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I have seen on many websites and heard from many friends and i also ask this question. Will apple every come out with landscape texting for the iphone myself and MANY others wish to text using the landscape keyboard because it is more accurate and alot easyer to use... PLEASE APPLE MAKE LANDSCAPE KEYBOARD FOR TEXTING YOUR COUSTOMERS ARE BEGGING! Alienware Area-51 7500
Is there a was to sent a single text to more than one person in my contacts,for expample, I want to send a text advertising party at my house tonight to all of my friends at once without having to re type it and send it to 100 seperate people. My Blackberry allowed that and there has to be a way to do it with the iphone. Thanks in advance Hp Windows Vista
I recently upgraded my iphone 3G to 2.2 and about a week later I was getting a error sending message when sending text messages. I can receive text just fine. I have tried restoring using ITunes and even had the ATT store tech swap the SIM card with no results. HELP!!!!!!! I am very upset with ATT and Appple. I know other folks out there are having the same problems and someone out there has a fix.I feel I have a 600 dollar brick. Ron Bak ronbak@earthlink.net Macbook Pro 2.2 Mac OS X (10.5.6)
Does anyone know if there is an application that might let you find your iphone through GPS if it is lost or lock the phone with the use of SMS/text message commands. As well as erase all date from a remote location. I found spritesoftware has this for windows mobile 5/6 and I believe would be a great benefit to the iphone. Mac OS X (10.5)
Practical suggestions:Ability to turn phone horizontally to text and e-mailZoom capabilities on CameraVideo Capabilities on CameraAbility to Download Flash and view Flash imagesVoice RecordingVoice DialingMore stable Safari DELL Windows XP Pro
Ok, Im using 2.2 software version on my iphone 3G. Its not unlocked or anything. The problem started last night, when I tried to call someone in my contact list. Ill dial the number and it automatically goes to Call Failed, it doesnt dial or even attempt to. I can sends text messages, receive phone calls, and get online. Just cant make phone calls.Heres what I did to try to fix it.First I cut the phone off and powered back on. Then tried a soft reset by holding the home button and power button down. After that didnt work I restored it to factory settings, which didnt work. Then I restored from a backup, but it didnt work either. Ive tried everything people have said on the internet, that doesnt require unlocking the phone.Please help!!!!**edit** - Ive also removed the SIM and restored to factory settings. Put the SIM back in when it asked for it. That didnt fix the problem either. Message was edited by: Bricen
Hi,does anyone know how to count the number of characters in a text message??(Except for counting manually)... any other, basic phone has always shown the number of characters that remain for a default 160 character SMS message... the iphone seems to be lacking this basic feature...Thanks for any feedback you may have,Jacques. Windows XP Pro
Ive noticed that when I receive over 50 txt messages from a single person the MSG alert never seems to go away. Like when I get 105 unread messages, I go and check the 105 messages and it seems to subtract 50 and still says I have 55 unread messages. So then I hit Load Earlier Messages and it still says I have the same amount of unread messages.I clear the messages in the chat and it still says that there are 55 unread messages. When I check my phone it shows that there are no unread messages (b/c there are no blue dots near any conversations).The alert seems to go away only after removing the chat log all together from the text message menu.If someone at Apple can look into this it would be greatly appreciated. It gets annoying because I cant archive all my messages without it showing a bunch of unread messages even though I read them.Thanks.Here are the screen shotsMessage was edited to improve images by: Dj RaYz Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.5.6) 2.4 GHz, 2GB Ram
