Chris Searle

The BT3030 bluetooth headset is a nice headset but with the iphone the minimum volume is too high.

It seems that a firmware update on the jabra can help a bit.

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Twice in the last two days my iPhone 3G has not started properly (it gets to the white apple logo and no further).

In each case - a reset (press and hold both power and the main button until it stops) has allowed the phone to boot (albeit slowly - 2 mins or so).

But - once booted - it can only run the inbuilt apps - no third party apps run.

Last night I did a recover from backup. Today I did not want to go thru that again - it takes a long time.

Some googling has suggested that the phone loses some kind of authorization for apps. It suggests that adding a new free app or removing and re-adding an app can fix this.

It doesn't work for me over wlan or 3g. It does prompt for the password but the download never starts - and after a restart it just says "Unable to purchase".

Via iTunes and a USB cable it did work - simply removing an app then re-adding it (a sync required for each step) has re-enabled the apps.

I have no idea why the resets were needed (hope it's temporary) but at least this brings all the apps back without a full restore.

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Two different sources have stated that NetCom would launch tethering support as of yesterday (to coincide with the iPhone 3GS launch). I can't see anything on the NetCom site itself though.

I can only say that there is no sign of it yet on my handset (but then mine took three days longer than expected to receive the visual voice mail update - no idea why) - so keeping fingers crossed that its on its way.

Update: 18:55 4th august 2009.

Regards the network update mentioned in the comments.

MMS: Yes
Tethinging USB: Yes
Tethering Bluetooth: Yes

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An update to iPhone 3.0 firmware release and stereo bluetooth - missing AVRCP

It turns out that the iPhone does support AVRCP - that's giving us the play/pause functionality.

But - in this support article:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647

it says:

iPhone and iPod touch (2nd generation) support pause, play, and stop for AVRCP

So - apple have implemented AVRCP - but just not all of it.

From the support article there is no indication if this is going to get updated - so I guess we'll just have to hope.

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Wildly irritating.

Apple have added A2DP (stereo music) over bluetooth.

Time to grab that bluetooth adapter I stopped using after getting an iPhone from work.

Hang on - the scan/skip buttons (fast forward/rewind/change track) don't work.

I'm astounded that Apple have included support for A2DP without AVRCP (AVRCP is the profile for these skip/scan buttons).

You get a stereo bluetooth adapter to avoid having to have cables and to keep the phone packed away in a pocket or bag. But with this omission you can't really control the phone - just start/stop and volume.

Really hope that it was an omission rather than a concrete descision.

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Update (01-08-2009): iPhone 3.0 firmware release and tethering for NetCom - official support

I have to say I'm disappointed in NetCom today.

Apple have just released the iPhone 3.0 firmware. This includes both MMS and tethering.

Now - I have very little use for MMS - haven't used it much on previous phones. But tethering is a useful tool when you're stuck away from any wifi and need a brief connection.

Telenor have turned this functionality on by default - but NetCom did not appear to have done so.

Read on to hear what NetCom had to say ...

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