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Yeah the Iphone 2 comes out this summer I think.

I thought the iphone couldn't do texts? If so unlimited texts seems a bit pointless

Actually its the 3rd iPhone this summer, we've already had two.

Its supposed to have a better camera and full blown video support - enabling you to edit and upload.

I love me Iphone... the camera isn't great, but i have an actual camera for that. I've never done MMS really, so don't miss that. The most irrtating thing about it is taht you cannot forward texts.

Ahh right fair enough. Will gain an edge if the camera is 5MP or more.

Any recommendations for apps?

I still buy albums on CD.  I own and use a PlayStation 2.  I use grammar in text messages.  I think I need help.

Iphone 3.0 comes out in 2 weeks and you can upgrade any existing Iphone from www.iphoneunlockuk.com for a fee.

Of course if you have a contract then its all free. I am using mine on the 3 network and had to get it unlocked from O2. If you know know to Jailbreak it for free Jonny then please let me know.

So as I have an existing I Phone contract, do I just plug it into Itunes to get the upgrade or do I need to log onto another website?

Argggh need some help with a stupid App!! Gay husband told me to install it but has now gone on holiday and Im stuck!!!

Ive installed a free app called IM+Lite which allows you to use like your MSN messenger on the phone but apprently it shows me as logged in 24/7!!! random!! I dont want that!!!

If I just delete the app will it make me show offline again? I think Ive disabled the account which has hopefully worked???

Is there an option within the app (or the main settings) to logout? I'd do that and make sure you're showing as offline before deleting the app, just in case you end up being logged in for the rest of your life.

yeah see thats my worry!!! now when I click on the app it says all my accounts are disabled so hopefully I show as logged out now??

I want an iphone so badly. I believe my life would be better with one.

Do Iphones have a camera on the front so you can look at yourself? Could be useful who want to try out my new craze.

My other half upgraded to the 3GS today and they gave him 150 quid back for exchanging his old i phone. Literally just took his card and refunded it straight back.  Not bad!

My other half upgraded to the 3GS today and they gave him 150 quid back for exchanging his old i phone. Literally just took his card and refunded it straight back.  Not bad!

Apple are holding a "media event" tomorrow, worth waiting to see what that brings. Most likely a tablet of some sort but they might announce the next iPhone which will most likely be released in the summer.

Anyone fancying a new phone have a look at the HTC HD2.  Great phone!!

and be quick, i've just got one today, should be delivered in the next day of two, for some reason its actually being discontinued and will only be available on business contracts.
just looking at the specs its got rediculous power for a phone, its probably more powerful than some of the PC's you have at home.
512mb ram 1ghz snapdragon processor..etc etc. It truley does look like a smashing piece of kit, i really hope it doesnt dissapoint.

Trust me it doesnt dissapoint!!  you say its being discontinued?  I have not heard that, Vodafone have stopped selling it apart from Business, but other phone companies are selling it.

Virgin have a good deal, £25 a month 18 month, £80 for the phone.  That is the cheapest I have found it for.  Also £30 quidco as well.

i got it through vodafone 35/month 1000min unlimited text unlimited browsing and i got a free wii with it. and free phone.

Visit xda developer forum, great site, loads of tweaks and apps etc.

allready there mate. cheers

If you want Tom Tom, I can send you the files?

thats one thing i was hopeing for, cracked tom tom, if you could send it that would be fab (and brief instructions :-p)

Ive just ordered a 16gb 3Gs. When it comes in to inputting my contacts as im changing my number, do i have to do them through the phone or is there a program where i can type them into that and transfer them over, eg Nokia PC Suite etc?

Ive just ordered a 16gb 3Gs. When it comes in to inputting my contacts as im changing my number, do i have to do them through the phone or is there a program where i can type them into that and transfer them over, eg Nokia PC Suite etc?

Anyone heard about the blackra1n application which supposedly cracks some code to let you download all apps for free?

As I understand it (not much), blackra1n will jailbreak the iphone so it can use apps downloaded from sources other than apple. This would include 'pirated' official apps available from these 'other' sites.

Loving the iphone at the moment.

So many different apps, loads of decent free ones about

the jailbreaking is a piece of piss, fuck paying £60 for tom tom...

need to update the firmware first i believe

Make sure you get your iPhone on to 3.1.2 and not 3.1.3 as the latter hasn't been hacked yet. You can find old versions of the iPhone OS if you Google for them - they are all on the Apple website you just need to find them.

