Step 1. in the article above explains why it's better to use Dropbox than have the backup saved via Contacts and using iTunes. You can do both, however....the first restore I did was from the Contacts backup and it didn't work and I ended have to manually re-install everything....I've done several restores since then…

Thanks for the reply....this is the kind of stuff that usually takes me 5 minutes, but all I can seem to locate are apps from Daniusoft that cost mucho dinero and a lot of money too and this just seems like the kind of thing that should a.) not be illegal and b.) quickly remedied. Thanks again for the reply, I now…

Would someone please address DRM? My first encounter was when I purchased and downloaded a movie from Amazon. It was NOT the 99-cent variety either! I went to copy the movie to a DVD....about a month ago...and gave up after hours of trying to figure out how to get past the DRM. I found lots of pay-ware programs…

It does "magically" remember....actually Cydia is the outlaw iTunes store that pretty much functions like iTunes, except you get better stuff for free in addition to very useful apps like this. The license tracking is done in your Cydia account, just like a purchased app in iTunes.

Thanks...it was the first thing I did after installing IE9...the only option is to have "Tabs" on the row below the Address Bar instead of the new IE9 default which places them to the right of the URL box. The tabs used to be directly above each pane, but now they are above any other toolbars that might be open and…

Good one shaggy! Thanks!

Can anyone tell me, with no uncertainty, why Microsoft is compelled to move or reformat objects on the application interface without providing better user customization? First it was the Fluent User Interface aka "The Ribbon" (reminds of the Seinfeld episode "who won't wear de reebun!"). Did they really really have…

Look for PKGBackup in Cydia...works well and is now integrated with Dropbox as an optional backup storage location.

Those are great apps....MyWi, intelliscreen, intelliboard & dock, and Categories are also well worth the time & $$. I have over 75 apps from Cydia that really make a huge difference in productivity and customized interface. Thanks for the info on Safari Download and WhoIsCalling.

wish they'd give option to filter out themes and ringtones....ughhh

Answer #1 & 2: Restore the device to Apple IOS before seeking Apple care. They will not know that the phone was jailbroken if you at least restore. It'll be a problem if you can't get the device to function to the point where it can be restored with Apple IOS.

Don't know about faster, but if you're tech savvy or willing to learn; there are apps that might show you what's slowing things down.

The nuisance is probably proportional to tecnical expertise and the R.O.I. for the time you spend installing them and maintaining them. About 70% of the apps that I use, which differentiate the iPhone from any other smartphone or computing appliance for that matter, are a function of jailbreaking. Sad to say, but…

Don't know, but two easier ways to flip through themes than dishing through Cydia with your iDevice:

This actually has a great deal of utility for my workstation arrangement. iPhone is docked and powered next to PC and it's so much easier to keep working with the keyboard and mouse to maintain workflow. So now I can do some iPhone functions without having to stop working on my keyboard and mouse. Thanks!

This is a good one! Much easier to access and absolutely no evidence that the door was modified. Another one - self-stick magnetic strips attached to food storage containers: any metal air duct with a grille cover can be removed and the food container can be placed at arms length inside the duct out of site. Oh,…

Good idea, many different battery configurations and variables and some more prone than others by design. I have a high-performance laptop that has 4-core CPUs, 8 GB RAM and 1 GB VRAM with dual external monitors so heat is the biggest enemy that I've encountered. Temperature monitoring gadgets along with paying…

I personally think that Acrobat is overpriced and not nearly as intuitive as could be (which I find to be true of most Adobe products). And as far as "hats off"? Adobe had quite a stranglehold on the world of PDF for over 10 years, requiring the high cost of acquiring Acrobat in order to produce a PDF file from…

I've only used Acrobat and others not listed here....the latest version of Acrobat is probably the best OCR that I've used in 25 years of computing.

A program named "PDF2XL OCR"...very powerful and flexible, learning curve proportional to PDF and Excel experience.