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How To Use Exposure Lock and Focus With Your iPhone Camera

If you have been using your iPhone’s camera for a while now, then you probably know that tapping once on the screen while taking a picture will make your iPhone automatically focus and adjust exposure to that region, but if you are trying to take a picture with bright lighting or depth conditions the auto focus is not ideal and it does not really give you the image that you can go ahead and upload on Instagram. So, you might be thinking then what should I do? Well here are the steps you should follow to get proper focus and exposure lock to get the exact lighting:

  • Open Camera app and aim it at the object
  • Tap and hold the region of the screen where you want to focus and exposure to be locked onto
  • When “AE/EF Lock” appears on the bottom of the screen, the focus and lighting lock is set

You can take a picture now, but once the lock is set you are free to move the camera around and the lighting and depth settings will stay the same, to release the AE/EF lock, all you have to do is tap on the screen again.

The end result of how a picture comes out can be drastically different, especially in situations where lighting matters. If you see the two images on top the one to the left is with the auto adjustments while the one to the right is with AE?EF Lock enabled. You can see the difference for yourself.

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by iosjedi on April 28, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Camera app, How-To, iOS, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod Touch 4G, Tips and Tricks
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Posted by iosjedi on April 28, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/04/28/how-to-use-exposure-lock-and-focus-with-your-iphone-camera/

How-To Delete Mail Instead Archiving Them…

If you are a Gmail user and you use the default mail app then you might have noticed that whenever you swipe to delete a mail, instead of “Delete” you will see “Archive”, which does not delete your mail but instead “Archives” it and can be accessed later in the Archives menu.

But there is a way to get rid of this feature and make the delete button as the default.

Here is how to do it:

  • Open Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
  • Under “Accounts” you will see your different aliases, tap on the Gmail accounts
  • You will see a toggle “Archive Messages”
  • Just toggle “Archive Messages” to OFF

Once this is done you are good to go. Now if you open the Mail app you and swipe, you will see the “Delete” button comes up instead of “Archive”.

Here is a video tutorial if you wish to see it:

Hope this helped you. Let me know if you guys have any tips or tricks that you would like to share via our Contact Us page.

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by iosjedi on April 17, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Help, How-To, iOS, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod Touch 4G, Mail app, Tips and Tricks
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Posted by iosjedi on April 17, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/04/17/how-to-delete-mail-instead-archiving-them/

Tutorial on How To Sync Dropbox and iCloud….

According to TJ Luoma’s report in TUAW, the Mac and iOS users are going to be faced with the problem of choosing between storing their documents in iCloud and Dropbox even though it is known that both have different purpose to serve. Apple as Luoma states is definitely going to add features every now and then to the iCloud so that people opt for it and to make the iCloud easier to win the support of the developers.

Luoma says that he would rather trust Dropbox than iCloud although iCloud is quite good. The reason is that one can sync iCloud with Dropbox but it’s a one-way sync only and of course a simple one too.

How to Sync iCloud With Dropbox

  • To begin with the syncing, you need to have your Mac iCloud enabled.
  • Once iCloud is enabled you need to go straight to ‘System Preferences >> iCloud‘ and check whether the Documents & Data’s option is set to Sync.
  • This process entirely depends on which particular app you are using to push data to iCloud. To push a document to iCloud using the specific app process you need to go to the ‘File >> Move to iCloud‘s structure.
  • Now you have to look for the local folder dedicated to iCloud on your Mac and that is the Library’s folder which is hidden as default in OS X Lion. However, you certainly can get access to it by opening up Finder, highlighting the ‘Go‘ menu option and then clicking on the ‘Alt’ key on the Mac keyboard. This way you make the Library folder visible.
  • Instead of step 4, the other way to do this is to click on ‘⌘CMD + Shift + G’, then type in ‘~/Library/’. In both cases you need to seek a folder in the tree called ‘Mobile Documents’, and then locate the ‘documents’ sub-folder with our precious pushed files.
  • The all-new features coming in the Hazel software help to perform certain synchronizations like making a rule within Hazel that enables checking a particular folder and then syncing the contents to Dropbox. And that results in getting all the iCloud files to Dropbox.

You needn’t worry while using apps that permit just the iCloud storage options as now you can sync iCloud with Dropbox quite easily.

Let me know if you are stuck up and need any assistance.

