Very good explanation, Sieghard. You taught me something too. Is there a way to lock your watch without a passcode?
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 25, 2020, at 9:49 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Make sure your volume isn't turned down, maybe the watch is waking but the > volume is very low. > The vibrations are telling the time. You are probably inadvertantly doing a > 1-finger double or triple tap or at least the watch is interpreting your > gestures or taps that way. > Keep in mind that the following only works if the watch is locked. > A double tap with 1 finger gives you the time silently via vibrations. The > default is that each hour is indicated by a short vibration, then there is a > short pause and then the minutes are indicated by a long vibration for every > 10 minutes and a short vibration for every minute. > For example, right now it's 7:32 AM, if I do a double tap with 1 finger when > my watch is locked, I get 7 short vibrations indicating it's 7 o'clock, then > there is a pause, then I get 3 long vibrations indication 30 minutes, then 2 > more short vibrations indicating 2 minutes hence 7:32. Just as with minutes > where every 10 minute interval is indicated by a long vibration so the hours > are also indicated with a long vibration at 10 AM and 10 PM. If it were 10:13 > AM or PM, you would get a single long vibration, a pause, then another long > vibration followed by 3 short vibrations. > The system for hours therefore is as follows, this always applies to AM or > PM, it is assumed you know whether it's daytime or night time. > 1 o'clock = 1 short vibration > 2 o'clock = 2 short vibrations > 3 o'clock = 3 short vibrations > This goes all the way to 9 o'clock which equals 9 short vibrartions > 10 o'clock then is a single long vibration followed by the pause and then the > long vibrations for every 10 minute interval and the short vibrations for > single minutes. > 11 o'clock is a long vibration followed by a short vibration > 12 o'clock is a long vibration and 2 short vibrations > > You can change the system used, for example, you can also have the vibrations > use morse code if you know it and there is one other system I can't remember. > The most vibrations you would possibly get would be at 9:59 AM or PM, here > you would get 9 short vibrations followed by a pause, then you would get 5 > long vibrations and 9 more short vibrations to indicate 59 minutes. > The least amount of vibrations would be at exactly 1:00 AM or PM and at 10:00 > AM or PM, the first would just be a single short vibration and the second a > single long vibration. > > If you already know the hour of the day, for example, you are in a meeting > which started at 9 AM and you know it's 9 o'clock something, you can do a > triple tap and this will only give you vibrations for the minutes skipping > the first set of 9 short vibrations to indicate it's 9 AM. > > It's a good system, but keep in mind that if you have turned on the raise at > wrist raise setting or that you want to be able to use SIRI by simply saying > "Hey Siri, that if you first raise your wrist and then do a double tap it > would probably speak the ime or whatever might be on your screen because > raising rthe wrist wakes up the watch and it's no longer in locked mode and > getting the time this way only works if the watch is truly locked. If you > want to raise your wrist and get time via vibrations you would first have to > cover the watch with your hand for a second or two which would force it to > lock, then do the double or triple tap. > > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Terri > Stimmel > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 3:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: more Apple watch questions > > Hello everyone, > > > My subject says it all. I really hope someone can help me out. > > > Ok, on Monday, and Tuesday, when I would touch my watch face, the watch would > wake. > > However, now it's not. > > What could I have possibly done, to cause this to no longer happen? > > > In a way, it's fine that it doesn't do this. I just don't know why it seemed > to have stopped. > > > Also, I have heard the term, crown up, a few times. In the podcasts I > have listened to. > > What might this mean? > > > And lastly, sometimes when I am messing with my watch, trying to text or > do other things, it will start to vibrate in a pattern. A couple of > long, slow vibrations. Then several fast ones. > > What could this possibly mean? Nothing is spoken when this happens. Nor > does anything seem to happen. So I am just confused by it. > > > Any help would be great. > > > Thank you, > > > Terri > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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