iPhone Tips for #BlogHer12

Some of these tips may apply to other types of phones, but I use an iPhone 4 so that is what these tips are based on. Those that have met me in person know that I always have my iPhone with me and I use it heavily.

Keep Your iPhone Charged

Every evening I make sure to plug in my phone to charge it plus make sure you bring your USB cord and wall adapter with you in your bag. At conferences you never know how long you will be out and about and it is nice to be able to charge up when you need to. If you are using a laptop in sessions make sure to plug your iPhone into it to charge at the same time. It is also nice to share with others who need it. You can also look for “charger cases” from Energizer, Mophie, etc.
Place iPhone Apps In Order of Importance

If you have a lot of apps, like me, move things around and put what you need on the first screen or in a folder on the first screen. For this event I would put the BlogHer Conference app, your airline app, calendar app, organizer app, WordPress app, expense app, etc. Whatever you use most often on a trip like this.
Keep Important Info in Non-Connected Locations

While we love our apps that are connected using our service or Wi-Fi, it is a fact that in some locations we just cannot connect. It seems to never fail that at those moments are when you need important info that is in an app. For confirmation numbers of flight and hotels and the like put that info into the Notes App or you can open your app now and take a screenshot image of the info in the app and save it to your Camera Roll. To take a screenshot hold down the round button at the button and the on/off button on the top right of your iPhone together and you will hear the camera “click” noise.
Turn Down Screen Brightness on Your iPhone

Go into your settings and turn down your screen brightness just a bit. This will help save your battery life.
Shorten Your iPhone Auto-Lock Setting

Go into your settings and set your phone to Auto-Lock after just 1-minute. This will help save your battery life.
Turn Off Bluetooth

If you aren’t using any Bluetooth services with your iPhone, turn Bluetooth off in your settings. This will help save your battery life.
Fully Close iPhone Apps Not in Use

Double-click the bottom round button to see every app that is not fully closed. Hold down on one of them until they wiggle and then tap the “-“ sign on all of them you are not going to be using. This will increase the performance of your iPhone.
Be Ready For File Sharing via Your iPhone

There are a variety of services you can use to sync your documents and photos to all your other devices and computers. I like SkyDrive the best, but iCloud, Dropbox, and others work too. Get one all set up before you leave on your trip to make sharing easy.
Keep iPhone Away From Room Key Card

I have mentioned this before, but make sure not to put your iPhone next to your room key card. It will erase the key and you will have to walk back to the front desk to get a new one – a pain in the butt.
Make a Music Playlist for Your iPhone

Set up a playlist of your favorite music for on the plane, in the car, in the hotel room to chill out, or to workout by in the morning.
Download Trip Specific iPhone Apps

If you do not already have apps for your airline, a taxi cab app, subway map app, tip and bill splitting app, etc. make sure you get them before you leave and set them up. You may not use them, but it will be nice to have them already if you do need them.
Bras Make Good Pockets for iPhones

I really try to always have pockets on my pants and skirts to keep my iPhone in, but a few items do not have them. Tuck your iPhone under your bra strap as a safe spot to carry it so you don’t set it down and forget it.
Clean Your iPhone Screen, Camera Lens, and More

Give your iPhone a good buffing with a soft cloth. Also, if you have a case take your iPhone out and clean UNDER the case especially the camera lenses and around buttons and switches. If you notice your photos are blurry, this is probably why.

Do you have any other good tips for iPhones at BlogHer ‘12?

Tagged as: apps, blog conference, BlogHer, iphone, smartphone, tips, travel

http://thedomesticbuzz.com Mariana

I just got an iPhone earlier this month and am LOVING it. Thanks for the tips, Robyn! See you in NYC :)
SharonGreenthal

Bras are such good places for stashing so many things, aren’t they? I am in love with dropbox!
http://twitter.com/rkosully Robin

Great tips! I like the idea of placing iPhone apps In order of importance and fully closing apps when not in use. Thanks!
Cassie

good iphone tips. i didn’t know the thing about closing out your apps all the way. I’ve been thinking about starting to use a file sharing app… which one is the best? (dealbunny20 @ gmail dot com)
judybradley

These are very handy tips – even when not attending Blogher! Thanks for your diligent research and providing the tips! We don’t always think about some of these things until too late!
RoundRockGal

All good tips. I need to clean up my apps and definitely sort in order of importance. There are so many I have that never get used – particularly the games that my daughter enjoys. Now that she has her own phone I need to get rid of them NOW so I am not searching for the one I want.
http://www.facebook.com/jameshatch04 James Hatch

Nice tips. I would like to add here that if you have the messages coming to your iPhone and they are visible on the screen for anyone to read, you can also hide them. Go to the Settings and then general tab. Shut off the view from there so that when you get any iMessage or text, the sender’s name will be visible only.

Regards

.J-

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Ravzie

I am a new iPhone user and I am still learning so many things. I had no idea you could shut off apps until this very minute. I am definitely going to look into that! I have noticed that the battery doesn’t seem to last very long as compared to my older phones – but I was guilty of letting the batts go flat on those too, LOL. Thanks for these good tips!
http://southerngirlramblings.com/ Kecia

Organizing apps by importance is a good idea, and one I didn’t think of before my first conference in June. I did always make sure to charge my phone at night though – all that Facebooking, Tweeting and Instagraming can take a toll on the battery! :)
Tiffany Winner

i like the tip to keep important info in another place in case you can’t access it online, paper is still useful even with so much great technology!
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http://twitter.com/toothfairycyber Tooth Fairy

I love how really real you are online, tweeting, blogging etc and appreciate that you share sweet and fantastic tips. believe me! Thanks for that ~ My phone still ” flips” and is primarily for emergency use… but one day I wish for a real iphone too!
alucky13

One of these days, I’ll be sure to use some of these tips. lol, not there yet. alucky13 at hotmail dot com
Shannon Whitfield

I had absolutely no idea about the room card key.. thank you! Also, I love the bra tip:) I’m always setting my phone down and can’t find it. I try to always keep my screen brightness down and bluetooth off.. like you said, they really do drain the battery.