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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

When trying to sync photos between your iPhone 3G and your Mac, you get an error:

The iPhone “Name’s Phone” cannot be synced. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.

To resolve this issue, you will need to delete the iPod Photo Cache file on your Mac.

1. Go to your Pictures folder (~/Pictures).

2. Hold down the Control button on your keyboard, click the iPhoto Library file and select Show Package Contents.

3. Locate the iPod Photo Cache folder and delete it.

Now try to run through the sync process. Hopefully it works now.

See also:

Can’t Sync Photos to iPhone…

Photo Sync creates iPod photo Cache

Do you think you’ve used way too much data on your wireless plan this month? You can check how much data you’ve used on the iPhone 3G. Simply dial *3282# also can be memorized as *DATA#.

For the longest time, I didn’t know if you could move text around on the iPhone 3G. It turns out that you can.

To do so, touch and hold any word you want to move. After a couple of seconds, a magnified view will appear. You can then drag and drop the word to another place.

So you want to be able to use your iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPod Touch as a hard drive. Well, you can’t right out of the box. Fortunately, there are a couple of third party solutions available.

• If you are a Mac user, you can use a program called PhoneView. There is a free demo available on the site. If you want the full-featured version, the cost is $19.95.
• PC or Mac users can also can see if TouchCopy works for them. Like PhoneView, there is also a free trial version available. The full version is $24.99.

Both programs allow the transfer of files back and forth between the computer and the device.

It’s not very clear how to rewind or fast forward a song on your iPhone 3G. The feature is so hard to find that some users think there is no way to do it. You can though, and here’s how:

1. While the song is playing, the album art will appear. If there is no album art, a music note appears instead. Tap the album art/note.

2. Now you will see a bunch of features you may not be aware of. One of them is the line that indicates where on the music track your song is playing. You can now drag the ball back and forth to fast forward or rewind.

When the iPhone 3G detects a Wi-Fi network in range, you can make it prompt for you to join it. You can also disable this feature. Here’s where the setting is:

1. From the Main Menu, select Settings.

2. Select Wi-Fi.

3. Turn Ask to Join Networks and turn it on or off.

Connect to a WiFi wireless network router and browse the web on your iPhone 3G. Here is how:

1. Ensure Wireless is enabled under Settings > Wi-Fi and turn it on.

2. Join a network by selecting Settings > Wi-Fi.

3. Select the network you would like to connect to.

4. You may need to enter a password, then select Join.

Now enjoy the Internet. You will know if the device is connected to a wireless network if the Wi-Fi logo appears on the top bar of the screen.