Hi
Can anyone explain to me what's the use of the dugging feature in iphone and
whether or not i should leave it on or off?
Thanks in advance
Anthony
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Its very usable. The guide can be a bit confusing but when you choose a show
you will see air time and can move left or right to the appropriate time then
up and down to see the shows on that time. I am enjoying the app.
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Are you sharing these folders, that say 'Social' after their names?
On 17/07/2022 14:40, Dennis Long wrote:
Rename the folder.
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We went with the Roborock, mostly on Mike's Recommendation. It's the only one I
have, so I can't compare the two myself. We read a lot of reviews though and
the Roomba came out on top on quite a few reviews. The Roborock did on a few as
well. Given Mike's discussion on the accessibility of the
The Roborock has a Siri command where you can ask the Roborock where it is,
and it'll announce "I'm over here." It would be nice if it beeped until you
found it, but it works.
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I'm curious, which Roborock model did you get? They are great, far better than
any Roomba.
> On Jul 16, 2022, at 9:58 PM, Christopher Chaltain
> wrote:
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> We bought it from Amazon as part of Amazon Prime Days.
>
> I'd say Mike's review was spot on. My sighted wife and I set it up together,
Whis will depend on how you have wi-fi configured. I don't have wi-fi set up to
join an unknown network automatically. I don't think there would be any more of
a security issue than placing a regular phone call, but I'm not sure.
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I agree. I tried setting up the feature on the iPhone where I could just enable
it with two knocks on the back of the phone, but I found this gesture too
unreliable. If it worked, I could turn on audio ducking even if I couldn't hear
VoiceOver. Instead, I settled with putting it in VoiecOver
I have the J7, but the more I use it, the more annoyed I become with it.
Roborock is pretty much better in every way, it has more suction power, their
bots navigate much better because they use Lidar for their navigation instead
of a V slam camera, the battery on the Roborock is more than
You can locate the robot using the app, that's another thing I like about the
Roborock and most other brands besides Roomba, they will speak a message
indicating what they are doing, Roomba will do this if there is an error but I
prefer a robot to tell me its status rather than just playing
If audio ducking is turned on it reduces audio playing so you can better hear
Voiceover.
For example, if you are playing music or a video and you want to pause, change
tracks or maybe you heard a notification come in and you want to check what it
is without stopping whatever is playing then if
I generally find it annoying if I'm listening to something like music or a
soundscape. Audio ducking is very drastic and lowers the volume such that
you'll be pulled out of any flow state. Sound scapes and music are dropped
in volume enough that you'll miss hearing things other than VoiceOver. It
This might be a good time to add a couple more reviews to the list, I have
gotten two more robots since I wrote the original review, the 360 s10 and the
Ecovacs Deebot X1 Plus so I will talk about those apps.
First, the 360 s10 is a really good robot if you don't mind emptying the dust
bin and
Rename the folder.
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after some folders and before you flip to diffrentpages on the
Hmm, I set up all that I could so far. That included start cleaning, pause,
resume cleaning, changing the suction strength between quiet, normal, turbo and
max, and then find me. When my wife and I get the rooms set up, it looks like
I'll be able to set a Siri command to send it to a specific
Hi Anthony,
I assume you're talking about ducking. If ducking's turned on, then the volume
of your music or whatever you're playing on your phone turns down so you can
properly hear what voiceOver's saying. If you want voiceOver to be heard more
clearly, turn this feature on. Hope this
You can go to us.roborock.com and choose the store link, they might have some
sales on some of their bots right now. I would avoid the Roborock E4 or E5
since these robots use random navigation rather than mapping the house, go with
something in the Q or S series.
> On Jul 16, 2022, at 7:22
How accessible is the apple TV app? Is it worth the money?
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Will it make a sound so you can locate it if it stops somewhere other than
Apple does this automatically, based on the content inside the folders.
Thus, your social media content is categorised accordingly.
So, to prvent this automatic categorisation, you can rename each of the
originating folders and their subfolders containing social media
content; then move
Do they have a phone number if you have questions?
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Hi:
Its very
The app for Roomba is very accessible, but it's definitely not the best brand
to get, you would have been much better off going with a Roborock, their
navigation and cleaning are far better than what Roomba has to offer.
> On Jul 16, 2022, at 1:02 PM, Mary Anne Lynskey wrote:
>
> Good
Hi everyone,
Dovetailing off of a different thread, I was curious of what people thought of
both and why. I just picked up a Roomba J7, but also saw a couple of Roborock
models that seemed interesting.
Joe
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I currently have 9 bots, but I do love central vacuums as well, I do collect
regular vacuums as well, I currently have 64 vacuums, including several central
vacuum units, it is possible to use them without pipes simply by connecting a
hose directly to the unit. I've tried sending out several
Will it make a sound so you can locate it if it stops somewhere other
than the docking station??
