Ready to take the Iphone plunge......................

I have had two Android phones. And while my experience with them has not been terrible, it has left something to be desired. So when my contract is up in early December I am seriously thinking of going with the Iphone 5 ( or whatever it will ultimately be called ). My question to the Iphone users is what can I expect? I have never owned ANYTHING Apple. Am I in for a long transition period? Are Iphones so vastly different from Androids that it will take a lot of getting used to?
Just any feedback and advice would be appreciated.

I just switched from Android to iPhone 4s and absolutely love it. It is a personal thing to choose, but I had Android phones that were ruined by "updates", Droid X, then the HTC Inc. 2. So I went with the iPhone as my wife has one and I got to play with before I switched. I like the fact that I can deal with Apple directly and not Verizon or the mfg. I was able to put Apple Care on my phone for $99 thus dropping Verizons costly insurance, granted it does not cover lost or stolen but the breakage replacements are significantly cheaper $49. Anyways as I said its a personal choice but one I'm glad I made.

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When I plug in my iphone to my macbook air it says the computer is not granted to take the iphone information

Hi
When I plug in my iphone to my macbook air it says the computer is not granted to take the iphone information. So I haven t been able to import the iphone information (like photos) to my laptop.
This is the first time it happened to me, because last week I could done that.
Could anyone help me please fixing this issue?
Thanks.

Try unplugging any other USB devices. If you are using a hub, don't, connect the phone directly to a computer USB port.
None of these are necessarily things you should do, but might help. For instance, if you plug the phone to an already busy hub, the phone might be "the straw that broke the camel's back" and lock out the hub.

I just got my i phone its tell me my log in and pass word are wrong ready to take the phone back, i just got my i phone its tell me my log in and pass word are wrong ready to take the phone back

I used my I'd and pass word to log in here why can't I on my phone

Plug the iPhone into a wall outlet, let it charge for half an hour and then try a reboot by holding both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears.
If that does not work, take it to an Apple store genius bar to be tested by the technicians.

Ready to take the plunge, but dont want to face plant

Had this baby for 10 months. I thought before I tried to OC I'd post up and see what the Pro's have to say...
have played with Core Center and NTune off the MSI site for my MB, dont like either. Core Center will clock to 2.4 stable, anything higher blue screens. NTune goes through its thing but i cant figure out how it works.
I'd like to do a modest OC in Bios
looking for advice and links from the big boys
question, can i use ClockGen to play around with settings, then use those numbers for my bios OC?
i have all the files.... cpuz,prime,memtest and speedfan etc. -all latest-
this will be on AIR with a Fatal1ty FS-C77 in a CoolerMaster WaveMaster
PSU is a OCZ Modstream520w

Well, nobody spoke up... so i took the plunge, looks like i didnt face plant after all.
followed the OC NF4 Guide....
AMD3500+ 0.13 SH7-CG (12hr prime and BF2 tested at 2.5)max temp was 39c
CPU at x10
HT at x4
FSB at 250
Vcore at +6.6%v
mem at 2.80
mem divider at 166
2.5-3-3-8 T1
took 3hrs
looks like i got lucky with my 3500+..... CPU will go up to 2.85, mem wont at any mutli
cant belive i was to chicken to OC the last 11 months.....
any suggestions for RAM that will ramp like my CPU?

Nervous System 9/System 10.1 user ready to take the plunge into Jaguar. . .

I am the very happy owner of a an iBook 406 (Power PC G3) running System 9.2.2 and System 10.1.something. Perhaps needless to say, I rarely venture into the mysterious wilds of OS X. I'm hoping some kind and informed soul can answer my questions three. . .
1. Enticed by a really cheap refurbished iPod Shuffle, I bought some software and am going to be upgrading to 10.2.8. Before actually doing anything, though, I want to make sure that the upgrade won't reinitialize my hard drive or touch any of my System 9 stuff, just improve the OS X section of the hard disk.
2. I have a huge number of documents created by a truly ancient version of Microsoft Word (version 4.?, I think, purchased in 1993). What is the easiest way to translate all of these things into some format that doesn't require Classic run?
3. I guess there is no third question. Sorry. =)
Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can offer,
Dagonet
Mac OS 9.2.x

