What's new in iOS 9.3

Recently, Apple offer their developer to try the new update of iOS. The iOS 9.3 will brings more features to improve user experience for it's users. Here are several features that worth to try :

1. Night Shift feature

With this feature, your device will alter it's light when it's late at night. Apple believe that according to some studies, exposure to bright blue light in the night make people harder to fall asleep. Your device will know what time of the day and provide softer, warmer and comfortable for eyes. Night shift can be scheduled for certain time. You can configure this in Settings app.


2. Notes protection with Touch ID



We often use notes app in order to write and save information in fast and simple way. However, sometimes we don't want other people to easily open our notes. Notes app is not suitable to save sensitive information, but at least an extra layer of security added by apple. Most people not save sensitive information, but use notes to write personal matters that they don't want other people to read. Configure this in Settings -> Notes -> Password Protection.


3. Improved News App

Apple has minor tweak for it's interface and visual look. The improvement actually placed in their news engine to provide more news recommendation based on your interest. Other improvement that you may find in the app is you can watch article video directly from the news feed without clicking it.

4. More Quick Actions with 3D touch

In this release, Apple added new quick actions when you use 3d touch feature in their stock apps, such as appstore, weather, settings and health app.

5. Do more with Live Photos

You may often use this feature in your new iPhone 6s. With iOS 9.3, Apple has added new function to their photos app. You can duplicate and save live photos as new live photos or still image.

6. CarPlay

New feature has been added to integrate CarPlay and Apple Music which allows you to play recommended tracks and playlist based on your history.

7. Other Features

• Siri now has support for Finnish, Hebrew, and Malay.
• If you have iOS 9.3 and watchOS 2.2 your iPhone will be able to pair with more than one Apple Watch. Each Apple Watch and iPhone must have 2.2 and 9.3 respectively.
• App switcher has haptic feedback similar to Peek and Pop.
• While using Apple Pay, there’s now a small icon that will open the associated app linked to the card or pass.

iOS Update - What's new in iOS 9.1

Recently, Apple announced new iOS update for their devices. We notice that this new update comes with several improvement.


1. Quick reply for apps

If you are a whatsapp user, you definitely want to update to the new iOS 9.1. In this update, you can do quick reply from it's notification when someone chat you. Actually, quick reply already available on iOS 8 but only available for apple message.


2. 4K support for iMovie

If you are using iPad Air 2, this is a great new s for you. In iOS 9.1, you can create and share 4K video with iMovie using your iPad Air 2. Other Apple device which can use 4K feature in iMovie are iphone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and iPad Pro.

3. New emoji Characters

Apple add new emoji support for their iOS keyboard. There are quite bunch of new emo available for you.


There are several minor optimization as well in this new update, for example intelligent detection for live photos. Here are the complete lists from apple :

 • Live Photos now intelligently senses when you raise or lower your iPhone, so that Live Photos will automatically not record these movements 

    • Over 150 new emoji characters with full support for Unicode 7.0 and 8.0 emojis 

    • Improved stability including CarPlay, Music, Photos, Safari, and Search 

    • Improved performance while in Multitasking UI 

    • Fixes an issue that could cause Calendar to become unresponsive in Month view 

    • Fixes an issue that prevented Game Center from launching for some users 

    • Resolves an issue that zoomed the content of some apps 

    • Resolves an issue that could cause an incorrect unread mail count for POP mail accounts 

    • Fixes an issue that prevented users from removing recent contacts from new mail or messages 

    • Fixes an issue that caused some messages to not appear in Mail search results 

    • Resolves an issue that left a gray bar in the body of an Audio Message 

    • Fixes an issue that caused activation errors on some carriers 

    • Fixes an issue that prevented some apps from updating from the App Store 

How to jailbreak your iPhone with Pangu iOS 9 jailbreak

In the previous post, you can download Pangu Jailbreak from their site. Now, we have the tutorial about how to jailbreak your iphone with Pangu iOS 9 jailbreak. Note: This jailbreak will be done using windows. Here is how :

1. Backup your iphone before starting the jailbreak process. If you have finished backup your device, connect it to your PC using USB.

