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What's actually happening? In contacts, you don't have an add photo when you go to edit?
Hi Yes i do have a 'add photo' and i can actually add a photo, but it does not save it. It seems to save it but when I go out of my contacts app and then back again and it is not there. It just is not saving it. Very strange. Any ideas?
To be honest I"m not sure what a DFU restore is. And if i do a reset i will lose all of the things i put in already I think. If i do this DFU restore, will I lose my "notes' application (among others) and my contact list? Thanks
Ben
are you using some online service to sync your contacts? for example google sync?
if that isn't set up right it might stop the contact pictures being saved?
if that isn't set up right it might stop the contact pictures being saved?
Hi Thanks for helping me. My friend who also just upgraded to version 3 is having the same problem. He also can not save the pictures and neither one of us are using any online service just the PC to sync. and I'm not really syncing any of my contacts, just been adding them to my own phone. The ones I added before I upgraded are still there, but any I add now just don't stay. Very strange. Thanks
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WELL FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SOO I BEEN SO STRESSED CAUE OF MY IPHONE 3GS I HAVE BEEN LOSING 3G SIGNAL ON AND OFF AND NOW MY YOUTUBE UPLOADING DONT WORK EVEN A 1 MIN CLIP WILL NOT PUBLISH
OK WELL AT&T SAID THEY HAD TOWER N SIGNAL PROBLEMS ON THURS THAT PAST N MY CALLS WHERE BAD NOBODY COULD HEAR ME!!! AND MY 3G KEPR GOIN IN AND OUT AND NOT MY YOUTUBE CANT UPLOAD VIDS FROM MY PHONE AT ALL
I HAVE MASTER RESTORED MY PHONE AT LEAST 6x TIMES AND DID NETWORK RESET AT LEAST 5x SOO WHAT CAN I DO N TOOK THE PHONE TOO APPLE TO GET LOOKED AT THEY EVEN TOOK IT APRT TO SEE IF THERES ANY DAMAGE AND THERE WAS NONE NOT EVEN WARWE OR HEAT DAMAGE SOO WHATS WRONG WITH MY PHONE
WELL FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SOO I BEEN SO STRESSED CAUE OF MY IPHONE 3GS I HAVE BEEN LOSING 3G SIGNAL ON AND OFF AND NOW MY YOUTUBE UPLOADING DONT WORK EVEN A 1 MIN CLIP WILL NOT PUBLISH
OK WELL AT&T SAID THEY HAD TOWER N SIGNAL PROBLEMS ON THURS THAT PAST N MY CALLS WHERE BAD NOBODY COULD HEAR ME!!! AND MY 3G KEPR GOIN IN AND OUT AND NOT MY YOUTUBE CANT UPLOAD VIDS FROM MY PHONE AT ALL
I HAVE MASTER RESTORED MY PHONE AT LEAST 6x TIMES AND DID NETWORK RESET AT LEAST 5x SOO WHAT CAN I DO N TOOK THE PHONE TOO APPLE TO GET LOOKED AT THEY EVEN TOOK IT APRT TO SEE IF THERES ANY DAMAGE AND THERE WAS NONE NOT EVEN WARWE OR HEAT DAMAGE SOO WHATS WRONG WITH MY PHONE
Compass isn't aligned correctly
My new 3G S is very good, but irritatingly the compass does not point to North correctly (certainly nowhere near the North star which I can see clearly from my back garden!
I tested the compass by 'clicking' on the little 'radar' crosshair icon in Google Map and the map duly swings around to align itself with my surroundings, but the road directly in front of me is not shown at the correct alignment.
It appears that the compass is pointing about 5 degrees or so too far to the west.
Can the compass be aligned to correct this error?
Any answers would be very welcome, because I will be using the compass application to align my satellite dish when I go caravanning.
All the best,
Bill
My new 3G S is very good, but irritatingly the compass does not point to North correctly (certainly nowhere near the North star which I can see clearly from my back garden!
I tested the compass by 'clicking' on the little 'radar' crosshair icon in Google Map and the map duly swings around to align itself with my surroundings, but the road directly in front of me is not shown at the correct alignment.
It appears that the compass is pointing about 5 degrees or so too far to the west.
Can the compass be aligned to correct this error?
Any answers would be very welcome, because I will be using the compass application to align my satellite dish when I go caravanning.
