Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Losing Data While Restoring iPhone 6s/6s Plus


Every year it will appear some different problems when Apple Inc. launches new iPhone model and this year are iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Recently, some iPhone users said they encountered some annoying problems when they restoring their data. Some parts of iPhone 6s users said they lost data when restoring data from old iPhone to new iPhone. Some parts of iPhone 6s users said they lost their health data and Safari history when restoring data from iCloud.

They have no idea what led to the loss of data. Some iPhone users pointed to the new system - iOS 9. When they recovered data from an old iPhone which is running a new system (iOS 9.0.1 or iOS 9. 1), the situation of data loss happened. Some iPhone users blamed it on the annoying iCloud service. In fact, some iPhone users really don’t like the iCloud and iTunes service. These tools can be the trouble makers.

So please remember the important note: backup iPhone from time to time. If you don't trust iCloud service, you can definitely trust FonePaw iOS Transfer. It allows you to backup iPhone safely. And if you already lost your important data on iPhone, you can also use FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery to recover your data like Safari history, contacts, notes and more from iPhone.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

How to Set the Whole Song as Ringtone on iPhone


As we all know, the iPhone ringtone can be made with iTunes. But the ringtone must be limited to 40s and most iPhone users think it’s too short to be a ringtone. Most users also have asked me how to set the whole song as ringtone on iPhone. I don’t like use iTunes either, which needs users to convert the format of the song into the format of ringtone - mr4 manually. I think it’s too complicated to operate, let alone manage my data on iPhone. So I would turn to use FonePaw iOS Transfer to help me manage data on my iPhone. It allows users to transfer, add or delete data like music, videos, photos, contacts, text messages and more on iPhone. And it can also export data from iPhone to PC or import data from computer to iPhone. So this software can be an iPhone ringtone maker which allows you to transfer the whole song into ringtone from computer to iPhone. And the free trial version of FonePaw supports this function. So you can give it a shot freely.

Firstly, you can install and launch the free trial version of FonePaw iOS Transfer on your computer, and then connect your iPhone to computer.


Secondly, Click “Media” on the memo at left sidebar. Then you can see the detailed category on the top of the interface like Music, Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, Podcasts, iTunes U, Ringtones, Audio Books and Voice Memos. So you just need to select “Ringtones” here.

Thirdly, Click “Add” to select a song you want to be ringtone on your iPhone. Then the software will transfer the format automatically.


Now you can set the songs as ringtone by going to Setting > Sounds > Ringtones, select the song to be ringtone. Of course, other functions of the software you can also give it a try. Hope you enjoy it.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Create Sketch With 3D Touch In Notes of iPhone 6s/6s Plus

“Create a sketch” is the new feature of iOS 9. With this function, you can quickly start a sketch using the pencil, marker, or pen tool to capture an idea or plan. You can also switch to the eraser if you make a mistake. Note that the sketching feature is available with upgraded notes on iPhone 5 and later.


3D Touch is a new feature of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Make sure the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus users can make full use of this new feature, here is a practical tip - how to create sketch in Note with 3D Touch.

Firstly, on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, you can press the Notes app on the home screen to get a quick actions menu - New Note, New Photo or New Sketch. You can choose New Sketch to create a sketch.
You can also press a note in the notes list to get a peek; press a little deeper to open it or press a note in the notes list to preview it, swipe up, then tap Share or Delete.


Then you can use different drawing tools to create a sketch you want. Just tap a drawing tool to use it. On iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, you can press a little deeper as you draw, the pencil and marker will leave a darker line, and the pen tool leaves a wider line. If you want to earse them, you can press a little deeper as you erase, and the area you erase will increased.


Now do you know how to use it well? Just give it a shot. Besides, if you lose or delete your important notes by accident, you can use FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery to help you recover deleted notes on iPhone.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

How to Blur Photo Background with iPhone



We all know that blurred background is a wonderful photographic effect. Blurring the background can allow people to focus on the key of the photos. Most people think that only DSLR Camera can achieve the effect. But actually, it is not. Sometimes, our iPhone camera can be powerful which can shoot photos with blurred background.

I mean sometimes it’s powerful, which don’t mean you can blur the photo background all the time. If you have the trick, maybe you can capture the photos with defocus background successfully. This post is telling you how to blur photo background with iPhone step by step.

1. Open Camera app on the iPhone. Note that iPhone 3GS is unable to achieve this effect.

2. Place the iPhone in front of the background you need to blur from7 to 20
centimeters, and then long press the screen and release. You will see the AE / AF Lock words appear on the below or top of screen.

3. Put iPhone in front of the target away from 7 to 20 centimeters, then you will see on the screen, the target exceptionally clear and background has been blurred.

4. Hold your iPhone steadily, and then press the Volume button or Camera button to take a picture. After all the steps have been done, you will get a photo with blurred background.

