July 15, 2009 at 03:3615 iPhone hacks to make your life easier
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Undoubtedly, many will say that the iPhone has everything you can expect from a smartphone. And although it actually gives us a lot, modern society will always want more. We are not dissatisfied with the iPhone (yes, this is an amazing thing), but we still would like to add a little more than functionality, because the truth is that there are small tasks that cannot be solved without introducing a small hack. And besides, there are things that Apple simply would not want to allow you.
This list consists of 15 items that will allow you to get that modest increase in functionality that optimizes the work of the iPhone. These changes will undoubtedly further improve your attitude to mobile devices and just make life easier ...
All hacks have been tested and we confirm their operability.
Although iPhone OS 3.0 supports push notifications, it does not include a push version of Google Mail. And while normal support for Gmail does not exist, we have found a very ... well oooh very good solution to this problem - the Prowl application .
At the moment, you will not be notified of new mail until the phone checks its availability, and this contradicts Push-technology. And although the difference is small, but Push allows you to receive mail in real time. In addition, you save battery power, because the phone does not have to constantly check the box, new mail will be automatically redirected to you by the server.
So, about how you still get it. The iTunes App Store has an app called Prowl - Growl Client(link will open iTunes) and it allows you to connect with the famous Growl . Growl is a simple program with only one function - to notify. It notifies you of everything you ask for: completed downloads, new messages in IM, fresh tweets, incoming mail, etc.
So, with Prowl , an application for three North American currency units, each notification from Growl is sent directly to your iPhone This means that as soon as you receive a new letter, you will be notified by Growl on the computer and Prowl on the phone. 1 You just need to download Growland set up notifications of new emails in Google Mail. This is of course not exactly Push, but what difference does it make if the result is exactly what we need.
To use the iPhone as a modem, you do not need a jailbreak, you just have to follow a simple instruction:
Apple allows you to synchronize your phone with only one library, when you try to do this with a different library, iTunes will prompt you to erase everything and continue synchronization.
Let “Computer No. 1” be our native machine, and “Computer No. 2” be the new one with which we are going to synchronize.
On computer # 2, back up “iTunes Music Library.xml” and “iTunes Music Library” (“iTunes Music Library.itl” on Windows).
Download the HEX editor.
Install Spell Number (it's free) from the iTunes App Store and launch it. Dial 91929394.59 and press “Home”. Now in Settings → General → Keyboard, select Emoji under Japanese. Appendix Spell Number can be removed.
Have you tried reading anything on an iPhone while lying in bed? If so, then you were definitely excited by the accelerometer, which turned the image at the slightest movement. That is why reading while lying down is not the easiest task, you always have to look for a specific phone position in which it does not expand the image ... yes, it would be much easier to turn off the accelerometer for a while. 2
Here's how to do it:
This hack is invaluable and I use it constantly, it adds an additional row of number buttons to the keyboard and you don’t have to switch between “ABC” and “123” modes. Shift changes 0-9 to “! @ # $% ^ & * ()”. True, this will make the letters a little smaller, but landscape orientation will save the world.
We act:
The most debilitating experience for an iPhone owner is moving an application from page to page. Especially considering that the average user has about 6 pages of applications, moving them from the last to the first can result in torture, especially if it takes several attempts.
Many simply cannot imagine that all the icons can be moved, even those four in the dock at the bottom of the screen. Well, now, if you need to move the icon, you simply drop it into the dock and scroll to the desired page, pull it out and put where you want. The main thing is not to forget to return the old application to the dock after all the manipulations.
While SlingPlayer and Skype are mega-cool apps, the fact that they are tied to WiFi is a huge disappointment for both developers and users. Developers who spent time on development, in fact, did not even suspect that they would be limited to WiFi. This restriction, of course, exists for a logical reason, AT&T does not want subscribers to eat their income. Users who paid for applications have lost all their value - mobility. After all, where there is WiFi (and it is far from everywhere), you can use a laptop.
But we have good news! There is a hack that allows you to use the full power of these applications over 3G networks.
The trick is that this hack makes your phone believe that you use WiFi, not 3G.
Briefing:
All, more, you are not a victim of AT&T greed.
Like your computer, iPhone also sometimes requires a reboot. Just turn it off for half a minute, and then bring it back to life. You may be surprised how often this works.
Click on the application icon and do not let go, then poke the cross. After that, simply connect the phone to iTunes and resynchronize to return the application back.
Be sure to make a backup, because restoring an iPhone erases all the information, and then overwrites everything that you backed up. It can take some time. If the recovery did not help, give up and wait for the update with bug fixes.
Sometimes your phone may be in a state of shock from the fact that you stuffed into it. Sometimes it’s useful to go through the entire list and erase all unnecessary garbage that you don’t use.
Open Safari and google the word you want in the dictionary.
