Finally MMS arrives for iPhone users … yaaaaay! And I’m happy to report that it does exactly what we wanted it to do .. send & receive pictures and videos. But wait, there’s a hidden MMS feature I wasn’t asking for, MMS Voice Message!

I stumbled onto the feature when I went to forward a voice memo to my work email address, and bam … What’s this? … an MMS Button on the Share Voice Memo Using page?

Hidden in the carrier settings update this past Friday was an update to the sharing options of Voice Memos.

So how do you send a MMS voice message?

• Open the Voice Memos app and record your note.
• Select the recording you want to send, tap the share button and select MMS.
• Choose a recipient, add an optional text message if you want and click send.

Your voice note is automatically added to an outgoing MMS and sent.

If you receive a voice note, tap on the audio file icon and the note will play immediately in Quicktime player.

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Before explaining the terms one by one, let’s make sure we understand what jailbreak is and the difference between jailbreak & unlock. Then we’ll take a look at all the other terms you may of heard about when jailbreaking and unlocking.

What’s Jailbreak & Unlock

Jailbreaking is a process that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to run unofficial code on their devices bypassing Apple‘s official distribution mechanism, the App Store. Once jailbroken, iPhone users are able to download many applications previously unavailable through the App Store via unofficial installers such as Cydia and Icy. It’s estimated that 4 million (out of 40 million) iPods and iPhones are jailbroken.

Unlocking refers to the process by which your iPhone can use SIM card from any carrier. For instance, iPhone is exclusively distributed by AT&T in US. In other words, it is locked and iPhone user in US can only use AT&T sim card. By going through the unlock process, your iPhone is allowed to use any carrier.

Jailbreaking Tools

Redsn0w – Redsn0w is the latest generation of Jailbreak tool offered by iPhone Dev Team that supports jailbreaking on iPhone OS 3.0. It supports all models of iPhone including iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS, as well as iPod Touch. Both Windows and Mac version are available. Redsn0w comes with built-in utility to unlock iPhone 2G. Jailbreaking using redsn0w is very straightforward and it is considered as the most user-friendly jailbreak utility iPhone. Redsn0w is also considered as a replacement of QuickPwn.

QuickPwn – Developed by iPhone Dev Team, QuickPwn is a jailbreak utility for iPhone 2G & 3G. It supports jailbreaking up to firmware 2.2.1. Both Windows and Mac versions are available. It also comes with built-in utility to unlock iPhone 2G. QuickPwn is considered as the most user-friendly utility for iPhone Jailbreak and now replaced by redsn0w.

PwnageTool – Also, developed by iPhone Dev Team, PwnageTool is a jailbreak tool for Mac platform only. It supports jailbreaking on iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and firmware level up to 3.0. Same as QuickPwn, it also provides built-in option to unlock iPhone 2G. Compared with QuickPwn, for which it performs jailbreaking directly on iPhone, PwnageTool takes a different approach of jailbreak that it creates a custom firmware file (i.e. IPSW) for jailbreaking. PwnageTool is considered as more flexible as it allows the direct modification of firmware file.

Purplera1n – Purplera1n is an alternative of jailbreak tool to Redsn0w and Pwnagetool for iPhone 3GS only. It is developed by GeoHot, who is the guy that developed an unlock solution for the 1st generation iPhone dated back to 2007. Purplera1n supports both Windows and Mac.

Unlocking Tools

Yellowsn0w – Yellowsn0w is the 1st generation of unlock tool, developed by iPhone Dev team, to unlock iPhone 3G and supports firmware 2.2 (with baseband version 02.28.00). The software is freely available via Cydia. You’ll need to first jailbreak the iPhone before you can install the software.

Ultrasn0w – Ultrasn0w is the 2nd generation of unlock tool, developed by iPhone Dev team, to replace yellowsn0w. It is considered the ultimate unlock tool (as of now) to unlock iPhone 3G and 3GS on iPhone OS 3.0. To use ultrasn0w, it is required to jailbreak your iPhone first. The ultrasn0w software is available from Cydia and it’s free.

Purplesn0w – Developed by GeoHot, Purplesn0w is an alternative to Ultrasn0w for iPhone 3GS unlock. To use Purplesn0w, you’ll need to jailbreak the iPhone with Purplera1n before applying Purplesn0w.

