Hi Flor, my point was that all those methods (unplugging a PC then plugging it back in, pressing the RESET button, holding POWER down for a few seconds) force the PC to shut down improperly. In other words, you are responding to a situation where you cannot properly shut down the computer through the user interface (e.g. the PC has frozen). I've yet to find a situation where a normal reboot doesn't resolve something, but an improper shut down does. You are thinking about some older phones and PDAs that stored user data in RAM. In those cases, when you removed the battery, this would cause the RAM to be erased meaning that you would have initialized the entire system.
Grant On Aug 16, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > If I may say so, your PC analogy is misleading. You don't unplug your PC when > using the reset switch. On some mobile phones that i know of, and indeed > other small memory-aware devices, when power is off, taking the battery out > and reinserting it, will cause them to reset. (that is probably not possible > in Apple's case, so the reset will function a bit differently.) Perhaps the > device 'thinks' it was shut down properly, but, in reality, it wasn't. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Grant Hardy > To: Viphone List > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: Can't change VoiceOver speech rate > > Hi Sieghard, I don't, of course, have access to how Apple set this up > internally, but it is my opinion that forcibly resetting an iOS device simply > forces the system to cut the power so that the device can reboot. That is why > it is a useful command to perform when you cannot power off the phone by any > normal means. It is therefore my view that if you can reboot your device > normally, this force-reset method won't achieve anything or reset anything > that a normal reboot wouldn't. To use another analogy, if my desktop PC has a > problem that is not resolved by rebooting, why would it be resolved by > unplugging the power cord while the PC is powered up, causing an improper > shut down? I know this topic has come up before and other listers don't agree > with my view, and I am more than happy to stand corrected and admit that I am > totally out to lunch on this one. However, based on my understanding of the > force-reset method, I am fairly sure I am correct about this. > > Grant > > On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Grant, >> >> Doing a reset by holding the power and home buttons may not be something you >> want to do every day and shouldn't have to do, but it also won't hurt. It >> will definitely reset more things than a simply shutdown and reboot of the >> phone and in your case I'd try it. I would probably remove all apps from the >> app switcher and do a regular reboot, then do the reset and while it may not >> fix your problem, I highly doubt it would hurt anything just as pressing the >> reset key on a computer won't hurt anything either. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Grant Hardy >> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 11:30 AM >> To: Viphone List; Viphone List >> Subject: Re: Can't change VoiceOver speech rate >> Thanks Donna! It definitely takes time to get used to listening to a voice >> that quickly, but if you're interested, you could try cranking up your rate >> a bit when you're just listening to system prompts (like opening the mail >> app and browsing to a folder) then slowing it down to read the actual >> content. Of course, this is assuming you can change your rate. :) >> >> Grant >> On Aug 16, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Donna <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I don't have a solution to your problem. >> I just wanted to say...Wow!!! I can't understand but every other word VO >> says when the speed is set to 100% Heck, my brain or ears can't even keep >> up to follow along with VO is saying. LOL! Wish I had your talent, it would >> make doing tasks on my device faster. 65% is the fastest speed that I'm able >> to go and still be able to understand VO and comprehend what I'm listening >> to VO reading to me. >> Donna >> >> On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I normally keep my speech rate at 100%, but I have just discovered that it >> is in fact stuck there. Adjusting it from the rotor, or from the VO >> preferences page, has no effect. Actually, that's not entirely true; VO >> occasionally announces something using the lower rate, but otherwise sticks >> to 100%. For example, if I am moving through a bulleted list on a web page, >> VO announces the "bullet" symbol in whatever speech rate I have set, but >> then reverts to 100% to read the rest of the text. >> I am using iOS 7.1.2 with an iPhone 5S and the default U.S. English voice. >> I'm not sure that this is a big enough deal to warrant extensive >> troubleshooting (e.g. restoring the phone or resetting all settings), but I >> wanted to inquire whether anyone has ever had a similar problem or >> has any tips. >> Thanks, >> >> Grant >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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