RE: What is a VPN and how does it relate to community Wi-Fi

2019-05-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You can't "find" them like a Wi-Fi, you setup a VPN connection to any public Wi-Fi using either free or paid VPN client software. Just Google something like "How does a VPN work" or "VPN networks explained" and you'll find a lot of good information about it. -Original Message- From:

Re: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Cris Ali
No, unfortunately the control center settings do not control the icons on the locked screen. Sent from my iPad On May 15, 2019, at 11:14 PM, Donna mailto:merma...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: Sieghard is correct. If you go to Settings, control panel, custom, you can add or deselect the items that

Re: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Donna
Sieghard is correct. If you go to Settings, control panel, custom, you can add or deselect the items that you want quick access to, by doing the 3 finger swipe up from the bottom of the screen. You can also have flashlight in the control panel for quick access. By doing the 3 finger swipe up;

RE: How to Disable Camera Access from Lockscreen in iOS 12 on iPhone

2019-05-15 Thread Carolyn Arnold
I turned off Screen Time. I don't care how much screen time I use, and I think it helps my battery life some. Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of janet gross Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 4:47 PM To:

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Carolyn Arnold
Janet, have you contacted Apple Accessibility to address this problem with the flashlight? Best regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of janet gross Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 4:08 PM To:

RE: Logitech K480 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard question please.

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
Hi Richard, Thank you so much for all this! Yes, you gathered correctly, I had no problem paring it to my phone. I’m going to right now check the keys you told me about! This is great! Smile! I will report back, and if you know any other keys please let me know. Again thank you. Janet

Re: Logitech K480 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard question please.

2019-05-15 Thread Richard Turner
For iPhones, the keys for VO commands are control plus options, not the command key. The bottom row is control, function, options, command, spacebar, command, options, left arrow, down arrow then right arrow. You'll notice the up arrow is the top half of the down arrow, it is a split key. I

RE: Logitech K480 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard question please.

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
Hi Ann, Oh this is great, thank you so much! Regarding the display of the qwerty keyboard, should that be turned on or off? Regarding the fn keys, what are those for, and where are they at? Again thank you. Janet -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
Hi Keith, Oh ok, I should have figured it might be for sighted people! Smile! Thank you. Janet From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Bierman Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 4:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: does anyone know how? For

Re: Logitech K480 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard question please.

2019-05-15 Thread Ann Byrne
One of the more important keys on the K480 is f5. It turns on and off the display of the qwerty keyboard on the screen. Among the fn keys is home, probably volume and mute. To have the phone tell you what keys do, press command (immediately to the left of spacebar), option (immediately left

Re: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Keith Bierman
For sighted users, it's actually quite handy. Both for quick pictures, and for quickly finding something in the dark. But it does seem unfortunate that it isn't configurable, or disabled by default with VoiceOver enabled. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

Logitech K480 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard question please.

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
Hi Everyone, I just bought a Logitech K480 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard for my Xr phone. I've never used a keyboard for my phone, so if anyone can please help me to locate some keys on the keyboard such as where is the delete key, the command key, and any other keys I might need to use

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
HI Cris, I’m happy to hear this! If you just set these features to off, just pay attention still when you pick up the phone, or if you remove it from your pocket, and you accidentally touch the power button. Then, you will know if it really will work for you. I wish it would work for me as

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Cris Ali
Hi Again Janet, Luckily after I turned raise to wake off and tap to wake off, my screen shuts off completely if I press the power key. My screen does not come back on to life again until I press the power key again. This solution works for me, but unfortunately I had to sacrifice two of the

Re: Voice over on watch

2019-05-15 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Richard, My guess is that the region on her watch got set to U.S. somehow. Open the Watch app on her phone, choose General, and then choose Language & Region. Set the region to U.K., and the correct voice should come back. Best, Anna > On May 15, 2019, at 2:22 AM, 'Richard Claridge' via

Re: What is a VPN and how does it relate to community Wi-Fi

2019-05-15 Thread Anthony Vece
How do I find a VPN? Sent from my Verizon iPhone XR!!! > On May 15, 2019, at 4:13 PM, Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > > VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. It's a way to securely connect to a > particular computer system. That way, if you are on a network you are unsure > about,

Re: What is a VPN and how does it relate to community Wi-Fi

2019-05-15 Thread Anna Dresner
Hi Anthony, VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. It's a way to securely connect to a particular computer system. That way, if you are on a network you are unsure about, you can connect to the VPN and through it to the Internet. It's slower but more secure than a standard connection. Best,

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
Hi Cris, Thank you for this, but I already have raise to wake turned off. I also have tap to wake turned off, but still the flash light can still come on if I accidentally put my phone in my purse the wrong way, and a few hours later if I take my phone out of my purse, it is extremely warm,

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
On my Xr, it is in the middle of the lock screen. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marie N. Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 1:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: does anyone know how? On my X it is right below the Date and above the camera

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Cris Ali
Hi Janet, I guess for the time being, and until apple decide to listen to customer’s wishes, the only advice is to change two settings on your iPhone. First you go to settings, and go to display and brightness and turn raise to wake off. The second is to go to settings, general accessibility

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
Hi Keith, Thank you for this, as I searched and searched, but I couldn’t find anything related to the annoying flash light or the camera. Again thank you as now I can stop beating myself over the head trying to find or figure out how to get rid of this! I still don’t understand the whole

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread janet gross
HI Cris, I completely understand what you are saying about the annoying flash light and the camera. I have the exact samething on my XR phone 12.2, and lock screen, and when I put my phone in my purse, sometimes the flash light comes on, and I lose quite a bit of my battery, but I don’t know

