Sorry, I meant to say one more thing. If your iPhone freezes like this again and by freezing I mean when Voiceover goes away, you can do a hard reset as follows: 1. Press volume up and let go 2. Press volume down and let go 3. Press and hold the side button and count to about 10 or 12, if you have a feel for counting seconds this is all it takes, then let go of the side button and wait about 15 seconds and your iPhone should reboot with Voiceover coming on and asking for your passcode.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Duane Steele Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2019 11:17 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: My frozen Iphone 8 Hello again, iPhone friends, This past Wednesday night, and again last night, my iPhone 8 literally froze, and I could do absolutely nothing. I couldn't shut it down, or turn off voiceOver, or restart it... nothing! In fact, on both occsions, pressing and holding the on button made my phone make some terrible siren-like sound and connect me with 911. I have learned that when this happens, the phone goes into emergency mode, and though a sighted person may see something onscreen to disable it, we who are blind can do nothing because voiceOver is also disabled. Apparently, this feature can also be disabled by the person who answers your call which is what happened last night. This has been a problem encountered by many sighted iPhone users since recent updates introduced in settings the SOS button. After last night's encounter, I went into the SOS button in settings and discovered that holding down the home button or the on button to contact 911 was activated. I turned off all of the buttons that were activated in this setting, and hopefully solved the freezing issue for now. You will, no doubt recall that it was I who began the thread earlier this week about my phone updating without my permission. I had never had my iPhone 8 freeze until this past Wednesday. I'm sharing this post to prevent it happening to you. APPLE should fine a way to make emergency mode work with voiceOver. I'll share this information with them, as I have shared it with you. Peace & Blessings, Duane L. Steele Phone (276) 730-5194 -- 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<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto: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<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/D3777D66-EED3-4356-AA90-D747A4EACAAF%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/D3777D66-EED3-4356-AA90-D747A4EACAAF%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/MWHPR06MB2573A37A4B2C948409C6C0CDC7670%40MWHPR06MB2573.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.
