[OSX-Users] Re: HCT Integration

[Hugh Glaser]

Yeah tried that before, and just tried both methods now.
Still takes perhaps 7 seconds to bring up the Settings screen after a restart, and maybe 5 the next time.
gets faster after that, but still not satisfactory.

On 23 Feb 2011, at 17:33, Chris Andrews wrote:

> Some people who swear by this method suggest 3 hard-resets (hold home and power buttons for 10 seconds) rather than 3 standard power cycles (hold power, swipe to turn off, tap power to boot) - might be something else to try.
> 
> My Dad got my 3G after the slowness drove me to upgrade to a 4, and I believe he also reboots it every day or couple of days.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 23/02/2011 17:26, Jules Field wrote:
>> Also, make sure you disable all Spotlight indexing.
>> Then power-cycle your phone 3 times (no joke!) to clear all the caches.
>> That's after upgrading to the latest code, of course.
>> 
>> On 23/02/2011 17:24, Rob Maunder wrote:
>>> Hello Hugh,
>>> 
>>> Do you have the most recent version of iOS on your iPhone 3G? Some
>>> versions introduced features that slowed down the older iPhones
>>> significantly - however, I heard that the most recent version has
>>> mitigated much of this slow down.
>>> 
>>> Take care, Rob.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 23 Feb 2011, at 12:11, Hugh Glaser wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I've had enough of how slow my iPhone 3G has become, so time to
>>>> upgrade...
>>>> 
>>>> Looking at the HTC Desire HD.
>>>> I am assuming I will be able to make phone calls, but there are one
>>>> or two other things I use my phone for.
>>>> Being a OSX user for my main machine, is there anything I should know?
>>>> (I have looked on the web, but it is hard to find answers as good as
>>>> I might get here :-) )
>>>> 
>>>> In particular, I want to listen to podcasts that come to me via
>>>> iTunes - what's the deal?
>>>> Does the camera appear as a camera to iPhoto OK?
>>>> Don't suppose my Safari bookmarks/history will get shared, for the
>>>> rare occasion I surf on such small screens?
>>>> Any obvious gotchas?
>>>> 
>>>> Also (although not mac related, but I hope you don't mind me asking),
>>>> does it's mailer do Exchange OK?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Hugh
>>> 
>> 
>> Jules
>> 

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