This problem just started yesterday morning. I am unable to make or receive phone calls on the AT&T network. When receiving a call, the phone says I have full signal. When I try to answer the call, the signal bars fall to nothing and then it searches for the network. This happens on both the Edge and 3G areas. When making a call, once again the phone is telling me I have full signal, then it drops to nothing. The call is failed, then searches for the network.I am able to text message, the data is not working. I have restarted, reset, removed the sim card. Im out of ideas. Just a side note, while on GPS in 3G areas, my current location is telling me I am in Cleveland. The problem with that is I live in Delaware. I am not sure if these are related problems.Does anyone have a clue what the heck is going on with this thing. I really dont want to replace it again, this being my second iphone. (other had the speaker break) PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.5.6) iphone 3G 8GB, Airport Extreme, iPod
Does anybody know if you can delete podcasts right off an iphone? I have a few podcast that I have downloaded from my iphone and I have listened to them. I dont want them to sync back to my computer because I have already listened to them. Thanks iphone Mac OS X (10.5.5)
Does anyone know if iphone has a way to change boring ringtones for incoming e-mail or text message to a custom ringtone. I have custom tones that say you have mail or message and would like to change them. I can not find if it is possible to do this. If it is not would apple consider changing that issue as an improvement for upcoming software so all iphone sounds could be changes or is there a reason they could not be?Thnaks iphone 3G Windows XP Pro
I have downloaded the Monopoly application and it wont open. When i select it on my iphone it just flashes up and automatically closes again. I have tried everything to try and get it to work.I have deleted Monopoly and re-downloaded it, I have deleted it from my iphone and re-synced it, I have turned off my phone and turned it on again, I have delete all other applications and just tried to put Monopoly on my phone, I have restored my whole phone, I have called Apple support and they told me to try all of these above things and more, nothing seems to get it to work. i have tried everything i can think of.Any ideas? iphone Windows XP
Two really annoying things that continue to drive me up the wall:1) Every time I want to transfer pictures onto my phone or maybe just even one new song, why does iTunes force me to do a complete backup of my phone? What would take 10 seconds ends up taking 20 minutes for absolutely no reason.2) Why when I opt NOT to sync ALL of my apps, does it tell me it will REMOVE Them from my phone completely? No! Why would I want them DELETED? Since when does not copying over something that is ALREADY on THE PHONE mean that I want them deleted completely from the phone? It doesnt make any sense. None. If I dont have them all checked, it will delete the one not checked.I tried to NOT sync my apps so that I could speed up the process of just syncing my photos. So it tells me its going to delete all my apps if I do that. iTunes is such a miserable failure in the world of Apple/Mac which dominates the logic/useability world in every other arena. It continues to confound me the absolute poor structure, logic, and programming of their flagship software app.I mean seriously, how hard is it for this application to know that its already got all my apps both in itunes and on the phone? Every time I connect it, it starts copying over my apps all over again. Why? Is this 1983 when it cant tell if the app has been updated and needs synching? If someone can give me some input on these items I would appreciate it. VAIO
Hello. Ive recently had some hard drive issues on my laptop, which forced me to reformat my hard drive. My iphone now thinks I am using a different computer, which I guess means I need to resync and delete everything on it. What a pain...I have some pretty straight-forward questions, and Ive searched the forums looking for answers but havent found any yet, so excuse me if these are asked 1,000 times a day:Will backing up my iphone really do me any good, in the long run? I guess Im confused about what actually is preserved by doing this.What exactly is lost during a new sync? Will I lose all of my contacts, text messages, and pictures? Or will it just be any music and pictures Ive synced via iTunes? I want to know if I need to type out the numbers and contact info of everything.What about all of my apps? Are they completely gone?Thanks in advance for any help.