If your iPhone has too many photos which can take too much storage, you can use the FonePaw iOS Transfer to transfer photos from iPhone to computer so that it can be a backup on computer. Next time, you can also use iOS Transfer to import pictures from computer to iPhone.

Saturday, October 31, 2015

How to Use 3D Touch on iPhone 6s/6s Plus



3D Touch is a new and feature on iPhone 6s/6s Plus, which install the pressure sensor at the bottom of the screen in order to detect the strength of the finger pressing the screen and it means different options. So you can adjust 3D Touch sensitivity to get quick access to different actions. For example, you can press firmly on the Camera app on home screen to bring up options to take a selfie, shoot a video, record a slow-motion video or take a photo. Here I will tell you how to turn on/off 3D touch and how to adjust 3D Touch sensitivity.



How to Turn on/off 3D Touch on iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Firstly, 3D Touch turns on by default. And if you don’t want to use it, you can turn it off in the Accessibility Settings.
  • Launch Settings on your iPhone 6s/6s Plus
  • Choose General.
  • Tap Accessibility.
  • Tap 3D Touch.
  • Turn 3D Touch to OFF.
  • If you want to turn 3D touch back on next time, repeat the same process and switch 3D Touch to ON.



How to Adjust 3D Touch Sensitivity
What’s more, you can change the pressure sensitivity in Settings > General > Accessibility > 3D Touch as well.
  • Launch Settings on your iPhone 6s/6s Plus
  • Choose General.
  • Tap Accessibility.
  • Tap 3D Touch.
  • Move 3D Touch from Medium to Light or Firm.


Finally, hope you use 3D Touch well and enjoy it, there will be more iPhone 6s/6s Plus tips and tricks on our official FonePaw Blog.

Friday, October 23, 2015

iOS 9.1 Update for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Released with New Emoji & Bug Fixes


Apple updated official version of iOS 9.1, and there is not many new features added but with various bug fixes and improvements to the software, along with over a hundred new Emoji characters.


We know that Live Photos is Apple on the iPhone 6s’ new features. But the problem of this feature is that if you can hold the camera steadily, it will record some shaky shots, such as ground or other scenarios can turn some beautiful scene into a crime scene. What’s more you are unable to post-editing out of the useless shots.

Today, the official version of iOS 9.1 is to fix the problem. Maybe Apple has used some internal gyroscope sensor on iPhone to solve the problem of shaking. Now, Live Photos can sense intelligently when you raise or lower your iPhone, so that Live Photos won’t record those movements automatically.

In addition, Live Photos added more than 150 kinds of emoji characters with full support for Unicode 7.0 and 8.0 emojis.

Currently Apple has begun to promote the official version of iOS 9.1, different models are in size of between 200-300MB. iOS users can update with iTunes or with the way of OTA upgrade. The jailbreak iPhone users need to select "Recovery" approach on iTunes to upgrade system. This way will clear all of data on your device. So you must make a backup with FonePaw iOS Transfer in advance.
SEE ALSO: How to Upgrade to iOS 9 without Losing Any Data

Friday, October 16, 2015

How to Jailbreak iOS 9 - Using Pangu 9 Jailbreak

Pangu 9 jailbreak tool has released in October 2015 to jailbreak iOS 9, iOS 9.0.1, and iOS 9.0.2. You can download the latest version of Pangu 9 now.

                 Download Pangu 9 for Windows

This software is currently available to Windows; you can then download and install it on iPhone 6s and other model of iPhone. And Pangu 9 Mac version not released yet.

In fact, the jailbreak is to modify the behavior of Apple device settings, which allows users to install all the application they want on Apple devices, including new applications including those without Apple's testing applications, new accessories, and other functions inside. Since Apple launched the App Store in 2008, the developer has been tried to jailbreak iPhone, to add more extra features on iPhone.

How to Jailbreak iOS 9

  • Backup iPhone by using FonePaw iOS Transfer and connect it to your computer via USB.
  • Disable Find My iPhone feature via Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone.
  • Disable Passcode and Touch ID lock via Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.
  • Enable Airplane mode on your device.
  • Download Pangu9 jailbreak tool from our downloads page and run it.
  • Start the Pangu 9 jailbreak by clicking the Start button and click Already Backup when prompted on screen.
  • Your device will reboot and Pangu will ask you to put your device back into Airplane mode. Once you do this, it will continue the jailbreak.
  • Then the Pangu tool will request that you open the Pangu app on the iDevice’s Home screen.
  • Once the Pangu 9 app is run, it will ask to you to allow access to your Photo Library, Then Tap the accept button on the Pangu screen to continue the Jailbreak process.
  • Tap the OK button on the "Pangu Would Like to Access Your Photos" pop-up box.
  • Your device will reboot again. Once you reboot, disable Airplane mode

The steps come from iosjailbreak.org
Hope you enjoy with your Jailbroken Apple device.