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If you want to know how to stop background apps in iPhone’s iOS4, then you come to the right place. There is a feature in the iPhone iOS4 called the fast app switcher interface. This feature allows you to stop background apps (built in Apple apps and Apple App store apps) in iPhone. You might want to do this when there is an app that is causing problems in the background. Stopping a background apps on iPhone that are giving you problem can be a quick way to force a refresh without having to resort to rebooting your iPhone.

Here is an iPhone tips on how to stop background apps in iPhone’s iOS4:

1. Double click the home button on iPhone (either its iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS working on iOS4)
2. The interface will slide up and reveal a second dock-like set of app icons “in the background”.
3. Now to stop the background app, just tap and hold the app until the icons begin to jiggle,
4. then tap the minus symbol (-) at the top left corner.
5. The app will then disappear, “deleted” from the background dock (but not from your iPhone or iPod).

This tips on how to stop background apps on iPhone’s iOS4 works differently for built in Apple iPhone apps and App store apps.

How to Stop Background App on iPhone iOS4

For built in Apple iPhone apps; this tips will restart the app. For instance, stopping Mail via the fast app switcher will restart the background thread. For App Store apps; this tips on how to stop background apps on iPhone iOS4 will completely stop the background process.

As you might have known, the iPhone 4 FaceTime currently can only be done in Wi-Fi connectivity. Many people are also asking how to make iPhone 4 FaceTime calls via 3G connectivity. Now we have the solution for the iPhone 4 3G Facetime calling. However, it requires you to jailbreak your iPhone 4 first.

So why do I underline the iPhone 4 jailbreak requirements? Well, in case you haven’t noticed, although iPhone jailbreaking is now legal, Apple have confirmed that the iPhone jailbreak will void your iPhone warranty. So proceed carefully.

Here is how you make 3G Facetime calls:

• First you have to do iPhone 4 jailbreak through www.jailbreakme.com.
• Get the latest Cydia package, or upgrade your Cydia if you already have one
• Open Cydia, Go to Manage then Sources.
• Click Sources, Edit then add: http://apt.modmyi.com
• Search for “My3G” — download, and install it.
• Go through the Rock setup process with a username and password. Open My3G and leave all settings on the default.

Now after you do those steps, you should be able to make 3G Facetime calls now.

[UPDATE] here is a video showing the 3G Facetime calls.

Now what do you think about the tips on how to make the iPhone 4 3G Facetime calls? Interesting, right? Have you tried it? Share some comments under

Just recently, the Google’s first Android phone in this year,HTC Nexus One has been announced. Anyway, I found an interesting tutorial video about the Google Android Nexus One. This is an official tutorial video from Google. Great isn’t it? Oh by the way, you might want to check out the google nexus one’s specs and features, and if you want to purchase the Google Nexus One, you can go to Google Phone, since the Nexus One is currently only available from them.

Here you will see some how-to videos on Nexus One, including how to customize Google Nexus One, how to use Google voice, Google Map, Android Marketon nexus one. Check out the tutorial videos and a video that show some features of the N-1 after  the break

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Recently I stumble youtube and find this interesting N97 quick video about tips and tricks on how to set automatic updates for your Nokia N97. So, without further delay, enjoy the video after the break Continue reading ‘[Video] How to Set Automatic Updates on Nokia N97’ »

I’ve found a very interesting post that unveils how to create free ringtones on iPhone via iTunes 8. The writer even said that “iPhone ringtones were never easier (or free-er) to create”. As you all might’ve aware, the new iTunes 8 allows user to customize a particular song’s start- and end-time, paving the way for an iPhone ringtone creation “hack” that requires nothing more than iTunes itself.

Keep in mind that iTunes will allow you to create a ringtone from a song downloaded through the iTunes Music Store, but those ringtones come with fees… and no one likes fees. Follow this guide to create free iPhone ringtones for free using nothing more than iTunes.

To create simple, free iPhone ringtones from your iTunes library, follow these steps:

• Note: This process works with MP3, ACC, and AIFF files.
• Note: Only DRM-free songs can be used with this ringtone creation process.
  • Any song downloaded from iTunes Music Store will have DRM (Digital Rights Management), so don’t use those songs.
  • Any song ripped from a CD or downloaded from DRM-free sources (P2P, Amazon, your friend) will work just fine.

1. Fire up iTunes 8
2. Find the song you’d like to turn in to a ringtone

Select the song you want to use as your iPhone ringtone

3. Right click on the song
4. Select “Get Info”
5. Hit the “Options” tab
6. Check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes

Customize the start and end times for your ringtone clip

7. Specify what time interval you’d like to use as your ringtone clip
8. Click “OK”. Make sure the song you want is still highlighted
9. Click on “Advanced” in your menu bar
10. Select “Create AAC Version” or “Create Apple Lossless Version”

You want to create a duplicate song file with the customized playing time

11. A duplicate copy of your song will appear in iTunes – this new song will have the same filename but shorter “Time”. Go back to the original song and uncheck those “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes

See the duplicate song underneath the original song?

