Most needed iPhone 3G tips

Whether you're an iPhone rookie or a weathered pro, take a look at these quick-and-easy iPhone tips and tricks which not only save you time, but ease your overall iPhone experience.

1. How to Disable iPhone 3G GPRS or Edge Connection
Tap "Setting – General – Network – Cellular Data Network". In the “APN, Username and Password" field, simply type in some words so iPhone will not pass the correct values to service providers. Restart your iPhone if necessary.



2. How to Set Content Restriction

You can set restrictions for iPod content for the use of some applications on iPhone. For example, parents can restrict explicit music from being seen on playlists, or turn off YouTube access entirely.

Just go to “General – Restrictions” then tap Enable Restrictions and enter a four-digit passcode to restrict your content.



3. How to Customize iPhone Wallpaper as Google Calendar and Notes

gCalWall Lite enables users to add their upcoming Google Calendar appointments to their home/unlock screens.

4. How to Select Other Domain Name Endings

When you type a website URL in the address bar, you can now hold down the ".com" button to get a selection of other domain name endings and tap on any of the endings to insert them in the address bar. [via tuaw]



5. How to Take Screen Shot

Hold the "home" button, then hit the "power/sleep" button, the screen will momentarily flash, and the iPhone’s current screen contents will be saved to the Camera Roll.

6. How to Hide SMS Preview

With Show SMS Preview disabled you will only get a generic "New Text Message".

Go to "General > Passcode Lock" and enter a 4-digit passcode. After that disable "Show SMS Preview".

7. How to Save Images in Safari and Mail

Just touch and hold an image in Safari or Mai, an action sheet will be presented to enable you to save the image. The image will get stored in the “Saved Photos” library of the Photos app.

8. How to Insert Extra Punctuation Keys

Touch and hold the punctuation key and you get a set of additional keys to choose from.



9. How to Force Quit An App

Have you ever been using an app and it’s become completely frozen? You can actually apply a force quit on it by pressing the Home button for at least six seconds.

10. How to Switch Punctuation Keys to Alphabet Keys Quickly

Mode changes in between the punctuation keys and alphabet keys are pretty annoying. To solve it, just press the “.?123″ key, but don’t lift your finger as the punctuation layout appears. Slide your finger a half inch onto the period or comma key, and release. The ABC layout returns automatically.

11. How to Fast Forward/Rewind Music & Video

Press and hold the skip forward/back arrows to fast forward or rewind rather than skip tracks. Also, press on the album art to manually FF/rewind.

12. How to Access iPod Controls or Phone Favorites Instantly

Go to "Settings – General – Home Button". You can customize by double-clicking the Home Button goes to Home, Phone Favorites or iPod Controls.

13. How to Share free iPhone Apps with Others

Here we have more than 50 Best Free iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS Apps, iPhone 3GS apps download websites for you, so if you are a multiple iPhone family then you may want to head on over and check it out.

14. Download Free iPhone Ringtones to Create your favourite ringtones

Tons of free iphone ringtones for you to pick what you want to creat, you can actually convert a DRM-free song into a ringtone using only iTunes in Windows.

An useful resource for converting videos online as well as off. Cucusoft iphone 3G video converter suite teaches you on how to copy videos to your iTunes and iPhone.

16. How to Design iPhone Themes using free iphone wallpaper

If you’re bored with your default iPhone theme and plan to get more funky on it, you can use free iphone wallpaper and grab your own customized theme. It also provides a very good guide on how to install the theme into your iPhone.