I wonder if Siri will ever allow us to answer calls? That would be something.
Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > On Oct 28, 2018, at 11:44 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > And why Apple doesn’t allow people to tell SIRI “Turn off my phone” and then > that would bring up the power off screen is beyond me. > I was just going to go on and rant some more because it used to be that when > I said “Open General Settings” SIRI would say something like “Sorry Sieghard, > I can’t do that”. > Of course I can say Accessibility Settings, Voiceover Settings, Sound > Settings, WiFi Settings, SIRI Settings and all sorts of other things, but > General Settings never used to work. > Now I thought before I send this message I better try it to write down what > SIRI says and to my surprise now General Settings opens although > interestingly enough SIRI still started saying “Sorry Sieghard” and then it > stopped and Settings > General opened. > I repeated it and SIRI said “Oh, Oh” just as if she was about to say “Oh Oh, > I can’t do that” but then again General Settings opened. > I should add to this that I am running the public beta of iOS 12.1 which will > probably be out in a week or so, I would be curious to hear what others > experience when they say “General Settings” or “Open General Settings”. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: 'Maria Reyes' via VIPhone <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 6:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the > problem is! > > You can also go to settings > general and at the way bottom of the screen you > can find a shut down button. that will bring up the power off screen. > > On Oct 28, 2018, at 8:40 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pressing one of the volume buttons with the side button will bring up the > power off screen. Just don’t hold of him too long, or I guess it will dial > 911 which you don’t want. I actually don’t know any other way to bring up the > power off screen. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 28, 2018, at 5:33 PM, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right Maria, RI think that is what I did when it dialed 911. I thought > pressing one of the volume buttons with the side button would bring up the > turn off screen, but instead it dialed 911. How does one turn the phone off > then? Pressing the side button alone brings SIRI. > > From: 'Maria Reyes' via VIPhone <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 8:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the > problem is! > > I've also heard that if you press and hold one of the volume buttons and the > power buttons you can end up dialing 911. I think you can disable this > Emergency SOS settings. > > On Oct 28, 2018, at 7:40 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > In iOS 12, hitting the power button 5 times quickly does the emergency SOS > and calls 911 and anyone else you set up as emergency contacts. > Richard > > > > "It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books > which are your very own." __ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > On Oct 28, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mary and all, > Finally I got my phone working. > I went to the apple store and they gave me a new phone. They tried to > restore my iPhone several times and it remained stuck in the same place I saw > in my home when I tried to set it up. > The technician did not want to waste too much time. She gave me a new phone. > The new one works seamlessly. The only mistake I made is to dial 911 by > mistake. I still do not know what I did exactly to make such a mistake, but > I hope I won’t do it again. > > As far as the transfer of my apps and keyboards, everything went well. > > Cheers, > > Cris > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the > problem is! > > Wow, Chris! What a hassle! I certainly hope they get this sorted for you. > Mary > PS do you use the Arabic keyboard on your phone? If you do, I will be very > curious how that transfer works for you, since my second language keyboard is > no where and evidence, although it is said to be so into settings. That > switch were you switch from one keyboard to another while in it and it is > simply not there. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 27, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Arlene, > In fact I tried every trick in the book and none worked. The problem was not > in starting up Voice Over, That was easy. The problem is that voice over > dies in the middle of the set up process and the iPhone freezes. > Last night I called the Apple disability support. The technician and I spent > over an hour trying to find a fix to no avail. > I gave her access to my laptop and also gave her access to my phone camera > and we tried very hard to get the setup of the new iPhone going, but we > failed. > Tomorrow I have an appointment with the apple store in my area. Hopefully > they will be able to figure out the problem, or give me a new iPhone. We > shall see! > > Cheers, > > Cris > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Arlene > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 6:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the > problem is! > > Cris, I don't know if this will help, but this is what we did with our ipad > when we didn't have anyone hear to get the ipad going. When we got our ipad > about a year ago I tripple tapped the home button on the ipad and it began > talking. I don't know if this will work with the phone, and if nothing else > as worked yet, maybe you could give it a try. Another thought, you might want > to install itunes on your computer, if you don't already have it installed, > hook your phone up to your computer and see what you could do to get your > phone going. You probably have a solution by now with listers that have > responded to you, but I hope you could find a solution soon, and let us know > how you like your new phone. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cris Ali > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 7:51 PM > Subject: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the problem > is! > > Hi folks, > I bought a new iPhone XR and I can’t set it up. > First I tried the quick start as suggested by apple by putting it next to my > old phone, , and it did not work. > I then tried to set it up using the iTunes to no avail. > Now I am stuck. I can’t even get it to go into recovery mode to wipe it > clean. > What do you suggest I do? > When I do the command for recovery mode, I get a message on iTunes telling me > that iTunes cannot connect to the iPhone until I enter a passcode. Try > again or cancel. > I never had a problem like this with apple products. Could it be that my > phone is defective or is there something wrong with the new iPhone > compatibility with the iTunes? > Any ideas will be appreciated. > > Regards, > > > > Cris > -- > 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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