iPhone Tips & Tricks: Kill the GSM Buzz, Prevent iPhone Deaths, Check for Dead Pixels and more

Here are some useful tips that I have hand picked from 25 iPhone Power Tips published by MacLife. If you want to know what to do if the iPhone slider is stuck or how to avoid damaging your iPhone or find out if your iPhone is suffering from dead pixels and lots more then you will be interested in reading the details after the jump.

Due to the hectic pace on the iPhone hacking front it has been a while since I wrote an article on some tips and tricks for the iPhone, I hope you find them useful.

iPhone's Slider Stuck?

In case you ever experience your iPhone's slider refuses to do anything when you try to slide it to use the iPhone then a simple fix for this it to press the Home button once before trying to move the slider for the first time.

Keep those Magnets far away from your iPhone

There might be many iPhone killers out there; I mean mobile companies releasing new handsets and dubbing them to be iPhone killers to cash in on the buzz but the one that can apparently do that job easily is a magnet. There have been many reports of the iPhone deaths so to say which have been linked to magnets. So if you are looking to buy a case for your iPhone ensure you don't buy one with lids that snap down magnetically.

How to kill the GSM Buzz?

In case you are experiencing a buzzing sound while using an cassette adaptor to plug your iPhone to your car stereo then Gizmodo has a low-tech tip to fix the buzzing sound. Wrap aluminium foil around the cable closest to the iPhone. The other option is to switch to flight mode but it sends incoming calls to voicemail.

How to check for Dead Pixels?

You must have heard of complaints by iPhone owners observing dead spots (also referred as dead pixels) on their iPhone's stunning 3.5 inch display. In case you want to find out if your iPhone has dead pixels is to visit iphonedpt.awardspace.com using your iPhone's Safari browser and follow the instructions.

Change your default search engine

Okay, if I was you, I wouldn't do it, but it is always good to have a choice. I am referring to Google being the default search engine on the iPhone. If you want to change it go to Settings from your home screen then select Safari. The first setting lets you choose whether to use Google or Yahoo as your search engine.

[via MacLife]

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Comments

[Russell Wishtart]

Another way to fix the buzz when using an iPhone with a casette adaptor is to put the iPhone in a magnetically shielded bag. I use the bag that you get with an EZPass tag transponder. They give you the bag so that you can disable the EZpass if you ever want to pay a toll with cash. As long as the top edge of the iPhone is not covered by the tag, cell phone reception is not effected, but the GSM buzz is eliminated. Since the bag is semi-translucent, you can still see the screen when someone calls you.

[reviewer]

The buzz on the mobile of Windows is all subject of opera and their last version. However there is still another option without counting that the Internet Explorer and the opera, it is Minimo. The minis Mozilla people of Thats and return like his/her brother only smaller. It always embarasse why they did not call this Firefox for the mobile of Windows, however which is basically what is Minimo.
I had had some questions of installing Minimo about my iphone but after a cold restart (removing the battery) which it reloaded and was correctly configured. Many Web pages smaller were not simply made but easier to also read, which is included/understood because you can make a Web page right as his/her cousin of PC but if you cannot read the type it is useless. Returned seems to be prompt and painless although just as Firefox you must wait a little during launching but it is a small price to pay to have a navigator usable on my iphone
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[Erik]

Like many readers, I've been trying to eliminate GSM buzz over my cassette adapter in my car. I finally found a method that eliminates ~98% of the buzz.

I am using a standard Belkin cassette adapter and was angry to find out that NO ONE makes a shielded cassette adapter. So I tried the "Tin foil" method... which didn't work. I went as far as wrapping my ENTIRE cord in tin foil and using black electrical tape (so it didn't look ridiculous)...

I finally bought 2 in-line filters from Radio Shack for $10. I put one right next to the phone and one right next to the tape deck. (I don't know if both are needed, but I was VERY sick of the buzz so I over did it.

Now I have a cable that is wrapped in tin foil and black electrical tape and has two in-line filters. The only time I hear buzz is when getting a call... and even that is very minimal. When I use the internet I get NO buzz... even with the phone right next to the cassette player.