X system requirements will be for the next generation iPhone and we won't know until Apple makes an announcement. I think it is doubtful that Tiger will not be supported but we will know for certain when Apple makes an announcement and not until that time.
What do you mean by blanket email?

Question about selling 1st generation iPhone

I am looking to sell my 1st generation iphone, would it be wise to pull out my sim card so I could use for the 3g or would I get a new one when I purchase the 3g

You will get a new GSM SIM card when you purchase the 3G. Your account will be transferred to the new SIM when you activate it. Your old SIM is useless at that point, and can be discarded. The person buying the old iPhone will need to put in their own SIM.

Buffered Reader Question about wrapping around another Reader

I'm reading about BufferedReaders and in the API the following paragraph reads:
In general, each read request made of a Reader causes a corresponding read request to be made of the underlying character or byte stream. It is therefore advisable to wrap a BufferedReader around any Reader whose read() operations may be costly, such as FileReaders and InputStreamReaders. For example,
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If every time you wanted to read a character, you had to talk to the hard disk device, it would be very slow. This is because communicating with the disk is thousands of times slower than communicating with main memory.
The buffered reader reads in chunks, buffers those data, and allows you to request them one character at a time.

Question about restoring from previous iPhone 4 backup...

Had to replace my iPhone 4 due to Prox. Sensor issues. I went to set up the new one, but it said i couldt because the software on the new iPhone was older than that on the previous, so i could only setup as "New". Now that i have it up to 4.1, can i add all the backup data from my previous iPhone? Theres a lot of texts and stuff id like to get back....photos etc...

Yes, after you update to 4.1 you should be able to restore the backup to the phone. Right click the device tab on the left side of iTunes, and select "Restore from Backup."
Do not sync or backup your new phone before doing this as the old backup will be overwritten.

Question about buying an unlocked iphone 2g

Hey guys, so I have tmobile and Im using the blackberry. Ive had the iphone 3g before. Im starting to get back in the iphone mood. Ive been looking online for an unlocked iphone 2g. I am trying to be a little frugal and not spend alot of $$ but what im wondering is, is it worth it to pay the $200-$300 for an unlocked original iphone?? The newer iphones unlocked are really expensive. What do you guys think?? Cya.

"Let the buyer beware" applies big time when purchasing a used iPhone online especially an iPhone that has been hacked to be unlocked. This prevents installing a future firmware update since doing so re-locks the iPhone and the hack used to unlock the iPhone no longer compatible.
Hacking an iPhone for any reason is against Apple's license agreement for the iPhone, and is not supported by Apple directly or indirectly via these discussions.
An officially unlocked iPhone is expensive, but if such an iPhone is purchased new or used, the warranty and support is honored in the country where the iPhone was sold as officially unlocked only.

Question about playing mp3 in iPhone web browser.

If a web page has a link to a mp3 file, will I be able to click on that link and play the mp3 file right inside the browser? Can I download that mp3 file and where will it be stored after download?

Good news. You no longer need to sync video to your iPhone if you have a Mac running 10.5.
StreamToMe on the app store allows you to stream most of the common video formats to your iPhone via wifi (converting them automatically for you).
You can even use your iPhone as a media center by connecting a TV-out cable to stream movies from your Mac to your TV.

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