IPhone After-life
When the contract expires, what would happen to our iPhones? Can we unlock them and put a pay as you go SIM card, just like other handsets? (The reports of unlocking adventures seem unpromising.)
I know it's too early to think about these questions, but here in the UK we r paying too much for iPhones and monthly packages, campared with other handsets. I am worried what we get would finally turn out as an 8G iPod.
It should be interesting since the DMCA says phones can be unlocked once contractual obligations are met.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act doesn't say that, as far as I know. It is normally meant to protect software.
What you're talking about is an exemption to the DMCA, that says you can modify any software that's meant only to prevent you from using a phone on any carrier.
"This is a noninfringing activity by the user... The purpose of the software lock appears to be limited to restricting the owner’s use of the mobile handset to support a business model, rather than to protect access to a copyrighted work itself."
In other words, you can legally modify the baseband software in order to unlock a phone, to use it on other carriers.
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i can't turn on my iphone after I use the Itunes.It's updating new software and then my laptop was ran out of battery life what should I do please help me
I'm having a same problem, taking my phone to genius bar tonight. Is there any virus going on??
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Optimizing iPhone battery life: Between charges and before replacement
FYI. An excellent iPhone battery care article by iPhoneAtlas.com:
Optimizing iPhone battery life: Between charges and before replacement
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2007/07/09/optimizing-iphone-battery-life-between-cha rges-and-before-replacement/OK, I agree that is a completely false statement. The rest of the article is pretty good.
If you assume a linear decrease in battery charge for each full cycle (which it really isn't, but much easier to model in a spreadsheet). Then 80% of original charge after 400 full cycles is approximately 0.8% loss in battery charge per full charge cycle (again this is a simplification, stay with me). This means that after 400 cycles, you are at approximately 80% of your original total charge level. As stated by Apple.
So, extrapolating that out to EOL (end of life) which Apple assumes to be 50% battery charge, it would take approximately 1,000 full charge cycles for your battery to be EOL (according to Apple). It would actually be slightly less than that since it won't be a linear function.
For me, that's 2 to 4 years of use depending on whether or not I continue using the iPhone as much as I have this first full week. -
How come calendars and contacts vanish from iPhone after upgrade to iTunes 6.1.2?
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Hi, Did you work out a fix for this? All my calender dates (past & future) and the last 12 months of new contacts gone!!!! And yes i too back up regularly.
Previously when the great 5 upgrade happened, i did loss everything, and although I was doing backups none of that info was relative in an English way. A whole life of important, unreplaceable information gone! Never to be found.
All of my products are apple, but it seems that little people dont matter to them, with no recourse for the damage to my personal or professional life.
Extremly disappointed again! -
Hey guys,
Im going to buy this device and wanted to ask a couple of questions:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Station-Charger-Docking-Cradle-Charging-Data-Sync-Dock-S tand-Holder-For-iPhone-6-/201179347106?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&var=&hash=i t em2ed73938a2
Questions:
1 - Is it "bad" letting my iPhone stay on this device for several hours even after 100%?
2 - If ill plug my charger into this device, and then put my iPhone on the device, will the iPhone alert me that it is non-original cable?
3 - Do you think that this device is also compatible for my 5 / 5S ? (I couldnt contact the seller)
Thx ahead for help,
have a great day
Amit"I don't want to overcharge the battery, my question is if I forget to finish the charging of iphone after 100%, this make trouble for battery life?"
Again, No.
"This cellphone automatically stop the charging to prevent damages to battery? "
Again, you cannot overcharge the battery. The iphone cannot be overcharged. You can leave it plugged in as long as you like. -
Maximizing iPhone Battery Life
Regard maximizing iPhone Battery Life, just for my curiosity and knowledge, from a software or hardware standpoint why when we use the iPhone to access data, a Wi-Fi connection uses less power than a cellular network — so keep Wi-Fi on at all times.
Thank YouYour problem is the same for thousands after iOS update, but Apple does not manifest itself with respect to a possible fix.
My battery works only 2 hours of use.
And detail: with ALL the possible functions of the disabled device.
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I manually add my songs to my iphone, after dragging it from itunes, it shows the syncing message but the songs do not show up on the ipod. I was able to copy songs successfully before. Please help.
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I recently purchased iTunes Match (about a month ago). Since purchasing Match, any songs that I have bought on my iPhone 4S (32GB, Sprint) through the iTunes Store app will not sync back to my iPhone after syncing with iTunes on my computer. I have iOS 7.1.2 and iTunes 11.3.0.54. The only way I can get them to show back up in my iPhone music library so I can play them is by re-downloading the songs through the iTunes Store app. Which is super annoying because now it is about 10 songs that keep doing this, and they are in multiple playlists. Is anyone else having this problem and have you found any fixes? Really regretting purchasing the iTunes Match (which is not enabled on my iPhone, just on my computer).
