Journey to my iPhone

iOS 4.2 is out!

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Anyone updated iPhone 4 to iOS 4.2?
Encounter an issue?

I'm downloading and updating my iPhone now ;)

I got my iPhone 4

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:56:00 +0000

I got my iPhone 4 :) and have been using for more than a month.
The transition to iPhone 4 for iPhone 3GS is quite smooth.

I only need to sync with iTunes which backup all my data. When I got my new iPhone 4, I just have to plug-in and sync with iTunes. I choose restore and everything is copy to my new iPhone 4.
However as I got about 30GB of data, it took quite a while to copy.

Once done, everything is restore to my new iPhone like the old iPhone 3GS.
Everything, except the password for email accounts which I have to key in again.

iPhone 4 in Singapore

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:21:00 +0000

iPhone 4 is coming to Singapore on 30 July 2010. And all the 3 telco are selling ;)

Should I upgrade? Hmm.. then the title will have to change :D

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iOS 4

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:29:00 +0000

iOS 4 is out!
Anyone encounter any issue for the upgrade?

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iPad in Singapore

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:39:00 +0000

When will it come to Singapore?

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ifrogz luxe case

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:04:00 +0000

After searching and waiting, finally decided and bought the ifrogz luxe case to change for my iPhone. Like the case a lot and look very nice ;) come with a screen protector too. Bought it at Starhub shop.

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iPad

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:04:00 +0000

Apple has released iPad at the media event yesterday. iPad is like a enlarged version of iPhone ;)

Check out more info at www.apple.com. Singapore site is not updated yet.

However there is no news of iPhone OS 4.0 which is a bit disappointing :(

iPhone OS 4.0

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:25:00 +0000

iPhone OS 4.0 is rumoured to introduce on the media event by Apple on 27th Jan 2010.
It is speculated to include multi-tasking and revamp interface and more...

What I wish for is the multitasking but at the same time worry about the battery life of the iPhone.
Hope that the new iPhone will have improved battery life ;)

Happy New Year 2010!!

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:22:00 +0000

Goodbye 2009 & welcome 2010!

Happy New Year to everyone :)

I would like to share some photos taken using iPhone 3GS at Pinnacle@Duxton 50 storey, the highest HDB flat in Singapore.

iPhoto/Image Capture cannot import iPhone photo - Solved!

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:52:00 +0000

I have been using iPhoto in my Macbook to import the photo captured by iPhone. iPhoto will automatically detect by iPhone upon plugin. However recently I did a upgrade to iPhoto 09 and was surprised to find that the new iPhoto 09 cannot detect my iPhone and I can't import the photo again!!

I did a search on the Internet for very long and tried the various solutions proposed on the web. I tried to connect to another macbook with a old version of iPhoto and the iPhoto does detect my iPhone too. So it is not the upgrade that is causing the problem. I tried to plug another iPhone into my macbook and it can detect the iPhone to import the photo. Hence my iPhoto 09 is working.

Today I continue my search for a solution and finally found out that it is a bug!!!
According to a posting on the web, iPhoto cannot detect the iPhone if you have saved some images from mail or safari to the library. Some images are ok but some will cause problem if the filename is not recognized by iPhoto.

Knowing that, I look through my library and start to delete those photo that are saved from safari or mail. After that, I plugin my iPhone and iPhoto instantly detect my iPhone to import the photo :)
I'm glad that I'm able to import the photo as I have taken quite a lot of photo and those are quite precious to me ;)

I posted the solution here and hope it will help some of you to solve the similar problem.
Good Luck

Internet tethering via USB

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:49:00 +0000

With the Singtel data plan increase to 12GB, the only way to utilize the 12 GB is to do tethering.

iPhone 3GS provides 2 ways of tethering, via Bluetooth and USB. I tried Bluetooth before and found that it used up the battery significantly.

So today I'm going to try using USB which can charge the phone at the same time ;) My initial concern is that iTunes will always sync whenever I plug in the iPhone.

Regardless I turn on the tethering on my iPhone using USB only and plug into my MacBook.

I'm very surprise how easy it is! ITunes syncing and the Internet tethering can occur concurrently! Regardless of the syncing, I just activate safari and able to surf immediately! No configuration on OS X required! I even managed to do updates for Mac OS X. In the end I used up about 500MB of data :)

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Singtel 3G speed improved??

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:39:00 +0000

It seems that Singtel 3G speed has improved. I'm able to get better speedtest result at IBP, Jurong.

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Singtel 3G speed on iPhone 3GS

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:17:00 +0000

With the Singtel increasing the data plan to 12 GB, It would be great to do lots of surfing, email, msn, etc on the iPhone.

However I find that the speed of the 3G is very disappointing. Even though the speed is supposed to be 7.2Mbps, I have had very low speed. My average speed is around 1Mbps.

Below is the screen capture of speedtest at IMM Jurong area.

The best I got is this:

So what is the point of having 12 GB if the speed is so slow!

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Singtel free upgrade to 12 GB data

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:07:00 +0000

Singtel has just send a SMS to inform that the data plan is upgraded free from 1GB to 12GB and at $30 data cap. Guess this is due to the release of iPhone and better data plans by the other 2 telco, M1 & Starhub!

Seems like a pricing war is going on ;)

Bodyguardz for my iPhone?

