I do the middle. I have heard to do from right, but I always have done it from the middle. Personally, I have had no problems, but we're all different, and others probably have no problems with stuff I have problems with.
Carolyn Arnold -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Raikes Sent: Monday, December 1, 2025 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: new to iPhone without a home button I agree sometimes I can just ask siri to go to the homescreen, but this morning I was in pandora and couldn't get sirsi to activate even though I said "hey siri" which usually works. I also couldn't get the swipe up gesture to work on either side of the screen. I have found that in some applications swiping up along the left edge works better than swiping up along the right edge. Swiping up in the middle of the screen doesn't ever seem to work even though that is what I read I should do. Sincerely, Donald Raikes, CPACC Accessibility Specialist IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/cpacccertification__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!ITXXARxD3iTCnbAoB96JZAdz253IVd2urWYbOsB5MNjTAjmFErX-iqpRl4NrjAo7$> competencies <https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zb07yCPMTOfeVrEV9By2v3k5OemiaK055v3zdEuTJli-yYW-Y5Pc58I8ME27jWQVr9w76AoU1UM1Zz> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM R Van Lant <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I made this witch a couple months ago and am getting better at it. I did not map any special gestures, but do use Siri if I’m getting frustrated. You can ask Siri to go to the home screen or to open a certain app. Sometimes I think I am trying to do the swipe up gesture too quickly. I agree that it just doesn’t’ feel as reliable as the home button for me either, but I’m seeing progress. From: 'Louana Sterling' via VIPhone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 1, 2025 10:03 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: new to iPhone without a home button Hi, I had the same problem but if you keep trying it gets easier… I find if I touch the top of the screen before swiping it will work better… hth On Dec 1, 2025, at 10:57 AM, Donald Raikes <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi, I have tried to put off getting a n iPhone without a home button for as long as I could but about 2 weeks ago my se 2020 phone stopped working so I got an iPhone 16E. I am slowly getting used to it but I still find it frustrating to swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get to the "home" or "app switcher" locations on the screen. It seems very unreliable. I saw on the applevis website that it is possible to map siri gestures to perform these functions and/or use the action button as well. 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