Apple watch question

2020-10-26 Thread Jan Stirbens
Hello, I am using an apple watch series 6 with the latest software version. When I turn on the watch, I am asked to put my apple ID password in so I can use face time on the watch. But when I tap on the watch to type in my password, I see scribble and cancel. I have no idea how to write on

VIPhone List Problem

2020-10-26 Thread Mike B
Hi Mark, A list member asked me to, ask you to get in touch with him because when he tries to contact you his emails are getting bounced. Below is his contact name and email address: Dennis Long dennisl1...@gmail.com Thanks much. Take care and stay safe. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go

Re: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. good thought but he doesn’t run beta software. thanks. Maria > On 27 Oct 2020, at 2:05 am, Robert Doc Wright > wrote: > > maria, by chance did he ever use this phone to run beta. If so, then he will > need to go to profiles > settings/general/profiles > > and delete the beta. > ** >

Accessible sleep app for Apple Watch.

2020-10-26 Thread karuna Chopra
The recently launched sleep app native on the Apple Watch 7.0 is quite a disappointment. Can anyone recommend an accessible application for recording sleep on the Apple Watch? Thank you very much! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have

RE: What do you like about your apple watches?

2020-10-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Everything although I'd love it even more if the battery would last more than a day without charging. It's just an extension of my phone but a fitness tracker for when I exercise. And get the new watch SE unless you need the Blood O2 meter unless you really really need to know what your blood

What do you like about your apple watches?

2020-10-26 Thread Dulce Weisenborn
I am thinking about getting an Apple Watch for the first time. I recently bought an iPhone 11 Pro. What do you all like best about your watches? What do you not like? What advice would you give me about choosing to buy one? Any suggestions and thoughts are greatly appreciated. Sent from my

RE: The magic fix to the iOS 14 Voiceover focus issue and all else which plagued me

2020-10-26 Thread Cristobal Muñoz
Well, well, would you look at that. All the sudden. Everything or at least everything I’ve played with so far has become much more stable. I have still encountered a situation or two where VO still gets stuck on an element (the Amazon seller app for example), but no where nearly as much as

Re: What apps and games do all you Mac users love

2020-10-26 Thread Jasmine Kotsay
Hi, I love RS games, and a game called beatstar pro. I have been looking for a game of cards, but I can’t find one. > On Oct 24, 2020, at 7:23 PM, Jen . wrote: > > Hi I got a Mac book air and wondering what apps and games do you all love. > Jen > > -- > The following information is

Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread D K
hello, I for one would really like to know how it goes for you. If this switch stays turned off for you I will give it another try. However I’ve done this several times and after a couple minutes and always reverts back to the on position so I have both my iCloud email switch turned on and my.me

Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I just made the change within Mail. Like I said, it was buried at the bottom of everything. I’ll look at it to make sure that it stays fixed. Thanks for letting me know so I continue to monitor it. I’ll let you know how I get on. Best, Kevin > On Oct 26, 2020, at 9:29 PM, D K wrote: >

RE: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Ok, that kills my thought. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Maria Chapman Sent: Tuesday, 27 October 2020 12:58 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: help with updating 6s. HI. sorry. I forgot to mention. He has over 20 gig available. thanks. Maria

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
But currently the watch nor the airpods have magsafe charging available, Or is it a magsafe connection for the phone and the standard puck and area for the pods to sit on type thing. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, 27

RE: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Does it have enough space to install the new update? If he has a 16 GB storage capacity phone he might have no space to do the new install. Something to look at. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Maria Chapman Sent: Tuesday, 27 October 2020 3:23 am To:

Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread D K
Hi, I am also having this problem with my icloud emails and I’ve reported it to apple accessibility. However, at this point the problem still exists. I am temporarily using this gmail account for my email till the problem gets corrected. I have unchecked the option to use .me email in iOS 14.1 and

RE: Reading with the Kindle App

2020-10-26 Thread Don Moore
Hi rich! Interesting, I didn’t have that problem until today. What I did was to triple click turning voiceover off, then hit triple click again to make it work. Continued reading my book. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of richr...@gmail.com

