Friday Roundup for February 1st, 2008 - iPhone tips submitted by you

This week’s iPhone tips roundup contains a few gems you won’t want to miss if you own an iPhone or iPod touch. Last week, a Touchtip reader shared with us a simple way to get to the period button on the keyboard, and today we learn an even easier way! You’ll also learn a cool tip about how you can get to the music control display while the screen is locked, how to fix the SMS order bug in 1.1.3, and how to adjust low volume settings for your music player.

Continue reading to learn about this week’s iPhone tips. And don’t forget that you can submit your own tips on our Share a Tip form, or by posting them directly to our iPhone and iPod touch forums. Enjoy.

Submitted by George:

When listening to the iPod touch and the screen is locked, to save time unlocking and choosing music, double tap the home button for the music control display.

 

Submitted by Jesse Wooten:

Not having the period button on the main keyboard screen can be a little frustrating, last week someone submitted an easy way to do it. There is however a much easier way. Simply when you are at the end of your sentence, double tap the spacebar. It puts a period in and the space as well.

 

Submitted by Manju Sabella:

Some iPhones are displaying SMS messages in the wrong order on firmware 1.1.3. This is due to an incorrect date and time setting from the cellular provider. However, the fix is simple. Just switch your phone to auto-sync date and time settings from the network.

 

Submitted by touchalex:

If you think your ipodtouch is a bit quiet for you try first checking that the volume limit isn’t on in the ipod settings. Then plug it in to itunes go to the library > music (in your ipod) multi-select all your songs (click the top song - then hold down shift and select the bottom - they should all now be blue) right click select ‘get info’ a warning pops up - say yes for multiple items and then go the the options tab and slide the volume adjuster up (I recommend only a few notches as it really will louden your music!)

 

Submitted by Caroline Buckweitz:

Did you know you can get information about your AT&T account instantly sent to you via SMS? You can, by going to Settings > Phone > AT&T Services and request that it be sent to you now. Cool!
 

Submitted by Kevin Boleman:

This one may be obvious to most of you, but I just discovered it by accident. I was reading the Touchip homepage and found myself at the bottom of the page in Safari. I wanted to go back to the top of the page to enter a new url in the address field. When I started scrolling back up, I accidentally tapped the top bar (the one with the batter life indicator) and Safari popped directly back to the top without the scrolling. I love that.

 

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