Dagonet:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
OS X is really not mysterious, although it is very different from OS 9. Once you get the hang of it you will love it.
First of all, I suspect that your iBook is the iBook (Firewire) 466 introduced in September 2000. It will supoort the latest version of OS X, but you may need to Update your firmware.
I also suggest upgrading your RAM to 576 MB to be able to run OS X smoothly. You can check out the prices of popular brands of RAM at ramseeker.
I further suggest that you consider upgrading to Panther (10.3x) rather than Jaguar. To install Panther your computer will need to meet the minimum system requirements for Panther.
Take a look at Mac OS Support-Jaguar for information about Jaguar. You will need to purchase the Full Retail version of Jaguar or Panther. You can purchase universal installer versions guaranteed to install at applerescue
Be aware that Computer specific or upgrade versions should be avoided since they are optimized for the computer to which they are specific and will therefore very likely cause problems during or after installation. On the legal side, it may be a violation of the Software License Agreement which statesThis License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time...
I suggest that you backup your entire computer to an external Firewire Drive using a utility like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. Then completely wipe you disk and install, or do an erase and install.
Please do not hesitate to post back with further questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius

HT204053 I was using find my iphone on my pc and i accidentally chose to remove the device. I didnt realize it would permanently take the iphone off the grid. I thought it would just temporarily stop locating, How do i find it now with no phone?

I was using find my iphone on my pc and i accidentally removed the device. I thought that meant just temporarily removing it since it was not able to locate or remote lock or wipe my lost phone. Now how do i put it back on? it appears to have ben permanently taken off the grid and now i cannot continue to try to locate my iphone. The phone did have find my iphone turned on. Can i put it back on>? i dont have the phone obviously its stolen.

At this point you can't do anything. But today, thieves are smart - they know how to combat the Find My iPhone service, so you probably wouldn't find the phone anyway. That service is primarily used for lost devices, less for stolen devices.

About ready to take the new Extreme Base Station back to the Apple store

Ok, I, too, am having early adopter blues. I bought the base station for one reason only - to use my external hard drive with it. But I have a 100gb "tunes" folder that cannot be recognized. I am almost thinking I should just purchase true NAS and plugin my old Linksys router, cause this is getting old.
Has anyone found a viable workaround for seeing large folders? I considered moving all of my artist folders out of my big tunes folder (hoping none were bigger than 2 gb) and seeing what happens there, but then if I have a data file larger than 2gb, I am SOL. And further, that means all of my data storage files are mixed in with my music folders, (meaning my Homework folder would be mixed in between Holly Golightly and Hot Hot Heat - not ideal by any stretch of the imagination).
This is making me CRAZY and I am quickly approaching my 14 day return policy . . . . sob.

Call Apple tech support before your option to return runs out and I am sure they will help.

Take the Plunge to G5?

I think I'm ready to take the plunge and buy an iMac G5 (found a very good deal on line). But before I do I need to know a few basics about software and whether much of my current software will be unusable with OS 10.3 or 10.4, in which case replacing the software could make the whole thing too expensive. My question is: with some of the software I now use almost daily (especially Photoshop 4.5, and Microsoft Office 97), will these programs work with OS 10,or does OS 10 require newer versions of these software? Would they work with the "Classic" part of OS 10 if not with OS 10 itself? And is Classic like reverting to OS 9? To move from OS 10 to Classic do you have to reboot or can you make the change while booted up? I know these are very basic questions, but they are ones I will need to know before deciding whether to take the plunge.
HK

none of your OS 9 software will work natively in OS X. OS X is an entirely different operating system.
Photoshop 4.5 is a very old version., so it office 97. They probably could run in the classic environment, but more slowly. You might be better off getting something like photoshop elements and using appleworks (comes with the iMac)
As for how classic works, you don't have to reboot to use it. OS 9 boots up within a window and then operates in the background. When you use an OS 9 program, it will come up in windows that look like the OS 9. Classic programs won't be able to use access all the features that OS X programs can.
Where did you find a good deal on the iMac you are considering. Apple controls pricing pretty well, so if its new, its going to cost about the same everywhere. Anything substantially lower that isn't from a regular retailer should be regarded as suspicious. If its used, make sure it comes with the original system disks.

