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Caring and Maintenance Tips for Apple Products ............................................................................................................ 2 Apple iphones ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 Caring for your iPhone Battery ................................................................................................................................. 2 How to Clean and Care Your iPhone ......................................................................................................................... 2 Important Links: ........................................................................................................................................................ 5

Caring and Maintenance Tips for Apple Products

Apple iphones
Caring for your iPhone Battery
The most important component in terms of viability is the battery. Paying attention to just a few common-sense pointers will pay off with a longer battery lifespan and battery life for your iPhone. Battery life means the time your iPhone will run before it must be recharged. Battery lifespan means the total amount of time your battery will last before it must be replaced. Heat will degrade your batterys performance the most.

http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

iPhone Battery Life: Three Tips for Getting More Juice

Tip No. 1: Disable Power-Hungry Features Tip No. 2: Don't Forget Your Battery Pack Tip No. 3: Think You Might Have an iPhone Lemon? Get It Tested
http://www.cio.com/article/497712/iPhone_Battery_Life_Three_Tips_for_Getting_More_Juice

How to Clean and Care Your iPhone

1. Audio Problems: Clean the Screens At the bottom of the iPhone, there's a speaker on the left and a mic on the right. If you can't hear anything or if someone can't hear you, most people fear the worst: internal damage in the sound system. But there's a good chance that the holes are merely clogged with debris. If you're experiencing sound degradation, try putting a dab of strong rubbing alcohol 90% alcoholon an old tooth brush and use the brush and a can of compressed air to clean the holes. But don't use too much alcohol. The potential of liquid getting into the phone would make anyone nervous, so proceed at your own risk.

2. Cracks in the Casing, Scratches on the Glass A common problem with the iPhone 3G: cracks would appear around the dock connector and headphone jack where the plastic is the thinnest. Apple is apparently aware of the problem because many iPhone owners report that Apple Geniuses are adept at evaluating the crack and quick to replace a unit. With a crack near the dock connector, for instance, a Genius will examine the area with a lighted scope and likely swap the SIM chip into a new iPhone. A hard case is recommended for your iPhone, as well as a thin skin protector on the glass. Although the iPhone glass is fairly scratch resistant, it's defenceless against keys in a purse or pocket. https://www.speckproducts.com/iphone-case/iphone-3gs-case.html

3. iPhone Over-heating An iPhone shouldn't be exposed to extreme temperatures100 degrees Fahrenheit on the high end, 40 degrees on the low endbecause that will quickly degrade battery performance. If your iPhone is heating up, try to determine if it's heat from the iPhone itself or reflected heat from the sun. Turn off a hot iPhone and let it sit for a couple of hours. If the iPhone emits heat while off, then it's likely a serious problem. Don't turn it back on, just take it straight to an Apple store.

4. Crashing Apps: Leave a Little Headroom If Apps are crashing or Web pages freeze up Safari, it could be a memory problem. Don't fully load your iPhone. Leave at least a half gig of headroom to handle spikes in memory use. But also be mindful of trends. If a certain application keeps crashing, it could be a problem with that particular app. If a certain Web page continues to freeze Safari, it could be that the page is too big. Most major Web sites have a mobile version that requires less memory. Either way, reboot the iPhone, because this will ease the burden on the memory.

5. Car Charger Safety Avoid car-chargers as a primary means of charging. The 12 volt electrical system of cars used primarily for headlights and interior lights were not designed to handle the loads of modern cars with their big stereos, myriad gadgets and electronic features. Still, if you're intent on using a car charger, try not to have the iPhone plugged in when you're starting or turning off a car. That's usually when electrical spikes occur. Only buy brand-name chargers, since they'll have a better fuse to protect the iPhone. A brand-name company will also be more likely to help you out if its product causes damage to your iPhone.

6. Moisture There are moisture indicators in the headphone jack and dock connector these indicators are white and turn red or pink when exposed to moisture.

Apple has posted a support article (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3302) specifying the location of these indicators which they call Liquid Submersion Indicators with clear statements that any damage caused by liquid will not be covered under the Apple Limited Warranty or Applecare Protection plan.

7. Operating Conditions Apple lists the following on the iPhone specifications page (http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html)):

Operating temperature: 32 to 95 F (0 to 35 C) Nonoperating temperature: -4 to 113 F (-20 to 45 C) Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Consider these limitations if you expect to use your iPhone in extreme conditions. One easy condition to overlook is your own car on a hot summer day. The temperature inside your car sitting outside on a hot summer day can easily exceed 113 F and leaving your iPhone there could possibly damage it.

8. Cleaning the iPhone screen Your iPhone's screen is the single most important part of your iPhone. Not only is the screen the window you view the iPhone interface through, it is the interface. That being the case, the iPhone screen gets dirty quickly and easily. To clean your iPhone's screen, never use any type of cleaning solvent such as Windex or other chemical agents. Use only water. Use water and a lint free, scratch resistant cloth (microfiber preferred) to clean your iPhone screen by dampening the cloth slightly and clean the screen using soft, even strokes. The 3M Microfiber Cleaning Cloth (http://store.iphonefaq.org/productAccessories.asp?id=4447 ), available in the iPhoneFAQ store, is highly recommended.

Important Links:
Battery care: http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html http://www.cio.com/article/497712/iPhone_Battery_Life_Three_Tips_for_Getting_More_Juice

Battery Cases: Important Icons/Indicators on iPhone: Operating Conditions: Cleaning cloth for iPhone screen:

https://www.speckproducts.com/iphone-case/iphone-3gs-case.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3302

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

http://store.iphonefaq.org/productAccessories.asp?id=4447