I had an issue like that. Fortunately, I had a Mantis Q40 connected, and that got me out of trouble. What made it worse was I was at a meeting where I was taking notes.
Follow me on Mastodon: @[email protected] Sent from my iPhone Pro Max > On Feb 7, 2025, at 11:14 PM, 'Curtis Delzer' via VIPhone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all! we found an answer. I have a keyboard which was paired with the > phone, and it gained enough control to fix the issue. I was able to re-start > the phone after typing in my password with the keyboard, able to use the side > button to get the prompt to tap to restart, pressed the space bar for the > tapping action, and it worked. when the phone re-booted, I was able to regain > full control. > > Rhonda who is with me suggested that I use a paired keyboard and vuala, it > worked. > >> On 2/7/2025 6:31 PM, Carolyn Arnold wrote: >> Curtis, try telling Siri to shut your phone down, see what happens then. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: 'Curtis Delzer' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 8:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: got a major problem! >> >> Hi all! I cannot get control of my iPhone 13 in any way whatever. >> Asking Siri does not work, the touch screen does not respond, I cannot turn >> off the phone since "tapping" does not avail any response whatever, all that >> works is volume up/down, right hand button which goes in and out of "lock >> screen" mode, holding down the down button after the tap of the right hand >> button prompts for "tap for power off," but .. . or, if I hold down the down >> button it does go into SOS mode or if I hold it should then call emergency >> services. >> >> I've had an iPhone since 2013 so am not a newby, >> >> any ideas? Siri will not respond! >> >> >> All I will do now is wait for the battery to force recharge when it runs out. >> >> any other ideas? Has anyone had any situation like this where the touch >> screen simply will not respond? >> >> -- >> 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: >> [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/ad42426f-67fa-4e93-ba57-41086dafd1b0%40calweb.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: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/d9688cff-9bf2-45f3-97e8-0c5e86680e13%40calweb.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: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/1058B74D-EB76-4E3B-A7DD-A0C3328DA6AA%40gmail.com.
