iPhone Explorer Online Help
Content
1. Connect
to iPhone. 2
2. Music. 2
3. Videos. 2
4. Photos. 2
5. Ringtones. 2
6. Ringtone
Editor. 2
7. File
Explorer. 2
8. Messages. 3
9. SMS. 3
10. List
Icon Presentation. 3
11. Direct
links (only with Jailbreak [= software protection]). 3
12. Help. 3
13. Service. 3
14. File
download. 3
15. File
upload. 4
16. Drag
n‘ Drop. 4
17. File
preview (Preview by Windows default program). 4
18. Reload
file list. 4
19. System
requirements. 4
20. Jailbreak?
What that? What is there to consider?. 5
21. iTunes
and Apple Mobile Device Support Components. 5
The iPhone Explorer
creates a connection automatically to the iPhone, if it connected via USB cable
to the computer. If
the connection is active, then is the first icon from the menu bar
"Connection" is
activated and has
an orange background.
The button
"Music" presents a list of your audio and ringtones on iPhone. The
Music area supports
the download of
files. The integrated search module can look for titles, albums, artists, songs
of
year. With this
function can you find quickly your favorite songs.
The button
"Videos" presents a list of iTunes movies on the iPhone. The Videos
area supports the
download and upload
of files. Also here can you find favorite videos by the integrated search.
The button
"Photos" presents a list of JPEG, other picture and other files of
the pre defined iPhone
folder. The Photos
area supports the download and upload of files.
The button
"Ringtones" presents a list of personal ringtones and other files of
the pre defined
iPhone folder. The
ringtone area supports the download and upload of files.
ATTENTION!
The uploaded files
will be not creating to an iPhone ringtone. Please use the “Ringtone Editor” to
create a ringtone.
The "Ringtone
editor" gets a chance, to create an iPhone ringtone from any MP3 song. In
contrast to
iTunes, can you
create ringtones without limited size.
Choose at first the
song as an external audio file or an MP3 song from iPhone library (iPod).
Please check on
second step if the song title, artist, an album name and genre are exists. If
the
tags are not
available, then enter the names manually.
Start the creating
of the ringtones by click on the button "Start Converting ...".
ATTENTION!
Please note the
copyright of the songs. Please use only free of rights or purchased music
songs.
With the "File
Explorer" you can browse on file system of the iPhone. To navigate click
on the node
in the directory
tree or by entering of a directory structure in the address line.
ATTENTION!
When you delete,
rename or replace files, can you corrupt the iPhone. In case of emergency, the
iPhone can be
restored with iTunes, but all the data are lost.
The area Messages
shows the on iPhone exists Email accounts and with a click on the account
(email
address), also the
received, deleted and sent messages. To export of all messages of an account,
select the account
in the tree with the right mouse key (context menu). In the context menu can
you find three
export variants, Microsoft Outlook 2007, export as Text file or export of the
original
physical email as
*.emlx format. If you rename the text file to *.eml, than can import the file
via
drag 'n drop into
Outlook Express or Windows Mail.
With the message
search can you find mails, specified by part of the subject or message, sender
email address,
sender name or receive date.
The area SMS shows
the on iPhone received and sent SMS messages. The program determine the
sender name by
phone number, if number is contains in the iPhone contact address book. The in
contacts unknown
phone numbers, are displayed below the named SMS. A export of SMS messages
is also available.
The export function is displayed, if you click the right mouse key in the tree.
With the message
search can you find mails, specified by part of the message, sender phone
number, sender name
or receive date.
You can be made the
file lists presentation between details (default), list, small icons and large
icons. The function
does change only the current displayed list.
With the direct
links can you navigate to iPhone default folders in the File Explorer. If a
link is
selected, start the
File Explorer and navigate automatically to the address.
The application
help will be presents with press F1 key or with click on question icon on left
top site.
The iPhone Explorer
contains two categories "Functions" and the "Service"
group.
The button
„Internet“ does open a connection to the website of iPhone Explorer author.
The button
„Service“ does open a connection to the service website of iPhone Explorer
author. The
button
„www.Apple.com“ does open a connection to the website of the Apple Corp.. On
apple.com
can you download
e.g. iTunes.
To download files
from iPhone, select one or more files and then click the "Download"
button.
Alternatively
contains the context menu of the file list, also a "Download" button.
To upload files to
iPhone, click the "Upload" button and select one or more files in the
file open
dialog. To start
click in file open dialog OK. Alternatively contains the context menu of the
file list,
also a
"Upload" button.
All file lists does
support the file download via drag n‘ drop. Select one or more files and move
within pressed left
mouse key to Windows Desktop or another specified folder on your computer.
The context menu of
any file lists, contains an item to show the file with the Windows default
program for the
selected file type.
For example mp3
song with the Media Player or iTunes, Pictures with the Windows picture
preview program or
Photoshop.
The content of the
file lists can you reload by press F5 key or with the context menu item
„Refresh. The
directory list in the iPhone Explorer can also reload by context menu.
iPhone 2G, 3G and
3GS with Firmware 2.1 or later
iPod Touch
iTunes 7.x, 8.x and
9.x
Microsoft® Windows®
2000 Professional Service Pack 3
Microsoft® Windows®
2000 Server Service Pack 3
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Home Edition
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Media Center
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Professional
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Professional N
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Professional 64‐Bit
Microsoft® Windows
Vista™ Editions
Microsoft® Windows
Vista™ Editions 64‐Bit
Microsoft® Windows
7™ Editions
Microsoft® Windows
7™ Editions 64‐Bit
The Service Pack 2
is required for all XP editions.
Microsoft® Windows®
2000 Professional Service Pack 3*
Microsoft® Windows®
2000 Server Service Pack 3*
Microsoft® Windows
Server 2003‐Family*
Microsoft® Windows
Server 2003‐Family 64‐Bit
Microsoft® Windows
Server 2008‐Family*
Microsoft® Windows
Server 2008‐Family 64‐Bit
Hint!
All systems
required the Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.01 or later and the Microsoft®
Windows®
Installer 3.0 or
later.
Under jailbreak
understand the iPhone owner, the opening of the mobile phone to other
applications such
as Easy to install with Cydia and allow the software lock on the folder
structure
from the iPhone is
repealed. Up to iPhone firmware 3.0.1, everything was easy. With Blackra1n
as jailbreak
software for firmware 3.1.x, there was a significant change. Blackra1n does not
install afc2add the
service as its predecessors. The Afc2add service can you install from Cydia.
Without this
software, it is not possible to get the iPhone Explorer full access to the
iPhone. For
this reason it is
recommended that this service retroactively.
Sometimes it may
happen that when you install iTunes, not all components in the operating
system to be
registered or deregistered. Although iTunes works fine, but third‐party
programs
such as the iPhone
Explorer to work incorrectly. The iPhone Explorer, for example, uses the
iTunes component
"Apple Mobile Device Support" and parts of Apple's
"QuickTime". If a
component is not
found, cannot read or transfer files to your iPhone. The causes can be
manifold. It is
possible in the environment variable Path missing entries of Quicktime or/and
Mobile Device Support,
or may be incorrect or DLLs were not registered in Windows or the
registry is
damaged. For these cases is handled via the Settings menu, iTunes and Mobile
Device
Support to components
uninstall or re‐install the required components.