Improve iPhone Battery Life

Some of our readers had noticed significant decrease in battery life after upgrading to iOS 4.3.
Users are reporting that the issue is fixed after disabling Ping, Apple’s social network for music. So if you’ve noticed decrease in battery life after upgrading to iOS 4.3 then you can try to disable Ping to see if it helps.

You can disable Ping by following these simple steps:
-Launch the Settings app.
-Tap General, then Restrictions.
-Tap Enable Restrictions.
-Enter the passcode, which is required to enable restrictions (and to access it later).
Please make sure it's something you can remember. 
-Toggle Ping to Off.
You can try this out if you’ve noticed a similar issue on your iPad and iPod Touch after upgrading to iOS 4.3.

Take a Picture of your iPhone screen

It is so easy!
Press and hold the Home button, then press the Sleep/Wake button. Your screen flashes and the picture of your screen appears in your Camera Roll.

Create web clips.



To add a website to your Home screen, visit the page in Safari and tap the Go To icon at the bottom of the Safari window.
Tap Add to Home Screen.

Cut, copy, and paste.

Find the text you want to edit in a note, email, web page, or other app. You can select a word by double-tapping it, and select more or less text by dragging the grab points. Then tap to cut, copy, or paste. To undo an edit, shake iPhone, then tap the Undo button.

Double Tap Shift for Caps Lock

Many people don’t like caps lock, but it’s still available on your iPhone if you so wish. You will have to enable it, though. “Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Caps Lock” should do the trick. Then, just double-tap the shift key to type away in

Tap and Hold for Extra Characters

How would you type the British Pound symbol on your iPhone? Or an inverted question mark? And what about letters with cedillas? To get these, and other special characters, tap and hold on the letter or symbol that closest represents the one you want.
You’ll get a hidden menu that offers the extra characters. This also works with the .com button, offering a few other top-level domains.

Double Tap Shift for Caps Lock

Many people don’t like caps lock, but it’s still available on your iPhone if you so wish. You will have to enable it, though. “Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Caps Lock” should do the trick. Then, just double-tap the shift key to type away in capitals.

Tap and Hold for Extra Characters

How would you type the British Pound symbol on your iPhone? Or an inverted question mark? And what about letters with cedillas? To get these, and other special characters, tap and hold on the letter or symbol that closest represents the one you want.
You’ll get a hidden menu that offers the extra characters. This also works with the .com button, offering a few other top-level domains.

Scientific Calculator

Turn Your iPhone Horizontally for a Scientific Calculator. The keyboard isn’t the only thing that gets wider when you go horizontal. The completely unassuming built-in calculator unleashes it’s scientific power when tilted 90 degrees…!

Save Battery Power

It’s no fun when your iPhone runs out of juice. If you notice it’s getting low, and you aren’t going to have a chance to plug in any time soon, here’s what you can do: turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or 3G. If you aren’t using one or two of these, they’re just wasting power. Also, turn the LCD brightness down a notch or two. You’d be surprised how much power it uses.

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