Hi_Rob,
I have given up carrying a heavy DSLR and now do all my photography with my iPhone 4. I started a blog to document my journey to photography minimalism. Check it out at:
dslrtoiphone.wordpress.com.
The attached artwork started with a screenshot, processed with the sketch filter on Iris then added the "Tii" with Adobe Idea, all on my iPhone 4.
Regards,
Carl G
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Transcript for Episode 253
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That clip is from the Onion and speaking of cracked screens.
Thanks goes out to listener Eric Castillo at iCare iPhone Repair - actually a big thanks - a huge thanks - no a humungous thanks goes out to Eric - As you may know my 6 year old son recently dropped my iPhone 4S and shattered the screen and Eric was kind enough to send me a replacement screen. And After a touch and go 1 hour and 54 minute surgery on my iPhone 4S - I am happy to report that when I powered my iPhone 4S back on - it came to life and is working properly. I will say that if you ever plan on doing your own iPhone repairs - go to Radio shack and get the Mobile Phone Tool Kit. The plastic pry tools are really needed. That said - I have worked on electronics for over 30 years - and the iPhone 4S is one tricky disassembly and re-assembly - definitely need to watch a video while taking it apart and putting back together. Again Eric Castillo at iCare iPhone Repair - Thanks so much for the new Front panel - and my 6 year old son says thanks too. Folks you can follow eric on Facebook at icareiphonerepair and hit him up if you need some repair work done.
Hey and speaking of Sons and iPhones One item that got a bit of press this holiday season was about a mommyblogger that put up a list of 18 terms and conditions for her 13 year old son to agree to and follow - if he wanted to get and keep an iPhone.
And the list is full of some common sense items such as No Porn or keep your eyes up see the world happening around you. but One of them is one I recommend to my brother and sister for their kids iOS devices and one I think is really important for any parent - and that is number 2 on her list - I will always know the password.
and I would take that even one step further when it comes to email - Only the parent should know the password. What I did with my sisters kids new iPad Mini's - is I helped her set up email address for each device - you kind of need the emails for each if you want to use iMessage. but they also wanted to use email. So what we did was to set up Gmail accounts for each kid - and then another new email account for my Sister - as the parent account - then in Gmail we set it up to forward a copy of every inbound email to my Sisters Parent account. You can also set up the iOS device to send a BCC copy of every email mailed out. This way you then get a copy of every email coming in and out of that iOS device as the parent. We also turned on restrictions after all was set up - and turned off the ability to change / delete / add email accounts. And only my sister the parent knows the Restrictions password. That is how you secure an iOS device for email use.
I would say what was missing in this list - was as the parent - only You should know the passcode to restrictions and only You as the parent will know the password to the email.
So yes - that 18 point agreement was fine - but I think there needs to be even more control of your kids iOS devices - and the younger they are the more it is needed.
Some would tell you the new iPhone Do not disturb commercial has horrible timing for it release given the glitch many experienced with iOS 6 and Do not Disturb not working correctly On new Years day morning - seems Apple or Siri or some celestial force decided many iOS 6 users just partied to hard On New Years Eve and decided not to turn off Do not disturb as scheduled. Scott Forstall has reportedly already turned down the request to apologize for that. Now as embarrassing as that glitch is/was - it could have been worse - it could have let calls and texts in at 6:00 AM. Now back to the commercial - I don't think the timing is the worst part here - I think it is the whole concept of the commercial - which shows the Williams Sisters - Venus and Serena - playing ping pong with the person dreaming - from the person who is dreaming perspective. Really - You have the Williams sisters in a dream and you are playing Ping Pong with them - Yeah - not the dream most men could relate to -If you know what I mean…. Badminton Now that I could understand - but Ping Pong - What kind of men do they think we are. Just sayin.
Seems there were multiple posts out there about some people that updated to iOS 6.0.2 on their iPhone 5 and iPad Mini seeing some issues with battery life. Interestingly l did not hear of any of those issues - and it seems not to be a widespread issue - but if you have an iPhone 5 or iPad mini and you did upgrade to iOS 6.0.2 - have you had any noticeable issues with degraded battery life?
