New to iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? Here are the Basics!

Just unwrap a new iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? Of course you've heard of the products, but now that you have a real, physical unit in your hands, what’s next? Here, we cover nearly every single aspect of iOS and the iDevice world to get you up and running, and include some useful tips as well!

PC Free

Starting with iOS 5 your device is now PC free which includes an on-device setup process. When you power on your new device, you'll now be presented with a screen that says either iPhone, iPad touch, or iPad depending on your device. Just swipe to set up and you'll be greeted in many different languages. Select your language or tap the arrow to see other languages. You then need to do the same when choosing the region. Hit the blue 'Next' button to move forward.

Once you chosen your language and region you'll be asked if you wish to enable Location Services which use helps determine the location of your device. Hit the blue 'Next' button to move forward. You will now need to connect to a wireless network in order to activate your device. Select your network and enter in the password (if you have one, which you should). If you do not have a Wi-Fi network, connect your device to iTunes to continue. Hit the blue 'Next' button to move forward if you have a Wi-Fi network. The device will now activate through Apple which could take up to three minutes.

Once the device is activated you will have the option to:

• Set up as a new device - Self explanatory, but we'll help you get started!
  • When you select to set up as a new device will you need to configure your Apple ID. You can create a free Apple ID when you've selected this option or you can sign into an existing Apple ID account that was previously created. You can skip this step.
• Restore from iCloud - Restore to a backup that you made previously on another iOS device via iCloud.
  • The option will restore your brand new iOS device to a previous backup. Be patient as this can take a while. You will need to sign with your Apple ID which houses the backup.
• Restore from iTunes - Restore to a backup that you made previously on another iOS device via iTunes.
  • If you didn't backup with iCloud on your previous device you can plug your device into iTunes and restore from a backup.

Once you've configured your device either restoring from a backup or signing in with a newly created Apple ID you'll be asked to use iCloud and then from there your location for a backup (iCloud or your computer). You can then enable Find My iPhone which is used to locate your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch if lost or stolen. Moving forward you can disallow iOS from sending diagnostic & usage reports back to Apple from here or you can go to disable go to Settings > General > About > Diagnostic & Usage > and set it to 'Don’t Send' if you wish to adjust this later. You're done here.

iTunes

Regardless of if you want it, you've gotta have it; literally, you will be lost without a PC or Mac to sync your iDevice to. iTunes is, luckily, very easy to use, and for the most part, requires little effort on your part. Here’s what you have to do:

1. Download/ update iTunes: If you are on Windows, go here and simply download iTunes by selecting your operating system, and clicking ‘Download.’ If you already have iTunes on a Mac or PC, simply find the Apple Software Update utility, and check for updates. Download the new version (if available), agree to any licenses that may pop up, and let it install.
2. Connect your device: In that box that your shiny new iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad came in, there should be a cable with a USB connector on one end. The other should have a thinner, elongated side that connects to the iPod, iPad, or iPhone (note: this is what we call a ’30-pin dock connector’). Simply connect the USB side to a port on your computer, and the other side to the bottom of your iDevice.
3. Create an iTunes account: You now have an Apple product, and you will need an iTunes account to access the universe of apps, music, and videos awaiting you. A credit card or iTunes gift card (redeemable in the iTunes). is required to be able to buy free apps and other media until you have purchased an iTunes gift card. Alternatively if you do not have a credit card or iTunes gift card there are instructions on the bottom of this post.
4. Let iTunes do its thing: This is where your new iPod, iPad, or iPhone will be set up so that you can use it for daily use. When you connected your device, iTunes should have automatically recognized it and brought up a screen saying that you need to set it up. For different devices, this process will be different. Basically, read through what iTunes is asking you, and don’t sweat it… Apple didn’t get their ‘easy to use’ reputation for nothing!
5. The initial sync will range from 1 minute to 1 hour, as it is completely dependent on how much media and apps you have in your library. After it is over, you should be all set up and able to download new apps, music, play games, browse the web, and enjoy all the new features of your new iDevice.

If you have any media on your computer from ripped CDs, or from the various stores like Amazon, etc. you’ll have to add them manually. Luckily, it isn’t very difficult:

1. Select ‘File’ from the top
2. Select ‘Add file to library’ if you are only looking to add single files of media such as .MP3s, PDFs or 'Add folder to library' if you are only looking to media folders.
3. Browse to the file that you are looking for and click it
4. That’s it! You may want to double check, just to be sure that it did indeed get added. You can repeat this procedure for as many times as you need to add media.

If you have any music CDs laying around that you'd like to rip to your computer using iTunes:

1. Pop in a music CD into the CD/DVD drive.
2. A dialog will appear 'Would you like to import the CD “name of CD” into your iTunes library?'
3. Click Yes.
4. If the dialog did not appear, click on the CD and click "Import CD" button. The CD will begin importing your tracks.
5. You'll see a green check mark next to tracks it's finished importing. The track it's currently importing will have an orange circle next to it.
6. That’s it! You may want to double check, just to be sure that it did indeed get added. You can repeat this procedure for as many times as you need to add media.

To create a free Apple ID without a credit card on your Mac or PC

1. You'll need to download iTunes from Apple.com/iTunes and then open iTunes on your Mac or PC.

2. Once downloaded, install the application and open iTunes.

3. Click on the grey bag called 'Store' and locate a free Podcast, Application, Song, Video or anything in the store that is free. We'll be using the free iBooks app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to create our Apple ID.

4. Click "Free" then select "Download."

5. You'll be asked to login select "Create Account" at the bottom right coroner.

6. You'll need to agree to the Terms and Conditions. Once you've read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions, click the checkbox next to 'I have read and agree to these terms and conditions' to and click 'Continue.'

7. You will now need to enter in:

A valid email address as this will be your Apple ID.

Your date of birth and security questions.

A password of at least 8 characters in length that contains numbers, capital letters and doesn't repeat the same letter 3 times after each other for a more secure password. You can generate a password here.

8. Once you've filled out the form, click 'Continue.'

9. Under payment select "None." You can only use iTunes Store gift cards to make purchases in iTunes. You can redeem an iTunes gift card now if you have on at hand. You can always enter in a credit card later.

10. Enter in your address and phone number.

11. You will need to verify your email address. Check your email inbox for a verification email from Apple.

12. In the verification email you receive from Apple, click the 'Verify Now' link.

13. You'll new Apple ID will be activated.

14. Enter your email address and the password you've just used to create your Apple ID to begin to make free purchases in iTunes.

To create an free Apple ID on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch

1. Open up the App Store or iTunes Store and locate a free Podcast, Application, Song, Video or anything in the store that is free. We'll be using the free Hero's Call app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to create our Apple ID.

4. Click "Free" then select "Install App".

5. You'll be asked to login select "Create Account" at the bottom.

6. Select the country in which you are located and tap 'Done' then tap 'Next' to continue.

Note: you can create a US Apple ID even if you don't live in the states. Works for all countries.

7. You'll need to agree to the Terms and Conditions. Once you've read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions, click the check box next to 'I have read and agree to these terms and conditions' to and click 'Continue.'

8. Enter your email address as this will be your Apple ID and a password of at least 8 characters in length that contains numbers, capital letters and doesn't repeat the same letter 3 times after each other for a more secure password. You can generate a password here. Once that is all done tap 'Next' to continue.

9. Fill in your date of birth and security questions, tap 'Next' to proceed.

10. Under payment select "None." You can only use iTunes Store gift cards to make purchases in iTunes. You can always enter in a credit card later. Tap 'Next' to continue.

11. Enter in your address, first and last name, phone number and other personal details to continue, tap 'Next' to continue.

12. You will need to verify your email address. Check your email for a verification email from Apple. Tap 'Done' to finish up.

13. In the verification email you receive from Apple, click the 'Verify Now' link.

14. You'll new Apple ID will be activated.

15. Enter your email address and the password you've just used to create your Apple ID to begin.

iMessage

This is an official application designed by Apple that allows you to send text messages to other iOS devices over Wi-Fi or 3G. It’s compatible with any iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad that is able to be upgraded to iOS 5 and Mac OS 10.8. This is another new iOS feature that his strikingly resemblance to another company’s features, this time it being RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). To set up iMessage:

1. Open up Settings.
2. Select Messages.
3. Turn the toggle switch for iMessage to on.
4. A new box will open asking you for an Apple ID, enter in your Apple ID.
5. You should see a message saying "Activating".
6. iMessage will be activated, so you can send messages to your friends with other iOS devices.

FaceTime

Apple’s video calling service used to communicate with other iOS devices. FaceTime Requires Wi-Fi and is currently only supported via phone number on iPhone and Apple ID email address on iPod touch 4th, iPad 2, 3 and Macintosh. To set up FaceTime:

1. Open up the FaceTime app on your home screen or open Settings and tap the FaceTime panel.
2. You should see a “Getting Started” screen, tap the "Get Started" button to get started. This will take you through the process of setting up FaceTime by signing in with your Apple ID.
3. If you do not have a Apple ID you can create one here.
4. FaceTime will activate with Apple.
5. You will then be asked to specify the email address you wish to use as your FaceTime address. Its default set to your email address associated with your Apple ID, but you can choose to use any other email address that which may not be associated with another Apple ID.
6. You can continue to add add additional email addresses to use as your FaceTime address.

Game Center

Apple’s gaming portal, similar to Xbox Live or PSN where you can discover new games and share your game’s scores, and gain achievements with friends from around the globe. To set up Game Center:

1. Tap on the icon to open Game Center.
2. Sign in with your Apple ID if you have one.
3. If you don't you can create one here too.
4. Onced you've signed in your enter in your Nickname. This is how other people will find you within Game Center, so you can play multiplayer games with each other.
5. You can continue to add add additional email addresses to use as your Game Center address which will help other find you on Game Center.

Warranty Info: Who & What's Covered

Two Different Warranties:

When you purchase your Apple device, it is automatically covered under a 1-year limited warranty at no cost to you. This includes purchasing the device not only from Apple, but also from Amazon, Best Buy, or any other Apple authorized reseller. Also, if you purchased a used iPhone or iPod touch from someone else, for example, the warranty still applies if it is within 1-year from original purchase. As stated, this warranty is limited. There are many limitations to the 1-year warranty and in most cases, your issue may not be covered. AppleCare, explained below, has a better chance of protecting your device against accidental damage from handling.

A second warranty policy that Apple provides is called AppleCare. This policy extends your 1-year limited warranty coverage to 2 years from the original purchase date of the device, plus extends your complimentary phone support from 90 days to 2 years as well. You must purchase this plan within 30 days purchasing your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.



For example, an iPhone purchased on Jan 1, 2013 can have an AppleCare coverage plan added to it until Feb 1, 2013. After this time, you may no longer purchase AppleCare for your device. This plan costs $99 for the iPhone, $59 for the iPod touch and $99 for the iPad. All prices are in US dollars and accurate as of July 2012).

What's Covered by Apple's 1-Year Limited Warranty?:

• iPhone, iPod touch or iPad hardware or consumable parts (i.e. battery) that have problems as a result of manufacturing defects

What's Not Covered by Apple's 1-Year Limited Warranty?:

• Most software problems or issues that could be resolved by applying an iOS software update
• Consumable parts (i.e. batteries) that are faulty but not as a result of manufacturing defect
• Accidental damage caused by mishandling
  • Water damage (Spills or Complete Submersion)
    • There are water contact indicators inside all iPhone, iPod touch and iPad models
  • Cosmetic damage (normal wear and tear, scratches, dents and cracks)
• Damage resulting from fire, flood, or earthquake
• Damage resulting from a third-party unauthorized repair service
• Modified products or parts
• Devices with a removed or defaced serial number
• Faulty cellular network or service problems with the iPhone
• Devices that have been opened and tampered with
• Devices that have been lost or stolen
• A jailbroken device (however, restoring in iTunes prior to warranty service removes all traces of a jailbreak)

What's covered by AppleCare?

• Broken or defective iPod headphones
• Broken or defective iPod sync cables
• A battery that has depleted by more than 50 percent within your warranty coverage period
• As of October 2011, AppleCare now covers up to 2 incidents of accidental damage resulting from mishandling (subject to a $49 service fee + applicable taxes each time), including:
  • Water damage
  • Dropping your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad

What's not covered by AppleCare?