Voice Over and the Locke screen

2020-10-26 Thread 'cwc' via VIPhone
I have been having an annoying issue with Voice Over when it is in the locked screen. When a notification comes up, Voice Over starts speaking the notification then stops to say that it is a notification. Normally it will speak the notification then tell me the number of

RE: The magic fix to the iOS 14 Voiceover focus issue and all else which plagued me

2020-10-26 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I’ve been having these focus issues, so I checked the value of this setting, and in my case, I had it set to off. I went ahead and toggled it on, and it looks like it resolved my focus issues. I still need to spend more time with it, but it looks like there’s something more going on then just

RE: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread Noe Villeda
Glad to see you were able to get that resolved. Technology, is great, when it works correctly.  From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 5:17 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com

RE: iPhone Alarm?

2020-10-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
The alarm will only go off once and that is the official 1:30am Which will be either after or before the change depending on what your countries time of change is, We in NZ have the time change at 2am on the Sunday morning, Therefore there is only one 1:30am Hope that makes sense. From:

Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I finally solved it. Apparently, the option to alter the Sender address is at the very bottom under Settings, Mail, Accounts, iCloud. Apparently, my me.com address was turned ON. turning it off left the iCloud address partially dimmed but turned on. I've subsequently tested by sending a

Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Sorry. Tried that without success. How do I edit the servers and settings for an existing account on an iPhone 7 running iOS14? > On Oct 26, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > Open Email Settings. In the final section, Composing, is Default account. Set > that as you

Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Kevin, Open Email Settings. In the final section, Composing, is Default account. Set that as you wish, and I think that will solve your problem. Best, Anna > On Oct 26, 2020, at 3:46 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Really sorry to bother you. but I’m ripping what’s left of

Re: iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Just to keep the list in the loop, someone named Noe Villeda was kind enough to reply to me privately and ask if I had set iCloud as my default account. Yes. It has no effect. How do I go and edit servers on an existing account on an iPhone7 running iOS14? > On Oct 26, 2020, at 3:46 PM,

Re: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I've been looking at the newer model. It is 12 watts instead of 24 watts. It also has a 3.5 mm jack, and does charge via USBC. I've heard a couple demos of it on youtube and it does sound pretty good. I just might buy it. The price is pretty good at $24. On 10/26/20, Mickey Quenzer wrote: >

iPhone 7 always sends iCloud mail from me.com instead. why?

2020-10-26 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Guys, Really sorry to bother you. but I’m ripping what’s left of my hair out. For some reason, I’ve very recently noticed that I can’t seem to send mail from my iCloud account on my iPhone 7 running the latest iOS 14. For some reason, when I send an e-mail from my iCloud account, it

Re: Wondering, is this problem my phone, or my provider

2020-10-26 Thread Shai
Hello, Personally it sounds like there are hand-off issues between the cell spot t-mobile router you were referring to and wifi calling. I would try disabling wifi calling in settings/phone and see if the signal issues improve. Even with 2 of 4 bars you should be able to receive calls. On

Re: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Mickey Quenzer
I saw a newer model of that speaker on the Amazon page. It’s actually cheaper! Does anybody know the differences in the models? *** MQ *** ***270-776-9871 *** From: viphone@googlegroups.com on behalf of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Monday, October

RE: Wondering, is this problem my phone, or my provider

2020-10-26 Thread Carolyn
I assume you have your phone set for Wi-Fi calling. That helped me a lot, when I had Consumer Cellular and had a similar problem. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 3:33 PM To:

Wondering, is this problem my phone, or my provider

2020-10-26 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I have a rather anoying problem that happens pretty regularly. I would really appreciate some opinions on it, if at all possible. First of all, my service is with T-Mobile. I have had service with them for about 3 years now. I like them pretty well. Although, I do wish my

Re: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I checked the amazon site and if you look at the page, the speaker does have a 3.5 mm jack so you could use it with the second gen stream. On 10/26/20, Alan Lemly wrote: > Kitty, > > > > Thanks for confirming the presence of the 3.5mm jack. I'm perplexed why > Amazon product descriptions do not

