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No jiggle – can’t move icons iOS 10

07/18/201708/18/2017 gfiskComputer

No Jiggle? No problem! Just a little confusing with iOS 10 and iPhone 6s or 7. Issue: You tap and hold an App Icon but instead of “jiggling” it opens a 3d app menu. You repeat this several times despite […]

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Outlook for iOS – how to access Exchange Contacts

02/09/201702/09/2017 gfiskComputer

Threaded email on iOS 10 is kinda shady. So I thought I’d give Outlook a try – very nice save one thing, contacts… Issue: Exchange contacts are only available within Outlook on iOS – they’re not available to the iOS […]

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Local Disk Galore

05/25/201501/20/2021 gfiskComputer

My iPhone had an interesting issue after upgrading to iOS8 … Infinite virtual disks!?  Unfortunately it was but an illusion, all gone after restarting the phone.

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iPhone – Disable eMail Sound and Vibration Notifications

01/17/201508/03/2017 gfiskComputer

Are you suffering from notification overload? It can be a bit confusing as to where to change or disable notifications on iOS devices. “Notifications” would be the logical place to manage notifications and it does work, sometimes. Sounds is where […]

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OneDrive – Stop Auto Importing Photos

12/31/201403/19/2018 gfiskComputer

After an update on 12/22/2014 OneDrive started magically importing photos and videos from my iPhone (my Windows Phone is managed by Phone App for Desktop). Microsoft refers to the process as “Auto Save”. This is the second OneDrive update in a row where the […]

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Phone Wars

10/15/201402/12/2017 gfiskComputer, Open Source

This is my house – Nokia 1020 Windows Phone, iPhone 5, Moto X Android whatever version.  The Moto-X is badass, Windows 8 on Nokia kinda cool and iPhone is awesome as always (but getting boring?!).  

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Change Yahoo Search Engine – iPhone

10/20/201311/20/2013 gfiskComputer

Issue – Has your iPhone or iPad changed it’s default search engine to Yahoo? Is Safari loading the Yahoo search page on launch? How does this happen – Touch screen accidents… The iOS Weather app has a link to Yahoo Search […]

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No Sound After Update to iOS 7

10/12/201311/15/2013 gfiskComputer

Issue – No sounds after upgrading iPhone from iOS 6 to iOS 7 I lost all sound alerts after upgrading from iOS 6 to iOS 7 on an iPhone 5. Music and phone audio worked fine but I had no […]

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Other Data on iPhone – The Yellow Bar of Death

10/23/201111/24/2013 gfiskComputer

The Issue – After upgrading to iOS5 I noticed I had 4gb of “other” data when performing Syncs. Large amounts of Other Data appears to be a common problem on iPhone 3 & 4 with a major uptick of the issue reported […]

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iPhone 3G upgrade to iOS 4

06/27/201010/12/2013 gfiskComputer

My iPhone 3g would not upgrade to iOS 4 – hung for 2 hours “Backing Up” on my first try, and I gave up after an hour on my second try. Solution 1) Perform a full Sync of all data […]

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