206-666-6364 - 206-moon-dog - or shot us an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Rob:
I don't know if this has been mentioned in any podcast, but I've
discovered a hidden gem in mapping.
The Mapquest App will locate your contacts, and accurately plot
directions with voice turn-by-turn navigation.
This fixes the missing feature such as a little thing called accuracy
in the notorious Apple map app, and the Google inability to locate
contacts.
I will use this feature as my default mapping and report problems.
The only issue is that Siri seems to only know about Apple's own Map App.
-Barry
Hello Rob,
You mentioned in your last episode that it is once again possible to gift an app from within the App Store on an iDevice. Where exactly do you find that option? It would make sense to me if it was an option once you search for an app or pick an app, but I cannot find this. I also looked under “Share”, but all I see there is email, Facebook, Twitter etc.
Thanks for any light you might be able to shed on this.
REGARDS
Sieghard
Hi Sieghard,
In the App store App - when you find an app you want to gift.
Tap on the Box with the arrow coming out in the upper right.
Then you will get a pop over with multiple options.
One of the options is Gift
HOPE THAT helps.
Hi Rob
My wife & I are on Verizon Wireless & in January we're going to upgrade her to an iPhone 5, she currently has a BB Storm. I couldn't be more excited for her! My question though, is if we share an Apple ID, so we can share some apps, will she have to have all the apps that I have & vice versa? I'm sure we will want some of my apps on her new phone but not all.
Regards,Shannon H in Fountain Hills, AZ
Hi Shannon,
Good question - Answer is NO.
You can each pick and choose which apps you want.
I would recommend turning off the option where it auto downloads on the device any apps purchased for that account.
Other wise whenever she downloads a new app - it will auto download to your device as well and vice versa.
Which could be an issue if you download one of the hot chick type apps or vice versa.
Thanks to Stephen for the heads up on this iOS 6 Panorama Photo tip - and that is by tapping in the Panorama window where the Arrow is - when you first start the pic - it will reverse the arrow and now you can go from right to left - rather than left to right as it is set by default. Thanks Stephen. Stephen is also the developer of IWGuide all one word - which is a free app that gives you a listing of what shows and movies are available now from Netflix for instant streaming. And how long they will be available. Again search for IWGuide one word in iTunes.
Apple just announced that their Quarterly conference call to go over last Quarters sales will be on Wednesday Jan 23rd. So what are they going to be talking about. Well sales and lots of them if the following stories are any indication. Over at CNET they had one such story titled iPhone snag its highest US market share ever. This was based on looking at a 12 week window ending on November 25th - the research firm Kantar WorldPanel ComTech stated that Apple quote reached a major milestone in the US by passing the 50% share mark for the first time. unquote. Again this was for the US. In Europe - Android phones combined for 61% share vs the iPhones 25.3% share during that 12 week window. Please note all these numbers are based on survey's so grain of salt take with them should we.
Another thing Apple should be talking about on the quarterly conf call is the iPad mini and how it did - and if demand in the China is any indication it did great. As the iPad is seeing stock outs in China - and in the US is still listed at 1 week for delivery for all versions and colors. In China it is also being reported that the iPhone 5 is the most popular high end handset once again.
Of course if one does not believe anal-ists and survey's one could always look to social media to figure out how iOS devices are doing - and that is what some people with too much time on their hands did - they search for the tweets with the phrase "First tweet from…" and then looked to see what came in the dot dot dot place. And for a 24 hour period starting on Christmas even the winner was Apple iPad. There were 1795 tweets found with iPad finishing that tweet. vs 250 tweets for Kindle vs 100 tweets for Google Nexus vs just 36 tweets for MS surface. That is an over 4.6 to 1 ratio of iPad's vs Kindles, Nexus and Surfaces.
