Apple recently released iOS 6.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. One of the features of this update is enabling 4G LTE in many countries including Saudi Arabia. Here is how to enable LTE on your device. Share your experience in the comments. Supported Devices You will need a device that supports LTE Band 3 (1800Mhz). The supported devices ...
Read More »Hijri Calendar for 1434 A.H. on the iPhone, iPad and Mac
Even though Mac OS X supports Hijri calendar that option is missing from iOS. Work arounds include using a dedicated Hijri calendar app or add daily events to the regular calendar. Badr has once again created iCal files to add the 1434 Hijri Calendar. To install simply follow this link then click view. After that click “Open in Calendarâ€. Or ...
Read More »How To: Hijri Calendar for 1433 A.H. in iPhone, iPad and Mac
Even though Mac OS X supports Hijri calendar the option is missing from iOS devices. To work around it people either use a dedicated Hijri calendar app or add daily events to the regular calendar. Badr has created some iCal files to add Hijri Calendar for the upcoming 1433 A.H. year starting November 26th. To install simply follow this link ...
Read More »How to get Mac OS X Lion for Free
Apple has just released Mac OS X Lion in the Mac App Store for $29.99. If you bought a Mac after June 5th then Apple will give you Lion for free. If you purchased a Mac between June 06, 2011 and July 20, 2011 then redeem it from the Apple Online Store before August 19, 2011 but since Saudi Arabia ...
Read More »Printing from iPhone, iPad with AirPrint
iOS 4.2 introduced many features including AirPrint which makes it easier to print directly from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. All you need to do is connect your iOS device to the same network as the AirPrint-enabled printer then choose print within the app. Many apps were updated to support AirPrint. AirPrint is currently available on the following printers: ...
Read More »How to Create a Free Find My iPhone Account
Apple has posted a quick guide on how to set up the free Find My iPhone service provided with iOS 4.2. Find My iPhone is a MobileMe service that helps you locate missing or stolen iOS devices, an extremely useful and valuable service. To create a free account you need an iPhone 4, iPod touch 4 or iPad running iOS ...
Read More »iPhone 3GS FaceTime Enabler Released
Update: It has beed updated to with iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.2. iPhoneislam just released their FaceIt 3GS mod for enabling FaceTime calls on the Apple iPhone 3GS. Here are the steps for installing FaceIt 3GS, you will need an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.1: Open Cydia Click (Manage) then (Sources) Top right click (Edit) then (ADD) on the left ...
Read More »Activating FaceTime in iPhone 4s sold in the Middle East using jailbreak
We still don’t know the real reason for blocking FaceTime in the Middle East but we do know that FaceTime works in Tunisia. Vodafone Qatar announced that they will reactivate it and Government policies in Qatar prevented initial FaceTime availability. Vodafone Egypt confirmed that saying that Egypt’s NTRA decided to block FaceTime. So no conspiracy theories there. For the time ...
Read More »[UPDATED] FaceTime does not work on iPod touch units sold by Arab Computers/ABM
IMPORTANT UPDATE Oct 18: The model numbers listed in this post (MC544FD, MC540FD and MC547FD) are for iPod touch units sold in Switzerland. According to an update by iramadah, the advanced unit that Arab Computers and Arab Business Machine got is a Switzerland model and the real units for Saudi Arabia carry the following model numbers: MC547AB, MC540AB and MC544AB. ...
Read More »Reach Mobily customer rep quickly
Here’s a shortcut to quickly reach a human customer rep at Mobily. Just add the following number to your address book: 1100 ,1,1,*,2,0
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