Browse Phones Help and Tips

Browse Phones Help and Tips

Modifying iPhone carrier settings
There's more you can do with your iPhone's carrier settings than just download and install the latest update. Ted Landau shows you how to custom reinstall, directly view and even modify your carrier settings -- and explains why you would want to.
Top 10 iPhone annoyances -- and how to fix them
Even the iPhone isn't perfect. PC World counts down the top 10 iPhone annoyances and what you can do about them.
Bugs & Fixes: Tying up loose ends
Ted Landau revisits recent Bugs & Fixes columns to see if there are updates for troubles involving the Apple TV and iPhone.
Bugs & Fixes: iPhones that are too hot to handle
The Internet is buzzing about reports of iPhone 3GS models over-heating. But before you assume you need a replacement iPhone or that Apple needs to issue a recall, Ted Landau suggests that you cool down.
Bugs & Fixes: iPhone 3GS signal strength oddities
Ted Landau noticed his new iPhone 3GS seemed to spend more time connected to the EDGE network than did his old iPhone 3G. So he did a little digging to find out why.
Resetting Visual Voicemail
If you're experience problems with Visual Voicemail after your transition to the new iPhone, a reader passes along a quick fix.
Bugs & Fixes: iPhone screen repairs, revisited
Ted Landau thought the white spot on his iPhone 3G screen was the result of a dead pixel issue. But an Apple Store genius helped him discover the actual problem—as well as a fix.
Five top tips for new iPhone users
Get a brand new iPhone for Christmas? Here are a handful of our top tips to help you make the most of it.
Bugs & Fixes: The iPhone ‘dead strip’
A strip of Ted Landau’s iPhone became unresponsive to finger touches. Does that mean a costly repair? Also, Ted revisits the issues Microsoft Office has with Leopard’s Space feature, with an explanation from Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit.
Deploying the iPhone 3G for business: Integrating with Exchange
In this second part of his three-part series, Ryan Faas provides tips for integrating and managing iPhones in an Exchange environment.
What to do with an old iPhone
You’ve upgraded to Apple’s iPhone 3G. But what to do with that original iPhone you bought a year ago? Christopher Breen outlines three options—give it away, sell it, or keep it.
Securing your iPhone 2.0
The iPhone 2.0 software update offers some dramatic improvements in security management, though gaps remain. Glenn Fleishman takes a closer look at iPhone security.
Bugs & Fixes: Fixing iPhone 2.0 sync problems
Having iPhone problems after last week’s iPhone 2.0 and MobileMe releases? Te Landau tells you how to fix iPhone syncing problems by reinstalling iTunes and how to fix MobileMe-to-iPhone sync problems.
Activating your iPhone 3G: What you need to know
Jonathan Seff found that waiting in line for hours was just the first part of a lengthy journey to get and activate a new iPhone 3G.
Fix and prevent iPhone freezes and crashes
Freezes and crashes are generic iPhone problems that can occur in any iPhone software, from Safari to Maps. In this excerpt from Take Control of Your iPhone, Ted Landau explains how to recover from freezes and crashes and how to avoid them in the first place.
Excerpt: Avoid iPhone navigation and typing hassles
New to the iPhone? Then you'll need to learn how to master its MultiTouch interface. In this excerpt from the new Take Control of Your iPhone ebook, Ted Landau shows you how to understand iPhone gestures, make text more readable, and master the onscreen keyboard.
How to: Unlock an iPhone
A step by step look at unlocking the iPhone's SIM card and making it available to other cell carriers' networks.
Adding custom ringtones to your iPhone
Dismayed by the iPhone's unwillingness to let you customize your ringtones? Don't be -- third-party applications exist that add this missing capability. Jim Dalrymple walks you through how to do it with an app called iFuntastic.
What IT staff can do if the CEO gets an iPhone
Computerworld's Seth Weintraub outlines a few easy steps that IT staffers can take to make the iPhone fit into their operation.
Twenty-one favorite iPhone tips
Looking to get the most out of your iPhone? We've got 21 tips on browsing better, e-mailing more effectively, and using the Maps and Contacts features with greater efficiency. And we're on the lookout for even more tips, so come share some of yours.
The iPhone, Gmail, and spam
iPhone overwhelmed with spam? Filter your email with Gmail.