I use the rotor the way most people do. I Have just tried this new approach to see if itw would work, and it does 2 out of 3 trials, without much practice, at least for me.
I hold the phone in my left hand with my left thumb over the screen, at about the 9 o'clock position, and my right finger over the screen at about the one o'clock position. I touch the screen simultaneously with my left thumb (1 o'clock) and right index finger (1 o'clock) and gently move my right index finger down, from the 1 c'clock position towards the 5 o clock position. For me, the rotor activates and changes 2 out of 3 tries without ever having tried this before. It may help. Worth a try, any way. Best, Keith -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Please help, can't figure out how to use the rotor on Iphone Sorry, in my example, the fingers are moving parallel to each other and not towards each other. They're about an inch apart, moving parallel to each other, in opposite directions. I hope that helps. On 05/11/12 13:55, Steve wrote: > That sounds more like a pinch gesture. > > I use the rotor by imagining a small knob like a volume control on a > radio. I put my thumb and foreginer together and twist left or right. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" > <chalt...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:12 PM > Subject: Re: Please help, can't figure out how to use the rotor on Iphone > > > The key is that you need to have two fingers on the screen moving in > opposite directions. Try placing the iPhone on a flat surface, so you > can use both hands if you want, now place two fingers on the screen, one > near the left edge and another near the right edge, about an inch apart. > Now move those fingers in the opposite direction, one from left to right > and the other from right to left. This should give you the roter > gesture. This may be a bit cumbersome to do all of the time, but once > you have it working once, you'll be able to practice it until you get > comfortable using some simpler methods. > > > On 05/11/12 10:08, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> Yeah, I have a friend who can't do the rotor gesture. She has tried and >> tried until she has dreams (actually I think she said nightmares) where >> she is trying to do the rotor so I finally told her to put it on the >> back burner for a while because it is driving her crazy. She has read >> the description in the iPhone book from NBP and I've tried to describe >> it several different ways but she just can't seem to do it. >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> On Nov 5, 2012, at 5:05 AM, Mária Orovčíková <maria.orovcik...@gmail.com >> <mailto:maria.orovcik...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >>> Hi again, >>> it might sound silly, but although I have been Iphone user for quite a >>> while I still don't know how to use the rotor. I know how to do the >>> gesture I just cannot get it working. When I try the gesture I always >>> open an application. I use the rotor the way that I kind of flick with >>> both hands the opposite ways. It is not very practical. I know it is >>> doable using one hand only. >>> Please could you try and explain what I might have been doing wrong >>> and how to get it working using one-hand gesture? >>> I hope my question does make sense. >>> Thank you for your help. >>> With regards >>> Maria >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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