How to Disable Camera Access from Lockscreen in iOS 12 on iPhone

2019-05-15 Thread 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone
https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-disable-camera-access-from-lockscreen-on-iphone/ How to Disable Camera Access from iPhone Lockscreen in iOS 12 or Earlier Last Updated: Jan 21, 2019 No longer want anyone to access the Camera right from the Lock screen of your iPhone or iPad running iOS 12, iOS

Re: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Marie N.
On my X it is right below the Date and above the camera From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 9:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: does anyone know how? I run iOS 12.3, I usually run whatever is the latest Beta, in the case of 12.3 I received the official release

RE: Can't Delete Voicemail

2019-05-15 Thread Carolyn Arnold
I had the same problem yesterday with one of those scammers that I did not answer. My sighted husband managed to get it out. I'll keep Airplane Mode in mind. Plus on another list, suggestions: Turn VO off then back on Turn phone off then on Use rotor (which I did try, but no go with it) Best

RE: Question and problem with sync iPhone contacts

2019-05-15 Thread Rob Armstrong
I use iCloud to sync my contacts and calendar between my Windows 10 computer running Outlook 2013 and my iPhone SE. I probably cannot give a blow by blow description how to set this u. But if you are interested in trying this approach, you can email me directly. We can figure it out

What is a VPN and how does it relate to community Wi-Fi

2019-05-15 Thread Anthony Vece
Hi everyone; Thank you for reading this email. As the subject line asks what is a VPN and how does it relate to a community Wi-Fi? Thank you in advance. God bless Anthony Sent from my Verizon iPhone XR!!! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Cris Ali
Hi Sieghard, It sounds that this problem is only associated with the iPhone x of different variety. On my XR the flash light button and the camera button are on the bottom of the screen. Regards, Cris From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Re: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Keith Bierman
iphoneX . lower left is flashlight. Lower right is camera. Keith Bierman khb...@gmail.com 303 997 2749 On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:50 AM Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > I run iOS 12.3, I usually run whatever is the latest Beta, in the case of > 12.3 I received the official release yesterday as well

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I run iOS 12.3, I usually run whatever is the latest Beta, in the case of 12.3 I received the official release yesterday as well since apparently it changed from the last public beta release. I do, however, not have an iPhone XR or XS, but an iPhone 8. Maybe it is not on the older phones, where

Book or tutorials?

2019-05-15 Thread Tom Cramer
Good morning, I wonder if someone could direct me to a good book or tutorials regarding the following. I recently got a new laptop/tablet and wanted to install iTunes and sync certain things from my phone, such as contacts and other things. I haven't used iTunes for a very long time and

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Cris Ali
Thanks for the link Keith. I never thought of checking this site. It is disappointing that we cannot remove these icons. Apple sometimes does stupid things. They think they know better than their customers. This apple’s arrogance will one day haunt them. Regards, Cris From:

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Cris Ali
Hi Sieghard, I am not talking about the control center, I am talking about the locked screen. Unfortunately I have both the flash light button and the camera button on my iPhone XR using iOS 12.3. I wish I could at least remove the flash light button. It happened quite few times that I

Re: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Keith Bierman
in iOS 11 this could be disabled. In iOS 12 it seems not. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/308344/how-to-remove-flashlight-from-iphone-x-lock-screen I don't understand Sieghard's claim that it isn't part of his lockscreen (unless he's running iOS 11 and disabled 3d touch). it certainly

RE: does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Chris, I am a bit confused here, I don’t have either Flashlight nor Camera on the lock screen. The Camera can be accessed from the lock screen if you do a 3-finger swipe from right to left, but even then there is no Flashlight unless maybe you have the camera’s flash turned on permanently

does anyone know how?

2019-05-15 Thread Cris Ali
Hello folks, Does anyone know how to remove the flash light and the camera buttons from the locked phone screen? As you know, when the phone is locked, the flash light and the camera buttons are still accessible. I do not want them to be there. Very often, as I put the phone in my pocket, my

Re: Voice over on watch

2019-05-15 Thread Jennie Facer
Hi Richard, You have may have to repair the watch to the phone and see if that still does it. I don't know of any other way either. How strange! Jenn Jenn and Kumi > On May 15, 2019, at 7:59 AM, 'Richard Claridge' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Hi. > Thanks for the reply. > That is odd as she

Re: Voice over on watch

2019-05-15 Thread 'Richard Claridge' via VIPhone
Hi. Thanks for the reply. That is odd as she has the UK voice on her phone but the new watch which used the UK voice originally has now switched itself to the US voice. Richard Sent from my iPhone > On 15 May 2019, at 14:46, Anthony Vece wrote: > > As far as I know VO can only use the same

Re: Voice over on watch

2019-05-15 Thread Anthony Vece
As far as I know VO can only use the same voice that is on the phone. Sent from my Verizon iPhone XR!!! > On May 15, 2019, at 3:22 AM, 'Richard Claridge' via VIPhone > wrote: > > Hi all. > My wife has recently got a new series 4 apple watch. She got it set up and > all worked fine. But now

Question and problem with sync iPhone contacts

2019-05-15 Thread 'evergreenwoods' via VIPhone
Hello, I used to sync my contacts with ms outlook through iTunes. Lately I realized that the contacts are not synchronizing anymore. My iPhone 6S and iTunes are updated. I tried in outlook 2007 and outlook 2010. What can I do to sync my contacts? I hope someone can help me please. Rena

Voice over on watch

2019-05-15 Thread 'Richard Claridge' via VIPhone
Hi all. My wife has recently got a new series 4 apple watch. She got it set up and all worked fine. But now her voiceover voice has changed from UK to US. We can’t find how to change it back, there seems to be no speech or voice settings in the settings for voiceover on the watch or in the