Why do I get two of the same text messages a few minutes apart? When you go into view, there is only one but the alert will come in twice? Thanks Toshiba Windows XP
I have many problems using my new 3G iphone and its really starting to annoy me.1) When you go into a lift and the reception of the phone cuts off - It takes absolutely ages for the signal to be restored. Around 5-10 minsSometimes if you leave your phone idle on the table and the reception cuts off - it could take up to 2 hrs....and i end up with 15-20 voice messages.Is it just my phone or does it happen similar to other users as well?and 2) - by far the most annoying is the texting function. I can text and receive a text from someone no problem but when they reply back.....I cannot see their name. e.g. I go and text John on 12345678....and then when John replies to me...I get the number 44-12345678...(if in the UK). The phone doesnt recognise that it is John...When you hit the call button - it doesnt call John cos the country code should be +44.Same thing with Hong Kong ppl texting me - always I get replies starting with 852 instead of +852. I dont end up seeing who from my phone book is texting me and have to end up looking up the number..any remedies?Thanks Other OS
Im sure others get the files (.AppleSyncInfo) in the favorites under IE. Does anyone know if they are important (can I delete them?) or what exactly they are for? They dont appear in all sub-directories under favorties, but they just randomly show up after syncing. Home Built Dual Quad Core (x64) 16GB RAM Windows Vista
Is there a way to recover deleted text messages, and if not is there such thing as a iphone keylogger yet lol? macbook Mac OS X (10.5.5)
how do I go about recovering the text messages using the iTunes backup? I havent synced my iphone since the messages were deleted, BUT I have received more since then. how will this affect restoring the messages, AND will it delete the new ones if I restore the old messages? Sony Vaio Windows XP iphone 3G
When you type a line which ends on a question mark which happens to be the last character of the line before the text would wrap over the the next line then you cant push space. You can do a double space shortcut which removes the question mark and changes it to a full stop, then start the next sentence and go back to change the fullstop to a question mark. I havent tried it but Im guessing the same bug would occur for all end of sentence indicative characters (e.g. ! ?) Intel PC Windows XP Pro
hey does anyone know how i can back up my text messages. I just got my replacement iphone. Still have the old one for now and wanna know if i can.. Thanks heaps Macbook Mac OS X (10.5.3) pc:(
So when Im on a call or listening to vmail and then move the phone away from my ear to either end call or delete a vmail or what not the screen stays or switches to black and Im unable to do anything. I use to have the first gen iphone and it did this only ever so often, but since I upgraded to the 3G its happening every time. Is there a solution to this? Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Logic Studio, iphone Mac OS X (10.4.11)
The original purchasers of the I-Phone were given a credit voucher for $100 when Apple reduced their phone prices several months later. Owners were sent via email and text, a credit voucher number. Well 2 weeks ago I lost my phone and no one turned it in, so Im trying to find my credit voucher number so I can use this to purchase another phone. My dilema is that I deleted my email but saved the text message which contained the info I needed--silly me didnt think that if I lost my phone I would have no information. Apple Customer Service has not been able to help because they kept no records and the refund program is over. AT&T was no help either. Has this happened to anyone else and/or can anyone direct me to a possible solution? Id sure hate to lose these $100 now that I really could put it to good use. Original I-Phone
Why does syncing contacts with outlook 2007 still not work correctly? I stopped syncing contacts a while ago because when I did my contacts in outlook always got messed up. So now since Im sick of the poor performance on my iphone I decide to finally do a restore. So in the kb it says to do a sync before you do the restore to make sure everything is synced up and you get a good backup, so I do that, and decide to sync the contacts to make sure any contacts I have on the iphone get transferred over to outlook.When I did the sync of contacts any contacts that were not in outlook, but were on the iphone are now gone. If the contact was not in outlook, but was on the iphone it got deleted from the iphone instead of transferred over to outlook. Itunes gave me the warning about more than 5% changing, but the warning didnt have anything under delete, so why did contacts on the iphone that werent in outlook get deleted? I lost alot of contacts. Also it modified some of my outlook entries and removed numbers from people who had multiple numbers even though those multiple numbers existed in both outlook and on the phone, but the sync decided to randomly remove some of the multiple numbers from both places. So now my contacts are completely screwed up. (what a piece of work this thing is)Is there any way to get them back to how they were? Does the iphone backup hold my contact info? Dell Inspiron 17" wide screen Windows XP Pro iphone 4g
I get 2 ring notifications for any text messages that are sent to me. The first one happens when i get the text. The second one happens about 20 minutes later, and doesnt use the screen display the second time. Imac Mac OS X (10.5.6) iphone 3G, 2.2, 8G
Hi, I jsut got an iphone and was wondering about a few things. Is there any way to send and receive picture mail without using the email address? My old phone jsut send it to thiers and I was told that iphones dont work that way, is there a workaround for this? Also, is tehre a way to forward text messages to others? Thanks for any help you can give me.
