Apple: iPhone News and Discussion Thread
Trolling Canuckistan
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Really jailbreaking is about allowing your device to do all the things it is capable of doing but Apple doesn't set them up to do right out of the box. It's not hard to do and if you decide you don't like it you can restore back to factory settings and unjailbreak it.
Sanest Florida Man
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I don't know if anyone else here does this but I do and it's become very helpful for me. So at my IT job I'm often reading product keys, service tags or express codes off of PCs. This can be real annoying trying to read a 25digit product key off the back of a PC and entering during an OS install. So I had the idea of using the camera on my iPhone to take a picture of the product key and then just read it off the screen. So if I have to install Windows on a laptop when they have the product key on the bottom of the laptop I only have to pick it up once to take a picture of the product key instead of trying to pick it up 5 times to read the key on the bottom.
Friday I was at one my clients and I had to take inventory of all PCs 31 in total. I had to read the service tag of the machine so I ended up using the camera since sometimes I couldn't fit down there and read it. Very helpful.
Friday I was at one my clients and I had to take inventory of all PCs 31 in total. I had to read the service tag of the machine so I ended up using the camera since sometimes I couldn't fit down there and read it. Very helpful.
So much better to play without the ads.
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I don't know if anyone else here does this but I do and it's become very helpful for me. So at my IT job I'm often reading product keys, service tags or express codes off of PCs. This can be real annoying trying to read a 25digit product key off the back of a PC and entering during an OS install. So I had the idea of using the camera on my iPhone to take a picture of the product key and then just read it off the screen. So if I have to install Windows on a laptop when they have the product key on the bottom of the laptop I only have to pick it up once to take a picture of the product key instead of trying to pick it up 5 times to read the key on the bottom.
Friday I was at one my clients and I had to take inventory of all PCs 31 in total. I had to read the service tag of the machine so I ended up using the camera since sometimes I couldn't fit down there and read it. Very helpful.
Friday I was at one my clients and I had to take inventory of all PCs 31 in total. I had to read the service tag of the machine so I ended up using the camera since sometimes I couldn't fit down there and read it. Very helpful.
One Canadian Retailer has it. Was wondering if its common.
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Would be nice if it compared it to more than just amazon thou..
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FFFFFFFUUUUUU my wife dropped her iPhone in the toilet. 
Not working after she attempted to restore it instead of leaving it off to dry. Women and electronics 
Anyways I'll let it dry a few days. I guess only option is Genius store and pray for a miracle. Or else $200 for a refurbbed.
I also have a 3rd line that my mother in law had but with no data. Can I upgrade that line and not put data since I'll swap sims?
Not working after she attempted to restore it instead of leaving it off to dry. Women and electronics Anyways I'll let it dry a few days. I guess only option is Genius store and pray for a miracle. Or else $200 for a refurbbed.
I also have a 3rd line that my mother in law had but with no data. Can I upgrade that line and not put data since I'll swap sims?
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Btw, even after drying it, it might not work because the battery swells up when it gets soaked with water. So you'll have to try changing the battery after drying it.
I had a sony Ericsson phone that got washed w/ my laundry. I took out the battery and stupid me put it back in w/o powering it on, but it still killed it.
And the battery swelled to like 2x it's size.
My friend ended up taking it with him when he went back to pakistan. The guy put in a new battery and it worked, although a little quirky.
I had a sony Ericsson phone that got washed w/ my laundry. I took out the battery and stupid me put it back in w/o powering it on, but it still killed it.
And the battery swelled to like 2x it's size.
My friend ended up taking it with him when he went back to pakistan. The guy put in a new battery and it worked, although a little quirky.
I don't know if anyone else here does this but I do and it's become very helpful for me. So at my IT job I'm often reading product keys, service tags or express codes off of PCs. This can be real annoying trying to read a 25digit product key off the back of a PC and entering during an OS install. So I had the idea of using the camera on my iPhone to take a picture of the product key and then just read it off the screen. So if I have to install Windows on a laptop when they have the product key on the bottom of the laptop I only have to pick it up once to take a picture of the product key instead of trying to pick it up 5 times to read the key on the bottom.
Friday I was at one my clients and I had to take inventory of all PCs 31 in total. I had to read the service tag of the machine so I ended up using the camera since sometimes I couldn't fit down there and read it. Very helpful.
Friday I was at one my clients and I had to take inventory of all PCs 31 in total. I had to read the service tag of the machine so I ended up using the camera since sometimes I couldn't fit down there and read it. Very helpful.
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Yeah I let it dry a few days. Everything but the 3G and the external speakers work properly. The 3G is spotty where sometimes she gets signal and sometimes Searching. She was answering some calls from me yesterday so I forgot to ask if it was vibrate or ring. I think I will try Square's 30 day waiting period warranty where the deductible is $50.
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Skype with video - now on the iPhone!! I hope FaceTime is next....
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-...cmp=ch1-iphone
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-...cmp=ch1-iphone
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^I used the Skype during lunch. Called my friend in Nashville. Since he has a 4 I can see him but since I have a 3GS he gets to see South Beach and all the hot chicks walking by. :p Worked pretty good but only speaker phone and the call dropped after 10 minutes.
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Best part about living there, walk across street, sit at beach, enjoy topless europeans. Epic
Suzuka Master
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Yea, I read about that today. Hopefully it gets solved soon. Either way I'm finally gonna be using a smartphone to its full capabilities. I had my iphone over t-mobile. So the only way I'll get internet is through wifi.
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you can use an iPhone on tmobile, just have to use Edge.
seriously thou on an iPhone 4, edge really isnt THAT bad compared to the original iPhone and even 3GS.
its bearable, im guessing part of the slowness was due to the processor.
seriously thou on an iPhone 4, edge really isnt THAT bad compared to the original iPhone and even 3GS.
its bearable, im guessing part of the slowness was due to the processor.