At 09:58 PM 7/16/2022, you wrote:
We bought it from Amazon as part of Amazon Prime Days.
I'd say Mike's review was spot on. My sighted wife and I set it up
together, but based on what I could see,
Hi all,
If I walk in to my local coffee shop with wi-fi calling turned on, will my I
Phone connect without notifying me that I am on wi-fi calling?
Are there any security risk when using wi-fi calling?
Thanks,
James B
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I'm
The S7 is a great Bot, I don't have that one but it's in their top of the line
series, I think you will be very happy with it, for the best cleaning I would
suggest always running it on the max setting, it should still be able to clean
the house on one charge, Roborock includes a large battery
Does anyone know where I need to go on my I Phone to find out if I have wi-fi
set up to automatically join unknown networks?
Thanks,
James B
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Try the following:
1. position yourself on the app you want to delete and swipe down with one
finger to, Edit, and do a single finger double tap, and you should hear,
started editing.
2. Swipe down with one finger to, Delete, and do a single finger double tap,
and you should hear, Remove...
The SE 2020 has the same chip set as the 11. So it would be duplicating the
capability of what you already have. It would be bigger is all.
I'd look into deals for a 12 if you are looking for better performance.
Just remember you will lose the home button. To me that is not a big deal.
I have the
Hi how do I do that? Since I tried to re name the folder by doing a 3 finger
press and hold and it re named the elliment only and now vo is saying soashel
when I am swipeing around for instince it will say soashel page 1 of 7 soashel
page 2 of 7 or it will say things like soashel callinder and
As another totally blind, VoiceOver user, I love the 13 Pro. Great battery
life. I have over 12000 songs and use the camera primarily for OCR scanning,
but am counting on the apps that will take more advantage of the LIDAR feature
that is only with the Pro models of the 12 and 13. Like the door
The Roborock just announces "here I am" which is why I said it would be nice if
it kept beeping until you found it, but repeating it's announcement would also
work.
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press and hold on the app you want to remove. it will say edditing. it will
pull up a context menu that says remove app, tap on that, and then it will give
you option to delete from iphone or remove from homescreen. tap delete and it
will be removed.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 2:21 PM, 'Louana
I don’t believe you’re doing all the steps. Try this:
1. Place focus on the app to be deleted on your home screen and single
finger triple tap.
2. A context menu will open and focus should be on Remove app and you
should single finger double tap the screen.
3. Another screen
I have the 13 Pro max and love it.
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I would agree, I've
Hello Sarai,
I am not near one of my Echoes as I write this but I have renamed them without
any problem, in the past.
As I recall, after entering the new name, you need only to press the back
button.
Now I have not renamed an Echo since Christmas and there have been a great many
updates to
You’ve gotten a lot of good information, but let me say this as a person who
just got rid of a Roomba that there are better options out there and sometimes
for a lot less money. If you have carpets in your home then the rumba may not
be the best choice for you especially if pet hair is one of
Hmm, I’m not sure how this works for other settings, but I have my iPhone set
up to not put new apps in my home pages. They just show up in the App Library.
If I want to move them to my home page or into a folder I can just drag them
from the App Library. I can do a three finger swipe down in
Guess I never paid much attention to the bottom of this page.
I now have it set to ask before joining networks and hot spots.
By the time I figured out what each of these settings meant, I lost track of
what the default settings were.
Thank you for your post.
James B
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Hello all, as the subject line says I need to delete apps on my se2020. The
problem is all I can find is remove app but that leaves it on the phone... Can
some one please help me? I have looked everywhere on the phone and just can’t
find out how to delete an app. Thanks for the help.
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Which apps are you talking about? There are some apps from Apple where you can
only remove them from your home page, but you can't delete them from your phone.
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Sent: Sunday, July 17,
HI all jumping in on this topic. I am wondering if the roborock only says this
once? Or does it continu to say I am over hear until you find it? Also about
the rumba I am wondering what kind of accessible vacume you would recoment to
some one who has tial flors and lenoliem and dog hair. There
Sorry I hit enter too quickly on my previous message.
We only have hard wood and tyle downstairs, with some area rugs and two cats
and a dog, and the Roborock seems to be doing a great job with this environment.
We have carpeting upstairs, and I'm not sure how often we'll be carrying it
IDK. They are on FB though.
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Do they have a phone number if you have questions?
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No I am not sharing any of these folders that’s still happening even when I
swipe around even just an email it’s still saying social and I don’t even have
email in my social folder. It’s like voiceover has seen the element but it’s
seeing it everywhere. I don’t know really what’s going on I’ve
Yes, it's in Settings -> Wi-fi. At the bottom you'll see the option for ask to
join networks.
