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.
Prevent your BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphone from disturbing you while you sleep by putting it in Bedside Mode.
1. Open the Clock application.
2. Select Menu.
3. Select Enable Bedside Mode.
When you would like to disable bedside clock mode, just press Escape.
You can access the settings for Bedside Mode by selecting Menu > Options and changing settings under the Bedside Mode section.
Save any picture in the Browser application on the T-Mobile G1 Google phone.
Simply touch and hold the image with your finger for about 3 or 4 seconds. You will then be presented with the option to View or Save the image.
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.
The backlight on the BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphone is usually set to fade off after a few seconds to save battery power. But you don’t want it to go off while you’re watching a video right? Here’s how to prevent the backlight from timing out while playing videos.
1. Open the Media application.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Options.
4. Change the setting for Turn Off Automatic Backlighting field to No.
5. Press Menu.
6. Select Save.
Set how long before the backlight times out on the BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphone.
1. Select Options from the Main menu.
2. Select Screen/Keyboard.
3. Set the Backlight Timeout field.
4. Press Menu.
5. Select Save.
Q: How do you mark a message as spam on the T-Mobile G1 smartphone?
A: Two ways:
Prevent your phone number from being displayed to the person you are calling on your BlackBerry Storm 9530 device.
1. Press the Phone button to enter the Phone application.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Options.
4. Select General Options.
5. Change Restrict My Identity to Always.
6. Press Menu.
7. Select Save.
Note: This feature can be disabled by your wireless network provider.
How to delete all of the data off of your BlackBerry Storm smart phone. This is useful when you are selling your device or just want to start over.
You may want to backup your data first before performing these steps. These instructions will remove all data from the device.
1. From the Home screen press Menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Select Security Options.
4. Select General Settings.
5. Press Menu.
6. Select Wipe Handheld.
7. To delete all third-party applications from your device, select the Include third-party applications check box.
8. Select Continue.
9. Type blackberry.
You can set any picture as your background wallpaper on the BlackBerry Storm with these steps.
1. Open the Media application.
2. Open Pictures.
3. Select a picture.
4. Select Menu > Set As Home Screen Image
Change the look of the clock on the T-Mobile G1 Google phone.
1. From the Main screen, press Menu.
2. Select Alarm Clock.
3. Touch and hold the clock and you will be presented with a menu that allows you to change the type.
You can’t receive files on your BlackBerry Storm via Bluetooth unless you have the feature enabled. Here’s how to enable it.
1. Open the Media app.
2. Select a media type.
3. Press Menu.
4. Select Receive Using Bluetooth.
5. Select Yes.
6. Select Save.
A common annoyance with the BlackBerry Storm 9530 is that it puts Missed Calls under your Messages every time you miss a call.
You can disable this with the following steps.
You can boot your T-Mobile G1 Google phone into Safe Mode if you wish to troubleshoot whether or not added applications are causing problems with the device. This mode will only load basic software.
1. Power the device off.
2. Power the device on.
3. Right after the G1 screen appears, press and hold the Menu button. Keep holding it until you are booted up completely. Safe Mode should appear in the lower-left corner.
Add or edit the email signature on your BlackBerry Storm 9530 device.
1. While on a message list screen, press Menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Select Email Settings.
4. If necessary, change the Message Services field.
5. Set Use Auto Signature to Yes.
6. Type the signature you wish to use.
7. Press Menu.
8. Select Save.
Q: How do you enable the T-Mobile G1 to vibrate when it receives a text message?
A: 1. Open the Messaging application.
2. Press Menu.
3. Check Vibrate.
How to make a conference call on your BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smart phone.
1. While on a call, press Menu.
2. Click Add Participant.
3. Enter a phone number or highlight a contact.
4. Press Send.
5. Press the Send key to join your first contact to the conference call.
To join other calls, repeat these steps.
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.
Memory cleaning is designed to delete sensitive data from the temporary memory on your BlackBerry Bold 9000 series device such as the cache for the browser, unencrypted data from email messages, LDAP authentication passwords, and the clipboard (copy & paste). To enable this feature, follow these steps:
1. From the Home screen, go to Options.
2. Select Security Options.
3. Select Memory Cleaning.
4. Change Status to Enabled.
If you like, you can change Show Icon on Home Screen field to Yes and use the feature that way. This way , you’ll have a Memory Cleaner icon on your Home screen that will show you what data is being deleted.
5. Press Menu.
6. Select Save.
The BlackBerry Storm 9530 device has a feature that disables third-party applications from running in case you have problems with them. It’s a feature called Safe Mode. Enable it with the following steps:
1. Remove and reinsert the battery.
2. When the red LED light goes out, press and hold the Escape key as the device is loading.
3. When the dialog appears, click OK.
An indicator will appear in the Device Status section of the Home screen to signify that you are in Safe Mode.
To exit Safe Mode, remove and reinsert the battery again.
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