Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

BeejiveIM Settings Missing (iPhone)

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Recently I installed BeejiveIM from the AppStore on my iPhone. Unfortunately, the settings for the program wouldn’t show up in Settings.app. After uninstalling and reinstalling it on the phone a few times, the problem was still there. Simply delete the application, hook up the iPhone to iTunes, and sync the application from your computer - it will fix everything :)

iPod Touch Home Button Issue

Friday, September 5th, 2008

A few months ago I purchased an iPod touch from a local retailer. The three month exchange period from the retailer expired last month, and right around that time I started having an issue with the home button on my iTouch. The best way I can describe this is that the button seems to be recessed into the device itself. When I click the home button on the iPod, it will read it like a single click sometimes, but like a double click more often (bringing up the music menu if I’m not already in the music application). The intended behavior of this button is a single click will lead you to the home screen, and a double click will bring you to the menu.

I called up Apple tech support and they shipped me out a box to send my iPod back in, and once they received it they claimed it had no problems. WTF? I press the button once and it brings up the music menu!! I tried restoring the device before calling tech support along with taking off the screen protector (in case the button got stuck on it) and neither of those worked. Now I’ve got an iPod on the way that has a faulty home button that Apple claims works properly. Great! Anyone else have this type of issue? I expected Apple to be better about this stuff.. I guess I was wrong.

Downgrade your iPhone from 2.0 to 1.1.4

Monday, July 21st, 2008

You can not downgrade firmware in iTunes 7.7, you will need to downgrade your iTunes first.

1. Download iTunes 7.5

2. XP: go to C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music\iTunes

Vista: go to C:\Users\USERNAME\Music\iTunes

  • Rename  the file iTunes Library.itl to old.itl.

2. UnInstall your current iTunes. Start>Control Panel>Uninstall programs

3. Once iTunes is uninstalled, reboot your PC. Install iTunes 7.5.

4. Plug in your iPod - You will get an  error says something like “iPod can not be used because it requires iTunes 7.7 or later.” Just click ok

5. Now Put your iPod into DFU mode.

  • 1. Connect your iPod touch/iPhone to your computer with the USB cable.
  • 2. Hold both power and home buttons at the same time and count to 10 (1 onethousand 2 onethousand etc. )
  • 3. Let go of the Power button, continue to hold the home button until the iPod/iPhone connects back to iTunes.
    • Be patient it can take some time sometimes while holding the home button. Also if your iPod/iPhone shows the connect to itunes symbol, your are not in DFU mode. It should look like the device is off.

6. Once into DFU mode, hold the shift key then click restore and select the 1.1.4 firmware. ( if you do not have the 1.1.4 iPod firmware you can download it here) (iPhone users - search their site! :))

Once done upgrade back to iTunes 7.7 and delete the iTunes Library.itl and rename old.itl to iTunes Library.itl and you will have all your songs back.

Two Months!

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Wow, I can’t believe its been two months since I last updated this blog. Quite interesting actually. I had a phase last semester where I really wanted to blog just so I could put information I found helpful on the internet out in a place where I could easily access it (and others could too!).. and now I’ve noticed that I don’t really search around much anymore for random information. Not sure why that is. I do have some iPhone information I haven’t posted up, but you can go to any other site and find that info as well (such as unlocking an iPhone/iPod Touch, or getting EDGE to work with the iPhone on T-Mobile). Maybe if I get bored sometime I’ll write it out.. sorry for the lack of updates though! Even if I decide to stop updating one day, I’ll keep the blog up for the information that is already on here.