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by iosjedi on April 7, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Apps, Dropbox, How-To, iCloud, iOS, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod Touch 4G, Tips and Tricks
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Posted by iosjedi on April 7, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/04/07/tutorial-on-how-to-sync-dropbox-and-icloud/

Review: TouchPosé+

It’s finally here! After a few weeks, the + version of TouchPosé has been released. The + version allows you to do so much more! You can now:

  • Use a Custom Image for the tracker
  • Change the color of the default tracker
  • Use more than 1 custom image for the tracker at once
 

Here’s how it works,

  1. You enable TouchPosé+ and select your activation method.
  2. You select your tracker (called pose in the settings panel).
  3. Head to Pose Settings to: a) select the color of the default Pose. b) Select the custom image for the tracker.
Check out TouchPosé+ in action below:
 You can add your own custom images by creating an image. The developer has sent me the specs which are (NOTE: Images can be any size, the sizes below are examples. Note that retina’s need @2x or they won’t work):
  • Should be saved to /var/mobile/TouchPose/
  • 40×40 for non retina display.
  • 80×80 for retina displays and you must add the @2x syntax at the end of the image name.
  • i.e pose.png or pose@2x.png.
Here is a video tutorial of how to add a custom image:
 Now that you’ve learned how the tweak works, let’s get on to the review ;) .

TouchPosé+ is a nice visual tweak that anybody would enjoy. I recommend it to people who like DisplayRecorder’s tracker. It’s fast, has no lag at all and works nice with other tweaks. I like TouchPosé+ and ever since I heard of a + version coming I’ve been waiting for it.

TouchPosé+ was created by iolate and is available on the Cydia Store for $1.00.

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by Antonio on April 5, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Activator, Cydia Tweaks, Fun, How-To, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod Touch 4G, Lock Screen, Tips and Tricks
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Posted by Antonio on April 5, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/04/05/touchpose-review/

How to Fix apps stuck on “Waiting…”

After updating to iOS 5.x from iTunes I’ve heard that some people were facing the issue of AppStore apps stuck on waiting for installation. I tried a few thing’s on my friend’s phone and after a few tries it finally worked, so here is a solution to fix this, technically it isn’t a fix but you can say so.

At first I tried the usual reboot and reinstall but that apparently did not work out so eventually I made way into iTunes to see if any podcasts or anything was stuck or if any huge download was stuck… while doing this I got the fix.

As of now I have found only one cause:

  • If you’ve got Automatic Downloads turned on, but have it disabled over 3G; new apps will appear on your springboard with ‘waiting’ until you connect to WiFi or delete them.

I have 3 suggestions for you:

  • Connect to a WiFi and then check if the apps bypass the waiting screen
  • Delete huge apps that provide hindrance to the installation
  • You should pause all the other downloads down to a single app

If the two mentioned up don’t work then you will have to manually delete and re-install all the applications one by one…. (pretty boring huh?)

So those are the solutions to the endless “Waiting…” label under an app.

Let me know which one worked for you in the comments section below.

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by iosjedi on April 4, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Apple, Apps, AppStore, How-To, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, Tips and Tricks
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Posted by iosjedi on April 4, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/04/04/how-to-fix-apps-stuck-on-waiting/

Restore iDevice To A Backup From A Newer Version Of iOS [TUTORIAL]

Here’s a sweet tutorial which will help those of you downgrading from iOS 5.1 to iOS 5.0.1 while restoring to 5.1′s backup.

I stumbled on to this loophole while downgrading my iPhone 4, follow the steps below, and it should work for you.

NOTE:- This requires an old backup.

Step 1:-

Restore your phone.

Step 2:-

Select an old backup, and select “Restore from Backup”

Step 3:-

iTunes will prompt you to restore to the newest backup available. Allow it to do so. iTunes, in some way bypasses itself, and voila! It restores to your backup from 5.1.

Note that I was able to do this while using iTunes 10.6 and while downgrading to 5.0.1, from 5.1. This should work for all other devices, too.

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by Aditya on March 31, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Downgrade, Help, How-To, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPod, iTunes, Tips and Tricks
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Posted by Aditya on March 31, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/03/31/restore-idevice-to-a-backup-from-a-newer-version-of-ios-tutorial-5/

How To By-Pass your iPhone Passcode

Today during a chat at the Freenode IRC channel #JailbreakQA we were talking about how vulnerable the iOS was, and one member today said, “The iOS is the easiest to hack”, naturally most of us disagreed but then today I found out about XRY, this is a new application which will allow you  to bypass your iPhone in many ways. One good and user-friendly thing is app provides is that, you can actually recover your iPhone Passcode if you happen to lose it due to bad memory. :P

Here is a video demonstration by Micro Systemation, the Swedish security company who has developed XRY.


A report was released which actually tells us how the firm did this, and to no surprise, these exploits are the same ones that the jailbreakers use to gain access to the iPhone’s file system and other things.

Let me know what you guys think about XRY in the comments section below.

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Source ( 9to5Mac )

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by iosjedi on March 28, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Apple, Hacks, How-To, iOS, iOSJedi, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, Tips and Tricks
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Posted by iosjedi on March 28, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/03/28/how-to-by-pass-your-iphone-passcode/

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