• Most software problems or issues that could be resolved by applying an iOS software update
• Normal wear and tear
• Theft or misplacement of your device
• Reckless, abusive, willful or intentional conduct with regards to handling your device
• Devices with a removed or defaced serial number
• Faulty cellular network or service problems with the iPhone
• Devices that have been opened and tampered with
• A jailbroken device (however, restoring in iTunes prior to warranty service removes all traces of a jailbreak)

This is What You'll Get Back When Your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad is Serviced (1 of 3):

• Your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad back after being repaired
• A refurbished iPhone, iPod touch or iPad in exchange of your damaged device
• A full refund of the purchase price of your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad in rare circumstances

FAQ:

• Q: Does the 1-year limited warranty and AppleCare apply internationally? A: Yes.
• Q: My iPhone, iPod touch or iPad has dead pixels, am I covered? A: Check with a Genius Bar employee, since it is circumstantial.
• Q: My iPhone, iPod touch or iPad has water damage, am I covered? Under AppleCare only.
• Q: I dropped my iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Am I covered? A: Under AppleCare only.
• Q: My device is all scratched and has wear and tear. Am I covered? A: No.
• Q: I bought my device off somebody. Am I covered? A: If it is still within the limited 1-year warranty or AppleCare period, then yes. The warranty is automatically transferable.
• Q: I did not buy my iPhone, iPod touch or iPad from Apple, am I covered? A: Yes, your device is still covered by Apple's standard 1-year warranty and is eligible for AppleCare coverage within 30 days. Here's some of the well known retailers (our so-called "trusted list"):
  • Apple Online & Retail Stores
  • Amazon
  • iPhone carriers: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Virgin Mobile, Cricket Wireless, O2, Bell, Vodafone, Rogers, Orange, Telus, Fido, etc.
  • Best Buy, Future Shop and other large consumer electronics retailers
  • Walmart and Sam's Club

Depending on where you purchase your device, third-party warranties may also be available. Retailers such as Future Shop in Canada and Best Buy in the United States do have third-party warranties available. Always ask the retailer what types of warranties they provide for your new Apple product. Certain credit companies such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express may also match or extend your warranty depending on the plan and perks you have. Check with your credit card company for more information.

Apps to Download

Possibly the single greatest thing about iOS is the App Store: you have hundreds of thousands of programs and games just waiting to be used. However, when you first dive into the App Store, whether on the device or your computer, things can be a little dizzying. Here’s a fairly basic list of what I consider to be must-have apps and games:

Social

• Twitter for iPhone: Formerly known as Tweetie, this is one of the best Twitter clients on any mobile platform. While the name would suggest it only works for the iPhone, it also works for the iPod touch and iPad.
• Tweetbot: Tweetbot is a popular and well-designed Twitter client for iOS, which includes multiple timelines, smart gestures, native push notifications, a customizable navigation, and the ability to attach photos and videos. Additionally, the app supports multiple services such as Instapaper and Read It Later. $2.99 iPhone version and $2.99 for iPad.
• Facebook: Everyone and their cat has a Facebook page these days, and this app is the official portal to let you keep track of them. It includes all the features that die-hard fans know and love, and will notify you of changes via push notifications.
• Instagram: The free app allows you to apply hipster filters to your photos and share them quickly with your friends. It also works for iPhone and iPad.
• Facebook Camera: Facebook wants you to be able to share your photos as quickly as possible, so they’ve launched a new app called Facebook Camera which allows for filters and quick edits for your photos.

News

• Pulse: Pulse is a popular RSS newsreader with support for Google Reader integration. It features a fairly unique interface, which displays little photos that are included in whatever RSS article it is showing. There is also an iPad version, available here, formatted specifically for the larger screen.
• WSJ: For users in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal app is one of the best sources for news available on the App Store. However, while the app itself is free, you have to have a subscription. Subscriptions start at $1.99 for access to the online-only version, and can be purchased here. There is also an iPad version, available here, which follows the same subscription-based model as the iPhone-and-iPod version of the app.
• Engadget: If you have any interest in technology and gadgets space, this is probably the best place to start learning and get updated on what’s going on in the tech industry. (besides our frontpage, of course!). They recently launched a great iPad app as well, which you can grab here.
• Reeder: The ultimate RSS newsreader with support for Fever, Readability and Google Reader allowing you to quickly share what you read. Available for $2.99 on iPhone and $4.99 for iPad.

Productivity

• Evernote: Need a way to sync all of your apps across multiple platforms? Evernote might be what you need. You simply take a note – voice memos, photos, and text all supported – and it syncs it to the cloud automagically. All for the great price of free, though there is a cap on how much data you transfer. Head over to their site to download clients for Mac OS X, Windows, Android, Blackberry, and more.
• Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite: It’s a mobile office suite, offering excellent compatibility with Microsoft Office documents, as well as support for Google Docs, MobileMe, and other cloud-based office alternatives. The app allows you to not only view documents and PowerPoint presentations, but create and edit them. Of course, that’s assuming you can rip yourself away from the games we mention below.
• Instapaper: Ever find yourself not being able to finish a long article or document due to time constraints? Instapaper aims to solve that problem, by allowing you to save the text of the document, and any relevant pictures, to the cloud. Instapaper then pulls down any saved documents, and allows you to read over them whenever you have the time. The paid version is $4.99 a pop, but there is an ad-supported free version.
• Sparrow: The team behind Sparrow for OS X have released a mobile version of the extremely popular mail client, which integrates many Gmail-centric features such as labels, Priority Inbox, and more. The client supports Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, AOL, and other IMAP accounts, making it the go-to app for users fed up with Mail.app’s limited feature set. Like Apple’s native solution, the app uses a unified inbox to aggregate all your accounts into one streamlined view. Availbe for $2.99 on iPhone and iPad.
• Google Chrome: The Chrome for iOS web browser will provide synchronisation of tabs, web history and passwords with the desktop version on the world’s most popular browser. Free on both iPhone and iPad.
• PayPal: Send, receive, manage your money here on the free mobile PayPal application. Mobile payments made easy on both iPhone and iPad.

Miscellaneous

• Camera+: If your iDevice sports a camera, this is something to look into. Sporting features such as exposure and focus control, scene modes, and dozens of effects, it’s pretty easy to justify the $0.99 if you are planning to ever use that camera.
• Dropbox: Dropbox is a popular free service that sync all your photos, documents, and videos and other files anywhere. You can access all your files straight from their free application.
• Yelp: This free applitcation for both iPhone and iPad is your concierge when you are looking for restaurants and other fine services.
• Word Lens: Word Lens is an augmented reality app, which means that it takes in your surroundings via the camera, and changes it in some way. In this case, it’s a translation app. Simply point your device at Spanish text, and it will be translated into English almost instantaneously. The basic app is free and contains some proof-of-concept features, like the ability to reverse text. Language packs cost $4.99 each, and are available in Spanish to English and English to Spanish.
• Shazam: Is an application that allows users to hold their device towards music which allows you to find the name of that song with the "Tag Now" button. Tagged songs can be purchased from the iTunes store, and tag data can be shared with friends who have their own Shazam collections. Cover art, artist bios, lyrics and YouTube links may also be available. Song samples can be stored for transmission later if a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection is unavailable. It's It’s available for the very nice price of $4.99 for the Pro version and a (PRODUCT)RED version for $4.99 while there is a free (ad supported) version.
• iMovie: Carrying the namesake of Apple’s popular movie editor that is bundled with iLife, iMovie has the ability to make a short video clip into a full presentation worthy of showing off. The interface is easy to navigate, but there are some pretty powerful features for a mobile device held within the app. It’s available for the very nice price of $4.99.
• 1Password: This neat app saves your usernames and passwords, your licenses, social security numbers, credit cards, serial numbers, and whatever else you'll like secure. It safely locks your data with a four-digit unlock code and a master password, both of which you configure. It also includes a browser built right into it. Available for $14.99 on both the iPhone and iPad.
• Pages: Apple's beautiful word processor is also on iPhone and iPad for $9.99 that works with iCloud.
• Keynote: Apple's beautiful presentation processor is also on iPhone and iPad for $9.99 that works with iCloud.
• Numbers: Apple's beautiful spreadsheet processor is also on iPhone and iPad for $9.99 that works with iCloud.
• iBooks: Read your favorite e-books or PDFs right on your iPhone or iPad with the free app. You can also purchase books in the iBookstore.

Games – Blockbuster Titles
These are the games that are considered ‘hardcore’ on the iOS platform. These are some of the highest quality apps developed by some of the most well-known and innovative developers out there.

• Infinity Blade: This is the current heavyweight in the department of graphics. It’s simply beautiful, and is an amazing showcase of just how powerful the silicon in the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad really is. It isn’t cheap as far as apps go (it’ll cost you $5.99), but it will work on both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch. Also, with an update promised to add significantly more gameplay, that six dollars just got easier to stomach.
• RAGE HD: Set in a post-apocalyptic world where mutants rule, RAGE HD is a first-person shooter to rule them all. From the great graphics to the easy-to-use gyroscope controls, it’s hard not to recommend this one. The app is optimize for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as well as iPod touch 3G and iPod touch 4G, and comes at a very reasonable $1.99 at the time of this writing.
• N.O.V.A.: Like the thought of Halo on the go? Then you’ll probably like this series. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance (N.O.V.A.) is a sci-fi first-person shooter with a fine storyline and gameplay remain very good. $4.99 for the original N.O.V.A. $6.99 for the sequel and $6.99 for N.O.V.A. 3. iPad versions are the same price.
• Minecraft – Pocket Edition: The famous 8-bit desktop game comes to iOS. If you can imagine it, you can build it. $6.99 for both iPhone and iPad.

Games – Quick to Play

These are the games to play if you’ve just got a minute, or if you’ve gotten an hour. Most of these are by indie developers (developers who aren’t part of a developer studio), and as such reflect a level of innovation in gameplay that most developer studios fail to reach.

• Canabalt: This is a platformer based around surviving by jumping from building to building. Yes, it’s that simple. However, every aspect of the game seems to mesh well with the hardware the iDevices offer, and it creates a game with outstanding value. It’s a game perfect for on-the-go. And, to get a little bit of the feel of it, you can play a Flash version on the developer’s website.
• Fruit Ninja: This is a cool, game where the objective is to "ninja" flying fruit on the screen. It's a quick and great game. Well worth the $0.99 for your iPhone or iPad.
• Tilt to Live: Over the past six months, I’ve probably spent more time playing Tilt to Live than any other game on the App Store, which is saying a lot. The object of the game is simple, and pretty much given away by the title of the game: you tilt to control your character (a triangle), and dodge the red ‘enemies’ (dots), while trying to navigate to the power-ups which you use to destroy the fiendish red dots. With four major game modes, and a price of $2.99, the gameplay-to-value ratio is pretty obvious here. There’s a version for the iPad, too.
• Doodle Jump: You’ve probably heard of this one. After all, who hasn’t? With over five million downloads, this one makes almost any App Store list. The goal? Simple: you tilt your device left and right to control a little doodle figurine, and try to break high scores. Of course, Lima Sky (the developers) have thrown a few surprises into the mix, but you’ll figure those out pretty quickly yourself.
• Cut the Rope: The goal of this game is simple: you cut ropes to try and deliver candy to the frog-type creature called "Om-Nom". You may also try the Expiriments version. Both support iPhone and iPad and are $0.99.

Games – The Best of the Rest
Some of the iOS games just don’t fit anywhere else, but deserve to be mentioned anyways.

• Angry Birds: This game has definitely intrigued the world with it’s additively simple gameplay. The object is to launch your birds into the evil pigs to recapture the birds’ precious offspring. There are several variations of Angry Birds; Angry Birds Space, Angry Birds Seasons and the originally. There’s also iPad versions available built to take advantage of all that screen real estate.
• Real Racing & Real Racing 2: Even the developer’s name, Firemint, inspire the feeling of speed. And guess what? So does their app. With graphics able to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Infinity Blade and RAGE HD, this game is a mobile powerhouse. The controls, an important factor in racing games, are also near perfection. $2.99 for the original and $4.99 for Real Racing 2.
• Words with Friends: It’s been described as a game heralding in the era of social games, and that description might just be correct. The title of the app might give it away: it’s a crossword game that you play with other people, online. Features such as an online chat messaging system and invites through Facebook and Twitter show a backbone forged from social networks of all types. There’s a free version (ad supported) and one designed specifically for the iPad.

iPhone, iPod touch and iPad Battery Life - Tips & Tricks

• New Device There is NO need to prime your battery with a full charge when you first open the box. The first full or partial charge of a Lithium Ion battery is the same as every other charge it will have. Despite this it is good practice, and in line with the 'frequent charge' rule below, to give it some charge asap as it is has most likely been shipped partially charged. Feel free to play with your new toy while it is charging and to remove it from a charge while only partially charged. Don't waste a moment in enjoying your new gadget

• Top up the charge frequently! Charge your device often to prevent rapid erosion of the Lithium-ion battery's capacity. If possible do not let your battery run down to zero (except to recalibrate the battery meter as detailed below. Your battery will fast charge for 1.5 to 2 hours to reach 80% charge and then 'top-up' charge for 2 to 4 hours more to reach 100%, so try to charge a weak battery for at least 2 hours. Lithium-ion batteries lose capacity as soon as they are manufactured but a properly maintained battery is designed to retain an average 80% of its capacity after between 400 to 500 charge cycles.

