Hi Neil, the twelve-second holding down of HOME and POWER is a forced reboot, rather like pressing the REBOOT button on a PC. If system corruption could occur on an iPhone using the other method (which as I've said I'm skeptical about), then it most certainly could occur with the reboot method as well, which does not shut anything down.
Crashing your springboard is not "a forced collapsing" of the iOS platform; the springboard is one part of the iOS architecture. It's the part of iOS from which apps are launched. It does not store any critical user data. I think there are a fair few misconceptions about this topic on list. I don't mean to be argumentative but it is important that people understand them, and that if you have a theory (such as that data corruption could occur) that you make clear that it is just that--a theory. People who are stating this theory have relatively little technical data to back it up--case and point, the "forced collapsing of the iOS system" statement, which this is not. Warmly :) Grant On 5/31/12, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> wrote: > Adrian, > > I agree very much with David's suggestions, the stuttering of Voice Over is > a classic symptom of an over full App Switcher and / or a handset which is > rarely power cycled. > > My strong recommendation for all iOS users, is to empty their App Switcher > daily and perform a power cycle immediately there after. > > This has kept my iPhone and iPad running smoothly ever since the first > stuttering symptoms appeared. > > In addition, as a system admin I also hold to David's assertion that there > is a possible chance of corruption by performing the forced collapsing of > the iOS platform resulting from the 5 successive presses of the power key. > > The iOS device at this time is not expecting this crash and as a result > maybe accessing a key string of code, or a significant part of your user > data. If this happened at the exact moment you performed the 5 successive > presses of the power key, it is conceivable that it might corrupt data. > > The 12 second or however long it is, press of power and home at the same > time, is far more logical and sensible. As it is coded into the iOS as a > sort of… I want to reboot this device, prepare for it please and stop doing > anything critical notification to the device. > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 30 May 2012, at 23:17, adrian wrote: > >> is it normal for voice over to stutter a lot? every time i read using >> voice over i find it stutters a lot. does any one know of a way i can fix >> it? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
