25 (Most Wanted) Tips For iPhone 3G

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We all know that the handy user experience of iPhone is one of the selling point. But not so many people do realize that there are several shortcuts, tips and tricks available on the iPhone which able to make life much easier.

We believe every single iPhone users would like to know all of the tips and tricks for every feature of iPhone. In fact, if you dig and explore a little deeper, you will know that you can actually do a lot more on your iPhone. With these lesser-known goodies, you can easily get the most out of your iPhone.

This week, we’ve collected some really amazing tips from Web and our own experiences to present you 25 most wanted tips for iPhone 3G. Full list after jump!

More: You might also be interested in 25 Most Addictive Free iPhone Games.

  1. How to Disable iPhone 3G GPRS or Edge Connection

    Tap "Setting – General – Network – Cellular Data Network". In the “APN, Username and Password" field, simply type in some words so iPhone will not pass the correct values to service providers. Restart your iPhone if necessary.

    Edge

  2. How to Set Content Restriction

    You can set restrictions for iPod content for the use of some applications on iPhone. For example, parents can restrict explicit music from being seen on playlists, or turn off YouTube access entirely.

    Just go to “General – Restrictions” then tap Enable Restrictions and enter a four-digit passcode to restrict your content.

    restriction

  3. How to Customize iPhone Wallpaper as Google Calendar and Notes

    gCalWall Lite enables users to add their upcoming Google Calendar appointments to their home/unlock screens.

    Google_calendar

  4. How to Train your iPhone to Learn New Words

    You can train your phone to “remember” words if you type them repeatedly, but this tutorial will teach you a better way to train your iPhone to learn new words on the fly.

    learn_new_words

  5. How to Select Other Domain Name Endings

    When you type a website URL in the address bar, you can now hold down the ".com" button to get a selection of other domain name endings and tap on any of the endings to insert them in the address bar. [via tuaw]

  6. How to Take Screen Shot

    Hold the "home" button, then hit the "power/sleep" button, the screen will momentarily flash, and the iPhone’s current screen contents will be saved to the Camera Roll.

    screenshot

  7. How to Hide SMS Preview

    With Show SMS Preview disabled you will only get a generic "New Text Message".

    Go to "General > Passcode Lock" and enter a 4-digit passcode. After that disable "Show SMS Preview".

    SMS_preview

  8. How to Increase the Volume of the Ringer

    Your iPhone’s ringer volume issue can be resolved by using a custom ringtone rather than ringtones currently available on the iPhone.

  9. How to Save Images in Safari and Mail

    Just touch and hold an image in Safari or Mai, an action sheet will be presented to enable you to save the image. The image will get stored in the “Saved Photos” library of the Photos app.

    save_images

  10. How to Insert Extra Punctuation Keys

    Touch and hold the punctuation key and you get a set of additional keys to choose from.

  11. How to Force Quit An App

    Have you ever been using an app and it’s become completely frozen? You can actually apply a force quit on it by pressing the Home button for at least six seconds.

    force_quit

  12. How to Switch Punctuation Keys to Alphabet Keys Quickly

    Mode changes in between the punctuation keys and alphabet keys are pretty annoying. To solve it, just press the “.?123″ key, but don’t lift your finger as the punctuation layout appears. Slide your finger a half inch onto the period or comma key, and release. The ABC layout returns automatically.

  13. How to 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.

  14. How to Access iPod Controls or Phone Favorites Instantly

    Go to "Settings – General – Home Button". You can customize by double-clicking the Home Button goes to Home, Phone Favorites or iPod Controls.

  15. How to Maximize iPhone Battery Life

    Here’s how to live with the iPhone’s battery life while using it a whole lot.

  16. How to Erase iPhone Data Thoroughly

    A method that should wipe out almost all remnants of your personal data.

  17. How to Backup Your iPhone Contacts

    A neat application dubbed IDrive Lite that allows you to backup, share and restore all your iPhone contacts completely free of charge if you’ve updated your iPhone software to 2.0.

  18. How to Design iPhone Themes

    If you’re bored with your default iPhone theme and plan to get more funky on it, you can visit iPhone Theme Generator and grab your own customized theme. It also provides a very good guide on how to install the theme into your iPhone.

    iPhone_themes

  19. How to Access the Scientific Calculator

    To access the scientific calculator, just rotate your iphone sideways into landscape orientation while using the calculator.

  20. How to Share Your iPhone Apps with Others

    Melvin Rivera has a great step by step set up, so if you are a multiple iPhone family then you may want to head on over and check it out.

    share

  21. How to Use iPhone as External Disk

    DiskAid is a tool (freeware) for PC and Mac which enables to use your iPhone or iPod Touch as external Disk. With DiskAid you can transfer files and folders via USB between your device and your Computer.

    DiskAid

  22. How to Create Free iPhone Ringtones Using iTunes in Windows

    A few steps you can actually convert a DRM-free song into a ringtone using only iTunes in Windows.

