iOS 6.1 Update

The iOS 6.1 update is LIVE!!!!!

• Go to Settings

• Go to General

• Go to Software Update

• Check for Update

• Click Download and Install



• Click Accept

• For the update contents you can click Learn More

                                                  

• Update will Install

• Once it completes it will reboot

• After the apple symbol you will see a loading bar

• Once the update is finished installing you will see ios screen

• If you have a password on the phone you will be required to enter it

• Select Continue



• Connect to wifi network and click next

• Sign into Apple ID:

• If neccessary chose whether or not you want to update your icloud security

• If you do there will be three question screens.

• You will see an updating icloud screen

• Click Start Using iPhone

And you are all set!

Words of Wisdom Sunday 1/27/13

@DonnieWahlberg: We often think if we did things different they may have turned out better. Truth is, they may have turned out worse. Live in the present.

Turning on Find My iPhone

To Turn on Find my iPhone:

• Go to Settings

• iCloud

• Turn on Find my iPhone

To locate your phone click here http://bethsiphonetutorial.blogspot.com/p/icloud-find-my-iphone.html

Convert YouTube Videos to MP3's

Let's face it we have all seen a YouTube video where we have liked the song but can't find the song in iTunes or any other media outlet.
This works for MAC or PC

Here is how you can get that song to your iphone:

• Go to http://www.listentoyoutube.com/ 

• In another tab open up YouTube.com and find your video. Then copy the URL

• Go into YouTube Converter and paste your URL and click Go.

• It will load the video and start the conversion.

• When it is done you will see conversion complete and have a link to download. Click the link

• Another window will pop up click the download mp3

• Save the file

• Then drag and drop file into iTunes and sync

YouTube Vidoes to iPhone compatible videos- MAC!

Ever have a YouTube video that you want on your iPhone but don't want to go through the YouTube App? 

Well here's how to get it to iTunes from there it is just a simple sync. 

Credit:

BlancoDiddy- Video
Mac YouTube Downloader


PC Options: http://www.e-zsoft.com/YouTube-Downloader.html

Words of Wisdom for the week of 1/20-1/26/13

Sunday-1/20/13
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Thomas Jefferson

Monday- 1/21/13
A wise man learns by the mistakes of others,
a fool by his own.
Latin Proverb

Tuesday- 1/22/13It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt

Wednesday- 1/23/13
On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows,
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
Edward Young

Thursday- 1/24/13
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
Euripides

Friday- 1/25/13We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do.
Samuel Smiles

Saturday- 1/26/13There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard.
The fearful are the failing.
Sarah J. Hale

Words of Wisdom for 1/15-1/19/13

Tuesday- 1/15/13
Today- Just because some people suck does not mean that you have to! Be kinder! Be smarter! Be better! Be bigger than them- because you are!- @DonnieWahlberg

Wednesday- 1/16/13
You should spend time spreading LOVE! With LOVE you can change lives! And one of the lives you will almost certainly change- is your own!- @DonnieWahlberg

Thursday- 1/17/13Don't watch another day slip away! The only time to be wasting time is if you're taking time for a good time. In the meantime- ITS GO TIME!-@DonnieWahlberg

Friday- 1/18/13 Today! If you spend too much time debating who was right or wrong- you won't have any time left to fix what was wrong in the first place!- @DonnieWahlberg

Saturday-1/19/13Today- Brave are the ones who step up. Cautious are the ones who sit back. Cowardly are the ones who sit back & judge the souls who step up.- @DonnieWahlberg

Words of Wisdom 1/14/13 Monday

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no ones definition of your life; define yourself."- Harvey Fierstein

Words of Wisdom Sunday 01/13/13

We have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way, we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is remember to keep a positive attitude. It will keep our burdens light.

Words of Wisdom 1/12/13- Saturday

"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality."- Dali Lama

Words of Wisdom 1/11/12- Friday

"True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time." - Dalai Lama

Words of Wisdom Thursday 1/10/13

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."- Dali Lama

Words of Wisdom- Wednesday 1/9/13

"Follow the three R's: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions."- Dali Lama

Forgot iPhone Passcode

Forgot your iPhone Passcode?

 Let's face it we have all been there, you go to your phone, computer or website and you stare at the screen and draw a complete blank. You have just completely forgotten your password. You try your normal usual passwords and nope no luck.

With an iPhone if you forget your passcode there is no override or bypass option at this time that doesn't result in data loss. Yup you read that right DATA LOSS. The two words that drain all color from you and cause you to be sick.

However there is a potential saving grace! You will still have to restore the iPhone in order to use the phone BUT you may not have to lose everything!

Contacts:

If you have backed up to iCloud you are all set and safe! If not sorry charlie they are gone.

