Hello, Considering the sighted can't see anything, a 3 finger triple tap? ----- Original Message ----- From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. <[email protected]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 22, 2015 6:35 pm Subject: RE: Dead phone
> > > I'm confused about your situation. But if the screen curtain is on and > somehow your voice over volume is zero, that scenario sounds to me like your > describing, possibly. > > Have you tried a 2-finger swipe up to get voice over working and then use the > volume up button? > > I suspect you've tried this and that communication is somewhere in this > thread, but just in case you haven't, I'm sending this on. > > Have you called Apple Accessibility? > > Keith. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Dead phone > > Hi Sieghard, > > I suppose you might have seen a note I sent on Wayne's thread about his > experience. But in case not: when I say dead screen, I mean, dead. No > gestures work. Sighted husband sees nothing on screen with VO disabled. And > here you see I am entering data with my lightning connected keyboard. In > short, everything on this phone is working but the screen, which is totally > gone. > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 22, 2015, at 10:04 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Mary, > > > > I am sending this to you directly as well since it seems you may not have > > seen my earlier message. > > > > Have you tried my suggestion which was to see if typing style has been > > reset to the default which is standard typing. If this happens it may seem > > something is terribly wrong when you come to the passcode screen because > > you can touch the numbers, Voiceover will announce them, but nothing is > > typed because you are used to touch typing and would have to double tap or > > split tap the numbers in order to enter your passcode with standard typing. > > > > If your iPhone is being recognized by iTunes I also don't see why you would > > need to enter DFU/recovery mode. You could just connect it, do a backup and > > then do a restore. When it initially finishes the restore I suggest you set > > it up as a new phone to make sure everything works, you can always restore > > from your backup once you know everything is good. Sometimes things can go > > wrong on a phone and certain issues can be part of a backup so if > > everything is good when the phone is set up as a new phone and you run into > > issues again after rstoring from the backup then it's time to bit into the > > sour Apple so to speak and to just set up as a new phone and to redo > > everything from scratch, e.g. set up your email, download your apps, > > arrange them the way you want on the home screens and folders etc. It's a > > lot of work, but sometimes it can be worth it. > > > > When you say "the screen is dead" what exactly do you mean? Does not > > Voiceover read what apps are on the screen and can you not swipe around, > > open apps etc.? > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Mary Otten > > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:24 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Dead phone > > > > Well folks, > > It looks like my phone is dead. I tried several times to get it to restart, > > but every time, I get to that screen where it wants my passcode, because I > > have touch ID to unlock the phone. And I can't enter a passcode, because > > none of my gestures are seen, and voice over doesn't speak. It's like the > > screen is dead, although the phone talks and the buttons work. I have a > > friend who had something similar happen, and he has a 5S. In his case, > > after nothing was working, voiceover wasn't talking, screen seemed dead > > etc, he did the force restart. After that, voiceover came back. But for > > me, no such luck. I wonder how common this is. The folks at the store just > > said it's a dead phone. But I wonder. Is it some kind of weird interaction > > between iOS nine and VoiceOver? Has anybody heard of this happening to > > others, with or without voiceover? And while I'm at it, why don't earth > > does Apple want your pass code once you restart your phone and want to use > > touch ID? I mean, it's not like somebody can rip your finger off and use it > > and not have to know your passcode. It seems stupid. What am I missing? > > Mary > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > > or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > > [email protected] > > > > The archives for this list can be searched at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > --- > > 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]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > > or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > > [email protected] > > > > The archives for this list can be searched at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > --- > > 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]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 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