So lets say you don't want to believe anal-ists, or inventory checks or survey's or tweets - well then you could always just look at hard data like Ad impressions delivered by a big Ad network - and in this case we are talking about the Chitika folks once again. Chitika looked at 10's of millions of ad requests from Dec 8th to the 14th - and what they found for tablets was similar to past findings - iPad kicked butt and took names. like the kindle fire which had 4.88 impressions for each 100 for an iPad. The Galaxy Tabs were 3.04 per 100. the nexus at a paltry 1.22 per 100. They also looked at the Asus transformer, Nook, Playbook, Acer konia, plus another 5 and a catch all for unidentified Android tablet - and the overall findings were there was a total of 14.75 Ad impressions for all the non-ipad tablets for each 100 for iPad tablets. Or put another way over 87% of tablet traffic comes from an iPad. Now if it is true that Android tablets are making up over 40% of tablet sales but barely able to make it above 12% of traffic - it really makes you wonder what people are doing with said devices. I mean I understand why traffic is so poor on Android smartphones - people just got those devices for the most part because they just wanted a phone. But with a tablet - that logic does not fit. So either sales are not what Anal-ists and surveys say for Android devices - or they just really suck something bad and people just don't want to use them. Just sayin.
Any way Jan 23rd will be here soon and it will be interesting to hear what apple has to say about last quarter sales for iOS devices.
A quick update - Chitika - updated their numbers for Tablets - or more specifically they extended the time period they looked at - to now cover Dec 1st thru Dec 27th. What they found was pre dec 25th - the iPad had an 86% share of traffic vs a 78.9% of share of traffic from Dec 25th to the 27th. The big winner was the Kindle Fire going up to 7.5% from about 4.5% before Christmas. Still at 78.9% the iPad is the clear dominate force in Tablet usage - it will be interesting to see where those numbers are two months from now - will people still be using their Android tablets or will they be in a draw somewhere collecting dust?
Ok and now to look into the future a bit for Apple products we first need to step back to mid 2012 and the rumor / speculation / hope that in September of 2012 Apple would announce a bluetooth connected iPod nano to also use as a wrist watch. IE a Pebble competitor officially from Appel - and well you know if you listen to this show - I was hoping / speculating that would be announced last fall - and well - not so much. But now that rumor is for some reason back running the circuit. This time with the added twist it is something Apple is working with Intel on. Huh??? Ok Yes - I still think Apple will eventually release a bluetooth watch that works with your iPhone - but working with Intel - Huh?? I just don't follow that part of the rumor - Why. Per the specifics of the rumor as translated to english - quote Supply chain, said Intel is designed for Apple Bluetooth smart watches, this product is RiTdisplay 1.5-inch OLED screen, other aspects of the supply chain, with a rhenium ocean of OGS encore indium tin oxide transparent conductive (ITO) glass. unquote Again Huh? Why would Apple look to Intel to design anything for them. I think Apple already has the hardware design side pretty well covered. But take out the intel part and any of those specs - and yeah - I think we will see an iWatch or what ever it will be called in 2013 - of course please note I thought we would see it in 2012 as well.
In addition to the iWatch rumor - there is of course the lets predict it for each year that starts with a 2 rumor for an Apple TV or iTV or Big Screen TV by Apple rumor. Will we see that in 2013 - I would say the likelihood is greater than 50% but less than 90% - yeah how is that for taking a stand. How about a 7th gen iPhone or if you prefer an iPhone 5S - yup 100% we will see that in 2013 - along with a new iPad maxi and a new iPad Mini. Most likely the iPad maxi will be the fist item upgraded and it will take on the look and design or the iPad mini - with the dual speakers and flatter design. Do I think the iPad mini will be retina - well that would be the easy call - since most think a new iPad mini is coming with Retina - I however am not one and think it will be 2014 before we see an iPad mini with retina display. One rumor is Apple will or show acquire Waze - to help on the mapping side to help with real time traffic data. Over at Cnet they mention that Apple likes to cast a shadow over CES and get the people there talking about apple - which they have done very well for the past few years. And this year it just does not seem likely it would be a device announcement - which leaves us with software or acquisition announcements as All the other items for 2013 - just don't seem to match up well with CES timing wise to be announced in the next few days. Either way - Apple likes to overshadow CES and it will be interesting to see if Apple can do it again this year. Especially since I will be there.