As long as you find a good tutorial and follow it to the letter it is a piece of piss.

yeah 3.1.2 popped up this morning so i shall instal that.

Yelp- finds bars, restaurants etc near to your location.

Google Earth;
Converter;
RadioBOX;
Yell;
Shopping List;
Photoshop Mobile;
Paper Toss;
Bump;

sky sports football centre

they told me I have to do it myself?

Call 1760 to turn off.

Call 1750 to turn on.

So, the Iphone 4 has been released?

Anyone upgrading?

Good lord, is it really £180 for something which isn't technologically superior than anything else out at the moment? They're nice phones and all, but a complete rip off.

Anyone got an iPad? I really like the look of them, think they're a great idea but at the moment too expensive to be a replacement for a laptop.

I'll have to go with 32Gb this time as 16Gb just ain't enough.

Im looking at jailbreaking mine, i presume you cant jailbreak a 3GS running 3.13 firmware?

Cant find anything saying you can

I'm not being an ass, i'm curious, but how do you use 16gb of storage on a phone?

It must be better somehow surely? Or is it just smaller?

Read the instructions and you'll be fine. Take a back up of the phone in iTunes first, that way if anything fucks up you can just restore back to exactly how it was (apps, messages, settings etc).

It's not just a phone though is it (the same as any smart phone nowadays). I use it for music (no need for an iPod anymore), video (mainly connected to the TV to watch downloads, good for porn as well), pictures (again, connect to a TV for slideshows), apps (sat nav takes a fair bit of space) and so on. They've improved the camera and added HD video recording to the new iPhone, so I'll use it a lot more for that as well.

I don't know how people cope with less storage than that on a phone. Or do you just carry round a phone, sat nav, iPod and a camera?

The spirit thing i have downloaded, you only have to press that button i presume?

I can restore it back to original OS after cant i?

I'd also download winscp onto your pc/laptop, so you can ssh into your phone. Then you can transfer files into winterboard. Loads of stuff outthere on youtube.

Ok, ive done it.

Im currently downloading the cracked tomtom software, how do i install it? ive dowloaded appsync

dragg from the desktop sam? as easy as that

I'd also download winscp onto your pc/laptop, so you can ssh into your phone. Then you can transfer files into winterboard. Loads of stuff outthere on youtube.

Regarding cracked apps, is there any decent websites out there that do this rather than using cydia?

Definitely. I was sceptical at first because I was scared of bricking the phone, but it's a piece of piss these days.

It obviously opens up the possibility of using cracked software (not that I condone that ofcourse), but even the simple apps such as backgrounder, categories, ProSwitcher etc. make usability of the phone so much better.

Most of the 'new' features on iOS4 such as multitasking and icon folders have been available to jailbroken phones for years.

Langers look at http://www.macthemes.net/forum. Opens up all the possiblities.

O2's prices for iPhone 4 are scandalous. Only free on a £60 a month - 24 month contract. They've changed their smartphone tarriff it no longer includes unlimited data either.

The accidentally released and not confirmed tariffs from Vodafone look the best at the moment:

http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/06/14/vodafone-uk-details-iphone-4-plans-a-little-early-we-keep-the-s/

Plus T-Mobile, 3, Tesco haven't released their prices and maybe Virgin will be doing it.

Those prices do look good. Shame that it'll cost me the best part of £350 to buy out of my current O2 contract.

Cydia

How long have you had it? O2 are letting people buy out their contracts for £20 a month. Plus you can get surprisingly good prices for second hand iPhones on eBay, especially if you've unlocked / jailbroken them first.

ive found them on there and installed some but i cant find them in my sound list etc

You can already get ios4 online. An ex-workmate has it.

Yeah I've put it on my 3GS, runs so much smoother

For anyone who's read my posts about Spirit and is considering jailbreaking using this method, DO NOT DO IT IF YOU'VE UPDATED ITUNES TO 9.2.

I don't want to be held responsible for bricking your iPhone!

can i restore back to normal and upgrqde the os?

Arghh

it wont let me restore it so i can put os 4 onto it

cunting thing

So you've been carrying the phone round with the screen permanently on?