• Leaving On Charge You can leave your device on charge for as long as you want. There is a protective mechanism in all Lithium-Ion batteries that prevents 'overcharge'. i.e. don't worry about those long overnight charges.

• Re-calibrate Your Battery Meter - If you charge your device regularly and also use the 'Numerical Battery' you may want to consider running down the battery once per month followed by a full charge. The battery meter tracking the battery's capacity will lose accuracy over time and this full discharge will re-calibrate it. If you use the stock Apple battery icon then there's probably no need for such accuracy unless you start to get strange readings.

• Stay updated - new firmware and software updates often include more battery-efficient code so update and keep current if you can. Note, jailbreakers/unlockers will want to avoid updating until any new firmware has been deemed jailbreakable.

• Turn off Wi-Fi - Your iOS device will search for a network everywhere to turn off Wi-Fi go to Settings > Wi-Fi and set Wi-Fi to Off, turning off the Wi-Fi function 'Ask to Join Networks' can help as well.

• Turn off Bluetooth - Turn off Bluetooth when not in use. Go to Settings > General > Bluetooth and set Bluetooth to Off.

• Turn off Location Services. - Application can track your location using Location Services. To disable location services, go to Settings > General > Location Services or use location services only when needed.

• Turn off Notifications - To disable notifications, go to Settings > Notifications and set Notifications to 'Off.' Setting “View in lock screen” to 'Off.' will disable your screen from lighting up when you receive a new notification from any given app.

• Disable Auto-check or reduce fewer email accounts - This can be accomplished by turning off an email account or by deleting it. To turn off an account, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an email account, and set Account to Off. To remove an account, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an email account, and tap Delete Account. To disable auto-check go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data, toggle Push at the top to Off, and then set Fetch to Manually.

• Use Airplane Mode - To disable all radio signals (Cellular Network, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) on your iOS device with a simple setting turn on Airplane Mode, go to Settings and set Airplane Mode to 'On.'

• Disable iCloud - iCloud checks for new data all the time to disable iCloud go to Settings > General > iCloud > Turn everything to 'Off.'

• Disable Time Zone Adjustment - If you don't travel frequently disable Time Zone Adjustment go to Settings > Location Services > System Services > and set 'Setting Time Zone' to 'Off.'

• Disable Location Based iAds - To disable location based advertising go toSettings > Location Services > System Services > and set 'Location Based iAds' to 'Off.'

• Disable iTunes Ping - Ping iTunes's social network can be known to drain battery to disable Ping go to Settings > General > Restrictions > Enable Restrictions > and set Ping to 'Off.'

• Disable Sending Diagnostic & Usage Reports to Apple - iOS sends diagnostic & usage reports back to the mothership to disable go to Settings > General > About > Diagnostic & Usage > and set it to 'Don’t Send.'

• Quit Applications from Multitasking - Make sure to completely close apps when you are done with them to save battery power. Simply double tap the home button and remove the application from the multitasking bar the same way you would remove applications from the home screen.

• Equalizer - turn the EQ off if you don't need it. To disable go to Settings > Music > EQ and set EQ to 'Off.'

• Turn down the Brightness- Dimming the brightness is another way to extend battery life. Go to Settings > Brightness and drag the slider to the left to lower the default screen brightness. Turning on Auto-Brightness allows the screen to adjust its brightness based on the lighting conditions. Turn the brightness down as low as possible (~10-25% is best).

• Lock the Screen - Use a short 'Auto Lock' time. Turn the screen off whenever it's not in use by a quick press of the power button (top).

• Disable Raise to Speak - Disabling Rise to Speak will disable Siri when you raise the iPhone 4S to your face to disable go to Settings > General > Siri. and set 'Raise To Speak' to 'Off.'

• Change your Wallpaper - Setting a darker wallpaper will not require the device to work harder, a white wallpaper will use more power opposed to a black wallpaper. To change your wallpaper go to Settings > Wallpaper and choose a photo or from your Photo application choose a photo and 'Use as Wallpaper' on the bottom left.

• Maintenance in storage - If your don't use your device regularly, try to complete one full charge cycle per month to slow battery degradation. This can be staggered, e.g. use 50% of battery, charge full and then use 50% again. When not in use store your device below 45° C (113° F) to prevent heat damage to the battery's capacity. Store your device with a partial (~40% best) charge.

• Keep your iOS device cool! Lithium-ion battery capacity rapidly decays if exposed to high temperatures. Don't leave your device in the car. Maximum operating temperature suggested is 35° C (95° F). Avoid charging when hot as this can further damage the battery's capacity. If possible remove any cover/skin when charging to help prevent overheating. Turn your iOS device off and let it cool down if you receive a message similar to this:

• Restore your device in iTunes - If these solutions did not help you consider restoring your iOS device in iTunes. Be sure to backup your device beforehand.

Safety note: If your battery ever becomes too hot to touch while charging then remove from charge immediately and leave to cool [note that it is normal for the device to get warm while charging but it should never be too hot to touch]. If this happens on a regular basis you may need to speak to Apple and possibly return your device and/or USB cable as one or the other may be faulty. Also be aware that cheap USB charging cables and wall adapters should be avoided. It's worth the expense of buying brand names.

iPhone, iPod touch and iPad Tips & Tricks

GENERAL

• If you're scrolling through a long document/page in an application - if you tap the status bar (the bar at the top of your screen containing the time and battery), the application will automatically scroll up to the top of the document/page.
• If your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad is frozen and will not respond, you can force reboot by holding the power and home buttons until your device turns off.
• Double-tap home for the fast app switcher, this pulls up your most recently opened applications whenever you double-tap the home button allowing for multitasking.
• To remove an application from running in the fast app switcher, just double-tap the home button, then tap and hold on an app (like you do when you want to delete an app from the home screen until you see a red minus sign (-) on the corner of the app's icon.
• To stop your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad from continuously shifting from portrait to landscape mode, double-tap the home button, swipe right on the multitasking bar that pops up, and tap the grey icon with a circular arrow on it. This will lock your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad's orientation mode, which can be reversed by tapping the icon a second time.
• Set a passcode for security, to set a passcode go to Settings > General > Passcode Lock and enter a 4-digit passcode. You'll be then required to enter the passcode to unlock it or to display the passcode lock settings.
• To increase further increase security, turn off Simple Passcode and use a longer passcode with acombination of numbers, letters, punctuation, and special characters.
• You can set the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to erase all data if someone tries to guess your passcode, the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad erases all data after 10 unsuccessful attempts. To enable go to Settings > General > Passcode lock and turn 'Erase all Data' to 'on.'
• To rearrange spotlight search result's order go to Settings > General > Spotlight Search. You are then presented with a list of categories. By touching the three bars icon next to each category, you can change the order of how the phone presents search results.
• To disable spotlight search results go to Settings > General > Spotlight Search. And tap on a category to disable or enable.
• If your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad is low on memory, go to Settings > General > Usage. This shows you all your apps, music, and videos with the amount of room they take up. Tap an app to see what it is using, then delete an app to free up space.
• You can change your wallpaper by going to Settings > Wallpaper. Once you've chosen an image, click on 'Set.' From there you can choose to place it as a Lock Screen, a Home screen wallpaper, or both.
• You can also choose an image from your Photo app and click the share button. Then just choose 'Use as Wallpaper.'
• In a FaceTime Call, you can move the picture-in-picture window that shows you by simply dragging it around with your finger.
• To remove a saved Wi-Fi network go to Settings > Wi-Fi, and find the network under the 'Choose a Network' heading and tap the blue arrow next to the network you want to remove, tap the button on the top that says 'Forget this Network.'
• To disable system sounds go to Settings > Sounds and toggle sounds to disable.

MEDIA

• Double tapping the home button in any application and swiping left will the music controls.
• Double tapping the home button on the lock screen will bring up the music controls.
• When watching a video, tap to bring up the onscreen controls. When you are done watching a video make sure you press done so your progress will be saved.
• When listening to an audiobook, iTunes and your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad create a new chapter list unrelated to the subject of the book. It's accessible using the same control used for viewing audio tracks (upper right of screen).
• When playing media, press and hold the forward button to incrementally increase the speed of playback. When the media is paused, holding the fast forward button will make the media play slower.
• When listening to music, double tap the album artwork to have it flip over. You can then view the tracklisting of the album.
• If you pull your headphones out of the headphone jack, any currently playing media will pause.
• When playing media, you can tap the screen once and scrub to move to that time in the media. Move up on the screen to move through faster, and move down to scrub slower.
• Tapping and hold on a song (or video) title will show you a pop-up of the entire song (or video) description.
• Swiping any song (or video) will allow you to remove the media. Tap ‘Delete’ to confirm.
• When you browse music, rotate iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to see your library in Cover Flow and browse your music by album artwork.
• iTunes can synchronize your music, movies, podcasts, contacts, calendar events, and photos via Wi-Fi. Both the PC or Mac must be on the same Wi-Fi network.
• When playing a video, double tapping the screen will adjust to full screen or widescreen.
• Double tapping on album artwork on the Now Playing screen in music will display the track listing from that album.
• Within the Music app, in the bottom toolbar, you have four options and the “More button”; Taping the edit button in the top left corner of the More menu, you can decide which options are on the toolbar, just drag one down to replace those currently there, and tap 'Done' when you’re finished. This tip works for most apps that use this type of toolbar.
• If you hold down the Next and Previous Song buttons, you can skip through the song a few seconds at a time. The longer you hold the button down, the more seconds you’ll skip.
• With music playing go to Clock, and set a timer for however long you want the music to play. Then, instead of choosing a ring, choose to 'Sleep iPod' when the timer ends to end music playback.
• Shake to shuffle songs. You can disable shuffle by going to Settings > Music and setting Shake to shuffle to 'off.'
• Control music with microphone. Click once to pause and resume songs. Quickly click twice to skip a songs or three times to skip to previous song, or restart the current track if you are more than three seconds in.
• To stream music, photos and videos through the Apple TV or an AirPlay compatible device using AirPlay tap the 'AirPlay' icon in apps such as Music, Photos or Videos. You must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network to play through another device.
• Turn on AirPlay Mirror from the multitasking bar by double tapping the home button and swiping right twice and tap the 'AirPlay' icon and select the device.
• Home Sharing allows you to share your music with other Macs, PCs and iOS devices with on the same network.
• To use Home Sharing you'll need to enable Home Sharing in iTunes. Open iTunes > Advanced > Turn On Home Sharing. You'll be prompted to sign in with your Apple ID account. To access your library via Home Sharing on an iOS device go to Settings > Music and enter your Apple ID account to enable Home Sharing.
• Launch the Music app on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and tap on the 'More' tab > 'Shared' from here you'll see your iOS devices shared Library and Shared libraries on your local network. Tap on one of the Shared Libraries to access the media in that library now you can watch and listen to all of that media on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.
• To Turn off Lyrics and Podcast information go to Settings > Music and set 'Lyrics & Podcast Info' to 'off.'
• To create a playlist, go to Playlists in the music application and tap on 'Add Playlist...' You'll be prompted to give the playlist a name and then you can add artists, songs, albums and other playlists.

ACCESSIBILITY

• To quickly disable or enable accessibility go to Settings > General >Accessibility and at the bottom set 'Triple Click Home' to 'Ask.' Triple clicking the home button will bring up your options. From this menu, you can also turn on or off "White on Black" "Zoom" and "VoiceOver"
• To enable Zooming go to Settings > General >Accessibility > Zoom and turn zoom to 'on.'
• To Use The Zoom, double tap on your screen with 3 fingers. Scrolling up will zoom in while scrolling down will zoom out.
• To move around the screen while zoomed in, scroll around the screen with three fingers.
• You cannot use VoiceOver and Zoom at the same time.
• To enable VoiceOver go to Settings > General >Accessibility > VoiceOver and turn VoiceOver to 'on.'
• A double-tap acts like a single tap and you need to use three fingers to scroll when VoiceOver is on.
• To have you device speak auto-corrected text and auto-capitalizatoions, go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn Speak Auto-text to on.
• To make text in Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes larger, go to Settings > General > Accessibility >Large Text and choose a font size.
• To enable White on Black go to the Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on White on Black.
• To enable Assistive Touch go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch then toggle it on. A grey button will appear on your screen.
• Tapping this button gives you access to the same functions as the hardware buttons, such as volume up or down, as well as several gesture types, like pinch to zoom. You can even set custom gestures.

