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Thu, 31 March 2011
Hi Rob,
Does the iPhone have any kind of fm receiving or transmitting abilities built into it?
Regards,
Dexter
No - it does not have any FM receiving or transmitting abilities built into it.
Maybe the iPhone 5 or 6 or .... will.
Regards,
Rob W
Category: vip_iPhone
-- posted at: 6:00am EDT
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Thu, 31 March 2011
Direct download: tii_0170.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 3:47am EDT
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Wed, 30 March 2011
Hey, Rob -
My wife loves to use the "Bell Tower" alarm to get up at 0'Dark-Thirty but the volume seems to be based on the ringer setting. Which is loud, especially with bell tower at 5am.
Is there an independent setting for alarms vs ringing levels?
Love the show and thanks again for doing the work!
Cheers from Sean
Hi Sean,
There is no way in the settings to select a different volume level for the Alarm and the Ringer.
However there is a way around this.
You can create a new ringtone - of the bell towers - but create it a lower volume.
1. Create the new "ring tone" in iTunes.
2. Reduce the volume to low (right click --> get info --> options --> volume adjustment)
3. Then Transfer this new "ring tone" to the iPhone and select it as your alarm.
Regards,
Rob W
Category: vip_iOS
-- posted at: 6:00am EDT
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Tue, 29 March 2011
One of the Carriers in the UK found a unique way to discourage Jailbreaking. That is the carrier O2.
How are they discouraging jailbreaking? Are they sending out emails saying if you tether they will automatically bump you up to the tethering plan and kill your unlimited plan - No that would be evil and I could not imagine anyone actually doing that.
No what they are doing is letting you tether for free.
What kind of bizarro world do you live in in the UK that your Carriers are kind of you know not Evil. Must be nice. Rugby, Shepards Pie and Free Tethering - Yup the UK is the place for me. Some details:
Tethering is now completely free. If you have a 1 GB data allocation, then it doesn't matter if you use that data on the phone or on a connected device -- it's all charged the same.
Yup a very strange world indeed.
Category: vip_iPhone
-- posted at: 5:19pm EDT
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Tue, 29 March 2011
Hi Rob,
Do you know how to retrieve or reset my password for my iPhone 4 for the restrictions. Thank you in advance for your time and as always great podcast!
José
Hi Jose,
There are two ways to do this.
One - You just do a restore as new phone - Not ideal - but easy. You just loose all your data.
Two - A bit more complicated. But it gets your PIN. Steps are the following:
2. Extract the Zip file you downloaded, move the App to your Applications folder, then run the App
3. Click on Read Backups, in the window that pops up click on the backup file of the device you need the lost pin for, then click Choose
4. You will have a list of all the Apps on the phone. Scroll to the bottom of the list and click on iOS Files, then click on Extract. Choose a folder where you want the files to be extracted to.
5. After it finishes extracting go to the folder where you extracted the files and follow this directory path: iOS Files --> Library --> Preferences
6. In that folder find the file "com.apple.springboard.plist" and open it. (Read note below if on Windows)
7. In Property List Editor look for the key titled "SBParentalControlsPin"
8. Look to the right of that entry and you will see the 4 digit PIN. You can now remove/modify parental controls
NOTE: If you are on Windows and do not have a program that will read PLIST files then open the file with Notepad instead. It will mostly look like garbled junk and words running together but towards the end of the file look for 4 successive digits, if there is more than one place with 4 successive digits then try them all, one of them will be your pin.
Good Luck,
Rob W
Category: vip_iOS
-- posted at: 6:00am EDT
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Mon, 28 March 2011
Hi Rob,
I have a dilemma, I bought an iPhone 4 but had to sell it when my health failed and I had to go on disability. Things are better now financially, but not so much that I want to spend $200. You were alerting your listeners about specials on the iPhone 4 a few months ago. I'm eligible for an upgrade, and wonder if you know of any specials going on now? AT&T always seems to be sold out of refurbs.