Now one rumor slash item that just popped up is reports about iPHone 6's and iOS 7 showing up in developers log reports. This could be the case Apple is testing out the next iPhone already - or the next version of iOS 7 - but it seems a little early for those reports. It could just as likely be someone spoofing their device info just to create the bogus reports. Is iOS 7 coming Yes - is the next iPhone coming yes - are these latest reports of them showing up in logs legit - probably not.
And an update - Cnet is also now reporting their earlier reporting got ahead of itself as now they say the infamous a source familiar with Apple's thinking - huh - wait a second a source familiar with Apple's thinking - and they are unnamed. Ok what everrrr - Anyway Cnet's source says nope - Waze is not getting acquired by Apple - but Techcrunch's source say is too - oh wait is not. Seems Tech crunch then backed off its story. So now it seems Apple is neither acquiring Waze nor Tom Tom. Which per the later - is probably a good thing.
Staying on the rumor front the other crazy rumor is that there will be multiple iPhone colors available mid year. And some are expanding that rumor to say also multiple sizes. I only mention this because well I want to be able to come back later and say - see - I told you that was a crazy rumor with no chance of happening - which is what I am saying - just sayin.
And speaking of legit or not - this next one I thought was not legit when I first saw it. IT is about the app Cycloramic - this is a $0.99 app just for the iPhone 5. Actually just for a naked iPhone 5 - what this app does is it takes a panoramic video by placing the iPhone 5 on its bottom edge standing up - it then uses the vibrator to cause the iPhone 5 to revolve in a circle while it records the video. It just records the video - not audio. It is a cute parlor trick - hey look at what my smartphone can do type of thing - that from comments requires a very smooth and level surface for this to work. Again the App is called Cycloramic
Do you watch CBS TV shows - do you have an iPad - do you often wish you had an app that greatly enhanced your CBS TV viewing experience - well guess what - your wish has been granted with the release of the new and free CBS Connect iPad App which works as your second screen allowing for social interaction with other watchers of said CBS TV shows. Starting with NCIS LA, on Jan 8th then Hawaii 5-0 on Jan 14th and CSI on Jan 16th - you will be able to use the app to quote more deeply engage with each and every new episode unquote.
Thanks for all those that sent in this next one - which is a post with the steps to take to change your carrier listed on your iPhone to whatever you want. Like mine says Libsyn - or some times Tii. There are 8 steps and I will not go over them here - other than to say if this is something you want to do - look for the link titled How to change your iPhone carrier logo without jailbreaking - in the show notes for episode 253 over at today in iOS dot com. Now if you are jailbroken like me - then it is even easier - just download the cydia app - FakeCarrier - all one word - it is free - and then you can quickly and easily change the carrier to what ever you want - this comes in handy when taking screen shots for tutorials - and wanting to add in some additional branding. But either way jailbroken or not - you can change your carrier logo.
Interesting stats from Google today- On Android - Gingerbread is finally less than half of all installed devices. now sitting at 47.6% of Android devices that is based on data collected for a 14 day period ending Jan 3rd. Jelly Bean 4.1 is now up to 9.0% and 4.2 is at 1.2% adoption. To put that in perspective - Gingerbread would be equivalent to iOS 3.x and Jelly bean iOS 6. Jelly bean 4.1 was released in July - and 4.2 was released right about when iOS 6 was released. Right now over 60% of iOS devices are running iOS 6.x and barely 10% are running Jellybean. And still over 47% are stuck multiple major versions back. This is the issue with Android. It is a major cluster frack. Just sayin.
Hi Rob – with the Apple maps, I like to leave the map set to my route to work and I open every day before leaving to see the traffic situation. The map settings and layout is saved when the maps app is closed and released from memory. So, whenever I open it, I see the same view. It works great and is very accurate. I tested this on the new Google maps and it doesn't work as well. If you set the map up to show a certain area and turn on traffic, once the app is closed and released from memory, when reopened, the map shows the current location and all settings are back to default.
Google maps isn't perfect. I admit I'm a big Apple fan (like you) and want to see them win this battle.