NOTIFICATION CENTER

• Pulling the status bar down from any application will bring up Notification Center. In fullscreen mode just swipe from top to bottom.
• You can then tap a notification in the list to view it in the correct app.
• In the lock screen you can swipe across any of the notifications in this list to open the app they belong to. For example, if you get an SMS, you can swipe across its entry in the list to open the Messages app to reply.
• While you receive a notification a banners will be visible, you can tap them to open the corresponding app. Tapping an SMS notification will open up Messages.
• To disable Stocks or Weather widgets go to Settings > Notifications, then selecting Weather widget or Stocks widget sliding the switch to Off.
• To change which application disable in Notification Center go to Settings > Notifications and choose the app you’d like to turn on or off.
• To change a notification from a banner to an alert or none go to Settings > Notifications and choose the app you’d like to adjust and change the alert style.
• You can also decide whether apps notifications appear in the Lock Screen by changing the setting at the bottom of the screen at Settings > Notifications.
• If you swipe left on a banner notification when it's just been received, it dismiss it.

HOME SCREEN

• If you would like to rearrange your Home Screen icons, tap and hold an icon until they all start to wiggle. Drag the icons around to rearrange them, and when it is satisfactory, press the home button.
• To create folders on your Home Screen, tap and hold an icon until they all start to wiggle. Drag the icons onto another application to create a folder, and when it is satisfactory, press the home button.
• To rename a folder hold an icon until the jiggle and open the folder to then tap on the folder name and start typing.
• Websites without an icon will just be a screenshot for webclips, for websites like this zoom into an area of the site you would like the webclip icon to look like... ex. zoom into the website logo and that will be the webclip icon.
• Press the home button while on the home screen, and it will return to the initial home screen. When on the initial home screen, tap the home button to go to the spotlight search function. Press it again to return to the initial home screen.
• Tapping 'Search Web' and 'Search Wikipedia' in spotlight search will open up Safari automatically and start searching for you.
• Instead of sliding across the page, tapping left or right of the page dots on the Home Screen and will move to the next page.
• Pause a download by tapping the icon. The progress bar will stop and paused appears beneath. To continue the download simply tap the icon again.
• To cancel a download hold an icon and press the "X" to cancel the download.

KEYBOARD

• When typing a lot of text, turn your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to horizontal view. The keyboard will be bigger and you can get a better grip of the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad while typing with two thumbs.
• When typing, if you press the space bar twice after a word it will insert a period and another space.
• When using the keyboard, if you hold the delete key down for about 3 seconds it will change from deleting individual characters to deleting words.
• Holding down letters on the keyboard will pop up the accents/symbols associated with those letters. Once it pops up, slide your finger over to the accent/symbol you like.
• When typing, if you want to add something from the numbers keyboard, just hold down the numbers and slide your finger to the number or symbol you want, and release. It will take you back to your letters keyboard. This way you don’t have to tap numbers, tap your number, then tap numbers again to go back. This also applies for using the 'shift' key to apply capital letters.
• Make a spelling mistake? Press and hold the word you spelled wrong and a magnifying glass will appear. Slide your finger back and forth to move the cursor.
• Mistakenly type, cut, copy, or paste something you didn't want to? Simply shake to undo.
• Double tapping the shift key will toggle Caps Lock, if enabled in Settings.
• To add the Emoji keyboard, go to General > Keyboard > International Keyboards and tap ‘Add New Keyboard'. Look for Emoji.
• To add a new keyboard shortcut go to Keyboard > Shortcuts and tap ‘Add New Shortcut…’ Type a phrase and your shortcut keys.
• The built-in spellchecker will underline in red your misspelled words for words that your device thinks you've misspelled, tapping on a misspelled word will suggest a proper spellings.
• To pair a Bluetooth keyboard, go to Settings > General > Bluetooth, make sure it's turned on, then tap on the keyboard name and enter the passcode provided with the device. (It's usually 0000.)
• To set different keyboard layout from the standard QWERTY keyboard, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards > [Your Language] to try out an alternative layout for your software or connected Bluetooth keyboard.
• To use the built-in dictionary, tap and hold to select a word and tap ‘Define’ to see a dictionary.
• To cut, copy, and paste text double tap or holding down text and then wait for the buttons to appear. Tap once where you would like to paste the text and tap paste.
• Get a magnifying glass by holding your finger over the text for a second until a small magnifying glass appears.
• Quickly correct a word when you type it in wrong or when auto-correct changes it be taping the backspace key once to see replacement options and tapping the word you want to change it to.

iCLOUD

• To sync your photo’s across all iOS 5 and Mac OS X devices turn on “Photo Stream” in Settings > iCloud > Photo Stream.
• To locate a lost or stolen iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad use Find My iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to help you locate your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad using the free Find My iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad app on another iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, iPad, or iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, or using a Mac or PC at www.iCloud.com
• To backup your device’s camera roll, accounts, documents, and settings in the iCloud turn on “iCloud Backup” in Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup.
• To purchase more storage space in iCloud navigate to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup and press “Buy More Storage”. Your options are an extra 10GB, 20GB, or 50GB for $20, $40, or $100 per year.
• To delete a photo from Photo Stream open the Photos app and tap Photo Stream. Do either of the following: Tap a photo, tap again, and then tap Delete Photo. Tap and then tap one or more photos. Tap Delete, and then tap Delete Selected Photos.
• To trigger a manual iCloud Backup go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > tap 'Backup now.'
• To delete an iCloud Backup go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage > Tap on the backup you want to remove from iCloud, Tap on 'Delete Backup.'
• To update your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad Over-the-air (OTA), go to Settings > General > Software Update. If there's nothing new, you'll be told just so. Otherwise, you'll be presented with all the details about the update. Tap 'Download and Install' to install the update OTA.

SAFARI

• When in Safari, if you are presented with a link, hold your finger over the link, and a bubble will appear showing the URL that the link is tied to.
• To open a link in a new window, tap and hold the link.
• If you would like to save an image from the web, simply tap and hold the image to save it.
• In Safari double tap to zoom in or out. You can also "pinch" (putting to fingers on the screen and pinching in and out) to zoom in Safari, Maps, and in Pictures.
• When you are looking at a page in Safari, you can tap on Reader in the address bar and get a nicely text only webpage with the option of change your font size.
• To enable Private Browsing in Safari go to Settings > Safari under the Privacy section, you’ll see Private Browsing. Flip the switch to on and you've gone incognito.
• To add a new page to your Reading List, visit the page you want to add to your Reading List, tap on the small 'Send to' icon on the bottom middle of your screen. The webpage will sync to your Reading List and can be accessed on your other devices and offline. To access your Reading List in Safari tap the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of your page, tap on Reading List selection at the top to view your Reading List.
• You don’t have to type the www or the .com in the address bar. For example, you can enter “ifans” in the address box to view www.ifans.com
• When typing an address in Safari or Mail, the .com key hides some additional options. Hold your finger on it for a second and a range or alternatives will appear. Slide to one and release.
• To see where a link will lead you, hold your finger on the link for a second. A menu appears that lists the actual address at the top and some additional options. You can copy the address to the clipboard and open the link in a new page.
• When browsing web pages in Safari you can double tap on a column, word, or picture to fit its width to your screen. Double tap again to zoom out.
• Save Safari images by holding your finger on an image until the options slide up. Tap copy to place the image in the clipboard or Save Image to save to your photos.
• Create new app icons for any website to your home screen. While browsing in Safari, tap the arrow icon and tap Add to Home Screen. Some websites supply an icon, if not then a shot of the current view is used. Tapping the icon launches Safari and immediately takes you to the website.
• Share links by tapping the arrow icon at the bottom of the screen and select mail or tweet.
• If you navigate to a PDF or other document format, like Pages, in Safari you can tap on the page and it'll give you the option to 'Open in…' another application.
• Next to the address bar will be a Google suggestions bar typing in the bar will allow you to search quickly.
• Another feature of the Google bar is Find in Page typing in a word that you're looking for will be display "On This Page" below the Google Suggestions.
• You can switch from the default Google search engine to Yahoo! or Bing go to Settings > Safari > Search Engine and tap your search engine.
• To clear Safari history go to Settings > Safari and tap on "Clear History" to clear history.
• To clear Safari cookies go to Settings > Safari and tap on "Cookies" to clear cookies.
• To clear Safari cache go to Settings > Safari and tap on "Cache" to clear your Cache.
• To enable AutoFill go to Settings > Safari > AutoFill from there, you can tell Safari to fill forms automatically either by using your specified contact information or by remembering the names and passwords you've entered while logging in to websites in the past.

CAMERA & PHOTO

• To launch the camera application on the lock screen: Double tap the home button to see a camera icon. On iOS 5.1 or later you can slide the camera icon up without having to double tap the home button. Press the home button to exit the camera application.
• To take a screenshot of any screen of your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad (including the lock screen), hold the power and home buttons and release them. A white flash will appear on screen and a screenshot will appear in your Photo application.
• In the Camera application swiping left will take you to your pictures. Sliding to the right will get you back to the Camera or tap on the blue camera icon in the lower left.
• To zoom in with the camera, pinch the screen to reveal a hidden slider.
• In the Camera app just tap the "Switch" button at the top right to change cameras from rear to front.
• To enable HDR mode go to Camera and tap on the 'Options' toggle at the top of the screen. Toggle HDR. When HDR is toggled, the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad will save two pictures to your device–the HDR photo and a traditional photo. You can tell which is which by the HDR label on the photo.
• To enable a 3x3 grid over your camera preview, go to Camera and tap on the 'Options' toggle at the top of the screen. Toggle Grid, the grid will not show on the photos.
• To create a new album in your Photos application, go to Photos > Edit > Add > Enter name of album and tap save
• To add photos to a new album, go to Photos > Album and tap the arrow in the top right hand corner, select desired photos, tap 'Add To' and chose 'Add to Existing Album' or 'Add to New Album.'
• To edit a photo, select the photo in Photos app and tap once to display the photo options, tap Edit. From left to right on the bottom bar, your tools are counter clockwise rotation, Auto-Enhance, Remove Red-Eye, and Crop tool. To rotate a photo any other degrees, use the crop tool and use two fingers to rotate to desired effect.
• To edit a video, select the video in your Photos app and tap once to display the video options, on the top you will see a scrub bar with two points that allow you to tap and drag a new start and end point with a live preview, tap Trim and select Trim Original or Save as New Clip.
• Press volume up button on the side of your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to take a picture. This lets you hold the phone like a normal camera, which give you more stability to take a great picture.
• Take a picture with your earphones by pressing the volume up button.
• To focus while taking a photo tap a anywhere on the screen and a blue box will appear where you tapped.

OTHER APPS

• Whilst in Mail's inbox view, sliding your finger from left to right on a message the 'delete' button will appear. This also applies in the list view of the Videos application. You can also delete Mail in bulk by tapping 'edit' and selecting the Mail you want to have deleted.
• In Google Maps, double tapping zooms in as expected, but single tapping with two fingers zooms out.
• Quickly find your location by tapping the arrow icon in the bottom left corner while using the Maps app. Pressing this again turns on the compass, so you can tell which direction you are facing.
• You can change the font in Notes by going to Settings > Notes and tap next to the font you want.
• Maps now display alternate routes for your travels. Pick one by tapping on the route name and tap the Start button to begin.
• You can now change the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad's name in the Settings > General > About > Name.
• Tap anywhere near a day of the week to reveal the hourly forecast in the Weather application.
• To set Restrictions go to Settings > General > Restrictions (you’ll need to create a passcode) and toggle restrictions.
• In apps like Music, Videos, Notes, and Messages, scroll up to access an app-specific search bar
• If you access multiple email accounts from your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad but you'd prefer to be able to read through them in one unified stream, tap "All Inboxes" on top to view all your emails.
• You can hide unwanted calendars by going to Calendar app and tap on the Calendar button in the upper left hand corner. Tapping on a calendar's check mark will hide the calender.
• To bookmark a location on maps hold your finger to drop a red pin and tap the blue ">" and the info screen for the dropped pin appears. Now tap the Add to Bookmarks button on the Info screen.
• To access Street View you need to have dropped a red pin on the map and then tap the red and white icon of a person to enter Street View.

iPhone Tips & Tricks

GENERAL

• To use Voice Control, press and hold the home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you will hear a beep.
• Tap one of the volume buttons on the side of your phone to immediately silence your phone if it is ringing or vibrating.
• To send a call directly to voice mail, press the lock button on the top of your iPhone twice. If you’re using the headset you can tap the microphone twice to send the caller directly to voice mail.
• To control calls through your earphone, click the play/pause button on your earphones to pick up a call. Press and hold it for two seconds and then release to reject the call. During a call, click once to end the current call.
• If you have two calls you can control calls by switching between calls by clicking once. Press and hold for two seconds to go to new call and end the current call.
• To disable Data Roaming go to Settings > General > Network and set 'Data Roaming' to 'off.'
• To redial the last number open phone and tap on keypad and tap 'Call' twice and it will retain the last dialed number.
• Tap recents in phone and swipe across the call with your finger to reveal the 'delete' button. Tap the 'delete' button and your call will disappear. To delete all entries, tap the edit button and then 'clear' button.
• To purchase more ringtones go to Settings> Sounds> Ringtone and tap on 'Buy More Ringtones' it'll launch the iTunes app and you'll be presented with ringtones for $1.29.
• To share your iPhone's mobile internet connection go to Settings> General> Network there you'll see 'Set Up Personal Hotspot.' You'll be able to share your Internet connection via Wi-Fi, USB, and Bluetooth.
• You can easily FaceTime or Call from the Messages app, just scroll up to the top of your conversation and there will be two buttons 'FaceTime' and 'Call.' Tapping either one will open their respective applications along with the contact being phoned or FaceTimed.
• To disable Data go to Settings > General > Network to turn off cellular data.
• In a FaceTime Call, you can move the picture-in-picture window that shows you by simply dragging it around with your finger.