How to create custom ringtones ...
1. Open iTunes.
2. Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.
3. Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.
4. Write down the start and stop times of the clip.
5. Right-click the song and select "Get Info."
6. Click the "Options" tab.
7. Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Start Time" in the minutes:seconds (i.e., 2:01) format.
8. Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Stop Time." Make sure the ringtone is no more than 30 seconds long.
9. Click "OK."
10. Right-click your song again and select "Convert Selection to AAC." Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.
11. Right-click the ringtone and select "Delete."
12. Click on the "Keep Files" button.
13. Find the file. It's usually in your User folder under "Music > iTunes > iTunes Music" and under the band's name. It will have an extension of m4a.
14. Replace the m4a extension of your ringtone with m4r. You can either double-click slowly to rename your file, or right-click and select "Get Info" on a Mac or "Rename" on a Windows PC.
15. Click "Use .m4r" or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.
16. Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.
17. Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.
Oh, also to change a file extension. (not sure on Mac), but in Windows you need to go to "control panel" select "folder options". You need to uncheck the box "hide file extension for known file types". This will allow you to view and change the files extensions.
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Hi, I have done this with IOS 5 through 6 and it works.
I have done this serveral times with my phone, as battery life decreases. I have not figured out what is the original cause of my battery problems, but every now and again, something starts to dain my battery at a rappid rate, in an hour or two. This is the fix to reset it.
1 - Back up you phone to iTunes
2 - Go into the settings under General and at the bottom sellect Reset and reset your iPhone erassing all data.
3 - Once it resets and shows you the default "out of the box" screan, power it off
4 - Recharge it FULLY.... I leave it over night.
5 - Power it on again
6 - Restore your settings via iTunes.
7 - Your done
In my experiance, if you skip any of the steps, like not powering off when your recharge or not recharging fully, will result in it still draining quickly.
Hope this works for you.Thanks JJT2122 !
I added your fix to the list of available fixes that improve iPhone battery life
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HT1386 how to delete photos from iphone after syncing with itunes
is there anyway to automatically setup itunes or my iphone to delete my photos from iphone after syncing with itunes?
Thank you! Syncing has always scared me...basically I am just afraid to lose any photos. But it worked. Again thank you
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I can't open apps in my iPhone after synced to iTunes.
I'm having problem with iTunes, seems like everytime i sync my iPhone after it finish synced, I can't open some of the apps. I even try to find my apps (new) in iTunes, but it's not in the library. But if I started install any new app, the apps that can't open earlier is working OK again. Why?
Just a note, before the iOS 5, I use one Apple ID, then after updated my iPhone with the iOS 5, I accidentally created another Apple ID. So now I got two ID.
Now everytime I update my old app using the old ID & for the new app installed they asked me using the new ID. Is that the cause of it?
Additional info: My iTunes also updated (10.6) & I am using Dell with Microsoft Vista. Now I am on iOS 5.1 for my iPhone 4.
Please help me as this is very irritating. I never have this problem before.I mean, is everything the same compared to update when connect to Itunes?. then it is much easier. You don´t need to do a thing, and get everything updated. For example a new app you have bought with your iphone
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my fiance and i share 1 icloud account on 2 iphones, after the ios 7 update he can now see all my text messages that I type on his phone, how can i fix this? I don't see any of his, just the other way around. The icloud account is in my name.
also, would this affect being able to facetime each other?
Thanks!!we do what your doing... we use the same ID for "Icloud".
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I have two IPhones and one IPad all with the same Apple ID. I can call facetime between the two IPhones, but I cannot call the IPAD from either of the IPhones and when I call my IPhone from the IPad it rings my wife's IPhone after briefly calling mine.
Each device needs a separate address. Use an email address (gmail.com) on the iPad.
Using FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319
Troubleshooting FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage: Setup, Use, and Troubleshooting
http://tinyurl.com/a7odey8
Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
Using FaceTime and iMessage behind a firewall
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4245
iOS: About Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
Set up iMessage
http://www.apple.com/ca/ios/messages/
Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Setting Up Multiple iOS Devices for iMessage and Facetime
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l
FaceTime and iMessage not accepting Apple ID password
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/facetime-and-imessage-not-acc epting-apple-id-password/
Unable to use FaceTime and iMessage with my apple ID
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4649373?tstart=90
For non-Apple devices, check out the TextFree app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/text-free-textfree-sms-real/id399355755?mt=8
How to Send SMS from iPad
http://www.iskysoft.com/apple-ipad/send-sms-from-ipad.html
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