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:16:00 +0000

Since I got my iPhone 3GS, I have been using a transparent screen protector and macmosphere to protect my iPhone. I'm not very happy with the screen protector as it is often covered with fingerprint :( The macmosphere cover is also not very good as it often stuck with dusts :_(

I'm considering the option of using bodyguardz to wrap my iPhone. However I do have some reserve as I did used invisible shield for my PSP. The outcome is not very good as there are dirts at the edge, especially at the joint of the shield at the corner.

Will the same thing happen for bodyguardz for iPhone? Should I take the plunge, and apply bodyguardz on my iPhone?

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iPhone coming to M1 and Starhub

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:00 +0000

iPhone is finally coming to the other 2 telco in Singapore, M1 and Starhub. Both telco have begin the reservation.

Wonder what would the price of the iPhone be? Will there be a long queue to get the phone?

Guess we will know soon next month! Both telco said that they will bring the phone in end of the year.

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Funny Singtel menu!

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:49:00 +0000

It has been a while since I got hold if my iPhone 3GS. Everything is working fine except for a funny singtel menu when restart the iPhone as shown below:

Does anyone encounter this menu? And anyone know how to get rid of the menu?

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My Mobile history :)

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:56:00 +0000

Below is the list of mobile phone that I had for the past years...

1. Nokia 8850 (a classic and expensive phone)

2. Sony Ericsson K700i (to try out Sony Ericsson and the graphic is very nice at that time)
3. O2 mini (my first PDA phone)
4. Asus P525 (another PDA phone and like it keypad so that can sms with one hand)
5. And finally, iPhone 3GS

Internet Tethering - solved!

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:57:00 +0000

Finally managed to get the Internet Tethering on my iphone 3GS but I do not know why???

Inititally, the "Internet Tethering" is missing on my iPhone setting as show in the picture below:

However, I found that the "Internet Tethering" is there on my wife's iPhone. So I did a swop of the SIM and start the iPhone and found that the tab immediately appear upon putting my wife's SIM card into my iPhone. Later when I put back my own SIM card, the tab still remains. I do not know why and just glad that the tab is there.

But I still encounter another strange 'problem' on my iphone. Whenever I reboot the iPhone, the following Singtel screen will appear. It doesn't appear on my wife's iPhone before...

Day 5...

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:38:00 +0000

It is day 5 since I got my iPhone

Yesterday, after the number is ported over to Singtel, I put in the new SIM card into the iPhone. However I found the 3G is no enable on my iPhone. I called the Singtel mobile support and the CSO told me to change the setting for the Cellular Data Network, ie the APN, Username and Password.

After I changed and restart the phone, the 3G works!

Then I checked my wife's iPhone and found that the setting is as per my original setting which couldn't get the 3G network. However it works fine on my wife's iPhone. So I checked with the CSO and the reply is that if it is work, then don't change! I got nothing to say...

Today, I discover that the "Internet Tethering" is missing on my setting and I'm not able to do tethering. Why is it missing??? *ARGH* :_|

Anyone know why?

Day 2..

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:03:00 +0000

It is the second days since I got my iPhone 3GS. The line will be ported over to Singtel tomorrow according to a SMS I received today.

I have not fully configured and setup my iPhone and iTunes. Managed to import the contacts from the SIM but is in a mess. Need to tidy up and add in the birthday, address, etc :(

My previous phone is ASUS p525 and running Windows mobile. Took me a while to copy all the contacts to SIM.

Meanwhile will continue to setup my iPhone :)

Finally... got my iPhone :)

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:09:00 +0000

Yesterday, went to the Bugis Helloshop to collect my iPhone ;)

There is a short queue at the reception to get a queue number. After getting the queue number which is 7013 and indicate for "special promo activity". Waited for about 10 minutes before my number is flash and go to counter 1.

The guy at the counter went to the store to get my iPhone which is label with my name :) The paper work took quite a while as I need to port over the number from M1 and other.

After paying and about 1 hour later, I got my iPhone and the iPhone is a present from my wife :)

Yipee... my iPhone is coming

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:59:00 +0000

There were 2 missed calls on my mobile around 8pm plus. When saw the number after 9pm, decided to call back the number. And it is from the Bugis Helloshop. They guy on the phone informed me that the iphone I reserved is ready for collection!

Yipee.. my iPhone is finally here! Going to collect it ASAP tomorrow :)

76 days and counting...

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Yesterday I went to the Bugis helloshop as happened to be around that area. I went to the iPhone counter to check on the status with the CSO. After requesting to check for my status, the CSO keyed in my NRIC into the system and retrieved the data that I made the reservation on 16th Sep...

Glad that my record is in, not lost like last time.

Sad that still out of stock. 76 days since the launch on 10th July and still counting...

When will I get my iphone? :(

Helloshop online

noreply@blogger.com (Xiong papa) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:29:00 +0000

A few days ago(on Friday), there is some stock of iPhone 3GS available on the helloshop online for people to purchase. I happened to go to the website and saw that the iPhone 3GS 32GB is available to purchase. I also saw on the forum that people mentioned that they are available to purchase online and deliver next week. However the stock ran out very fast.

I didn't make a purchase as I had made my reservation with the Bugis Helloshop and I also need to port over my number for M1 to Singtel.

The available of stock online for anyone to purchase makes us wonder what is the point of make our reservation on the shop or express our interest on Singtel website?? I thought that Singtel will give priority to those that express their interest or register online!

I have missed another chance to own the iPhone and will have to continue to wait..

The waiting game continue...