tutorial : iPhone Home Button Not Working? – How to Fix It?

iPhone home button not working? Well, don’t worry. Quite a lot of people have the very same problem. Something seems to go wrong and both the single and the double-click functionality of the home button seems to be totally lost. When this happens first, one is easily prompted to press harder. Sometimes people just thing it’s the hardware problem and that the home button is gone for good. This may not be the case most of the times.
The problem might occur because of two reasons – one, the software may be faulty and two – this is the worst case scenario – the hardware might be faulty. If it is the latter, you definitely need to go to the Apple Center and get a new iPhone. If the problem is with the software – which it mostly is – one needs to try out the following methods.
A problem with the software usually is set right when you do a restoration of the iPhone OS. You can either do a restore from the backup, or do a complete restore in case you have not much data to worry about. Restoring from the backup or from scratch lets you reconfigure all your software settings so that whatever it is that was bugging the home button on the iPhone would go away.
However, some people have reported that both the types of restore does not bring the intended results. In that case, you’ll need to follow some other method. Here’s one more method which seems to work in favor of some iPhones. You could try it too.
  1. Open any application on the iPhone
  2. Press and hold the Power button till the ‘Slide to Shutdown’ screen appears.
  3. Now release the Power button and gently hold the Home button.
  4. In all probability, your Home button would start functioning normally again!
In the case that it fails to do so even after all this, you’ll definitely need to check out the hardware part. If you have just recently bought the device, then you get a replacement warranty so you can make use of that to get a new device quickly.
Update
In case your iPhone home button has become less sensitive or is even broken, iOS 5 has come up with the great solution named ‘AssistiveTouch’ feature. Assistive Touch is one of the accessibility features in iOS 5 that can be served as a workaround, if your iPhone home button is broken.
How to Enable Assistive Touch to Access Home Button from Screen in iOS 5:
Got to Settings -> General -> Accessibility. Scroll down to bottom and tap on “AssistiveTouch” option. Set it ON to activate the option.

After setting AssistiveTouch to ON, you will see a transparent round button at the bottom right of the screen. Tap on that round button to bring the touch menu.

You will find the Home button option that works just like as the physical home button.

Hope, latest iOS 5 AssistiveTouch feature will bring the intended results.

iPhone 5 Pictures

Recently we told you all about iPhone 5 release date and features. Now many of us are wondering how iPhone 5 would look like. Below are some of iPhone 5 pictures that we found on the Internet. However, these images of iphone 5 are neither released nor approved officially by Apple. These iPhone 5 pictures are designed by designers from across the world.
Update (07-Jan-2012): It is said to be a complete redesign with all the new features actually below the hood like the dual-core A5 chip, the 8MP camera and the SIRI virtual assitant app. See the below images from ADR Studio.
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Now if you are curious to know how iPhone 5 would look alike, these iPhone 5 pictures could probably be it. However, don’t hold your breath just yet. It is just one of iPhone 5 rumors.
Update (06-September-2011): While iPhone 5 is on its way, numerous websites are trying to provide best possible information on iPhone 5. MacRumors has posted prototype images of iPhone 5.
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Image Credit: MacRumors.com
Update (08-July-2011): Latest iPhone 5 Pictures – Irresistible iPhone 5 concept
As iPhone 5 release date apple followers are equally exited to know how iPhone 5 will look. In the early days various sources stated that iPhone 5 will be replica of iPhone 4, but not it is much anticipated that iPhone 5 will unveil lots of new features. However, thanks to Guilherme Schasiepen, graphic designer, who gave us hint of how iPhone 5 may look alike. If we follow prototype of Mr. Schasiepen , the iPhone 5 will be one slick cellphone.
This latest iPhone 5 picture demonstrates 4 inch screen, thinner and lighter body, and hidden sensors. iPhone 5 may get revamped with re-designed antenna. Taking the iPhone 5 prototype in consideration next generation iPhone will be just 7.11mm thick that will feature 8MP camera that captures 1080p video.
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tutorial : How to Install Installous on iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch?

