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Quick iOS Tip : How to Access & Control iPod from Lock Screen

November 27, 2010 Leave a Comment

iphone lock screen ipodActually i didn’t knew this feature exists in iOS 4 until i accidentally double taps my Home button.

Here is how to access & control iPod from lock screen in iOS 4 devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad).

  • Simply double tap the home button when you are in Lock screen
  • Now you will see iPod controls (Play, Previous track, Next track and Volume)
  • This trick works even when Lock screen is password protected.
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Download Now : iOS 4.0.1 Software Update for iPhone

July 17, 2010 Leave a Comment

iOS 4.0.1 iPhone Update

Apple releases update iOS 4.0.1 for iOS 4.0 is out now. According to the information the the update is to “improve the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display” along with some bug fixes and minor improvements.

Its a 378MB of update, It seems Apple had revised entire iOS4 and rebuilt it. Hope fix for iPhone 3GS battery discharge on iOS4 will be coming soon.

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iOS4 Draining the iPhone 3GS Battery Much Faster, Tips to Improve!

July 14, 2010 Leave a Comment

From 3 days i am testing the new iOS4 on iPhone 3GS. It seems the OS itself killing the battery life on phone. Other than that phone is working great.

I mean the phone  playing videos up to 7-8hrs (or) audio upto 25+hrs in a single full battery charge. But the phone loosing the 10% of battery for every 8hrs in standby mode (if there are any apps running background like GPS, Safari…)

The phone especially loosing the battery while using any app from default (SMS, Safari, GPS, Camera..) to 3rd party (Games & Apps)….

And i tested iPhone 3GS one night with out having apps running in background (by emptying the multitasking bar) .Impressive! the phone just lost 6% of battery in 8hrs.

I think i am not only the victim of iOS4, it seems 70-80% of the people upgraded to iOS4 are facing this problem. Just take a look into Apple iPhone 3GS Discussion Forum . See yourself the victims of iOS4.

Here are tips to improve your iPhone 3GS (running iOS 4) battery life :

  • Do a full restore from iTunes (if you had upgraded from iOS 3)
  • Turn off Airplane Mode
  • Turn off Bluetooth
  • Turn off Push notifications
  • Limit the use of GPS & Internet
  • Turn-off Wi-Fi
  • Better to kill apps running in background frequently
  • Turf off your phone ………….. (just kidding,…)

There is nothing we can do other than following the the above tips until apple figure out the problem and release a fix in the upcoming update (iOS 4.1/4.01).

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