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Q&A: Why can’t I update my iPhone 4 to iOS 7?

Posted on March 3, 2014

Question from Craig H.: I’ve finally decided to update my iPhone 4 to iOS 7 but it won’t let me. The phone freezes up at the “Checking for updates” screen, and it remains frozen no matter how long I let it try.

Should I try updating it some other way? Am I doing something wrong? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Rick’s answer: Craig, I’m guessing that your iPhone has been jailbroken. If that’s the case, you won’t be able to install the update for iOS 7 until you un-jailbreak it.

Luckily, that’s real easy to do by simply restoring your phone to the factory default settings. Here’s how: [Read more…]

How to close all open tabs at once in Safari on iOS 7

Posted on February 28, 2014

iOS 7 is a great operating system for your Apple device because it has simplified many common tasks and added several very useful new features.

But one task in iOS 7 isn’t simpler at all. If you happen to have several tabs open in Safari at once, it can be a real pain closing all of them one at a time. As you probably know, it requires a LOT of swiping!

But luckily there is a way to easily and quickly close ALL open tabs at the same time. Just use the simple procedure explained below: [Read more…]

Free Bolt phone dialer app lets you automatically call other Bolt users via VOIP while using your plan minutes for everyone else

Posted on February 13, 2014

Many of us use one or more VOIP (Voice over IP) apps in order to save our mobile phone minutes, but it’s a hassle having to load the app every time we want to make a call.

Bolt is a free app that replaces your Android phone’s default dialer app. What sets Bolt apart from other VOIP apps is how it automatically places calls to other Bolt users via VOIP while still placing calls to everyone else over your carrier’s regular network (using your plan minutes of course). [Read more…]

How to remove an email account from the Gmail app on a Nexus 10

Posted on January 6, 2014

nexus-10 Several people have asked me how to delete an email account from the Gmail app on a Nexus 10 tablet, so I thought it might be a good idea to put the answer in a tip. I hope some of you find it useful.

This is actually a relatively easy task to complete, but as with many things Android, it isn’t so easy if you don’t know how to go about it.

Follow these steps to remove an email account from the Nexus 10 Gmail app: [Read more…]

How to use your iPhone’s flash as a flashlight without a third-party app

Posted on January 3, 2014

Thanks to a new feature in iOS 7, iPhone users can now turn on the camera’s flash and use it as a flashlight without having to install a third-party app.

In my opinion, this is a feature that should have been included in the operating system of every smart phone for years.

There are several flashlight apps available for the iPhone, but now we don’t have to use them on phones running iOS 7.

It’s easy to turn on the new Flashlight feature. Here’s how: [Read more…]