Hello,
I sleep with my phone all the time. I never have any trouble unlocking it when I get up. The conveniences for me are unspeakable I was able to set up my phone without any difficulties at all. I am totally blind and no issues were had I personally would never go back to finger print access but that is me. Sincerely,, mike > > On Aug 6, 2019 at 10:09, <Shermeen Khan (mailto:shermee...@gmail.com)> > wrote: > > > > 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. > > -- 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/23cb3da7-fc2d-418a-9fde-8eaee47bf368%40iPhone.
