Hello all,

So how good is to have all your contacts on iPhone and no where else and if it breaks,
get stolen etc you loose everything?

Since I´m new to iPhone world, I decided to do some testings with contacts update/backup and
came to this conclusion when using iTune 10.1, MS outlook 2003 from MS Office and
(not outlook express which I use for emails and didn't want to mess up with) on Windows XP to sync:

When you sync first time with outlook and it is empty, all contacts goes from iPhone to outlook
It will ask you if you want to merge, and since my MS outlook was empty, it was OK to do.
Every time you switch places to sync your contacts in iTunes, it asks this question, which is good.

Then:

If you add a new contact on iPhone and sync, it will go to outlook
if you delete a contact on iPhone and sync, it will delete on outlook too

and it works the same way around, both ways.

In other words: The newer action on either side will prevail when you sync

But the most important thing you can do if you really care about your contacts:

When you have outlook updated with iPhone contacts and it is all OK, I strongly suggest, on outlook, export your contacts to
a file and then choose MS Excel, as soon as possible and every time you sync, and with a different file name every time.
.
I prefer excel file format, because Excel is widely available, and you still have a tool to edit them, the MS Excel itself.
and it worked perfectly.

To test it out, I deleted all contacts on outlook and synced to iPhone..guest what: All contacts on iPhone had vanished.

Since I made that Excel file, I just imported it back to outlook and synced again, and all the contacts on iPhone
went back to normal. Remember, the last action prevails.

The good thing about outlook you can edit, fix, delete... you contacts using your computer screen/keyboard which
is easier than on the iPhone itself.

If you want to make a test that your contacts are safe:

Sync your contacts with Outlook 2003, make sure they are OK.
unplug the iPhone USB, so you don´t delete the contacts by accident.
On outlook export your contact to a file, Excel if you prefer and/or other formats that are available, to make sure.
Delete all contacts from Outlook.
Import that excel file back. If outlook shows your contacts back like before, than you are safe!
It should work like that, if not, there is something wrong with your computer, excel etc.

-- BUT REMEMBER, DO IT ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK --

I also managed to sync my contacts with yahoo http://address.mail.yahoo.com/ and it worked too...you can even
export from Yahoo to a file (excel or many others) back to your PC to be on the safe side. It is a good idea to
do that first, before playing with outlook just to make sure.

I did not not manage to test contacts with pictures since I don´t have them on iPhone, so I don't know what would happen.

The steps of working with excel, export/import files, iTunes etc...I assume you already know that and are beyond this matter.

To copy pictures and movies from the iPhone, just use copy/paste on your PC, just like a flash drive, which is
way better and safe than any dedicated software, because you have full control.

Rod

PS. All that above already came in handy. I was trying to do some other updates on my iPhone lately and managed to totally erase it!

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Farthing
To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 6:57 PM
Subject: RE: [apple-iphone] Manage contacts

I'm not happy with the way the iPhone syncs with outlook either but for a
different reason. It seems new/updated outlook information makes its way to
the iPhone fine but new/updated iPhone information never finds its way to
outlook.

Does anyone know if Gmail syncs both ways with the iPhone?

I guess I could pay for mobile.me but I'm only interested in syncing
contacts.

From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com [mailto:apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Rodrigo <yid_grps@yahoo.com.br>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 9:07 AM
To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [apple-iphone] Manage contacts

Hello all,

I'm new to this group and a new user of an iPhone 3GS.

I was wondering if anyone is using a software to backup, edit contacts that
could point out.
I've searched the internet but didn't find anything useful.

I've used outlook to backup but I wish I could use something else, I just
don´t like the idea of mixing my cellphone contacts with my emails.

Regards

Rod

I use address book to synch it to. Its in two places.

Camille

________________________________
From: Rodrigo <yid_grps@yahoo.com.br>
To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 8:59:05 AM
Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Manage contacts

Hello all,

So how good is to have all your contacts on iPhone and no where else and if it
breaks,
get stolen etc you loose everything?

