RE: three apps questions, Schwan's and VizWiz and Contacts
Hi Sieghard and All, Thanks so much for answering all my questions. For the record, I did try all the suggestions you gave with the Schwan's app before doing the iCloud restore. But, I guess I was just too lazy to go to the computer and sync with iTunes, even though that would have been quicker in the end, especially since I had to go there after all to figure out just which app couldn't be restored, as I couldn't stand the suspense of not knowing. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:59:25 -0700 Subject: RE: three apps questions, Schwan's and VizWiz and Contacts Hi Vicky, If I run into a situation when after an app update the app seems to not work correctly I always make sure to remove all apps from the app switcher and then to power off the phone, wait 30 or so seconds and then turn it on again. If that doesn't help it's probably not a bad idea to delete the app and to redownload it in order to make sure nothing went wrong with the update. If the app still has accessibility issues or just doesn't seem to run, then it's pretty safe to say that indeed the update has broken something and it's time to restore a previous version and to maybe contact the developer. As for restoring a previous version, if you sync your apps with iTunes it is not necessary to to a complete restore from iCloud. All you have to do is make sure you don't update the app in iTunes so that you have the last version there which you know works, then delete the app from the phone and then resync it from iTunes. As for Vizwiz, yes, it is gone at least from the Canadian app store. I searched for Vizwiz on iTunes with Google and found the app store link no problem. When I clicked on it Internet Explorer asked me if I would allow it to open a program on my computer by which it meant iTunes. I allowed it and when iTunes opened I got a message that VizWiz was no longer available in the Canadian app store. I only had the option to click OK, sometimes I have seen messages that a particular app was not available from the Canadian app store, but was available from a different app store, but not this time. Well, I guess at this point that is no great loss since everytime I tried Vizwiz in the last few months it took forever for an answer to come back, often 3 to 4 hours and sometimes not until the next day. Because of this I hadn't used it in a long time and didn't even have it on my phone any more. Let's hope Tap Tap See will be able to include the ability to ask a question along with the picture in some future update, but even without this I find that Camfind, Talking Goggles and Tap Tap See often give me what I want. If not my Ask Mom app works awesomely *smile*. OK, before a dozen people ask where they can find the Ask Mom app it doesn't exist. It is just my way of saying that calling my Mom (or another friend or relative for that matter) with Facetime and asking them to take a look at whatever it is I am trying to identify or do is often the best way to get a great answer. As for your third question about Contacts, yes, that is the default. I personally find I rarely use the actual Contact app because I can just as easily get to my contacts by going into the Phone or Facetime app and tapping on the Contacts tab. I have Contacts in a folder I called Utilities on my second home page and if I really want it, I just turn the rotor to handwriting and write a C and O on the screen, I then get Compass as the first result and a quick 2-finger swipe down puts me on Contacts. Best regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vicky Collins Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 5:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: three apps questions, Schwan's and VizWiz and Contacts First, has anyone tried to update the Schwan's Frozen Food app from version 1.0.5 to 1.0.6? When I did so earlier today and then launched the app, it would just sit there and do nothing. Or, having no sighted folks around, that is how it appeared to me. And, no matter what I tried, even with turning VoiceOver off and trying to tap the screen, I couldn't get the app to do a thing. Second, when I then did the restore from iCloud, I was quite pleased to find that the version 1.0.5 of the Schwan's app did indeed get restored and did work, at least as well as the app did before, anyway. But, I was told that some things couldn't be restored from my iCloud backup. And, I finally figured out that the missing app was VizWiz. Then, upon further checking, I couldn't seem to find VizWiz in the app store, either. Fortunately, I never actually used the app, but was wondering if it still works for others, or is it gone completely? And, finally, third, what with VizWiz being gone, at least on my iPhone 4s, I had a blank space at the end of my second page
RE: three apps questions, Schwan's and VizWiz and Contacts
Hi Vicky, If I run into a situation when after an app update the app seems to not work correctly I always make sure to remove all apps from the app switcher and then to power off the phone, wait 30 or so seconds and then turn it on again. If that doesn't help it's probably not a bad idea to delete the app and to redownload it in order to make sure nothing went wrong with the update. If the app still has accessibility issues or just doesn't seem to run, then it's pretty safe to say that indeed the update has broken something and it's time to restore a previous version and to maybe contact the developer. As for restoring a previous version, if you sync your apps with iTunes it is not necessary to to a complete restore from iCloud. All you have to do is make sure you don't update the app in iTunes so that you have the last version there which you know works, then delete the app from the phone and then resync it from iTunes. As for Vizwiz, yes, it is gone at least from the Canadian app store. I searched for Vizwiz on iTunes with Google and found the app store link no problem. When I clicked on it Internet Explorer asked me if I would allow it to open a program on my computer by which it meant iTunes. I allowed it and when iTunes opened I got a message that VizWiz was no longer available in the Canadian app store. I only had the option to click OK, sometimes I have seen messages that a particular app was not available from the Canadian app store, but was available from a different app store, but not this time. Well, I guess at this point that is no great loss since everytime I tried Vizwiz in the last few months it took forever for an answer to come back, often 3 to 4 hours and sometimes not until the next day. Because of this I hadn't used it in a long time and didn't even have it on my phone any more. Let's hope Tap Tap See will be able to include the ability to ask a question along with the picture in some future update, but even without this I find that Camfind, Talking Goggles and Tap Tap See often give me what I want. If not my Ask Mom app works awesomely *smile*. OK, before a dozen people ask where they can find the Ask Mom app it doesn't exist. It is just my way of saying that calling my Mom (or another friend or relative for that matter) with Facetime and asking them to take a look at whatever it is I am trying to identify or do is often the best way to get a great answer. As for your third question about Contacts, yes, that is the default. I personally find I rarely use the actual Contact app because I can just as easily get to my contacts by going into the Phone or Facetime app and tapping on the Contacts tab. I have Contacts in a folder I called Utilities on my second home page and if I really want it, I just turn the rotor to handwriting and write a C and O on the screen, I then get Compass as the first result and a quick 2-finger swipe down puts me on Contacts. Best regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vicky Collins Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 5:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: three apps questions, Schwan's and VizWiz and Contacts First, has anyone tried to update the Schwan's Frozen Food app from version 1.0.5 to 1.0.6? When I did so earlier today and then launched the app, it would just sit there and do nothing. Or, having no sighted folks around, that is how it appeared to me. And, no matter what I tried, even with turning VoiceOver off and trying to tap the screen, I couldn't get the app to do a thing. Second, when I then did the restore from iCloud, I was quite pleased to find that the version 1.0.5 of the Schwan's app did indeed get restored and did work, at least as well as the app did before, anyway. But, I was told that some things couldn't be restored from my iCloud backup. And, I finally figured out that the missing app was VizWiz. Then, upon further checking, I couldn't seem to find VizWiz in the app store, either. Fortunately, I never actually used the app, but was wondering if it still works for others, or is it gone completely? And, finally, third, what with VizWiz being gone, at least on my iPhone 4s, I had a blank space at the end of my second page of apps, something I would prefer to have at the end of my last page. So, I started trying to move apps around and messed things up quite nicely, so decided to go into settings and put the home screen back to its default layout. And, much to my surprise, having restored from backups for years now, I found contacts to be in an extras folder, rather than an app out by itself. Is this really the default for this app? I mean, I somehow thought it would be more prominently displayed. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you
