Happens all time for me Sent from my iPhone
On 28 Mar 2013, at 15:29, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Sieghard. That's interesting and definitely sounds like a problem. I > agree that sometimes you don't want text messages or other push notifications > to speak while on a phone call. Sometimes I want these and so if Apple made > this into some sort of toggle for those who want it then it would work for > most. But the constant speaking of the call duration or other non-push > related items definitely shouldn't be happening. I've got 3 iPhones at my > disposal here at home and a few from my clients and none have this issue. So, > I'm hoping it's not one of those hardware thingys which only affects certain > people. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Finally heading to the comic book store. My cardiovascular system is pumping > with joy. =) - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 3/28/2013 10:01 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> Hi Raul, >> >> I am one of these people who has a 4S which keeps announcing the call >> duration all the time. I will try this recommendation to take the phone away >> from my ear and to touch the end button, but what seems to happen with my 4S >> is that even if I move focus away from the call duration, after a while >> Voiceover says "Screen Locked" and then within 30 or so seconds after that >> Voiceover continues to read out the call duration every 20 seconds. There is >> of course also the issue everybody has that Voiceover will read out incoming >> push notifications, text messages or anything else you have set to read in >> the lock screen and I just feel Apple should make Voiceover shut up >> altogether when a call is in progress. After all, if I hear something has >> happened, e.g. a text message or email came in or a push notification, I can >> always take the phone while I am on the call and manually review it if I >> feel I need to know immediately. >> >> I am also getting a replacement 4S in a couple of days and it will be >> interesting to know if I am going to have the same problem and whether I am >> going to be once again able to balance Voiceover volume and call volume so I >> can use the keypad properly when a call is on speakerphone. Right now I am >> simply not able to make Voiceover loud enough to hear it reliably in this >> situation even if I turn Voiceover up all the way to 100% by using volume on >> the rotor and as soon as I try to turn down the call volume with the volume >> buttons Voiceover also goes down. >> >> I am getting a replacement phone because in the last few weeks I was >> suddenly unable to scan a single barcode with Digit Eyes. I finally asked >> one of my employees to try it and he said the image on the screen was all >> blurry and the camera didn't focus. He tried to just use the stock camera >> app and especially when I tried to take a picture of something close up >> Voiceover would say Auto Focus as it does, but visually the camera wouldn't >> focus. I did a full factory reset setting the phone up as a new device and >> even with nothing else installed the problem persisted, I called Apple and >> since I fortunately decided to buy Apple Care and my phone still has >> warranty until November they immediately said they would send out a >> replacement. I am supposed to get it by Monday. It's the usual good Apple >> service and it's nice to get a new phone after almost a year and a half, >> yes, I know it maybe a refurbished phone, but I was actually told that it >> "could" be a refurbished phone but is not necessarily one and even if it is, >> I was assured that it would, for example, have a brandnew battery which is >> of considerable value. >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> >> I called Applewith the voluduring a c >> >> shortly after that thtouch >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Raul A. Gallegos >> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:54 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone >> >> Hi, this is a great suggestion and it works for me and the people I've >> mentioned it to. However some are still reporting that even that fails >> to silence VO while they are on a call. I don't get it. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> No one sits in my spot. - Sheldon Cooper >> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >> >> On 3/27/2013 8:05 PM, DJ wrote: >>> Guys, >>> >>> I've discovered that if while on a call, I can stop VO from announcing >>> information such as the elapsed time of the call by taking the phone away >>> from my ear and tapping one time toward the bottom of the screen on the >> End >>> button. After that there is no interruption. Give that a try. >>> >>> DJ >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Sieghard Weitzel >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:56 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone >>> >>> Hi Susan, >>> >>> Yes, my 4S also reads out the call duration every 20 seconds or so. It >>> doesn't matter if I move focus away from this, eventually the screen >> locks, >>> then if I continue to talk after about 20 or 30 seconds it resumes reading >>> the time. I can only hope Apple will implement better handling of this in >>> iOS 7, as far as I am concerned Voiceover should not say a thing by itself >>> if I am on a call. I know a bunch of people said to just use a 3-finger >>> double tap to mute speech altogether, but while this may be a work-around, >>> it does not address the issue. In any case, if I am out and about and have >>> my iPhone in it's belt case under a jacket or an inside pocket, I >> basically >>> have to stop, tell my dog to wait, then dig out the phone and do all this. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Susan >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:52 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone >>> >>> I've had similar issues. Good luck. I also have an issue with mine >> calling >>> out the elapsed time on the calls. This is so very annoying. >>> Does yours do that? >>> >>> On 3/19/13, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> If your case does not cover the display, it is not a case issue for you. >>>> >>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>> Email: [email protected] >>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 20/03/2013, at 7:32, "Christina C." <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Where is this sensor located? Thanks for all the advice. I think it >>>>> may >>> be >>>>> a hardware problem :(. I will try taking the case off first. I do >>>>> have a case on there but it is a minimal case. It's a very simple >>>>> one. I mainly have it on there for the antenna gate issue. :) >>>>> >>>>> Christina C. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/[email protected]/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> 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 Google >>>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/[email protected]/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> 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 Google >>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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