after several months of having my iphone, and it breaking, I went in to the apple store to speak to an iphone Genius. The name of his job title, aside from being very arrogant, was far from the truth!!Anyway, he couldnt answer my questions, and suggested i should post them to apple. The iphone either lacks a lot of features which even my first Nokia had, or i just cant find them. Wonder if anyone can help:Forwarding Texts:cant forward a text. This is annoying, as if someone sends me some info in a text i wish to send on, i cant see how to forward, nor how to copy and paste the info into a new txt.Red Button:Wheres the reject call button? If my phone is on the lock screen when it rings, the only option I have is to answer or silence it. Silencing the ringing is no good, as people often hang up before Voicemail kicks in.Snoozing Reminders:if i have a calendar reminder, cant see how you snooze it. Missed loads of appointments and reminders with this one. Very easy to loose the reminders from the screen, and then not see them.There are so many more things that thoroughly disappoint me about this phone - the bluetooth stack, the 3G/GSM implementation, cant change the home screen background from black, cant have your own ringtones - or even set a MP3 song which you have bought on itunes as a ring tone, etc etc.However, these are more annoyances than show stoppers.I hope someone can help with the top three above, or maybe, someone in apple might see this post and suggest to include these rudimentary features that have been present in phones since mobiles went digital in the next software release. Or maybe someone knows a way around these annoyances to make the phone usable, for me, at least. iPhone3G None
ok , i know there are a few posts about various problems for the iphone 3g, i thought i would just post what i think is wrong with the phone, because for £350.00 customers should get some basic thing installed/or work on the phone1, working bluetooth ,i have had my phone for 2 months now, and i can say i have not managed to connect or even find a person with my bluetooth, even of there standing right next to me ,also when u get that fixed, make it so u can send ur pictures via bluetooth, even tho the camera is only 2mp u can take half decent pic in the right light lol2,able to forward text msgs ,not much to ask i dont think... ?3,able to send multimedia msgs , come on , even cheap phones let u do that....these are my main gripes about the phone, that imho should be installed/implicated from the get go.sorry if these have been posted before, i read somewhere about a list of things that apple are working on resolving, can anyone point me to a page to show this, or is it a myth lol? iphone 3g
I want to replace my PDA with iphone. I frequently use Find to locate a text string in my contacts or calendar or notes. Does iphone have this functionality? desktop Windows XP Pro
I was going to text one of my friends but when i touch the bottom bar to bring up the keyboard nothing happens! I was on Firmware 2.1 and I already tried upgrade/ restore to 2.2. I did a hard reboot already. The only way I can bring the keyboard is up is by selecting the new message button where you select who you want to message ( the button in the top right corner under battery), and selecting someone. The bottom of the screen where teh bar to bring up the keyboard is working on other Apps so its a bug with SMS I believe. It is a 2g iphone. gateway Windows Vista
In process of learning to use new 3G iphone, have saved wallpaper files I do not necessarily like, using the ITunes App Backgrounds. how can I delete these? Thanks for your help
Is there a way or an application available to record text messages instead of typing through voice recorder?For example, if you are driving.Thanks,Zia MacBook Pro IntelCore2Duo 2.33GHz iMac G5 2.0GHz Mac OS X (10.5.4) Maxtor FW 500GB, 2X Lacie FW 250GB, Maxtor 160GB Int HD
I have read - about the failure in the iphone to do lots of sms stuff. I think you can sms multiple contacts but still cant forward text messages as far as i can see - Is there a way around this or not being able to sms photos yet? All seems a bit bonkers to me!! Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.11)