Thanks.
Jeff k
Hi Jeff,
Most of those specials we mentioned previously - were by AT&T trying to lock people into a contract prior to the announcement from Verizon about their iPhone.
So sadly - all those deals are over now. However - you will likely see some additional sales / deals around the middle of May - maybe even early May. Then you should also see good deals for old iPhone 4's once the iPhone 5 is made available around the middle of June.
Regards,
Rob W
Category: vip_iPhone
-- posted at: 6:00am EDT
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Sun, 27 March 2011
Rob,
Wasn't the proximitor bug fixed since the release of the iPhone 4?
I bought my iPhone 4 in February (AT&T) and have had quite a few dropped calls; today I even initiated a FaceTime call.
Thought this issue had been fixed.
Regards,
Tim
Hi Tim,
It is still an issue for some users. Yes iOS 4.2.1 solved the issue for some users. But for others the issue continues.
Some speculate it was both a hardware issue with some users (Those that still have an issue) and for others it was a software issue (For those iOS 4.1 or iOS 4.2.1 fixed the issue). Here is a link from the Apple Supports forums.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12997380
Cult of Mac also had an article where there is a poll of users and only 46% of those that took the poll said iOS 4.2.1 did fix the issue - but 54% did not feel it fixed the issue.
Please note if you are using a case that covers any of the front of the iPhone - that could also be your issue. Make sure any case you have just covers the sides and back - but not the front of the iPhone 4. There are many reports that the proximity issue for iPhone 4's with cases covering the front will go away when the case is removed.
Regards,
Rob W
Category: vip_iOS
-- posted at: 6:00am EDT
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Sat, 26 March 2011
Hello Rob,
My name is Davor from Neve Ilan near Jerusalem, Israel !!
I have been listening to you for some months and are loving your show.
Thanks for very good work, a lot of info and other substance about iPhone. Because of iPhone I got interested in Mac and bought an older MacBook.
Now have to learn about that too. What podcast that I can listen and learn with do you suggest?
Regards,
Davor
Hi Davor,
Thanks for listening to the show and the kind words.
For podcasts about the Mac - there are three I recommend.
Maccast
Mac OS Ken
Typical Mac User
Regards,
Rob W
Tii
Category: vip_ask_tii
-- posted at: 6:30am EDT
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Fri, 25 March 2011
While supplies last Verizon stores are selling Wifi iPad1's at $200 discount.
$299 - 16 GB
$399 - 32 GB
$499 - 64 GB
Good luck for those interested. They likely will sell out before the end of the weekend.
Some reports have the 16 GB versions already sold out at most locations.
Category: vip_iPad
-- posted at: 9:24am EDT
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Fri, 25 March 2011
Hi Rob,
Just listened to podcast 167 about the Android malware, and I noticed this article on the same site:
I know this is not the same as an app rootkitting your device or stealing information, but it is worth mention.
Also, they updated the article you referenced, and said that Google closed the exploit that DreamDroid uses.
However, my question to you is:
How does Apple's walled garden prevent this kind of malware? Do they scan source code for exploits? How do they know what to look for? Has an iOS device never been exploited? I'm not sure what you're saying in your podcast, unless you're saying the problem with Google's market policy is that they don't review(/scan?) apps for exploits. Again that brings up the question of: how do you scan for exploits if you haven't already seen it?
Dave
Hi Dave,
Yes Apple scans / looks at the code of all apps - All are scanned by computers looking for strange code - And most are also looked at by humans.
So Apple does have in place the tools to looks for strange code.
And no Google does not look at anything with any apps - you can put up anything with Google. Google waits until someone complains and the reacts. Apple takes a much more proactive stance on looking at apps. Is Apples scanning of apps perfect - NO - But it is a lot better than not looking at all and just waiting until people report issues for apps that are already out in the wild.
Regards,
Rob W
Category: vip_iOS
-- posted at: 6:00am EDT
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