Since I´m new to iPhone world, I decided to do some testings with contacts
update/backup and
came to this conclusion when using iTune 10.1, MS outlook 2003 from MS Office
and

(not outlook express which I use for emails and didn't want to mess up with) on
Windows XP to sync:

When you sync first time with outlook and it is empty, all contacts goes from
iPhone to outlook
It will ask you if you want to merge, and since my MS outlook was empty, it was
OK to do.
Every time you switch places to sync your contacts in iTunes, it asks this
question, which is good.

Then:

If you add a new contact on iPhone and sync, it will go to outlook
if you delete a contact on iPhone and sync, it will delete on outlook too

and it works the same way around, both ways.

In other words: The newer action on either side will prevail when you sync

But the most important thing you can do if you really care about your contacts:

When you have outlook updated with iPhone contacts and it is all OK, I strongly
suggest, on outlook, export your contacts to
a file and then choose MS Excel, as soon as possible and every time you sync,
and with a different file name every time.
.
I prefer excel file format, because Excel is widely available, and you still
have a tool to edit them, the MS Excel itself.
and it worked perfectly.

To test it out, I deleted all contacts on outlook and synced to iPhone..guest
what: All contacts on iPhone had vanished.

Since I made that Excel file, I just imported it back to outlook and synced
again, and all the contacts on iPhone
went back to normal. Remember, the last action prevails.

The good thing about outlook you can edit, fix, delete... you contacts using
your computer screen/keyboard which
is easier than on the iPhone itself.

If you want to make a test that your contacts are safe:

Sync your contacts with Outlook 2003, make sure they are OK.
unplug the iPhone USB, so you don´t delete the contacts by accident.
On outlook export your contact to a file, Excel if you prefer and/or other
formats that are available, to make sure.
Delete all contacts from Outlook.
Import that excel file back. If outlook shows your contacts back like before,
than you are safe!
It should work like that, if not, there is something wrong with your computer,
excel etc.

-- BUT REMEMBER, DO IT ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK --

I also managed to sync my contacts with yahoo http://address.mail.yahoo.com/ and
it worked too...you can even
export from Yahoo to a file (excel or many others) back to your PC to be on the
safe side. It is a good idea to
do that first, before playing with outlook just to make sure.

I did not not manage to test contacts with pictures since I don´t have them on
iPhone, so I don't know what would happen.

The steps of working with excel, export/import files, iTunes etc...I assume you
already know that and are beyond this matter.

To copy pictures and movies from the iPhone, just use copy/paste on your PC,
just like a flash drive, which is
way better and safe than any dedicated software, because you have full control.

Rod

PS. All that above already came in handy. I was trying to do some other updates
on my iPhone lately and managed to totally erase it!

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Farthing
To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 6:57 PM
Subject: RE: [apple-iphone] Manage contacts

I'm not happy with the way the iPhone syncs with outlook either but for a
different reason. It seems new/updated outlook information makes its way to
the iPhone fine but new/updated iPhone information never finds its way to
outlook.

Does anyone know if Gmail syncs both ways with the iPhone?

I guess I could pay for mobile.me but I'm only interested in syncing
contacts.

From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com [mailto:apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Rodrigo <yid_grps@yahoo.com.br>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 9:07 AM
To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [apple-iphone] Manage contacts

Hello all,

I'm new to this group and a new user of an iPhone 3GS.

I was wondering if anyone is using a software to backup, edit contacts that
could point out.
I've searched the internet but didn't find anything useful.

I've used outlook to backup but I wish I could use something else, I just
don´t like the idea of mixing my cellphone contacts with my emails.

Regards

Rod

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I know that works on a Mac. Does it also work on a PC?

DT

On Dec 27, 2010, at 1:36 PM, T L wrote:

> I use address book to sync it to. Its in two places.
>
> Camille
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rodrigo <yid_grps@yahoo.com.br>
> To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 8:59:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Manage contacts
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> So how good is to have all your contacts on iPhone and no where else and if it
> breaks,
> get stolen etc you loose everything?

