There's a special key combination on the iPhone that lets you easily capture screenshots from anywhere. The feature is disabled by default though, and the setting to enable it is hidden. The easiest way to enable it is by installing Screenshot Enabled with the Installer application. Once you've installed it, the feature gets automatically activated. To capture a screen now just toggle the Mute/Silent switch while holding down the Home button. The screenshot taken is saved into the Camera Roll.

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The fastest way to do it is by pressing the Sleep/Wake button at the top of the device.

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SSH (Secure SHell) is a network protocol that allows one computer/device to securely connect to a destination device (the iPhone in this case). Once connected to can see the file system of the target iPhone, copy/move/delete files and folders, and more. On Mac OSX you can use Cyberduck to easily establish a SSH connection.

Download and launch Cyberduck, then set the connection options as follows:

  • Host/server: the iPhone's IP address (refer to this FAQ to discover how to retrieve it)
  • Username: root
  • Password: alpine
  • File protocol: SFTP

Finally click Login and you should be connected to the iPhone. You can then start browing the iPhone's content, copy files etc.

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SSH (Secure SHell) is a network protocol that allows one computer/device to securely connect to a destination device (the iPhone in this case). Once connected to can see the file system of the target iPhone, copy/move/delete files and folders, and more. On Windows you can use WinSCP to easily establish a SSH connection.

Download and launch WinSCP, then set the connection options as follows:

  • Host/server: the iPhone's IP address (refer to this FAQ to discover how to retrieve it)
  • Username: root
  • Password: alpine
  • File protocol: SFTP

Finally click Login and you should be connected to the iPhone. You can then start browing the iPhone's content, copy files etc.

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Go to Settings / Wi-Fi, and click on the "arrow" icon on the right-hand side of the active connection. In the next screen you'll get a number of network properties, among which is the current IP address.

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When you are writing some text on the iPhone (any application) and you need to add a punctuation char (comma, semi-colon, full stop etc.) you generall tap the "123" button, tap the punctuation char, and then tap the "ABC" button to switch back to the normal keyboard mode.

There's a quicker way to do it though: press the "123" button and -- while you hold your finger down -- drag your finger on the punctuation char. When you release the finger the punctuation char will be added and the keyboard will still be in normal mode.

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If you are writing a SMS or a mail (or some other text, in other applications) and notice you must go back to edit or correct something, it would be helpful to precisely move the caret back to that point and make your correction, without deleting all text written so far. To do that, tap and hold your finger on the word you want to edit, or somewhere near it; after a couple of seconds a magnifying glass will pop up allowing you to move the caret forth and back one character at a time by dragging your finger.

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To enable Caps Lock, first go to Settings / General / Keyboard and activate the option "Enable Caps Lock". Then when you're writing some text double tap the Shift key to turn Caps Lock on. You'll notice it is turned on because the Shift key will be blue.

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To move or remove icons from the default Home screen, hold your finder over an icon for two seconds; all icons will then start "vibrating" and this indicates that you're in Edit mode. You can now drag & drop icons to different positions, thus changing their order. If you move an icon outside of the screen, on the right-hand or left-hand side, you will place it on a secondary page. To delete an icon click on the X symbol of the icon (note that this won't delete the actual application).

To save your changes click on the physical Home button. If you moved an icon to a secondary page, you'll see two or more "dots" at the bottom of the icons list, which will allow you to switch the current page.

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If the whole iPhone freezes, press and hold the Home button and the sleep/wake button together for 8 seconds. The iPhone will soft reset the iPhone; you will see the Apple logo while it boots again.

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