Re: Reading with the Kindle App

2020-10-26 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello all. What I have found occasionally is that some books that are purchased from Kendall are restricted in terms of accessibility to the text. Although I have not had this happen on my iPhone, I have had it happen on my Kindle fire. I actually returned the book and said that it was not

RE: Reading with the Kindle App

2020-10-26 Thread Larry Lumpkin
The kindle app inIOS works very well. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of richr...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 1:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Reading with the Kindle App I recently purchased a Kindle book that I would like to read. I can open the

Reading with the Kindle App

2020-10-26 Thread richring
I recently purchased a Kindle book that I would like to read. I can open the book, but I see no text nor do I see a way to read! Help! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you

Re: The magic fix to the iOS 14 Voiceover focus issue and all else which plagued me

2020-10-26 Thread Flor Lynch
Sieghard: Did you update to iOS14.1 before you turned off the ‘allow full keyboard access’ setting? If you diod, did you still have the VO focus uissues then? (They’re a lot less in 14.1 in my experience than they were in 14.01.) From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 12:13 PM

RE: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Alan Lemly
Kitty, Thanks for confirming the presence of the 3.5mm jack. I'm perplexed why Amazon product descriptions do not include a bare minimum of words stating what jacks are included with their products and which USB charging connection they use. This sort of info seems critical to me and takes

Question about iphone and earbuds

2020-10-26 Thread Denise Colley
Any time I use earbuds or my air pods with my SE20 I either have one that doesn't work at all or one looses its charge before the other one. This is after they've been fully charged? Is there some setting I need to fix on my phone? Any other sugggestions? Denise -- The following

RE: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread kitty hevener
The tribit sound max that I have does have the 3.5 aux jack. The storm box does as well. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 11:57 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was

Re: The magic fix to the iOS 14 Voiceover focus issue and all else which plagued me

2020-10-26 Thread Shirley Baker
I just looked and that setting was not turned on either so that's why I wasn't having these issues. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2020, at 10:40 AM, Richard Turner > wrote: > >  That is a great find. > I never turned that setting on, or if I did early on, I turned it off again, > which

RE: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Alan Lemly
I don't have one of the Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speakers but I found no mention of it having a 3.5mm jack on the Amazon website. That doesn't mean it doesn't have such a jack because I find the worded product descriptions becoming less and less informative as pictures seem to be

Re: The magic fix to the iOS 14 Voiceover focus issue and all else which plagued me

2020-10-26 Thread Richard Turner
That is a great find. I never turned that setting on, or if I did early on, I turned it off again, which would explain why I have not experienced this issue. Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the

Re: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Johnna Simmons
H hi You said that this speaker could connect to the victor stream. I have a second generation victor stream. I did not know it had Bluetooth capability. So, does this mean that this speaker also can hook up to an 8.5 mm Jack. Please advise. John Johnna Simmons > On Oct 25, 2020, at 3:55 PM,

Re: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Robert Doc Wright
maria, by chance did he ever use this phone to run beta. If so, then he will need to go to profiles settings/general/profiles and delete the beta. ** Jesus says, follow me and I'll help you through the rough spots. the world says, hey come with me. My way is broad and easy. So what if you

RE: Body scales

2020-10-26 Thread Peter Logan
Yeah that’s what I get for going the cheaper route a few years ago ..Thanks for the help .. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 10:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Body scales Nokia Body or Body Plus, not sure

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Carolyn
I do keep a cable in my purse, so that if I ever am stranded somewhere unexpectedly, I have food for my phone, as it were. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mervin Keck Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 9:00 AM To:

RE: Body scales

2020-10-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Nokia Body or Body Plus, not sure about the exact model names now, this used to be Withings. We have had ours for several years now and the Nokia Health Mate app gets regular updates and I think with a company like that you won't run into this issue. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Carolyn
I talk on my phone through headset most of the time, so no problem when charging on wireless, just connect headset and do whatever I want, including phone calls. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent:

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Carolyn
The pad is so convenient, sort of like hanging up an old phone. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:15 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: mag safe on new iPhones.