iOS 5.0.1 Untethered jailbreak has already been released by iPhone Dev-Team. After jailbreaking your iDevice, Installous is one of the must have Cydia apps  you should install. Updated version Installous 4.4.2 is now compatible with iOS 5/5.0.1.
Installous is used to install cracked iPhone apps on your iDevices. Following is the step by step guideline about how to install Installous 4.4.2 on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 5/5.0.1 and Older Versions of iOS.
Step 1: First of all your iDevice should be jailbroken.
Step 2: Now launch Cydia on your jailbroken iDevice.Step 3: Tap on “Manage” tab at the bottom, and then tap on the “Sources”.
Step 4: Now tap on the “Edit” button at the top right corner and then on “Add” button on the top left corner of the screen.Step 5: Now add http://cydia.hackulo.us repository in field and tap on “Add Source” button.
Step 6: Now Cydia will update its repo list. Once it is done, tap on the Search tab at the bottom and type Installous in the search field and select the Installous 4 from the search result.
Step 7: Now tap on the “Install” button and then on the “Confirm” button to install Installous.
Step 8: At last tap on the Restart SpringBoard to reboot your device and you are done.
That’s all! Installous 4.4.2 is successfully installed to enjoy any app for free from the App Store.

Is June Going to see the iPhone 5 Release Date?

Recent reports indicate that the iPhone 5 release dateis going to be in June of this year. Foxconn, the manufacturer which produces Apple products, has confirmed that the iPhone 5 production is on its way. Going by Apple’s typical six month turnaround the iPhone launch would be somewhere in June or July.

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Image Credit: MacRumors.com
There have been sample devices but it hasn’t yet been confirmed which will be the final one as all of them have few common things that make it difficult to judge:
  • 4+ inch display (made by LG on at least one of them).
  • No teardrop-shaped devices, as rumored in the lead up to the iPhone 4S. Samples so far have been symmetrical in thickness (also longer/wider).
  • Neither of the sample devices have the iPhone 4/4S form factor.
  • Neither of the devices are the final versions.
The iPhone 4S production last year didn’t catch momentum until late spring. If we judge the iPhone release pattern of last year, that is, the summer/WWDC pattern, we can say it’s just five months wait to see the iPhone 5 come out in the market.

tutorial : How to Install Siri on iPhone 4 without Proxy

Okay, this time it’s no proxy, no routing through various channels or any of that complicated stuff. We’re talking about how to install Siri on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G without proxy – with as simple as a jailbreak and a simple change in the Cydia repo. Here’s how to do that:
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How to Install Siri on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G Without Proxy:
Step 1: Jailbreak your iPhone 4. You can use Redsn0w to do that and we have already posted about it.
Step 2: Cydia would have been installed now. Launch it. You will have to add a repo source to the Source on the app.
Add repo.siriport.ru to the Source.
Step 3: Hit the App store on Cydia and Install Siriport app. Once you’ve installed it, reboot the iPhone 4.
Step 4: Now this is where it gets a bit lengthy. In order to get Siri working, you need an iPhone 4S certificate. You can get that by pointing your browser to siriport.ru/1.crt.
Now, email the certificate file to yourself – open your email and get the certificate. Once you’ve done that, reboot.
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Open siriport.ru/1.crt link on safari, it will bring up a certificate installation window. Tap on install button.
Step 5: Now, just activate Siri. It might get a bit on your nerves here so be patient. Say, ‘Hi Siri’ and wait for a while. About 1-4 minutes.
Now, if Siri hasn’t yet responded, say it again. Wait. If it still doesn’t budge, you will have to reboot the iPhone 4. Try again.
For the moment, as we haven’t yet had the chance to test it, this is all we could get to you. With disclaimers in place, we’d like to tell you that the device on the video seems to have activated Siri perfectly fine. However, we can’t be held responsible for any damage that might occur on your iPhone 4S due to the steps above.
Siri had long been ported to other devices but the problem had been in the certification. In fact, even this iPhone 4S certification is still under questions because it can soon be figured out by Apple. Although Siri ports have been known to work well on iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G and even iPhone 3GS in a remote case, it looks like only now a publicly accessible and easily configurable Siri port has come to the fore.
Below is a video on how to install Siri on iPhone 4/iPod Touch 4G: