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Apple release IOS 9.2

On December 5, 2015, Apple release another update for iOS devices.  This update went smoothly with no challenges. The major improvements are as follows. Apple Music improvements You can now create a new playlist when adding a song to a playlist Your most recently changed playlist is now listed at the top when adding songs to playlists A new Top Stories section in News so you can stay up to date with the most important news of the day (available in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia) Mail Drop in Mail for sending large attachments iBooks now supports 3D Touch to peek and pop pages from the table of contents, your notes and bookmarks, or from search results inside a book iBooks now supports listening to an audiobook while you browse your library, read other books, or explore the iBooks Store iPhone support for the USB Camera Adapter to import photos and videos Improved stability of Safari Improved stability of Podcasts Fixing an issue that caused mail atta...

Apple Releases iOS 9.1 for its devices

Yesterday,October 21, 2015, Apple released iOS 9.1 to fix issues that have affected the iOS 9+ series. " Slide to upgrade " was the major issue in iOS 9.0 affecting iPad, iPod and the iPhone but other issues remained. This release includes new features, improvements and fixes a number of bugs, including: Live Photos now intelligently senses when you raise or lower your iPhone, so that Live Photos will automatically not record these movements  Improved stability including CarPlay, Music, Photos, Safari, and Search  Improved performance while in Multitasking UI  Fixes an issue that could cause Calendar to become unresponsive in Month view  Resolves an issue that zoomed the content of some apps  Resolves an issue that could cause an incorrect unread mail count for POP mail accounts  Fixes an issue that prevented users from removing recent contacts from new mail or messages  Fixes an issue that caused some messages to not appear in Mail searc...

How to Set the APN on Blackberry 10 Devices with Escreen

There is a challenge at times with the APN being set incorrectly on BB10 Devices. Here is a solution for Q10/Z10/Z30 (should work on others). Please read the guide first, before proceeding. It requires entering the engineering screen (escreen://). The Procedure Preparation On Laptop/PC/Mac open this window, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9610464/HelpScreen.html  or BerryE-Screen Keygen ON the BB10 Device, open a browser window and set escreen:// as a bookmark in your browser Also make sure your date & time and timezone are correct Turn off Device password! (you will see why later) Generating the Key Remove the battery when you phone is turned on Insert Battery in Phone and let the phone power up Do not press any keys! (This is why you need to turn off the Device password) Do not type anything! Open browser and tap on saved bookmark and open escreen:// (now alt key works) On your Laptop/PC/Mac enter the information from above, shown on the escreen:// , A key will...

Apple publishes new guide to fix "Slide to upgrade" errors

Apple has published a new guide to resolving the iOS 9 issues. The guide calls for updating to iTunes,Windows  and Mac software. Apple hopes this will resolve the update and restore errors in iTunes As a user attempting to use iTunes to update or restore iOS on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you might see error code or alert message. Apple believes most of these errors happen because your computer has older versions of software or can’t connect to the server. Apple is asking you to get updated. Here are the suggestions to get by most update and restore errors The Steps  Update iTunes. Get the    latest version of iTunes   on your computer. Update your OS. Install available updates for your  OS X . If you have a PC, you can get PC software updates from Windows .  Check your computer’s security software. You might need to update, change, disable, or uninstall software that’s causing an issue. We suggest  temporarily  disabling ...

New iPhone 6s users hitting "Slide to upgrade" out of the box

Apple seems to have a big problem on their hands. Owners of iPhone 6s, just delivered, are running into the "Slide to Upgrade", out of the box. Apple rolled out a fix for users who had active phones, phones in service. However, for users of a new device to be running into this problem is bad. Here are possible Solutions Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 to fix Slide to Upgrade and other bugs Solution to iOS9 "Slide to Upgrade" issue on iPad/iPhone Here are some comments. @kesatterwhite @TMobileHelp iPhone 6S rec'd today.  Dreaded "Slide to Upgrade" issue.  Update server via iTunes not available.  Now I have a $750 brick.:( @Cheneyparsons When you get your new iPhone 6s and it doesn't work. Just sticks on slide to upgrade before you even set it up  @Dembolicious Uh. #apple seems like their is a problem with my new phone. Can't slide to upgrade. #fail #supersadanddisappointed. Stayed home for this? Hopefully Apple sorts this out quickly.....

Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 to fix Slide to Upgrade and other bugs

Apple has finally pushed out an iOS update, iOS 9.0.1, to address issues with the Setup Assistant app getting stuck on “Slide to Upgrade.” A new update, iOS 9.02, fixes that issue plus more. If your iOS 9 device is stuck on Slide to Upgrade, after you update to iOS 9 or restore from a backup, here is what to do: If you already updated to iOS 9 and stuck at Slide to Upgrade  Short Form You’ll need to  update  to  iOS 9.0.1   iOS 9.0.2 : Connect your iOS device to a computer. Then make sure that iTunes is open. ( n.b. Ensure you have the  latest version of iTunes ) While your device is connected,  press  and  hold the Sleep/Wake  and  Home buttons  until you see the  Connect to iTunes screen. When asked,  choose Update . Once the  update  is done, finish the onscreen steps to set up your device. If that fails time for the long form Long form You’ll need to update to  iOS ...

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Access Images/Videos on your Slide to Upgrade Stuck iPhone/iPad

If your iPhone, IPad or iPod as been hit by the #slidetoupgrade bug you might first want to get back your pictures and videos. Here is the dummy's guide for people like me Disconnect the USB cable from your Phone  Plug the other end into your PC or Mac Hold down the sleep/wake button.  While doing this, connect the other end of USB cable to your Phone An iPhone/iPad drive should now show up Browse to it open the folders and you will have access to your images and videos Copy them to a safe place. A big lesson from all of this;  back up your phone , especially before any upgrade. A  Solution to iOS9 "Slide to Upgrade" issue on iPad/iPhone    can be found there.
A key part of resolving the "Slide to upgrade" issue is to identify the correct  IPSW   file   to download for the Apple device iPad/iPhone/iPod Identify the Product Type Method 1 You know your Device is e.g. iPhone 5c With you device connected to iTunes look under the telephone number Click the label, (it will change and show different things) until you see product type, note it e.g.  iPhone5,4 Method 2 Look at the back of your device e.g. iPhone 5c  Note the model number e.g. A1529 Visit this site, TheiPhoneWiki , and Find the model number e.g. using the A1529  Note the identifier under heading "variant/identifier" e.g. using the A1529 you would see iPhone5,4 Find the Download Go to ipws.me select device iPhone 5c. "in this case you will see two  iPhone 5c(GSM) iPhone 5c(global)" Check the versions and see which identify matches. in this case iphone 5c(GSM)  is iPhone5,3 iPhone 5c(global) is iPhone5,4 So the correc...

Solution to iOS9 "Slide to Upgrade" issue on iPad/iPhone

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Please Note Apple's Official Fix now Available Apple has pushed out an iOS update to address issues users have experienced with the Setup Assistant app getting stuck on “Slide to Upgrade.”  Please read  Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 to fix Slide to Upgrade and other bugs The following is left as an example of what persons had to do before to get the iPad/iPhone/iPod working. It is preferable to use the official  Apple Fix above going forward. If it fails, try Method 2 below; it works. Method 1 (Apple's solution) If you don't have a backup I suggest you go to Method 2 but you will need steps 1 & 2 from below. Connect your iOS device to a computer (that you've previously synced) with iTunes. Then make sure iTunes is open.  (n.b. Ensure you have the  latest version of iTunes )  Select your device. If you don't see it listed, force restart your device by pressing and holding both the Sleep/Wake and Home button for at least 10 seconds , until you se...

Resolving iOS9 "Slide to Upgrade" issue on iPad/iPhone

Please Note Apple's Official Fix now Available Apple has pushed out an  iOS update   to address issues users have experienced with the Setup Assistant app getting stuck on  “Slide to Upgrade.”   Please read  Apple releases iOS 9.0.1 to fix Slide to Upgrade and other bugs The following is left as an example of what persons had to do before to get the iPad/iPhone/iPod working. It is preferable to use the official Apple Fix above going forward. If it fails, try Method 2 below, it works. However use the the latest signed files from apple, the ones in green!!! This the shortened version of the article " Solution to iOS9 "Slide to Upgrade" issue on iPad/iPhone " Some Apple iPad/iPhone/iPod users updating to iOS9 have run into this "Slide to upgrade" issue. The issue at that step, is that it is simply not sliding. Here is one fix. If you have tried Apple's solution or don't have a back up, skip  Method 1  and try  Method 2 , th...

File is too large for the destination file - Solution

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Once again the Internet to the rescue. Today a colleague asked about a problem trying to copy a 8 GB file to a thumb-drive with the resulting error message "File is too large for the destination file". The interesting thing is how things  you have studied a long time ago comes following back. The issue lies in the differences between the FAT32(File Allocation Table) and NTFS(New Technology File System) file system.  FAT32 only allows file sizes of up to 4GB and volumes of 2TB*.  NTFS in theory can support much larger files, 16 EB less 1kB to be exact but in practice 2-4TB.  A EB, Exabyte is equivalent to 1,000,000 TB, terabytes. Solution Change the File System from FAT32 to NTFS by re-formatting the drive (thumb-drive) Find the thumb-drive in My computer Highlight and right-click Click Format Change File System from "FAT32" to "NTFS" Change Allocation unit size to "Default allocation size" Select Quick Format" Click Start  ...