Photos:

Remember Photo Stream only saves some not all your photos and they are limited. So some of them are through Photo Stream but what about the rest? And what happens if you didn't have Photo Stream on? Are those priceless memories gone for good? NO!

Hook your iPhone to the computer
Go to My Computer/Computer

Look to see if you see your iPhone listed
If so you can breath easy you can get those photos off. If not sorry charlie grab the tissues because its over.
To transfer the photos to your computer simply double click the iphone
Double click internal Storage

Double click DCIM

You will see either pictures or a set of folders. These folders house your images.

Drag and drop to your computer (either desktop or specific folder) and once the copy box is done go into iTunes and click that dreaded RESTORE button. (You might want to double check in the folder or desktop that the photos fully transferred before you click restore)

The Different Phone Types

Different  Phone Types:

Android:

·         Created/hosted by Google. Created in 2003

·         Open Source Linux platform

·         Android devices can get viruses and malicious software

·         Has customizable menus/options

·         Uses Google Play to purchase apps and music.

·         Versions:

o   Cupcake released 2009

o   Donut released 2009

o   Éclair released 2009

o   Froyo released 2010

o   Gingerbread released 2010 and 2011

o   Honeycomb Released 2011

o   Ice Cream Sandwich released 2011

o   Jelly Bean released 2012

·         Presently on tablets and phones.

·         Uses Google Drive and Gmail for all sync needs

·         Can make purchases through play.google.com

Windows Phones:

·         Developed/Designed and maintained by Microsoft

·         Previously used what was called Windows CE or Windows Mobile

·         Windows Phone 7 launched 2010

·         Windows Phone 8 launched 2012

·         Partners with Nokia for many but not all phones. Also has HTC devices and Samsung.

·         Uses Windows Phone Store for all purchases and location services.

·         Has Find My Phone

·         Uses many of the Microsoft family for its services (word, excel, etc)

·         Uses SkyDrive and live/Hotmail/msn/outlook.com accounts for all sync needs.

·         Works with Xbox Live, Xbox Music etc.

·         Can make purchases through windowsphone.com

·         Unable to at this time get viruses and malicious software

 Blackberry:

·         Created by RIM been around since 1999

·         Was the primary device in many businesses till the iPhone and Android OS kicked it out.

·         Uses Blackberry Desktop Manager to do all syncs

·         Blackberry 10 is due out 2013

·         Uses Blackberry Store for all apps

·         Known for “High level Security” was used by the USA government till recent changes in iPhone and Android OS

·         Nickname is Crackberry

·         Each device has its own PIN which identifies the device and allows them to communicate on the Enterprise Server BB has as well as Messenger.

·         Has been known to use their own OS and some have had Windows software on them as well (Windows CE)

·         Can get viruses and malicious software but no reports presently.

Microcell

·         Used to boost the cell signal in your home

·         Only can be used with AT&T phone numbers.

·         Can have 15 lines on the approved list but only 4 on the device at the same time.

·         Connects to your home router so you must have internet services

·         Does not work with prepaid services.

iPhone

·         Developed and maintained by Apple

·         First released in 2007

·         No external storage options

·         Runs on an OS similar to Mac OS

·         Uses iTunes to make purchases and to do all sync

·         Unable to at this time get viruses and malicious software

Palm

·         No longer used

Words Wisdom 1/8/2013 Tuesday

@DonnieWahlberg: Funny thing about mirrors- The worse we feel the less we tend to look in them. The truth is, that is when we need to look in them the most!

Words of Wisdom 1/7/13 Monday

@DonnieWahlberg: On your path- You can change direction. You can alter your plans. You can catch your breath. You can stop for a rest. BUT YOU MUST NOT QUIT!

Samsung Ativ Smart PC Master Reset When forgot password for device

For my tech/customer service peeps:

Samsung Ativ Smart PC:

This would be when you have forgotten your password for the device and can't get into the device (especially if you are not using a live.com account):

• to do a master reset Power the device off completely
• power on while pressing the power and the volume up.
• Keep the volume up pressed and it should load the windows recovery option.
• then Go to troubleshoot- reset pc- heres what will happen and click next it will reboot.

 

 

Words of Wisdom 1/6/13 Sunday

@DonnieWahlberg: Through the darkness... There is always light. No matter how difficult or how long it takes you. Do not give you until you find the light.

Accessing SIRI

Accessing Siri

There  are two ways to access Siri.

• Press and hold the home button till you get "What Can I help you with" and a icon that looks like the image below:

• Inside an app click the microphone beside the keyboard:

• When you tap the microphone you will get a screen that looks like this:

• Simply talk and you will see the microphone light up. This will indicate that SIRI is listening.