All the best,
Bill
Magnetic Compass
Hi Bill
The thing is that the compass in your phone will point to Magnetic North whereas the North Star is True North. The difference is called magnetic variation and that changes all over the planet. In my location (Australia), for example, the variation is 13 degrees East. 5 degrees West sounds very normal. I guess it might be possible to load a database of magnetic variation based on your GPS location.
Your compass will also be affected by local variations such as metal in your car. These things were the bane of ancient mariners who had to rely on magnetic compasses until gyroscopes were invented.
Cheers
Frank
Hi Bill
The thing is that the compass in your phone will point to Magnetic North whereas the North Star is True North. The difference is called magnetic variation and that changes all over the planet. In my location (Australia), for example, the variation is 13 degrees East. 5 degrees West sounds very normal. I guess it might be possible to load a database of magnetic variation based on your GPS location.
Your compass will also be affected by local variations such as metal in your car. These things were the bane of ancient mariners who had to rely on magnetic compasses until gyroscopes were invented.
Cheers
Frank
Thank you for your advice, sir! I learnt to fly when I lived in Australia, so I know all about variation and deviation of magnetic compasses, but there is no way I can adjust the compass built into my iPhone. I've set it for True North rather than Magnetic, but it's still not right.
Never mind, I'll just have to 'allow' for the variation!
All the best,
Bill
Never mind, I'll just have to 'allow' for the variation!
All the best,
Bill
sometimes when i wake my iphone up i have ipod controls on top of my wallpaper. (before i slide to unlock)
anyone else have this problem? we'll see if 3.1 fixes it.
ive had my phone for 1 month and its only done it twice, i cant re-create the problem either.
the times that it happened, i hadnt even been using the ipod function that day.
anyone else have this problem? we'll see if 3.1 fixes it.
ive had my phone for 1 month and its only done it twice, i cant re-create the problem either.
the times that it happened, i hadnt even been using the ipod function that day.
iPhone 3.1 Bugs?
I have installed the iPhone 3.1 software to my iPhone 3G. Since then, I notice two things that could be bugs:
(1) I sometimes hear the alert of a new email, but there is no badge on my email icon. I have to open the mail and then select "Load messages" in order for it to appear.
(2) I awakened my iPhone outdoors in bright sunlight. The display's brightness wasn't adjusted-----it looked as if I was still indoors and was extremely hard to see. I had to lock the phone and unlock a few times for it to properly adjust.
Has anyone else had the aforementioned issues since the 3.1 update? I have never jailbroken my phone. Thanks in advance.
I have installed the iPhone 3.1 software to my iPhone 3G. Since then, I notice two things that could be bugs:
(1) I sometimes hear the alert of a new email, but there is no badge on my email icon. I have to open the mail and then select "Load messages" in order for it to appear.
(2) I awakened my iPhone outdoors in bright sunlight. The display's brightness wasn't adjusted-----it looked as if I was still indoors and was extremely hard to see. I had to lock the phone and unlock a few times for it to properly adjust.
Has anyone else had the aforementioned issues since the 3.1 update? I have never jailbroken my phone. Thanks in advance.
3G-S iPod app says its empty...iTunes says its not.
I woke up this morning, tried to open the iPod app on my 3G-S, and it says its empty and I can download from the iTunes store. I plug it in to the computer and iTunes shows everything still there!! However, it won't play anything from it...iTunes just crashes when I try.
Then, as I'm in the middle of writing this, I check it again and its back to normal. All of my movies, music, and playlists are all on there as if nothing was wrong.
I woke up this morning, tried to open the iPod app on my 3G-S, and it says its empty and I can download from the iTunes store. I plug it in to the computer and iTunes shows everything still there!! However, it won't play anything from it...iTunes just crashes when I try.
Then, as I'm in the middle of writing this, I check it again and its back to normal. All of my movies, music, and playlists are all on there as if nothing was wrong.
I apologize for not seeing this sticky beforehand.
Since going to 3.1, using my Ford Focus's sound system (running Microsoft SYNC), it now takes 40 minutes to index what used to take 5.
I thought there was a second issue, but my initial assessment was wrong.
Apart from SYNC, everything works.
Since going to 3.1, using my Ford Focus's sound system (running Microsoft SYNC), it now takes 40 minutes to index what used to take 5.
I thought there was a second issue, but my initial assessment was wrong.
Apart from SYNC, everything works.
few have confirmed this...
Opening Settings (default phone settings app) will open Ipod in the background...even if you dont want it open.
