Category: iPhone
iOS: Remove broken and already-removed apps in Cydia Installed list
In case you installed a misbehaving app via Cydia, manually removed it using iFile or Filza, but can’t seem to remove it from the “Installed” list/section, here’s what you can do: 1. Using your preferred file manager — in my case, Filza — navigate to “/var/lib/dpkg/status” 2. View the app with “Text Editor” 3. Click…
iTunes: Move backup location to an external hard drive
I got a new MacBook Pro with a 256 GB SSD, so not enough storage to back up all of my family’s iOS devices, to say the least. The solution was to back up to an external HDD. Here’s how to do it: 1. With iTunes closed, open the terminal and cd to ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/…
iPhone 4 fix when “Home” button not working
I purchased my iPhone 4 around July of 2010, so it’s almost 2 years old. It’s been rock-solid until about a month ago when the “Home” button was working intermittently (i.e. pressing it didn’t activate the phone); tried hard-resetting many times, doing restores, etc., without success. What fixed it was merely: 1. Get a dust…
Must-have iPhone traffic app
The built-in Apple Maps app is just lacking and annoying to use, don’t you think? Well, there’s an app I’ve been using called Waze and, so far, I’m impressed with how accurate it calculates and recalculates the ETA to your destination. On top of that, it’s smart enough to change it’s route based on traffic. …
Field Test for iPhone Signal Strength Returns in iOS 4.1
Archived from Mac Observer. When Apple released iOS 4.1 for iPhone Wednesday, the company once again included a utility that allows you to measure your signal strength on your device, a utility that that had been available before the release of iOS 4, but was not included when iOS 4 was introduced earlier this year.…
Tips on how to prolong your laptop battery life
This applies to any device that uses lithium ion batteries (i.e. laptops, smartphones). Battery For lithium ion batteries, you do not need to discharge them fully and recharge constantly. Since they don’t have the same "memory" as older nickel-metal hydride batteries, it is actually better to discharge a lithium ion only partially (10 to 20%)…