Archive for the 'iPhone 4' Category

iPhone 4 to iOS 6.x upgrade before iOS 7 comes along
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

I have an iPhone 4. Before my only choice is iOS7, I decided to upgrade to iOS 6.x. I’d not done it because of the loss of responsiveness I experience when I upgraded to iOS5 early in my phone’s life. So far the performance is OK. Might just switch to my iPhone 4S. The 4S [...]

iPhone, App Store & iTunes problems
Friday, January 4th, 2013

Case 395129866 [Default email: Settings->email, etc.-> (scroll down)Default accounts] Apple Rep: “A lot of clutter in the Settings.” (30-pin connector is not standard across devices, i.e., audio output for iPod is not same as audio output for iPhone. That’s why iHome device did not work.) Battery issue: appt with store for swap out. …waiting issue: [...]

iPhone texting to AT&T iPhones
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

I’ve been narrowing down the problem with texting on my iPhone 4 in iOS 5. It seems that some folks hadn’t been getting my texts, but I had no way to know that they were getting silence from me. Working with Verizon. 25 mins, then transfer to Apple, which did not go through. Set up [...]

Most songs missing from iPhone
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Went to listen to music from my iPhone this morning, and discovered that all songs except songs that I’ve purchased from iTunes Store, are missing from my iPhone. I’m hating this closed system. I thought it was just supposed to work. Why would everything disappear. Now I have another call to Apple. Maybe it will [...]

Getting my iPhone back in shape
Monday, September 17th, 2012

Continuation of Case #348766445. iCloud backup of iPhone: automatically every 24 hours. Can do manually more frequently. 3rd Party Apps: All data is in settings, app can be downloaded again. If it’s not on the store, I have to wait until I’m back to my syncing machine to get it back The closed system that Apple [...]

Missing data after iPhone sync
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

Case #348764965 – Hung up. Case #348766445 – Many apps wiped out: OmniFocus and 1Password are the main ones I noticed and that generated my call. iPhone backups on MacBook Pro and iMac are out-of-date. The best backup is in iCloud. Sr. Advisor: Able: “I would be weary too,” speaking of my iCloud backup reliability. [...]

Inbox discrepancies on MBPro and iPhone
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Case: 337591008 – call-in case # Case: 337607757 – actual case # I started noticing that some emails that were on my iPhone were not on my Apple Main inbox on my MacBook Pro. Who knows how long this has been going on? I missed an appointment yesterday because I didn’t get a reply to [...]

Can’t Connect to Verizon WiFi on iPhone 4
Sunday, March 25th, 2012

To fix hot spot – On iOS5 Settings->General->Reset->Reset Network Settings Then *228, then 1. This brought back network after turning on hot spot. — Later the same evening, couldn’t connect to Personal Hotspot again. Verizon Levels 1&2 to Apple senior support. Verizon had me do everything I did this morning again, and asked me the [...]

iOS 5.1 – More slowdown?
Monday, March 12th, 2012

Shirley Case #297639938 Worried that the next iOS update will further slow down my iPhone 4. “Don’t have to upgrade.” Next issue: Google contacts not syncing -turn off and back on. Will not delete contacts. Joel – Sr Advisor What a mess. Having to delete all contacts from phone. Will lose data. Changing from iCloud, [...]

iPhone troubles
Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Syncing with Google Calendar has stopped. Case 289028313 Entry Level: 40 minute: Waste of time – poor communication skills, didn’t know how to do anything other than check the same thing repeatedly. Sr. Level: 20 mins with level 2. Disconnected. Did not call back. Call Back Sr. Level: Tina 877 388-0879 x50084 12 minutes and [...]