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I have a question about the iPhone/iPod touch OS, specifically the Mail app.

I use Gmail, and I download all my mail from Gmail into Mail.app on my Mac.

If I had an iPod touch, and I used the Mail app and downloaded the mail, would it either A) keep the mail on the server so I can download it again to my MacBook, or B) sync the downloaded mail to my computer? And if I delete it from my iPod touch, would it also be deleted from Gmail so it doesn't download again? (Say one of the hundreds of forum notifications I get per week. I don't need all those to download twice.)
 
Is there a way to transfer photos directly from a camera to my iphone.

I'd rather not jailbreak but if I have to I would be willing.
 
Dizzan said:
Is there a way to transfer photos directly from a camera to my iphone.

I'd rather not jailbreak but if I have to I would be willing.
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Copy them to a folder in your PC then sync them to iPhone? Or do you mean without using your PC?
 
Jasoco said:
I have a question about the iPhone/iPod touch OS, specifically the Mail app.

I use Gmail, and I download all my mail from Gmail into Mail.app on my Mac.

If I had an iPod touch, and I used the Mail app and downloaded the mail, would it either A) keep the mail on the server so I can download it again to my MacBook, or B) sync the downloaded mail to my computer? And if I delete it from my iPod touch, would it also be deleted from Gmail so it doesn't download again? (Say one of the hundreds of forum notifications I get per week. I don't need all those to download twice.)
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just use IMAP works like a charm
 
kpop100 said:
Copy them to a folder in your PC then sync them to iPhone? Or do you mean without using your PC?
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Yeah, without using a pc. Im going to africa and was thinking it would be a good way of backing up my photos each night. Im not lugging my massive laptop to africa.
 
Oh man I'm weeeak. Said goodbye to jailbreak and updated to 3.1. Couldn't resist.

Lockinfo, backgrounder, SBSettings and carrier logo, I'll miss you all :((((

Dizzan said:
Yeah, without using a pc. Im going to africa and was thinking it would be a good way of backing up my photos each night. Im not lugging my massive laptop to africa.
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Can't do it.
 
eznark said:
What is the best excel viewing/editing app? Any recommendations?
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QuickOffice

Dizzan said:
Yeah, without using a pc. Im going to africa and was thinking it would be a good way of backing up my photos each night. Im not lugging my massive laptop to africa.
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Like jts wrote, "can't do it," but what kind of connection does your camera have? Micro usb, SD card and/or Eye-Fi?
 
Charred Greyface said:
I was using Supreme Prefs 3.0 but i won't recommend it, it's unstable

The developer of 8icon dock said he'll have a new version 'soon' but still haven't seen it released on Cydia yet. You can install this version but it's slightly buggy. I haven't had to restore yet so I'm fine with it. SSH into the phone then install like so...

Here's how it should look with larger icons:
fmrihv.png
nwhsg6.png

(you can readjust which icon is in the foreground.)






:D I couldn't figure out why I was seeing an update for Japanese until I remembered they had a free day ages ago. Never used though.


Why don't you just sync it with iTunes?

Reposted for the new page. I'm curious about what y'all have on your 'homepage'
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Thanks, Also what Icon pack/springboard theme are you using?
 
Ok so I have a question. I currently own a 16gb 3gs. My parents are going to buy a 3gs for themselves next week. I wanted to pay them an extra $100 for them to buy the 32gb 3gs, and I would give them my 16gb in exchange for the 32gb, as I've found that I need more space.

Is it possible to do this and just switch out the sim cards? As in, I would have my number intact and all of my texts and calls would work on my account and not my parents? Coming from Verizon, I don't really understand how the sim cards work and if this is a possibility or not.
 
Is anyone getting constant time outs using the iTUnes store? it was working fine last night once they changed to the new interface and iTunes 9 layout but today I can see the main iTunes store page but nothing I click on works, all times out.

I'll try a reinstall but it's the very first time I had this problem, anyone else having it too?
 
trupclow said:
Ok so I have a question. I currently own a 16gb 3gs. My parents are going to buy a 3gs for themselves next week. I wanted to pay them an extra $100 for them to buy the 32gb 3gs, and I would give them my 16gb in exchange for the 32gb, as I've found that I need more space.

Is it possible to do this and just switch out the sim cards? As in, I would have my number intact and all of my texts and calls would work on my account and not my parents? Coming from Verizon, I don't really understand how the sim cards work and if this is a possibility or not.
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Completely doable.
 
trupclow said:
Ok so I have a question. I currently own a 16gb 3gs. My parents are going to buy a 3gs for themselves next week. I wanted to pay them an extra $100 for them to buy the 32gb 3gs, and I would give them my 16gb in exchange for the 32gb, as I've found that I need more space.

