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How to fix the bad battery life problem in iOS 8.4.1

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Have you been experiencing issues with your iOS devices battery life after updating to iOS 8.4.1? Actually you're not alone. Various iOS users are complaining about the issue.

The good news is that we have got few tips for you guys, try the following tips to get some better battery life:

  • Perform a hard reset by holding the power and home button till your device restarts itself.

  • Reset your setting to default for this Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings.

  • Switch off your location services or manage which apps use your location. For this Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and either switch Location Services off, or manage your list of apps which have access to your location.

  • Do a Restore/Clean Install of iOS 8.4.1 by downloading the IPSW file for your iOS device. Plug your device into iTunes, move to the device screen, then option-click (shift-click in Windows) the Restore button,while selecting the IPSW file you downloaded.

Let us know in the comments section below if any of the steps above make your battery last longer.

Here is how you can jailbreak iOS 8.1.3, iOS 8.2 and iOS 8.3 using new TaiG v2.0


Today TaiG released jailbreak tool to jailbreak iOS 8.1.3 to iOS 8.3. but yet tool is only available for Windows.

TaiG can jailbreak your iOS device running iOS 8.1.3 - iOS 8.3, the compatible devices include:


  • iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4s
  • iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3 and iPad 2
  • iPad mini 1 (1st generation iPad mini), iPad mini 2 (Retina iPad mini), iPad mini 3
  • iPod touch 5th generation
Things to remember before starting:
  • TaiG jailbreak is available for Windows. For now, Mac users will have to run Windows in a virtual machine to use the TaiG jailbreak. We’ll let you know as soon as TaiG for Mac is released.
  • The jailbreak is an untethered jailbreak.
  • TaiG 2.0.0 jailbreak tool can jailbreak iOS 8.3, iOS 8.2 and iOS 8.1.3.
  • Please take a backup of your device using Use iCloud or iTunes to back up any and all personal information that you need to keep safe. 
  • Disable any Anti-virus programs or firewalls temporarily that could prevent TaiG Jailbreak from connecting to the internet.
Procedure:

Step 1: Before you start, please take a backup of your device, preferably using iTunes.
Step 2: Download TaiG jailbreaking tool from our TaiG Jailbreak this post in link, and unzip the zip file.
Step 3: Connect your device to your computer using the USB cable.
Step 4: Temporarily Disable Passcode from Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.
Step 5: Also temporarily turn off Find my iPhone from Settings > iCloud > Find my iPhone.
Step 6: Please launch the application as an Administrator.
Step 7: TaiG will detect your device in few minutes.Confirm that it is showing the correct firmware version, deselect the 3K Assistant 2.3.0 (TaiG’s App Store), just below Cydia 1.1.16.
Step 8: Click on the green Start button to proceed. You will see the circular progress bar.
Step 9: After the jailbreak is complete, your device will reboot automatically, and you should see the Cydia icon on the Home screen.
Note: If TaiG gets stuck at 30% or so then don’t worry, wait for 20-30 minutes for the process to progress, it can take time if you’re using it in a virtual machine. 
Please don’t forget to re-enable the passcode and Find My iPhone feature after successfully jailbreaking your device.

If any problem, tell down in comments.

New iOS bug will crash your message app and will reboot your iPhone ( Fix )


A new iOS bug is moving through all the iPhone in the world the bug crashes the message app and turn the iPhone off when a special type of text arrive in the iPhone. The bug effect the iPhone whether it is turned on or in sleep mode the text forcefully turn the iPhone off without any warning.

This kind of bug is not seen first time in iPhones, in fact this had been done many times iPhone but Apple keep fixing it and if it is not fixed, it could be used for a malicious purpose and iPhone is not the only Phone to have bug like this in past, in fact many handsets of different companies has suffered from this kind of bugs. but the one good thing is that this bug can transferred from iPhone to iPhone, it doesn't work with other platforms or from other platforms. People are not going to suffer it accidently and if someone received it so he/she is being targeted.

Many people had suffered from it if you want see their remarks just search the twitter and you will find hundreds of infected peoples.

If you received a message that causes the bug  we have some fixes which are working for users. One of them is very simple just after the reboot open your message app and if it closes so open again and reply to that person with any thing or fix and this will fix you iPhone and this works almost all time. And if your message is not opening and crashing again again so this could solved by receiving a simple message from someone else or sending yourself a message this could also be done using Siri.

To send your self a message said " send message to myself " and then tell what to send and you are done, this will clean your iPhone form that malicious message.

A person from twitter talk Apple support for its fix and Apple is now aware of this bug so we are expecting a fix very soon.

Are you Affected?

Source: 9to5Mac

How to fix scratches on your Apple stainless steel under $5 discovered by a user

As Apple launches Apple watch they stainless steel version also become available, Apple told us that Apple watch's stainless steel is hard and tough but now now user started configuring scratches on their Apple Watch Stainless steel and they compared the New Apple Watch stainless steel with iPod and declared both the scratch magnets. Nearly any stainless steel you will found in world is able to be scratched including the 316L used in surgical instruments and the 904L used in Rolex casing. But when you spend $549 on just a mid-range smartwatch you expect many things and hopefully your expectations are safe as a user find the way to fix scratches on Apple Watch! 



The stainless steel is scratch able whether it is from Apple or any brand and its not a surprise and even not a #ScratchGate.

Here i will show you how to fix scratches if your Apple Watch stainless steel get scratched so you can easily remove them by just removing a thin layer of stainless steel from the Watch and all you need is a metal polish which just costs under $5 (this what he used) with a simple hand towel and put a little amount of polish on it and rub it on the scratches and BOOM! all your scratches are gone. Advise: Don't rub too much because its removing layers from the steel.

Here is the video so you can see it properly.



Comment down if you also have this problem? or was this helpful for you?

Source: 9to5mac