Hello Esther, Many thanks for the attached detailed reply. I have now installed the iEmergency+ App on my iPhone 3GS and can see how most of it works.
However I am unclear about how to set up the wallpaper containing the emergency contact information which will be displayed on the locked screen. The create wallpaper function of the above App will let me enter the required text but I am unclear on what happens next. I am happy to go with the default wallpaper provided by the App. so presumably I just enter the desired contact information and then press the preview and save wallpaper button. What do I then have to do to get this wallpaper displayed on the locked screen? Is there any way that I can check the results without sighted assistance? Could I put the iPhone on my scanner and use OCR to check that the emergency contact information really is on the locked screen? Many thanks as always for your fantastic help. Best wishes.... Paul Hopewell -------------------------------- On 15 Apr 2013, at 04:08, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > There are generally two kinds of ICE (in case of emergency) functions -- the > ones where you can quickly get access to emergency information, like having > your medical information about your doctor, drug allergies, blood type, > current medications, and any existing conditions in one place, and the ones > where you can supply emergency contact numbers from your home screen that > someone else can use if they find your iPhone, and either need to get in > touch with you, or have a contact number in case you cannot use the phone > (e.g., you're in an accident). > > As various people have said, there are facilities for calling 911 (in the > US), or similar emergency contact number from your contacts. None of these > methods or apps are designed to let anyone use your phone for any purpose if > it is locked. Various ICE apps will put a contact phone number on the > wallpaper of your lock screen. This only works if they can view your locked > screen. In your case, someone sighted would either have to know about doing > the three-finger triple tap to turn the screen curtain off, or do the > triple-click home in order to be able to view the lock screen. > > For what it's worth, when this discussion came up some time ago, I got the > temporarily free iEmergency+ app by Kavapoint LLC: > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iemergency+-in-case-emergency/id317958642?mt=8 > > This app regularly lists for $0.99 and used to be among the top ranked ICE > apps, if you read the AppAdvice app guides: > http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/ice-apps > > The problem is, it hasn't been updated in some time, and there are > particularly complaints that it, and its successor iEmergency ICE Family Pro > app updated for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, doesn't really support the sharper > retinal graphics of the newest iPhones. (The original app may continue to > work for your device, though -- I had it on my iPhone 4.) > > If you want to give this a try, you can download the free iEmergency Lite > version. I think it may have ads, and lack the option to add as much > detailed medical information and contacts in one place for your own use. > Also, you may have to choose a photo from your camera roll to use as > wallpaper for the lock screen instead of just selecting the default image > that came with the iEmergency+ app. In a pinch, you could just screen > capture your blank Notes screen. You could even create your own ICE > wallpaper for the lock screen by typing in the information you want displayed > into a notes app, doing a screen capture to camera roll by pressing the home > and power button together, and then using that as your lock screen wallpaper. > Make sure that your screen curtain is not turned on if you do a screen > capture, and the display should not be set too dark -- maybe at least 30 per > cent brightness level. > > Here are the App Store links to the two older Kavapoint LLC ICE apps that I > know are accessible: > • ICE iEmergency Lite (free) by Kavapoint LLC (I would try this free version > first on your iPhone 3GS) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ice-iemergency-lite/id321411203?mt=8 > • iEmergency+ (In Case of Emergency) ($0.99) by Kavapoint LLC (the app I got > for my iPhone 4 when it was free for a short time) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iemergency+-in-case-emergency/id317958642?mt=8 > > On my version of the app, there 5 tabs at the bottom of the screen: "My > Info", "Contacts", "Medical", "Wallpaper", and "Help". The instructions are > under the "Help" tab, but you really only need to use the "Wallpaper" tab to > input the emergency number, a short message, and select a wallpaper (or in my > case I just double tapped the "Preview and Save" button, which uses a default > wallpaper that came with the app). Then you go to Settings, and select the > wallpaper you saved to your camera roll to be your lock screen wallpaper. > Everything else is meant to allow you to locate emergency information quickly > from within the app. It's convenient that you can just select up to 3 names > from your address book and their corresponding phone numbers to use as your > emergency contacts. But most of the app is set up for you to use this > information in case of emergency. > > The newer version of their iPhone app, which was released October 2012, is: > • iEmergency ICE Family Pro ($2.99) by Kavapoint LLC > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iemergency-ice-family-pro/id330058211?mt=8 > > I'd assume this is also accessible, but don't have any information about it. > As I said, there were complaints about the images not fully supporting the > high quality retina graphics of the newer iPhone 4GS and iPhone 5. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 2:36 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > >> Hello, >> I use an iPhone 3GS running the latest IOS with VoiceOver. >> Being paranoid about security I have a PIN code to protect my iPhone >> contents. Is there any way (maybe an app?) which would enable someone who >> does not know my PIN code to use my iPhone to call my home number or the >> emergency services in case of accident or in case they found my iPhone on >> the train or in a cafe. >> >> There is a button labeled "emergency calls" on the screen on which you enter >> the PIN code after turning on the iPhone. What does this button do? I don't >> want to try it in case it dials the emergency services (999 in the UK). >> >> As a further complication I have screen curtain on on my iPhone to save >> battery life. If the phone were to be found by a sighted person could they >> find the emergency calls button? If not is there any way I could set screen >> curtain off for the PIN entry screen and screen curtain on everywhere else? >> >> I heard somewhere that there is an ICE (in case of emergency) facility in >> the iPhone contacts app. Does anyone know what this does? >> >> Many thanks for any tips. >> >> Paul Hopewell > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. 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