iPhone Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Hacks and Mods for Your iPhone 4S

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iPhone Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Hacks and Mods for Your iPhone 4S

iPhone Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Hacks and Mods for Your iPhone 4S

Authors: Guy Hart-Davis

Published: May 2012

eISBN: 9780071798679 0071798676 | ISBN: 9780071798662

iPhone® Geekery

About the Author

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

What Does This Book Cover?

Why Is This Book Better Than Other iPhone Books?

Conventions Used in This Book

Chapter 1: Music and Audio Geekery

Project 1: Load Your iPhone with Content from Multiple Computers

Understand What You Can and Can’t Sync

Set Your iPhone to Sync Data from Multiple Computers

Sync All Your iPhone’s Data with Its Current Computer

Change the iTunes Library Your iPhone Is Syncing Music with

Change the Computer Your iPhone Is Syncing Information With

Change the Computer Your iPhone Is Syncing Apps With

Change the Computer Your iPhone Is Syncing Photos With

Recover Your Songs and Videos from Your iPhone

Project 2: Use Your iPhone as Your Home Stereo

Use an iPhone Speaker Dock

Why You Should Connect Speakers to the Dock Connector Port Rather Than the Headphone Port

Connect Your iPhone to Your Existing Stereo

Connect Your iPhone to a Stereo with a Cable

Use a Bluetooth Connection Between Your iPhone and Your Stereo

Use a Radio Transmitter Between Your iPhone and a Stereo

Use Your iPhone’s AirPlay Feature to the Max

Play Audio to an AirPort Express

Boost the Bass with a Pint Glass

Project 3: Use Your iPhone as Your Car Stereo

Use a Built-in iPhone Connection

Use a Cassette Adapter with Your iPhone

Use a Radio Transmitter with Your iPhone

Find a Suitable Frequency for a Radio Transmitter

Wire Your iPhone Directly to a Car Stereo

Project 4: Use Home Sharing and Library Sharing to the Max

Understand the Difference Between Home Sharing and Library Sharing

Set Up Home Sharing on Each Computer

Copy Files Using Home Sharing

Make Home Sharing Automatically Import New Purchases from Your Other Computers

Set Up Home Sharing on Your iPhone

Set Up Library Sharing in iTunes on Your Computer

Play Shared Music from Your iPhone

Project 5: Create Your Own Custom Ringtones for Free

Project 6: Spread Your Music Across Your Computers and Devices with iCloud and iTunes Match

Understand How iTunes Match Works

Set Up iTunes Match in iTunes on Your PC or Mac

Turn On iTunes Match on Your iPhone

Project 7: Record High-Quality Audio Using an External Microphone

Choose an External Microphone

Choose an App for Recording Audio from Your External Microphone

Project 8: Play Your Guitar Through Your iPhone

Connect Your Guitar to Your iPhone

Apply Special Effects to Your Guitar

Project 9: Record Your Band on Your iPhone

Choose Your Input

Choose a Recording App

Project 10: Use Your iPhone as Your Backing Track

Choose a Suitable App as Your Backing Track

Connect Your iPhone to Your Amp or Sound Board

Chapter 2: Photo and Video Geekery

Project 11: Put Your Videos and DVDs on Your iPhone

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files from Your Digital Video Camera

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files Using Windows Live Movie Maker or Windows Movie Maker

Learn What You Can and Can’t Legally Do with Other People’s Video Content

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files Using iMovie

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files from Your Existing Video Files

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files Using iTunes

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files Using QuickTime

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files Using Full Video Converter Free

Create iPhone-Friendly Video Files Using HandBrake on the Mac

Create Video Files from Your DVDs

Rip DVDs on Windows

Rip DVDs on the Mac

Prevent the Mac OS X DVD Player from Running Automatically When You Insert a DVD

Project 12: Watch Video from Your iPhone on a TV

Connect Your iPhone to the TV

Play Back a Video or Movie on the TV

Project 13: Share Your Photos with All Your Devices Using Photo Stream

Understand What Photo Stream Is and What It Does

Set Up Photo Stream on Your iPhone or iPod touch

Set Up Photo Stream on Your iPad

Set Up Photo Stream on Your PC

Set Up Photo Stream on Your Mac

Get Your Mac Ready for iCloud

Project 14: Take Macro, Telephoto, and Panorama Photos with Your iPhone’s Camera

Increase the Camera’s Power by Adding Lenses

Turn On Your iPhone’s Secret Panorama Mode

Back Up Your iPhone

Download and Install iBackupBot and Edit the Preference File

Restore Your iPhone with the Updated Configuration File

Take Panorama Photos on Your iPhone

Project 15: Take High-Quality Self-Portraits

Mount Your iPhone on a Tripod

Get an App with a Self-Timer Function

Project 16: Take Time-Lapse Movies and Shoot Video at Different Frame Rates

Get FiLMiC Pro

Launch FiLMiC Pro

Adjust the Frame Rate

Shoot Your Video

Project 17: Adapt or Build a Steadicam to Stabilize Your iPhone for Shooting Video

