the fourth generation iPhone
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Can I safely charge my iPhone 4 overnight on a regular basis?
First time caller, long time listener: I've seen this question asked on a few other sites but with no "definitive" answers.
The Apple website on iPhone batteries is ambiguous, at best, and the ...
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6answers
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How can iPhone be used when wearing gloves?
In colder weather wearing gloves is essential. Looks like iPhone 4 completely ignores touches of fingers in gloves. So I sometimes even see people controlling their iPhones by touching them with their ...
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How do I move a contact on the iPhone from one group to another?
I have about 20 contacts on my iPhone that is in the wrong group. How can I move them to another group?
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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?
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Flaky iPhone 4 Home Button
For the past few weeks, I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button (the round button at the bottom of the front) does not work very well Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very ...
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How do I restore my iPhone from an iCloud backup?
I just installed iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 several days ago, and I backed it up to iCloud. After performing a sync with my PC, it deleted a bunch of apps. I'd like to restore these from the iCloud backup.
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What are the disadvantages of jailbreaking iPhone 4 even if it's legal?
What are the disadvantages of jailbreaking the iPhone 4 even if it's legal? I'm interested in disadvantages in any and all terms, but especially about the warranty, future updates of iOS, and ...
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How can I block specific telephone numbers on my iPhone 4?
How can I block specific telephone numbers on my iPhone? I don't want to get call from specific numbers. if anyone call to me from the blocked number, he should receive a message that "this number ...
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Has anyone else seen “iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it”?
Just now, upon taking my iPhone 4 out of my pocket where it lives, I was faced with a screen saying "iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it" (see below - screenshot mysteriously still ...
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How to clean old iPhone 4 for selling after buying a new iPhone 5?
I just upgraded to the iPhone 5 and plan on selling my old iPhone 4. However, I want to make sure I don't keep any personal information (photos, emails, contacts) on the device. Since both iPhones are ...
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Can I transfer photos from iPhone 4 to a MacBook via Bluetooth?
Is there any way to transfer photos from the iPhone 4 camera roll to a MacBook over Bluetooth?
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What speed does the A4 in the iPhone 4 run at?
Apple made a big deal about the iPad's A4 running at 1GHz, but they've never said how fast the iPhone 4's processor is. In the teardown, iFixit mentions that the iPhone 4 uses an A4 but never gives a ...
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How do I download photos from my iPhone?
I find it very complicated to move photos taken with my iPhone into my pc's photo library.
I used to take photos with a compact camera, and pc applications could very easily import the photos ...
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How do I stop the phone from erasing it's contents when I want to “manually manage” it?
Hi all I was wondering why is it that when I want to manually manage my iphone data, the phone agrees to let me do that only after erasing all the contents already on the iphone?
How do I stop the ...
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Does iMessage work on both Wi-Fi and 3G?
Will iMessage work on 3G if the sender or receiver isn't connected to a wi-fi network?
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Can I use an iPad charger with my iPhone 4?
Is there any harm in using the iPad charger for iPhone 4?
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Why is my battery time so much shorter after jailbreak?
I've been impressed with the better battery time of my new iPhone 4 as compared to the 3G I had before. Yesterday evening, I finally jailbroke the 4, and the battery time today has been much worse ...
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The Casing & Protective Layer for iPhone 4 is Free, or Is It?
We all understand that the way to solve iPhone 4's antennagate problem is to use case and a protective layer. As far as I understand, Steve Jobs said that all these case and protective layer is ...
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Does the oleophobic effect of the iPhone screen wear off over time?
Unlike predecessors, the iPhone 4 has a screen that is more resistant to smears and smudges.
Is this a property of the glass itself, or is it a coating that will wear off over time? If it wears off, ...
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Are there any DIY remedies for a iPhone 4 home button that doesn't always register?
The home button on my iPhone seems to work on and off.
It does take me back to the home screen but it feels like there is a loose connection and does not trigger on every press.
Is there a fix to ...
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White iPhone 4 vs. black iPhone 4
Other than the color, what exactly are the difference between the black and the white iPhone 4?
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Is there a way to restore the iPhone's oleophobic screen coating once it's worn off?
My iPhone 4 is about 15 months old now and the screen has completely lost the oleophobic property is had when it was new: finger smears now show up just like they do on other phones. Contrary to the ...
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iPhone 4 requires recalibrating the compass almost every time I use it
My iPhone 4 asks me to recalibrate the compass by using a figure 8 motion almost every time I use it.
I'm wondering if this happens because my phone is defective, or if other people are having the ...
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Can I tether with my iPhone 4 without jailbreaking my phone or paying for the additional service?
Basically, I want to be able to tether my laptop to my iPhone 4 but I don't want to pay for extra service or lose my unlimited plan. I've heard there were some apps that had easter eggs but are no ...
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Can you FaceTime over 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4?
Can you FaceTime over 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4?
If so, can you FaceTime in following situations?