SMS / iMESSAGE

• To prevent your iMessages from sending as standard SMS text messages when you are no longer connected to a Wi-Fi network, tap Settings > Messages and turn off Send as SMS
• To display the number of characters you have typed in a text message or iMessage, tap Settings > Messages and turn on Character Count.
• To show subject field, go to Settings > Messages and turn on Show Subject Field
• To change your iMessage email, go to Settings > Messages > Receive At > tap Apple ID and tap Sign Out
• To display you caller ID as you iMessage email, go to Settings > Messages > Receive At > Caller ID and select your email
• To send multiple MMS messages at once, go to Photos > Album and tap the arrow in the top right hand corner, select up to 9 photos, tap share on the bottom left hand corner then Message.

ACCESSIBILITY

• To enable LED flash alerts go to Settings > General > Accessibility and toggle 'LED Flash Alerts' to see your camera flash when you receive notifications.
• If you have impaired hearing go to Settings > General > Accessibility and toggle 'Mono Audio' and adjust the slider from left to right depending on what side you hear better

SIRI

• To talk to the Siri voice assistant feature, simply hold down the home button on your device for a few seconds or so until you are prompted.
• Tap the "i" icon when using Siri to read all the Siri commands. You can use Siri to send messages to friends, create a reminder, call contacts, set an alarm or timer, and more.
• To change the accent of Siri, tap Settings > General > Siri > Language and choose an option.
• You can also speak to Siri by simply holding your device next to your ear and speaking when prompted, so long as this feature is enabled under Settings > General > Siri.
• To have Siri dictate what you are saying to words on your iPhone, tap the microphone key to the left of the space bar.
• If you do not want others using Siri on your iPhone, it can be password protected by going to Settings > General > Passcode Lock, entering a passcode, and then turning the Siri tab to off.
• If Siri made a mistake, tap the box that contains your text, and change it.
• Add extra contact details by saying the contact name followed by their relationship to you. For example “Tristan is my father.” Siri will remember that Tristan is your father. Saying "call dad" will dial your father: Tristan.
• Siri can set up reminders with addresses associated with your Contacts.
• To add an address to a contact, go to Contacts > Choose your contact > Tap Edit and add an address and save. You can say, “Remind me when I get home to take out the trash” and Siri will set the reminder to go off when you are home.

CAMERA & PHOTO

• To launch the camera application on the lock screen: Double tap the home button to see a camera icon. On iOS 5.1 or later you can slide the camera icon up without having to double tap the home button. Press the home button to exit the camera application.
• To take a screenshot of any screen of your iPhone (including the lock screen), hold the power and home buttons and release them. A white flash will appear on screen and a screenshot will appear in your Photo application.
• In the Camera application swiping left will take you to your pictures. Sliding to the right will get you back to the Camera or tap on the blue camera icon in the lower left.
• To zoom in with the camera, pinch the screen to reveal a hidden slider.
• In the Camera app just tap the "Switch" button at the top right to change cameras from rear to front.
• To enable HDR mode go to Camera and tap on the 'Options' toggle at the top of the screen. Toggle HDR. When HDR is toggled, the iPhone will save two pictures to your device–the HDR photo and a traditional photo. You can tell which is which by the HDR label on the photo.
• To enable a 3x3 grid over your camera preview, go to Camera and tap on the 'Options' toggle at the top of the screen. Toggle Grid, the grid will not show on the photos.
• To create a new album in your Photos application, go to Photos > Edit > Add > Enter name of album and tap save
• To add photos to a new album, go to Photos > Album and tap the arrow in the top right hand corner, select desired photos, tap 'Add To' and chose 'Add to Existing Album' or 'Add to New Album.'
• To edit a photo, select the photo in Photos app and tap once to display the photo options, tap Edit. From left to right on the bottom bar, your tools are counter clockwise rotation, Auto-Enhance, Remove Red-Eye, and Crop tool. To rotate a photo any other degrees, use the crop tool and use two fingers to rotate to desired effect.
• To edit a video, select the video in your Photos app and tap once to display the video options, on the top you will see a scrub bar with two points that allow you to tap and drag a new start and end point with a live preview, tap Trim and select Trim Original or Save as New Clip.
• Press volume up button on the side of your iPhone to take a picture. This lets you hold the phone like a normal camera, which gives you more stability to take a great picture.
• Take a picture with your earphones by pressing the volume up button.
• To focus while taking a photo tap a anywhere on the screen and a blue box will appear where you tapped.

iPad: Tips & Tricks

GENERAL

• To assign the rotation lock or mute toggle to one or the other go to Settings > General and set Use Side Switch to: to your preference.
• To toggle the ability to use a smart cover to awaken your device, go to Settings > General and toggle iPad Cover Lock / Unlock.
• Tap one of the volume buttons on the side of your iPad to immediately silence your iPad if an alert is ringing.
• You can easily FaceTime from the Messages app, just scroll up to the top of your conversation and there will be a button labeled 'FaceTime'.

MEDIA

• When listening to an audiobook, iTunes and your iPad create a new chapter list unrelated to the subject of the book. It's accessible using the same control used for viewing audio tracks (upper right of screen).
• When playing media, press and hold the forward button to incrementally increase the speed of playback. When the media is paused, holding the fast forward button will make the media play slower.
• Turn on AirPlay Mirror from the multitasking bar by double tapping the home button and swiping right twice and tap the 'AirPlay' icon and select the device.
• Home Sharing allows you to share your music with other Macs, PCs and iOS devices with on the same network.

KEYBOARD

• When typing, tap and drag up on the keyboard icon on the bottom right of the keyboard to split the keyboard for easier thumb typing. To dock it back down, do reverse.
• To access the apostrophe key on the keyboard just tap and hold on the "!" key and a hidden apostrophe option will appear - then just slide your finger up to access it.
• To access the quotation symbols on the keyboard just tap and hold on the "?" key and a quotation symbol will appear, then just slide your finger up to access it.

iMESSAGE

• To show subject field, go to Settings > Messages and turn on Show Subject Field
• To change your iMessage email, go to Settings > Messages > Receive At > tap Apple ID and tap Sign Out
• To send multiple MMS messages at once, go to Photos > Album and tap the arrow in the top right hand corner, select up to 9 photos, tap share on the bottom left hand corner then Message.

CAMERA & PHOTO

• Tap the flower icon on the lock screen to turn your iPad into a Digital Photo Frame.
• To adjust the speed and tranistions go to Settings > Picture Frame select a time interval you want. along with a transition effect.

Have you ever came across a term that you never understood before? Have a question on what a word you see mentioned means? It's all here. It's your Apple Dictionary

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1G: 1st generation. Can be used to refer to the iPod Touch 1G, Original iPhone and iPad 1st generation. (See iPod Touch 1G, iPhone, iPad 1st generation).

2G: 2nd generation. Can be used to refer to the iPod Touch 2G, Original iPhone, iPad 2nd generation. Second generation data networking used by iPhone and iPad. (see EDGE).

3G: 3rd generation. Can be used to refer to the iPod Touch 3G, iPhone 3G and iPad 3rd generation. Third generation data networking used by the iPhone and iPad. 3G is symbolized on the iPhone and iPad by 3G next to the carrier logo. (see HSPA).

4G: 4th generation. Can be used to refer to the iPod Touch 4G and iPhone 4.Forth generation data networking speed used by the iPad 3rd generation. Marketed as LTE and HSPA+. (See HSPA, HSPA+, LTE).

4S: Can be used to refer to the iPhone 4S.

5G: 5th generation. Can be used to refer to the iPhone 4S.

802.11: The standard used for WLAN (wide local area network), typically referred to as Wi-Fi, connections on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. While older models supported only 802.11b/g, 4th generation models added support for the faster, longer range 802.11n standard. (See Wi-Fi).

A

A2DP: Advanced Audio Distribution Profile is a Bluetooth protocol used to transmit and receive stereo music. Allows you to send iPod music to your wireless stereo Bluetooth headset.

Achievements: Some iOS games reward you with points through specific achievements. Used to get to the top of the leader board. (See Game Center, Lead Board).

Airplane Mode: A Setting on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that turns off all radios, including cellular voice, data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. Name derived because these radios are typically required to be turned off while on an airplane.

AirPlay: Stream audio and video, from iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or iTunes on a Mac or PC to an Apple TV 2 or 3. (See Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3.)

AirPlay Mirroring: Mirror the iPad or iPhone 4S screen wirelessly to an Apple TV 2. (See Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3.)

AirPrint: Wireless printing from any iOS device to an AirPrint compatible printer.

API: (Application Programming Interface) Part of the iOS SDK provided by Apple, for developers it allows them to access official, publicly available functionality in their apps. (See SDK).

App: Short for “application.” (See Application).

Application: The programs you download and run on a smartphone. Can be free or paid. Apps come from Apple’s iTunes App Store but some are made expressly for the Jailbreak Cydia App Store. (See Cydia, Jailbreak Apps).

App Store: Part of iTunes on Windows and Mac and a built-in app on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, App Store is the only place to buy and download 3rd party apps and games for iOS. Released with iOS 2.

Apple ID: An email address registered with Apple, used for purchases on iTunes, the Apple Online Store, FaceTime, iMessage. (See iTunes, iMessage, FaceTime).

Apple: Formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products. The company's best-known hardware products include Macintosh computers, iPod portable media players, iPhone and iPad.

Apple Store: A retail and online store that sells, and in the case of retail, services all Apple products including Apple TV, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Mac.

Apple TV: A silver or black box designed to buy and view media from the iTunes Store or stream it from Mac or Windows iTunes.

Apple TV 2G: iOS-based second generation Apple TV. Streams via Home Sharing or AirPlay, can rent from the iTunes Store, and has Netflix support. Released in 2010. (See Home Sharing, AirPlay, Netflix, iTunes Store.)


Apple TV 3G: iOS-based third generation Apple TV with 1080P support. Streams via Home Sharing or AirPlay, can rent from the iTunes Store, and has Netflix support. Released in 2011. (See Home Sharing, AirPlay, Netflix, iTunes Store.)

AT&T: One of the four major U.S. carriers. Formerly the exclusive carrier of Apple’s iPhone in the US.

AVCTP: Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol allows for the transmission of basic music controls between devices and accessories. It’s what allows you to play, pause, fast forward, rewind, and skip through music and video through wireless stereo Bluetooth headsets.

Activation: The process of registering your iPhone with Apple and the carrier. Until your iPhone is activated, it can only be used for emergency calls. You can activate the iPhone via iTunes or in your local carrier’s store.

Accelerometer: A 3 axis chip which comprehends the iOS device’s physical position. It can tell when the iPhone is being tilted, rotated, or moved. It inhances iPhone gaming tenfold.

Absinthe: A jailbreak utility used to jailbreak A5 devices such as the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1. Made by the Chronic Dev Team. (See Chronic Dev Team, Jailbreak, A5).

Absinthe 2.0: A jailbreak utility used to jailbreak iPad 3 and other devices running iOS 5.1.1. Made by the Chronic Dev Team and pod2g. (See Chronic Dev Team, pod2g, Jailbreak, A5).

Activator: A free jailbreak tweak available in Cydia that allows you to assign gestures or actions to invoke applications and utilities. For example, you can set a double tap the home button to open Cydia, respring, or any other app of your choosing that has Activator support. (See Cydia, Jailbreak Apps).

A4: A single core processor in the iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4 and the iPad 1st gen.

A5: A dual-core processor in the iPad 2nd generation and iPhone 4S.

A5X: A dual-core processor in the iPad 3rd generation.

B

Baseband: The Baseband controls the interaction between the cellular connectivity and the device (iPhone and iPad) and iOS. Whenever the device needs cellular connectivity it’ll go through the cell towers-- whether for voice or data-- it works through the Baseband. The Baseband is responsible for making sure the SIM-card is valid and for getting Signal. When you unlock your iPhone the baseband is modified to allow communication to other wireless carriers. (See Unlock).