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

i got a 3gs and it worked alright for me

whats it done to your phone jonny?

Loads of ppl I know have said its wiped their phone by trying to upgrade! 

i know i know.

fucking annoyed now. gonna get apple to restore it to 3.1.3.

APPLE has admitted it forgot to make sure its new mobile phone worked before shipping millions of them to stores around the globe.

The company has advised owners of the new iPhone4 that the device should function normally as long as they do not try to hold it with their hands.

A spokesman said: "Holding it with your feet should be okay as long as you're wearing Jesus sandals or flippers.

"But to get the most from your new iPhone you really need to fashion a holding device made from a coathanger, a Kraft cheese single and a fish slice.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-%26-technology/apple-forgot-to-hold-iphone-before-putting-it-in-the-shops-201006252853/

A source at Apple's Cupertino headquarters said: "When something looks that nice the idea of checking to make sure it works seems a bit rude. It would be like asking Sienna Miller the capital of Ecuador."

Nathan Muir, an iPhone owner, said: "This is not my first mobile phone. In fact I bought my first one in October 1998 and in less than a fortnight I had worked out how to hold it properly. But I have always been really good with technology.
 
"Over the years Steve Jobs has managed to come up with so many colourful and imaginative ways of saying he's fucked something into a cocked hat, but I think 'you're holding it wrong' is my new favourite."

You can do that yourself. If you Google for the iPhone 3.1.3 (or whatever) software you'll find it along with instructions on how to get iTunes to load it - pretty simply, I've had to do it a few times before.

If you're not bothered about restoring your previous backup, you can do a complete reset of the iPhone which clears everything . There is a special sequence of button presses and plugging it in that does it.

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, he described the integrated antenna as "really cool engineering".

Fuck me thats a design flaw on a par with microsofts decision that cooling in the original xbox 360's wasnt really that imporatant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkxdk9zpS98

Oh dear. I was thinking about getting one, but that does seem a slight issue.

It just seems weird because Apple are usually very hot on making everything work well

Reception issues observed by new iPhone 4 owners, derided as the "Death Grip" by bloggers, appears to actually be a software issue that an iOS update is expected to resolve early next week.

Identifying the problem

Clear observations of mobile signal strength and how they are affected by the placement of users' hands are difficult to perform in part because there are multiple factors involved in receiving a mobile radio link, including outside interference and the conductivity or mass of different people's hands.

Additionally, cellphones in general (and in particular the iPhone) have always only presented a very rough approximation of signal strength in the signal bar display, averaged over time. It appears that iOS 4, more so than previous iPhone software, presents a less accurate signal meter, showing less signal at times than an iPhone 3GS while still being able to achieve the same or better call quality.

This has led some to jump to the conclusion that the reception problems noted by some iPhone 4 users are the sign of a hardware design flaw related to its stainless steel band antenna design. Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs stoked a whiplash of blogger frenzy when he reportedly responded that users "were holding it the wrong way," blocking the signal with their hands.

A variety of people have demonstrated identical problems with other phones, from the Android based Nexus One to the iPhone 3GS. Yesterday, my wry tweet, "Blocking iPhone 4 antenna kills reception. Blocking mic kills audio, and covering the screen makes it impossible to see Retina Display" made it to the front page of Twitter and was retweeted more than a hundred times by people following the hullabaloo.

However, the fact that problems observed in the iPhone 3GS are much more pronounced when the device is upgraded to iOS 4 indicate that there is also a software issue involved in the matter. iPhone 4 users can't downgrade to earlier versions of the core software, making it impossible to compare its relative performance.

Software fix in the works

Readers report that Apple's tech support forums originally confirmed that a iOS 4.0.1 software fix addressing the issue would ship early next week (as early as Monday), before the comments were subsequently taken down along with all the other related discussion about the matter.

The fix is expected to address a issue in iOS 4 related to radio frequency calibration of the baseband. Readers who saw the original forum discussions say that the issue is believed to occur when switching frequencies; because the lag is allegedly not calibrated correctly, it results in the device reporting "no service" rather than switching to the frequency with the best signal to noise ratio.

iOS 4 introduced some enhancements to how the baseband selects which frequencies to use, so it makes sense that the error may have crept into those changes. Additionally, this explains why iOS 4 has also caused similar problems for iPhone 3GS users.

