It is a fact that small free applications created by non Apple programmers will experience problems. Often the first releases of these small applications are not stable and well-designed and will take a little time before all problems are sorted and application made stable.

At times you might find that some applications, when opening them, will only take you back to the iPhone’s Home screen. Some applications might even restart your iPhone. Here are some recommendations you can follow in order to troubleshoot problematic applications:

Step 1 – Restart the Application
Attempt to restart the application again. Often, restarting an application for a second time might work.

Step 2 – Restart the iPhone
Simply hold down the Sleep switch at the top of the iPhone until the ‘Slide to Power Off’ note appears. Simply slide your finger in order to turn off the iPhone and restart it again.

Step 3 – Reinstall the Application
Firstly, you will need to remove the application from your iPhone. Then visit the App store again and re-download the application. You will be notified that you have already purchased the application. Simply tap ‘OK’ and you will receive a notification that you will not be charged again for the application.

Step 4 – Reset Your iPhone
If you experience your iPhone to freeze or become totally unresponsive, it is suggested that you reset the iPhone. In order to reset the iPhone, simply hold down both the Home and Sleep buttons for at least 10 seconds. The phone will shut down, after which you can turn it on again.

If all above fails and the application is still not working, you can report this to Apple. A team of technicians will investigate and often this will fix any errors you may be experiencing with the application.

The iPhone is unlike any other mobile device you have experienced before. In large, the iPhone has replaced old fashioned device buttons with onscreen touching, flipping, dragging and more. This guide will explain the various finger techniques you will be using with the iPhone.

Tap
In owning an iPhone, you will be doing a lot of tapping. The iPhone consists of a number of onscreen buttons, which you will need to tap with your finger. Luckily they are big enough for users to see and touch. Here you will not be using the old-fashioned stylus, pen tip or any other small object.

Slide
On some screens you will be required to confirm an action by sliding your finger across the screen of the iPhone. Examples of sliding requests are when you intend to switch off your iPhone or unlock it after it was locked due to inactivity. You will also be requested to slide your finger to answer a call on a locked phone or to shut off an alarm or alert.

Drag
Dragging will occur when you are zoomed into a web page, email or photo and you wish to move around the enlarged image. Dragging is almost like a flick of the finger, but only slower and more controlled.

Pinch and Spread
In applications such as Mail, Web, Maps and Photos a user can zoom in by spreading. This is done by placing two fingers on the screen and spreading them apart. By doing this the image will start to enlarge.

Once zoomed into an image, you can zoom out again by pinching. This is done, once again by placing two fingers on the screen and pinching them together.

Flick
A flick can be seen as a fast and uncontrolled slide of the finger. By scrolling vertically you can browse long lists. The faster you flick the faster the list scrolls by.

Double-Tap
The double-tap term is plain forward and easy to understand, however, this is very rarely used on the iPhone where all functions are activated with one tap.

Generally double tapping are reserved for three functions only, and they are:

• Double tapping images in the browser will zoom in on them.
• Double tapping a zoomed image will restore the image to its original size.

When watching a video, double tapping it will switch between aspect ratios.

Two-Finger Tap
This is a very rare action on the iPhone and is only used in Google Maps. This will zoom out of a map viewed and is performed by tapping the screen once with two fingers.