BigBoss: One of the largest repositories in Cydia. Comes standard in Cydia (See Cydia Repositories).

Blackra1n: A jailbreak utility used to jailbreak devices running iOS 3.x, made by Geohot.(See Jailbreak).

Blobs: Short for SHSH blobs. (See SHSHs).

Bluetooth: Bluetooth is a wireless technology used for exchanging short-range (under 30-feet) data between electronic devices. iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad support Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. Apple currently supports Bluetooth for wireless phone headsets, stereo headsets, keyboard connections, and data tethering. (See EDR, Tethering, A2DP, AVCTP).
Bookmarklet: A Safari bookmark that contains JavaScript code to create additional functionality. (See Safari).

Brick: When used in reference to electronics, "brick" describes a device that cannot function in any capacity (such as a machine with damaged firmware). In the strictest sense of the term, bricking must imply that the device is completely unrecoverable without some hardware replacement. If the device can be repaired through software or firmware changes, it's not a brick. In rare cases, iOS devices have been bricked. (See DFU Mode and Recovery Mode).

C

Calendar: iOS’s built-in apps, it handles events, invitations, and reminders on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Calculator: A built-in iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows for calculations, turn the device in landscape for a scientific calculator.

Camera: Built-in iOS app that handles the taking of photos and videos on iPhone and iPod Touch 4th generation and the iPad 2 and 3rd generation.

Carrier: A company that provides cell phone and data services. (See AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint).

Chronic Dev Team: The Chronic Dev Team is a team of developers made up of, but not limited to, chronic, ius, westbaer, AriX, pod2g, p0sixninja and more. (See Jailbreak).

Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter: Used to send your iOS Device’s crash reports to a private Chronic Dev server. This will allow Chronic-Dev to have access to large database of crash reports, which can lead to exploits, which can further lead to Jailbreaks. (See Exploit, Chronic Dev Team.)

Comex: The developer of the Spirit Jailbreak, Jailbreakme 2.0 and 3.0. He now works for Apple as an intern.

Compass: Used GPS to shows you what direction you are facing, or pointing to be it North, East, South or West. Available on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 4S (See Compass).

Contacts: Built-in iOS application that allows for saving personal contacts.

CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access is an underlying network standard the technology used by Verizon and Sprint in the US. A single CDMA tower typically has a longer range and thus provide greater coverage than a single GSM tower (See Verizon and Sprint).

Cydia: Created by Jay Freeman (Saurik) in March 2008, Cydia is an application for jailbroken iOS devices that allows for the installation of 3rd party extensions or apps that Apple does not permit in the App Store. Tweaks, themes, and other applications are available in Cydia. (See Cydia Store, Jailbreak).

Cydia Store: Allows you to purchase various jailbreak third-party applications. For jailbroken applications that are paid.

Chpwn: Known as Grant Paul (his real name) is a developer responsible for several popular iOS Cydia apps such as Spire. (See jailbreak Apps, Spire.)

Corona: A jailbreak utility that untethered iOS 5.0 and 5.0.1 jailbreaks. (See Tether, Untethered).

Cyberduck: A popular FTP and SSH client used to gain root access to view and edit file systems. Available for Mac OS X. (See SSH).

D

DFU: Device Firmware: Upgrade (DFU) mode allows the device to be restored from any state. (See Recovery Mode).

How To Enter DFU Mode:
1. Put the iPod/iPhone in Recovery Mode, and have the iPod Cable Connected. (See Recovery Mode)
2. Hold the Home button for 5 Seconds.
3. Without letting go, Hold the Home and Sleep Buttons for 10 Seconds.
4.Let go of the Sleep button, and keep on holding the Home button for 30 more seconds.

Dock: The Dock is located at the bottom of the Springboard, which hold 4 apps on the iPhone and 6 apps on the iPad. (See Home Screen).

Dock Connector: 30-pin connector used to connect iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad to a Mac or Windows PC via USB for syncing, or used to connect with accessories. (See Syncing).

Downgrading: The act of reverting to a lower firmware, SHSHs may be required. (See Firmware, SHSH.)

E

E.G: Another way to say "For Example." It is an abbreviation of Latin phrase exempli gratia.

EDGE: Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), is an older data network used by carriers like AT&T. The original iPhone was EDGE-only. Current iPhones can use EDGE when 3G is not available or aren’t compatible. EDGE is symbolized on the iPhone and iPad by the uppercase letter E. (See AT&T, iPhone 2G).

EDR: Stands for Enhanced Data Rate. Used with Bluetooth designed to transfer data up to speeds of 2.1Mbit/s and for more secure transfers (See Bluetooth).

ETA: Estimated time of arrival. Usually refers to the release of jailbreaks. Jailbreaks typically do not have ETAs, stop asking.

F

Firmware: The firmware version you have installed on the iOS device is similar to the version of the operating system on your computer. Newer firmware versions usually add new features, fix bugs, and improve stability. (See iOS, Operating System).

FaceTime: iOS’s built in app that allows for FaceTime calls. (See FaceTime Calling).

FaceTime Calling: Apple’s video calling service used to communicate with other iOS devices. FaceTime Requires Wi-Fi and is currently only supported via phone number on iPhone and Apple ID email address on iPod touch 4th, iPad 2, 3 and Macintosh.

Fast App Switcher: Apple’s multitasking dock, hidden behind the regular dock and accessible under iOS 4 and later version by double clicking the Home Button. (See Multitasking, Force Quit, Home Screen).

Folder: Introduced in iOS 4 they are created by dragging on app on top of the other in Jiggly Mode. iPhone and iPod touch can currently hold 12 apps per Folder. iPad can hold 20. (See Jiggly Mode, Home Screen).

Force Quit: In the Fast App Switcher, tapping and holding an app will put it in Jiggly Mode and tapping the X badge will force it to quit. (See Multitasking).

File System: The methods and data structures that an operating system uses to keep track of files on a disk or partition. The iPhone’s file system uses two “disks” or “partition.” One is public and stores your media (songs, videos, photos, apps). The other is private and contains all the system-related files that keep your iOS device’s firmware running. Jailbreaking the iPhone allows access to the private file system, which could be gained by using SSH. (See Jailbreak, SSH).

Firecore: The team behind the jailbreak utility Seas0nPass which jailbreaks the AppleTV 2. (See Seas0nPass, Jailbreak, Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3.)

Find My iPhone: A paid MobileMe, now free on iCloud. Used to locate the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. (See MobileMe, iCloud).

G

Geohot: A developer who has successfully managed to jailbreak various firmwares and devices such as the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. He has since departed from the iOS scene. (See Jailbreak).

Game Center: A built-in iOS app. Apple’s gaming portal, similar to Xbox Live or PSN where you can discover new games and share your game’s scores, and gain achievements with friends from around the globe. Released in 2010. (See iOS 4, Achievements).

GSM: Global System for Mobile communication is the underlying technology standard used by AT&T and T-Mobile in the US and the majority of carriers in Europe and around the world. (See AT&T, T-Mobile, SIM).

GPS: Global Positioning System. Use’s orbiting satellites to transmit signals to a GPS receiver in your device. Used to pinpoint a user's location, speed, direction, widely used as a navigation tool. (See Compass).

Greenpois0n: A jailbreak utility that jailbreaks multiple versions of iOS. RC4 will jailbreak iOS 4.1. RC 5 & 6.1 will jailbreak iOS 4.2.1. (See Jailbreak, RC).

Gyroscope: A 6 axis chip inside the iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, and iPad. It can tell when the device is being tilted, rotated, or moved. It inhances gaming tenfold.

H

Home Button: The button on the front of the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, beneath the screen. Used to wake, return to the Home Screen, cycle between the Home Screen and Spotlight Search screen, open the Fast App Switcher. (See Home Screen, Spotlight Search, Fast App Switcher).

Home Screen: The app launcher that consists of pages that hold app icons, Folders, the Dock, the Fast App Switcher, and the Spotlight Search screen (See Spotlight Search, Fast App Switcher, Pages).

HSPA: High Speed Packet Access is a faster form of 3G networking (See 3G).

HSPA+: Enhanced High Speed Packet Access is a faster, faster form of 3G networking (See 3G, 4G).

I

iPod: iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001. The lineup includes: iPod, iPod Nano, iPod Color, iPod Video, iPod Classic, iPod Shuffle and the iPod Touch.

iPod Touch: The iPod Touch is a portable media player and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Inc. There are currently four generations of the iPod Touch. (See iPod Touch 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G).

iPod touch 1G: Apple’s first generation multitouch, Wi-Fi enabled iPod released September 5, 2007. (See iPod Touch).

iPod Touch 2G: Apple’s second generation iPod touch, it added volume buttons and a built-in speaker. Released September 9, 2008. (See iPod Touch).

iPod touch 3G: Apple’s third generation iPod touch. New features include Voice Control, visual graphic upgrades and speed upgrades. (See iPod Touch).

iPod touch 4G: Apple’s fourth generation iPod Touch, new features include a Retina display, a front and back facing camera and the A4 processor. (See iPod Touch).

iPhone: The iPhone is an internet-connected multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface. (See iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S).

iPhone 2G: The first generation iPhone. Features include a touchscreen and EDGE networking. (See iPhone, EDGE).

iPhone 3G: Apple’s second generation iPhone. Major new features included a 3G radio and an all new design. Released July 11 2008 (See iPhone, 3G).

iPhone 3GS: Apple’s third generarion iPhone. Major new features included a faster processor and video recording, 3MP camera. Released June 19. (See iPhone, Processor).

iPhone 4: Apple’s forth generation iPhone. Major new features included an A4 processor, Retina Display, front facing camera, and an all new design. Released June 24th 2010. (See iPhone, Retina, A4).

iPhone 4S: Apple’s fifth generation iPhone. Major new features included an dual-core A5 processor, Siri, and an enhanced 8mp/1080p rear camera. Released on October 11th 2011. (See iPhone, Siri, A5).

iPhoneLinux: iPhonelinux is a project which goals are to port linux on the iPhone and make a Free (free software) OS alternative to the Apple proprietary "iPhone OS."

iPhone Dev Team: A development team that has worked on various exploits on the iPod and iPhone. Their team is derived from asap18, bgm, Bugout, bushing, c1de0x, chris, dinopio, drudge, Fred_, ghost_000, gray, iZsh, jim–, MuscleNerd, netkas, np101137, p*nisbird, planetbeing, pr3d4t0r, pumpkin, pytey, roxfan, saurik, Turbo, w___, wizdaz, Zf.

iTouch: See iPod Touch.

Icy: An application that downloads and installs third party apps, the project has been since discontinued. (See Cydia).

iBooks: Apple’s eBook reader, available for free from the App Store. (See App Store, iBookstore).

iBookstore: iTunes Store for books, allows you to browse and buy Apple iBooks. (See iTunes Store, iBooks).

iCloud: Apple’s online services, replacing Apple’s paid MobileMe and integrating with all iOS devices and OS X Mac computers. (See MobileMe, iOS 5, iOS devices).

iMessage: An SMS/MMS-like system for sending free text and multimedia messages from one iOS device to another over cellular or Wi-Fi networks. (See Messages).

iPad: Apple’s first tablet device, with a 9.7” screen. that runs iOS.

iPad 1: The first generation iPad. Released in April 2010.

iPad 2: The second generation iPad is thinner, lighter, faster with a dual-core A5 and has a front and back facing cameras. Comes in both white and black. Released in March 2011 (See iPad, A5).

iPad 3: The third generation iPad has the same looks as the second generation iPad but is a tad bit thicker and heavier with a retina screen, along with an A5X released in March 2012 (See iPad, A5X).

iOS: Apple mobile operating system and the software that powers iOS devices. (See iOS Devices).

iOS Devices: A lineup of devices that run iOS, including the iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone and Apple TV 2 and Apple TV 3. See (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3.)

iOS SDK: Apple’s official Software Development Kit for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad containing Cocoa Touch frameworks, APIs, development tools, and other elements necessary to create iOS apps.

iOS 1: Orginally called iPhone Software Initial firmware for the iPhone 2G. (See iPhone 2G, Firmware).

iOS 2: Originally called iPhone 2.0. Major new features included an SDK for developers, and App Store for 3rd party apps, and support for Apple’s MobileMe service.

iOS 3: Originally called iPhone 3.0. Major new features included copy/paste, Push Notifications, MMS.

iOS 4: Major new features included multitasking, folders, and FaceTime video calling.

iOS 5: Major new features include Notification Center, iCloud, iTunes Match, iTunes in the Cloud.

iTunes: Mac and Windows software used to manage iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Syncs music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, and other media to the device.

iTunes (app): Built-in iOS application on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad used to access the iTunes Store and Ping social network (See iTunes Store, Ping).

iTunes in the Cloud: Part of iCloud, iTunes in the Cloud allows you to re-download apps, iTunes Music, iBooks, and TV Shows (See iCloud, iTunes Store)

iTunes Match: Apple’s $24.99/year cloud-based music locker service.

iTunes Store: Online store run by Apple for purchasing music, movies, TV shows, and apps, and downloading podcasts and other media. Accessible via iTunes on Mac or Windows or the iTunes app on iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.

iFans: iFans.com.

