iPhone: The Missing Manual by David Pogue The unconfirmed error reports are from readers. They have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the opinion of the reader. Here's a key to the markup: [page-number]: serious technical mistake {page-number}: minor technical mistake : important language/formatting problem (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification This page was updated July 23, 2008. UNCONFIRMED errors and comments from readers: [1] 1st paragraph; This only downloads 2.5k and won't open in adobe 7 or 8 Mac. (2) 5th paragraph; wrong url address for shortcut to register [3] First paragraph under "About MissingManuals.com; I carefully followed the instructions for accessing "a neat, organized, chapter-by-chapter list of the shareware and freeware mentioned in this book." I spent an hour clicking on every link I could find, as well as using the "search" feature on the website, and was unable to find the referenced list. I have the First Edition dated August 2007 and use Internet Explorer on a Windows Vista Lenovo T61. (8) Tip Box; Missing page number at the end. Sentence should read: "See page 250." [10] "The Screen" 2nd paragraph, 3rd sentence; The word "very" should be left out. It may be difficult, but if keys are placed in the pocket with the phone, they can scratch the glass surface in a short amount of time. I placed my keys in with the phone, intended to remove them, but remembered the salesman saying/ demonstrating I could not scratch the glass surface... found out he was wrong! (10) last paragraph before the tip box; Even many Apple employees carry the iPhone in their pockets without carrying cases. Change to: Many Apple employees even carry the iPhone in their pockets without cases. {11} Second to last paragraph; Time should be 9:50 AM to match image. (12) Home Button`; No picture of the Home Button (17) Last paragraph under "Slide"; Last sentence should end with "email or a text message." (missing the word "a"). Alternatively, "text messages" could be used. (17) Last paragraph, under "Flick"; The first sentence should read, "A flick is a fast, less-controlled slide." (The hyphen is missing in the compound word.) {17} 2nd Paragraph; Actually, flesh-finger contact is not "required". I live in Hawaii, and perspire. Carrying the iPhone in the breast pocket of my t-shirt activates buttons. I noticed this when music was playing it would often stop and switch to the next piece of music... or podcasts would skip. Turning the iPhone so its aluminum back was next to my body stopped this kind of activity. My shirt was NOT wet with perspiration, but the "high humidity" plus contact with my warm shirt activated the screen buttons. (19) Last sentence, under "Two-Finger Tap"; The second-to-last sentence and last sentence appear to have no space between them. There should be a space after "'zoom out.'". {23} First "Tip" box; It does not work to double the last letter of common contractions - helll gives hello, not he'll; welll gives wells, not we'll; and weree does not offer any suggestion. (30) Last sentence of penultimate paragraph; No page number after "see page" at end of sentence. (30) Tip Box; Missing information: "The tiny circled number [...] voicemail messages and/or missed call you have." If you have one missed call which resulted in a voicemail, you will see a "2" in the circle, not a "1". (30) Under "favorites list" at page bottom; At the end of the "Favorites list" paragraph, the page number is missing. It should end ....see page 45) [31] 1st paragraph of "Answering Calls"; You tell us in this paragraph that we can set the iPhone so that we can see the caller's name and photo fill the screen, but nowhere do you say how. I cannot duplicate the right illustration on page 32. {33} 4th paragraph, end of sentence; In the section entitled "Silencing the Ring", the reference page number is listed as "12". It should be "13" (36) 2nd paragraph, under bullet "Make an outgoing call"; Last sentence under the first bullet should read "The top of the screen makes it clear that...". (The word "it" is missing.) {41} Item 6; The "pause" feature does not seem to work with my corporate email system for automating checking of voicemail. My system requires a "#" be entered after the answer message and this does not work with the "#" pause symbol. Is there any work around to this? (42) Penultimate sentence; "page y" (55) 1st paragraph; It says "Your call has been forward" when it should be "forwarded" [67] bottom paragraph; you do not mention that the forwarded call will still count against the plans minutes for the time of the call. Find more info by search ATT support "call forwarding wireless" {78} The picture of the iPhone; The picture says that when you're in the iPod function that you can flick the album artwork to the left to go to the previous menu. It does not work, but I found that you have to flick the album