This popped up almost a week ago now - last Friday. I compose a text, tap send and it gives me the little progress bar, moves as if its going to send, and then stops about 1/8th to 1/6th of the way and I get a little message where it usually says sending that says Error Sending MessageAll my googling has come up with people experiencing this on jailbroken iPhones or when they have a momentary drop in service (at which point they just hit send again). But I can receive texts just fine. All other operations on the phone are fine - sending/receiving emails, placing/receiving phone calls, etc.There was some mention of a possibly incorrect SMS Service Center Number...? I realize this isnt an AT&T forum, but Im hoping someone out there can help.At the Genius Bar, they said they thought it was an AT&T issue. I went to the AT&T store, where they called the iphone troubleshooting hotline. The iphone Troubleshooting guy didnt know what was going on, and suggested swapping to a new SIM card. So, we tried a new SIM card and we tried someone elses SIM card in my iphone....still nada.Which makes me think its software...? I just restored back to just before Haloween....but the software is still 2.2 - should I downgrade to 2.1?thanks in advance Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.5.6)
Why I cannot delete one caller or call from the calling list?And why I cannot copy and paste anything? macbook Mac OS X (10.4.11) iphone question
well it started all last night i was texting my girlfriend and then we couldnt text anymore. she called me up saying her text wont go through to my number but when she text a differnt person her text did go through. After awhile i received her text but i would send my and she wouldnt receive them.is anyone else getting this problem with verizon?Message was edited by: Isaiah Marin Windows XP
So... I realize that this has been discussed before. But it *****, so Im bringing it back up again. My gf bought a new car yesterday. Im thankful she doesnt have an iphone, because its more than a little annoying that Im unable to text people the type of car she bought. Want to have fun with your iphone? Try typing Lexus without going back and having to correct it. And just for sh*ts and giggles, try typing Acura. Cant do it, huh? Fun!!I get that the iphone needs to auto-correct words. But it should be able to accurately discern slow and deliberate touches versus fast and furious, mistake laden typing. The phone certainly should not skip letters. The thing wont LET you type the u in Lexus. Even skimming over the top row on the keyboard wont help- it skips the u entirely.Hows your new Lexis driving? Wish you had bough a Acuta instead? (Interestingly enough, my gf was considering the Acuta TSX, before going with the Lexis IS250) MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.5.6)
What dock can I use that:charges the iphone?doesnt necessarily allow me to play music through iphone?allows me to play music via the iPod?still allows the iphone to ring and sound when a text message comes when it is connected to the dock?can use with Universal remote?For your reference, the Apple universal dock I have doesnt allow me to do all this. MacBook Mac OS X (10.5.6) 160GB, 2.2GHz.
Hi, Does anyone know of a MMS app that has the ability to add a file attachment to text messaging? Thanks, Jerry Windows Vista
Ive determined that if I set the UIButton flags field autoresizeToFit (via the debugger) then the UIButton will automatically resize based on the size of the text I put in it. Unfortunately thats a private field. Im interested in doing this because Im localizing the UIButtons title and that title is variable length. Yes, I could localize the .xib file that Im using but this is the only element of the .xib file which needs to be resized in this manner and localizing the entire .xib file would be complete overkill (and suck up pointless space). So Id like to change the size of the UIButton programatically to match the width of the title.Is there an official mechanism to do this?Casey MacBook Mac OS X (10.5.5)
I am fully aware of the restrictions on this phone and feel the need to express myself on the forum and release the frustration with the lack of customizable functions/features the iphone has, if possible I would like to change the black screen, add ringtones to my text message alerts, and maybe possibly delete some icons/programs like stocks and world clock from my display. CAn someone from Apply or steve jobs look into that for me, I have been in many forums and it seems like everyone is having the same issues...could it be that apple just doesnt care what we are saying? Windows Vista
Look I understand everything takes an expert but who came up with the bright idea of locking this phone like fort knox? You cannot remove the stupid black front page screen, you cannot remove the stocks application icon from it, you have to listen to a beep sound (or some other lame ones) for text messages alerts, look I know there are experts out ther thinking they did a great job but PEOPLE PLEASE, even the prepay from the 99cent store has customizable display or atleast your rintones for message alerts.... UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHPS dont upgrade, my husband did and it messed up his wifi, im still good Windows Vista
Is there any way to block a text message from being sent to me? Imac Mac OS X (10.5.6)
