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Why is my iPhone 4 slower with iOS 6 than iOS 5?
The phone has been running perfectly fine with iOS 5.1.1 and yet the moment I switch to iOS 6 I have started looking up applications to free-up memory. Obviously the OS is consuming more memory for ...
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1answer
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Can I upgrade my iPhone from iOS 4.2.1 to iOS 5? iTunes only shows iOS 6
I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2.1. I want to upgrade my iPhone to iOS 5, but iTunes will only let me upgrade the iPhone to iOS 6. I'd prefer not to, since many important apps don't work in India, ...
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Is It Possible to Have the iPhone Speak the Name of the Caller?
I am wondering if there is any software or any way that the iPhone can can be made to speak the name of the person who is calling. The reason I am asking is because I use a bluetooth headset all of ...
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iMessage not working on iPhone without sim
My friend never had a sim for her iPhone 4. She uses the phone as a skype device and camera (and she loved it that way!). I recently persuaded her to update to iOS 5.1, created a new iCloud account ...
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How do I get my iOS5 iPhone 4 (and 3GS) to play a .wav file attachment in email?
I have a phone service that sends me emails of voicemails in .wav files as attachments. How do I get them to play on my iPhone 4 (and 3GS)?
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Lock Iphone by single click icon [closed]
Currently I am working in Apple IOS, I need to lock the Apple Iphone by single click icon. is there is any API or code is available for this kind of tasks ?
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Sending Pictures from iPhone - Orientation is Wrong
I have an iPhone 4. I take a picture, send it to a friend, and regardless of how I sent the photo...the size I send, the orientation of the camera when I shoot the photo... most of my photos arrive to ...
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2answers
551 views
Is there an app on Cydia that will let me turn off dock audio?
I have an iPhone 4 with some slight water damage. The only issue is that when I am listening on headphones, occasionally it thinks that it is docked (which silences the headphones), then half a ...
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iOS 5 Music App: The circle with the small square in it next to the song title
I would like to know how to remove the songs with this shape next to their title because they seem to mess up the song play. When they appear the music app stops playing music...
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Swipe To Delete songs in a playlist
Is it possible to delete a song from a playlist with a 'swipe to delete'? I thought this was possible, but I am not able to do this. I'm running iOS 5.0.1.
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2answers
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Does “Group Message” mean that all recipients would “see” each other?
I was wondering if I send a message to two (or more) people using iOS5, will the message automatically be a "Group Message"?
So, does that mean that in the above picture, John would know that I've ...
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1answer
236 views
How can I tell when the iPhone is actively using GPS versus only using region monitoring?
I run Google Latitude on an iPhone 4 with background updates turned on. How can I distinguish between when it's actively grabbing the location vs when it's using region monitoring to wait for the ...
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Enable mirroring on iPhone 4 (over-the-air)
Through a cydia tweak or otherwise, is it possible to enable over-the-air mirroring for unsupported-by-default devices, i.e. iPhone 4, iPad 1 et al.?
You would think it's a popular question but all ...
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1answer
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How to figure out what's causing a jailbroken iPhone to crash?
My iPhone 4 runs iOS 5.0.1 and is jailbroken. It has recently become unstable: it often crashes and restarts in safe mode. Then, in safe mode, I can choose to restart and it will often go right back ...
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1answer
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Audio output and volume controls gone after updating to iOS 5.1
I have an iPhone 4 (Verizon, Model MD146LL) and I just upgraded from iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5.1 (9B176) using Settings > General > Software Update.
Immediately after completing the update, I noticed that ...
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listing all processes in iOS 5.0.1
How could one go about viewing all the processes in an ssh session to my (jailbroken)iphone? I'm currently able to ssh in, I have bash installed, core utilities installed, shell-cmds package installed ...
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ios and mediaserverd
I just read about playing media files via the browser, which in turn uses mediaserverd in iOS. Is there any place(a wiki perhaps) where I could find details about which file formats are supported by ...
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Unable to Restore iPhone 4 and ERROR -50
I'm using Windows XP SP3. I installed iOS 5 on my iPhone 4. The installation process went OK, but, when trying to restore my contents, it gives me ERROR -50. I tried all the different things ...
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1answer
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Cannot add a photo to an album in Camera Roll
In the Photos app on my iPhone 4 with iOS 5, I cannot add a photo in the Camera Roll to another album. The album is there, but I cannot select it after tapping on the "Add to" button.
The album I am ...
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iPhone making no noise except ringtones
My wife's iPhone is playing up. It won't make any noise except for when it revceives a call. Messages, etc. only vibrate. Just now it made the unlock sound when I unlocked it, but I can't get it to ...
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Stop VPN Disconnecting when going to Sleep
When the iPhone (4) goes to sleep, the VPN will disconnect.
Is there any way to disable this behavior as it's sometimes a bit annoying.
I am jailbroken, and the server I'm connecting to is Windows ...
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iPhone lock screen/multitasking bar audio controls don't work
From time to time (in fact very often) my iPhone will stop displaying the lock screen "now playing" info, and subsequently the controls won't be there.
I can still start the music app playing ...
