Mark hi.
Is this available on the iPhone 15 Plus? The only option I get after
triple tapping the time is "customize wallpaper".
From E.T.'s Keyboard...
Ambivalent? Well yes and no.
My e-Mail:
ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 10/6/2024 11:15 PM, MacVisionaries wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Well, with iOS 18, it is, once again, easy to access the phone dial pad on
a Smartphone.
Younger people may not know this but, once upon a time, the primary purpose
of a mobile phone was to actually make a phone call using a dial pad
(smile).
And, as we old-timers will recall, eons ago, it was possible to make a call
on a Smartphone after only having to wake up the device.
These days, actually making a phone call, on a Smartphone, is neither a
primary or secondary purpose of these amazing little devices.
Be that as it may, with the ability to customize a quick launch button on
the iPhone lock screen, one can now easily access the phone dial pad after
only having to essentially wake up the device.
Scenario: I want to call a number that is not in my Contacts list on my
iPhone 14 Pro Max running the latest release of iOS 18.
1.
Wake the phone which is automatically unlocked with FACE ID. The lock
screen is now displayed.
2.
Activate a lock screen quick launch button. The phone dial pad immediately
appears, ready for action. It’s just that simple.
I believe there is an AppleVis podcast on how to customize a lock screen
but I will provide the broad strokes on how to set the phone app as one of
the quick launch buttons via VoiceOver:
1.
With the lock screen currently displayed, single-finger triple-tap on the
Time wiget, located near the top center of the lock screen. (This places
you in to lock screen edit mode.)
2.
Touch the center of the phone screen to place focus on the lock screen.
(Use only one finger to do this.)
3.
Single-finger swipe from left to right until you land on the Customize
button and activate the button.
4.
Using the swipe gesture, find and select the customize the lock screen
button.
5.
Using either explore by touch or the swipe gesture you will need to remove
either or both of the currently active quick launch buttons. Actually, you
don’t need to remove them. You can simply single-finger, double-tap on
either of them in order to bring up a selection screen from which you may
choose a different app.
So, let’s say that one of your currently active quick launch buttons
activates the flashlight and you want to change the flashlight app to the
phone app. In this case, in the selection dialog box, you will select the
option that reads, Open App. This will open yet another dialog box that
will have the default wording of, Choose. Single-finger, double-tap on the
Choose button and a list of all of your currently installed apps will be
listed.
6.
Select the Phone app.
Now, as of this writing, there is a VoiceOver bug that will not allow one
to close the currently open dialog box; at least, I could not find a way to
close this box via VoiceOver as there is no visible close option. My
solution? Using the back tap option, quickly disable VO and touch the
display in the corner of the quick launch button. This will close the
dialog box. Turn VO back on and proceed to the next step.
7.
Select the Done button located near the upper right corner of the display.
8.
Finally, exit lock screen edit mode by single-finger double-tapping the
time widget.
9.
Now, launch the phone app via the quick launch button. The first time you
do this, the phone app will open to the favorites screen.
10.
Select the dial pad tab and close the app.
11.
On the lock screen, again, activate the quick launch app and now you will
see that the phone app opens with the dial pad, ready for action.
Mark
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