  23. How to Convert Videos for Your iPhone

    An useful resource for converting videos online as well as off. This tutorial also teaches you on how to copy videos to your iTunes and iPhone.

    video_converter

  24. How to Sync An iPhone with Multiple Computers

    This tutorial allows you to add music/videos/podcasts from multiple machines.

    sync_multiple_computers

  25. How to Migrate Cell Phone Data to iPhone 3G

    Fone2Phone can help you migrate contacts, events, tasks, notes, bookmarks, photos, music and movies to the iPhone 3G.

    fone2phone

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Comments

  1. DKumar M. March 26th, 2009

    Nice Tips !! thanks for sharing!!

    DKumar M.

    Reply
  2. Danh ba web 2.0 March 26th, 2009

    Great tip. Thanks a lot
    Good luck and keep up the good work !

    Reply
  3. João Coutinho March 26th, 2009

    As usual, nice work!

    Reply
  4. John Watts March 26th, 2009

    Wow, Good tips dude!

    RT
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    Reply
  5. Mike James March 26th, 2009

    Interesting Article.

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    Reply
  6. Matthew Heidenreich March 26th, 2009

    an even better way for iPhone free ringtones to to go to http://audiko.net. Its greattt… providing you with the tools to create your own, our browse ringtones others have made. Veryyy useful.

    Reply
  7. Mike Larden March 26th, 2009

    If you are trying to get into iPhone programming http://www.napkincode.com has some good starter info.

    Reply
  8. Joey tutones March 26th, 2009

    The screen capture is backwards. Hold the top button then push the home button. Some good stuff on this list.

    Reply
  9. Andy Lau TC March 26th, 2009

    nice application n tips…

    going to buy it maybe soon….

    Reply
  10. eddie March 26th, 2009

    看到周杰伦 不错不错

    Reply
  11. Amelia Vargo March 26th, 2009

    Great tips, thanks.

    Reply
  12. Simon Tay March 26th, 2009

    Well, the How to Hide SMS Preview tip will be obsolete once iPhone OS 3.0 is updated by this coming summer.

    The new “Show Preview” option will be at the correct place at “Settings –> Messages” instead.

    Regards,
    Simon Tay
    See my blog using iPhone!!
    SGEnergyCrisis.com

    Reply
  13. alez March 26th, 2009

    nice application n tips…

    going to buy it maybe soon…

    Reply
  14. tobiCOM March 26th, 2009

    I like this post, thx for this useful tips

    Reply
  15. simon March 26th, 2009

    either way works actually

    Reply
  16. Jimi Jones March 27th, 2009

    Thanks for these valuable tips. I shared them on Twitter and folks were really happy to get them.

    Reply
  17. CasinoInWest March 27th, 2009

    Amazing collection, thanks for share it

    Reply
  18. iShervin March 27th, 2009

    nice
    I knew 18
    couldn’t do 1
    and learnt 6 new tips

    Reply
  19. Kennesaw real estate March 27th, 2009

    Awesome tips! I use these for my real estate site!

    Reply
  20. Surit Doss March 27th, 2009

    Is there a way to access podcasts. the iTunes store is not open to Indians. Though the app store is.

    Reply
  21. Boback March 27th, 2009

    Link to tip 24 isn’t working.

    Learned a few things from the rest.

    Reply
  22. FLFantasy5 March 27th, 2009

    So good, thanks for this great post.

    Reply
  23. Butch Hauke March 27th, 2009

    For tip 1, I don’t have a Cellular Data Network option on my iPhone.

    Reply
  24. macAndCheese March 28th, 2009

    The free AT&T to AT&T cell phone calls do help, but how do you know if someone on your contacts list is an AT&T subscriber or not? Haven’t you wondered when talking on the phone to someone if they are with AT&T or not.

    Well, worry no more; cause ‘talkFree’ is here. You can mark all the AT&T contacts in your phone book. So the next time you get a call from someone with an (iN) next to their name, you can talk away to your heart’s content. But what about the number that showed up in your missed calls list? If you want to check if it’s an AT&T number or not, just open the app, enter the number and click on (iN), and it will tell you if calls to the number are free or not.

    http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=307780008&mt=8

    Reply
  25. Pumaxxl March 28th, 2009

    How is it nobody realized there is a option in Garage Band: Export any song, sound, … to Itunes as a ringtone.
    I am using it regularly with no problems or any kind of hacks…

    Just run GarageBand (come with your Mac for free) and export anything as ringtone. No brainer.

    Reply
  26. Cheap iPhones March 29th, 2009

    Nice post with lots of cool tips on iphone..
    Planning to buy a cheap unloked iphone soon..

    Reply
  27. ArgosyCasinoKansasCity March 31st, 2009

    so great tips, thanks alot.

    Reply
  28. Jishnu March 31st, 2009

    The iTunes store is not open to Indians. Nice tips for ipod and iphone users

    Reply
  29. BorgataHotelAndCasino April 1st, 2009

    Very good post, my iPhone will be happy with all this stuff!!!

    Reply
  30. BorgataHotelAtlanticCity April 1st, 2009

    … I forgot, Thanks alot!!!

