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iPhone Camera Problems: Blank White Thumbnails

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Did your iPhone camera quit working? When you snap a few pictures and enter the iPhone camera roll, are you seeing BLANK WHITE THUMBNAILS that crashes the app when you touch one to view? This problem has happened to me more than once and luckily, there is a quick solution. It involves backing up your iPhone and then restoring from the backup after we remove a problematic file from your hard drive. Ready? Let's fix your iPhone camera. First, sync your iPhone with your computer so iTunes makes an automatic backup.

If you are in Windows, go to: "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" or if you are on a Mac go to "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup" and delete the file entitled "f1b43d3b3ecf259a3626c13a8b0cebd8ba513117.mdbackup" and then go back into iTunes and restore your iPhone and recover from the backup. Your camera can now take pictures again!


New 3G iPhone Announced - July 11 Release Date

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The new iPhone 3G is coming out July 11, as reported by Apple. Expect to pay more to access the faster bandwidth provided by AT&T's 3G network. Consumer level iPhone users will pay $30 for unlimited data and enterprise level iPhones will cost $45 for unlimited 3G data network access. The 3G network will offer significantly faster download times, up to 2.4 times faster data transfer rates than the Edge network.

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Add Gold to iPhone stocks

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You can add GOLD to your iPhone's stocks widget by inputting the following within the application:
XAUUSD=X

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Free Wi-Fi with your iPhone from AT&T Hotspots Nationwide

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AT&T Wi-Fi hot spots are offering iPhone owners free access to the high speed internet that is currently being offered at Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, McDonalds and other locations nationwide! When you are in the vicinity of an AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot you can access the network by logging in with your iPhone number by tapping on Safari and surfing to any webpage. During the http query the iPhone will be detected by AT&T's user agent which allows access after you enter your iPhone's number.

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iPhone View My Minutes Shortcut

attwirelessbill Looking for a quick, easy way to check your remaining minutes on your iPhone? Dial *646# from the phone's keypad and tap the Create New Contact button in the lower left hand corner of the screen. There is a picture of a silhouette of a head and shoulders next to a plus sign on the Create New Contact button. Next, name the new contact 'AT&T Minutes' and save your new contact. Open up your Contacts list and tap on your 'AT&T Minutes' contact, followed by 'Add to Favorites'. Your new 'AT&T Minutes' contact will be listed in your iPhone Favorites list and now checking your minutes is a quick, easy, fairly painless process - without having to go the conventional route, which also works to check your minutes as well: Settings, Phone, AT&T Services and then View My Minutes. This shortcut can help save you money by helping you keep track of how many minutes you have used this month talking on your iPhone. Saving money is easy when you are not going over your rate plan's AT&T wireless minutes for the month!


Hot iPhone Typing Tips: How to Type Faster

Apple iPhone KeyboardYou can type much more efficiently on the iPhone keyboard if you keep this simple tip in mind. When you touch the iPhone's keyboard you can see the character, letter or number you touch becomes magnified (unless you have extremely long nails). If you touch the wrong character just leave your finger on the iPhone screen and *MOVE IT AROUND* until you get to the right character and then take your finger off of the screen. Easy as pie! In the long run, you will get used to it and above all it will save you time from having to backspace and then re-type the correct character, letter or number. Happy typing! :)


Rearrange your iPhone icons with the iPhone 1.1.3 update


The verdict is in and the Apple software update 1.1.3 is awesome! You will need the official software update from Apple to re-arrange your icons... Just touch and one of the icons on the home page and you will start to see them wiggle. When they start wiggling your icons can be re-arranged by touching them and then letting go when you've found a spot you like.


Change number of rings before Visual Voicemail answers

iPhone Visual Voicemail This procedure allows your iPhone to ring for longer or shorter periods than the default setting of 20 seconds. *** Attempt at your own risk but if you pay attention to the keys you input and follow the directions you should have no problems.

1. On your phone, dial *#61# and click Call

The screen will display:

Setting Interrogation Succeeded
Voice Call Forwarding
When Unanswered
Forwards to +1xxxYYYzzzz
Enabled

2. Write down the xxxYYYzzz number (including +1) - this is the number to your voicemail.

3. In order to make the + appear on the keypad in the next step you'll have to hold Zero down for a few seconds, then it will become a Plus (+). Dial **61*+1xxxYYYzzzz**30# and hit Call. +1xxxYYYzzzz is the number you wrote down previously, 30 is the delay in seconds. The delay can be set in 5 second increments, 30 is maximum.

4. Dial *#61# to verify that the new settings are active.

5. Verify working voice mail.

If you find you or your contacts are not being forwarded to your voice mail you have incorrectly altered your voice mail forward number.