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Email downloads but then is immediately removed
I this problem at the moment where when I check my email, it downloads an email and I see it at the top of the list (it's from SongKick). I just see the subject and sender, not the body. After about ...
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Can't Control Volume on Lockscreen with Volume Buttons on iPhone
I upgraded to iOS 5 and I just noticed that I can no longer control the volume level on the phone by pressing the volume buttons while the screen is locked. I recall distinctly that I was able to do ...
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1answer
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How does “…” while replying works?
I realised that in iOS-5 sms app, if I send an sms to my friend and he is replying, there will be a "..." showing.
How is it possible that I could be notified while he is replying? How does it work?
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iMessage truncating messaging history
A coworker of mine has recently noticed that for any person with whom he has a long SMS history, and with whom iMessage routing has started, the messaging logs with that person are now being ...
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1answer
442 views
What does the “Suggest” menu item do, on iOS 5?
What does the "Suggest…" menu item do? I am referring to the one that comes straight after the "Paste" item.
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Failed to Change Carrier-Logo on a jailbreaked iPhone 4 with iOS 5
today, i wanted to change my carrier logo on my iPhone.
Every Tutorial failed. Even if i complete delete my Carrier-Folder: nothing happens.
The path on the iPhone: /System/Library/Carrier ...
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iPhone: Is it possible to gift paid app to another user?
Is it possible to gift apps to another iTunes account ?
I want to accomplish the following:
Select payed application → Gift to friend → Payment of app → Send to friend → ...
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iPhone 4 cannot restore to iOS 5 in DFU mode
I download the iOS 5 firmware file for my iPhone 4 (GSM): iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw. I put my iPhone in DFU mode and Alt+Clicked the Restore button in iTunes. I then selected the .ipsw that I ...
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Updating a Jail-Broken iPhone
I've jail-broken my iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3.3). I cannot restore it cause I don't have access to the computer that I used for jail-breaking my iPhone. Now I want to update my iPhone to iOS 5. Does it break ...
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iPhone 4 locked out while on holiday, how can I unlock it? [closed]
I arrived in Greece yesterday and suddenly this morning my phone turned off, then on again and now it says Activation Required. When I unlock it to try and do it, I get the message:
This device is ...
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Does the iPhone 4 still vibrate in your ear if you receive a text message during a call?
With iOS 5 upon us, does the iPhone 4 still vibrate in your ear if you receive a text message (or any kind of notification) during a call?
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How does iOS 5 decide what mailbox to watch for new mail?
I have a new iPhone 4 (not S). I have installed iOS 5 on it. I have configured an Exchange active-sync mailbox for my mail.
I have three Exchange rules running on incoming messages in order to sort ...
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Facebook push not working
I have an iPhone 4 with iOS5 and Facebook and Messenger push notifications are not working for me, or they're delivered hours after they should be.
I had jailbrake on iOS 4.x and always assumed that ...
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Short battery life on a brand new iPhone
Well I got my iPhone 4 about a week ago. When I got it I did several full charging cycles, 3-5 if I remember correctly. And these days an iPhone battery really seemed "unkillable". It was really hard ...
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How can I take a larger screenshot on my iPhone?
I would like to take a screenshot of an entire web page in Mobile Safari, not just the part that's visible on the screen. I'm running iOS 5 on an iPhone 4, but I'm pretty sure this functionality isn't ...
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How can I get rid of extra “Photo Stream” album on iPhone?
On my iPhone (and iPad) I have "Photo Stream" enabled for my primary Apple ID (I have others setup for mail, etc).
On my iPad it works fine - I see the one "Photo Stream" button and everything shows ...
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How to proceed with iOS set up without Wi-Fi network?
I have just restored my iPhone 4 to iOS 5 factory settings but it requires a Wi-Fi network although I do not have a wireless access point in or around my house.
Can I not use the iOS 5 without a ...
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iOS 5 OTA sync went over 3G instead of wifi
I upgraded my iPhone 4 to iO 5 last night, setup iCloud and went to sleep.
In the morning, I noticed that my fully charged phone had completely discharged and my Mac iTunes was showing a notice that ...
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After iOS 5 update can't open Photos.app
Camera works and stores somewhere photos. But I can't open Photo.app...
I have tried many things to solve this problem:
Quiting Photo.app
iPhone restrat
iPhone restore
Image Capture doesn't sea ...
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2answers
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After i downloaded the new iOS 5 for my iPhone 4 safari isn't any different? [closed]
i downloaded the new iOS 5 for my iPhone 4 and safari is the same as it was and i was under the assumption that it would be somewhat different?
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After updating to iOS5, Safari will not run on jailbroken iPhone 4
Clicking Safari brings up the launch screen for Safari and then it immediately quits. Double clicking the Home button shows Safari is still running. Quitting it and restarting does not help. ...
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Why do I have an “iMessage” and an “SMS” thread for my contact?
I recently updated to iOS5, One of my friends messaged me through iMessage, the sender name was his @gmail.com address.
The message appeared in a seperated thread to the existing SMS messages I had ...
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Why does my iPhone use so much “other” space after upgrade to iOS 5?
After upgrading my iPhone, there is about 10 gigabytes assigned to Other that I don't remember seeing before.
What could be causing this space to be filled?