2. Disable your passcode / Touch ID. You can do this by going to Settings -> Touch ID & Passcode.

3. Disable "Find My iPhone" feature in Settings -> iCloud -> Find My iPhone.

4. Run the Pangu jailbreak from your PC

5. Click the Start button and choose "Already Backup"

6. Your iPhone will reboot. After rebooting, Pangu will ask you to put your iPhone into Airplane mode. If you already done this, the jailbreak process will continue. 

7. In the process, It will ask you to allow access into Photo library. Accept it to continue. 

8. When "Pangu Would Like to Access Your Photos" appear. Click OK.

9. Your iPhone will reboot. After finish, disable the airplane mode. Your jailbroken iPhone is ready to use. 

10. Open Cydia app and you can start explore it.

If you don't have PC, you can run windows using virtual machine through your mac. 

iPhone jailbreak for iOS 9 to 9.0.2 is out!!

Even iOS 9 has been released for only several weeks, there is jailbreak for this iOS already. The Chinese Pangu jailbreak team has released untethered jailbreak for iOS 9 and it claimed to be compatible with all apple devices which compatible with iOS 9. 

Altough the jailbreak is out, the OSX user still has to wait because there is only windows installer available right now. If you want to do the jailbreak, it is advised by the Pangu team to backup your iphone. Other things that you can do to increase the success rate are turn on the airplane mode , disable your "Find my iphone" and your passwords.

You can download the jailbreak from their website in here.

iPhone 6s Chipgate : How to know what chip you get

This issue has become hot news around the internet. As you know, Apple outsource their production to 2 companies : Samsung and TSMC. There is a buzz on the net that iPhone 6s battery with TSMC chip last longer than other which use Samsung chip. So, how to know what chips you've got in your iphone? There are several ways to know your chipset :

1. Using "Lirum device info lite"

With this app you can know directly about your chip and also the fastest way in my opinion. Search this app inside the app store and install it (it's free). Once it installed, Open the app. In the main page of the app look for "Model". If it's :

N66AP = Samsung Chip

N71AP = Samsung Chip

N66MAP = TSMC chip

N71MAP = TSMC chip

2. CPU Identifier

This method is also easy to do :

- Go to http://demo.hiraku.tw/CPUIdentifier/ from your iphone and install the app (Note : this is unsigned app)

- Go to settings , choose General

- Tap on "Profile"

- Search for Guangzhou Huimei Electronics

- Select "Trust this app"

- Open the app to know your chipset.

3. Using your iMazing app and your mac

If you have mac or PC, you can use iMazing app, which has similar feature like iTunes : 

- Download iMazing app from https://imazing.com/download

- Connect your iphone

- Choose "trust this computer" from your iphone if it's the first time you connect your iphone

- Select "Get info"

- Scroll down and look for "Hardware model"

5 Time saving tips for your iphone 6s & other iOS gadgets

With the new Apple iPhone 6s, new features being added to improve productivity. Here, we are going to share some tips that also applicable to other iOS devices : 

1. Fast reply to your notifications

Depend on the apps which have notification features, in your notification centre you can swipe down the notification message to see the apps option. Most apps have this kind of features. 

You save : 1 second

2. Use Siri to read latest message

Siri could be really useful if you want to know latest message in your iphone. Just say "Siri, read my me my text message" and it will read latest unread message from your iphone. 

You save : 2 seconds

3. Peek a website using 3d touch (for iPhone 6s)

If you receive message from your friends with certain url, you can use 3d touch to peek inside the url without switch or open safari.

You save : 0,5 second

4. Peek your emails with 3d touch (for iPhone 6s)

Usually, we opened our emails from our inbox to see what the message are and go back to our inbox to see other email. Now, in iPhone 6s, you can peek your email by using 3d touch and dismiss it directly after you see it. 

You save : 0,5 second / email

5. Take a photo to send it to your friends 

In iMessage, you can directly take a new photo or record new video and send it directly to your friends. To do this, within iMessage, long-press the camera icon to open it's menu. Swipe up to take picture or to the left to record a new video.

