by Simon Ng on August 26, 2010
You may already know how to close multitasking apps (a.k.a. background apps) on iPhone running iOS 4.
Presently, you can only close multitasking app one at a time. Some of you wonder if iPhone offers a way to close all background apps simply by a single tap.
There is no such app on App Store. But [...]
by Simon Ng on August 18, 2010
I have received a number of queries about JailbreakMe.com. Some claimed that the site showed “Oops File Received Was Invalid” error after sliding the “Slide to jailbreak” slider.
As explained by @comex on Twitter, the JailbreakMe.com was broken today. That’s the reason why some of you experienced the invalid file error.
Jailbreakme was broken today because [...]
by Simon Ng on August 12, 2010
For T-Mobile users in United States, you may fail to send MMS after you jailbreak and unlock your iPhone running on iOS 4.0 or 4.0.1.
This is a known issue. Developer from pushfix has developed a solution to fix the MMS problem and the patch is freely available on cydia.
To fix the MMS problem on [...]
by Simon Ng on August 11, 2010
Earlier, I showed you a way to fix the “Different SIM Detected” error after hacktivation with the phonebook sim. That method does resolve the error but it involves quite a lot of manual procedures. Probably, iPhone beginners will find it difficult to follow.
Thanks for PushFix to bring us an easier way to fix the issue. [...]
by Simon Ng on July 22, 2010
How can I close the apps running in background via multitasking dock? Are all apps displayed in the dock running in background? Since the launch of iOS 4.0, I have received these questions from my friends and some of the blog readers. So I think it is better to write a blog post to share [...]
by Simon Ng on July 20, 2010
If you are not using an official SIM (say, the one from AT&T), you should be very familiar with the below message shown in iTunes when you connect the iPhone to your computer:
The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported.
Apparently, you can use PwnageTool or Redsn0w to activate the iPhone [...]
by Simon Ng on July 15, 2010
A couple months ago, I wrote a tutorial article that showed you how to view PDF file on iBooks app. In brief, it requires you to convert PDF file into ePub format before you can sync and view the PDF on iBooks.
With the release of iBooks 1.1 and iTunes 9.2, my guide becomes obsolete. [...]
by Simon Ng on July 9, 2010
With the arrival of iPhone 4, you may consider selling your existing iPhone and upgrade to the new one. Whether you plan to sell your old iPhone on eBay or through a store, make sure you completely erase all data on your device.
Basically, there are two ways to wipe the data on iPhone and reset [...]
by Simon Ng on July 6, 2010
During custom firmware restoration or iPhone OS downgrade, you may encounter various kinds of iTunes errors. Yesterday, I got an email from a reader about an annoying iTunes error during firmware restore:
The iphone “iphone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1015)
Probably you also encounter the same error. To resolve the error, someone has [...]