Dear Sieghard, I think I know what the problem is. For some unknown reason, I had enabled restrictions on my iPad mini. I can't remember having done so but I must have done it, probably by mistake exploring that option. I've done some research on the internet and when restrictions are enabled, facetime apparently doesn't show on the iPad. Now one would have thought that I could disable restrictions but I can't. Not only are they enabled but they require a passcode which I certainly had not set and I obviously do not know. I can't go past this requirement. Another search on the internet has alas informed me that the only way I can disable restrictions without the passcode is to restore my iPad mini to factory settings. Can you hear me growling? <smile> Unless you know of another trick, resetting to factory settings it must be. Maybe I will wait till OS 8 comes out, and I hope that the update process will override the restrictions. How annoying is that! I must have inadvertently entered some numbers when fulling about with restrictions. I probably did not know what they were, and tapped the icon and then must have touched the number pad which appears when restrictions are launched. So, listers, beware!
Once again, Siehgard, thank you for trying to help in such a clear and friendly manner. What would I do without this list? A rhetorical question, for sure. But if anyone has other ideas which I've missed on the internet, please say. Best wishes Andrew On 16 Aug 2014, at 06:46, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > As I said, make sure you have apps enabled in Settings, General, spotlight > Search. I guess you could always try and search for another app like Notes > or App Store and if they show up in Spotlight Search then obviously apps are > included in your search. > > Alternatively, if you know handwriting you could turn the rotor to > handwriting (this has to also be enabled first in Voiceover Settings, Rotor) > and then write an "F" onto your screen with your finger. When I do this, > Facetime is the first app which shows up, if I do a 2-finger swipe down to > check other apps I have installed and which start with "F", I get > "Facebook", "Fleksy", and "Flight View". > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Andrew Lamanche > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 1:13 PM > To: VIPhone > Subject: Re: Facetime on ipad mini > > Dear Sieghard, > > Thank you so much for these careful instructions. I'm going mad here > because I still cannot find Facetime on my iPad mini that runs the latest > iOS. Searching for facetime in the spotlight did not reveal any results > beyond the e-mails which we have exchanged regarding facetime. I've been > through all my home screens and folders with a fine toothcomb and still > haven't found it. I can't have deleted it, canI? > > It's not a matter of life and death so please ignore me. > > Many thanks for trying. i've certainly learnt a few things from these > difficulties, and that in itself is a great help. > > Best wishes > > Andrew > On 15 Aug 2014, at 07:25, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Andrew, >> >> You find Facetime in the Settings app. Swipe about 10 or 12 times past >> General, just before Facetime is "Phone" and "Messages". >> >> As far as finding the Facetime app, you can use Spotlight Search. Do the >> following: >> >> 1. Touch any app on your home screen, then do a 3-finger swipe down to > bring >> up Spotlight search >> 2. Type "Facetime" into the search field at the top of the screen. >> 3. Review the search results in the middle of the screen. If you find >> Facetime and it is followed by something like "Utilities" that means it is >> located in a folder called Utilities. If it says nothing it means it's on >> one of your home screens and not in a folder. >> >> Facetime is an iOS stock app so it can't be deleted and it's definitely >> going to be somewhere. >> >> Oh, one more thing, if you don't have a heading called "Applications" in >> your spotlight search results, you might not have that enabled. You would >> have to go to Settings, General, Spotlight search to check that. Spotlight >> search is the fourth item in General Settings after About, Software Update >> and SIRI. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Andrew Lamanche >> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:33 PM >> To: VIPhone >> Subject: Re: Facetime on ipad mini >> >> I've been through my home screens that equal 3 several times but can't > find >> it. I run iOS 7..1.2 which is the latest, I believe. I will go through > all >> my folders again. I asked siri to make a facetime call to a contact but >> siri said that it couldn't do so because I had restrictions on in > FaceTime. >> I went through my settings but I can't find anything to do with facetime >> there either. I feel a bit of a dummy at the moment. >> >> Thanks for your replies, folks. >> >> Andrew >> On 15 Aug 2014, at 00:39, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Andrew, >>> >>> Are you using iOS 7 on your iPad Mini or is it an original iPad Mini >>> which is still running iOS 6? The Facetime app was only added in iOS 7. >>> >>> However, you don't really need a Facetime app to make a Facetime call. >>> Please note also that Facetime Audio is another feature which was >>> added in iOS 7, in iOS 6 one can only do regular Facetime calls which >> include video. >>> >>> If you are running iOS 7 then maybe your Facetime app was moved to >>> another home screen or into a folder. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Andrew Lamanche >>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:39 PM >>> To: VIPhone >>> Subject: Facetime on ipad mini >>> >>> Dear Listers, >>> >>> I have a facetime app on my iPhone 5C but I can't find anything like >>> this equivalent on my ipad mini. I assumed that facetime app would be >>> there by default. 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