Are you missing the Safari icon on the Home screen of your iPhone 3G or iPod Touch? Here are some things to check.

1. Make sure you didn’t drag it to another Home screen. You can flick your finger left or right to switch between Home screens.

2. Make sure there isn’t a restriction on the application. If your employer provided you with your device they may have done this. Check under Select Settings > General > Restrictions. Make sure Safari is set to On.

3. If none of the above works. It’s time to try a Restore.

• Connect your device to your computer and launch iTunes.
• Select your device under Devices.
• Select Summary.
• Select Restore.

Hopefully after trying these steps your Safari icon will be restored to the Home screen of your iPhone or iPod Touch.

I had a problem where my iPhone 3G wasn’t notifying me when new email arrived with a sound notification. I made sure the volume on the unit was up and that the Ring/Silent switch on the left side of the unit was set to Ring, but it still didn’t work. I also checked under Settings > Sounds to make sure New Mail was set to On.

This looks like it’s a common issue, and the thing that fixes it most times is performing a hard reset on the iPhone 3G. This worked for me, hope it works for you.

You can make a shortcut directly to a web page on the Home screen of your iPhone 3G. These are called Web Clips. To make one, follow these steps:

1. While on the site you wish to make a Web Clip for, press the + icon at the bottom of the screen.

2. Tap the Add to Home Screen.

3. Edit the name of the clip.

4. Tap Add.

If you grow tired of the Web Clip, there is a way to delete it as well.

I experienced a strange problem with my iPhone this week where it refused to vibrate. I wasn’t sure what to do with it. I went under Settings > Sound and made sure Vibrate was set to On, but it still wouldn’t vibrate.

Luckily I came across this post. It actually suggests whacking the iPhone on the back. Apparently the spinny thing inside that makes it vibrate gets stuck from time to time. Mine started working when I made it start to vibrate by calling my own phone while tapping it gently at the same time.

Change what happens when you double-tap the Home button on your iPhone 3G.

1. Select Settings from the Home screen.

2. Select General.

3. Select Home Button.

4. On this screen you can choose whether double-tapping your Home button brings you to iPod functions or takes you to Phone Favorites.

How to enable and pair a Bluetooth device to your iPhone 3G.

1. Set your Bluetooth device to discoverable.

2. From the Home screen, select Settings.

3. Select General.

4. Select Bluetooth.

5. Set Bluetooth to On.

6. The iPhone starts searching for Bluetooth devices. It should show up on the screen where you can enter the PIN code. Enter the PIN (usually located in the manual). You should then be ready to use the Bluetooth device with your iPhone.

When you’re trying to take a picture with the iPhone 3G, it’s hard to press and release the Shutter button without getting a photo that is slightly blurred. This happens especially with self-portraits.

Not many people may know that the iPhone actually takes the picture when the Shutter button is released, not when it is pressed. So next time you are getting ready to hold your iPhone out and point it at yourself to take a picture, place your finger on the Shutter button first, position yourself for taking the picture, then release the button. Presto! You will have a blur free picture taken.

When using Safari on your iPhone 3G, many people don’t know that there is a way to save the images that appear on web pages.

1. Touch and hold the image that you wish to save.

2. Select Save on the menu that appears.

The image is then placed into your Camera Roll.

You may encounter a problem with your iPod Touch or iPhone where the time shows up incorrectly after syncing with your computer.

To try to solve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Disconnect your iPod from the computer.

2. Ensure the time and date on the computer is correct.

3. In iTunes, go to Edit > Preferences > Devices.

4. Under Device Backups, select your device in the list.

5. Click Remove Backup.

6. Close iTunes.

7. Reopen iTunes. Reconnect the iPod Touch or iPhone.

A new backup should be created and should solve the issue.

When typing in Safari, iPhone learns suggestions over time. This history list can get large and annoying. Here’s how to clear these word suggestions out.

1. Open Safari.

2. Tap the book icon in the lower-right corner of the screen.

3. Select Clear.

iPhone 3G owners may wonder how to know exactly when the device is fully charged. The icon in the upper-right corner of the screen will show a lightning bolt for what seems like an eternity. When the iPhone is completely charged, this icon will change to a plug.

Source: iPhone User Guide

The iPhone’s auto correct feature comes in handy when typing certain words that contain apostrophes. When you need an apostrophe, instead of using the additional keyboard, you can type the final letter of the word an additional time and it will trigger the auto-correct feature to add an apostrophe where needed.

• Typing welll will correct to we’ll.
• Typing weree will correct to we’re.

There are some words that work slightly differently. For example, typing itsa will auto-correct to it’s.

Q: How do I change the name of my iPhone 3G name in Bonjour?

A: This name is controlled by setting it in iTunes. Attach the iPhone to the computer, run iTunes and rename the iPhone on the left pane.

How do you enable and use the Caps Lock feature on the iPhone 3G?

1. From the Main Menu, select Settings.

2. Select General.

3. Select Keyboard.

4. Ensure that Enable Caps Lock is set to On.

Now when you need to use this feature, simply double-tap the Shift button on the keyboard. Pressing Shift again will disable it.

Q: How do I delete a Web Clip from the Home screen of my iPhone?

A: Press and hold any icon until they wiggle. Now an X should be available. Tap the X on the Web Clip to delete it.

How many times have you started a long iPhone 3G backup only to find that somebody has called you and canceled the entire process? You can prevent this from happening. Just take the SIM card out of the iPhone 3G. If you have another phone that uses SIM cards available, you can put the SIM card in that phone while performing the backup. Finish your backup, then when it’s done, pop it back in.

Source: iPhone Tricks You Might Not Have Known

Deleting email messages in the iPhone 3G email application can be tough for people to figure out. Once you figure it out it’s simple though.

1. On the screen, simply draw a cross across the email you wish to delete.

2. Press the Delete button.

To delete multiple messages, select Edit, check off the desired emails, and then choose Delete.

Most iPhone 3G users press and hold the punctuation key and then slide their finger over to the (.) to insert a period. But did you know that there is a quick way to insert a period, then a space?

When you get to the end of a sentence, simply tap the space bar twice with your finger. This will produce a period and then a space. You can then continue typing and repeat this with every sentence. It makes typing so much easier once you get used to it.

The same result can be accomplished by hitting the space bar with both of your thumbs at the same time.

Source: iPhone Alley - Use Two Thumbs To Type A Period

If you have an application that’s acting up on your iPhone 3G, you may have to force quit the application.

To do so, simply press and hold the Home button for about 6 seconds. The program you were running should then exit.

Set any picture as your the background on your iPhone 3G smartphone.

1. From the Home screen, select Settings.

2. Select Wallpaper.

3. Choose the folder from which you want to select your wallpaper image.

4. Select an image.

5. Move and adjust the picture with your fingers Use one finger to move an image around. Use two fingers, pinching them together and widening them apart, to shrink or enlarge the picture.

6. When you have the image looking the way you like, select Set Wallpaper.