You save : 0,5 second

How to setup "Do not disturb" mode in your iOS device

If you are working or want to enjoy your "me" time, this mode can be really helpful for you. In this post, I'll show you how to go inside this mode and what else you can do.

- First, Go to Settings app.

- Choose "Do not disturb" . You'll see options like below :

- You can choose to turn on this mode manually or schedule it (for example in the night when you want go to sleep or go to a meeting)

- If you want only receive calls from certain person you can also choose "Allow Calls From" and choose your contact. 

How to use your iPhone without any service

Today, Most people use smartphone in their everyday life. Without no doubt, smartphone makes people become more productive and work efficiently. Fast growth of smartphone today affect many telecommunication company to evolve. They provide not only voice and text message which very popular in the old times, but also data package. Users offered with many bundle package of their premium package with certain prices. I personally use iphone to support my everyday activities. The purpose of this article is to share some tips about how you can use your iPhone, even without activated plan. 

Do you think it's possible ? Yes, it does. This become possible because growing communication apps for your smartphone and also wifi technology which covered most area in big cities. If you live in metropolitan area, I'm pretty sure that it's not that hard to find wifi in almost every corner of your city area. Here is some apps that I use to communicate using wifi.

1. Whatsapp

Thanks to the growing chat app. Many people now use chat application like whatsapp to communicate with their family, friends and colleagues. Not only text messages, they also offer voice call for their users to talk each other. The best part is you can do all of this with wifi connection.

2. Skype

One of many apps that I always installed in my iphone. If whatsapp offer chat and voice calls for communication, I personally use skype to do video call with my family or friends. Sometimes, we want to show something when we talk to our friends or family. This could be the best option to do that. Skype also offer text and voice communication with conference feature.

3. iPhone wifi calling 

How about if our friend not using 2 apps above and we want to communicate with them ? This could be handy for iphone users. This is the feature that I like most within my iphone in term of communication. We can dial our friend or family numbers using wifi. The call recipient still see your phone number as the caller ID but the communication itself initiated through wifi protocol. How cool is that !

For the third option that I mention above, Apple only agree with the carrier which require it's user to have plan with them. You may ask, so what's the point if I must have a plan. Altough you must have a plan, you may meet certain conditions that it can be handy for you. For example, If you behind your bill with your carriers, This option still available to you. You can call even you don't have activated plan but still subscribe to your carriers. If you are in the US, this works with T-Mobile and AT&T. For Canada, you can use it with Bell and Rogers. 

6 Free iOS apps which maximize 3D touch in Apple iPhone 6s

Since the arrival of iPhone 6s with 3D touch feature, many developers enhance their apps to use this feature and give their user base better user experience and use their iphone effectively.

1. Instagram

One of most popular social app out there. With 3D touch, you can preview actual photos inside the app, such as in the profile page of the user, not only from the app icon. 

2. Pinterest

From the icon app, you can directly create new board. Inside the app, you can also use this feature. In first time use it inside the app, you'll feel little bit weird. When you want to pin or heart, you likely want to use 2 hands, one to activate the 3d touch menu and the other hand to choose option you want to take. 

3. Dropbox

One of the 3d touch feature that we found useful when we use this app is fast upload option directly from the icon app. This is one of time-saving activities to use this app using 3d touch. Other option that you may found useful is to see recent files added to the app. Inside the app, you can preview photos, list of files within folder using this feature.

4. WeChat

If you using this app, you'll get some useful and time-saving feature using 3d touch. From the app icon, you can pull up QR code or mute the app for one hour if you get distracted with this app (One of the option that we'll often use) 

5. Shazam 

I really like with the options offered in this app. From the app icon, you can directly "shazam now" to know the music that you hear when you're in a hurry. 

6. Hipstamatic

This app offer powerful options when you use 3d touch. You can directly shoot with several modes from the icon app. There are sunset, portrait and "blogger" mode. Give it a try !

5 Things you don't know that Siri can do !

In iOS 9, Siri comes with a lot of improvement and better performance. There are several new things that you can try with Siri. Here they are : 

1. Adjust your screen brightness.

Just say "Change screen brightness" and you'll get a slider to adjust your brightness. Not only brightness setting, you can also this with fonts or other things. Give it a try !

