iPhone Hacks

How-To: Backup the iPhone, Restore from a Backup & Delete a Backup

One of the most common (and obvious) recommendation before hacking the iPhone is to backup the iPhone so that if things go horribly wrong you can at least restore your iPhone to avoid losing any of your settings such as sound settings, widget settings, certain network settings, and other preferences and information such as text messages, notes, call history contact favorites etc.

iPhone Tip: Reduce iPhone's GSM Buzz with Dock Extender Cable

If you are frustrated with the GSM interference from your iPhone when its near a pair of speakers and the iPhone tips mentioned here have not helped fix the buzzing sound then here is another solution which you could check out.

iPhone Trick: How-To get the International Domain Extensions on the [.com] Key

Sometimes a simple change can make a difference. Including the [.com] button on iPhone's revolutionary virtual keyboard is a good example as it has been a major time saver when typing out URLs.

You might already know this but folks at Max OS X Hints have figured out a trick on how to get the international domain extensions (eg. .co.uk, .de etc) on the [.com] key.

iPhone Tips & Tricks: Tips to boost iPhone Signal Strength

One of the complaints from many iPhone users especially after iPhone firmware 1.1.3 has been the low and/or fluctuating signal strength resulting in poor reception and dropped calls thus leading to a frustrating experience for iPhone owners.

If you are one of those users who is facing such an issue then here are some iPhone tips which could help based on feedback from iPhone users.

iPhone Tips & Tricks: Home Screen Tricks

I came across a couple of simple home screen tricks from Tuaw readers which I am sure you will love.

iPhone firmware v1.1.3 makes it possible to rearrange the icons on your Home screen, also swap the icons in and out of the Dock and add an additional eight Home screen pages.

In the video on the January Update 08 Apple had demonstrated that one of the ways to navigate through the nine Home screen pages you could simply flick or drag your finger left or right on the home screen.

There is another way which Apple didn't tell us about, read all about it and more after the jump.

iPhone Tips: Optimize Settings to Extend iPhone's Battery Life

If you are one of those whose biggest complaint of your iPhone is that you need to keep recharging it on a regular basis then you will find this article useful.

Apple claims of 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback and finally 250 hours of standby time.
However, thanks to the revolutionary features of the iPhone where you can do more than one thing at a time i.e use the internet and also listen to music at the same time, you might be experiencing significantly lesser battery life then that mentioned above.

Hence you could use some of the tips mentioned here to optimize settings to extend your iPhone's battery life between charges.

iPhone Tips & Tricks: Sync Notes, Keyboard Speedups, Get Driving directions fast and lots more

It has been more than three months now since iPhone launch and I am sure you would agree that it has been an exciting journey so far with all the hacking, unlocking and third-party iPhone applications. If that wasn't enough we have already seen quite a few tips and tricks to get the most of out of your iPhone.

Here are the latest iPhone Tips & Tricks @ iPhone Hacks that covers how to use the bigger keyboard, sync notes (yes, there is a workaround), thought you knew of two ways to scroll through the contacts find out the third way and lots more.

iPhone Tips & Tricks: Regain Reduced Battery life & Improve Edge speeds

One of the most interesting thing of a revolutionary gadget like the iPhone is that there is always someone out there in the blogosphere figuring out a trick or two to make it work better. In this article I write about an iPhone trick for all those who have hacked their iPhone and are observing reduced battery life and the other is an iPhone tip by none other than the iPhone hacking genius Natetrue on how to get better speeds of the EDGE network. I am sure the last one would have got all you iPhone owners interested so read after the jump for more details.

5 Ways to Use Twitter on your iPhone

It has been almost three months and it would have been inappropriate on my part if I had not written about how to use the ultra popular social networking and micro blogging service aka Twitter on your iPhone. So let me address this today by writing about the various options you have of using Twitter from your iPhone.

Having a choice is always good and in case you are addicted to the fast-paced social network then you will happy to know that there is not one but 5 ways to use Twitter on Apple's iPhone in case you didn't already know. Do you know all the 5 ways? Maybe you can find out after the jump.

iPhone Trick: Stream Music, Videos and Movies from iTunes Library to your iPhone for Free

If you are frustrated with the 4 GB or 8 GB limit on your iPhone, I had written earlier this month that Dot.Tunes had an innovative way of solving your space problem by streaming any song or playlists from your iTunes library to your iPhone. However, for this to work you needed to buy the iPhone Dot.Tunes plug-in which costs $20.

In case you are looking for a free option then folks at Embraceware Software have figured out a not so neat way of solving the space problem but for free.