Safari on iPhone
in [UK Mac]
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From: Jochem Huhmann on 31 Mar 2010 06:41 Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> writes: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:22:58 +0100, me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) > wrote: > >>- I've had the volume control thing appear on the home screen now and >>again. > > Double clicking the home button when locked does that. It's to enable > you to access ipod controls without unlocking. Not only when locked. You can do this from within any app. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Andrew Templeman on 31 Mar 2010 06:48 Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) writes: > > > Thanks all - I rebooted and it's fine now. I need to keep an eye on > > those open pages as well. > > Safari is one of the apps that won't really quit when pressing the home > button (it just goes to the background instead) and if it gets in a > funny state without really crashing it will stay this way until > restarted. You should be able to force any app to quit by pressing and > holding the home button for a couple of seconds, though. Faster than > rebooting the phone in any case. > > Jochem With the 3GS this starts voice control. You need to press the standby button until the power off appears, then hold down the home till the app force quits (about 5 sec). -- Andy Templeman <http://www.templeman.org.uk/>
From: Chris Ridd on 31 Mar 2010 06:51 On 2010-03-31 11:39:58 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> So if you do a restore, you have to put all the >> apps back? > > I thought it backed everything up first, then gave it back to you as you > had it? Provided you haven't jailbroken it or done anything else silly, > of course. Everything gets restored from iTunes. I suppose you could make sure you've done a backup to iTunes first before doing the restore. -- Chris
From: Jochem Huhmann on 31 Mar 2010 06:56 andy(a)templeman.org.uk (Andrew Templeman) writes: > Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > >> me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) writes: >> >> > Thanks all - I rebooted and it's fine now. I need to keep an eye on >> > those open pages as well. >> >> Safari is one of the apps that won't really quit when pressing the home >> button (it just goes to the background instead) and if it gets in a >> funny state without really crashing it will stay this way until >> restarted. You should be able to force any app to quit by pressing and >> holding the home button for a couple of seconds, though. Faster than >> rebooting the phone in any case. >> >> Jochem > > With the 3GS this starts voice control. You need to press the standby > button until the power off appears, then hold down the home till the app > force quits (about 5 sec). Ah, thanks. This is certainly nothing you'd discover by chance ;-) Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Andrew Templeman on 31 Mar 2010 07:09
Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > andy(a)templeman.org.uk (Andrew Templeman) writes: > > > Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > > > >> me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) writes: > >> > >> > Thanks all - I rebooted and it's fine now. I need to keep an eye on > >> > those open pages as well. > >> > >> Safari is one of the apps that won't really quit when pressing the home > >> button (it just goes to the background instead) and if it gets in a > >> funny state without really crashing it will stay this way until > >> restarted. You should be able to force any app to quit by pressing and > >> holding the home button for a couple of seconds, though. Faster than > >> rebooting the phone in any case. > >> > >> Jochem > > > > With the 3GS this starts voice control. You need to press the standby > > button until the power off appears, then hold down the home till the app > > force quits (about 5 sec). > > Ah, thanks. This is certainly nothing you'd discover by chance ;-) > > But it is in the manual :-) I'm one of the sad types that reads them. Well scans them a bit. -- Andy Templeman <http://www.templeman.org.uk/> |