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Lost iPhone camera roll photos after iOS 5.0 upgrade

Question: I downloaded the iOS 5.0 software for my iPhone, and ended up loosing all my pictures on my camera roll. For some reason they didn't copy over after the upgrade and sync was finished. Did I miss a step somewhere?

Answer: Be sure you sync your iPhone before doing the iOS 5.0 upgrade, so that your camera roll photos will all be in iTunes. Then when you upgrade, they should still be on your phone or at least saved on your computer.

Photo sync settings in iTunes

Be sure you properly configure your photo syncing settings in iTunes, to make sure all of your photos are transferred to your computer when you sync your iphone!

To do this, connect your iPhone to your computer using your usb cable, select the phone in iTunes and then click the "Photos" tab.

Check the option to sync all photos (with iPhoto for the Mac in this case).

You can also transfer your camera roll photos using Window's built-in photo importer using the steps described here: http://www.rickysays.com/copy-iphone-pictures-to-windows




Show battery percentage on your iPhone

iPhones show a battery meter at the top right of the screen, that shows you how much charge is remaining. You can also make that meter show an actual percentage of remaining charge, which lets you know more precisely when it's time to juice up again.

To show the battery percentage on your iPhone, tap on the "Settings" app (usually on your main home screen) and then tap "General".

Next tap "Usage" (I know - not very intuitive, but it's in there).

You can toggle "Battery Percentage" from Off to On just by tapping "Off".


That's all there is to it, but knowing where to tap is the key, and in this case it took a bit of tapping around to find it. Hope this is helpful :-)




How to turn an iPhone into a wifi access point

Question: My friend has an iphone and I have an itouch. Can his iphone somehow be turned into a wifi hot spot so I can connect through his device to the internet?




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