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Friday, April 15, 2011

Interesting Iphone tricks


  1. Go to Top of the screen  -
In any app that you may be using ,even the browser, you can automatically scroll to the top by hitting on the "top bar", which has the time, service bars, and battery. 
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     2.  No more typing in "http" or ".com"
When you wanna hit a site, you don't have to type the "www" or the ".com".. Note: Your search engine must be set to Google, not Yahoo.
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          4.   Press & Hold For Alternate Characters -
Hold a letter for a popup of various versions of the character (i.e. to type España with the "ñ" simply hold "n" and simply slide/release to the appropriate character).
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      5.   Click & Hold URL's -
In Safari, hold a link to see the URL and site name.
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      6.   Soft Reset -
Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep button to restart your iPhone. A white light will flash, the screen will shut off and then turn back on. Keep holding until the screen turns back on.
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      7.   Take a Screenshot -
To take a screenshot, hold the home button and click the sleep button. The screen will flash white and the screenshot will be stored in your camera roll.
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      8.   Set Parental Controls -
You can enable certain restrictions or parental controls on your iPhone. You can block explicit lyrics, Safari, YouTube, iTunes, or the App Store. Just go to Settings, General, Restrictions.
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      9.   Save Any Image from Safari -
To save any image from the web to your camera roll, simply press and hold the image. A menu will appear asking "Save Image" or "Cancel". Once the image is in your camera roll, you can set it as your wallpaper.
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      10.  Fast Forward/Rewind Music & Video -
Press and hold the skip forward/back arrows to fast forward or rewind rather than skip tracks. Also, press on the album art to manually FF/rewind.
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      11.   Delete Emails -
You can do both "bulk deletes" and "individual deletes" when browsing email. To do a bulk delete, simply click Edit, check off the desired emails, and then choose delete or move. To delete a single email, simply "cross it out" by swiping your finger across the email, then press delete.
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