Is it possible to do this and just switch out the sim cards? As in, I would have my number intact and all of my texts and calls would work on my account and not my parents? Coming from Verizon, I don't really understand how the sim cards work and if this is a possibility or not.
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as long as AT&T has an iphone registered on both lines this will work perfectly. Only time sim swapping doesn't work is when you are trying to swap a regular phone for an iphone. the problem there is that the data plan attached to the line the iphone is on has to be an iphone data plan... This is what I did and my line had an unlimited pda data plan on it (same price) but because it wasn't an iphone plan my iphone kept saying no applicable data service. I mean I suppose technically sim swapping still works in that case, but you wouldn't have a data plan until you switched the iphone's IMEI and corresponding iphone data plan over to that line, which has to be done by AT&T.
 
Hey guys,

What's the state of iPhone plans with Rogers in Canada these days? I remember huge complaints and petitions for changes and all manner of other frustrations back when it launched last year.

I hate Bell, and am ready to switch, and desperately want an iPhone. :)
 
I am not lazy I promise... but I dont feel like scrolling through the whole thread...

Can i get a listing of some good cases to go with for my Iphone..??

I dont care if it makes it bulky I just want something that looks good and is durable... I know its somewhat of an oxymoron...
 
Magnus said:
Hey guys,

What's the state of iPhone plans with Rogers in Canada these days? I remember huge complaints and petitions for changes and all manner of other frustrations back when it launched last year.

I hate Bell, and am ready to switch, and desperately want an iPhone. :)
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fellow Canadian here.

Rogers is better than AT&T :lol

We have MMS working, we have free tethering till Xmas. Cell service, while not perfect, seems to be better in major metro areas than AT&T in the states. i never get disconnected calls and have used the phone in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto in the last 4 months.

prices for iphone monthly plans are a bit high, yes, but you can also just go for any voice plan and then add the 30 dollar data plan. they're similar to AT&T plans for the iphone. not outrageous but high enough that you gotta think about it first.

i believe the 30 dollar data plan is still 6 Gb (as opposed to the "regular 1 GB amount). which is basically unlimited unless you're doing a lot of tethering. A LOT.

I happen to be with Fido and prefer them for a few reasons. 1. no system access fee. 2. per second billing. 3. fido dollars.
 
LCfiner said:
fellow Canadian here.

Rogers is better than AT&T :lol

We have MMS working, we have free tethering till Xmas. Cell service, while not perfect, seems to be better in major metro areas than AT&T in the states. i never get disconnected calls and have used the phone in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto in the last 4 months.

prices for iphone monthly plans are a bit high, yes, but you can also just go for any voice plan and then add the 30 dollar data plan. they're similar to AT&T plans for the iphone. not outrageous but high enough that you gotta think about it first.

i believe the 30 dollar data plan is still 6 Gb (as opposed to the "regular 1 GB amount). which is basically unlimited unless you're doing a lot of tethering. A LOT.

I happen to be with Fido and prefer them for a few reasons. 1. no system access fee. 2. per second billing. 3. fido dollars.
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Rogers / Fido offer an EPP deal. As long as you belong to something that qualifies (I used my airmiles account) you can get the "employee purchase plan" deal for minutes.

$17.50/month
200 anytime minutes
unlimited evenings/weekends (6pm)

Here you go, I believe it's still valid: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=629538
 
Thanks for the speedy reply guys.

Two questions:

Tethering means what? I barely use my crappy m610 for anything other than talking/texting a couple times a week, so I'm unfamiliar with plenty of iPhone/smartphone terms/plans/policies/practices. I just learned what jailbreaking was last week (though I guessed easily at hearing the name).

Also, when you say "Rogers / Fido offer an EPP deal. As long as you belong to something that qualifies", what do you mean? A particular other service plan that qualifies from like, a partner company?
 
Dizzan said:
USB and mini HDMI
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Yeah, no clue. Wish companies would get around to using the 3.0 feature and making decent hardware accessories already.
Critical Jeff said:
Thanks, Also what Icon pack/springboard theme are you using?
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Which icons are you looking at? The icons in the dock are from nanoglyphs. Everything else is some form of Matte Nano which should be available on Cydia.

Malleymal said:
I am not lazy I promise... but I dont feel like scrolling through the whole thread...

Can i get a listing of some good cases to go with for my Iphone..??

