My iPhone / iPad MiniUSB Connector

Recently, Apple released a MicroUSB connector for iOS devices. With that, you can charge and sync your iPhone/iPad/iTouches using MicroUSB cable.
It's still not available in Singapore yet.

Days ago, I stumbled upon this similar connector, but for MiniUSB. Bought it straight away!
It works well using my portable harddisk's MiniUSB cable!



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Icon Shortcuts on iPhone 4S without Jailbreak

For many, including me, one of the main reasons for jail breaking the iPhone is to install the non-Apple-approved hack "SBSettings" which allows fast toggle to some of the OS's functions such as Bluetooth and WIFI, etc.



As mentioned, this requires the iPhone to be jailbroken.
Currently, there's no jailbreak utility for the iPhone 4S an iPad 2 yet.
Therefore, installing SBSettings is never possible on them.

All is not lost! iOS actually comes with support for URL forwarding function.
E.g. Typing the following URL on your Safari will redirect you to the Bluetooth setting screen directly:
prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth

We'll just need to assign this action to a launch-able homescreen icon to make it handy. It may not be as direct as a SBSetting Bluetooth toggle, but at least it's a close alternative without jailbreak.

You can use a free app called "Channels" to assign these URLs to launchable icons. However, these icons are launchable from the Channels app itself, not on the homescreen. Anyway, you can see it as a consolidation of the shortcuts in a "folder".




Personally, I use the Bluetooth shortcut a lot to turn on and off the Bluetooth on my iPhone 4S when I use it for my A2DP Bluetooth earphones and Creative A2DP speaker.

The followings are some of the built-in URLs in iOS 5:
About: prefs:root=General&path=About
Accessibility: prefs:root=General&path=ACCESSIBILITY
Airplane Mode On: prefs:root=AIRPLANE_MODE
Auto-Lock: prefs:root=General&path=AUTOLOCK
Brightness: prefs:root=Brightness
Bluetooth: prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth
Date & Time: prefs:root=General&path=DATE_AND_TIME
FaceTime: prefs:root=FACETIME
General: prefs:root=General
Keyboard: prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard
iCloud: prefs:root=CASTLE
iCloud Storage & Backup: prefs:root=CASTLE&path=STORAGE_AND_BACKUP
International: prefs:root=General&path=INTERNATIONAL
Location Services: prefs:root=LOCATION_SERVICES
Music: prefs: root=MUSIC
Music Equalizer: prefs:root=MUSIC&path=EQ
Music Volume Limit: prefs:root=MUSIC&path=VolumeLimit
Network: prefs: root=General&path=Network
Nike + iPod: prefs:root=NIKE_PLUS_IPOD
Notes: prefs:root=NOTES
Notification: prefs:root=NOTIFICATIONS_ID
Phone: prefs:root=Phone
Photos: prefs:root=Photos
Profile: prefs:root=General&path=ManagedConfigurationList
Reset: prefs:root=General&path=Reset
Safari: prefs:root=Safari
Siri: prefs:root=General&path=Assistant
Sounds: prefs:root=Sounds
Software Update: prefs:root=General&path=SOFTWARE_UPDATE_LINK
Store: prefs:root=STORE
Twitter: prefs:root=TWITTER
Usage: prefs:root=General&path=USAGE
VPN: prefs:root=General&path=Network/VPN
Wallpaper: prefs:root=Wallpaper
Wi-Fi: prefs:root=WIFI



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