Regards,
Darrin
Hi Rob,
Love the podcast, I oversee the IT department for my local school board and the podcast is great for keeping me up to date on all things iOS and its been a lifesaver.
My question for the listeners is what would be the best piece of hardware on the market to use as a baby monitor to pair with iOS devices? My brothers wife is pregnant and I'd like to get them something where they can view the monitor via their iPhone/iPad from within the house and when they are out of the house.
Love the show and keep up all the good work.
Andy
Hi Rob,
I’m a stroke victim and now blind and thus use voice over on a IPhone 4S. My issue is due to my stroke, I can not double click quick enough to dismiss apps, rename, or other double click actions. Suggestions?
Sidenote; I use split tap for much functions, but can not do app close or the other features of double clicking.
Thanks
Ray
Christoval, Tx
Hi Rob
Im looking to travel to Asia next year, when researching destinations i noticed how useless the maps are for me. Country/Place names are written in the local language, not English. How would i report this error Apple?
Regards,
Roger
Norway
Hi Roger,
I see that issue as well for names - there is an option that is supposed to force it to the language setting you select for your iPhone - and that does not appear to be working.
I would guess you can report this via the report a issue option in maps for iOS 6 and select "my problem ins't listed" and do that - maybe if enough people complain - they will do something.
We talk about Kickstarter Projects pretty much close to every episode for over a year now. And there is a very interesting article over at PC Mag dot com - titled - Most Kickstarter Projects fail to deliver on time. And by Most they mean 84 % that missed their target delivery dates. CNN Money looked at 50 different projects with due dates of Nov 2012 or earlier and found only 8 shipped on time or early. One we mentioned here was CloudFTP. Some that were slightly late were Brydge, Elevation Dock and MetaWatch Strata. And some that are pretty late - Geode - which well we talked that one to death already and those they put in the where the Frack is my product category include - The Pebble Watch, Gtar, and Galileo.
Now that all said - John forwarded me an email today he received from Pebble which said it is almost time - which they talk about a Press even on Wed the 9th at 9:00 AM PT at room S228 - If I am near there I will try and stop by.
And lets get into a new Kickstarter project - this next one was brought to our attention From Zed Alpha. It is the Wyncase - spelled - W Y N C A S E - one word. And this one sadly does not look like it will reach its goal - it has only until Jan 12th at 10:00 PM ET - and has only raised a total of $20k towards a goal of $80k. What it is is another Case for the iPhone that has gaming controls built in. But it is just $30 - if you are looking for a case slash game controller for your iPhone 4 or 4S or 5 or iPod touch 4th or 5th gen - then do a search for Wyncase - w y n c a s e over at kickstarter dot com.
Thanks to Fabio for this next one - which a start up project not on kickstarter but on Christie Street dot com - not sure we have covered anything on this site before. Anyway - the project we are talking about is called the Doorbot - one word. It is a wifi enabled smart doorbell - because you know all the times you pushed the simple little doorbell button - the person on the other side was probably saying I wish I could see and talk to whoever is ringing my door bell right here on my iOS device. This project has raised a total of $154 thousand dollars - which would be really impressive if not for the fact they have a goal of $250,000 dollars and just 16 days left to hit that goal. Really $250,000 dollars - Shakes head disapprovingly. Price for said Doorbot is $169 - so it is not cheep at roughly half the price of an iPad Mini. However if you would like to monitor who is at your door on your iOS device - which for those that are mobility impaired - this is something you will want to check out at christiestreet dot com search for doorbot - or look for the link in the show notes for ep 253.
Thanks to Margaret for the heads up on StickNFind - one word which is a project over at Indiegogo - This one is for blue tooth stickers that you place on items you want to be able to find via your iOS device that are within about 100 feet. Think Car Keys, Remote, other iOS devices, The Cat, Your Parents or what ever you want to stick these on to. The project had a goal of $70,000 - and I use past tense as they blew past that and are over $450,000 in pledges. This one will complete on Jan 14th at 11:59 PM PT. 2 stickers will set you back $35, 4 stickers will cost $65, 6 stickers for $90 and there are other price break downs. So if you have things, pets or people around your house you need to keep track of - this might be a project you want to check out. Again it is called StickNFind - one word and it is over at Indiegogo dot com. And link is in the show notes for ep 253 of course.