Application Installers

Cydia – Developed by Jay Freeman, cydia is the most common installer for 3rd party iPhone application. Cydia supports the latest version of iPhone OS 3.0 and is installed by default during jailbreak process. Most of the iPhone apps in cydia are free for download. But cydia also offers a cydia store for purchasing paid apps.

Icy – An alternative of Cydia for installing 3rd party apps on iPhone, developed by RipDev. As claimed by the team, Icy offers better performance over cydia and is designed to compatible with any cydia packages. Icy can be installed during jailbreak process.

Installer – Installer is the 1st generation of 3rd party application installer. It supports firmware up to 2.2. Installer is a great app installer before the debut of Cydia. However, as of today, the iPhone apps available on Installer is much less than that on Cydia or Icy.

[SimonBlog]

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I have lost count of how many apps the App Store has to offer.  But I do know that the maximum amount of pages allowed (11) can fill up pretty quick once you start to get out of control with app downloading.  After a couple of years (or days), you’re going to need some more space, right?  Or maybe you just have an app addict problem.  Either way, here is a simple way to expand your page count past 11.

1. Make sure to fill up all of your 11 pages.  It’s not a problem if you have downloaded more, they just won’t be displayed until you finish these steps.
2. Move some of the default apps like “Weather, YouTube, Stocks,” etc. to the last page.
3. Now take an app from the 10^th page and move it over to the 11^th page.  This will force an empty space and also boot the last icon off the page.
4. Download another app to fill in the empty space that was created.
5. You should now see a 12^th home screen which will also have the apps that weren’t visible before.

This is a nice work-around if you prefer to keep the 4×4 layout on your pages. I would suggest taking a look at:

• Fivelrows – Allows you to add a 5th row.
• Five Springboard Column – Allows you to add a 5th column
• Categories – Acts as a filing system allowing you to create folders to categorize your apps.

However, to access these alternatives, you must Jailbreak and access these downloads through Cydia.

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Even though battery life on the iPhone has improved over its lifetime, there is still room for improvement.  On the other hand, you have to realize what you’re running on your handheld computer:  3D graphics, GPS, media streaming, Wi-Fi, etc..  This multimedia device is constantly running processes that we need to try to limit when trying to salvage any type of battery life.  Sure it’s fun to put your device to the max, but keep these 10 tips in mind when you start panicking because you forgot your charger at home.

1. Cycle through your battery at least once a month.  Charge it up to a 100% and let it drain all the way to 0%.  This will give the lithium battery a refresh.
2. Turn off the auto-check email function.  And if you are one who absolutely needs this functionality, at least set the fetch time to a higher number.  If you are one that uses push email services, it is better that you change this option to fetch because it actually uses more power since a connection is left open.
3. If you are not using Bluetooth devices, shut this option off.
4. Turn off 3G when not needed.  If you are in an area where your only purpose is to make calls, drop the 3G service and let it run on EDGE.  Only use 3G if you are heavily relying on data connections for apps, GPS signals, etc..
5. The same goes for Wi-Fi.  Shut off this option if it is not availble or if you are not using this feature for data speed improvements.  You can also just shut off “Ask to join networks” feature in the WiFi settings. If you’re like me, you almost always know when there’s a Wi-Fi network around that you can use on your iPhone, and so it’s pointless (and a waste of battery life) for the iPhone to be constantly searching for one.
6. Use the Auto-Lock setting.  I currently have mine set to 1 minute.  This means after 1 minute your device will go to power down into standby (same as pressing the power/lock button at the top right of the device).  You can improve this setting by getting in the habbit of hitting the power/lock button when you are finished.
7. Try not to play games while using the vibrate setting.  This could suck the life out of your battery the more this gets triggered.
8. Adjust the LCD screen brightness.  You shouldn’t be running this thing at full heat if you want to save battery power.
9. Turn the equalizer off if you listen to music a lot.  Depending what type of music you listen to, this could be beneficial and lengthen the total playtime session.
10. Always make sure your device is up-to-date with the latest firmware.  Upgrades from Apple engineers could lead to improved battery life.

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The time it takes to sync my iPhone keeps getting longer and longer.  All I want to do is update a few apps and add a few songs to my phone. Why must it do a full backup every single time?  It’s taking a ridiculous 5 to 10 minutes to do this.

Sure I can hit the ‘X’ button in the iTunes sync window to cancel the backup and continue with the sync process.  However, this corrupts the previous completed backup, so if your iPhone does tank out, you won’t be able to restore it to any previous states.