HT1338 What if doing this says that my software is up to date, but it isn't. Im running Mac 10.5.8, so I can't get itunes 10.7 which means i can't put music on my iphone 5! I am beginnging to think I should just take my iphone back because this is ridic

I am trying to put songs onto my brand new iPhone. I have itunes version 10.6.3 and it says that I need 10.7 or earlier in order to sync the IPhone, so I found that download, attempted to download it, but now it says you need Mac OS X 10.6.8 or better. I'm running 10.5.8, can't find anywhere on the website an option to update my computer to 10.6.8, tried the software update option and it comes up saying my software is up to date. I am now extremely frustrated and ready to take my iPhone back to future shop and to tell them to keep it. I had this exact same problem when I got my new iPad in october. It still doesn't have any music on it because I could figure this out. Someone please help!

Correct. When you purchase devices, they would have stated the OS they needed to work, on the box. This can be overlooked, but it is very important to check when purchasing.
You current OS, is so old, that they technology build into the new devices, is not something your OS understands. It didn't exist when your OS was created, and therefore you need to upgrade the OS to work with the newer technology of these devices.
10.6 software is not downloadable. You must purchase a DVD disc. You can order it from the on-line apple store
- http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard.

HT204368 I recently upgraded from an iPhone 4s to an iPhone 5. I have a Motorola HX550 Bluetooth Headset which worked flawlessly with the iPhone 4s. However, since upgrading to the iPhone 5, I frequently lose audio when in the middle of a call. I am no

I recently upgraded from an iPhone 4s to an iPhone 5. I have a Motorola HX550 Bluetooth Headset which worked flawlessly with the iPhone 4s. However, since upgrading to the iPhone 5, I frequently lose audio when in the middle of a call. I am not certain whether it is a full disconnect or just an audio loss. The person on the other end reports still being able to hear me, however, I suppose they could hear me speaking over another source even if bluetooth disconnected. The loss of audio is always preceded by a quick shrill noise, so I can easily tell when it happens. All I have to do to fix the problem is to select Audio Source on the call screen, temporarily switch audio back to the iPhone, and then switch back to the headset, and then it starts working again.
Is is important to note that I am not the only one experiencing this issue:
This is a link to someone using the Motorola H19txt headset experiencing the same issue
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/94ac15ad7c
If you go to the Plantronics website and look at the "Ratings and Reviews" on the Voyager Legend you will see the same issue reported:
http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/voyager-legend (next paragraph is taken from the review since there is no direct link to the review.
Really nice Headset unless you own an Iphone 5. I own several Plantronics headsets and have always loved the quality/ performance. This headset seems not to be compatible with the new Iphone 5. In the middle of a conversation it will lose all incoming audio. This leaves you trying to switch audio sources really fast in order not to lose your phone call. Ive tried 3 legend headsets and they all do the same thing. Hopefully this gets fixed soon because the headset is really nice
Since this issue appears to affect multiple headsets from multiple vendors, I think it is fair to conclude that it is an issue with the iPhone5 bluetooth itself.
I am posting this as a new discussion as I don't see any other posts specific to this iPhone 5 Bluetooth issue. I would have reported this as a problem to Apple, but don't seem to be able to find a way to do this on the web. Hopefully they are already aware, but if not, maybe they will see i here.

here is an interesting thing: take the iphone and set lock screen to never. Now make an email with siri--be sure to activate her with call button. get to the body and get some text in there. then just stop talking. LOCK SCREEN APPEARS!!!!!! and of course you draft is gone.
There does seem to be a work around for some--maybe all these issues. Don't use the call button--use the buttons on the phone.
Siri seems to behave properly with scenerio above---sans call button. She does not go to lock.

