iPhone
V2 Tips
and
Tricks
All
these
functions
are
availalbe
into the
new V2
firmware
- we can
unlock
this
firmware
now,
click 'Order'
to
proceed!
1. Force-quit an
application.
Now
that the
iPhone
is a
real
handheld
computer,
it's not
immune
from the
occasional
misbehaving
application.
If one
freezes
up on
you,
force-quit
by
pressing
and
holding
the Home
button
for 6
seconds.
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| Make reservations the easy way. |
2.
Make
reservations
the easy
way.
If
you're
looking
up a
phone
number
for
something
in
Safari—say
a
restaurant
or a
hotel—there's
no need
to leave
the page
when you
find it.
Simply
tap the
number
right on
the
page;
the
iPhone
will
dial it
automatically.
3.
Double-down
with
scrolling.
Many
Web
pages
contain
separate
text
boxes
with
their
own
scroll
bars. If
you're
trying
to move
around
in one,
try
this:
Zoom in,
and then
scroll
with two
fingers
instead
of one.
That
will let
you
scroll
just
inside
the box
and not
affect
the
position
of the
entire
page.
4.
Maximize
battery
life,
part 1.
iPhone
and
iPhone
3G
models
have
more
sensors
than
just the
accelerometer.
For
example,
they
have a
separate
sensor,
situated
right
above
the
earpiece,
that
detects
ambient
light.
The
iPhone
uses
this
sensor
only
once per
session,
though,
just as
you
unlock
the
handset.
But if
you
cover
the
sensor
as you
unlock
the
phone,
you will
trick
the
handset
into
thinking
it's in
a dark
room,
and it
will
power
down the
screen
brightness
as a
result.
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| Maximize battery life, part 2 |
5.
Maximize
battery
life,
part 2.
The
iPhone's
newfound
e-mail
synchronization
abilities
are
useful,
but they
also
drain
the
battery
more
quickly.
If
that's a
concern,
under
Fetch
New
Data,
set
e-mail
fetch
time to
Hourly,
and turn
Push
off.
6.
Grab a
screenshot.
The
latest
iPhone
software
lets you
easily
take
screenshots
of just
about
anything.
To grab
one,
hold
down the
Home
button
and
press
the
Sleep/Wake
button.
The
iPhone
will
deposit
a photo
of the
current
screen
in the
iPhone's
Photo
application.
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| Get a bigger keyboard in Safari. |
7.
Get a
bigger
keyboard
in
Safari.
Before
you
begin
browsing,
rotate
the
phone
horizontally.
Now tap
the
address
bar.
Voilà: a
wider
keyboard.
Now if
Apple
would
only add
this
feature
in more
applications
instead
of just
Safari….
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| Keep Safari's address bar handy. |
8.
Keep
Safari's
address
bar
handy.
Ever
scroll
pretty
far down
a Web
page,
only to
find
that the
address
bar has
disappeared?
No need
to
scroll
back
up—instead,
tap the
top part
of the
screen.
The
address
bar will
reappear,
regardless
of where
you are
on the
actual
Web
page.
9.
Enter
punctuation
quickly.
To
enter a
period
while
using
the
on-screen
keyboard,
hold
down the
Punctuation
key and
slide
your
finger
over to
the
Period
button.
Then
release
it.
(This
works
for all
punctuation,
of
course.)
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| Ride the dot-com wave. |
10.
Ride the
dot-com
wave.
When
keying
in Web
addresses,
the
iPhone
gives
you a
very
useful
.com
button
that
lets you
add the
four
characters
in one
press.
But as
with the
desktop
version
of
Safari,
you can
even
leave
that
out:
Safari
will
automatically
add it
for you.
Bonus
tip:
hold
down the
.com
button;
you'll
be
presented
with a
list of
alternate
domain
endings,
such as
.net,
.edu,
and
.org.
