Terri, No, you don't need a passcode, if you are not concerned about security you can certainly go to Settings > Touch Id and Passcode and double tap on "Turn Passcode Off". Note that you have to enter your passcode to get into Touch Id and Passcode. I find that with Touch Id it is just as fast to unlock the phone if you set up the fingerprint, on a 5S or iPhone SE Touch Id is not quite as fast and reliable as on the 6S or later phones, but it still works very well.
It sounds like you installed iOS 11, if so then deleting a text message currently has a bug which is what yoou probably experience. Does Voiceover say Null after you delete a message? If you close the messages app in the app switcher and then open it again this will be gone, it's just that right now if you delete a message by flicking down to delete and then double tap it puts some weird blank in place. I asked my sighted wife and she said she doesn't see the word "Null" but it shows as a blank spot. As I said, just make sure you close the Messages app and then reopen it and all should be fine, to avoid this from happening tap on the Edit button at the top left of the screen if you want to delete a message or messages. After you do that you can tap one or multiple messages to select them, then find the delete button near the bottom of the screen and tap it. You'll be prompted if you want to delete and after you confirm the messages are gone with no weird item in their place. I still don't know if you have an iPhone 5S or an iPhone SE, maybe you can check that out because it helps when you ask questions. You may have to ask a sighted person though, don't know of a place in Settings where this is written. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 1:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: may have missed some things Hello everyone, Even though I know I think about going back to my Android. I remember why I found an older iPhone I could afford to purchase. However, I don't pay attention to every thread that comes across. I know I should pay more attention than I do. But I receive a lot of email. First of all, is it absolutely necessary to use the pass code? If so, why? Right now I am using 1. But I find it anoying! Also, why when I go to my messages, am I not seeing all of my texts to people? Why am I only seeing a few? And why when I go to delete a text or thread, does it put a weird word there? I can't spell it? Also sometimes, I have had to tap on that weird word to see a text. But that's only happened once. So what the heck is going on? Thank you, Terri -- 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: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list 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. -- 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: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list 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.