Hi Rob,
Here is my review of the Brydge:
I am writing to you today from my Black Polycarbonate Brydge bluetooth keyboard. I was not an investor because 220 seemed a bit steep for me. I was delighted to discover that they came out with a cheaper plastic speakered version for the holidays for only 120. I love it. It's black so it looks great with my black iPad. It has transformed my ipad experience from a device where I consume information and flag communications that require a later response to a device that I actually want to write on. In the past, I would receive an email on my iPad and flag it for later. Short emails were possible but longer communications, especially if they included copying and pasting from other docs, was frustrating and slow. The look and feel of my iPad is nothing short of a notebook computer. The hinges are durable and seem well constructed. The unit goes to sleep when closed and awakens when opened. There are brightness, volume and media player buttons as well as a reveal keyboard button, a search button, a lock button and a home button on the keyboard. Easily attached, easily removed, this product is a dream. I only have one complaint and word of advice for others: my brydge came with ipad 2 fitted silicone shims on the hinges and a big warning that the factory installed shims are for ipad 2 use only. My ipad 3 fit and was nice and snug. It took a bit of elbow grease to get the iPad out. However, based on the warning and my own paranoia, I removed the factory installed shims and replaced them with ipad 3/4 silicone shims. The results? First, the factory did a better job than I did and second, the ipad 2 is smaller in depth so my ipad 3 was tighter in the original shims. Now it is much easier to remove my ipad for the hinges. It certainly won't fall out but I sort of miss how solid the whole thing felt originally. I regret removing the original shims. Happy New Year
Daniel
one Kickstarter project sending money back to users is the POP charging station - it was supposed to be a charging station where you could charge up iOS devices with both 30 pin and lightning connectors. They will be giving back almost 140k to funders making it the biggest refund ever on Kickstarter - so are they doing this because they tried and failed - NOPE - they are doing this because Apple will not let them make a charger that has both a lightning plug and a 30 pin or any other type plug. Yup so Apple had them kill this project and send back the money. Which really - Apple ? Really - It is bad enough you changed the charging port - but now you will not even let those of us with both 30 pin device and lightning devices have a single charging station - is that really so much to ask for - Booo Apple Booo.
Business Insider has a chart from research firm Citi - that shows that about 54% of iPhone owners surveyed wanted a screen size larger than the iPhone 5's. 43% were happy with the current screens and 3% said - Cream - no I don't need an cream. Of course this might not be what they really need - just what they think they need - you know the grass is greener on the other side - until you try to use your thumbs to type on a 5" phablet device or put it in your front pocket.
Chromatik is an app that is getting some press as it seems some VC's are falling over themselves to help fund this app - as they already have raised over $2 mil dollars - congrats guys. If anyone has used this app please call in or write in with a review. The app is described as digital sheet music plus a tool for recording music and it uses the iPad mic to make sharing and storing sound bites easy. And of course if you used this app to create any music - please send it in for the beginning of the show music.
Hi Rob,
As a parent, I thought you like to know.
Regards,
John
http://www.dailytech.com/FTC+Pushes+for+Data+
Collection+Transparency+in+Childrens+Apps/article29387.htm
And what John is talking about is that the FTC is pushing for better data collect transparency in kids apps - no not that data collection devices are transparent - but that those collecting data are transparent in their collection methods. The FTC study looked at 400 childerens apps currently in either or both Apples App store and Google Play store. Of these 60% collected and transmitted info about the device to developers. And of that 60% only 20% gave a disclaimer about their data collection. They also said other app related issues like in-app advertising and in-app purchases - need to be reviewed and corrected. Or as a parent you could you know - just make sure your kid does not have your password to make in app purchases - or better yet - delete out the apps that have said in app purchases and are geared towards kids.
Hi, Rob...
I was hoping Siri on my non-jailbroken iPhone 5 would give me spoken reminders based on time or location. I need them while driving, and visual reminders are a major distraction.