A initiates FaceTime over 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4. B is also on 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4.
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Can I “hide” the keyboard on my iPhone 4 the way you can on the iPad?
When using my iPad to, for example, write an email, I have the option to press a button and hide the keyboard. This is useful for reviewing an email prior to sending it.
Is there a similar feature ...
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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 many HD video minutes do I get per 1GB of free storage?
I have 7GB free. If I give that to someone to record, what sort of ballpark figure would I get for a HD video recording? There may be about 10 individual videos being recorded over a couple of hours, ...
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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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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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Is it possible to upload files to a website from Safari on iPhone?
I'm trying to upload a photo from my iPhone 4 to a website. However, the browse button to display the select file dialog is disabled. Normally this works fine on my Windows PC. Should I be able to ...
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Are there general or specific iOS6 performance issues on iPhone 4?
I would like to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS6 but I'm wondering if I will get performance loss (as when I upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS4 : terrible).
Can someone confirm that it won't affect my day to ...
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How can I receive FM radio broadcasts on my iPhone 4?
How to listen my local FM stations in my iphone 4? Like I can listen with my old Nokia phone, without using Internet, GPRS etc.
Is iPhone 4 lacking this facility?
I heard about "Pandora Radio" but ...
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How to open (and read) .txt files using iPhone?
I have some notes (a few thousand lines) saved as .txt files on my computer and I was wondering if there is anyway I could export those notes to the iPhone, such that it is possible to read those ...
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iPhone 4 - sound only comes out of one speaker
I have notices that sound only comes out of one speaker on the bottom of my phone. Is it playing in mono or is the other "speaker" actually a microphone?
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Does a Wireshark implementation exist for iPhone 4?
Does a Wireshark implementation exist for iPhone 4? I recently felt a need to have some tools with me at all times.
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Can I use an old iPhone as a wifi-only device?
I have an AT&T (GSM) iPhone 4. If I were to upgrade to an iPhone 5, could I simply pop the SIM out of my iPhone 4 and continue using it on wifi only?
Would I also need to get the SIM deactivated ...
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iPhone 4 (and 4s) won't take a screen shot. What should I do?
After owning an iPad for a couple of years, last week I purchased my first iPhone. I've been well aware of the feature where you press the power button + Home key, and iOS will take a screenshot of ...
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How to take a full length (past screen length) screenshot using iPhone?
I've read How I can save a screenshot of an iPhone application? however I wanted to take a full page (full length of app, past screen length) screenshot.
For example, this should be the resulting ...
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Is too much charge time bad for your iPhone? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I safely charge my iPhone 4 overnight on a regular basis?
Is leaving the phone on the charger overnight really really bad for your iPhone?
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Why can't I delete messages from my IMAP account on my iPhone 4?
I have an iPhone 4 and have set up mail with an IMAP account. When I delete a message a popup says Unable to move message - The message could not be moved to the trash folder.
How can I fix this?
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Does anyone have experience with buying an officially unlocked iPhone 4 in the US? [closed]
Does anyone has experience buying an iPhone 4 to be unlocked (oficially by Apple) in the US?
iPhones are unlocked by Apple, after you request the unlock to your carrier (once you have paid the ...
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My iPhone no longer mounts in Windows. Tries to install “MTP USB Device” .. which fails
When I plug my iPhone 4 into my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop, it syncs just fine with iTunes, but it no longer mounts on the desktop for me to transfer pictures and videos.
When I plug it in, Windows ...
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How to make a jailbroken iPhone appear un-jailbroken to network provider?
I'd like to jailbreak my iPhone but have it appear to my network provider as if it isn't jailbroken. This should be do-able, but what do I need to do to make this happen?
I have an iPhone 4 ...
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application for iPhone to read bar codes
I need to read different bar codes, and would be great that I can use my iPhone for that. Currently I have an application to read QRCodes but I'm looking to read PDF417 too.
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How can I capture a screenshot of an entire webpage in iPhone's Safari browser?
How to capture screenshot of entire webpage in iPhone's Safari browser like I can take in my Desktop with Help of Firefox Addon called Fireshot?
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Life of iPhone 4 LED flash?
How many hours can the iPhone 4's camera flash last before it burns out? Have there been any studies done / reports published, or is it just assumed that you probably will need a new iPhone before the ...
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iPhone keeps trying to iMessage someone who no longer has an iPhone
My friend used to have an iPhone and we would talk via iMessage but when he switched to a droid it keeps trying to send him iMessages instead of SMS and the text messages take twice as long to send. ...
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How can I synchronize contacts with Google?
How can I download (also, possibly upload from my iPhone) contacts of my Google account?
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Why does iPhone 4 lose its VPN connection on sleep or screen lock?
I've setup a VPN connection using AnchorFree.com on my iPhone 4 which works great, the issue I have is when my iPhone goes to sleep or screen locks the VPN connection appears to auto disconnect and ...
