Fixing Problems with Apps: Delete Unwanted Apps With the App Store, the iPhone has taken a big step toward being a Mac "in your pocket," rather than just a smart phone. While the emphasis is on the benefits of being a Mac, there are a few downsides to consider. In particular, third-party apps can freeze, crash, and otherwise muck with your iPhone. more
Troubleshooting Tips When Your iPhone or iPod Touch Acts Up, Follow These Steps to Get It Back on Track. more
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Tools of the Trade: Reset, Replace Data When problems persist after a restart, the culprit may be corrupted settings or data on your iPhone. If so, one fix is to delete the information and reenter or resync it. more
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Tools of the Trade: Force-Quit, Restart, Forced Restart What should you do when you encounter troubles with your iPhone? Because the system is closed to end-user access, most traditional troubleshooting methods don't apply—there's no way to trash a program's preferences files, for instance. more
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Tools of the Trade: Restore If none of the above has proven successful, it's time to bring out the big guns: erasing your iPhone's entire contents, including the iPhone's operating system, and installing a fresh copy of the OS. more
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Fixing Problems with Connections Apple has put a lot of effort into making the iPhone as easy to use as possible. Still, there are plenty of challenges that can trip you up, from mystery attachments to confusing sync options. more
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Fixing Problems: Find a Lost iPhone, View More Files If you're a MobileMe subscriber and you misplace your iPhone, you're in luck. The Find My iPhone service allows you to locate, send messages to, and remotely wipe (erase) your handset. more
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Fixing Problems with Connections: Sneak Audio, Sync, Not Appearing in iTunes This is a neat workaround for you Mac users to get audio files on your iPhone from a different computer than you sync music with. To add audio to the iPhone without wiping out its music library, you'll first need to enable podcast syncing on your secondary computer. more
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Fixing Problems with Apps: Update Your Apps, App Freezes and Crashes The likelihood of application crashes on your iPhone has increased significantly with the explosion of third-party software now available in the App Store. Most application crashes are the result of bugs in the application software. more
Phone In the Phone screen, you'll see your cell number at the top more
Sending Messages: Starting a Conversation Like most phones these days, the iPhone includes an application that lets you exchange SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and MMS (Multimedia Message Service) photos and videos with other mobile devices. more
iPhone mail fetch new data In the Fetch New Data section, you'll choose how often your iPhone will connect to the Internet and bring back new mail and updated contact or calendar data. more
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