Thanks for all your encouragement. My phone is working fine. I have
made several calls since the incident happened, and have also used a
bluetooth speaker and headset. Glad to know my iPhone is tougher then
I first thought.
On 5/1/20, Mike B. wrote:
> That is so totally cool!
>
> Take care.
Wow, glad your setup went smoothly. Or at least pretty much smoothly,
from your setup steps.
However, a warning for any newcommers to the iPhone SE2020.
If you start setup, turn on Voicer, it may not speak at all and you
may have to get sighted help. Someone from the audiogames.net forum
said thy
Do you keep your contacts sync'ed with iCloud?
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Nancy
Hill
Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2020 1:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: original SE contacts question
I have the original SE. The list of contacts is growing
Sorry for any misspellings, lol. This Windows laptop is many years old, lol.
On 5/2/20, Portia Scott wrote:
> Wow, glad your setup went smoothly. Or at least pretty much smoothly,
> from your setup steps.
> However, a warning for any newcommers to the iPhone SE2020.
> If you start setup, turn on
Glad your phone is OK.
If someone has such an accident with an older phone or wants to be
sure, pour rice into a bag or a box, put your phone in the rice for a
day or two and it should be dry and good as new.
On 5/2/20, Joshua Hendrickson wrote:
> Thanks for all your encouragement. My phone is
On one of the devices
Do you have mail setup as a pop3 account by any chance?
And then a different setup
Say iMap on your phone?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Noe
Villeda
Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2020 1:18 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Mail
I have two email
Hello,
Don't think... Siri cannot do it. You can practice this gesture on a table.
Quick triple tape with Three fingers with a little space between each and
important, use the soft part of the finger,
The secret, taking your time.
Lyne
> Le 2 mai 2020 à 06:20, Adam Morris a écrit :
>
>
Are these numbers for if calling from the States? I am in the UK.
Many thanks,
Andrew Andrew
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Turner
Sent: 02 May 2020 15:14
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: iTunes for Windows
I'd try both Microsoft
You can also set up another gesture that is not being used by one of the iPhone
gestures to do the three finger triple tap for the screen curtain. I used one
finger quadruple tap.
Reggie Alvarado
On May 2, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Richard Turner wrote:
Mitch,
A two or four finger double tap
Problem solved. There was one little thing having to do with Maps that was in
the location tracking settings that I needed to switch on to improve improve
whatever. I couldn't do it under maps outside of the location tracking section
of settings. Anyway it knows where I am now.
Sent from my
There was a storey from I believe mac rumours a few months back where someone
lost an iPhone in to a pool within Disney land,
After a number of days, they cleaned the pool out and got the phone which was
then returned to the owner
When the owner charged the phone back up it was still
Hello Adam. I just had a brief poke around for a solution. Unfortunately,
there's no toggle in VoiceOver settings for the screen curtain. Using Siri
isn't an option since it seems to think you want to control curtains
connected via the home kit. The only thought which occurs to me is going
into
Hi Adam. He could try asking Siri, to turn off screen curtain.
Dave.
From: Adam Morris
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2020 11:19 AM
To: viPhone
Subject: Turning screen curtain off?
Hi all,
Someone I know who is elderly and has trouble with gesturing has their screen
curtain on.
Is there any way to
Using the voice control feature is perhaps the simplest solution. Once voice
control is on and the necessary files have had time to download, you can give
a command to turn screen curtain on or off.
Harry
> On 2 May 2020, at 12:24, Dave wrote:
>
>
> Hi Adam. He could try asking Siri, to
Just to let you know from a long time IPhone user, they were not always
nearly as tough as now. My iPhone 5 took a swim in the toilet and it died a
sudden death! LOL!
Marie
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From: Joshua Hendrickson
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 11:37 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
If VoiceOver does not come up, can't you ask Siri to launch it.
Occasionally, my husband'swill on his tablet, and all he does is ask Siri to
turn VoiceOver off, and she does.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Portia Scott
I wish I did, James. One of the ladies in my card playing group got one, and
several others got one. They have them at Wal-Mart, is all I know. They aare
really soft, and I liked it. I could still maybe get one, just not put any
cards in it unless I do it temporarily.
-Original
Reggie,
Have you tried putting the onscreen keyboard into caps lock since you set up
that gesture?
