Many thanks Sieghard your instructions are very much appreciated. I am totally blind and I just find the whole thing daunting when all is silent. Regards Judy
Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Apr 2017, at 21:18, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Judy, > > You really shouldn't be afraid of a simply reboot by which I mean turning off > the phone and turning it on again after 30 or so seconds. > The turning off part is easy, you just push and hold the power button for > about 3 seconds, a message pops up on the screen and Voiceover wil say "Slide > to Power Off, button". If you change your mind you can just swipe right once > to the "Cancel button and double tap it or, if you simply wait about 20 > seconds and do nothing it cancels the power off and goes back to the home > screen. Note that once the "Slide to Power Off" is displayed pressing the > home or power button will do nothing, you have to double tap Cancel or wait > to abort the shut-down. > If you want to go ahead and turn the phone off, double tap on "Slide to power > off" and Voiceover will say "iPhone shutting down" although very often you > just here "iPhone" and then it doesn't announce anything further because it's > already shutting down. > One good way to make sure it's definitely shut down is to flick the mute > switch on the side, if you turn mute on there is a brief vibration, obviously > nothing happens if the phone is turned off. > When you are ready to turn the phone back on after about 20 or 30 seconds (it > does take at least 10 seconds to properly shut down, you can do one of two > things: > 1. Press the power button on the side firmly and while you don't really have > to hold it down for any length of time, make sure you give it a good long > press, but you can hold it down for a one one thousand count which means a > second or so, then let go and just wait for Voiceover to speak, in my case it > usually says "Touch Id requires your passcode when iPhone restarts" and then > the keypad is on the screen. ay ". > 2. You can plug the Lightning cable in, if your phone is off that will start > it up again. > On my 6S Plus it takes about 15 seconds when Voiceover starts speaking, but > it's actually faster as visually the lockscreen with keypad is coming up > already after about 10 seconds. It's sort of like with Windows, when I reboot > my computer and a sighted person is watching the screen they often tell me > I'm at the password screen, but Jaws takes another 5 seconds or so to start > speaking. > I would practice this because rebooting your iPhone from time to time is > actually a good thing and can prevent issues from happening in the first > place. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Judy Pryor > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2017 3:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: missing apps in settings > > Hi Richard, Donna and Anthony > Apple managed to reboot the phone after 2 goes. I do not like doing that on > my own. Anyway all is good now. > I knew Apple support were open all the time. It was too late for me! > Many thanks > Judy > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 15 Apr 2017, at 22:30, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That seems rather odd. >> >> I'm guessing you already rebooted your phone? >> >> So, when you open settings, and are on the screen that starts with your >> iTunes, iCloud stuff, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. there are no apps listed after >> the Apple default apps? >> >> Did you find this while on the phone with Apple Accessibility? >> If not, I'd call them back. >> >> Good luck, >> Richard >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Judy Pryor >> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 2:15 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: missing apps in settings >> >> Having spent a long time on the phone with Apple accessibility because I had >> too much storage on my iPhone I now find that the apps I have downloaded >> from the App store are no longer in Settings. The apps are still usable on >> my phone and show up in storage. Is this something to do with the latest >> IOS or am I going to have to delete and reinstall the apps. With the apps >> not being in settings I cannot alter anything like location being on or off >> etc. >> >> I would very much appreciate your help. >> >> Judy >> >> -- >> 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. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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