12. Drag the duplicate song to your Desktop

Duplicate song file on Desktop

13. Once the duplicate song is copied to your Desktop, delete the duplicate file in iTunes

Notice that the duplicate song file is gone – deleted

14. On your Desktop, rename the file with the “.m4r” file extension – Use the new extension. This turns your song file into an iPhone ringtone file

Use the new filename extension

The .m4r file is now a ringtone file

15. Your “songname.m4a” file should now be named “songname.m4r”
16. Drag the newly renamed .m4r (songname.m4r) file back into iTunes
17. Drag the file over the “Library” column and release when “Library” becomes highlighted. You have to delete the duplicate song file (Step 12) otherwise iTunes won’t import your new .m4r file
18. You should see your new ringtone under “Ringtones” in iTunes
19. Sync your iPhone to get jiggy with your new iPhone ringtones!
20. Enjoy… Hope that this post can help

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Well, here’s another tips and tricks about iPhone. I found this interesting post at the intomobile.com. Basically it’s about how to share applications between iPhones, and in this case, it’s the Super Monkey Ball application.

Apple will gladly take your money as you purchase multiple copies of Super Monkey Ball or Texas Hold ‘Em Poker for each member of your family. It can get expensive buying multiple copies of the same software for every member of your family. And, Apple would love the business.

But, if you’re a bit more iTunes savvy, like Melvin Rivera, you’ll be sharing a single iPhone application purchase throughout the household (or among friends, just don’t tell Apple, shhh!). Melvin has put together a handy little tutorial to get all your iPhone applications and games shared on multiple iPhones.

You see, the Fairplay DRM that Apple uses to protect its iPhone applications from piracy allows you to authorize up to five computers to share your iTunes purchases. So, you should be able to share that single copy of Super Monkey Ball with up to four other people. Here’s a quick rundown of Melvin’s tutorial:

1. Use your computer’s iTunes account to buy whatever iPhone application you want (we’re going to use Super Monkey Ball for demonstration purposes)
2. Download the application to iTunes and sync to your iPhone or iPhone 3G
3. Get to your family member’s, or friend’s, computer and log in to their iTunes application with your credentials
4. Log out and back in
5. Find Super Monkey Ball and click “Buy”
6. Re-download Super Monkey Ball
7. Log out of your iTunes account
8. Log back in with your family member’s iTunes account
9. Sync the iPhone

That’s it! You should now have Super Monkey Ball on two different iPhones.

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Here’s a tricks i got from intomobile on how to tether iPhone 3G and use it as a modem. Hope it is useful. Enjoy, folks…

Follow this tutorial to get your iPhone 3G tethered and playing nice with your laptop:

1. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G
2. Install 3Proxy and MobileTerminal
   1. Fire up the “Cydia” application that was installed during the iPhone 3G jailbreak
   2. Navigate to Install>All Packages
   3. Find and install MobileTerminal
   4. Find and install 3Proxy
   5. Hit the “Home” button to verify that MobileTerminal is now installed on the homescreen (3Proxy isn’t a GUI app, so you won’t see an application icon)
3. Create an ad-hoc WiFi network on your laptop laptop
   1. Name it something memorable – like “Tether-ific”
4. Lock your iPhone 3G on to the ad-hoc WiFi network you just created
   1. Settings>WiFi Networks
5. Find out your iPhone’s IP address
   1. Setting>WiFi Networks
   2. Tap on the little blue arrow to the right of the WiFi network you just joined – “Tether-ific,” in this case
   3. Write down the iPhone IP address
6. Fire up MobileTerminal on your iPhone 3G
   1. Execute the proxy program
      1. Type in “socks” and hit enter
      2. You won’t get any confirmation that the SOCKS server is up and running, but it is
      3. Hit the “Hom” button to return to homescreen
         1. Remember to quit the MobileTerminal application by opening it later and holding down the “Home” button and forcing it to quit
7. Start up your iPhone’s Safari browser and open a web page
   1. Wait for your iPhone’s Safari browser to realize that it can’t use the ad-hoc WiFi network (because it leads nowhere, for now) and then switch to using the 3G data connection
   2. This step takes a little while, so be patient
8. Configure Firefox to use your iPhone proxy
   1. Preferences>Advanced>Network>Setting
   2. Find the “SOCKS Host” field and enter the IP address you wrote down earlier
   3. Set port to”1080″
   4. Go to Firefox’s address bar and type in “about:config”
      1. Hit Enter
   5. Find the “Filter” field and type in “socks”
      1. Hit Enter
   6. Find the entry that looks like “network.proxy.socks_remote_dns”
      1. Double click
   7. Change value to “true”
9. You’re done, get to surfing the web through your new iPhone 3G tether!

Remember to quit MobileTerminal when you’re done surfing at 3G speeds. Start up MobileTerminal again and hold down the “Home” button until the application force-quits

So, have anyone tried it yet? You can share your experience by submitting comments

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