Installer: Installer is a 3rd party application that was created by Nullriver. The project as been since abandoned.

iPodTouchFans: iFans.com’s original name.

iAd: Apple's iOS in-app advertising system. Released with iOS 4.

iFaith: An SHSH dump program for Windows created by iH8sn0w.

iFunbox: An SSH file explorer used to gain root access to view and edit file systems. Available for Windows and Mac.

In-app Purchase: Downloadable paid content from the App Store.

i0n1c: Known as Stefan Esser, is a jailbreak developer.

iH8sn0w: Is a jailbreak developer behind the jailbreak tool Sn0wbreeze. (See Sn0wbreeze.)

J

Jailbreak: Jailbreak is the act of exploiting a bug or design flaw in a software application or hardware to gain access to resources which normally would have been protected from an application or user. Used to gain access to the iOS device’s private file system, hence gaining the ability to override some of Apple’s restrictions. Jailbreaking an iPad, iPhone and iPod allows for the ability to install third party applications from Cydia. (See Cydia, SSH, File System).

JailbreakMe 2.0: Jailbreak tool known as 'Star' developed by Comex used to jailbreak iOS 4, 3.1.3, 3.1.2 and 3.2. Visit Jailbreakme.com/star (See Comex, Jailbreak.)

JailbreakMe 3.0: Jailbreak tool known as 'Saffron' developed by Comex used to jailbreak iOS 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3 Visit Jailbreakme.com (See Comex, Jailbreak.)

Jailbreak Apps: Third party applications which run only on iPhones that have been jailbroken. These applications are not approved by Apple. Jailbroken apps can be downloaded from various repositories using Cydia. (See Cydia).

Jiggly Mode: Tap and hold an app and it will begin to “jiggle”, indicating you can move them around the Home Screen, from page to page, put them into folders, dock them, delete them by tapping their X badge, or Force Quit them if they’re in the Fast App Switcher. (See Folder, Force Quit).

Jay Freeman: Also known as saurik (See Cydia).

L

LTE: Long Term Evolution is a 4G networking technology. The iPad 3rd generation supports LTE. (See 4G).

Lock Screen: The lock screen is the screen that is displayed when you tap the home button or sleep button. Slide to unlock bar is used to unlock the device. (See Passcode).

Limera1n: A jailbreak utility and exploit released by Geohot that jailbreaks iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPod touch 4th gen, iPad, and AppleTV on iOS 4.x. (See Jailbreak, Geohot).

M

Macintosh (Mac): A brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Includes the MacBook, iMac, and Mac Pro. (See Apple).

Mail: Built-in iOS app for handling email accounts.

MC: Used to refer to the iPod Touch 3rd generation 8GB, can be used to refer to different model of iOS devices (See iPod Touch 3G, This thread).

Messages: One of Apple’s built-in iPhone apps that handles SMS text messages,MMS multimedia messages and iMessage. On the iPad and iPod Touch, Messages are used to handle iMessage. (See SMS, MMS, iMessage).

MMS: (Multimedia Messages), introduced in iOS 3 used to send images, videos, sound, contact cards, and location. Sent and received via the Messages app. MMS can be sent to other mobile/cell phones. (See iMessage, SMS).

MobileMe: Apple’s old push mail, calendar, and contacts service for iOS. Now replaced by iCloud. (See iCloud, Find My iPhone).

Mobile Substrate: A free jailbreak extension created by Saurik that allows 3rd party developers access to the system for modifications such as theming. Also has a fail safe. (See Safe Mode, Saurik, Jailbreak).

MuscleNerd: A Member of the iPhone Dev Team (See iPhone Dev Team).

Music: Built-in iOS application that allows access to your synced Music library (See Sync).

MyWi: A paid tethering application available in Cydia that allows users to tether without an official tethering plan from their carrier. (See Cydia, Jailbreak Apps).

My3G: A paid package available in Cydia that allows users FaceTime over 3G and left restrictions set by Apple or their carrier. (See FaceTime, Jailbreak Apps, Cydia).

N

New Bootrom: Used to refer to the iPhone 3GS with a tethered bootrom exploit and the iPod Touch 2G MC (See Bootrom, Tethered, Exploit, MC).

Newsstand: Built-in iOS application in iOS 5 that collects together magazine and newspaper apps and automatically downloads new issues.

Notification Centre: A list of recent notifications accessible from any iOS Home Screen or from within any iOS app, can be viewed by pulling down iPad, iPhone and iPod’s status bar. Released with iOS 5. (See Notification, Status Bar).

NotCom: the developer behind the popular SHSH blobs saving tool TinyUmbrella. (See SHSH, TinyUmbrella.)

O

Old Bootrom: Used to refer to the original iPhone 3GS with an untethered bootrom exploit (See Untethered, Bootrom, Exploit).

Operating System: An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the infrastructure software component of a computer system; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer.

OOB: "Out of box" or "Out of the Box."

OTA: (Over the Air) Downloading, data wirelessly. Data can include iOS firmware updates, music, apps, wireless syncing, etc all OTA. (See Wi-Fi Sync, iOS 5).

OTB: See OOB.

OpenSSH: A package available in Cydia that will allow remote access to your file system. (See SSH).

P

Photo: iOS’s built-in app that handles the camera roll for iPhone and iPod touch 4 and iPad. Synced photos from iTunes can be accessed here. (See Sync).

Photo Booth: Built-in iPad application that allows for photo effects.

Personal Hotspot: Replaced Tethering and adds the ability to share cellular data over a Wi-Fi connection with up to 5 additional devices. Released with iOS 4.3. (See Tethering, MyWi).

Phone: Built-in iOS application on the iPhone, used to make phone calls and access your voice mail (See Voice Mail).

Photo Stream: An iCloud feature, Photo Stream will store your last 30 days or 1000 photos online and on your iOS devices, and sync all of the photos on your Mac. (See iCloud).

Ping: Apple’s social music network. Accessed through iTunes and iOS’s iTunes app. (See iTunes).

Pwn: See Pwnage.

Pwnage Tool: A jailbreak utility created by the iPhone Dev Team. Allows users to create a custom firmware bundle that will preserve the baseband for unlockers. (See Unlock, iPhone Dev Team, Firmware).

Packages: The term used for the applications and utilities installed from Cydia. The Manage tab in Cydia will give you a list of all current packages installed on the device.(See Cydia, Jailbreak Apps).

P0sixNinja: P0sixninja (Joshua Hill) is a member of Chronic-Dev, which has developed a variety of software and exploits for the Jailbreaking community such as Greenpois0n. (See Chronic-Dev Team, Jailbreak, Greenpois0n.)

Pod2g: is a member of Chronic-Dev, which has developed a variety of software and exploits for the Jailbreaking community such as Corona. (See See Chronic-Dev Team, Jailbreak, Corona.)

R

Respring: The act of restarting iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad’s springboard. You can restart the springboard by using SBSettings or changing languages in the settings app.

Retina Display: 960×640, 326ppi display available on iPhone 4, 4S and iPod touch 4. 2048x1536 on the iPad 3rd generation.

RedSn0w: RedSn0w is a jailbreak tool for the iOS device that the iPhone Dev Team has developed.

Recovery Mode: This is the mode that iTunes uses to restore the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Different than DFU mode. (See DFU).

How to Enter Recovery Mode:
1. Disconnect your iPod, and hold the home button.
2. While holding the Home Button, connect your iPod/iPhone to your Computer.
3. Keep holding the home button, and an image of iTunes should come up on the iPod/iPhone.

Repo: Short for Repository (See Repository),

Repository: Repository is a site that has packages downloadable by Cydia. You can add custom repositories to Cydia by entering the URL in the Sources section under the manage tab. (See Cydia).

Rock Your Phone: Similar to Cydia and the Cydia Store, its a app that allows for purchase of jailbreak apps 3rd Parties. Purchased by Jay Freeman in 2010. (See Cydia, Cydia Store, Jailbreak Apps).

RC: Stands for release candidate.

Reboot: Restarting the device. This can be done by sliding to power off after holding the power button or holding the home and power button simultaneously until the device turns off and back on.

Reminders: Built-in iOS application allows you to set reminders for yourself, synced with iCloud. Released with iOS 5 (See iCloud, iOS 5, Sync).

Rocky Racoon: A package in Cydia used to untether iOS 5.1.1. (See Cydia, Untethered Jailbreak, Tethered Jailbreak.)

S

Safari: iOS’s built-in app, a web browser used to access the world wide web. Available on the iPad, iPhone and iPod.

SDK: Software Developers Kit a set of tools which include APIs used to create software, such as apps. (See API, Apps).

SIM card: Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), a removable card that is used in GSM phones allowing the phone to connect with the network. (See GSM).

Siri: Apple’s intelligent voice-activated assistant that replaces VoiceControl on the iPhone 4S. (See iPhone 4S, Voice Control).

Sleep/Wake Button: Physical hardware button on top of the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Used to power on, wake from sleep, put to sleep, power down iOS devices and put the device into DFU mode (See Lock Screen).

SMS: (Short Message Service) Text messages sent from the Messages app on iPhone to other cell/mobile phones. SMS is also known as "text messaging" and "texting.” (See Messages).

Spotlight Search: Part of the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad Home Screen system, accessible by swiping left or pressing the Home Button when on the primary Home Screen. Allows users to perform searches and lists results for contacts, apps, music, podcasts, videos, audiobooks, notes, mail, calendar events, and SMS messages (See Home Screen, Contacts, Apps, Music, Podcasts, Videos, Audiobooks, Notes, Mail, Calendar Events, SMS).

Springboard: The Home Screen for iOS device, where the dock is located as well as the app launcher and fast app switcher. The orientation can only be changed on the iPad (See Home Screen, Fast App Switcher).

SSH: Secure SHell (SSH) is a command line program that allows you to remotely establish a secure connection between your computer and your iOS device. With SSH, you can access the device’s file system from your computer to transfer and alter files. Apple defaults all iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad SSH passwords to “alpine,” which should be changed for security reasons if SSH is enabled (See Jailbreak, File System, OpenSSH, Cyberduck, iFunBox, iExplorer).

Steve Jobs: Apple’s co-founder and CEO of Apple. Passed away on October 5th 2011. (See Apple).

Stocks: Built-in iOS application that allows access to the viewing of the stock market.

Saurik: Another name for Jay Freeman Cydia. (See Cydia).

Summerboard: Allows the iPod and iPhone to be customized, it has been discontinued and been superseeded by Winterboard. (See Winterboard, Theme).

Sticky: A post that is Stuck or Stickied means that its always going to be on top of other posts.

Status Bar: The bar that is always on the top of the iPod/iPhone. It shows the Phone Carrier, Phone Signal, Wi-Fi Signal, Time, and Battery Status, Bluetooth and other icons.
SBSettings: A free jailbreak tweak that adds quick toggles, an easy way to respring your device, and several other functions including monitoring memory and hiding icons from the springboard. (See Jailbreak Apps).

Seas0nPass: A jailbreak utility created by Firecore that is used to jailbreak the 2nd generation Apple TV (See Apple TV 2, Firecore, Jailbreak).

SHSH blobs: Apple only signs the latest firmware versions. SHSH blobs are used to “trick” iTunes into thinking that Apple is signing an older firmware, can be used to downgrade. TinyUmbrella and Cydia will save SHSHs automatically. (See Downgrading, Cydia, TinyUmbrella).

Sn0wbreeze: A tool similar in functionality to PwnageTool but for Window. Allows users to create custom firmware ipsw’s to restore to. (See PwnageTool, Jailbreak).

Source: A section in Cydia under Manage that will allow users to add, edit, and view repositories Cydia is currently aggregating applications and utilities from (See Repository).

Spirit: A jailbreak utility for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch running iOS 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2 and 3.2.1. Made by Comex (See Jailbreak, Comex).

Sprint: A major US carrier that uses CDMA. (See CDMA).

Spire: Allows for Siri voice assistant on non-iPhone 4S devices. Requires a proxy to be operating in order to function (See Jailbreak Apps, Siri).

Safe Mode: A Mobile Substrate fail safe that is run whenever a jailbreak tweak endangers device stability. In Safe Mode all jailbreak tweaks are disabled. You have to respring or reboot to exit Safe Mode (See Respring, Reboot, Mobile Substrate).

Screenshot: A screenshot, screen capture, or screen dump is an image taken by the computer to record the visible items displayed on the monitor or another visual output device. It can also be also be referred to a Screenie, Screeny, SS, and Screen Cap.

Simi Tethered: A jailbreak of which the device loses it's jailbreak. The device can be revolted freely but will lose its jailbreak when powered off. The jailbreak program needs to be re-run in order for the jailbreak to return.

T

Tethering: A way to share your iPhone's Internet connection with other nearby devices such as iPod, iPads over Wi-Fi (See Personal Hotspot).

Tethered: A jailbreak that requires users to tether to a computer in order to reboot their devices. If the device is turned off, users will not be able to get past the Connect to iTunes screen and will have to connect a computer and use a jailbreak utility in order to perform a tethered boot (See Jailbreak).

TinyUmbrella: A tool used to save the SHSHs for iOS devices, making it possible for users to downgrade. Also integrates a TSS server that will allow an iTunes restore to go through with the SHSH files that were saved (See SHSH, Downgrading).

Tim Cook: Former Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Apple. He makes the clock run at Apple, all the time. Tim Cook replaced Apple’s former Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 (See Steve Jobs, Apple).

T-Mobile: One of the four major carriers in the US. iPhones can only be used on T-Mobile when unlocked. T-Mobile is available in Europe which works with the iPhone, no unlock us needed.

U

Ultrasn0w: Utility available via Cydia that will unlock the iPhone to work on another carrier (See Unlock).

Unlock: Apple has limited the use of the iPhone to a select few wireless carriers. Unlocking a device will allow GSM users to insert any GSM sim card instead of the original carrier the phone was originally locked to. The iPhone must be unlocked before you can use any carrier of your choice (See GSM).

Untethered: A Jailbreak that allows you to freely reboot the device without having to perform a tethered boot with a computer (See Jailbreak).

Universal Application: An app that runs Botha on the iPad and iPod Touch, iPhone. Distinguished by the "+" in theApp Store (See iPad, App Store, App).

V

Verizon: A major US carrier that uses CDMA networking (See CDMA).

Video: Built-in iOS application that allows for viewing of synced videos (See Sync).

VoiceOver: is a feature on the iPod Touch and iPhone that allows the device to speak the names of onscreen menus to the user. Accessed via the accessibility menu. Introduced with iOS 3 (See iOS 3, Accessibility).

Voice Control: Allows users to control the device by speaking into its mic and performing such tasks such as calling, announcing the time. Available on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S (if Siri is disabled), iPod Touch 3G and iPod Touch 4G (See Siri).

Voice Dictation: Apart of Siri. Allows for users to dictate instead of typing, the tap the microphone icon on the iPhone 4S and iPad 3rd generation keyboard. Then say what you want to say and it listens, tapping Done will convert your words into text.

VPN: Virtual Private Network (VPN). Used to encrypt and to provide secure access to a remote computer over the Internet.

Voice Memos: Built-in iOS app to record voice through the microphone. Released with iOS 3. Available on both the iPod and iPhone.

W

Weather: Built-in iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows access to a weather forecast.

WinPwn: The Windows version of PwnageTool, used to jailbreak iOS 2.x (See PwnageTool, Jailbreak).

Web Clips: Web clips, are a web browser shortcut accessed via the iOS device’s homescreen. Set web clips via the Safari app. (See Home Screen, Safari).

Winterboard: Application available in Cydia made by Saurik that allows users to theme and perform other modifications to their device. (See Theming, Jailbreak Apps).

WinSCP: Windows Secure CoPy (WinSCP) is an SSH client for Microsoft Windows. Allows more file system modifications. (See SSH, File System).

Y

Yellowsn0w: Unlock utility that was utilized in unlocking the Original iPhone and iPhone 3G. Superseeded by Ultrasn0w. (See Unlock, Ultrasn0w).

Z

Zibri: The Creator of ZiPhone.

ZiPhone: Jailbreak tool developed by Zibri (See Zibri) for use on both Windows and Mac to jailbreak firmware 1.1.3 to 1.1.5. ZiPhone is not in development anymore.

Introduction to Jailbreaking

Browsing around on the forums will almost certainly have brought up a new word for you: jailbreak.
Jailbreak is the act of exploiting a bug or design flaw in a software application or hardware to gain access to resources which normally would have been protected from an application or user. Which is then used to gain access to the iOS device’s private file system, hence gaining the ability to override some of Apple’s restrictions. Jailbreaking an iPad, iPhone and iPod allows for the ability to install third party applications from Cydia. This is another App Store. What’s on this new App Store? Frankly, a little bit of everything. From themes to apps to help you install said themes, to widgets, to SBSettings, there’s definitely variety in Cydia.

Jailbreaking is, frankly, a ‘nerdy’ thing to do. It shouldn’t be attempted by someone that has no experience with computers. Normally, I tell people who ask if jailbreaking is right for them, I say ‘No.’ I tell them to play with their iDevice for a few weeks. Get a feel of its capabilities-and limitations-and then decide for themselves. While the process is much easier than it was even a year ago, things can still go wrong. There is always a way to rescue your device (see below), but it may not be something
that every user wants to experience.

There are some downsides, and the ones that are most noticeable are only there after you have installed multiple ‘tweaks,’ such as a Siri port, or running system intensive themes through Winterboard or Dreamboard. These programs use up your devices RAM (something you’ll want to watch on the iPod touch 4th generation as it has 256MB of RAM. While newer devices have at least a more spacious 512MB of RAM), as well as using more of the CPU. The side effects are sluggish performance, and sometimes drastic hit on battery life.
Jailbreak tools are developed by a few people in the iOS community. Here’s the most prominent:

iPhone Dev-Team:
Official Blog | Twitter | iPhone Dev-Team Wiki

• A group of hackers and developers that work towards discovering vulnerabilities in the iOS operating system for the purpose of jailbreaking.
• Responsible for several iOS, jailbreaking and unlocking tools including redsn0w, ultrasn0w, PwnageTool, and cinject
• Current members: bugout, bushing, comex, iZsh, marcan, MuscleNerd, planetbeing, pumpkin, pytey, saurik, wizdaz
  • MuscleNerd is the leader of the iPhone Dev-Team
  • Nicholas Allegra (comex) is currently an intern at Apple (as of June 2012)
  • Jay Freeman (saurik) is the founder of Cydia
• Previous notable members: Geohot, Zibri

MuscleNerd

• Current name is unknown.
• Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts.
• Jailbreak and Unlock developer.
• Member and leader of iPhone Dev-Team.
• Developer of RedSn0w, PwnageTool, UltraSn0w.
• Twitter (@MuscleNerd).

Saurik

• Real name is Jay Freeman.
• Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA.
• Developer of Cydia, Mobile Substrate and Winterboard.
• Runs the company SaurikIT.
• Member of the iPhone Dev-Team.
• Contributed work towards A5 untethered jailbreak.
• Twitter (@saurik).

Planetbeing

• Real name is Yiduo David Wang.
• Hometown: Portland, Oregon.
• Longtime Jailbreak developer.
• Member of the iPhone Dev-Team, Dream Team.
• Developer of Signal, BootNeuter, iBooks Fix and founder of Linux for iPhone.
• Attended the Hack in the Box 2012 expo in Amsterdam, played a role in unveiling Absinthe 2.0 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1.
• Twitter (@Planetbeing).

Pod2g

• Real name is Cyril Cattiaux.
• French.
• Jailbreak developer.
• Former member of the Chronic Dev Team, member of the Dream Team.
• Developed Corna and Absinthe for iOS 5.0.1.
• Attended the Hack in the Box 2012 expo in Amsterdam, played a role in unveiling Absinthe 2.0 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1.
• Twitter (@Pod2G).

Chronic Dev Team:
Official Blog | Twitter | GitHub

• A group of hackers and developers that work towards discovering vulnerabilities in the iOS operating system for the purpose of jailbreaking.
• Responsible for the following jailbreak tools: Greenpois0n RC4 and RC5/6, Absinthe, Absinthe 2.0 and Chronic Crash Reporter.
• Current members: AriX, Chronic, DHoweet, jan0, Jaywalker, OPK, P0sixninja, Semaphore and Westbaer
  • Chronic is the leader and founder of the Chronic Dev Team
  • P0sixninja is a large part of the team.
  • Semaphore is the developer of TinyUmbrealla.

Previous notable members: Pod2g.

P0sixninja

• Real name is Joshua Hill.
• Hometown: Jacksonville, FL.
• Jailbreak developer.
• Member and leader of the Chronic Dev Team, member of the Dream Team.
• Developer of Greenpois0n, Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter, Absinthe.
• Attended the Hack in the Box 2012 expo in Amsterdam, played a role in unveiling Absinthe 2.0.
• Twitter (@P0sixninja).

Pimskeks

• Real name is Nikias Bassen.
• German.
• Jailbreak Developer.
• Member of the Chronic Dev-Team, Dream Team.
• Develops several jailbreak tweaks available on Cydia such Safari Uploader Enabler, Any Attach.
• Developer of Greenpois0n RC4 and RC5/6, Absinthe, Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter.
• Attended the Hack in the Box 2012 expo in Amsterdam, played a role in unveiling Absinthe 2.0 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1.
• Twitter (@Pimskeks).

iOPK

• Real Name: Chris Moisis.
• Hometown: Melbourne, Australia.
• Jailbreak developer, data recovery specialist.
• Member of the Chronic Dev-Team, Dream Team.
• Contributed to Greenpois0n, Absinthe, Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter, Spirit, and several other jailbreaks.
• Attended the Hack in the Box 2012 expo in Amsterdam, played a role in unveiling Absinthe 2.0 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1.
• Twitter (@iOPK).

i0n1c

• Real name is Steffan Esser.
• German.
• Jailbreak developer.
• Developed iOS 4.3.x jailbreak for iPhone Dev-Team, AntiD0te to bring ASLR to iPhone and posted several teasers for iOS 5 jailbreaks, these remain unreleased.
• Twitter (@i0n1c).

There are, of course, others that are in the jailbreak scene. However, those are the most active. If you are looking for more information, see this very helpful thread here on a a closer look at jailbreak developers.

Jailbreaking isn’t just a land of milk and honey, though: you can encounter trouble. Some trouble may require you to go back to an ‘un-jailbroken’ state. Luckily a fool-proof method of getting out of literally any trouble (excluding hardware damage) is a method known as DFU Restore.

You can get into DFU Restore by doing the following (note: These procedures will require you to restore your device via iTunes. They also need to be done as precisely as possible, so it might be best to have a timer with you):

• Hold the Power button (which is along the top of the device) for three seconds.
• Without releasing the Power button, push the Home button (on the front of the device) for ten seconds.
• Without releasing the Home button, let go of the Power button. Hold for fifteen seconds.
• Connect to iTunes, and restore.
• This method, when done right, will get you back to ‘stock’ iOS. When in DFU mode, the device will look as if it is off. This is normal. Connect it to iTunes, and you should get a pop-up notifying you that iTunes has found a device in DFU mode, and that it has to be restored before it can be used. If you are interested in DFU mode, or are simply looking for more information, see this very helpful thread here.

Now that you know how to fix any problems that might come up, here’s how you can jailbreak your device:

1. Upgrade to iOS 5.1.1 if you device isn't already on it. You can make sure that you are on the latest version by clicking ‘Check for updates’ in iTunes.
2. Download the latest version of Absinthe 2.0 for your operating system.
   • Absinthe v2.0.4 MacOSX (10.5, 10.6, 10.7)
   • Absinthe v2.0.4 Windows (XP/Vista/Win7)
   • Absinthe v2.0.4 Linux (x86/x86_64)
3. Open Absinthe 2.0.
   Windows: Extract, and right click on the absinthe-win-2.0.1.exe icon and select Run as Administrator. A terminal window will open, once finished a new folder will be created on your desktop called absinthe-win-2.0 run Absinthe 2.0 as Administrator
   Mac: Double click to .DMG to extract and launch Absinthe 2.0 app.
4. Connect your device to your computer running Absinthe, and ensure that Absinthe detects the exact device that you connected. The device must be on and does not need to be in DFU mode.
5. Click 'Jailbreak'. Do not unplug the device!
6. Absinthe will then perform the jailbreak. You will see your device "performing a restore" this is normal. In the Abinsthe window you'll see 'Sending initial jailbreak data', 'Sending final jailbreak data' 'Waiting for reboot', 'Waiting for process to complete' be patient.
7. Once complete, you should receive an alert on Absinthe telling you that the jailbreak is complete, and you should see the Cydia app icon on your home screen. It is now safe to unplug your device.
8. Open Cydia, and it will prepare for first use and respiring.
9. You're done! Your iOS device is running iOS 5.1.1 and is now jailbroken with an untethered jailbreak!

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Time for a re-read.

You're killing me.