2. Find what people say on twitter.

One of many things that you can do with Siri is to know what people say on tweeter. Say "What [name of twitter user] saying?" and Siri will display their tweets in your screen.

3. Selfie with camera 

In previous post, I've shown to take selfie with your front camera. Many people don't know that you can tell Siri to take selfie. Just say "Siri, take a selfie" and your camera app will open, ready to take your photo selfie. 

4. Turn on or off your available network

With Siri, you can turn on or off your wifi, bluetooth , airplane mode and other network options. For example, you can say "Siri, turn wifi on"

5. Read your message

Did you know that Siri can read messages for you ? To do this, just say "Read latest message" and siri will check latest messages from your message app.

3 Ways to launch selfie camera in iphone 6s

As new iPhone 6s launch with new iOS 9 and several new features, It give options to it's user to do so much more with their iphone 6s. In this post, We will show you how to access your selfie camera in various ways.

1. Using 3D Touch.

First, using new feature which come with iPhone 6s, the 3D Touch.

- Go to home screen

- Press firmly the camera app icon.

- It will pop a menu from 3D touch

- Choose "Take Selfie"

2. Using Siri 

To do this, Follow these steps : 

- Say "Hey Siri, Take a selfie"

- If you have security applied, unlock your iphone using Touch ID or passcode, depend on your security settings.

- Your camera app will automatically launch and you just need to tap camera icon in the top right of your app in order to switch into your front camera.

3. Open your camera app manually.

The most common way to do selfie the old fashion way.

- Unlock your iphone using Touch ID or passcode (If you apply security setting before)

- Open your camera app in your home screen

- After your camera app launched, switch your camera by tapping the camera icon in the top right.

How to delete apps in iPhone 6s

This guide maybe sound a little bit ridiculous. But, as you know, in iPhone 6s there is new feature called 3D touch. With 3D touch, your iphone will detect pressure when you touch the screen. To move or remove apps in your iphone will be the same as the previous iphone, but you'll need more careful or you will accidentally trigger 3d touch in your iphone. 

1. Go to your app list or home screen.

2. Touch the app you want to move or delete lightly

3. Wait a little longer to allow it enter jiggle mode

4. Move it or remove the apps by pressing x in the top left of the app icon.

In some cases, your screen become blur and trigger 3d touch. It means that you press the app too hard. Try it again and touch lightly. 

How to activate or deactivate 3D touch in iphone 6s

By default, 3D touch is on iphone 6s, but there also an option to deactivate it. It may be useful for people who have problem with their motor skill. To access 3D touch, use following steps :

1. Go to Settings app

2. Choose General

3. Choose accessibility

4. Choose 3D Touch

5. Slide to the left to deactivate it.

How to downgrade your iphone iOS 9 to iOS 8.4.1

Some people don't like to use apple new iOS which now has reach version 9. The brand new iOS 9 comes with several new features, but most user concern about it's performance and battery usage, even for Apple iPhone 6s users. 

If you also one of many users that already upgrade to iOS 9, you can downgrade your iOS version to 8.4.1. Here are the steps :

1. Make sure you backup all your data and apps from your iphone, so you can restore it later.

2. Download IPSW file for iOS 8.4.1 version which match with your iPhone from here.  Choose your iphone device and save it.

3. Turn off Find My iPhone feature. Go to Settings -> iCloud -> Find My iPhone. Slide the button to the left to deactivate it.

4. Next, turn your iphone off and run iTunes in your mac / computer.

5. Connect your iphone to your mac / computer. Press and hold Power and Home button for 10 seconds. Release the power button and stay press the home button. 

6. After you get notification that your iphone is in recovery mode, you can release the home button. 

7. Click iPhone icon device in the top of iTunes bar and then click summary in the right panel.

8. Press and hold Command button (mac) or Shift button (PC) when you click restore button.

9. Choose the IPSW iOS 8.4.1 that you have downloaded before and the proses will start.

10. After the downgrade process is done, follow the instruction in your iphone.