Try the app called Blue Light, which sounds like it does the same thing, allowing you to contact the nearest EMS services. When I got it it was free but there may be a subscription now. The app is very accessible, though there may be more exploring involved in the initial sign-up screens.
Good luck, Wayne On 12/15/15, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote: > I found this personal safety app on AppleVis called OnCallDefender. It is > like a panic button for your phone that lets some kind of monitoring company > know you need help in those situations one hopes will never happen. I may > potentially be starting a job some time in the new year if all goes well, > and walking home in the dark around 9 at night might be part of what I have > to do for awhile until the earlier shift opens up. . My apartment is only > around 4 street crossings away from there, but safety is something I think > about, but I'm not worried enough to say no to the offer if it comes my way. > I tried to create an account and subscribe to this thing, presumably through > an iTunes subscription, but all I get is the alert sound with the screen > staying the same. In looking at the app store entry, the app hasn't been > updated since 2010, and it is advertised to be compatible with phones of > that era. I am running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6. I tried doing the explore by > touch thing to try to get to the fields to fill out to no avail. I have also > tried restarting VO to get it to refresh its model of the screen, and that > did nothing either. How can I make this thing let me sign up? Even though > their site is still online, I have a small suspicion they killed it since > the Applevis review was posted last year. Are there any similarly priced > services with apps that are accessible that are still providing this kind of > service? The demo part I did see looks tricky to actually activate because > getting a tripple tap passed through VO correctly reminds me of the > child-proof containers we are probably all glad we couldn't open as kids. > > -- > 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 caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My website: www.wayneism.com My book list: www.wayneism.com/books.php -- 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 caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