If there were only a way to temporarily disable and enable the iTunes backup process.

First, a little background info: With the very first release of the iPhone software (v1.0.0), the backup used to copy over just the SMS, bookmarks, and small amounts of data from here and there. It was an incremental backup and usually didn’t take more than a few seconds. With the 2.0 software update, however, if there is any change in any application or service, iTunes will make a full image of the iPhone file system (excluding music and other media). This amounts to around 250MB for the iPhone file system plus whatever other applications you might have installed. Why this not an incremental backup, I don’t know.

So my research for the solution lead me to disabling iTunes backup completely. It involves a Terminal hack, where you need to quit iTunes, launch a Terminal session, paste the following code below into the Terminal window, and hit return:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true

The backup process should now be completely disabled and you won’t be troubled anymore. If you need to backup again, use that same string of text with the value set to ‘false’ instead of ‘true’.

An easy process that 95% of you will be able to do right?

Thankfully, a crafty developer over at MicroSECONDS has wrapped that little bit of Terminal trickery into a GUI application called iPhone Backup Switch.

iPhone Backup Switch allows you to easily disable and enable the iPhone backup process in iTunes.  Simply click the button to Disable iPhone Backup or click the button to Enable iPhone Backup.  It’s that easy.

iPhone Backup Switch is provided FREE of charge. It has been tested with Windows XP and Vista and compatible with iTunes 8.0.  You can get iPhone Backup Switch here.

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There’s a good chance that your contacts contain at least a couple business phone numbers. Usually, you’re going to need an extenion unless you want to claw your eyes out trying to manage the automated options. This process is pretty straightforward but you need to make sure you follow these instructions step by step.

Now you don’t have to worry about pulling out those business cards and more than likely keep your bloodpressure down.

1.) Go to the existing contact or create a new one.

2.) Complete/edit the contact’s phone number.

3.) At the end of the number tap +*# (located at the bottom left of the keypad).

4.) Tap “pause.” This will add a space and a coma after the number.

5.) Enter the extension and tap “Save.”

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The Yahoo Mail Blog wanted to make sure you realize there are some pre-requistes before rush in. You need to be running at least 3.0 firmware or higher. Also, once you sync with your iPhone, Yahoo will switch you over to the new Yahoo! Calendar 2.0 (Beta).

If you need help setting up calendar, just follow these instructions: 

1.) Go to your iPhone settings application.

2.) Tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”

3.) Tap “Add Account”

4.) Tap “Other” and then tap “Add CalDAV Account”

5.) For the “Server” you can simply type “yahoo”

6.) Now type in the Yahoo! username and password you use to signin to your calendar

7.) Once you click save, the iPhone will verify your username and password

8.) Next time you open up your iPhone Calendar you will see a page allowing you to select which Yahoo! Calendar layer you want to view/edit

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If you are a heavy user of taking pictures with your iPhone/Touch, I’m sure at one point you needed to rotate your photo(s) before emailing or uploading them. Now you are able to do that right from your device with the app Photo Rotator.

This app simply does one thing, rotates your photos without distorting or replacing any images. After you have downloaded this free app, just follow these simple steps: 

• Open Photo Rotator and choose your picture
• Press ‘Left’ to rotate 90 degrees anit-clockwise and ‘Right’ to rotate 90 degrees clockwise.
• Press ‘Save’ to complete
• Saved images are located in ‘Camera Roll/Saved Images.

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Yup, happens to all of us. And we do the 3 things most of us do during that terrifying moment, you try to smother it. Usually under your leg or sometimes in your armpit. Armpit? … Damn it! … I can still hear it! … Now you smash the cell phone speaker into the palm of your hand trying to squeeze skin through the little holes like a pasta machine to muffle this damn thing … I CAN STILL HEAR IT!! … Finally, the sure fire thing you damn well know will work, you take battery out! … Phew … Slowly you slide down your chair and neatly squeeze yourself into your right shoe and hope no one knows that you were the fool that just caused the interruption.

Thankfully, for iPhone users, there’s a much easier way.  When a call comes in and you want to mute your ringer, pressing the Sleep/Wake button or one of the volume buttons will immediately silence your phone. If you’d like to send a call directly to voicemail, you press the Sleep/Wake button twice to decline it.

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