To find out what it is and try again:

Dial ##002# and send. This will reset that forward number to factory defaults.

By then Dialing *#61# you will again display the your current (default) voice mail forwarding number.

Return to step [2] and continue.

*** Use this tutorial at your own risk ***...and if you have the time you can always give AT&T a call to have them change the number of rings on an incoming call before Visual Voicemail kicks in. I was able to quickly change the duration on my own, using these diagnostic iPhone GSM codes. The default time duration before Visual Voicemail intercepts the call is set by AT&T to 20 seconds. You will be able to add another 10 seconds yourself, but if you want your callers to wait more than 30 seconds before voicemail picks up then you'll need to contact AT&T technical support - they can change the duration to 45 seconds upon request...


iPhone Picture Messaging How-To (Repost)

I am going to try to explain how you *CAN* send MMS picture messages with iPhone. Simply select the photo you want to send in your iPhone's camera roll and address it to your recipient's 10 digit wireless number followed by the MMS server for their wireless provider. Example: Send the photo via email to 1234567890@mmsserveraddressgoeshere.com.

For example, if your intended recipient is a Verizon Wireless customer you would email the pictures to 8885551212@vzwpix.com. This is the email address for your recipient's Verizon Wireless phone. An easy way to obtain all of the email addresses for your friends' and family member's phones is to setup your email on your iPhone and have your friends and family send you a picture message first - not to your wireless number - but to the email address you've already configured on your iPhone. When you get their email, you'll notice that it is sent from the email address for THEIR phone. Just tap the blue circle with the white plus inside of it next to sender's email address and save that email address to the subsequent contact in your iPhone.

You can use the list below to find the corresponding MMS server for your intended recipient’s wireless provider and append the MMS server behind the @ symbol following their wireless number (example: Sending a photograph via email to 8005551212@mms.att.net would work for a friend who does not have an iPhone but has wireless service provided by AT&T or Cingular)

Known wireless provider MMS servers within the United States:

Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
Amp’d Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vtext.com
AT&T = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.att.net
Boost Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com
Cingular (AT&T) = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.mycingular.com
Einstein PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@einsteinmms.com
Metro PCS = xxxxxxxxxxx@mymetropcs.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com

International Wireless Providers:

Aruba setar = xxxxxxxxxx@mas.aw
Bell Canada: xxxxxxxxxx@1x.bell.ca
Cellcom = xxxxxxxxxx@cellcom.quiktxt.com
Digicel Aruba = xxxxxxxxxx@digitextaw.com
Digicel Curacao= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextcu.com
Digicel Barbados= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextbb.com
Digicel Bonaire= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextbo.com
Digicel Cayman= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextky.com
Digicel Grenada= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextgd.com
Digicel St. Lucia= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextlc.com
Digicel St. Vincent= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextvc.com
Fido = xxxxxxxxxx@fido.ca
Rogers Wireless (Canada) = xxxxxxxxxx@pcs.rogers.com
Suncom = xxxxxxxxxx@tms.suncom.com

Here are some more (may include some just txt #’s sorry I can’t test them all):