When is Apple going to upgrade the keyboard so you can use the landscape keyboard for text messaging, email, internet, etc.? I have nails so a larger keyboard makes typing much easier for me. This is the only aspect of the phone I have any issue with. I love my phone and think Apple should include this feature in the next update. Dell Windows XP
I love my iphone. Dont think I have ever used a mobile device as much as Ive used my iphone. My question is - I have almost filled the 3 screens that are available for applications. Once filled will I need to delete some apps from the phone before adding any more or will new screens appear as more apps are added? iMAC Mac OS X (10.5.5)
I really want to text horizontally. They need to make an update with this feature since its really aggravating to text only in the vertical stance of the phone!!!Anyone else feeling this? iphone 3G
Well I recieved an iphone 3G for Christmas, and I LOVE it, but the thing is, the battery *****. Is it normal to have almost no battery after one day of use? It seems like Im recharging every day I use it, and Im wondering if maybe I didnt charge it long enough the first time or something. The main two things I do with my iphone is text and listen to music. When I say text I mean text, like ALOT. Does texting suck up the battery life? Mac Mac OS X (10.5.6) iMac
I have not been able to receive text messages/calls all day. My phone is on, it does not ring vibrate or anything else. I have tried turning my phone off, and back on. When I do that it shows I have a new voice mail but no missed calls.Now when I turn off my phone then back on I am not notified of voice mails, when I press the voice mail icon it no longer shows my voice mail box. Instead it starts calling my voice mail.This may all be AT&Ts fault but my mother and brother, who also have AT&T are having no problems. Anyone have any advice?
Im pretty tech savvy so I hope this does not come across as a dumb question. Ive had my phone couple of months and doing well with it. I went into Podcasts recently and accidently DL a progarm twice. Only need one. But for the heck of it I cant find how to delete the second.I dont see the usual stuff. Went back and forth on screens but no delete options. I even tried flicking across the cover like on some programs hoping to bring up a delete option. No good.Do I have to go to Itunes to delete unwanted podcasts??? Windows XP
OK, im about 90% sure theres nothing more I can do to improve my battery life on my iphone 3G, but Im looking for some other peoples input before I go way out of my way to go to the apple store, which is about an hour drive (dont have an address that i could use the mailing method ... so thats not an option)Heres my current setup:Hardware: iphone 3G, running iphone 2.2 OS3G: off- not in a 3G enabled cityWifi: off (on when web surfing at home- not frequent as I use my laptop...)Location services: Off, unless im using Maps to get somewhere (rare)Email: Push is activated on my MobileMe account, turned off my work MS Exchange account entirely (would like to have it on) and my third email is turned off as well. MobileMe: syncs contacts, bookmarks, calendar, and mail. Third Party Apps: a few installed, use is not frequent- maybe 10 min a day average.Bluetooth: off 99% of the time, only on when traveling and using headset.brightness: 25-30% as an attempt to conserve batteryEQ: offI went to this link: http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html and as you can see with the aforementioned statistics Im doing everything to conserve battery, except disabling push.Battery Performance:Usage: 1 hour 34 minutesStandby 7 hours, 38 minutesBattery: just above 20% (not red, but very close to it)The above data was taken after applying all the settings listed above,resetting the phone, then draining the battery completely and fully charging it using the iphone cable and usb wall charger included with the iphone. Received only 2 emails, and 1 text message during the usage time.With these settings my phone made it a full day with out dying, with normal consumer settings (wifi on, location services on but used little, etc) my battery would last about 4-5 hours with the same amount of Usage.Basically, im looking for affirmation so I dont drive way out of my way and wait in line for hours to be told that there is nothing that they can do with my phone..My previous iphone (2G) would last 3-4 days sometimes without being recharged and it had push enabled on 2 email addresses (MM, and MS Exchange) My wife currently uses this phone w/ 2 emails, location services on, and uses 3rd party apps a lot and her phone battery lasts 2 days still..New battery time?-thanks Macbook, MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.5.6)