The iPhone could not be restored. There is not enough memory available.

Hi guys,
you all seem the be fairly acquainted with all possible iPhone problems. I was searching this forum for an answer to my problem. iTunes won't restore my iPhone because of an error mentioned in the title of this topic - The iPhone could not be restored. There is not enough memory available. I haven't found anything on the net that I haven't tried yet.
Am using Windows XP, iTunes 7.4.3 and the iPhone used to be on the firmware 1.0.2. I was trying to do the restore but it gave me that error message. I tryed uninstalling everything with WinASO registry cleaner, iTunes, apple device thing(or whatever), installed it 3 times, tried to force the previous firmware with Shift+restore, but nothing. I also tried to switch USB ports. I followed the instruction on how to remove iTunes exactly like it was described in another thread - no success.
Is there any help you can maybe provide, but don't tell me to go/send it to an Apple Store, since I live in Europe, where there is no official iPhone yet.
PLease help

iohen wrote:
Hi,
is there a newer version of iTunes than 7.4.3, which I am already using ?
I don't think so.
And no, the iPhone has not been hacked before, I was using it like iPod, internet browser and stuff. But no calls.
My version of iTunes say 7.4.3.1.
I assume that by saying that your iPhone has not been hacked before means "it has never been hacked."
Are you paying AT&T for monthly service?
I would still try to download a fresh copy of iTunes if possible.
If it does not work, I think that you need to take the iPhone back to the Apple Store or call AppleCare for assistance. The store, and AppleCare, has a number of software tools to potentially diagnose the problems you are encountering.

Can I use the iphone charger to charge ipad

Can I safely use the iPhone charger to charge an iPad or iPad mini? I realize that the iPhone charger will charge the iPad/iPad mini at a slower rate, but does it have the potential to overheat or burn out the iPhone charger? I ask this because it is more convenient to take the iPhone charger on trips and a longer charge time is not a problem.

The only problem is the slow rate of charge. You would do better to carry the iPad charger and use it also for the phone. That is perfectly OK too.

Is the iPhone 5 lightning cable also covered under AppleCare?

My iPhone lightning cable is starting to fall apart.
I never take it anywhere. It just stays plugged in at home and all I use it for is connecting to my iPhone 5 for charging, etc. So it's definitely never been abused.
It came with my iPhone 5 which I got October of 2012, so the iPhone 5 itself is still under the 2 year AppleCare warranty. Do they cover the lightning cable too? I can't believe it has started to wear out like this just from daily plugging in.
doug

mende1 wrote:
Of course. AppleCare covers your iPhone and the accessories that came with it, including the Lightning cable. Just make an appointment at an Apple Store or reseller and take the iPhone and the cable to get it replaced for free.
Here in Japan it was even easier than that. I just had to call AppleCare and they will deliver one by express service, and pick up the old one. No need to make an appointment, or to actually go anywhere.
doug

Just bought 2 of the iPhone 5's 4 days ago mine worked just fine but my wife's will not conect to the data plan so is unable to get on net or chats unless she is home on the wifi connection what to do? Went to the carrier they sed it's apples issue

They do not have any to give her a dif one so now what

If you have tried a reboot, hold both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears and it restarts, ignoring the red slider if it appears, and there is not a difference in bahvaior, take the iPhone to an Apple store genius bar and have the techs check it out for replacement.

Noise of the iPhone 5 s

When I shake your iPhone 5s noise at the top of your phone. Guard looked no sound from the phone and not the SIM card ... bought the phone for 4 days.
And no, it is not a shock.

If you have tried a reboot, hold both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears and it restarts, ignoring the red slider if it appears, and there is not a difference in bahvaior, take the iPhone to an Apple store genius bar and have the techs check it out for replacement.

Ready to take the Iphone plunge......................

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