Unfortunately, no soup for me.
Is there a way to do this, maybe with 3rd party apps? Or should I just hope that a future update willl include the feature?
REGARDS,
Philip in Vermont
Rob, I am looking for a developer to build and fully dynamic social networking app for ios, iPhone specifically. Do you know of any developers or heard of any good groups that won't put a dent in your pocket but can be depended on? Please get back to me as soon as possible.
David Clark | iOS Mail
Hi Rob,
This is an interesting Cydia tweak:
http://stereopsis.com/flux/
It allows you to set up a different color temperature for night time use on your iOS device and automatically switches to it on sunset.
I've set it up on my iOS devices and am currently testing it out. It's pleasing to look at, especially in cases where the lowest brightness setting on my iPad was still a tad too bright.
Of course, there are times when you need color accuracy. Then you can just disable the tweak in the settings app or the app that comes with it also comes with a feature to temporarily disable it for an hour.
For those that are worried about CPU / memory use, the tweak is very small and the dev says that it just uses CPU when the color temperature is actually changed.
Cheers,
Sebastian
Hi rob happy new year !!
Is there a way to restrict or have a pass code for just messages and emails? As my neices and nephews always use my iPhone .. Don't really want them reading them - a pass code for everything is a pain if I have to do it every time I pick up the phone ..
Regards,
Natasha
Well Tash - I will through that one out the jailbreak crowd on which app they prefer for said job. I know in the past we talked about a few tweaks to lock down specific apps or folders and then you put the apps you want protected in a folder you keep locked. If anyone is using one of these tweaks on iOS 5.x please let us know - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog.
Rob,
Is there a way to look-up previously entered passwords such as those for wireless access point SSID's that have been previously entered? This is easy to do in OS X with keychain, and for passwords managed by browsers like FireFox.
I've been using Personal Hotspot on my iPhone 4S to support several family iPads. There are times when it just doesn't work and the Apple Genius Bar says the first thing to do is to try Reseting the Network in IOS. This means losing all of the previously entered network passwords and friends and family homes. At least if I could grab them with something like Keychain, it would be a little easier.
Anything?
Regards,
-Joe
Thanks to Levi and others that sent in this next one. Which is good news for those that want to keep jailbreaking around and that is Hackulous has shut down and the installous app gone. I really never talked about installous on the show - other than maybe to say I did not approve of it. It was an jailbreak app that allowed people to pirate other apps - and was what made many think jailbreaking meant pirating - which it does not. It is funny there was a time when the Tii app if it was installed with installous would not work - and people would email asking why the Tii does not work - and I would say are you jailbroken and do you have installous - and well I would laugh. Really don't email the app owner if the pirated version does not work - kind of uncool.
Any way good news that Installous is no more. Ding Dong the witch is dead.
Hi Rob,
I wanted to talk about Auxo A sweet little tweak for switcher. Works smooth. I also have switchy running to give a double layer switcher and use springtomize To shrink the icons slightly. Fully compatible as I far as I can tell so far. Now has IOS 5.1x comparability.
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/12/30/auxo-for-ios-5-x-now-available-on-cydia/
Regards,
Levi
Thanks Levi and others that sent in info on this - Auxo is a very cool redesign of the app switcher - As the video for it shows - this is what Apple should have done and should really steal for iOS 7. In the switcher - rather than the icon it shows a shronken version of the open app. and to close an app you swipe down on it in the app switcher - if you tap and hold on one of the open apps - it asks if you want to close out all open apps - Yeah team - That right there makes it worth the $1.99 in the cydia app store. There are other really cool features as well such as improved music controls - and two rolls of toggles. Such as the Wifi or bluetooth toggles. This is a really really good jailbreak tweak. This is why Apple needs Jailbreaking - it is where good ideas can come from. If you are not jailbroken - then you need to hope someone at apple is seeing this and taking notes - and then hope and pray it is in iOS 7 - but for those that are jailbroken - you just need a buck 99 and you can have it installed asap. Thanks again all that sent this one in.
