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Forget your passcode? Restore your iPhone


By Anonymous (not verified)

The best way to avoid this is to write down your passcode and keep it somewhere safe. If you don’t do this and forget your passcode, you’ll have to connect your iPhone to your computer and use iTunes to restore the iPhone software. This will wipe out Contacts or Calendar info you have on the device, along with any music or videos on the device. You can then sync it with your PC or Mac to get the info and files back on.

Use Google SMS to get information

By Anonymous (not verified)

If Internet connectivity isn’t available or is too slow on your iPhone, you can send SMS text messages to Google to quickly get information like sports scores, weather, word definitions, driving directions, and more. To do this, send a text to GOOGLE (466453) and use one of the following search types:

  • Sports: score cubs
  • Movies: movies 90004
  • Stocks: stocks appl
  • Flight information: flight aa 500

There are many more search types. Do a Web search on “Google sms requests” to find more.