Now in iOS 13, you need a one finger quadruple tap to activate caps lock.
I’m curious if your gesture overrides that one.
Richard
"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in
It offers the option of using the Email because you can text people using email.
Maybe say text so to their iPhone?
Richard
"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre
muccio
Oh yes! Nice one Hary. That should work.
On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 7:38 AM 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone <
viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Using the voice control feature is perhaps the simplest solution. Once
> voice control is on and the necessary files have had time to download, you
> can give a
I do not have that weather issue on my fairly new 11.
But, I do have her ask me all kind of options about a text, if I say, send text
message to Mary Smith. Another thing that I have a really hard time making Siri
do is a group text, even when I give the command send group text to Mary Smith,
Good question.
If you can call them toll free, I'd try it.
I think on the apple Accessibility web page they may give other numbers for
different countries.
Hopefully, Microsoft does the same.
If you cannot find them, let me know, I can call them easily and ask.
Richard
"There's a nap for
Hi,
Firstly, please accept my apologies if this message is off topic for this list,
but as it is about an Apple product I thought I might just get away with it.
I am running iTunes version 12.10.6.2 under Windows 10.
For some reason (and this has only happened fairly recently) I can no longer
Mitch,
A two or four finger double tap have nothing to do with the screen curtain.
The original question was to help someone who cannot do the three finger
gesture, so it comes down to Voice Control, which is there to make it possible
for someone without use of their hands, or at least not
Hey Carolyn, Do you have a link or model number for the case with a lanyard?
Thanks,
James B
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 10:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Looking for a durable case for a iPhone SE
Yes!?True, I forgot this option.
Lyne
> Le 2 mai 2020 à 06:43, Michael Feir a écrit :
>
>
> Hello Adam. I just had a brief poke around for a solution. Unfortunately,
> there's no toggle in VoiceOver settings for the screen curtain. Using Siri
> isn't an option since it seems to think you
Yes that is good but wouldn’t a 2 finger dubble tap or 3 or 4 finger one work
just as well. From Mich.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Michael
Feir
Sent: May 2, 2020 7:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Turning screen curtain off?
Oh yes! Nice one Hary. That
Hi all,
Someone I know who is elderly and has trouble with gesturing has their
screen curtain on.
Is there any way to turn it off without using the 3 finger triple tap?
TIA.
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They do have some great protection from water but a soda is slightly different
with the sugar content. I have spilled water on a keyboard with no bad results
but once spilled coffee with sugar on one and it was toast! However, if things
are working okay now, I think he is safe. Still scary when
I'd try both Microsoft Accessibility help and Apple Accessibility help.
Microsoft: 800-936-5900
Apple: 877-204-3930
HTH,
Richard
"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Andrew
Good morning all, it is sunny and clear here and truly spring like in western
Massachusetts. But that's not what the weather report said. Just kidding.
Many updates ago I complain that Siri seem to be getting stupider and stupider.
For instance if I have a contact in contacts and I have it noted
That is good news, Joshua.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Joshua Hendrickson
Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 2:38 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: just had a very scary iPhone experience
Thanks for all your
Test
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Hi can you put speed dial contact on an iPhone. For instance number two is
Steve number five is Paul etc.
If this is possible how would you set this up.
Jen
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I hope some kind soul can help me with this problem. I had an iPhone 7 and I
decided to upgrade it. so I transferred all my data to the new phone and then
put my cim in it and it works fine. I have given the old phone to a friend who
transfered her data to it which went fine but when she put
I believe the closest thing to speed dial is favorites. You can organize them
the way you want, but you cannot actually make it so when you press 2 it calls
Steve.
Jenn and Kumi
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> On May 2, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Jen . wrote:
>
>
thanks very much Jen Janet
From: Jennie Facer
Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 7:09 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: changing phones
Hi Janet,
I may be mistaken, but I believe it would be your provider that would have to
unlock the old phone. She may also have to get a new sim card.
Exactly. It never used to asked me where I wanted to texts or which address to
use or email or iPhone. I'm talking about years past. The layering seems to
get a little more cumbersome as time goes on for some apps such as how we've
already discussed what's going on in the mail app. These
Does it matter why it works that way now, it does, we just have to get used to
it.
As for the pitch issue, have you gone to VoiceOver settings, Speech and turned
off use pitch change?
Richard
"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.
-Original
To power your phone off, press volume up or down button along with the side
button for a couple of seconds. Then you will want to double tap on power off.
Jenn
Jenn and Kumi
TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE BUT TO SOMEONE YOU ARE THE WORLD!
> On May 2, 2020, at 11:49 AM, Carolyn
If you have people you frequently text it usually also helps if you add them to
your Favourites with their mobile number, SIRI usually then does not ask.
However, I agree that sometimes it is stupid, I have a lot of business contacts
where I have a office number, fax number, mobile number and
GRRR. I swear. I don’t know why my emails always get cut off.
Anyway,
To complete the below, it looks like they’re all more or less the same. Put
the phone in the device, and let the UV light do its thing for 5 or so
minutes.
It seems that they’re all light indicator driven. That’s fine and
Hi List, I am in the process of searching out some smart spot lights. I am
hoping that someone out there has used some of these with their smart phone
and can recommend a brand and model. One of the ones I've been researching
is the HALO Home spot lights. Has anyone used these and can speak on the
This happened to me again today. I tried powering my phone
off.
I thought to power off I was to press Volume Up and Volume,
then hold in Power key. I went wrong somewhere.
To be more specific, should I hold Volume Up and Volume Down
a few seconds, and then, how long should I hold Power Button
You cannot start Voiceover with SIRI during setup because at that point SIRI is
not setup and typically your phone does not yet have network or WiFi
connectivity.
This is exactly why Apple has made it so easy to start Voiceover with a triple
press of the home button.
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Mike:
Well, your instructions worked, but it is kind of a work around. It would be
better if I could get my photos to be automatically sent to my PC from my phone
without having to plug it in to the computer and go through all those steps.
I have iCloud photos folder on my PC, and it used to
Hi
Pramit:
Well, I started with your first instruction. For one thing, when I go into
‘photos’ in the iCloud app, I don’t see any mention of ‘my photo library’. I
do see ‘my photo stream’ and that is turned on.
Also, when I go to sign out, it says to sign out to turn off ‘find my phone’.
I hadn't thought about cards. I guess you are concerned that the magnetic
field from the wireless charger would damage the magnetic strip on the card?
James B
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Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 9:56 AM
To:
Hello list,
So, was thinking of getting a phone sanitizer (phone soap) for me and the
wife.
It looks like they’re all more or less the same as far as concept. Put the
phone in Cristóbal
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Yes, I realize that's why it's asking me. But I'm wondering why they introduced
that and it didn't used to work that way years ago. Yeah I'll try and spell it
out more, but my experience lately is that even that doesn't work. But I'll try
again. Try try again until you lose all patients
Of course, that makes sense. Thanks.
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Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 11:58 AM
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Subject: RE: Setting up a new iPhone SE 2020 step by step
You cannot
Exactly, James. I'd worry about damage to my card with the wireless charger. I
might get one of those and just not make use of the pocket.
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Sent: Saturday, May 2,
Hi Janet,
I may be mistaken, but I believe it would be your provider that would have to
unlock the old phone. She may also have to get a new sim card.
Jenn
Jenn and Kumi
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> On May 2, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Janet Bell wrote:
>
>
> I
Hi,
You might find using SIRI a quicker way to do this. You could add nick names or
relationship info in the contact entries for those you want to quickly call.
Then, just ask SIRI to "call Steve", "call Mom", or whomever.
Dave Clement
Winnipeg MB
> On May 2, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Jennie
Hello,
Can you give more informations how to do it?
Lyne
> Le 2 mai 2020 à 07:38, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone a
> écrit :
>
>
> Using the voice control feature is perhaps the simplest solution. Once voice
> control is on and the necessary files have had time to download, you can give
> a
Use pitch change is off. I'm gonna have to keep searching for the setting to
get rid of that annoying high pitch voice! I guessthat I don't like
high-pitched voices Or tones, Either in Reel people or synthesize speech.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 2, 2020, at 12:54 PM, Richard Turner
>
This thread began because her friend has mobility issues and can not perform
the three finger triple tap!
Marie
-Original Message-
From: Carolyn
Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 5:04 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Turning screen curtain off?
Just triple-tap with three
I found it. It was in Accessibility under keyboards and under soft software
keyboards I had to turn off something that has to do with lowercase letters.
