First the mute button doesn't have any effect on voiceover, so don't worry about that. What I think must have happened is that your voiceover volume got turned all the way down. As for why the home button won't press, I have no clue about that. Maybe a call to apple accessibility?
Sorry I can't be more helpful. Hope you get it sorted out. Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone ” those who seek to band books are wrong, no matter how dangerous books can be.“ Viet Thanh Nguyen > On Jun 2, 2023, at 8:43 AM, Margaret Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, All: > > I hope someone can help me unlock my iPhone 2020. The phone was working fine > before the trouble started. I got into this mess by wondering what Siri > would say if I said should I bring my umbrella. Music started playing. I do > virtually nothing with music and thought a two finger double tap would turn > it off. I may not have been doing the gesture correctly, but it didn't stop > the music. More tries with no success. Tried saying different versions of > stop with no luck. At one point tried turning off the phone with no joy. > Moved the mute button with no luck. Saying cancel music stopped the music, > but now, it says VoiceOver is turned on; that it is unmuted but that nothing > is playing. When I move my finger around the screen I hear clicking noises. > If I ask Siri to go to messages, for example, it says you must unlock the > phone first. The home button won't budge. I have it charging. This is my > back up phone and I readily admit that I am still not good with it. The only > other thing I can think of is the mute button, but I'm afraid I'll lose what > it is responding to. Sighted assistance is not available. It's IOS 16.4.1. > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Margaret > > -- > 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]. Your 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/de747c59-f7d1-d9de-2c38-3f7ac861aa8c%40fastmail.com. -- 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]. Your 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/FEC0714B-80DF-4CEA-B764-523E5C165265%40gmail.com.
