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Move Search Bar Back To The Top In Safari On iPhone

March 20, 2022 The Webernets0 comment

Want to Move Search Bar Back To The Top In Safari On iPhone?

For some reason in iOS 15 Apple decided to turn our world upside down, and put the Search Bar at the bottom of the window in the Safari web browser. To put it back to the top where it has always been open settings

Scroll down to Safari and open it up

Scroll down about halfway so you can see the “Tab Bar/Single Tab” option – Change this to “Single Tab” as shown below

Now close out of settings and go back into Safari, and your Search Bar is back where it belongs

I haven’t had a High Horse opinion on this site since 2011, but this change has really made me furious. I wish Apple would focus their attention on making what we have now work reliably, as opposed to changing things needlessly so they can announce it as a new feature at the next World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC).

How to easily create a group and send a SMS Text Message to everyone in it on iPhone

May 15, 2015 The Webernets0 comment

My boss at work asked me if there was an easy way to create a group of contacts, and send a message to everyone in the group on her iPhone, and with a little digging I turned up this free GEM app called Connect Contact Manager for iPhone. An example of its use would be if you were a coach of a team, and you need to let all the players know practice is cancelled, you just select the group, type “Practice is cancelled” as a text message, and when you press send, the same message is sent to the entire team automatically (Assuming you have all of their mobile/cell numbers on your phone).

Go to the app store and download the free app. Find it by searching for Connect Contact Manager, or go HERE.

Once downloaded, open it up.

Create A New Group

You can scroll through the groups you have already made by swipping left and right on the group names, and if you want to create a new group click the plus icon in the top right corner. If you have already created the group you want to message, skip down to the “Send A Message To The Group” section

Give your new group a name

Select the contacts that you want to be in your group

When you have selected all of the contacts you want in your group, confirm your selections by clicking create in the top right cornerSend A Message To The Group

Now, select the group you want to message by scrolling left and right, and hold down/press the groups name for a few seconds

Then select “Message”

Now you can type your message

When you are done typing, simply press “Send”, and everyone in the group will get your message

Stop iPhone Apps (like Cheezburger) opening App Store at Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, Game of War and Zelda Dungeon

February 16, 2014February 16, 2014 The Webernets7 Comments

I really love the “Cheezburger” app on my iPhone. The photo streams of “I Has A Hotdog” and “Failblog” really help to get me through the day. But lately, for no reason, the app goes away, and the app store opens up to games like Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, Game of War and Zelda Dungeon. It is SOOOO frustrating!

I have found a “Work Around” for this problem, and it’s pretty simple. To stop this from happening, open up “Settings”, and then select “General”, and there is an entry in there called “Restrictions”.

If you are using “Screen Lock” you will have to enter your password to open this section. Once you are in, simply turn “Installing Apps” off.

Once you have done that, you can close out of settings, and go back to browsing Uninterrupted. The only down side is that if you want to download a new app, you will have to go back in and turn “Installing Apps” back on.

3 ways to save battery power in iOS7 on your iPhone that REALLY work!

October 16, 2013April 12, 2015 The Webernets0 comment

iOS 7 on the iPhone is really great, but it can drain your battery fairly quick. I have identified 3 ways to save power that REALLY work!

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To get started, drag from the bottom of your iphone screen upwards.

This will reveal the Control Center.

In control center, the first trick to saving power is to turn off any transmitters you are not using. For example, BlueTooth or Wifi. If you use Wifi at work, but not at home, turn Wifi off at home to save power.

The next power saving tip is to turn down your screen brightness. The lower the better for battery life.

The BIGGEST drain on your iphones battery in my opinion is apps that are running in the background, that you are not using. When most of us finish using an app we press the home button to close out of it, but it is still actually running in the background. You need to “Terminate” the app out of your iphones memory for it to be completely closed. To do this, double click your home button, and see everything that is still open, running and in memory on your phone…..be prepared, there’s probably going to be a lot.

To terminate apps out of your phones memory, slide/push their preview windows to the top of your screen.

Once you have closed all of the apps your are not using right now, it’s time to get into the habit of closing all of your open apps using this method a few times a day. Before using this method, I would be looking for my charger by 3-4pm. Now that I terminate running apps through the day, I still have around 50% power left in my phone when I get home around 5-6pm.

TRY IT!

Easy Fix or Work Around for iMessage bug problem on iPhone running IOS7

October 15, 2013April 12, 2015 The Webernets0 comment

Since updating to iOS 7, a lot of iPhone users are finding that iMessage does not send their messages. It looks like it is sending, but stops or freezes at last minute. I have discovered a work around, I am not sure if it is a “Fix” but I have had good results using this method, and have tried on on some friends phones with success as well. I hope it works for you!

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Firstly, go into iMessage on your iPhone.

Clear off ALL messages and threads by swiping to the left on each conversation to make the “delete” option appear.

and then press delete.

Now go into settings.

Then select “Messages”

Turn “iMessage” option OFF

Now turn your phone off by pressing and holding the power button on the top right edge, and then swipe across the red “Slide To Power Off” message on your screen.

Once your phone has completely powered off, you can press the power button again to restart it. Once your phone has booted up again, select “Settings”

Go back into Messages

Turn on the “iMessage” option and you will see your phone re-activating and syncing with the iMessage server.

When it has finished, it you should see confirmation that you can now use iMessage.

Now, Hopefully, you should be back in business.

Fix a dodgy home button on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

August 29, 2012 The Webernets0 comment

I’ve noticed recently that the home button on my iPhone has become a bit dodgy. It doesn’t always work, especially when I double click it for multitasking/app switching.

I had resided myself to believing that the actual button mechanism had worn and was malfunctioning, when my wife told me how to recalibrate it. I was dubious at first, but this little “fix” has solved my problem, and my home button is back from the dead!

To start the recalibration process, press and hold the lock button on the top of your device, just like you are going to turn it off.

Instead of sliding the red button with white arrow to the right, press and hold down the home button.

After about 5 or 6 six, your phone will go back to your home screen, and that is it! During that 5 seconds, your phone re-calibrated your home button, and with a bit of luck, everything will be like new again!

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