But thank you so much Richard for trying to find that for me. some days ago the
first thing I foundwas the setting area that you mentioned in
Hi I just ordered the Apple TV fourth generation and other than the usual apps
Netflix prime etc. what other apps and games for this device do you guys all
enjoy that are accessible with voiceover.
Jen
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Great! I'll take a look!
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> Le 2 mai 2020 à 21:52, Richard Turner a écrit :
>
>
> Here is a link to a document I put together to try and show all the Voice
> Control commands. Voice Control has nothing to do with Siri.
> It was introduced in iOS 13.
> '
>
And my 3GS was rained on. I left the bedroom windows open, left the phone to charge through the night as always, and at around 3:AM a thunderstorm came on! Next thing I knew when my Mom woke me up at 6AM, no phone! I’ll never forget the smell coming from inside the phone! I’ll never forgive myself
If you have Voice Control turned on, Say "voiceOver Screen Curtain" and the
screen curtain will toggle between on and off.
If its on, it will turn off; if off, then on.
Richard
Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening, it
just stops you from enjoying the good."
I may have found your issue.
Check VoiceOver Verbosity.
Say cap, and delete text have separate settings in there both of which can use
change pitch.
HTH,
Richard
Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening, it
just stops you from enjoying the good."
Sent with the
Hi Sieghard,
If you press Volume Up, then Volume Down, and only hold the Power button for a
couple of seconds, a simple screen with a Power Off button opens. I use this
method to shut down all the time, and I think the result is exactly like the
method you describe except the Power Off screen
Interesting Thread:
I'll StayTuned
To Answer YourQuestion, I (Think) ThatPerson
meant VoiceControl, which was Released in Apple's
iOS13, But am unsure if the VoiceControl is
"available" to All the iOSDevices that is Capable of running Apple's iOS13.
&
I'm interested to "know" if Apple's
Hello,
Do you mean Siri when you said voice control?
If yes, in french it doesn't work.
If not, give me more explanation please.
Lyne
> Le 2 mai 2020 à 18:04, Richard Turner a écrit :
>
> If you have Voice Control turned on, Say "voiceOver Screen Curtain" and the
> screen curtain will
Hi Robin and everyone ,Robin, SIRI can't acctivate the Screen Curton off and
on. Siri can acctivate VoiceOver or diacctivate Voice Over only.
נשלח מה-iPhone שלי
> ב-3 במאי 2020, בשעה 5:51, Robin כתב/ה:
>
> Hey Mr.Richard,
>
> Does the VoiceControl from Apple's iOS13 Extend to All
Sieghard said in part,
First pressing Volume Up, then Volume down and then pressing and holding the
power button is forcing a hard reset
How long do you have to hold down the power button when doing a forced reset?
Is that the last step in doing a forced reset or, do you have to also tap
Hi Anna,
OK, I never paid attention since I only press Volume up and Volume down if I
want to force a reset.
There maybe fewer controls on that screen, but whenever I press and hold the
power button, after a few seconds Voiceover says "Power off" and that is the
button which has focus so all I
Just triple-tap with three fingers for on or off - a toggle.
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l.d.ethie...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 5:41 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Turning screen curtain off?
When did that happen, Gera?
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Gerardo Corripio
Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 5:09 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Re: just had a very scary iPhone experience
And my 3GS was rained
If all you want to do is to turn your phone off, just press the power button
and hold it until the "Power off" button appears, Voiceover will announce it,
then just double tap and that's it.
First pressing Volume Up, then Volume down and then pressing and holding the
power button is forcing a
Here is a link to a document I put together to try and show all the Voice
Control commands. Voice Control has nothing to do with Siri.
It was introduced in iOS 13.
'
http://www.turner42.com/VoiceControlCommandsList.docx
Richard
Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from
Hey Mr.Richard,
Does the VoiceControl from Apple's iOS13 Extend
to All of Apple's iOS Devices, which are capable
of running Apple's iOS13 From Apple's iPhone6S &
iPhone6S+ & iPhoneSE to the 11 Series of Apple's iPhone?
Blessin'sAgain
At 06:52 PM 5/2/2020, you wrote:
Here is a link to a
Yes, but it works better on the newer devices with the faster processors.
Richard
Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening, it
just stops you from enjoying the good."
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