Mount Your iPhone on an Existing Steadicam

Build a DIY Steadicam for Your iPhone

Get the Things You Need for the Steadicam

Build the Steadicam

Build Your Own Gimbal from Scrap or Pipe

Project 18: View Your Webcam on Your iPhone

Decide Which Software to Get

Get and Set Up the Software on Your PC or Mac

Download the Software for Your PC or Mac

Install and Run the Air Cam Live Video for Windows Program

Install and Run the Air Cam Application on Mac OS X

Configure Air Cam Live Video or Air Cam

Get and Set Up Air Cam Live Video on Your iPhone

Make Your Internet Router Pass Requests from Your iPhone to Air Cam

Connect to the Webcam from Your iPhone

Turn Your iPhone into a Network Webcam

Chapter 3: iPhone as Your Main Computer Geekery

Project 19: Learn Pro Tricks for Entering Text Quickly and Accurately

Enter an Accented or Alternate Character

Enter an En Dash (–) or an Em Dash (—)

Type a Period Quickly

Enter Other Domains Than .com

Enter the Domain for an E-Mail Address

Enter Punctuation and Switch Straight Back to the Letter Keyboard

Keep Typing and Let Automatic Correction Fix Your Typos

Turn On All the Automatic Correction Features

Create Text Shortcuts

Dictate Your Terms to Siri

Project 20: Connect a Bluetooth Keyboard to Your iPhone

Turn On Bluetooth

Pair Your Bluetooth Keyboard

Disconnect Your Bluetooth Keyboard

Connect Your Bluetooth Keyboard Again

Make Your iPhone Forget Your Bluetooth Keyboard

Change the Keyboard Layout for a Bluetooth Keyboard

Project 21: Create and Share Business Documents

Create Business Documents on Your iPhone

Create Documents in the Microsoft Office File Formats

Create Documents in the iWork File Formats

Convert Your iWork Files to the Microsoft Office Formats

Create PDF Files

Share Documents with Your PC or Mac

Share Documents Using iTunes’ File Sharing

Transfer Documents via E-Mail

Transfer Documents Using Third-Party Apps

Project 22: Use Your iPhone as a Portable Drive

Copy Files to Your iPhone Using iTunes’ File Sharing

Understand the iPhone’s Separate Storage Areas for Documents

Find a Suitable Program for Transferring Other Files to and from Your iPhone

DiskAid (Windows and Mac OS X)

Air Sharing (Windows and Mac OS X)

PhoneView (Mac OS X Only)

