The iPhone thread - Page 132

Russ · 27-03-2012, 12:22

I took the plunge and turned to the dark side...

Ok it's here - what's the first thing I should do, other than promise to never become a I-can't-shut-up-about-my-iphone iPhone owner?

**Chris** · 27-03-2012, 12:57

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Originally Posted by Russ

I took the plunge and turned to the dark side...

Ok it's here - what's the first thing I should do, other than promise to never become a I-can't-shut-up-about-my-iphone iPhone owner?

Start using it, and rapidly become an I-can't-shut-up-about-my-iphone iPhone owner.

chrisjones · 27-03-2012, 13:02

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Originally Posted by Russ

I took the plunge and turned to the dark side...

Ok it's here - what's the first thing I should do, other than promise to never become a I-can't-shut-up-about-my-iphone iPhone owner?

Check which iOS its running and jailbreak if poss

DES_1001 · 27-03-2012, 14:07

i'd turn off "spotlight search" & "Bluetooth" if you're not using it, pick what notifications YOU want, not the ones the iphone wants you to have.
You can import your contacts from your sim card, but don't forget you can't write to the sim!
Close open apps by double clicking the home button, hold the open app until it "wriggles" then press the cross next to the open app.
Oh and most of all ENJOY YOUR NEW TOY!

**Hugh** · 27-03-2012, 15:18

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Originally Posted by Russ

I took the plunge and turned to the dark side...

Ok it's here - what's the first thing I should do, other than promise to never become a I-can't-shut-up-about-my-iphone iPhone owner?

Grow a 'soul patch', buy some horn-rimmed glasses and a bobble hat, and then you'll be a fully-fledged hipster......

Russ · 27-03-2012, 18:57

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Originally Posted by chrisjones

Check which iOS its running and jailbreak if poss

Jailbreaking won't be an option thanks

It needed an OS update straight away and that went through quite smoothly.

Still potching about with it for now - it's quite complicated as I've been on Android for almost 4 years and really used to their way of doing things which suited me just fine. I'm not going to go fawning over my iPhone just because it's an iPhone. Android was very easy to use.

Just need to import my Google Contacts and get my ringtones on it and I'll be happy

Tezcatlipoca · 27-03-2012, 19:24

How to set up Google Sync on an iPhone: https://support.google.com/mobile/bi...&answer=138740

Very easy. Push Gmail, Contacts, and Calendar.

Ringtones must be encoded with AAC and be within an .m4r container, and be no more than 30 seconds long.

Instructions:

http://www.simonblog.com/2010/09/06/...-on-itunes-10/
http://www.ehow.com/how_2160460_cust...ones-free.html

I think there are also apps and websites that will do it for you.

You can also create custom alert sounds the same way.

Russ · 27-03-2012, 20:14

Cheers Matt - I just created a ringtone but I can't sync it, I keep getting a message saying it failed to sync - "the sync session failed to start". Odd as I managed to sync all my music to my iphone 20 minutes ago

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edit: fixed it by closing then restarting itunes

colin25 · 27-03-2012, 20:30

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Originally Posted by Russ

Cheers Matt - I just created a ringtone but I can't sync it, I keep getting a message saying it failed to sync - "the sync session failed to start". Odd as I managed to sync all my music to my iphone 20 minutes ago

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edit: fixed it by closing then restarting itunes

The classic..if it don't work..shut it down and start again

Tim Deegan · 28-03-2012, 10:17

Don't forget to download the Vouchercloud app

Russ · 28-03-2012, 20:18

Anyone know why I can't transfer photos and videos to my iphone?

When I go to 'pictures' in itunes most of the pictures in the folder I want to sync just aren't there.

**Hugh** · 28-03-2012, 21:07

Videos have to be in MP4 format...

Russ · 28-03-2012, 21:29

My 3pg clips are working on it ok. I found Dropbox which works ok but I'd much rather a drag-and-drop method, I'm guessing itunes doesn't allow that

ZrByte · 28-03-2012, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Russ

My 3pg clips are working on it ok. I found Dropbox which works ok but I'd much rather a drag-and-drop method, I'm guessing itunes doesn't allow that

Does dropbox work okay for all vid formats? May be a stopgap solution to the problem I'm having in the iPad thread. Another user suggested it there but couldn't say for definite if it would let me download video content or whether it would reject it like safari did when I tried a browser based transfer.

Tezcatlipoca · 29-03-2012, 01:13

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Originally Posted by Russ

Anyone know why I can't transfer photos and videos to my iphone?

When I go to 'pictures' in itunes most of the pictures in the folder I want to sync just aren't there.

iTunes 10.6.1 has just been released... apparently one of the bug fixes is regarding photo syncing. Hopefully that's all your issue was.

I've never synced photos to mine, so can't really help.

https://www.macworld.com/article/116...c.twt_macworld

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Originally Posted by ZrByte

Does dropbox work okay for all vid formats? May be a stopgap solution to the problem I'm having in the iPad thread. Another user suggested it there but couldn't say for definite if it would let me download video content or whether it would reject it like safari did when I tried a browser based transfer.

I've not used Dropbox for media, but I have a media player on my iPad called AVPlayerHD. I use it for videos that iOS doesn't support (e.g. Xvid, mkv). It does also support the same ones iOS supports, though, such as .mp4. You can transfer videos to it using an iTunes sync *or* you can transfer directly from your PC over WiFi via (IIRC) FTP or a browser. You could try that for your issue, after first moving the video to a PC.