If you are someone that likes to upload lots of videos to Youtube and want to do it quickly and easily and want to do a little touch up on the videos before - such as color correction, trimming and adding music tracks - from some built in music tracks. Then you may want to check out the app Youtube capture - it is free in the app store. A new version just went up today. I like the rotate to start feature - where you hold the iPhone vertically but once you rotate into landscape mode it starts recording. Again did I mention it was free and is zip nadda zilch - no cost to you. Search for Youtube Capture - two words in the app store.
Just an update about an update to the Squrl app - Since the last episode they have added Search history and suggestions - both nice features. Again the Squrl app is free and spelled s q u r l - if you like search out for new videos - the squrl app is for you. I mean unless you like just being stuck searching in Yuotube - then well fine be that way - but for those looking to search outside the box - then there is squrl.
Rob,
I recently heard the podcast regarding how someone was not able to see the apps he had downloaded in the past on the App store on his iOS device. I had a similar problem, so I looked at my app purchases on iTunes on my iMac and found that I had over 1,600 downloads! Therefore, I hid about 1,100 apps from my history, and now I can see my purchased apps on my iOS device. Thanks for the podcast. Love your show!
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Josh Packer, Idaho
Hello Rob,
I'm writing on behave of my boss. He's looking for a way to record the screen of the iPhone. It would be a feed from a security camera that gets forwarded to his phone that he wants to record. I know jail breaking would be the easiest but that's not for him. I know it's a long shot, but I also know your audience is a great group of collective minds.
Thank you for all that you do,
DJ Medina
Rob,
First off, I love your show and have been an avid listener for the past 4yrs. My question today is, I upgraded to the iPhone 5 with Sprint, I would like to take my 4s and unlock it to use on AT&T or Verizon. How do I go about doing this? Everything I read online states Sprint only unlocks the GSM for international usage. Thanks keep up the great work, hope you were nice and Santa stopped by..and if you were naughty I'm sure your better half will take care of that...
David
Hi David,
You will need to call Sprint or go to one of their locations.
Tell them you upgraded your iPhone to the 5 - and you have the 4S you purchased through them that is now not on an account and you want to get it unlocked for use when you travel out of the country. Tell them you are looking for a permanent unlock. As long as you are in good standing with your account - they should unlock it - that would allow you to use it on any GSM carrier - US or International. But not Verizon.
I will also check on the show - but I think that is the best you can do - and it will also depend on who you talk to - so I would suggest calling Sprint first - if they say no - or "they can't" which is really just no - then go to the local Sprint store. Or wait a few minutes and call them back. It seems a lot of times how much help you get depends on who you get on the phone.
Rob W
Hi Rob,
Per the AT&T $100 credit on the iPad This time it's good regardless of where you purchased the device.
John
Gilbert, AZ
Hi John thanks for the heads up - so if you buy an iPad or iPad mini any flavor as long as it is LTE - and you sign up with AT&T for a 2 year agreement - you get $100 credit on your bill. So no matter where you purchased it or even if it was given to you - if it has LTE and you sign up for a 2 year as in 24 month commit - you can get a $100 credit. This is even true if you sign up for the $10 mobile share option. which really makes it a $5 dollar and 83.3333 cent plan. Unless you cancel in the next two years - then there is a $150 early termination fee.
A quick reminder I will be speaking at blogworld new media expo in Las Vegas - which will be going on from Jan 6th to the 8th - I will be speaking about how to podcast 100% from an iPad and my speech is Monday the 7th at 10:30 AM Las Vegas time. We at Libsyn will also have a booth at the show - booth 517 - please stop by and say hi - and get your picture taken with me or if you are libsyn customer - with the libsyn team. If you want to save 20% off a New media pass - use promo code Walch20 - that is w a l c h 2 0 - that is c h - not s h. Walch20. Hope to see some of you at the show. I am also speaking on Tuesday the 8th again at 10:30 AM LV time - and that one is a panel about podcast distribution. But other than those times I will be at the Libsyn booth. Hope to see you there. Hey and I also got my press passes for CES - I will be over at CES on Wednesday the 9th. And yes that is the last time you have to hear that reminder.
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