Hello all you knowledgeable people, So for work, I've been given an iPhone X. As you know, the only ways to unlock the phone are through a passcode (which I find obnoxious at the best of times) or Face ID, which I frankly felt was apple's way of solving a problem that most people didn't find existed, but that's of little consequence given that I have to use this phone now. You get what you get and you don't get upset and all that sort of thing.
That said, I struggled tremendously to even set up face ID. I did my best to follow the verbal instructions, but somehow never managed to tilt my head just so or follow the arrow that was supposed to tell me what to do. I ended up selecting an "accessibility" button that seemed to mean that it didn't need to get my face from as many angles as it might have from a sighted person, but then I also find that I need to be holding my phone just so in order for it to recognize my face. For example, I know I can't be the only person who sleeps with her phone next to the pillow at night. Upon waking up, before even acknowledging my consciousness, my hand is drifting up to my phone to either check the time or to check e-mail or get my next digital dopamine hit, and my phone is certainly not up above my face. How are those you using face ID managing this? do you just sit up all alert and bright-eyed before using your phone? can face ID be anything other than irritating? Is it possible to have your phone next to your pillow, turn your face towards it, and have it unlock? I even thought of getting a sighted person to help me set it up in the detailed way it wants, but is that even possible? will it not then just start scanning the sighted person's face? oh my. Thanks in advance, and I am missing the fingerprint option so much, if you couldn't tell. Shermeen -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAPZC2zoErFkJduTnyH35PhHu4jBaKn_sV16jL4RHttqaNxn7nw%40mail.gmail.com.
