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Firewall blocking your FaceTime Connection?

July 1, 2010 9:02 AM • by iPhone News Blog Staff • Posted to FAQ | News Comments (0) | Permalink
UPDATE: Apple released this tech note regarding using FaceTime behind a firewall. Specific ports for port forwarding: 53, 80, 443, 4080, 5223, and 16393-16472 (UDP)

Tried to use FaceTime at my workplace yesterday when I got the iPhone but realized that my company blocks a majority of ports that don't need to be used by default. A little research led me to this nice tid bit over on the Apple Forums this morning:


iOS 4 + iPhone 3G Giving you the Blues?

June 22, 2010 7:12 AM • by iPhone News Blog Staff • Posted to FAQ | News Comments (0) | Permalink
If you've got an iPhone 3G and have been trying to update it to iOS 4, you've probably been wondering whats taking it so long. Various websites have reported the process taking up to 2.5 hours to get through. It took my iPhone 3G almost 4 hours and even at that length, my music wasn't transferred back because of a restore error. Other than that, everything seems to work.

Others haven't been so lucky though.

If you are concerned that things are just not moving fast enough for you, do yourself a favor and just let your phone update for 2 hours or so and be patient. If you MUST see what kind of progress your update is making, have a look at this:

Go to your home folder > Library > Application Support > MobileSync > Backup
Be sure to turn on show all sizes for that folder in the Finder by going to View > Show View Options - then check off "Size" and "Calculate all sizes". 

Once you've done that, start your sync/upgrade and you'll see a new backup being created. You'll notice that the size will slowly creep upwards. When it matches or exceeds one of your previous backup sizes, the update will probably get faster since it's done backing things up. Why it takes so long to backup, is beyond me though.

How to get Longer iPhone 3G Battery Life

July 18, 2008 9:10 AM • by iPhone News Blog Staff • Posted to FAQ | News | iPhone Tips and Tricks Comments (1) | Permalink
So you've finally got that spiffy new iPhone 3G. You've waited for a long time for 3G speed, location services, and those really cool iPhone third-party applications and now you're happy. What? You're upset with the battery life?

This is the most common complaint I've heard from the lucky folks who have the 3G iPhone: with some usage, by the end of the day, their battery is almost dead or dead. And, there's no way to swap the battery with a fresh one to fix this problem.

Apple iPhone Operating Guidelines

November 19, 2007 9:17 PM • by R. Look • Posted to FAQ Comments (0) | Permalink
Seems Apple has posted some operating guidelines that will help users determine whether or not their iPhone is working correctly. The following is a sample of the topics covered on their page and the url.

  • Accoustic-speaker/microphone/receiver
  • Power / Battery
  • Display
  • General phone use
  • Camera
  • Accessories
  • SIM
Click on the url for detailed information:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305689#faq12

David Pogue Answers Your iPhone Questions - Part 2

January 16, 2007 3:10 PM • by iPhone News Blog Staff • Posted to FAQ Comments (0) | Permalink

In case you missed David Pougue's first iPhone FAQ click here to read. Well, Pogue is back with round two of his iPhone FAQ and it answers a lot of questions!

So far:
- NO Java MAYBE Flash
- Jobs says YouTube would work with deal with YouTube
- Adding ringtones from your iPod is undecided
- Charges with a sync dock or plug just like the iPod
- The phone doesn't run Leopard OSX but rather a stripped down OSX with a phone interface
- No bluetooth or wireless syncing
- Google Docs and Spreadsheet should work in theory.

Read More here from Pogue's iPhone FAQ part 2.

David Pogue Answers Your iPhone Questions

January 15, 2007 3:31 PM • by iPhone News Blog Staff • Posted to FAQ Comments (0) | Permalink

David Pogue was inundated with a slew of questions regarding his brief meeting with Steve Jobs and Apple's iPhone. While Pogue only spent a few minutes with the phone he was able to answer a whole lot of questions that we were dying to know!

Here's just a sampling of the questions that were answered:
Will there be a non-Cingular version? --Not within the first two years.

Can I put my T-Mobile SIM card in it instead of Cingular? --No.

But what if I keep asking? Then will it be available beyond Cingular? --No.

Can it run Mac OS X programs? --No.

Can I add new programs to it? --No. Apple wants to control the look and feel and behavior of every aspect of the phone.

Does it run programs from Palm, Symbian, Windows? --No.

Does it connect to iChat? --No.

Does it have games? --No.

Is it ambidextrous? --No.

Does it have GPS? --No.

Read the rest of the article here: David Pogue's iPhone FAQ.

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