Sporadic problem..,.when entering text using my iPhone 4 keyboard, text messages, emails, any program that I need to type, the keyboard will sometime disappear and will only reappear after I reset the phone.

Any suggestions on why and how to remedy the problem?

iTyped with my iThumbs on my iPhone 4....

Norma Steele

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http://isource.com/2010/12/28/how-to-make-it-harder-to-disable-find-my-iphone/

Sent to you by Brent via Google Reader: How To Make It Harder to
Disable Find My iPhone via iSource by PatrickJ on 12/28/10



Find My iPhone is a handy and now free utility from Apple that allows
the location of your iPhone to be tracked if you lose it or have it
stolen. There are numerous accounts of people who have been parted from
their iPhones and happily reunited thanks to Find My iPhone â€" including
a particularly dramatic one this month that has been dubbed a
‘Christmas Miracle’.

One major weakness with Find My iPhone is that if your phone is stolen
and the thief is at all iPhone-savvy, it is very easy to turn off
Location Services, which immediately renders Find My iPhone useless /
deactivated.

The guys over at Mac OS X Hints have a handy tip on how to make it
considerably harder for an iPhone burglar to turn off Location Services
and get Find My iPhone off their tail. I thought it would be well
worthwhile to share this tip here …


The way to make life harder for a thief trying to disable Location
Services is to use Restrictions and a passcode, like so:

- Open Settings and go to ‘General.’
- Scroll down and tap on ‘Restrictions.’
- Turn on restrictions and enter a four digit passcode and repeat to
turn on.
- Under ‘Allow Changes:’ turn both of the switches Location and
Accounts to Off.
Once you’ve done this, Location Services cannot be turned off without
entering your passcode. It’s only a four-digit passcode, so of course
it is far from impossible to crack â€" but in the vast majority of cases
it may well cause enough delay to heavily increase the chances of
recovering your iPhone.

Thanks to the team at Mac OS Hints for the tip.




Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to iSource using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your
favorite sites

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Wow I like the idea
good point I been done it on my iPhone & iPod
Thank for the useful info
Alan

Sent from my iPhone

On 28 Dec 2010, at 17:50, Brent <flapdoodle@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://isource.com/2010/12/28/how-to-make-it-harder-to-disable-find-my-iphone/
>
> Sent to you by Brent via Google Reader: How To Make It Harder to
> Disable Find My iPhone via iSource by PatrickJ on 12/28/10
>
>
>
> Find My iPhone is a handy and now free utility from Apple that allows
> the location of your iPhone to be tracked if you lose it or have it
> stolen. There are numerous accounts of people who have been parted from
> their iPhones and happily reunited thanks to Find My iPhone â€" including
> a particularly dramatic one this month that has been dubbed a
> ‘Christmas Miracle’.
>
> One major weakness with Find My iPhone is that if your phone is stolen
> and the thief is at all iPhone-savvy, it is very easy to turn off
> Location Services, which immediately renders Find My iPhone useless /
> deactivated.
>
> The guys over at Mac OS X Hints have a handy tip on how to make it
> considerably harder for an iPhone burglar to turn off Location Services
> and get Find My iPhone off their tail. I thought it would be well
> worthwhile to share this tip here …
>
>
> The way to make life harder for a thief trying to disable Location
> Services is to use Restrictions and a passcode, like so:
>
> - Open Settings and go to ‘General.’
> - Scroll down and tap on ‘Restrictions.’
> - Turn on restrictions and enter a four digit passcode and repeat to
> turn on.
> - Under ‘Allow Changes:’ turn both of the switches Location and
> Accounts to Off.
> Once you’ve done this, Location Services cannot be turned off without
> entering your passcode. It’s only a four-digit passcode, so of course
> it is far from impossible to crack â€" but in the vast majority of cases
> it may well cause enough delay to heavily increase the chances of
> recovering your iPhone.
>
> Thanks to the team at Mac OS Hints for the tip.
>
>
>
>
> Things you can do from here:
> - Subscribe to iSource using Google Reader
> - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your
> favorite sites
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Unfortunately, if someone purposefully is stealing your phone all they have
to do is pop the SIM card out and/or power it down until they can - my
friend had her iPhone 4 stolen from a children's play group. Any parent
will know the amount of items you have to carry with you and if you female,
are less likely to have pockets, so she sat her iPhone with some other items
and at the end of the 'class'/group/whatever was magically missing and she
immediately tried to use Find My iPhone and it could not be located nor
could she even remotely wipe the info and she HAD the pass-code lock enabled
because one of her accounts was an Exchange server that required the
security of it....

