I actually have had the same problem with my iPhone 6s and 9.1. I have to hold the home and lock buttons to reset it. Nothing else works. I can't turn my phone off... pressing the lock button 6 times doesn't work either.
Jen Barr Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2015, at 10:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > Is it possible that you experience a situation where Voiceover volume drops > all the way down to zero and while you think Voiceover is not running it is > in fact working fine but there is just no volume? One way to check this is to > plug in a headset when this happens. Headset volume is separate from speaker > volume and in many cases when this happens and speaker volume drops to 0 > headset volume is still up and you can hear Voiceover just fine as soon as > you plug in a headset. > > Alternatively, you can press the home button to display the lock screen, then > do a 2-finger swipe up which starts reading the lock screen and right away > after you do the swipe press the volume up button multiple times. If it is a > volume issue this should start raising the volume to where you can hear it > again. > > If it is not a volume issue, then doing a hard reset by pressing the power > button together with the home button for about 8 seconds may get you back up > and running without sighted help. > > I also would suggest that you upgrade to the latest version of iOS 9. Even > the 8.4.x series of updates resolved several Voiceover bugs if I remember > correctly. You may of course have your own reason why you continue to run > 8.3, but while there are still bugs, iOS 9.1 now (less than 3 months after > the first release of iOS 9) is in my opinion better than any version of iOS 8 > ever was. I expect 9.2 to be released publically any time now, they pushed > out betas for iOS 9.2 almost once a week and I think 9.2 is now up to Beta 5, > but there hasn’t been a new beta in 2 weeks or so and I wouldn’t be surprised > if we saw the public release of 9.2 next week. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > secones > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Paul Roberts > Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2015 5:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: voiceover going off > > Hi all, > > Quite a while since i've posted on here but this is due to on-going email > issues on my main PC. > > Anyway, I currently use an Iphone 5S and currently ruhning IOS8.3. > > Since I bought my phone back in March 2014, I have had occasions when > Voiceover for some reason, stops talking and the only way to get it back is > usually to plug it in and after a time, Voiceover is back to normal. this > hapend recently when at a concert in Liverpool, Voicever wouldn't talk and so > when I got home and plugged it in, it was fine after a few minutes. > > A fortnight ago I was staying near Preston and whilst on the train up, I > checked for mesages and had sevearl which I decided to read later on when I > arrived. I locked my phone and then an hour or so later, I decided to read > those mesages, plus send sevearl Emails. > > well, Voiceover didn't work and even plugging in didn't make any differenc. > > I got a member of hotel staff to come up so they could ring my Iphone to see > if it would activate but when I asked if the phone was on, they said it was > and that it was ready to unlock. > > Well I got them to unlock but of course had to get them to enter my pass > code. As the screen looked normal, I got them to go to settings, general, > accessibility and then tap on voiceover. > > Once done, Voiceover was back to normal and on checking the tripple tap of > the home keky, that was stil working. > > This is the first time i've had to actually switch voicever back on after a > glitch and am somewhat baffled as to how this hapend in the first place. > > The other thing is that these sorts of glitches tend to happen, either when > i'm say in work, or out locally or away in another area and so I'm wondering > if there's something in settings which I need to look at and possibly change, > so as to stop such glitches from happening. > > any thoughts on the above would be most welcome. > > Regards > > Paul. > > > <~WRD000.jpg> > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > > -- > 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 feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > 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 feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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