http://thedesignspace.net/ My daily explorations, troubleshooting, solutions and discoveries. en-us ellen@thedesignspace.net Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:40:47 -0500 http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/001051.html I sometimes use Google Maps on the iPhone as my GPS when traveling, so it was very inconvenient a few days ago when it stopped talking, right when I needed it. Once I got home, I spent some time searching for fixes, but most answers had to do with bluetooth issues, which was not the problem. Turns out the solution... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000950.html iCloud looks great on paper, but the effects of choices you must make to enable it are not obvious, so, as a busy person with more than enough troubleshooting to do, I am shutting it off for now. No replacement for iDisk yet. --> I'm probably one of the few people that use iDisk, but I do use it. I... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000928.html If your iphone starts flashing the error message "This accessory is not made to work with the iphone" whenever you plug it in to try to sync it with iTunes, try plugging it directly into the computer, with no hub or dock in between.... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000879.html If you get this error when trying to upgrade the operating system on an iPhone or iPad: "There are purchased items on the iPhone (iPad) "[name of device]" that have not been transferred" Things to try:... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000850.html If you have followed all the instructions that come with your new iPhone, only to be faced with a "Waiting for Activation" message that remains unchanged for hours, try powering the phone down completely. Press and hold down the Sleep/Wake button on the top right corner of the phone until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, then slide... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000828.html Secure wifi networks often require installation of a certificate on mobile devices trying to connect. Apple provides a utility to allow companies to create configuration (".mobilconfig") files for iPhone and iPad that install the appropriate settings and certificates for their wifi network. These .mobileconfig files can be put on the web for download to the device through Safari, but sometimes... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000821.html Previous posts on this topic: iPhone "No Service" message Troubleshooting "No Service" messages on iPhone, part 2 I've written in the past about some of the solutions people have come up with to deal with the dreaded "No-Service" message on an iPhone. But yesterday I realized I'd forgotten one of the easiest to try: make sure your hand is... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000794.html When browsing certain sites like Flickr on the iPad, you may be frustrated by an apparent bug in Safari that causes scrollbars within elements on the page to disappear. This can make it impossible to perform certain functions. For example without the scrollbars in the photo selection window, it's very difficult to select the right images to add to Flickr's... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000774.html A lot of people are unaware that it's possible to set up multiple email accounts on Mail.app. You can even add your office GroupWise account! This is true for most mail clients, including Entourage and Outlook, but I'm just going to discuss Mail.app here, since everyone's getting iPads these days, it seems...  ... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000773.html Novell's Groupwise version 7 is not compatible with the iCalendar (.ics) format. This makes viewing your Groupwise calendar a challenge on an iPhone or iPad. In the past, I've used a kludgy method of syncing my Groupwise calendar to iCal by delegating any received appointments to a Google calendar, then subscribing to that calendar with iCal. This was hardly a... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000753.html There has been so much interest recently in my post on the No Service error message that appears to be plaguing particularly 3G iPhones, that it seemed appropriate to put up a more detailed summary of possible fixes for the "No Service" message on the iPhone. Below is a summary of all the suggestions from the many comments on the... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000653.html A few days ago, my iTunes started giving me messages like "iTunes could not sync contacts to the iPhone "My iPhone" because the iPhone disconnected." It wasn't syncing anything to the iPhone anymore. After reading this forum thread I tried resetting the sync history in the iSync application preferences. This did not help and instead caused iSync reminder messages to... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000650.html A friend's iPhone stopped functioning correctly when making or receiving calls. When he would call, people on both ends could not hear each other, unless he hit the "Speaker" icon. I tried resetting all settings and rebooting the phone to no avail. Then during a test call, I hit the volume switch to try to increase the volume. The volume... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000645.html A while back, my iPhone stopped ringing while locked. It didn't seem to matter what settings I used, it simply would not ring. Calls were being missed, so I finally decided to look into it. What actually seemed to fix it is weird: I went into Settings>Sounds>Ringtone and re-selected my ringtone. That plays the tone, and I guess sort of... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000644.html A few days ago, I noticed the iPhone started to lose power astonishingly fast. After checking out Apple's page on conserving battery power I reset the phone to factory settings, shut off Push, and set all "Fetch New Data" to Hourly. Memory Info, a handy little app which shows what processes are active, along with precise battery power levels showed...