The iPad2 tips and tricks thread

[Sinbad]

iTunes should detect that new software is available and do it all for you. 600odd meg though...

[The_Librarian]

iTunes should detect that new software is available and do it all for you. 600odd meg though...

Meh... That's a lot... My laptop hdd died recently. So I'll go to an istore then... Or do it at work...

[APoc184]

To see which apps are running in the background and close them completely.

Press the Home button 2 times. It will open a bar at the bottom of the screen and show all open Apps.

If you want to close the Apps. Press and hold your finger over any Icon until the Icons wiggle. You will get a "No Entry" sign on each icon. Tap on that to close the relevant app.

[The_Librarian]

For obvious reasons it is advisable to do the upgrade on a fully-charged battery...

Whilst on this topic, why won't the ipad charge from pc usb?

[The_Librarian]

To see which apps are running in the background and close them completely.

Press the Home button 2 times. It will open a bar at the bottom of the screen and show all open Apps.

If you want to close the Apps. Press and hold your finger over any Icon until the Icons wiggle. You will get a "No Entry" sign on each icon. Tap on that to close the relevant app.

Thank you!!!! I had a lot of apps running!

[The_Librarian]

Note to self : switching the ipad off and on doesn't close open apps...

[albert123]

so just got my ipad few days ago, a tip that people can maybe give me (and i'm sure others):

how on earth do you attach a file when sending an email? Only way i have found is to go to the picture and then go send, surely there is a way to go from the email and say 'attach file' ?

Also, when i'm trying to sync all my photos on pc, (about 6000) to the ipad. it starts and all goes well, after a while the pc just switches off and when i look on the ipad nothing has been copied. Only happens on big folders, if i sync folder with say 100 pics it works fine. Can ipad not handle loads of pics?

cool thread this though.

[The_Librarian]

Cool. Pressing the home button once, then wait for a second, then pressing it again will bring you to the ipad search screen.


Also, you can either have the switch set to mute your sounds, or lock the screen rotation (so that it won't rotate), good for when you want to read a book in bed.

Thanks for the sticky!

[Sinbad]

For obvious reasons it is advisable to do the upgrade on a fully-charged battery...

Whilst on this topic, why won't the ipad charge from pc usb?

Insufficient power coming from your USB port.

[undesign]

When screen is locked double-clicking on home button brings up the music player controls and camera access.

[Spizz]

For obvious reasons it is advisable to do the upgrade on a fully-charged battery...

Whilst on this topic, why won't the ipad charge from pc usb?

The ipad charges from usb when it is in sleep mode.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

[The_Librarian]

When screen is locked double-clicking on home button brings up the music player controls and camera access.

triple-clicking works for me (iOS4). It do bring up the music player and a photo frame function (where you can use the ipad as a photo frame).

[Zyzzyva]

To see which apps are running in the background and close them completely.

Press the Home button 2 times. It will open a bar at the bottom of the screen and show all open Apps.

If you want to close the Apps. Press and hold your finger over any Icon until the Icons wiggle. You will get a "No Entry" sign on each icon. Tap on that to close the relevant app.

4 or 5 finger swipe up also reveals the bar under IOS5.

[D3x!]

Sweet busy downloading iTunes 10.5 first :/

I just don't want to lose any apps etc

[The_Librarian]

Meh. Safari's got this bookmark : http://help.apple.com/ipad/4/interface/

Great stuff! Of course I'll keep posting here!