3 River Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@sms.3rivers.net
Advantage Communications = xxxxxxxxxx@advantagepaging.com
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxx@myairmail.com
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxxr@alphapage.airtouch.com
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxxr@airtouch.net
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxxr@airtouchpaging.com
AlphNow pin@alphanow.net
Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@alltelmessage.com
Alltel PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
Ameritech Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@paging.acswireless.com
Ameritech Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@pageapi.com
Ameritech Clearpath = xxxxxxxxxx@clearpath.acswireless.com
Amp’d Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vtext.com
Arch Pagers (PageNet) = xxxxxxxxxx@archwireless.net
Arch Pagers (PageNet) = xxxxxxxxxx@epage.arch.com
Arch Pagers (PageNet) = xxxxxxxxxx@archwireless.net
AT&T PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.att.net
AT&T Pocketnet PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@dpcs.mobile.att.net
Beepwear = xxxxxxxxxx@beepwear.net
Bell Atlantic = xxxxxxxxxx@message.bam.com
Bell South (Blackberry) = number@bellsouthtips.com
Bell South = xxxxxxxxxx@sms.bellsouth.com
Bell South = xxxxxxxxxx@wireless.bellsouth.com
Bell South = xxxxxxxxxx@blsdcs.net
Carolina Mobile Communications = xxxxxxxxxx@cmcpaging.com
Cellular One East Coast = xxxxxxxxxx@phone.cellone.net
Cellular One South West = xxxxxxxxxx@swmsg.com
Cellular One PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@paging.cellone-sf.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.celloneusa.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@cellularone.txtmsg.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@cellularone.textmsg.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@cell1.textmsg.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@message.cellone-sf.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@sbcemail.com
Cellular South = xxxxxxxxxx@csouth1.com
Central Vermont Communications = xxxxxxxxxx@cvcpaging.com
Cingular Wirelss = xxxxxxxxxx@mycingular.textmsg.com
Cingular Wirelss = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.mycingular.com
Cingular Wirelss = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.mycingular.net
Clearnet = xxxxxxxxxx@msg.clearnet.com
Comcast = xxxxxxxxxx@comcastpcs.textmsg.com
Communication Specialists = xxxxxxxxxx@pageme.comspeco.net
Communication Specialist Companies pin@pager.comspeco.com
Cook Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@cookmail.com
Digi-Page / Page Kansas = xxxxxxxxxx@page.hit.net
GrayLink / Porta-Phone = xxxxxxxxxx@epage.porta-phone.com
GTE = xxxxxxxxxx@airmessage.net
GTE = xxxxxxxxxx@gte.pagegate.net
GTE = xxxxxxxxxx@messagealert.com
Houston Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@text.houstoncellular.net
Infopage Systems pinnumber@page.infopagesystems.com
The Indiana Paging Co last4digits@pager.tdspager.com
JSM Tele-Page pinnumber@jsmtel.com
Lauttamus Communication = xxxxxxxxxx@e-page.net
MCI Phone = xxxxxxxxxx@mci.com
MCI = xxxxxxxxxx@pagemci.com
Metrocall = xxxxxxxxxx@page.metrocall.com
Metrocall 2-way = xxxxxxxxxx@my2way.com
Mobilecomm = xxxxxxxxxx@mobilecomm.net
Morris Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@beepone.net
Motient = xxxxxxxxxx@isp.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.nextel.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@page.nextel.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@nextel.com.br
Ntelos = xxxxxxxxxx@pcs.ntelos.com
Omnipoint = xxxxxxxxxx@omnipoint.com
Omnipoint = xxxxxxxxxx@omnipointpcs.com
OnlineBeep = xxxxxxxxxx@onlinebeep.net
Pacific Bell = xxxxxxxxxx@pacbellpcs.net
PageMart = xxxxxxxxxx@pagemart.net
PageMart Advanced /2way = xxxxxxxxxx@airmessage.net
PageMart Canada = xxxxxxxxxx@pmcl.net
PageNet Canada = xxxxxxxxxx@pagegate.pagenet.ca
PageOne NorthWest = xxxxxxxxxx@page1nw.com
Primco = xxxxxxxxxx@primeco@textmsg.com
ProPage = xxxxxxxxxx@page.propage.net
Qwest = xxxxxxxxxx@qwestmp.com
RAM Page = xxxxxxxxxx@ram-page.com
Rogers Canada = xxxxxxxxxx@pcs.rogers.com
Satellink = xxxxxxxxxx.pageme@satellink.net
SBC Ameritech Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@paging.acswireless.com
Skytel Pagers = 7digitpinnumber@skytel.com
Skytel Pagers = xxxxxxxxxx@email.skytel.com
Southern LINC = xxxxxxxxxx@page.southernlinc.com
Southwestern Bell = xxxxxxxxxx@email.swbw.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@sprintpaging.com
Sprint PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com
ST Paging pin@page.stpaging.com
SunCom = xxxxxxxxxx@tms.suncom.com
SunCom = xxxxxxxxxx@suncom1.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@voicestream.net
Teletouch = xxxxxxxxxx@pageme.teletouch.com
TSR Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@alphame.com
TSR Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@beep.com
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@email.uscc.net
US West = xxxxxxxxxx@uswestdatamail.com
Verizon Pagers = xxxxxxxxxx@myairmail.com
Verizon PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@vtext.com
Verizon PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@myvzw.com
VoiceStream / T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@voicestream.ne
t WebLink Wiereless = xxxxxxxxxx@airmessage.net
WebLink Wiereless = xxxxxxxxxx@pagemart.net
Wyndtell = xxxxxxxxxx@wyndtell.com

There are other options available…you can simply send a message to xxxxxxxxxx@teleflip.com and they will automatically detect the carrier. Read on to find out more about Teleflip and also learn the MMS server names of international service providers.

Teleflip is free to use. For more information: https://www.teleflip.com/blog/services/flipout/


iPhone SMS Text Message Test Mode

Are you experiencing issues when trying to send or get text messages on your iPhone? Toggle airplane mode on for 10 seconds, then switch it off. Next, send a new SMS text message to the number "151" and input the word "Test" when you compose your text message. If your account is provisioned properly, you will get a response indicating Text Messaging is working for your account.


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