    Reply
  31. Piculous April 4th, 2009

    iPhone 3G finally in Malaysia and these tips absolutely useful for new users..

    great post.

    Reply
  32. Modifica Tu Iphone April 9th, 2009

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    Reply
  33. webtech April 10th, 2009

    Hi, I love 3G iPhone. I bought my 3G iPhone from Greece last month. It has really wonderful features, I enjoy it. You can contact to good person who can help you out. Here is his email ID zoomobileslimited@gmail.com

    Reply
  34. Al April 11th, 2009

    I can wait for the new iPhone in June.

    Here is a game you guys will love its called “Syndicates” it costs $5.99 however I have Promo Codes to giveaway so go grab yourself one :-)

    http://www.whichwebsite.com/2009/Apr/syndicates_iPhone_promo_code_giveaway.html

    Reply
  35. wakuwaku April 16th, 2009

    Excellent iPhone tips, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  36. shraqs April 19th, 2009

    Nice tips collection.
    More about iPhone tips and tricks plus jailbreak/unlock iPhone here
    http://iphonegeekclub.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  37. cyza April 25th, 2009

    Thanks. This is very useful to me as a potential iphone user.

    Reply
  38. PiPhone May 2nd, 2009

    This article with a few additions on Russian. http://planetiphone.ru/obzor/news133.php

    Reply
  39. Noah Lieske May 11th, 2009

    Great tips, thanks for sharing them. Noah Lieske

    Reply
  40. leon May 30th, 2009

    why is this post constantly repeat in RSS?????

    Reply
  41. antonio zea June 13th, 2009

    greaaaat i love my iphone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & some thing here i didnt know, but i learn a lot every day jajajaja

    Reply
  42. Zafar Aman June 17th, 2009

    Thnx a lot few of ur tips realy helpd me . like video converting n ringtone n data transfer . if u cud thn pls send me the link for videora for converting as i find the like which is currepted

    Reply
  43. wakuwaku July 20th, 2009

    Awesome iPhone tips. thanks!

    Reply
  44. Ferdinand Felix Casantusan September 4th, 2009

    Very useful HOW TOs!!
    Thank you for sharing! :)
    Cheers!

    Reply
  45. Free iPhone Themes September 6th, 2009

    Hey, this post is awesome. 25 most wanted iPhone tips, you should add more tips soon, n keep sharing. Thank you for the post, dude.

    Best regards from me,

    Felix

    Reply
  46. The iPhone Blogging September 11th, 2009

    Here got 10 more iPhone quick tips.

    Cheers~~~

    Reply
  47. iPhone Accessories Australia September 11th, 2009

    Thanks for the amazing tips for the iPhone 3g.

    Reply
  48. peter September 11th, 2009

    hello room i have all kinds of electronics and furniture, iphones of all kinds i still have to add over 10,000 inventory onto my website so if you dont see anything you like please feel free and email me i sell alot of my things in bulk i have a contract with apple so i have 3gb,16,32gb if you dont see them on my site dont mean anything i have them i just have to add the rest of them there most of our pictures are stock pictures but you are getting exactly what you see we take debit and credit cards or prepaid cards with no problem i also sell furniture, gift cards, golf carts, moped, scooters, pool slides and the list goes on im the cheapest and i deliver any and everywhere , i deliver out of country as well i dont do business in person everything is done online items are coming from a warehouse let me know if you are intrested in anything thanks

    Reply
  49. iPhone October 19th, 2009

    if you are interested to programmed these beautiful designs you may visit this website iPhone
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  50. Facebook Application Development October 19th, 2009

    These 25 tips are so useful. Thanks alot. Hope to hear more tips from you :)

    Reply
  51. Cara Dixon October 20th, 2009

    Some really useful tips here! Great for future reference! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  52. Aribiquer October 21st, 2009

    How to Switch Punctuation Keys to Alphabet Keys Quickly

    Mode changes in between the punctuation keys and alphabet keys are pretty annoying. To solve it, just press the “.?123″ key, but don’t lift your finger as the punctuation layout appears. Slide your finger a half inch onto the period or comma key, and release. The ABC layout returns automatically. …
    addition…
    just press “.?123″ key no need to hold just put what Punctuation Key u want then hit space button…

    Reply
  53. Facebook Application Developer October 28th, 2009

    Great tips. Many iphone 3G users dont consider these points, It really helpful for newbie iphone users.

    Reply
  54. Ruth Andersen, ATT uverse rebates November 5th, 2009

    Nice read, useful tips. I never had the time to actually play around with my iPhone, but I think I will, now. Thanks.

    Reply
  55. iPhone Application Developer November 7th, 2009

    This is really a informative article for iPhone.
    Now Apple iPhone 3GS is introduced let see what is next.

    Reply
  56. JORDAN November 13th, 2009

    Thanks for the info, it really helps out a lot… Just got the 3GS yesterday so I still have a lot to figure out.

    Reply
  57. Mackerel Media November 16th, 2009

    Some great and very useful tips there, thanks a lot. I wasn’t aware of the punctuation key trick, ought to be very handy!

    Reply

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