Opening Contacts (either through Phone icon or Contacts icon itself) will open your email app and if you havent had your email fetched, it will fetch all mail to all accounts. Just as if you were to open the mail app for the first time.
Opening Settings (default phone settings app) will open Ipod in the background...even if you dont want it open.
Opening Contacts (either through Phone icon or Contacts icon itself) will open your email app and if you havent had your email fetched, it will fetch all mail to all accounts. Just as if you were to open the mail app for the first time.
same strange issue
i had this same thing happen to me twice as well. anyone know why?
i had this same thing happen to me twice as well. anyone know why?
iPhone 3GS bugs
*1 My iPhone 3GS has made calls on its own a couple of times, last night I left it on a side table in my living room, and went to my bedroom around 10:10. Then around 11:00 I was online with my laptop and my friend said I called him, which I didnt so I went and checked my phone and it had a Recent call from 10:21. I was not even close to the phone when it made this call. This is scary, as I've read that people have had this happen to them and the person who is being called in the background can hear your conversations without you having a clue.
*2 My iPhone has also started playing ipod music on its own without me doing anything to start it. I also have read others have reported this. Very strange!
*3 Auto-brightness on my 3GS seems odd, it doesn't seem to follow a steady pattern, I always keep the brightness under 40% and auto-brightness on.
When it's locked and I hit the home button the screen seems pretty bright, then right after I unlock it and I can see all the icons it looks much darker. Also, as others have reported, it does not seem bright enough in brighter places and when the surroundings are dimmer the screen appears much brighter.
*4 This is getting even weirder: I have email notifications off and only fetch new info when I open my email program, email program was not running, iphone locked and in my pocket and it made that little sounds it does when fetching new data, twice in less than 20 min, completely random.
I am starting to feel frustated, specially because of the ghost calls! should I go to the apple store? I found several posts where people have reported this but nobody came up with an answer.
*1 My iPhone 3GS has made calls on its own a couple of times, last night I left it on a side table in my living room, and went to my bedroom around 10:10. Then around 11:00 I was online with my laptop and my friend said I called him, which I didnt so I went and checked my phone and it had a Recent call from 10:21. I was not even close to the phone when it made this call. This is scary, as I've read that people have had this happen to them and the person who is being called in the background can hear your conversations without you having a clue.
*2 My iPhone has also started playing ipod music on its own without me doing anything to start it. I also have read others have reported this. Very strange!
*3 Auto-brightness on my 3GS seems odd, it doesn't seem to follow a steady pattern, I always keep the brightness under 40% and auto-brightness on.
When it's locked and I hit the home button the screen seems pretty bright, then right after I unlock it and I can see all the icons it looks much darker. Also, as others have reported, it does not seem bright enough in brighter places and when the surroundings are dimmer the screen appears much brighter.
*4 This is getting even weirder: I have email notifications off and only fetch new info when I open my email program, email program was not running, iphone locked and in my pocket and it made that little sounds it does when fetching new data, twice in less than 20 min, completely random.
I am starting to feel frustated, specially because of the ghost calls! should I go to the apple store? I found several posts where people have reported this but nobody came up with an answer.
Does it look the same as when you press the home button twice rapidly?
This is the official shortcut for bringing up the iPod controls - so you don't have to unlock the phone every time you want to pause or skip tracks.
(Did you know that you can screengrab by pressing power and home button together?)
I have a similar problem. I've got all five bars of signal + 3G and then the iPhone loses its signal completely. But, in my case, it also locks the SIM and prompts me to unlock it. It happens very frequently and, more often than not, in the most inconvenient of occasions.
Furthermore, its bluetooth system seems to have issues with my car's built-in bluetooth system (it's the Fiat Group's "Blue & Me", factory-installed in a 2009 Lancia Delta 1.4): more often than not, when I make a call, the speakers make a very loud buzzing sound as if the car's built-in microphone is picking up extreme electromagnetic interference. The call volume is also low. Having tried my car's bluetooth system with other bluetooth-enabled phones (Motorola and Nokia), none of these problems arise with the other phones; only the iPhone gives me such grief.
Turn off your bluetooth on your phone and disable your wireless and see if it continues.
My wife had a similar problem and found out she was putting her bluetooth headset in her purse and the buttons were being pushed causing her phone to dial out or do other things like just suddenly play itunes music.
I've also seen other bluetooth devices interfere with it. I've seen people select to add a bluetooth device, not knowing that it is their coworker's device that sits next to them.
I had that happen quite frequently with my 3G and it happened a couple times on my 3GS.