For example, you often write something about Habr, but the iPhone inexorably says that Habr is actually brave. Just google it and it will no longer correct this word.
There is, of course, the option of adding words to the phone book, which also works, but it takes longer and clogs up the contact list.
Very often people call you and often enough you don’t want to talk to them. A good way to silence your phone without dropping the call is to redirect to voicemail. This is the simplest trick.
How is it done?
Easy, you only need to double-click the Sleep / Wake button on the top right of the phone.
If you use headphones, just double-click on the microphone button. The only drawback, however, will have to listen to the messages left.
Let's imagine that you are typing a lot of transliterated text. Or, for example, you use a huge amount of technical jargon (or call everything and everything in Latin - approx. Transl. ) And the phone always tries to correct what you wrote. Stretch your thumb and press the tiny crossunorthodox irrationally. We are lazy and want to keep our fingers on the keyboard and only if we type.
So, at the end of some strange word that the iPhone was about to correct, you just put “z”. Yes, “z” as in the word “zebra”. Auto correction will disappear immediately. Now just press the backspace to erase the “z” and continue. It seems strange, but still it's better than constantly aiming at the tiny cross. Just give it a try. 4
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1. Prowl currently only works with Mack's Growl, that is, there is a client under Windows, but it is not yet friends with Prowl. True, this should be resolved in the next version. You just have to wait a bit.
2. There is one problem: you can only lock the screen in portrait orientation.
3. Currently available only for iPhone 2.2.1
4. Check if it works with Russian and the letter “I” - approx. perev.
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Afterword. Immediately I want to deprive the most attentive of bread: thirteen hacks. If someone really lacks the two that I omitted, I will translate and add them to the article. The translation came out somewhat free and a little more in places, because the pieces of the guides were translated, which in the original are scattered around the links.
In general, this is my first translation, so I will accept constructive criticism with joy.
This list consists of 15 items that will allow you to get that modest increase in functionality that optimizes the work of the iPhone. These changes will undoubtedly further improve your attitude to mobile devices and just make life easier ...
All hacks have been tested and we confirm their operability.
Turn on Push for Gmail
Although iPhone OS 3.0 supports push notifications, it does not include a push version of Google Mail. And while normal support for Gmail does not exist, we have found a very ... well oooh very good solution to this problem - the Prowl application .
At the moment, you will not be notified of new mail until the phone checks its availability, and this contradicts Push-technology. And although the difference is small, but Push allows you to receive mail in real time. In addition, you save battery power, because the phone does not have to constantly check the box, new mail will be automatically redirected to you by the server.
So, about how you still get it. The iTunes App Store has an app called Prowl - Growl Client(link will open iTunes) and it allows you to connect with the famous Growl . Growl is a simple program with only one function - to notify. It notifies you of everything you ask for: completed downloads, new messages in IM, fresh tweets, incoming mail, etc.
So, with Prowl , an application for three North American currency units, each notification from Growl is sent directly to your iPhone This means that as soon as you receive a new letter, you will be notified by Growl on the computer and Prowl on the phone. 1 You just need to download Growland set up notifications of new emails in Google Mail. This is of course not exactly Push, but what difference does it make if the result is exactly what we need.
We use the iPhone as a modem.
To use the iPhone as a modem, you do not need a jailbreak, you just have to follow a simple instruction:
- Install iPhone OS 3.0.
- Access BenM Help Center from your phone.
- Select your country and operator.
- Run and confirm the installation.
- Now go to Settings → General → Network → Internet Tethering
- ??????
- PROFIT
Synchronization with multiple computers
Apple allows you to synchronize your phone with only one library, when you try to do this with a different library, iTunes will prompt you to erase everything and continue synchronization.
Let “Computer No. 1” be our native machine, and “Computer No. 2” be the new one with which we are going to synchronize.
On computer # 2, back up “iTunes Music Library.xml” and “iTunes Music Library” (“iTunes Music Library.itl” on Windows).
Download the HEX editor.
- On computer # 1, open “iTunes Music Library.xml” using any text editor and find the text “Library Persistent ID”.
- Next to “Library Persistent ID”, find and copy the key between the and tags.
- On computer No. 2, find and replace (after copying it, it will still be useful to us) key No. 2 with key No. 1.
- Open the “iTunes Music Library” (“iTunes Music Library.itl” on Windows) using the HEX editor on computer # 2.
- Locate and replace key # 2 with key # 1.
- Save and close.
- Launch iTunes on computer # 2 and connect the phone.
- Select “Manually manage music and videos”.
- You will no longer be intimidated by data erasure.
Enabling Emoji Icons in OS 3.0
Install Spell Number (it's free) from the iTunes App Store and launch it. Dial 91929394.59 and press “Home”. Now in Settings → General → Keyboard, select Emoji under Japanese. Appendix Spell Number can be removed.