I dont care if it makes it bulky I just want something that looks good and is durable... I know its somewhat of an oxymoron...
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http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/reveal
 
3G Users Cannot Restore 3.0

So as of today, Apple has stopped signing 3.0 and 3.0.1 restore files. That means that if you have a 3GS iPhone you cannot restore any firmware other than 3.1. If you are happily jailbroken today and something goes wrong you are pretty much screwed. Here is a summary:

1) If you have an iPhone 3g or 2g, you are fine and should be able to restore.

2) If you have a 3gs, you can only restore 3.1 (and kiss your jailbreak good bye). If you did not get an IBSS/IBEC signature before now and you restore, you may never be able to jailbreak again.

3) If you have an iPhone 3GS and you used Cydia to save your TSS or did purplera1n or similar a while back and saved your IBEC, then you will be able to restore in the near future, but you must wait for someone smart to write a utility that will let you do it. Chances are good that such a utility will come out in a couple days. If you can be patient and wait, do so. No one wrote this utility prior to this because we were not sure if Apple would actually stop signing 3.0 - only that they *could*.

It looks like an exploit has already been found in 3.1 firmware so it sounds like a jailbreak will be possible, but again, hold out for a bit.
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On another note: Can anyone on 3.1 tell me if it's now possible to switch orientation in Safari with the keyboard already open?
 
What's the worst part of the iPhone? No, not AT&T for me. I've had no problems with their network, their prices, or their service. Not perfect, but I have no beef with them

No, my biggest problem is stupid iTunes. Now, I know that many of you in this thread use Mac's and iTunes works wonderfully for you, but this software is shit for me. Every day I hate it. I imported a bunch of albums, and so iTunes/Zune are NOT coming up with the cover art, so I have to manually add it. On Zune software, I copy/pasted and was done in a few minutes. But here is this stupid piece of software called iTunes changing the damn tags when I click info, so every time I cut/paste in the album art, it changes the album title and I would have to copy/paste the art to EVERY SONG!

Dammit I hate iTunes so much.

/rant
 
So I've got a little problem and would love some generous insight...

My iPhone 3GS just did that thing where it combines all your music with the orange "Other" category on the hard drive and refuses to recognize the music through the iPod app. Like 20gigs of music is there but "not there."

I backed up and restored but that didn't work. I can try restoring from an older back up but that would mean losing a bunch of new contacts, text messages, etc. And now I'm reluctant to go ahead and see if installing 3.1 will fix it after reading about the inability to restore from an older OS on a 3GS.

So... does anyone have any idea how to fix this problem in a way that will keep me from losing data? It seems like there's an obvious solution I must be overlooking. Has anyone else experienced this problem before?

Thanks!
 
Thanks fellas for all the Case recommendations...


I just got a contour Hardskin... I think I am going to get a iskin revo2 aswell it looks nice.. anyothers are all welcome
 
N Coward Parody said:
So I've got a little problem and would love some generous insight...

My iPhone 3GS just did that thing where it combines all your music with the orange "Other" category on the hard drive and refuses to recognize the music through the iPod app. Like 20gigs of music is there but "not there."

I backed up and restored but that didn't work. I can try restoring from an older back up but that would mean losing a bunch of new contacts, text messages, etc. And now I'm reluctant to go ahead and see if installing 3.1 will fix it after reading about the inability to restore from an older OS on a 3GS.

So... does anyone have any idea how to fix this problem in a way that will keep me from losing data? It seems like there's an obvious solution I must be overlooking. Has anyone else experienced this problem before?

Thanks!
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I don't think I've even ever heard of this problem.
 
Malleymal said:
Thanks fellas for all the Case recommendations...


I just got a contour Hardskin... I think I am going to get a iskin revo2 aswell it looks nice.. anyothers are all welcome
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My wife and sister use the iskin revo2 and they are both having problems with the case blocking the sensor that detects when you pick the phone up resulting in the backlight not going on or off. I use this one and like that it doesn't add alot of bulk to the size of the phone while still looking classy. http://www.switcheasy.com/products/Rebel/Rebel.php
 
Malleymal said:
Thanks fellas for all the Case recommendations...


I just got a contour Hardskin... I think I am going to get a iskin revo2 aswell it looks nice.. anyothers are all welcome
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This is an awesome case, Sumajin Ink Leather. It's leather on the back in 5 different colors and has a rubber coating inside so it won't scratch the back up (also helps when dropped). Looks really nice too. Another good bet is the Innocase 2 Surface by Seidio but I hate how the logo is cut out on the back.
 
