iphone - how do I remove a shortcut from the opening screen?

[elliott]

That's it really. I managed to put mumsnet on the opening screen (can't remember the fancy name for it) and can't remove it now!
Equally I'm not sure I want or need some of the icons on the screen - is it possible to remove them, or at least to rearrange them so the front screen has the ones I am most likely to use?
Thanks.

hold your finger a few secs on the icon until it wiggles

well they all wiggle and you can delete them and move them about. when you're done, click on the home button.

THanks! I'm finding this 'no instructions' thing really strange - on the one hand yes its very intuitive and I've picked it up quickly, but there are some things that you just wouldn't think to do unless you knew!
(actually what I meant to say was that I put a mumnset shortcut on three times and that;s why I need to delete it )
If I delete something like 'notes', would it still be somewhere to retrieve if I changed my mind?

Ah, a slight hitch - can't find a way to move them between pages on the screen??

done it

You can't delete some of them, like notes, Safari, mail...

There are lots of things DH and I found out by accident. A screenshot is holding down the on/off button on the top and clicking the home button. In Safari touching the top bar with the time and battery takes you to the top of the webpage you're on...

I downloaded an app. called tips or something. It was free and had a few new things I didnt know!

There is an iPhone Tips app in a free version or full paid for version.

I found 'iPhone - the missing manual' very helpful - especially for it's useful battery-saving tips. It's £2.99 from the app store, but definitely worth it. There's a free lite version too, but I'm not sure what gets left out of that one.

I find it's easier to rearrange apps in iTunes, just before I sync - you can drag them from screen to screen on your computer & it's easier than trying to do it on the phone.

Thanks again. Can I get rid of things like youtube and 'stocks' from the home screen?RustyBear can you remind me of your battery saving tips?
I have not tried out connecting to iTunes yet - do I really need to?

First of all, turn down the screen brightness to a level which is still comfortable - I have mine just under halfway & it's fine.
Secondly, turn off anything you don't use eg turn off the 3G if you're not using it - (Settings-General-Network -Enable 3G network Off)- this is one of the worst things for draining the battery.
Also you can turn off Bluetooth if you don't use that & Location Services - it doesn't take long to turn it back on if you need it.
Also you can turn off push data unless you really need your emails & other data constantly updated- you can set it to check every 15, 30 or 60 minutes instead.

I have shifted stocks to the last screen on it's own, so it doesn't get in the way - just hold it till it jiggles, then drag to the right & keep it there & the screens will scroll until you're on the last one.

One last tip - DO NOT install Angry Birds at 10pm if you were planning an early night.....

Many thanks. I can't find where the 3G setting is (useless aren't I).
I promise I will download the tips app and stop asking trivial questions!

I've found it. Have already done most of your suggestions.
Still have a feeling I'm scratching the surface of its capabilities...don't know what internet tethering or vpn is. Ah well, I am sure the fog will lift in due course!

Tethering is having a computer use your iPhone to access the internet. In effect your iPhone acts as one of those 3g dongles type things. It's useful if you're out and about.

VPN, Virtual Private Network, is a way of joining another network across the internet. For example your work might offer VPN access to their corporate intranet. So you connect to the internet, connect to your company via VPN and then it's as if your iPhone is on the company network (well almost).

Ooh, that will be useful when I'm stuck in a hotel without free wi-fi...but would an hour's browsing take me over my contract limit I wonder...

With my work (a university) we access the network via ras - I do it a lot from my laptop at home - I wonder if I can do it on the iphone? Will check it out...