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 16:05, Alan Chapman <atchap@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Wow I like the idea
> good point I been done it on my iPhone & iPod
> Thank for the useful info
> Alan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 28 Dec 2010, at 17:50, Brent <flapdoodle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> http://isource.com/2010/12/28/how-to-make-it-harder-to-disable-find-my-iphone/
> >
> > Sent to you by Brent via Google Reader: How To Make It Harder to
> > Disable Find My iPhone via iSource by PatrickJ on 12/28/10
> >
> >
> >
> > Find My iPhone is a handy and now free utility from Apple that allows
> > the location of your iPhone to be tracked if you lose it or have it
> > stolen. There are numerous accounts of people who have been parted from
> > their iPhones and happily reunited thanks to Find My iPhone – including
> > a particularly dramatic one this month that has been dubbed a
> > 'Christmas Miracle'.
> >
> > One major weakness with Find My iPhone is that if your phone is stolen
> > and the thief is at all iPhone-savvy, it is very easy to turn off
> > Location Services, which immediately renders Find My iPhone useless /
> > deactivated.
> >
> > The guys over at Mac OS X Hints have a handy tip on how to make it
> > considerably harder for an iPhone burglar to turn off Location Services
> > and get Find My iPhone off their tail. I thought it would be well
> > worthwhile to share this tip here …
> >
> >
> > The way to make life harder for a thief trying to disable Location
> > Services is to use Restrictions and a passcode, like so:
> >
> > - Open Settings and go to 'General.'
> > - Scroll down and tap on 'Restrictions.'
> > - Turn on restrictions and enter a four digit passcode and repeat to
> > turn on.
> > - Under 'Allow Changes:' turn both of the switches Location and
> > Accounts to Off.
> > Once you've done this, Location Services cannot be turned off without
> > entering your passcode. It's only a four-digit passcode, so of course
> > it is far from impossible to crack – but in the vast majority of cases
> > it may well cause enough delay to heavily increase the chances of
> > recovering your iPhone.
> >
> > Thanks to the team at Mac OS Hints for the tip.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Things you can do from here:
> > - Subscribe to iSource using Google Reader
> > - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your
> > favorite sites
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

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Team,

I picked up the iPad that has the optional cellular ability.

I also have the iPhone 4 with unlimited data.

Was wondering if I can move my iPhone 4 sim to my iPad to get cellular data thus not spending the $14 and change for the cell plan on iPad?

Thanks

Bill

I will be receiving a new iPhone 4 later this week. I currently have an
iPhone 3G. Can I just trim my current sim card to be able to fit in the
iPhone's micro sim slot?.

Dave

Your new iPhone 4 will come with a SIM card in it. As soon as you activate
it, the old SIM will be dead.

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Dave Ireland <daveireland@sympatico.ca>wrote:

>
>
> I will be receiving a new iPhone 4 later this week. I currently have an
> iPhone 3G. Can I just trim my current sim card to be able to fit in the
> iPhone's micro sim slot?.
>
> Dave
>
>

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anyone know of any apps that lets you do video chat with other services cell
phones besides the iPhone?

thanks

Allan

Check out the tango app. Also no wifi needed.

Sent from my   3G


On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Allan Aunkst <aaunkst@gmail.com> wrote:

> anyone know of any apps that lets you do video chat with other services cell
> phones besides the iPhone?
>
> thanks
>
> Allan
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>