Halloween is here and what better costume than the iPhone? If you’re going to do it though, do it right, please? Putting your dog or baby in an iPhone costume? Yes. Using two big square pieces of cardboard for yourself? No. I want to see some actual functioning buttons on those costumes, people. (Tons of more pictures after the break)
With all the great new apps for the iPhone, you may find yourself with multiple pages of bookmarks and app icons. Here’s how to rearrange those icons and move them quickly across multiple pages. Check out the following Art of the iPhone video tip, or follow the instructions below.
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In the past, a lost cell phone in a stranger’s hands might have meant no more than access to bunch of phone numbers. With the iPhone, it could mean access to your email, calendar, contact addresses, personal website info, and much more. But the iPhone’s got your back. It’s called Passcode Lock, and you can turn it on in the settings menu of the iPhone.
Password Lock locks your phone down, allowing nothing but an emergency call until the user enters a four-digit password to unlock it again.
You turn it on in the Settings menu on the iPhone. Go to the General tab, and you’ll see a Passcode Lock tab toward the bottom of the screen. Select it.
You will be asked to enter a four-digit passcode. Make it one you’ll remember!
Next, a settings menu for Passcode Lock will appear. You can set how quickly your iPhone locks with Passcode Lock.
If you forget the password, you’ll have to go through a restore process by connecting it to iTunes. See bottom of this post for instructions on how to do this.
Unfortunately, you can’t password protect individual applications like email. This would make a great feature though, so hopefully Apple will add it in the future.
The iPhone 2.1 software has added a new security feature that can erase all the iPhone’s data when there are ten failed password attempts. You have to turn this feature on, as it’s set to off as a default. As long as you backup your iPhone when you sync it to iTunes (done by default), you should have no worries about the loss of data.
The “erase data” feature can be turned on in the iPhone settings by tapping General, then Passcode Lock, moving the Erase Data tab to On.
If you forget your passcode, you’ll need to restore your iPhone to factory settings. You’ll need to put the iPhone into Recovery Mode by following the instructions below.
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