Little Tricks That Will Ease iPhone Users

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How to Reset/ Force Quit.

1When your iPhone crashes or locks up, you need to reset it. To do this, hold the sleep/wake button and the home button at the same time for about 10 seconds. When the screen goes black, and the Apple logo appears, like upon start-up, you did it right. 2Sometimes when you get a buggy application, or the app is running very slow/ froze you will need to force quit, saving some time. To force quit simply hold the home button until it closes, and the home screen reappears.

 

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How to Create FREE Ringtones.

So, you’ve bought a song from iTunes, because it would be a great ringtone, only to find out that you would have to pay extra to create one. Well here is a free alternative, and it is just as good. It even works on songs that wouldn’t usually be compatible to be made into a ringtone, and you don’t need an internet connection to do so!  First, open iTunes. Then, find the song that will be made into a ringtone, and secondary click on it. Click “Create AAC Version”, a second version of your song will appear underneath the previous song in a few seconds. Secondary click on the new song, and select “Get Info”, then click on the “Options” tab.  Select the part of the song you want, and enter the time of start, and end into the boxes. If you want the ringtone to start at the beginning of the song, click in the “Stop Time” box, Command+A> Backspace. The type ‘0:20’, and hit “OK”. Okay, almost done. Secondary click on that edited AAC version song, and click “Show in Finder”. Secondary click on the file and click “Rename”. Change the extension to “.m4r” and click enter. Maximize iTunes, and click on “Ringtones”. Then simply bring up the Finder again, and drag your new ringtone into the box!

 

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How to Put Your iPod on Sleep.

If you have a habit of falling asleep with your iPod playing, and when you wake up it has taken a toll on iPhone’s battery?  Did you know there was a sleep feature for you iPod? If you don’t, then the reason you don’t is because it cannot be found in the iPod app, it is in Clock. To activate the Sleep, go to “Clock”, and tap timer. Set how long you want the iPod to play before going to sleep, and click “When Timer Ends”. Then select “Sleep iPod” and you’re done!

 

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ENABLE CAPS LOCK!

Have you ever been trying to type something in total caps? If you have you probably discovered that you’re playing finger twister… and the ‘a’ and ‘s’ keys don’t work. Well there is a solution! To enable Caps Lock, go to the settings app in your home screen (Settings› General› Keyboard› Enable Caps Lock) Now, when the keyboard is up, you can double tap the shift button, and it will turn blue; now caps lock is on! To turn it off simply press it again, and no more finger twister!

 

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The Home Screen/ Button

1Do you have so many apps, that your home screens are in the double digits? Do you find yourself getting a work-out by scrolling to the left so many times your thumb is going to get carpel tunnel?  Well youre in luck! When you are on any home screen but the Main home screen, just tap the home button once, and you will return. 2 Not only is the home button used to return to the home screen from any app, but it is also a useful shortcut tool. Double-pressing the home button can take you to the iPod, or your Favorite contacts. Customizing the home button is easy. Just go to Settings› General› Home Button; and select iPod, or Phone Favorites. If you don’t want anything to happen when double-tapping the home button, select Home.