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you’re just missing where it says delete. click on remove, then it will give
you two options. one of them is delete and one of them is remove from
homescreen.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 2:51 PM, 'Louana Sterling' via VIPhone
> wrote:
>
> When I hold down on the app I get delete button when I
When I hold down on the app I get delete button when I click on it takes me to
the next page and the only thing there is remove app from home screen and
cancel when I click on remove it is just removed from the home screen and
leaves it in the app library does that mean that it it has been
I just got my 13 pro max a few days ago. Not having the home button
isn't any big deal. A great tip someone shared with me, to easily get
to the home screen with the nonhome button phones, is to put your
thumb on the USB lightning port of your phone, then move your wright
index finger up. This
I am beginning to think there is something wrong with my phone I do all the
steps and with the delete button is supposed to be there is only remove and
cancel. Do you think if I did a factory reset it would help?
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 1:54 PM, alia robinson wrote:
>
> you’re just missing
I would agree, I've also got the 13pro, although I have the 1tb version, as
tend to keep a fair few audiobooks, radio dramas and such on it.
Simon
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Hi guys:
How do you rename an echo on the Alexa app? I can edit the name but am not
finding a save button.
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Ah, Christopher, your post jogged my memory regarding the gesture. I had a
very annoying similar situation, I believe, and someone had posted a fix which
I couldn’t find.
Try doing the double tap and hold on the place just before the doc, where it
says page one of x. that will give you an
You are rightt.
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Sent: 17 July 2022 15:32
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Subject: Re: dugging query
Hi Anthony,
I assume you're talking about ducking. If ducking's turned on, then the volume
of your music or whatever you're
I’m not sure if we would have considered a robot vacuum cleaner if we’d already
had a centralized system, but even that isn’t as easy as just hitting a button
on an app or on the top of the vacuum cleaner itself. It didn’t have any
trouble figuring out our house, except for the dining room
Thanks! We did see that the S7 MaxV won best robot vacuum cleaner in multiple
reviews, but I didn't want to spend that much money on a vacuum cleaner, and I
didn't think we needed all of those features! The S7 seemed to be exactly what
we were looking for.
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Hello,
This sounds suspiciously like an old problem that arose in IOS 14. I don't
recall the exact details but it involved the repeated word getting assigned to
the "page identifier" on the home screen. This is the item that says "1 of 5"
or however many home pages you have.
The fix, as
Hello all, if I bought a iPhone 11 would I be going backwards from the se2020?
I have the 2020 but I hate it and I can get the 11 for 299 and don’t know if
that is a good idea. Thanks for your oppinions
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The S7 is a good bot, it doesn't have all of the obstacle avoidance features
but if you don't need that it will work fine and should clean really well.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 10:54 AM, Christopher Chaltain
> wrote:
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> Thanks! We did see that the S7 MaxV won best robot vacuum cleaner in
Hi all. I would like the lists thoughts. I am running a I phone 8 with 64
bit running ios15.5 and am able to upgrade it. I am trying to find out what
I should upgrade it to. I am blind and am a exclusive voice over user. I
have herd different things about the newer I phones that are out now like
What obstacle avoidance features is it missing out of curiosity? I'd hope
it has cliff detection or stair avoidance.
Kay Malmquist
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A three finger double tap and hold will label an image and not rename a folder.
This might be the problem since maybe you renamed the folder icon with the word
social. Not sure how to undo this, but maybe someone else has a solution. I
looked to see if there was a way to delete labels you
I did all the steps and when I get to where it says remove the only thing is
cancel I swipe right and left and it’s still just a remove button and when I
remove the app is still on my phone. Any other ideas?
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 11:23 AM, Mike B. wrote:
>
>
> Try the following:
> 1.
Not working. That is what I did. I have one of the new 4th gen ones. Hit back
then back again. There isn't a save button.
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We have a shark, and it does a good job with hair from three dogs and
two cats. there is an easy--to-use app, and the customer service
help has been excellent.
At 12:50 PM 7/17/2022, you wrote:
Sorry I hit enter too quickly on my previous message.
We only have hard wood and tyle downstairs,
Yes, it has those things, but some other robots have the ability to detect
shoes, pet waste, that kind of thing.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 12:46 PM, Kay Malmquist wrote:
>
> What obstacle avoidance features is it missing out of curiosity? I'd hope
> it has cliff detection or stair avoidance.
>
I did see this feature, i.e. detecting stairs, as a feature mentioned with
specific models of robot vacuums, so I assumed if this feature wasn't
specifically called out then the particular model wouldn't have it. It's good
to know that my S7 has this feature. BTW, I did double check and indeed
Sure, the Roborock S7 MaxV is over $1000, but there are many models much
cheaper than that. We didn't pay anywhere near $1K for our S7. I just Googled
this, and I saw an E5 for $200.
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Yes replies only. Have no idea why. Hope someone actually sees this.
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Since you sent this message to the list, I’m assuming this only
All when I reply to a message I get a bounce back saying I don't have
permission to send to the list.
