On this episode of Deemable Tech, Angel Torres from The Logica visits us in the studio again to tell us what he’s been up to since One Spark, and to tell us about some big news from the Aurora App. Also, we help Amber remove a forgotten PIN restriction on her iPhone, and we helped Lynda figure out why apps keep redone loading on her iPod touch after she deleted them.
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All that, plus our app recommendations of the week on this episode of Deemable Tech!
#44 Angel Torres and the Aurora App 2.0
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On this week’s episode we have a special guest, back with us in the studio again, Angel Torres, the CEO and founder of The Logica, a web and app development company. You might know him from when he was on the show back in February, or you might know him if you came to One Spark. Thanks for coming on the show, Angel.
So, I want to ask you about what’s been going on with the Aurora App, and any other projects that The Logica is up to that you can talk about, but I’m sure you’ve heard about the changes at One Spark that are coming for One Spark 2014. I want to see what you think about that too. Sound fun?
All right, but first, let’s talk about apps.
That App Segment
All right, well let’s answer a couple of listener’s questions.
Amber wrote in and asked, at some point I created a PIN number for my iPhone’s “Restrictions” setting. I can’t remember it now, and I have 9 failed passcode attempts. Will I ever be able to get in and change my restrictions… or will I be stuck with in-app purchases turned off forever? Help! How can I fix this?
Well, hopefully you have synced your iPhone with iTunes on your computer at least once before. If you have this going to be a lot easier. All you’ll have to do is open iTunes, and plug your iPhone in, and that will reset the count of how many times you can enter the passcode. So, theoretically you could enter pin numbers until the end of time. Hopefully at some point you’ll be able to figure out what your pin number was.
If you can’t figure out what your pin number was, then that’s a slightly bigger problem. You’re going to have to backup your iPhone, and then restore it from that backup. That will clear the PIN number. But, that will only work, if you have synced your iPhone with iTunes on your computer in the past. If you haven’t, you’re going to have to reset your iPhone to factory settings. That is why I said I hope that you have synced it before, because if you haven’t, you’re going to lose all your settings and all your stuff on your iPhone.
So, what I would do is start by plugging in your iPhone and trying those passcodes again, and keep track of which ones you’ve tried, especially if you’re only doing a four digit pin code. I mean there’s only 9,999 options. You’ve got to hit it eventually, right?
We will include a link to instructions how to reset your iPhone to factory settings, and how to restore your iPhone from a previous back up in the show notes for the episode.
iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode
Lynda asked I keep deleting apps off of my iPod touch, but they keep reinstalling whenever the app gets updated. Why? It’s driving me crazy. I want to be able to delete apps and for them to stay deleted. What’s going on? I am running iOS 6.1.3 on a 4th generation iPod. I am running iTunes on my Windows 7 laptop. iTunes syncs over the WiFi.
I am going to guess that you probably don’t keep your laptop running all the time. Here’s what I think is happening: You are connecting to iTunes, and syncing. Then, later you install an app, and delete it before you sync with your computer again. Now what happens, is the next time you sync your computer with your iPod, iTunes downloads the app, and then it sees that you don’t have the new app on your iPod. So, in trying to be helpful, it reinstalls it on your iPod for you. Now, you’re probably only just noticing it when the App Store has an update for the app.
How to enable Automatic Downloads on your computer and on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
QUESTIONS FOR ANGEL
How did things turn out for you guys at One Spark?
What would you do different?
Are you planning on entering One Spark 2014?
What happening with the Aurora app?
What projects are working on now?
Changes for One Spark 2014 http://beonespark.tumblr.com/post/55001047087/one-spark-2014-press-release
More money up for grabs: $300,000
Distributed differently:
$200,000 guaranteed crowdfund distributed solely on public vote,
five $10,000 bonuses awarded to the top-voted creator in each category,
five $10,000 juried prizes and immediate individual contributions from attendees.
Other changes
Five creator categories, art, innovation, music, science and technology
More walkable, concentrated event footprint that will include 20 square blocks and additional programming throughout.
Significant number of additional voting and information kiosk locations.
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