Re: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. yes it was plugged in. he has updated several phones using the same wifi and they have all worked fine. thanks. Maria > On 26 Oct 2020, at 11:22 pm, Debby wrote: > > The only other things I can think of are does he plug in the phone when doing > the update? Probably you have > already

Re: Body scales

2020-10-26 Thread Kamal Haffar
Hi Peter, I use the body scale from Qardio. The app is very accessible. The scale gives you body mass index thing as well Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Peter Logan wrote: > >  > I know this has come up before .. > > I have been using the Beats Blu scale and app.

RE: iPhone Alarm?

2020-10-26 Thread Carolyn
That's what I'd think too, Marty, both. Why not? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marty Hutchings Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 1:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone Alarm? Both. Love in Christ Marty

Body scales

2020-10-26 Thread Peter Logan
I know this has come up before .. I have been using the Beats Blu scale and app. Recently it has been not working correctly. It appears that the app is no longer available, and when contacting the developer the e-mail gets kicked back. So, now I have a perfectly good scale .. and nothing

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I believe Belkin has already announced a mag safe charger which will be able to charge an iPhone, an Apple Watch and possibly a set of Airpods. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mervin Keck Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:00 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Mervin Keck
I should look into that. I have cables in every room and sometimes in multiple places in some rooms since we have two iPads, two iPhones, an iPod, and two Apple Watches. Cables are beginning to take over the house. I wonder, do they have wireless charging options for the watch 6 series? Merv

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I rarely plug my iPhone in any mor, my wife and I both have wireless chargers on our night tables and one in the living room for whoever needs it. I have another at my store in the office and one near the registers for my staff to use. Whenever I need to charge my phone or just want to top up

RE: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Debby
The only other things I can think of are does he plug in the phone when doing the update? Probably you have already tried that. I suppose there could be a problem with the wifi. It is probably time for Apple accessibility. Debby -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

Re: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I really haven't used the charger at all. It does use an adapter that you plug into the wall, then you just place the iPhone on the pad. I don't remember how much it was. However, I'm sure you can find one on amazon. On 10/26/20, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > A 15 Watt wireless charger will be

The magic fix to the iOS 14 Voiceover focus issue and all else which plagued me

2020-10-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi, So, finally I am again a happy camper although I probably did not even have to do the complete erase and reset on my iPhone 11 and then setting up as a new device which I just did a few days ago hoping it would help fix some of the issues I had. Here is a bit of background: I bought an

Re: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. sorry. I forgot to mention. He has over 20 gig available. thanks. Maria > On 26 Oct 2020, at 10:46 pm, Debby wrote: > > Hi Maria, > > The only thing I can think of is there enough storage on the phone for the > update? I did a quick google search and it says you need at least 2.7 gigs.

RE: help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Debby
Hi Maria, The only thing I can think of is there enough storage on the phone for the update? I did a quick google search and it says you need at least 2.7 gigs. The site I saw recommended 6 gigs free for best performance. If that's not it, then I would call Apple accessibility. You seemed to

RE: mag safe on new iPhones. Will older charging units, wireless, still work, or does one need to purchase a mag safe charger to get wireless charging?

2020-10-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
A 15 Watt wireless charger will be faster as long as it supports Apple's 7.5 Watt standard which is different from the fast charging standard used by Android devices which is I believe using 10 Watts. I think if and when my wife and I buy our next iPhones which will probably be one of the

help with updating 6s.

2020-10-26 Thread Maria Chapman
HI guys. my friend has a 6s which he is trying to update. he h verified that the 6s does take the latest update. The update seems to download fine, then there is an update failed error, and the phone goes back to download and install. things we have tried include. 1. deleting the downloaded

Re: What am I doing wrong

2020-10-26 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
That can be very cost effective if you order anythring like as much as we do. Getting rid of so much cheap cardboard is the next big issue. RobH. - Original Message - From: "'Harry Bell' via VIPhone" To: Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 7:55 AM Subject: Re: What am I doing wrong I

RE: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Andrew J. LaPointe
Hi Allan, no problem I am sure I will be happy with it. I will find a good place for it. Thank you for your help, it is very important to me. Andy and Shubert R.I.P From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2020 6:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was RE: Speakers

2020-10-26 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Alan, Actually, I looked at both speakers, and they appear to be the same. Best, Les From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2020 6:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tribit MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker dimensions was