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I like my 11, but that seems a big difference from a SE 2020. I think though
that the 11 has a stronger battery. The 11 has no home button, good riddance,
as far as I'm concerned, but the SE 2020 does. So, if a home button is
important to you, then, you might want to give this further
I had a friend with a good sense of humor, who had a Rumba; she named it Murphy
(Murphy's law). When she was moving the housekeeper started Murphy and was
mopping, had the front door open, and out Murphy went. They grabbed it, got it
back in. I said Murphy was running away from home, LOL.
Hi all I know how accessible the Roomba app is by readin the reviews but I
am wondering if it detects stairs? Since I live in a one bedroom upstairs
apt and if I was going to get this vacume or another one the roborocks one I
would not want it to stumble down the stairs. Many thanks. From Mich.
Hi,
It will fall off stairs if that’s what you’re asking. There are also external
sensors that can be purchased to prevent this from happening. Mind you, you can
always place a cane/broom on the floor by the stairs so that it doesn’t go past
it as well.
Feliciano
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Hello everyone, is there anyway to get somebody on my Wi-Fi without having to
give them the password. I thought there was a way to get them on my Wi-Fi yes
that person was in my contacts. If that is possible please tell me how it works.
Thank you,
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Every robot vacuum that is currently available has drop sensors to prevent
falling down stairs so this should not be an issue, I would definitely go for a
Roborock instead of a Roomba.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 5:50 PM, mi...@eastlink.ca wrote:
>
> Hi all I know how accessible the Roomba app is by
We named our Roborock "Roxie" after the robot maid in the Jetson's. Now we have
voice commands like "Go home Roxie." And "Where are you Roxie?"
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It is a game app I downloaded.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 4:15 PM, Mike B. wrote:
>
>
> Maybe you're trying to remove an Iphone system app that can't be removed.
> What app are you trying to remove?
>
>
> Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
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> From:
I know that the Roomba did as of ten years ago, so I can only assume that it
still does. As for the Roborock, I don't know, but I can't imagine not.
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Maybe you're trying to remove an Iphone system app that can't be removed.
What app are you trying to remove?
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
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From: 'Louana Sterling' via VIPhone
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2022 12:11 PM
Subject:
You won't have to block the stairs, it won't fall down them, there are drop
sensors on the side and front of the robot to look out for that. That is
something all robot vacuums have.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 12:50 PM, Christopher Chaltain
> wrote:
>
> Sorry I hit enter too quickly on my
Hi many thanks. I just looked at the price of the roborock and it seems a bit
steep it was over 1000 from Mich.
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Sent: July 17, 2022 7:49 PM
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Subject: Re: does the roomba detect
This happened with my wife and I when we were recently staying at an Airb,
but I have no idea what we did for this to happen. I did find the following web
page though:
Since you sent this message to the list, I'm assuming this only happens when
you're replying to a list. Is this correct? The only thing I can think of then
is that maybe you're doing a reply to all, and a list you don't have permission
to post to is in the to field since the original message
Sarai;
I am receiving your messages just fine.
Sent from my iPhone 13 Pro!!
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 10:17 PM, Christopher Chaltain
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> I did get his just fine.
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>
I would avoid the e4 or e5 unless you have a really small place, those two
don't use mapping, they are more random, I would get something from the Q
series or S series.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 7:08 PM, Christopher Chaltain
> wrote:
>
> Sure, the Roborock S7 MaxV is over $1000, but there are
I hate to state the obvious but when you get to the next screen which only
shows Remove app and Cancel, are you placing focus on Remove app and double
tapping? This is the final confirmation screen ensuring you want to delete the
app and if you don’t execute Remove app, nothing will be removed.
Hi I looked at roborock moddles and didn't see the e five for 200. I saw a s or
q searies for 400 from best buy but nothing for 200. From Mich.
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Hello,
I am late to this discussion so I may be repeating things others have said
earlier. I assume you are running the latest version of IOS, IOS 15.5, and you
are a Voiceover user. Here is how I delete apps.
1. Flick to the app you wish to delete.
2. Flick up till you reach the "edit"
Everything goes fine until after I click on the delete button the only thing
that shows on that next page is remove app and cancel. I’m not sure what’s
going on but I wonder if I do a factory reset it might fix it. Thanks for the
help
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 9:39 PM, Dave Clement wrote:
>
>
Roborock has several models, there are cheaper ones.
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 7:00 PM, wrote:
>
> Hi many thanks. I just looked at the price of the roborock and it seems a bit
> steep it was over 1000 from Mich.
>
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> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mike
Hello,There is another option available, although it does require a few more steps. In the Settings app, go to general, then look for iPhone storage. Once there, scroll through the list, and find the name of the app that you wish to delete. Open that option, and at the very bottom, you should see
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