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Five iOS 5 secrets

By | October 12, 2011, 5:12pm PDT

Summary: Well, OK, not secrets, but you still might want to check out these neat little tricks!

Five things you might not know you can do with iOS5.

Note: All of these tips apply to iPhone and iPad, and some will even work on the iPod touch.

You can find some more iOS 5 secrets here.

#1 Compose your own custom vibrations

Yes, you know that you can create custom vibrations in iOS 5. Here’s how:

First, you need to activate the feature:

Settings > General > Accessibility

From there activate Custom Vibrations.

Now to create the custom vibrations:

Settings > Sounds

Scroll down to Vibration Patterns and then Create Custom Vibration. Start tapping out your custom vibration!

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology.

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or digital camera.

Adrian has authored/co-authored technical books on a variety of topics, ranging from programming to building and maintaining PCs. His most recent books include "Build the Ultimate Custom PC", "Beginning Programming" and "The PC Doctor's Fix It Yourself Guide". He has also written training manuals that have been used by a number of Fortune 500 companies.

Adrian also runs a popular blog under the name The PC Doctor, where he covers a range of computer-related topics -- from security to repairing and upgrading.

Talkback Most Recent of 12 Talkback(s)

  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    after upgrading to iOS 5, all the applications except Apple's and Foursquare, stopped working. I am not sure what is the reason, but I think it is going to be an issue.
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    Rama.NET
    12th Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    @Rama.NET Did you check iTunes yesterday? I did and saw that over 30 of my apps had new updates, which took a long time to download. Apparently many vendors need to do some updates to make their apps iOS5 compatible.
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    ssaha
    13th Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    http://itshrunk.com/d2fe0b
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    sdghkiehj
    12th Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    Hmm, they still seem to have the restriction on autoplay in HTML 5 audio and video. Once again, Apple would force people to develop proprietary apps rather than allow HTML 5 multimedia apps to run correctly.

    Oh and I still don't need a camera app or button on the screen, the hardware one for WP7 works all the time wink
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    tonymcs@...
    12th Oct
  • Here's 4 iOS Secrets that Apple Won't Promote...
    1. The iCloud Control Panel for Windows' Outlook doesn't recognize that Outlook is installed. Any thoughts of using iClound to sync contacts, calendar, etc. are out the window.
    2. The Wi-Fi Sync does not appear to work with Windows 7, so any hope of syncing without a cable are gone.
    3. The Reminders app that is supposed to sync with Outlook, doesn't.
    4. The Reminders app that is supposed to be location aware, isn't, as there's no place to enter the location.
    Considering that these accounted for the majority of the major new features of iOS 5, I'd consider this a major fail by Apple.
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    NameRedacted
    13th Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    @NameRedacted

    Maybe it helps...

    2. It doesn't work for me either but I think it's because my syncing computer is a desktop with a cable and thus not part of the wifi network.

    4. It IS location aware but only on a device with GPS. It works on my iPhone but not on my wifi iPad.

    Sorry, I can't help with your other issues but I don't use Outlook...

    As for me, I can't seem to make my notifications appear on my lock screen whatever I do in Settings.

    C.
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    ccp_z
    13th Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    @NameRedacted Do you use Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010? It works for me with Outlook 2010... Also my notes, reminders, etc syn with gmail as well...
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    browser.
    13th Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    @browser. Outlook 2010. There are multiple posts on Apple's support forum regarding this problem. Maybe not everyone is experincing it, but over 100 have checked my post alone, so there's got to be quite a few having this issue or something like it.
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    NameRedacted
    13th Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    @NameRedacted

    Update: The location in Reminders works only on ip4, not ip3gs. I have an ip4, but my wife that owns an ip3gs is pretty pissed right now!
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    ccp_z
    13th Oct
  • they work on my 3gs
    @ccp_z
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    hot997
    31st Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    @ccp_z it works on my 3gs.
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    hot997
    31st Oct
  • RE: Five iOS 5 secrets
    I was excited to see the LED flash for alerts. I have changed the setting in Accessibility but still no LED flash on missed calls. Is there some other setting in a different location or in the camera that needs to be changed as well?
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    cstach
    14th Oct

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