Additional readers have shared other related experiences that also corroborate the idea that the issue is related to iOS 4's software control of the baseband, including the fact that the issue seems easily reproducible when connecting to a WWAN 3G network but does not appear when connecting to a Microcell 3G. If the problem were simply hardware related issues of the antenna design, it should only affect iPhone 4 units with that new design and should occur at all times, regardless of the tower type. That is not being observed.

Talk to the hand

The core software problem is likely augmented by hand placement, as Jobs noted in pointing out that holding the new phone (or any mobile device) in such a way that attenuates the signal should simply be avoided.

Yesterday, antenna design expert Spencer Webb posted his early appraisal of the situation, noting that the FCC mandates that cell phone antennas need to be positioned as far away from the user's head as possible, effectively forcing antenna placement in the bottom of the phone, where it is most likely to be covered by the user's hand.

Webb also noted that neither the regulatory tests performed by the FCC during its approval process, nor the antenna efficiency tests performed by the carrier (AT&T) during its own device requirements testing take into account how a user's hand might play into the antenna design and the test results.

The bottom-mounted antenna design "evolved to meet [FCC] requirements," Webb explained. "And efficient transmission and reception while being held by a human hand are simply not design requirements!"

Webb points out that Bluetooth headsets also suffer from attenuation when the phone is positioned in such a way that the user's body absorbs too much of the signal. He assumed that the iPhone 4 design, which "moved the antenna action from the back of the phone to the sides," will likely only improve things when the phone is "suspended magically in air," but may actually make things worse when the phone is placed in the user's pocket.

At the same time, Webb says he voted with his dollars to buy the new iPhone 4 anyway, adding, "sometimes an antenna that's not great, but good enough, is good enough."

Yo people! I need to get those emocon thingys on my texts!
It says to download an app then set my keyboard to Japanese - then turn on Emoji??

where the hell is that??

is it cause I have an old Iphone maybes?

Yes this is my problem
when I go to settings>keyboard>Japanese

there is no emoji option?? only Romanji or 10 ten key???

Very helpful Jonny.

Why would I want to jailbreak my iPhone?

What extra apps can you get?

£180 to repair the faulty audio jack on my iPhone 3g and I still have 11 months left on my contract, rats.

My phone is jailbroken anyway, so that utterly voids the warranty.

New jailbreak available for iOS4 (up to 4.0.1)

Just visit http://jailbreakme.com from Safari on your handset.

These dev guys are getting good.

It won't lock it but it will remove the jailbreak and that method you used won't work again once you've upgraded.

What OS are you running?

Windows 7 with SP1 recently installed by any chance?

Service Pack 1, came out a week or so ago, might have been installed automatically by Windows update.

If it has been installed that will probably be the cause as it contains a USB bug which can cause the problem you've got.

Simple solution, buy a Mac.

Service Pack 1, came out a week or so ago, might have been installed automatically by Windows update.

If it has been installed that will probably be the cause as it contains a USB bug which can cause the problem you've got.

Simple solution, buy a Mac.

Hello fellow mings
Need some help please
I've sold my old IPhone - I need to delete everything off it
What's the best way to do this please?
Much love
Xx

Thanks Nochee anyway I've pressed the button now :)
Can't help but think I've left something on there I needed......

Just get insurance you bopards

Home and car insurance I can understand. Insuring a phone is a step too far for me.

most bank accounts offer free phone insurance anyway. that's what i've got.

They lock their phones down to prevent you doing certain stuff. If you Jailbreak it you have an iphone that does what it should do anyway. Stupid, I know. But you're preaching to the choir.

If the Apple products are so brillant then why do you need to "jailbeak" them to gain full functionality?

I personally don't get it myself.

I prefer the walled garden approach. You've only got to look at all the hacks on Android devices through rogue apps to see why it's a good idea, but not for everyone I guess.

It's only 4.3.3.

O2 don't charge me anything extra to use my iPhone as a hotspot. They used to but on their current contracts (been out for a year or so) the hotspot usage is viewed as normal data and comes out the monthly allowance. You can use it via bluetooth, wifi or a USB connection and it just takes a few clicks on the iPhone to get it active.

In that case, just visit www.jailbreakme.com from the iPhone browser. Easy.