The iPhone Tips/Tricks/Apps thread

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Buddy that site only hosts cracked apps, you cannot post it here, keep it to yourself
 
Wow... I just installed a little app called Star Walk...
Those of you interested in amateur astronomy, check this out. Looks like something from a Star Trek episode...and works absolutely brilliantly. (who said fururistic cool looking apps are useless? take THAT WinMO)

Also, if you need some really detailed maps of South African roads, including other GPS functionality (pretty much everything you can do with GPS except Turn by Turn :( )...get MotionX GPS.. there's a free lite version too that uses Google Maps, but the Pro version uses OpenStreetMap, I'm still dumbstruck as to how much detail there's on the OpenStreetMap project (open source...cooool)... Now if Apple would just loosen their grip on those AppStore rules we could get some decent turn-by-turn form this thing...eish..
 
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That really all it does?
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Pretty much
Apple have removed the ability to charge the iPhone 3G via Firewire. The iPods and original iPhone connector has two sets of power connectors - one for USB and one for Firewire but the new iPhone 3G only has USB charging pins.

Apple decided to completely remove support for Firewire charging on the iPhone 3G, therefore certain accessories will not charge the iPhone 3G. Not all of them are incompatible with the iPhone 3G when it comes to charging. Only those that were designed with the Firewire charging ports. Unfortunately because of the difference in voltages, 5V for USB and 12V for Firewire and cars operating in the 12 Volt range, every wired car kit uses the 12 volt Firewire option to avoid changing voltages, this is why they do not work.
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Edit: Ok so it's a bit more complicated than that because the voltage needs to be dropped down as well, but still R500 is a rip.

..The Charging System…

Most chargers on the market today are designed to charge via USB or via 12v through the firewire portion of apple dock pins (pins 19,20 12V DC and pins 29,30 Ground). This was an easy choice for the manufacturers because your car is already a 12V based system that kept the charging solutions inexpensive to make. If they already had 12V available, why step it down to 5V to charge via the USB pins? Makes sense right? As you know, Apple has eliminated 12V charging from their newer units but has left a sensing circuit on the firewire pins just to tell you that your old device doesnt work anymore. Your existing chargers will not harm the Iphone, but they are certainly useless.

The new way to charge is through the USB pins on the Apple dock connector ( pin 16 USB GND, pin 23 USB Power 5 VDC, pin 25 USB Data negative, pin 27 USB Data positive ). BUT, you cannot just apply 5V to pin 23 and ground to pin 16. The Iphone is also sensing voltage on USB Data positive (approx 1.8v) and USB Data negative (approx 2.5V).

…The Audio System…

If you had an older gen Ipod like an Ipod Video then the audio outputs were real easy, it always put line out audio through the audio pins in the dock connector. The Iphone is a different animal. The audio and serial pins are still the same on the dock connector, BUUT, there is an accessroy pin (pin 21) that senses the type of accessory that is plugged in. If the correct resistance is NOT on pin 21 then the Iphone completely ignores the connection and does not redirect the audio to the dock. Thus most of your old Ipod Interfaces are now obsolete..

I personally have an IPAC-OEM interface (pac-audio.com) to my Buick Regal that worked great with my Ipod Video (charge, audio, steering wheel controls). When I plug in my Iphone 3G, it gives me the aircraft warning (I hit no) then audio Video works fine. It wont charge, but again, audio, video and steering wheel controls work as they should. I sent them an email this morning asking when they will have an Iphone solution. They may already have it, but havent updated their site.
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EchoZA said:
Yes mine :( (or my wifes to be exact, was a present for her) not even a day old, picking up another one for her tomorrow and spending R1250 on getting this one fixed for myself.
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hmmm... here's a hint, insure the phone....

....women................

why they get cheaper car insurance no one knows
 
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