artwork to the right, instead. (80) Tip, second sentence; Rather than a "tiny clock icon" isn't that simply the number one? (82) Last sentence; The zoom level adjustment description is on the following page, 83, not the facing page, 81 (83ff) bottom of page 83, following; "Letterboxing" is horlzontal bars. Vertical bars are "pillarboxing" (89) 2nd paragraph; It says "the color are vivid" when it should be "colors" [93] 2nd paragraph; ( You can?t flick over to the next photo until you?ve restored the first one to original size.) Not true. Zoom in to the limit. Pan to the edge of the picture. iPhone will resist panning beyond the edge, but will show a sliver of the next picture. Now place your finger at the edge and firmly drag to the center. The next picture will slide into view. If you drag back to the first picture, it will be zoomed out to its original size. [99] 4th paragraph; I have tried sending pic messages to my friend who has Verizon wireless with the my email using the @vzwpix.com, but they never go through. Is there another way to send pic messages to Verizon carriers? [99] the AT&T MMS address does NOT work; According to AT&T Wireless tech support (Tim on 11/30/07 16:10PST), the IPhone does not support MMS and hence, email sent to @MMS.ATT.NET will not go thru. The messages are not bounced back either - they end up in a black hole. (106) first tip on the page; the Texas (tx) in the tip is not italic as the rest of "wifi austin" (106) It's in the Tip; In "wifi austin tx", the "wifi austin" part is in blue & italicized; the "tx" also needs to be. (107) Second paragraph, first sentence; "?a Wi-Fi hot spot is capable of delivering 6,500 to 2,100 kbps." I don't know what the actual range is supposed to be, but I'm pretty sure that if both numbers are in the same scale then the second number should be larger than the first. {107} 2nd paragraph; The sentence about WiFi hot spots should possibly state that WiFi can deliver 650 to 2,100 kbps, rather than 6,500 to 2,100. What is written in the book does not make sense. A WiFi hot spot is theoretically capable of up to 11,000 or 54,000 kbps (though it rarely provides that level of service to a computer). The actual internet connection (DSL, Cable modem, FIOS, T1, etc.) at the hot spot is then the bottleneck. {109} Top paragraph; You do not have to go to the Settings to connect to networks you have already used in the past when the Join Network options is off. The last sentence in the paragraph kinda implies that you do any time you want to join a network. (114) Penultimate sentence; Bookmarks appears twice in the list of desktop Web browser features. (119) Penultimate sentence; Parenthetical comment, "(below, left)" seems to refer to the images that appear at the top of the following page. (120) First sentence; Parenthetical comment, "(below, right)" seems to refer to the image that appears below, left. I don't see any direct reference to the image on the right anywhere in the surrounding text. {122} tip box at the bottom of the page; The URL provided for the Google "bare-bones superfast version of the web doesn't work." It just pulls up an error 404 not found message. (135) First sentence; Minutiae: "You ain't never seen email on a phone like this." But none of us have seen a phone like this, including the email on it. "You ain't never seen email like this on a phone before." That makes more sense. (140) Graphic images at bottom of page; They're pretty much unreadable. (140) Under the bullet "Mail"; Not sure why there is an "l" ("el") or a pipe ("|") symbol after all the menu selections. For example, the book says to choose "Mail->Preferences|->Accounts|->account name|->Advanced." The "l" or "|" should not be there. It should read "Choose Mail->Preferences...->Accounts tab->account name." (141) 1st paragraph; For Outlook the book says turn OFF "leave a message on the server". I think it should say turn ON "leave a message on the server". {142} 2nd paragraph; The page number at the end of the 2nd paragraph reads "page 254". It should actually be "page 245". (144) next to last paragraph; "courtesy" should be "discourtesy" {144} First sentence, first paragraph; ".....respond to it, delete it, PRINT IT, file it........" The only way I can think of that you could PRINT an email from the iPhone is if you had a Bluetooth enabled Printer. However, there also doesn't appear to be any printer drivers, or a way to hit PRINT. Am I missing something?? Printing an email is not covered in subsequent pages of the book. [154-155] both pages; You talk about e-mail address iphonecrazy@comcast.com, but do not use this e-mail address in either of the illustrations on these two pages. This confused me. Do you have to use "edit info" to but Reply-to address on the first illustration? (154) Second step; The text should read: "Click Settings->Accounts->'Add another mail account,' and fill in...". The word "email" is