The only thing that remains the same is change Sent from my Verizon iPhone XR!!!
> On Jun 5, 2019, at 5:31 PM, Marie N. <magpie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well I got an IPhone X a few months ago and for a while, I hated the “no home > button” situation. Now that I am used to it, I find that sometimes using the > home button is a bit awkward. The only thing I really miss is the fingerprint > ID but usually find the face ID works as often as the finger print. So as > usual, it is a matter of choices. The problem is that Apple is not going to > give that choice any longer so we will be forced to change > Marie > . > > From: 'Marcio' via VIPhone > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 1:11 PM > To: ViPhone List > Subject: The Many Uses of the iPhone Home Button > > Everyone who's used the iPhone for even just a few minutes knows that the > Home button, the only button on the iPhone's front, is crucial. But > relatively few people know just how many things the Home button can do — and > how to do those things on the iPhone models that don't have a Home button. > Read on to learn all about the many uses of the iPhone Home button. > What the iPhone Home Button Is Used For > > The Home button is used for all kinds of apps and actions including: > Access Siri: Holding down the Home button will launch Siri. > Multitasking: Double-clicking the Home button reveals all running apps in the > multitasking manager. > Music App Controls: When the phone is locked and the Music app plays, > clicking the home button once will bring up the Music app controls to adjust > volume, change songs, and play or pause the track. > Camera: From the lock screen, a single press of the Home button and a swipe > from right to left launches the Camera app. > Notification Center: From the lock screen, press the Home button and swipe > left to right to access Notification Center widgets. > Accessibility Controls: By default, the Home button only responds to single > or double clicks. But a triple click can also trigger certain actions. In > order to configure what a triple click does, go to the Settings app, then tap > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut. In that section, you can > trigger the following actions with a triple click: > AssistiveTouch > Classic Invert Colors > Color Filters > Reduce White Point > VoiceOver > Smart Invert Colors > Switch Control > VoiceOver > Zoom. > Dismiss Control Center: If Control Center is open, you can dismiss it with a > single click of the Home Button. > Touch ID: On the iPhone 5S, 6 series, 6S series, 7 series, and 8 series the > Home button adds another dimension: it's a fingerprint scanner. Called Touch > ID, this fingerprint scanner makes those models more secure and is used to > enter passcodes, and passwords for purchases at the iTunes and App Stores, > and with Apple Pay. > Reachability: The iPhone 6 series and newer have a home-button feature that > no other iPhones have, called Reachability. Because those phones have large > screens, it can be hard to reach from one side to the other when using the > phone one-handed. Reachability solves that problem by pulling the top of the > screen down to the center to make it easy to reach. Users can access > Reachability by double tapping (not clicking; just a light tap like tapping > an icon) the Home button. > iPhone X and Up: The End of the Home Button > > While the iPhone 7 series delivered some big changes to the Home button, the > iPhone X removes the Home button completely. With the iPhone XS, XS Max, and > XR also lacking Home buttons, it's safe to say that the Home button is on the > way out. Here's how to perform tasks that used to require the Home button on > the iPhone X: > Unlock the phone: You unlock the iPhone X using either the Face ID facial > recognition system or by entering an onscreen passcode after waking the phone > by raising it, tapping the screen, or clicking the Side (aka sleep/wake) > button. > Return to home screen: To leave an app and return to the home screen, swipe > up from the bottom of the screen (Control Center is now accessed by swiping > down from the top right corner of the screen). > Multitasking: To access the multitasking view of all open apps, swipe up from > the bottom like you're returning to the home screen, but pause partway > through the swipe. > Siri: Instead of pressing and holding the Home button to launch Siri, press > and hold the Side button. > Taking screenshots: The Home button is no longer involved in taking > screenshots. Instead, squeeze the Side button and volume up button at the > same time to capture a screenshot. > Force restart: Force restarting the iPhone X requires more steps now. Click > the volume up button, then the volume down button, and then press and hold > the Side button until the iPhone restarts. > The Home Button on iPhone 7 and 8 Series > > The iPhone 7 series phones changed the Home button dramatically. On earlier > models, the button was truly a button: something that moved when you clicked > it. On the iPhone 7 and then the 8 series, the Home button is actually a > solid, 3D Touch-enabled panel. When you press it, nothing moves. Instead, > like the 3D Touch screen, it detects the strength of your press and responds > accordingly. Because of this change, the iPhone 7 and 8 series has the > following Home button options: > Rest Finger to Open: Earlier versions of the Touch ID-enabled Home button let > you rest your finger on the button to unlock the phone. That changed with the > 7 series, but you can restore that option by going to Settings > General > > Accessibility > Home Button > and moving the Rest Finger to Open slider to > on/green. > Click Speed: Change the speed needed to double or triple click the button in > Settings > General > Accessibility > Home Button. > Click Settings: Because the button is now 3D Touch-enabled, you can choose > the kind of click feedback you prefer by going to Settings > General > Home > Button. > Uses of the Home Button in Earlier Versions of the iOS > > Earlier versions of the iOS used the Home button for different things — and > allowed users to configure the Home button with more options. These options > aren't available on later versions of the iOS. > iOS 8: Double-tapping the Home button reveals not only the multitasking > manager, but some new contacts options, too. At the top of the screen, icons > show the people you have most recently called or texted, as well as the > people listed in your Phone app's favorites menu, to quick contact. This was > removed in iOS 9. > iOS 4: This version of the iOS introduced double-clicking the button to bring > up the multitasking options. It also launched the phone's Spotlight search > tool with a single click from the home screen. > iOS 3: Double-tapping the Home button in this version of the iOS was a > shortcut to the Favorites list in the Phone app. Alternatively, you could > change a setting to launch the Music app (then called iPod) instead. > > > > Cheers, > Marcio > AKA Starboy > > Sent from a galaxy far, far away. > > -- > Are you a Thunderbird user? 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