iPhone Manual Blog

Turn caps lock on iPhone

Christopher — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:21:51 +0000

To turn caps lock on, double-tap the Shift key. The Shift key will turn blue and all letters will be uppercase. Tap the Shift key again to turn caps lock off.

To enable or disable this feature, go to Settings > General > Keyboard and select “Enable Caps Lock.”

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Conference call iPhone

Christopher — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:45:28 +0000

You can use the iPhone to make a conference call. During a call, tap the “add call” icon in the bottom left and choose which contact you would like to add. Select that contact’s phone number to call them. The “add call” button will turn into “merge calls”; tap this to merge the two calls into one conference call. You can have up to five calls in one conference call; simply repeat the steps above to add more people to the call.

This feature may depend on your network carrier; contact them to find out if it is available.

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SMS privacy iPhone

Christopher — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:55:08 +0000

Your iPhone is set to automatically show a preview of incoming text messages. In Settings, you can choose if you want to see a preview of your messages on the Home screen by tapping Messages and turning Show Preview on or off.

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Slide for uppercase

Christopher — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:39:26 +0000

Instead of typing an uppercase letter by tapping shift and entering the letter, you can quickly enter a capital letter by touching and holding the Shift key, sliding it to the letter on the keyboard, and releasing your finger.

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Show battery life percentage iPhone

Christopher — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Add a percentage battery-life indicator to the status bar. In Settings, select General > Usage, and turn Battery Percentage on or off.

Only on iPhone 3GS and higher.

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International keyboard

Christopher — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Turning on international keyboards gives you many options, including spellcheck in that language.

When you add different language options to your keyboard, a small globe appears next to the space bar.

In iOS 4, to quickly switch languages, tap and hold the globe icon to see your options and slide to the one you want.

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SMS character count on iPhone

Christopher — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Turn on the SMS character count to see how long your messages are. Select Settings then Messages and turn on Character Count.

Messages that are more than 160 characters long are billed as multiple texts, so this is a useful feature. The total appears after you have typed one line.

Only on iOS4 and higher.

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Create a ringtone for iPhone using Windows

Christopher — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:01:43 +0000

Instead of buying ringtones, you can make your own. To make a ringtone using Windows you will need a none-protected mp3 (ex: from a CD). Then:

Find the song you want in iTunes, right click, select Get Info and then the Options tab.
Select the section of the song that you want (it can only be 30 seconds long) by changing the start and end time. Slide the Volume Adjustment to +100%.
Click Ok, return to the song (make sure it is selected), open the Advanced menu and select Create AAC version.
Now select the new AAC version and right click. Select Show in Windows Explorer to take you to the file. This has created a .m4a file. You have to change this to .m4r.
Check that the full filename is visible by opening Folder and search options (this is usually in Organize for Windows 7 and Vista; open Tools, Folder Options for Windows XP).
In View, uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types” and then Apply.
When you return you will see the .m4a file extension. Click on this and edit to .m4r. Double click the new file to open in iTunes. Sync your iPhone to get your new ringtone on your phone.

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Turn the equalizer (EQ) off (Save Battery on iPhone)

Christopher — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:30:11 +0000

You can use the equalizer to customize the sound on the iPhone. Extend your battery life while listening to music by turning EQ off. On the iPhone, select Settings, iPod, and set EQ to off. On the iPod Touch, select Settings, Music, and set EQ to off.

If you’ve set EQ differently for specific songs in iTunes, “off” won’t work. In this case set EQ to Flat.

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Create a ringtone for iPhone on you Mac

Christopher — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:30:14 +0000

To make a ringtone using a Mac you will need a none-protected mp3 (ex: from a CD). Then:

Find the song you want in iTunes, right click, select Get Info and then the Options tab.
Select the section of the song that you want (it can only be 30 seconds long) by changing the start and end time. Slide the Volume Adjustment to +100%.
Right-click the song and select Create AAC version.
Right-click or hold ctrl and click, select Show in Finder
Leave Finder open and return to iTunes
Select the newly created file and press the Delete key. Choose Remove and then Keep File.
Return to Finder and your new file. It will have a file extension of .m4a.
Change this file extension to .m4r by clicking on the file and clicking again to edit the filename. Change .m4a to .m4r.
Double-click the new file and it will open in iTunes. Sync your iPhone to get your new ringtone on your phone.

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