used instead of "mail" in the current printing, and it does not match the screenshot below it. [155] Top; When sending email from the iPhone using the gmail account, it appears to have come from the gmail account not the "other" account. (170) Under the bullet "Top Rated"; It should read "you may be disappointed in the tastes of the masses." The word 'tastes' is plural since the plural word 'masses' is used. (171) Last paragraph; The last sentence is missing the word "it" after "send". It should read: "Address it and send it along to anyone...". [172] second to last paragraph; The paragraph mentions 3 icons that are not available for iPod video. The first 2 are correct but the 3 on page 173 is available on iPod videos and is shown in the book on page 82 {191} The note call-out; The stopwatch bug is still confirmed in the 1.0.1 software. [191]index: screenshots, 282; page 282 does not mention screenshots. can't find any reference to screenshots in book. See this article: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080710074630863 {192} New information about Calculator widget; You might want to mention that there are several bugs in the calculator application, for users to be aware of: State-recognition, math, and rounding bugs: http://fury.com/article/2228.php Digits display bug: http://www.intoiphone.com/2007/08/01/iphone-calculator-bug-discovered-cuts-off-after-9-digits.html (196) Bullet list; There are no sections in the iTunes Source list named "CD" and "iPhone". They should be grouped under a bullet called "Devices", where an iPod could also exist. {203} Tip call-out; On the Mac, you should use "Ctrl-click" or "right-click". On Windows, you should use "right-click". The presented key combinations will do nothing, except to allow you to select multiple songs. [204] Video formats bullet; You might want to mention the restrictions on these MPEG-4/H.264 files. For example, the iPod will only play up to a 640x480 sized file. Larger than that, and iTunes will refuse to load it to the iPod. Also, there are a lot of MPEG-4 files that the iPod/iPhone will not play (e.g., if they fall outside the bitrate or framerate restrictions of the iPhone). I ran into an hour of frustration, trying to understand why the old (pre-sale-of-music-videos-on-the-iTunes-Store) music videos would not play on my iPhone -- iTunes just gives a cryptic message about the format being incompatible with the iPhone. The actual specs from Apple are located at: http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html "Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low- Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats" {205} Audio formats bullet; "MP3" is mentioned twice in the list. The second instance should actually read "MP3 VBR" (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3, Variable Bit Rate). {207} Second item in bullet list in the middle of the page; Doesn't the play count on the computer reflect iPhone usage? (207) last line first word; need to correct typo acing to acting (213) 2nd paragraph; Podcasts is misspelled in the first sentence of the second paragraph. It is spelled "Podasts" in the current printing. [217] last sentence on page; neglect to mention that this will stop auto importing of any images into iPhoto from your digital camera or other media [217] Bottom of page; You should add a note to the "Macintosh" section which states that, "Setting the 'When a camera is connected, open:' option to 'No application' will also have the probably unintended side-effect of never opening iPhoto/Image Capture/Aperture/etc. when you connect any _other_ digital camera to the Mac." The user is likely not aware of this distinction, and he will wonder why iPhoto no longer wants to import images from his regular digital camera, after this change is made. In Windows, this setting is per-device (e.g., per iPhone or per camera); on a Mac, it is a global change. [218] 5th paragraph; The URL (tinyurl.com/2lff4y) does not take you to a page that discusses Outlook but to a page on stylus issues. I am looking for the plug-in mentioned in the first sentence in paragraph 5 (220) Beginning of first complete sentence; Duplication: "Turn on Turn on?" {220} 4th paragraph, under "Entourage 2004"; The instructions state that the user should "Turn on 'Synchronize services with Address Book and .Mac'." Instead, the user should "Turn on 'Synchronize contacts with Address Book and .Mac'." The word "services" is used where "contacts" should be used. {220} Under "Other Programs"; The current version of Palm Desktop for Mac (as of September, 2005) is 4.2.1. The current version of Palm Desktop for Windows is 4.1.4. (224) First Tip call-out; The last sentence should tell the user to choose the category's name from the "Put new events created on this iPhone into the calendar:" pop-up menu. {224} Inconsistency throughout chapter; There is an inconsistency in how menus and