Project 23: Use Your iPhone as a File Server for Your Household

Set Up Air Sharing on Your iPhone

Connect to Air Sharing on Your iPhone from a PC

Connect to Air Sharing from Windows XP

Connect to Air Sharing on Your iPhone from a Mac

Project 24: Develop Power-User E-Mail Skills with Mail

Choose Five Essential Settings

Choose How Many Messages to Show and How to Preview Them

Set Your Default Account

Get Your Messages Pushed to Your Phone

Protect Yourself from Images in Spam Messages

Change Your Signature

Create Multiple Signatures by Using Text Shortcuts

Batch-Edit Your E-Mail Messages

Send Your Electronic Business Card to Your Contacts

See Where a Link in a Message Leads

Mark a Message as Unread or Flag It as Important

Prevent Gmail from Archiving Messages You Want to Delete

Save a Message as a Draft So You Can Finish It Later

Change the Account You’re Sending a Message From

Apply Formatting to Text in a Message

Change the Quote Level in a Message

Send a Message to a Group Without Revealing the E-Mail Addresses

Project 25: Give Presentations Straight from Your iPhone

Choose How You Will Give Your Presentation

Give a Presentation Using Keynote and a Projector, Monitor, or TV

Add Keynote to Your iPhone

Prepare Your Presentation

Double-Check Any Presentation You Import into Keynote for iPhone

Connect Your iPhone to a Projector, Monitor, or TV

Give Your Presentation on the iPhone

Connect Your iPhone Wirelessly to One or More Computers

Use Your iPhone as a Remote Control for Your Mac

Chapter 4: Security and Troubleshooting Geekery

Project 26: Secure Your iPhone Against Theft or Intrusion

Set Your iPhone to Lock Itself Automatically

Protect Your iPhone with a Passcode Lock

Choose Between a Simple Passcode and a Complex Passcode

Don’t Let the Police Connect Your iPhone to a UFED

Project 27: Use Your iPhone Safely in Wet or Dirty Conditions

Know What the IPX Certifications Mean

The Easy Way to Check How Wet Your iPhone Just Got

Project 28: Troubleshoot Software and Hardware Problems

Force Quit an App That Has Hung

Restart Your iPhone

Perform a Hardware Reset

Perform a Software Reset

Erase the Content and Settings on Your iPhone

Project 29: Restore Your iPhone to Factory Settings

Secret Tricks for Recovering from Restore Failures

Project 30: Track Your iPhone Wherever It May Roam

Turn On Find My iPhone

Locate Your iPhone with Find My iPhone

Project 31: Lock or Wipe Your iPhone After It Gets Lost or Stolen

Lock Your iPhone with a Passcode

Display a Message on Your iPhone

Wipe Your iPhone’s Contents Remotely

Chapter 5: Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Remote Geekery

Project 32: Unlock Your iPhone from Your Carrier

Understand Why Most iPhones Are Locked

Understand How iPhone Locking Works

Unlocked GSM Phones Won’t Work on Verizon and Sprint

Understand the Ways of Unlocking Your iPhone

Find Your iPhone’s IMEI

Get Your Carrier to Unlock Your iPhone

Use Software to Unlock Your iPhone

Use a Hardware Unlocking Device

Project 33: Share Your iPhone’s Internet Connection with Your Computers and Devices

Set Up Personal Hotspot

Connect a Computer or Device to Personal Hotspot via Wi-Fi

Connect a Single Computer to Personal Hotspot via USB

Connect a Windows PC to Personal Hotspot via USB

Connect a Mac to Personal Hotspot via USB

Turn Off Personal Hotspot

Project 34: Control Your PC or Mac from Your iPhone

Choose Your Remote Control Technology

Set Up Your PC for Remote Control

Set Up Your Mac for Remote Control

Take Control of Your PC with Your iPhone

Launch the Mocha RDP App and Create a Connection

Connect to Your PC

Disconnect from or Log Off Your PC

Take Control of Your Mac with Your iPhone

Set Up a Connection in Mocha VNC

Connect to Your Mac

End the Connection to Your Mac

Project 35: Connect via VPN Across the Internet to Your Company’s Network

Get the Information Needed to Connect to the VPN

Set Up a VPN by Using a Configuration Profile

Understand the Unsigned, Not Verified, and Verified Terms on the Install Profile Screen

Set Up a VPN Manually

Connect to a VPN

Disconnect from a VPN

Project 36: Make Voice over IP Calls Instead of Cellular Calls

Get Skype and Set It Up

Make Calls with Skype

Chapter 6: Jailbreaking and Advanced Geekery

Project 37: Back Up Your iPhone’s Contents and Settings

Understand What an iPhone Backup Contains

Project 38: Jailbreak Your iPhone

Understand Tethered Jailbreaks and Untethered Jailbreaks

Project 39: Find and Install Unapproved Apps

Open Cydia

Understand Why Cydia Needs to “Prepare” the File System

Find Apps in Cydia

Install an App with Cydia

Run an App You’ve Installed with Cydia

Uninstall an App You’ve Installed with Cydia

Project 40: Back Up Your Jailbroken iPhone

Buy and Install PKGBackup

Run PKGBackup and Back Up Your Jailbroken Apps

Restore Your Jailbroken Apps with PKGBackup

Project 41: Connect to Your iPhone via SSH from Your Computer

Install OpenSSH and SBSettings on Your iPhone

Install FileZilla on Your Computer

Use SBSettings to Find Your iPhone’s IP Address and Turn On SSH

Create the Connection in FileZilla

Connect to Your iPhone

Change Your iPhone’s Root Password

Project 42: Explore Your iPhone’s OS Partition and Media Partition

Understand the Two Partitions

OS Partition

Media Partition

Understand Why Some Apps Must Run from the OS Partition

Meet the Partitions and Folders in Your iPhone’s File System

Copy Files to and from Your iPhone

Disconnect FileZilla from Your iPhone

Project 43: Recover Extra Space from Your iPhone’s OS Partition

See How Much Space Is Free on the OS Partition

Free Up Space on the OS Partition

Project 44: Apply a Theme to Your iPhone

Install a Theme Using Cydia

Install a Theme Manually

Apply a Theme Using WinterBoard

Project 45: Make Wi-Fi–Only Apps Run over a 3G Connection

Get and Install My3G

Specify Which Apps to Run over 3G

Run Your Apps over 3G

Project 46: Play Games Under Emulation

Install Your Emulator and Get It Running

Install Games on the Emulator

Run the Games on the Emulator

Project 47: Open Your iPhone and Eye Its Insides

Check Which Kind of Screws Your iPhone Uses

Take Off the Back of the iPhone

Identify the iPhone’s Components

Put the Back Plate on Again

Replace the Pentalobe Screws on Your iPhone with Phillips Screws

Project 48: Put a Custom Back Plate on Your iPhone

Project 49: Add NFC to Your iPhone

Project 50: Restore Your iPhone to Its Jail

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