Accelerometer Shutdown
Have you tried reading anything on an iPhone while lying in bed? If so, then you were definitely excited by the accelerometer, which turned the image at the slightest movement. That is why reading while lying down is not the easiest task, you always have to look for a specific phone position in which it does not expand the image ... yes, it would be much easier to turn off the accelerometer for a while. 2
Here's how to do it:
- First, jailbreak your iPhone.
- Launch Cydia .
- Find and install Boss Prefs .
- Locate and install Rotation Inhibitor .
- To disable the accelerometer, run Boss Prefs and find the corresponding option there.
Digital row for QWERTY-keyboard
This hack is invaluable and I use it constantly, it adds an additional row of number buttons to the keyboard and you don’t have to switch between “ABC” and “123” modes. Shift changes 0-9 to “! @ # $% ^ & * ()”. True, this will make the letters a little smaller, but landscape orientation will save the world.
We act:
- Jailbreak.
- Open Cydia .
- We are looking for and downloading 5-Row QWERTY . 3
Easy page navigation
The most debilitating experience for an iPhone owner is moving an application from page to page. Especially considering that the average user has about 6 pages of applications, moving them from the last to the first can result in torture, especially if it takes several attempts.
Many simply cannot imagine that all the icons can be moved, even those four in the dock at the bottom of the screen. Well, now, if you need to move the icon, you simply drop it into the dock and scroll to the desired page, pull it out and put where you want. The main thing is not to forget to return the old application to the dock after all the manipulations.
We use Skype and SlingPlayer via 3G
While SlingPlayer and Skype are mega-cool apps, the fact that they are tied to WiFi is a huge disappointment for both developers and users. Developers who spent time on development, in fact, did not even suspect that they would be limited to WiFi. This restriction, of course, exists for a logical reason, AT&T does not want subscribers to eat their income. Users who paid for applications have lost all their value - mobility. After all, where there is WiFi (and it is far from everywhere), you can use a laptop.
But we have good news! There is a hack that allows you to use the full power of these applications over 3G networks.
The trick is that this hack makes your phone believe that you use WiFi, not 3G.
Briefing:
- Jailbreak.
- Launch Cydia .
- We search and install Tricker ThreeG .
- Click “Confirm”.
- We use SlingPlayer , Skype , or Fring .
All, more, you are not a victim of AT&T greed.
Stop application crashes
Reboot
Like your computer, iPhone also sometimes requires a reboot. Just turn it off for half a minute, and then bring it back to life. You may be surprised how often this works.
Reinstall
Click on the application icon and do not let go, then poke the cross. After that, simply connect the phone to iTunes and resynchronize to return the application back.
Recovery
Be sure to make a backup, because restoring an iPhone erases all the information, and then overwrites everything that you backed up. It can take some time. If the recovery did not help, give up and wait for the update with bug fixes.
Saturday
Sometimes your phone may be in a state of shock from the fact that you stuffed into it. Sometimes it’s useful to go through the entire list and erase all unnecessary garbage that you don’t use.
Dictionary Extension
Open Safari and google the word you want in the dictionary.
For example, you often write something about Habr, but the iPhone inexorably says that Habr is actually brave. Just google it and it will no longer correct this word.
There is, of course, the option of adding words to the phone book, which also works, but it takes longer and clogs up the contact list.
Call forwarding to voicemail
Very often people call you and often enough you don’t want to talk to them. A good way to silence your phone without dropping the call is to redirect to voicemail. This is the simplest trick.
How is it done?
Easy, you only need to double-click the Sleep / Wake button on the top right of the phone.
If you use headphones, just double-click on the microphone button. The only drawback, however, will have to listen to the messages left.
An easy way to cancel auto-correction
Let's imagine that you are typing a lot of transliterated text. Or, for example, you use a huge amount of technical jargon (or call everything and everything in Latin - approx. Transl. ) And the phone always tries to correct what you wrote. Stretch your thumb and press the tiny cross
So, at the end of some strange word that the iPhone was about to correct, you just put “z”. Yes, “z” as in the word “zebra”. Auto correction will disappear immediately. Now just press the backspace to erase the “z” and continue. It seems strange, but still it's better than constantly aiming at the tiny cross. Just give it a try. 4
______________
1. Prowl currently only works with Mack's Growl, that is, there is a client under Windows, but it is not yet friends with Prowl. True, this should be resolved in the next version. You just have to wait a bit.
2. There is one problem: you can only lock the screen in portrait orientation.
3. Currently available only for iPhone 2.2.1
4. Check if it works with Russian and the letter “I” - approx. perev.
______________
Afterword. Immediately I want to deprive the most attentive of bread: thirteen hacks. If someone really lacks the two that I omitted, I will translate and add them to the article. The translation came out somewhat free and a little more in places, because the pieces of the guides were translated, which in the original are scattered around the links.
In general, this is my first translation, so I will accept constructive criticism with joy.