Posts tagged iPhone
Disable “call forwarding active” popup on iPhone
Sep 14th
After I changed my Service Provider from Telia (Denmark) to Telmore (Demark), a little popup is shown – “Call Forwarding Active” each I make a call. This is quite annoying… an easy way to remove this is by using GSM codes:
Your phone will now show this:
This could remove your voicemail configuration, using Telmore it is reenabled by this:
Additional Codes:
Unconditional forwarding: Forward service: All Calls Activate: *21*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##21# Cancel & Retain: #21# Status: *#21# Reestablish: *21# Conditional forwarding: Forward service: If Busy Activate: *67*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##67# Cancel & Retain: #67# Status: *#67# Reestablish: *67# Forward service: If Not Answered Activate: *61*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##61# Cancel & Retain: #61# Status: *#61# Reestablish: *61# Forward service: If Out of Reach Activate: *62*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##62# Cancel & Retain: #62# Status: *#62# Reestablish: *62# Simultaneous forwarding: Forward service: All Forwards Activate: *002*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##002# Cancel & Retain: #002# Status: *#002# Reestablish: *002# Forward service: All Conditional Forwards Activate: *004*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##004# Cancel & Retain: #004# Status: *#004# Reestablish: *004#
Crack/Hack Wi-Fi Network using an iPhone
Jan 20th
This YouTube video shows how a guy is hacking a Wi-Fi network on an iPod Touch/iPhone using the aircrack method.
The below quote is how the authors describe the wifi hack tool:
Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack much faster compared to other WEP cracking tools.
iPhone Safari Crash Fix
Nov 15th
No doubt iPhone’s Safari browser is the best mobile browser, though it seems to have an unfortunate issue, namely, that it tend to periodically crash after a longer time of use with multiple pages. Safari shuts down and returns to the home screen. On the Apple Discussion Forum it seems that more people have experienced the same as I.
I am sure that Apple is aware of the problem, and continuously will provide stability fixes for the iPhone. However, running the latest version, which at this moment is the iPhone 2.1 firmware/software, the iPhone still have stability problems. Hopefully this will change in the next version, the iPhone 2.2 software.
However, it is possible to prevent the iPhone Safari from crashing, though it is not a permanent fix:
- You can try to clear the Cache, Cookies and History. To do this, go to Settings > Safari and tap Clear Cache, Clear Cookies and Clear History.
- If that is ineffective, try makeing a soft reset of your iPhone by holding down the Sleep and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears (about 8 second). Note that this is also how you power the iPhone off. When the “Slide to power off” slider appears, just keep holding the buttons down and pretty soon you will see the Apple logo appears, indicating that the iPhone is reseting. This can help reset some apps that may be running in the background. Importantly you will not lose any data.
Use Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset with MacBook
Nov 5th
After I bought my Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset for my iPhone a thought came to my mind, namely, whether it was possible to pair the headset with my MacBook and using it together with e.g. Skype.
Pairing the iPhone headset with the MacBook can be done seamlessly, just go to the Bluetooth in the menu bar, select “Set up Bluetooth Device…” and choose “Headset”, then press and hold the headset button for about eight seconds, until you hear the startup tone and then five quick high beeps. The headset is now discoverable and will remain so for about five minutes. The status light blinks green while the headset is discoverable.
Unfortunately, I believe that the audio quality over Bluetooth is quite unsatisfying, it seems to be poor and a bit crackly. Therefore it is kind of tricky to recommend using the Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset for that purpose.
Google Earth for iPhone/iPod Touch
Oct 25th
Google Earth available for iPhone and iPod touch. Hold the world in the palm of your hand. With Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch, you can fly to far corners of the planet with just the swipe of a finger. Explore the same global satellite and aerial imagery available in the desktop version of Google Earth, including high-resolution imagery for over half of the world’s population and a third of the world’s land mass.
With Google Earth for iPhone, you can:
- Satellite and aerial imagery: View the same imagery available in the desktop version of Google Earth.
- Local search: Search for cities, places, and businesses around the globe with Google local search.
- Motion detection: Tilt your iPhone to adjust your view of mountainous terrain.
- Panoramio photo layer: Show the Panoramio layer and browse the millions of geo-located photos from around the world.
- Wikipedia layer: View geo-located Wikipedia articles.
iPhone 3G: Take a screenshot of iPhone’s display
Aug 12th
A nice little feature on the iPhone OS is to take a screen shot of iPhone’s display, here is how to do it: Quickly press and release the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. A white flash of the screen lets you know the screenshot was taken. The created screenshot is added to the Camera Roll. So there is no need for an app or application on your 3G / 3GS to do the trick.