options are presented in the book. It is apparent that different people wrote different sections of the book. A good example of this is on page 224. The options mentioned under "Entourage 2004", such as "turn on 'Synchronize events and tasks with iCal and .Mac'" (in quotes) are different than the nearly same instructions on page 220 which show the options to turn on in orange italic print. (224) Under Syncing Email Settings; The first sentence in this section does not make sense. I believe that the word "plugging" should be the phrase "plugging in". Either that, or the sentence should end with "into the email program's options". {245} First paragraph; I have Feb 2008 printing. The statement for Call Time is: "That's right, ... a cellphone actually keeps track of your minutes ... This is not true. The "Current Period Call Time Usage" does not work according to Apple and ATT technical support. The only way to find usage or remaining minutes is to call *MIN# (*646#) and receive a text message from ATT on remaining mins in the current billing cycle. {245} Under "Sounds", last sentence in "Silent Vibrate, Ring Vibrate"; The page number listed for "Silent mode" should be page 13, not page 12. {245} last paragraph on ringtones; I wouldn't call this a technical error, but maybe an update is warranted. Your book says we can't download new ringtones. The Apple store employee told me that we can download songs from iTunes that have the little bell symbol next to them and turn them into ringtones. I haven't tried it, so i don't know if it works, but i've seen the songs with the symbol symbol next to them and iTunes has a menu item called ringtones. (251)3rd paragraph; Just a question: I have the Auto-Lock set to 2 minutes, but most often I'm being asked to enter the passcode immediately after waking up the iphone. Then sometimes not at all. Is this inconsistency a bug in my iphone? {252} Last paragraph, under "Network"; The Wi-Fi controls section begins on page 242, not 243. (253)"Messages"; Just a question: I don't have the "Auto-Check" option entry field in my Mail settings under "Messages. Is this right for the iphone version 1.1.4? <257>"SIM PIN", first paragraph; You say: "If you're worried about yours getting stolen or lost, turn this option on. You'll be asked to enter a password code". Q: What password are you referring to? I entered my passcode to the iphone (as on p.251) and got the warning that I have two more tries before my SIM CARD locks. This lack of clarity on your part is dangerous. [259] 1st bullet; "Clear Cache. See page 259." Circluar reference. [260] the only tip on the page; All earbuds have the risk of hearing loss if the volume is too high, it is not limited to 'only' the iPhone earbuds as implied by the wording of the tip [263] ATT Plans; Believe a warning note is need to advise readers that (like their and Apple's no discounts of any kind are offered for IPhone, it's accessories, and rate plans) one cannot share family plan minutes in two different marketing areas. I encountered this problem with the two phones I transferrred from Sprint ... one in area code 702 (Las Vegas) and the other in 435 (ST George, UT). All other phones can share ATT's family plans. A rep said it was a SIM card problem. Bottom line: I had to establish two separate individual accounts, one for each phone and area code. P.S. I still trying to figure out how to clear Safari's cache (pg 259)to get rid to a bogus web page that ended up being the first page here browser went to. [267] Second para under Pay-As-You-Go Plans; It is no longer possible to enter a fictional Social Security number, as an "invalid" message appears. This is a major problem for people who don't have Social Security numbers, but are not warned at the Apple store that they will be barred from activating. (At any given time, there are tens of thousands of business people from other countries who are lawfully working or visiting in USA but don't want or need Social Security). {275} Middle of page, bullet point "Rotation sensor doesn't work."; Rotation also works when playing music [277] 2nd paragraph; mention that if anything not your fault happens to the phone it will be covered. Accidental damage is not covered by APP. {280} n/a; Appendix c missing re hacking iphone for other environments. App C is mentioned in the introduction. I assume removed due to legal reasons. I can tell you that Ziphone version 2.6 worked very well for me when I bought it in USA and took to another country where Apple refuses to sell the phone. (286) index item: missingmanuals.com; missingmanuals.com,4 should read missingmanuals.com,3 [291-292] right side of page (291), all of 292; starting on page 291 (INDEX)after the last entry "Z", it starts to repeat all of "U" through "Z", which indicates a double printing that fills page 292 that should be blank with page 291 compliing about 60% of the page to end the book.