Downgrade Your iOS Device This Weekend
If you have trouble with a new version of iOS or a jailbreak, you can downgrade your device. Maybe you don’t like the features in the new iOS update. Maybe you did the new iPhone release on Tuesday and decided to jailbreak your phone this weekend. Either way, this weekend in the Weekend Series, you need to downgrade your iOS device. WARNING: You might lose all of your settings when rolling back to a previous firmware. You will still...
Back Up Your Device Before Upgrading iOS 8
(Updated for jailbreaking to iOS 8.4) There it is. The little “1” in the corner of your Settings icon. You open your Settings app and see the notification. You can install a new version of iOS 8! But wait! Before you hit that little button, consider that you might want to restore to an older version (for example, if you are upgrading from iOS 8.3 to jailbreak iOS 8.4). Although Apple might provide a small window to allow...
Movies & TV On Your iPad [iPad Series #9]
This week in the iPad Series, we will discuss ways to watch your favorite movies and television shows on your iPad. As part of the iOS 7 iPad update, this article has been updated, but the screenshots might not be up-to-date. Purpose You have a TV and a computer. Why would you want to watch TV and movies on your iPad? #1 – Home Mobility You might want to use your iPad to watch movies or TV at home. You might want to sit in the...
Music: #7 in the Organized Life Series
This week in the Organized Life Series, we will be organizing our music collection. There are various things to consider about this organization plan. How many devices or users do you have? Are you locked into a system? What are your needs? What is your history? Perspective of this Article Before we start planning, it’s important to know where I’m coming from. History Back around 2001 (I’m guessing, here) I bought...
Make Multiple Backups In iTunes
This is how I do my multiple backups. 1. Locate the Backup folder. In my XP machine it is located in C:\Documents and Settings\saswope\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup. If you have been doing any backups, you should see at least one folder with a very long name. Mine is “47a2c…4ff3fd”. You may also see some other folders that contain a date time stamp in the name. For example...
How to Install Jailbreak Apps 2010
How to Install Jailbreak Apps Here are the basics on how to install one of the apps below. As a side note, it’s always good to have your SHSHs saved for your phone for future use, and your firmware downloaded and saved. This can help a lot if an app installation really goes wrong. See the [cref downgrade-an-iphone-4-ios] article for more information. Back up your phone in iTunes (If you don’t know how, see my [cref...
Downgrade an iPhone 4 iOS
Maybe you don’t like the features in the new Apple update. Maybe (like me) you did the new iPhone release on Tuesday and decided to jailbreak your phone this weekend. Either way, for some reason you need to downgrade your iPhone iOS. NOTE – To my knowledge, you WILL lose all of your settings when rolling back to a previous firmware. You will still have your contacts and music folders, but will have to go back and choose...
Convert Audio to Audiobook
I have a radio podcast that I download from a website every day that is in MP3 format. While this is great, it is quite annoying for one reason. When I listen to it on my iPod, if I switch to another playlist, I lose my place. Additionally, if I go to the library and borrow audiobooks to put on my iPod, the same thing happens. iTunes treats these MP3 files like any other song. I wanted a solution. So I dug around and found one, and...