Hmm. can't reproduce the second bug. I hear all game sounds when playing dice world. using 7.1.1 on an iphone 5.
IO can reproduce the first bug. All I do to fix it is turn the voice over volume up after doig a 2 finger swipe up. Take care. On May 7, 2014, at 9:05 PM, Ray Campbell <ray1...@wowway.com> wrote: > Hi Chris: > > Two other things I've noticed since updating to IOS 7.1.1. First, I should > tell you my wife's iPhone 5 didn't update properly and we had to connect it > to iTunes and do a restore/update to 7.1.1. She lost several contacts as a > result of it. > > Onto the two bugs. First, on my wife's phone when she sends a text message > using the dictate feature, the VoiceOver volume goes down. She has a mild > to moderate hearing loss and this can be problematic. The only way she's > gotten the VoiceOver volume to come back up to where she had it is to make a > phone call. > > Second, on both of our phones, we've notice when playing the DiceWorld app > games while using headphones, we don't hear the game's sounds. > > Thanks, > > > Ray Campbell > ray1...@wowway.com > Skype Name: ray650315 > > Check out my blog at farmers-boy.livejournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/packerbackerray > Follow me on FaceBook: www.facebook.com/packerbackerray > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark > Gilland > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:01 PM > To: mac-access@mac-access.net > Subject: IOS 7, probably the most buggy I've ever seen yet! > > OK, I've been using I O S since I O S 3.X if that tells you anything. So, > needless to say, I've really seen Voiceover evolve, and I O S evolve as well > in general. > > I've always loved I O S. Never have I shamed it like some techy snobs do > who feel like it's too locked down, get Android, Ajpple wants to cheat > people, yoddie yodda. I'm sorry. I don't think one mobile platform's > better than the other. They both have their plusses. However... > > This being said, I must say, this last I O S 7 update, at least on my IPhone > 5S has almost caused me to reconsider that above statement. I'm not saying > that these bugs are happening for everyone, and before anyone asks, yes, I > have indeed restored to factory default, and not even rolled back from a > backup, and it did no good. > > Siri > > Siri has become more of a joke lately than it has a help. Even in a quiet > environment, half of the time, Siri not only doesn't hear me correctly, but > a lot of the time, she doesn't even hear me at all. A lot of times, even > when the phone is not even close to my ear, and the proximity sensor isn't > even remotely close to being covered up, it still routes Siri through my > earpiece rather than through my loud speaker. > > Ring VS Vibrate > > This hasn't cropped up until recently, and it's extremely rare, but it does > happen, thus, I do have to document it. Even when my mute switch is > disabled, meaning, my phone is not on silent mode, the phone still only > vibrates. I don't even have vibrate enabled under settings>sound unless > it's in silent mode. > > Alarm Clock > > Thank God for 3rd party apps, as I cannot seem to get my alarm clock > working anymore. I think it may have worked once and once only since the > latest 7.1 build update. > > Touch ID > > I'm finding that half of the time, scanning my finger print produces the msg > to try again even though my finger is dead smack centered on the home key. > > Connectivity > > Almost constantly! I lose internet connection. My wifi itself never > disconnects, however the dhcp seems to quit being auto detected. No, it's > not a router issue, as none of my other non I O S devices have this problem. > Yes, I tried resetting network settings, and it did no good. Yes, I reset > the router. No good. Yes, I changed the wifi channel. NO good. Yes I > changed the wifi protocol. NO good. Yes I changed the SSID. NO good. > Yes, I updated my router to the most recent firmware. NO good. Even on > LTE/4G, I find my internet going away almost constantly. Even a reset by > pressing and holding lock and home together does no good. Resetting the > springboard with a quintupple rapid press of the lock key doesn't work > either 3 fourths of the time. I literally have to shut the phone off, wait > about a minute, then turn it back on, and usually! key word, usually! it > regains internet access at that point. I find that bluetooth is > disconnecting more frequently, and the dis tance range isn't near as good. > I get no more than 10 feet away, and it usually poopoos out. > > Audio quality with Voiceover > > Ever since the 5C and 5S have come out, I've found that turning up the > volume really high causes distortion in both models. Well, as of the latest > 7.1 update, I'm finding that it's gotten ever so slightly worse. It's very > suttle, but I can definitely tell from 7.0 to 7.1 it's gone down hill. Plus > it sounds way more compressed even on the high quality premium voices. > > Bad pronunciation > > Now, we have this issue with Symantha saying Convella instead of convert. > What the bloody heck! Apple said they'd fix it, yet, I've not seen a fix. > > On the plus side > > I will! give Apple credit on one thing. The bluetooth bug we had in the > last build indeed has been completely rectified which is absolutely awesome! > > I dono what's left to do aside throw this phone across the room. LOL! If > even resetting it doesn't help... and, let me guess... none a you all have > had even half these problems. I know, you don't have to tell me. I'm > always in the minority. LOL! I'm not making these things up though, I > swear to God! > > Chris. > <--- 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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