11. Get the Official Mod Tool
If you’ve already had to send your iPhone back to Apple for warranty repair or replacement, you might have discovered something different about the replacement iPhone. First off, it comes in a much thinner box. Second, it comes complete with the official iPhone SIM card removal tool: a paper clip. Yes, Apple actually supplies a paper clip with all replacement iPhones, along with instructions for using it to open the SIM card slot and insert your card. (Thanks to the guys at InsanelyGreatTees.com for tipping us off about this!)
12. Find Wi-Fi Hotspots
JiWire makes it easy to find the nearest hotspot on your iPhone - so you can rescue yourself from the slow-moving hell that is AT&T’s EDGE data service. Surf to iphone.jiwire.com on your iPhone and fill in your location info. If you’re a cheapskate like us, check the box for “Search free hotspots only.”
13. More Wi-Fi Performance Tips
Apple has a potentially useful collection of Wi-Fi-related iPhone tips in a regularly updated knowledge-base article on its website. Suggestions include fixing problems like paid Wi-Fi connections that drop off suddenly, weak Wi-Fi signals, and Wi-Fi connections that revert to EDGE due to issues with WEP passwords or wireless routers that use MAC address filtering as a security measure.
14. Kill GSM Buzz
If you experience a buzzing sound using an iPhone cassette adapter for your car stereo, such as Monster’s iCarPlay - which claims to be iPhone compatible but doesn’t appear anywhere on Monster’s website, www.monstercable.com - Gizmodo offers a low-tech solution: aluminum foil. Yep, just take a little bit of Reynolds Wrap and wrap it around the cable closest to the iPhone. This eliminates the need to switch to airplane mode - which is a viable solution, but sends incoming calls to voicemail.
If you really want to amuse your friends, try twisting the foil around the iPhone cable into the shape of a swan.
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15. Buy Spare Parts
If you’re the type who simply can’t resist trying to take your iPhone apart, here’s where to go to find replacement parts when you go too far: www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts. Our sources tell us that Apple charges $300 for a replacement screen, but you can get a replacement from iFixIt for $199.95.
16. Troubleshoot Hardware Issues
Apple has a relatively helpful collection of troubleshooting tips for iPhone hardware problems here. iPhone Atlas and The Unofficial Apple Weblog, aka TUAW, also do a great job of keeping tabs on iPhone bugs and common issues.
17. Foil Nosy Nellies
If you’re reading sensitive email on your iPhone or viewing images or documents you’d rather the guy with the wandering eye next to you on the bus or subway didn’t see, invest in an iPhone privacy screen protector from iStyles ($9.99).
18. Choose Your IM Service Wisely
A handful of free Web-based instant messaging apps work pretty well on the iPhone, including Meebo.com, HeySan.com, TinyBuddy, and JiveTalk. Our latest favorite is mundu IM iPhone Edition (free beta, www.mundu.com/im/iphone), because it boasts several of the features we’re used to in Adium (our top choice for IM on the Mac), including tabbed chats, simultaneous logins, and an iChat-like interface. To get started with mundu IM, enter the URL iphone.mundu.com on your iPhone.
Tabbed chats on the iPhone in an iChat-like interface - brilliant!
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August 31, 2007 at 12:57am
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August 29, 2007 at 10:41am
Thanks for the aluminum foil idea for isolating the iPhone from the GSM buzz while driving...but what about at the desktop?
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August 29, 2007 at 11:30am
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August 29, 2007 at 7:58am
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August 29, 2007 at 5:37am
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August 28, 2007 at 1:56pm
Does this article really need to be spread over so many pages?
