Like most of you out there, I upgraded my iPhone to iOS4 right when it came out. And like most, have hated the upgrade because my iPhone 3g ran like crap afterwords. It was so slow, I could hardly use it at all. Crashes, mega slow, and all sorts of crappy performance issues. Nothing seemed to work. After scouring the Internet, I finally found a couple posts and threads that addressed the issue. What I gathered was that the iOS4 update needs some loving from your iPhone hardware to work right. Basically, it seems it needs to “rebuild itself” on the software side. My first attempts were to turn the phone off and back on but this didn’t work. Turns out it needs a “hard reset”, not just a power off (one would think these were basically the same things, but nope). Here’s what I did and it fixed everything:

• Press and hold BOTH the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button
• You will see the shut off screen. KEEP HOLDING
• Wait for the Apple logo
• Release the buttons
• Wait a bit until it comes back up (mine took a couple minutes)

Bingo! It’s back to its old self with iOS4. Now I have my phone back and all is right in the world. Well… Except that I don’t have the iPhone 4 yet, but that’s another issue entirely. Hope this helps you out as well.

Edit: I guess there’s another way by doing a complete backup, reset to factory defaults and restore through iTunes, but who wants to do that? I guess if the previous method doesn’t work for you, give the old restore a try.

Have you experienced the same thing? How did you fix it? Please share!

I got a question from one of our readers tonight and I thought it would be a good subject for you guys to weigh in on as I don’t think I’m fully capable of answering his questions and solving the issue(s). So that said, here’s Robert’s question:

“All of the sudden, my Mac is freaking out. First, I noticed that it was slowing down an awful lot. Now, I can’t even restart or shut it down normally. Disk Utility isn’t working and I can’t even eject my CD. Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this issue and get my Mac back?”

Thanks in advance!

This has to be the coolest case innovation for the iPad yet IMHO. ClamCase, I want one!

I was just recently informed of the SymLinks function in assosiation with DropBox. I know, I should have probably known this already, but I didn’t. This is seriously cool. You can back up any folder on your computer to dropbox. Sweet!

And yes… I said “BOOM!”

Ok, I’m having some real frustrating issues with my new MBP, the Dual link DVI adapter and my 30″ Dell external monitor. Maybe you can help me with a workaround for my issue. Here’s the story…

I run my external Dell @ 2560×1600 resolution. Most of the time everything is great, but when I leave the computer for a while, the screensaver comes on and eventually the MBP shuts off the monitor. This is where my issue takes place. SOMETIMES when I come back and move my mouse, everything turns on as expected but more often than not, I am thrown into this really wacked display. It’s as though the screen image is doubled on itself. There are vertical bands of rainbow color and scatter pixels across the whole width and it’s nearly impossible to see anything on the screen. I have found 2 ways to resolve the issue.

1. Unplug the mini-DVI for a couple seconds and plug it back in. This (as you probably know) isn’t the best solution because unplugging a monitor from your computer while it is on isn’t “advised”. So…

2. Struggle to find my mouse’s way up to the resolution/monitor icon in the taskbar and switch the resolution to 1280×800. This flickers the screen and comes back visible where I can then change the resolution to 2560×1600 with no issue. Then, however, I have to un-resize and un-rearrange all the windows I had open. This is really a pain.

So here’s my question… Is there a way to 1. completely avoid this issue all together? or 2. is there an easier way than method 2 above that doesn’t involve switching resolutions and OS X resizing and rearranging all my windows?

You guys are the smartest mega Mac brain I know. I trust and believe we can find the answer. Can you help me? Please!!!