The iPhone Tips/Tricks/Apps thread

[rapidblue]

i'm on mtn, haven't tried it with 3g, but like i said just tried it for the kicks, won't use it all the time

If I'm not mistaken, it's working pretty well on MTN. Just us Vodacom people that are struggling with MMS on 3G

 

[limnos]

Can someone please point me where i can download Sygic SA Maps, I have Greece Maps installed

Do a search on this thread. I uploaded them to rapidshare and posted the links about 6-7 pages back...

Edit: Here

 

[jamezjunk]

With the GPS app, is there anyway for someone with uncapped to upload to a newsgroup the ipa and the data files so we could download the 300mb + required on local bandwidth? Sorry, just on a smaller local cap and think others would appreciate it as well. Thanks.

 

[eaglebeaver]

Teens Jailbreak 3.0 , release software
http://www.newser.com/story/63724/teen-hackers-foil-new-iphone-limits.html

 

[rapidblue]

IM+ on sale again!!

I just bought IM+ for $4.99 - price dropped from $9.99 again (price valid until next release anyways).
I'm actually a BeeJive user but thought I'd give IM+ a try - heard a lot of good things

What do you guys prefer - BeeJive or IM+?

 

[theron.roland]

I just bought IM+ for $4.99 - price dropped from $9.99 again (price valid until next release anyways).
I'm actually a BeeJive user but thought I'd give IM+ a try - heard a lot of good things

What do you guys prefer - BeeJive or IM+?

IM+
supports skype and twitter (pushes twitter DM's)
BeeJive doesn't....

 

[rapidblue]

IM+
supports skype and twitter (pushes twitter DM's)
BeeJive doesn't....

True that - one of the reasons I downloaded it

How about the "feel" of the app and the stability? Not sure if you've used both though...

 

[theron.roland]

True that - one of the reasons I downloaded it

How about the "feel" of the app and the stability? Not sure if you've used both though...

nope, haven't used both

i will say that twitter extention on IM+ is buggy, causes crashes...

but, that's a feature BeeJive doesn't have, so you can hardly mention it as a downside

 

[MikeCTZA]

Nice app - would save me doing this via SSH, which finds the folder for you too:

find ~mobile -name *.app -print | grep -i <appname>

Think I may just stick to what I've been doing all along though.

For those of you that use SSH often and need to access the directory of your applications, I would recommend using AppLinks from Cydia.

i.e Your app directory looks like this:
/private/var/mobile/Applications/0EC6FB3D-57D8-474B-B3AF-2D34F5A53F11

With AppLinks it changed it to:
/private/var/mobile/AppLinks/Bloomberg.app

Just saves you some time going thru all those coded folders

 

[rapidblue]

Prowl - Growl Push Notification

Just downloaded Prowl from the App Store. Pretty interesting - very different idea.
Posted a short story about it on my blog here.

 

[limnos]

Anyone else notice when in a contact, you tap on 'Text Message' it doesn't open Messages.app with that person you selected it to open. Instead it opens Messages.app where you last quit it... Hope this get's fixed in 3.1.

 

[theron.roland]

Anyone else notice when in a contact, you tap on 'Text Message' it doesn't open Messages.app with that person you selected it to open. Instead it opens Messages.app where you last quit it... Hope this get's fixed in 3.1.

mine works fine...

u on bitesms?

 

[adsl3g]

Anyone else notice when in a contact, you tap on 'Text Message' it doesn't open Messages.app with that person you selected it to open. Instead it opens Messages.app where you last quit it... Hope this get's fixed in 3.1.

Mine also works correctly

 

[limnos]

mine works fine...

u on bitesms?

Mine also works correctly

I have biteSMS installed but it's not set as default app. Don't you guys have bite installed?

 

[adsl3g]

I have biteSMS installed but it's not set as default app. Don't you guys have bite installed?

No, did not bother after upgrading to 3.0 - I had iRealSMS anyway.

 

[adsl3g]

No, did not bother after upgrading to 3.0 - I had iRealSMS anyway.

Just installed iRealSMS and it does'nt do what your does - I can go out a message that is displayed and when I go into contacts> text message, it pops up with the send screen with the recipient in the to field.

 

[theron.roland]

I have biteSMS installed but it's not set as default app. Don't you guys have bite installed?

bitesms released an update today that fixes this

 

[avdp]

You need to go to Settings -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data Network
Scroll down to MMS.

Now enter your network's settings. Assuming you're using Vodacom, enter this -
APN: mms.vodacom.net
MMSC: mmsc.vodacom4me.co.za
MMS Proxy: 196.006.128.013:8080
You can leave the other fields blank.

You should now turn your phone off and on for the settings to stick. There should now be a camera next to the text box in your messages

There has been a lot of "challenges" regarding the MMS though. On Vodacom it seems to only work over GPRS and not over 3G. Hopefully this will be sorted by the time Vodacom "officially" starts supporting MMS with the next firmware upgrade. MTN seems to be fine though.
Test it out and let us know...

Forgot to mention I have a 2g.

But it turns out there is an app in Cydia, called ActivateMMS2G.

Tried it, and all working perfectly. iPhone on CellC.

Thx for the help!

 

[avdp]

@fxit - is the cellc logo you made still available somewhere? First page onlu refers to MTN and VC?

Thx

 

[rapidblue]

Forgot to mention I have a 2g.

But it turns out there is an app in Cydia, called ActivateMMS2G.

Tried it, and all working perfectly. iPhone on CellC.

Thx for the help!

Glad it's working