This is definitely true for the iPhones with the LCD displays where the screens are backlit. Theoretically, this may help battery consumption on iPhones with the LED displays, where diodes are turned off when dark. I’m not aware of any benchmarks that demonstrate this though.
-- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 2:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: configuring an iphone for a new user These are all good suggestions. However, screen curtain does not actually help conserve battery life; all it does is blacken the screen by coloring it black--not actually turn off the display. To conserve battery by turning off the screen, you'd need to turn down the brightness. I have turned off auto-brightness and set brightness to 0 in settings. If I need someone sighted to look at my phone, I use the brightness slider in control panel to turn up the brightness to 20-30%. This brightness level is usually sufficient for most sighted individuals. Thanks, Ari On May 7, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Dave Clement <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Here are a few settings I adjust when doing initial IOS training. Once the student has an initial knowledge, I alter some of these. I am referring to IOS 14.x here. 1. Turn on "Do Not DisturB". This will prevent notifications from disturbing the class. If your phone also had cell service, it would prevent phone calls from disturbing you as well. Settings / Do Not Disturb 2. Turn off "Autolock" by setting it to "never". This prevents the student's phone from locking every few minutes while in the class. Settings / Display & Brightness / Autolock Note - you may want to reset these two items after the class if the student will be taking the phone away with them. 3. If the student is a Voiceover-only user, turn on the "screen curtain" to save some battery usage. 3-finger tripple tap 4. If Voiceover is being used, make sure "hints" are turned on. Settings / Accessibility / Voiceover / Verbosity / Speak hints 5. If Voiceover is being used, set the Voiceover volume so both the instructor and the student can hear it. If in an area where you need to be quiet, consider using a splitter so two sets of earpods or headphones can be used at the same time. Volume buttons or add "volume" to the rotor 6. Set SIRI options to display its responses and your spoken inputs. This will help the student while learning to use SIRI. Settings / SIRI & Search / SIRI Responses 7. If cell service is available, set the phone option to use "full screen" for calls. This avoids the difficulties for beginners in dealing with the one-line display mode on calls. Settings / Phone / Incoming calls 8. Initially, set typing style to "standard" when working with the on-screen keyboard. Once the student is comfortable with the on-screen keyboard you can introduce the other typing styles. Settings / Accessibility / Voiceover / typing / typing style There are likely other settings one could adjust. Much depends on the model of phone, the IOS version, the usage the student will make of the phone, and their current level of knowledge / skill with it. Dave Clement Winnipeg MB On May 6, 2021, at 10:53 AM, Larry Lumpkin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I am configuring an iphone with no cell service to help a new user learn it. I’d like to alter settings that would make the learning experience as stress-free as possible. I have already turned off pass code. I have also turned off raise to wake. I was going to lock orientation but can’t find the setting in IOS 14. Can anyone suggest further steps I could take to accomplish my goal? Thanks. -- 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. 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