Some more iPhone 4s Tips

Please read the Disclaimers in the circa 25 June 2012 Blog posts before proceeding.

(12) Carrying on with the safety theme of the last two iPhone 4s tips.  The iPhone has a locking facility that is opened with a 4 digit PIN chosen by the user when the pass-code is selected.  To set up the pass-code simply go to SETTINGS on the iPhone HOME SCREEN, and then to GENERAL, and then to PASSCODE LOCK

Now if your iPhone is lost or stolen the other party will have a few attempts to break the pass-code until  the iPhone 4s will lock out, and be of little use to them

(13) Don’t forget to first check your household insurance, car insurance etc before signing up for insurance for the iPhone provided by your Mobile Phone Network as some of the monthly protection fees do seem a bit of a racket.  I mean, £10 a month is £120 per year and over a two year contract that’s an astonishing £240 paid out just for peace of mind.  Great if you need two new phones during the contract, but crap if you nurture the iPhone during your tenure 

In all instances pick up the phone to your insurer if you don’t understand the insurance policy or there seems to be any doubt as to whether or not your iPhone is insured.  Find out under what circumstances the iPhone won’t be covered. 

Remember it’s too late to check out the details when the iPhone is lost, dropped, or stolen.  Better still, you are only asking questions, so these questions can be asked before you take delivery of your new iPhone

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More iPhone 4s Tips

Please read the Disclaimer in the circa 25 June 2012 posts before proceeding.

(10) The next sequence of iPhone 4s Tips are about safety.  The iPhone 4s looks cool, but that lovely sculptured bodywork won’t bounce very well if the iPhone is accidentally dropped.  It’s probably sound advice to personalise your iPhone with a cover and at least give it some corner bounce protection when the iPhone falls out of your hand when you least expect it.  I opted for a two part cover that slides to the centre and then clips together.  This particular cover is quite robust, looks as if it’s hard wearing and can be opened quite easily if I need to access the iPhone 4s micro SIM Cradle

(11) I placed a modified contact card between the iPhone cover and the iPhone 4s.  I cut down the card to remove anything that was not needed and to ensure that the card would not interfere with the iPhone camera lens and other components.  On both sides of the card I made it clear with a permanent pen that a REWARD would be given for the return of the iPhone.  I wrote on both sides of the card just in case the card fell out as the cover was removed and came to rest upside down.  You could tape the card to the inside of the cover that you decide to use for your iPhone, but there wasn’t much of a gap between the cover that we purchased for mine and the iPhone.  I didn’t want to close the gap between the iPhone and the protecting cover too much and thereby make the cover too tight

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iPhone 4s Tips continued

Please read the Disclaimer in the circa 25 June 2012 Blog post before proceeding.

(8) The next power saving tip for the iPhone 4s is how to turn off multiple open windows/Apps as these drain battery power and slow down the functionality of the iPhone.  Go to the HOME SCREEN and double click the main operating button at the bottom of the iPhone face (near to the charging end on the face of the phone).  A row of Apps should now appear at the bottom of the screen.  Press and hold one of these Apps and all of the Apps at should start shaking and showing a white and red ‘no entry’ (road traffic sign) circle. Press each ‘no entry’ sign and that App will close.  Then press the main operating button (the square within the circle at the bottom of the face of the iPhone) once to return to the HOME SCREEN

(9) The next power saving tip for the iPhone is to turn off your Bluetooth when not in use. Go to HOME SCREEN, select the SETTINGS App, and then select GENERAL, scroll down and you will see the Bluetooth on/off switch

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iPhone 4s Tips continued

Disclaimer

Please not that the following iPhone 4s suggestions are offered in good faith and I am unable to accept responsibility for any errors or omissions that lead to any lost data or other damage.  In all instances please be sure of the accuracy of the statements before continuing with the act under consideration e.g. you could use these notes to aid an online or Apple search to find an official answer what you are trying to do.  In all instances the decision to use or otherwise act upon the commentary in this Blog is the sole responsibility of the reader.

(7) Following on from the last entry in iPhone 4s post that was about the battery.  Go to the SETTINGS App on the Home Screen of the iPhone 4s, then go to GENERAL, and then USAGE and you will find a Battery Percentage ‘on/off’ indicator.  If you select ‘on’ a ‘battery % left’ label will appear in the Header Bar adjacent to the iPhone 4s Battery Symbol.  You will no longer need to guess the amount of battery power left in the iPhone. 

It appears that the % indicator also works when charging the phone so you will be able to estimate the time left before the iPhone is fully charged or how close the iPhone is to a full battery charge if you need to disconnect the iPhone from the battery charger to go about your business sooner than later

 

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