Here are some basics that SIRI can Help you with:

Here is a link for some funny things you can get SIRI to say:

http://www.sirifunny.com/


You can also do RAISE to speak which means anytime you put your iphone to your ear Siri will come up. To do this go into Settings-General-Siri and toggle the switch on for Raise to Speak.

vCard Converter

Here is a good vcard converter:

http://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/

vCard to LDIF/CSV Converter

Preferred to export Apple's Address Book to Mozilla Thunderbird.
Simply drag all contacts from the Address Book to your desktop and upload the created vCard file.

vCard-File:	(max. 8 MB)
Format:	LDIF (Mozilla Thunderbird) LDIF (Import to LDAP server) CSV Gmail (CSV) FritzBox (CSV) Images Tab Semicolon Comma Add header line
Root DN:	Use as Root DN LDAP identifier, to add it at the end of the "dn:" LDIF line (for example: dc=Users, dc=nodomain) (max. 255 chars)
Encoding:	Unicode (UTF-8) Windows Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) Windows Latin-9 (ISO-8859-15) <!--Macintosh (Mac Roman)

Palm Pre and Transfering contacts

For my techie friends:

Transfer Contacts From Palm Pre to New Phone

Posted on February 10, 2011 by william — No Comments ↓

Recently I ran into a situation where I needed to get the contacts off of a Palm Pre and import them into a new Android phone.  Searching Palm’s support website offered no help as Palm seemed to only offer ways to import contacts into a Palm device.  So doing a little research, I was able to find a way to bypass installing software, export the contacts into a file, and then import that file into a Gmail account which is setup on the new phone.
Let’s get started on exporting the contacts from your Palm Pre.  If you’ve already gotten your new phone activated and your Palm Pre no longer has service, you can complete these steps by connecting to a wireless network.

• Open the Phone on the Palm Pre like you are going to make a call.
• For CDMA phones, dial ##66623# and for GSM phones, dial #*66623# and press the Call button
• If you aren’t sure if you are CDMA or GSM, you can check out this handy reference.  If in doubt, CDMA will likely work for you.
• Tap the green “CelleBrite Export” button
• After the export is complete, follow the directions to connect your phone to your computer.
• Access the USB drive by tapping on USB drive notification
• Most computers do not have “View Hidden Files” set as a default so you will likely need to go to your Control Panel, click Folder Options, click the “View” tab and select “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”.  Click “Apply” and “OK” to close the window.

View Hidden Files (click to expand)

• Once your phone is connected as a USB drive and you can see the hidden folders, navigate to the .temp folder on your phone.
• Find a file called “PmMigration.vcf” and copy this file to your desktop.  This file contains all of your contacts from your Palm Pre.  You can import this file into Gmail using these steps.

Helpful links
Gmail
Gmail Support
List of United States wireless communications service providers
Not so helpful links
Palm Forums
Palm Support Site
If this method doesn’t work for you let me know so I can add to it.


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Lumia 920 Soft Reset

For my tech/customer service friends here is how you do a soft reset on the Nokia Lumia 920
Try holding the down volume key and power/lock button at the same time for 10 seconds or so, this should force it to reboot.

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Words of Wisdom 1/5/12 Saturday

@DonnieWahlberg: You cannot change, or control, how other people act or behave. You can, however, change and control how you react to other peoples behavior!

Galaxy SIII Safe Mode

I know that this is normally a iPhone Tutorial but I came across this and wanted to share for any customer service or tech reps out there:

Safe Mode - Samsung Galaxy S® III

Safe Mode temporarily disables all applications that have been installed via the Android Market. Performing this troubleshooting step is necessary to determine whether a 3rd party application is the cause of an Operating System / Application issue. Safe Mode should always be performed prior to a hard (factory) reset.
With Safe mode enabled, test device and application functionality. If the previous issue fails to occur, the cause has been isolated to a 3rd party application and all recently installed / updated applications should be uninstalled. With Safe mode disabled, reinstall then test each application, one at a time, to identify which is causing the problem.
Enable Safe mode
Disable Safe mode


Enable Safe mode

1. Ensure the device is powered off.
   1. To power off, press and hold the Power button.
      
   2. Select Power off.
      
   3. Select OK.
      Allow several seconds for the device to power off.
      
2. Press and hold the Power button until the Samsung logo appears then release.
   
3. With the Samsung logo on-screen, press and hold the Volume down key.
   
4. Continue to hold the Volume down key until Safe mode appears in the lower-left of the unlock screen then release.
   This may take up to 45 seconds.
   

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Disable Safe mode

1. Press and hold the Power button.
   
2. Select Restart.
   
3. Select OK.
    

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