Recent content by iamtim

Re: What to do with a blacklisted iPhone 5s Put it in airplane mode, turn on WiFi, and give it to a needy kid to use as an iPod Touch?

Because you're a smartphone enthusiast and you want to play around with the other platforms? It might be expensive, but it's really the only way to speak knowledgeably about all the other OSs.

So... I didn't bother reading the posts between the first one and my reply because it looks like it just degraded into a political debate. For what it's worth, I *hate* political discussions on non-political forums. This is iMore, a site for discussing Apple technology. There are plenty of...

Right. So knowing that, and knowing that you have GF pics of a private nature, just say no. If you hand over your phone knowing that someone's probably going to poke around and see those private GF pics, that's on you.

If you have pictures of your GF on your phone that you're not comfortable with others seeing, why would you hand your phone over to someone in the first place?

I didn't switch, per se... I actually went through a long and involved trial and error process to find the devices that work for me. I've had eMacs, iMacs, and Mac Minis, Linux boxes, and Windows boxes, and I've found that Windows 8 works best for me (for what it's worth, prior to Windows 8, OS...

Re: why cant i activate my phone https://iforgot.apple.com/password/verify/appleid Go there. It can help you reset your Apple ID password and locate your Apple ID if you've forgotten it.

...right.

Yeah, you would think that. But when I saw what she did even I was like, "Hey, wow, what a good idea! Now we don't have to buy a screen protector!" :)

I finally convinced my GF to upgrade her aging and failing 4s. We opted for a 5s largely for price concerns. Once we got home from the AT&T store, she decided to trim the protective plastic that came on the phone and use it as a screen/back protector. Everything seemed to work fine until she...

So, I'm Tim. I'm a technology enthusiast and a database administrator/web programmer by trade. When the iPhone first launched, my company was a BlackBerry shop; I had an 8700G, if memory serves. When the 3G was released, my boss and I both switched over from BlackBerry to the iPhone 3G...

Yeah, that doesn't look so much "dropped on the ground" as it does "thrown at a rock with great velocity".

I had a MessagePad 100 for the LONGEST time. A couple of years ago I picked up an eMate 300 on eBay for like... $40 or something. Cute little thing. :)

Re: Why is Siri saying, "I can't take any requests right now"? Yeah, it's probably network issues.

What does it matter if the OP can only afford a 16gb phone or not? Whether the OP has an 8gb, 16gb, 32gb, 64gb, or 128gb doesn't change the fact that yeah, it does kinda suck that we can't delete iBooks and all the new Health apps and stuff. This is a really hostile thread... "wow, I really...