Keldor said:
My wife and sister use the iskin revo2 and they are both having problems with the case blocking the sensor that detects when you pick the phone up resulting in the backlight not going on or off.
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I don't have that problem at all.
 
It seems my phone may have just fixed itself. Very weird. But whatever, I'll take it...

ANYWAY, another question:

Can I upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1 directly? Or do I need to have 3.01 installed first? Thanks!
 
N Coward Parody said:
It seems my phone may have just fixed itself. Very weird. But whatever, I'll take it...

ANYWAY, another question:

Can I upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1 directly? Or do I need to have 3.01 installed first? Thanks!
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yes you can
 
VanMardigan said:
What's the worst part of the iPhone? No, not AT&T for me. I've had no problems with their network, their prices, or their service. Not perfect, but I have no beef with them

No, my biggest problem is stupid iTunes. Now, I know that many of you in this thread use Mac's and iTunes works wonderfully for you, but this software is shit for me. Every day I hate it. I imported a bunch of albums, and so iTunes/Zune are NOT coming up with the cover art, so I have to manually add it. On Zune software, I copy/pasted and was done in a few minutes. But here is this stupid piece of software called iTunes changing the damn tags when I click info, so every time I cut/paste in the album art, it changes the album title and I would have to copy/paste the art to EVERY SONG!

Dammit I hate iTunes so much.

/rant
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you should be able to select multiple songs, get info (ctrl i), then drag a jpg into the 'artwork' field of the dialog box that pops up, instead of doing them one by one.
 
julls said:
you should be able to select multiple songs, get info (ctrl i), then drag a jpg into the 'artwork' field of the dialog box that pops up, instead of doing them one by one.
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Yeah, that worked for me...

Magnus said:
Tethering means what? I barely use my crappy m610 for anything other than talking/texting a couple times a week, so I'm unfamiliar with plenty of iPhone/smartphone terms/plans/policies/practices. I just learned what jailbreaking was last week (though I guessed easily at hearing the name).

Also, when you say "Rogers / Fido offer an EPP deal. As long as you belong to something that qualifies", what do you mean? A particular other service plan that qualifies from like, a partner company?
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Tethering: You can use your phone as a portable internet connection for another device, like, say, your laptop or desktop. Latency sucks compared to having a wifi or wired connection, but otherwise it's a nifty way to browse when you're not near a wifi spot for whatever reason. The iPhone can tether via bluetooth (wireless) or USB cable. As long as you have a plan with 1GB/month or more Rogers doesn't seem interested in charging for the feature.

Why it was brought up is that Apple has a 10MB limit on straight downloads through the iTunes using a cellular network. Podcast, TV show, whatever; if you grab from iTunes it won't work unless it's under 10 megs. If you're on wifi or a PC/Mac, the limit is lifted.

As a result, the only two easy ways to use a lot of data transfer space are tethering (no limit on how much you can pull via your PC/Mac) and streaming (which is such a small per second data rate to hardly amount to much most of the time.) There's a jailbreak app to lift the 10MB limit, though.

EPP: Not that I use it, but yeah, another service from some other company (eg: an airmiles credit card of some sort) that apparently qualifies you for the EPP.
 
I dont know if anyone can help me, ive tried everywhere else but for some reason my phone is not receiving any texts and it's not sending any either. Its jailbroken on 3.1 if that matters, Help please :(
 
Anyone else experiencing issues with the hardware buttons on the iPhone 3G? My Home button is very unresponsive -- have to press down very very hard and it only registers 1/5 presses; the mute switch fell off, even the power button is not very responsive. I've had the unit barely 1 year now. I do use it a lot but not in a rough manner.
 
antispin said:
Anyone else experiencing issues with the hardware buttons on the iPhone 3G? My Home button is very unresponsive -- have to press down very very hard and it only registers 1/5 presses; the mute switch fell off, even the power button is not very responsive. I've had the unit barely 1 year now. I do use it a lot but not in a rough manner.
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Take it to the apple store and get it replaced. That happened with my first iPhone, they replaced it on the spot
 
antispin said:
Anyone else experiencing issues with the hardware buttons on the iPhone 3G? My Home button is very unresponsive -- have to press down very very hard and it only registers 1/5 presses; the mute switch fell off, even the power button is not very responsive. I've had the unit barely 1 year now. I do use it a lot but not in a rough manner.
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Yes, my post last page about the volume button randomly falling off. I'm taking it to Apple next week to see if they can help me.
 
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