Great detective work! I definitely applaud your diligence!

Joseph the free tech guy!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Teresa Cochran" <batsfly...@me.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth Keyboard


Hi, Joseph,

Just going backto an earlier thread to let you know that I found the escape 
key equivalent for the Anker ultraslim keyboard I have. It's fn+home key. 
Now I can move apps outside folders with my keyboard. Yay. :)

Teresa

"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan

> On Jul 9, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Joseph FreeTech <joseph.freet...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> On that specific keyboard, do you know of an equivalent keyboard command
> which simulates the Escape key?
>
> If not too much trouble, what are the dimensions of your keyboard? I'm
> considering a small keyboard which I can carry with me. The Amazon basics 
> is
> actually kinda small itself, about 4" X 10" X .8", but I'm looking to find
> something smaller. <Smile>. I will say that I do like that when my iDevice
> turns off automatically, I need only press a key on the keyboard, and I'm
> placed on my home screen without having to go through the lock screen.
>
> Joseph
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Teresa Cochran" <batsfly...@me.com>
> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 7:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth 
> Keyboard
>
>
> Hi, Joseph,
>
> I have an Anker ultraslim bluetooth keyboard. It doesn't seem to have a 
> true
> escape key. It acts as the home key. When I press it during the process 
> you
> outline below, it immediately exits edit mode and maintains my position in
> the folder, effectively cancelling my move process. It may work with other
> keyboards, however.
>
> Thanks,
> Teresa
>
> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
>
>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:29 AM, Joseph FreeTech <joseph.freet...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Teresa and others,
>>
>> I've not read anyone post a solution to your question regarding moving
>> apps
>> out of folders, so try this...
>> 1. Navigate inside of a folder within one of your home screens and pick 
>> an
>> app.
>> (Using the keyboard you use arrow keys to find a folder on a Home screen
>> then press up and down arrow to open the folder.)
>> 2. Once the app has been chosen press VO+Shift+letter M. You should get
>> audio feedback and a message confirming you can now move the app.
>> 3. Press the Escape key once. You will hear the sound informing you that
>> you've moved outside a folder. You are now on the main Home screen which
>> contains the original folder you opened.
>> 4. Execute the keyboard command which is the equivalent of pressing the
>> Home
>> button: VO+Letter H.
>> 5. You will find the app at the bottom of the list of apps.
>>
>> Please let me know if this works for you or not, and we'll try something
>> else.
>>
>> Note:
>> I'm using the Amazon Basics Bluetooth keyboard, and I have found that
>> using
>> this keyboard to execute various iOS related procedures is very buggy. At
>> times I can execute many commands and procedures quite quickly and 
>> easily,
>> and at other times I cannot get the keyboard to do what I can quickly do
>> using the touch screen. I'm only mentioning this because someone using a
>> Bluetooth keyboard to complete some of these tasks might believe he or 
>> she
>> is doing something wrong, but so far it appears to be a very, very buggy
>> and
>> frustrating experience to use a keyboard with an iOS device. Maybe this
>> frustration is only associated with the Amazon Basics keyboard, but I
>> really
>> don't think so. Hopefully the reader will have a different experience, 
>> but
>> if you are facing difficulties, this buggy behavior might be the reason.
>> Just trying to save some of you some hassles, but undoubtedly I'm going 
>> to
>> get "that's not happening to me!," so all I can say is good for you.
>>
>> Oh yeah, I'm using an iPod Touch 5th with latest update.
>>
>> Joseph the free tech guy!
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Teresa Cochran" <batsfly...@me.com>
>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 3:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: Here's How to Move Apps Into a Folder With a Bluetooth
>> Keyboard
>>
>>
>> Hi, Mary and Johnna,
>>
>> The VO keys are control and option pressed together.
>>
>> There reY isn't a way to move apps on the Braille display.
>>
>> As a further note, I still haven't found a way to move apps outside a
>> folder
>> with a keyboard. When I try pressing my home button, it cancels edit 
>> mode.
>> Your mileage may vary.
>>
>> Teresa
>>
>> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
>>
>>> On Jul 2, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Teresa,
>>>
>>> I wonder if you've found a way to move apps using a braille display. I
>>> think you are a braille user, yes?
>>> I appreciate the post about the bluetooth keyboard. I find moving apps
>>> not
>>> too bad on my phone, but harder on the iPad, so will definitely take
>>> advantage of this method there.
>>>
>>> Mary
>>> Mary Otten
>>> motte...@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
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