Some General Updated Info from Mark About Workout App, etc.

[VIPhone]

Hello Everyone,  You know, each day I plan on posting to the list my 
various discoveries about my recent use of my Apple product but, somehow, 
time just slips away.  It’s almost midnight so I’m just going to list a 
couple of things:

1.
Because of various sundry reasons, I will be posting to the list from the 
main group address, for a while.

2.
Since using my new walking pad, I have started using the native Apple Watch 
Workout app.  I got a kick out of the Apple Fitness Plus sessions, at 
first, and I may use them, from time-to-time but I find that I am not 
particularly fond of listening to some trainer talking and talking and 
talking while I exercise.  I prefer my own playlists and or Apple Music 
Stations.

3.
I have been diving into the shortcuts app as it provides a great deal of 
functionality to my workout sessions.  For example, I have created a 
shortcut, that I can run from a watch face complication that (1) sets the 
volume on my Apple Watch for playback on my Bluetooth headset, (2) changes 
the active watch face to what I want to explore during a workout, (3) 
starts a custom workout such as Indoor walking with a specific goal, and 
(4) starts any Apple Music app playlists or station.  I have created 
another shortcut that, at the end of any workout session, returns all of my 
various settings to their original parameters that existed before the 
workout session.

4.
On a different note, I discovered that one can create shortcuts that can be 
activated directly from the home screen that will allow one to directly 
play any station / playlist on Apple Music.  As an example, If I want to 
play the the Apple Music 1970s love songs station, I only need to doubletap 
an icon on my home screen and the station immediately begins playing.  The 
Music app does not appear.  This can be done with any playlist / station, 
public or custom, in Apple Music.  It’s really quite impressive given that 
one cannot save an Apple Music Station to one’s library.  Without getting 
too deep into this, I have also created one shortcut that, when activated, 
simply displays a menu of whatever stations I have selected and I can 
select from that menu.  

5.
While I am a huge fan of Amazon Music, I am discovering that Apple Music 
offers a great deal when one wants to walk only in the Apple Orchard.

I have so much more to share about my recent discoveries but the more I 
type, at present, the more typos I am making so I will stop here, for now.

I hope you are all doing well.

Mark


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RE: What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Are you sure you meant to send this reply to this thread?

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Chela 
Robles
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 3:35 PM
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Subject: Re: What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

So I know you guys are aware of the Facebook messenger issue I did find a way 
to report it through meta-accessibility at least that’s what they’re calling 
themselves now. Here’s the website.
facebook.com
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Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 19, 2024, at 12:57 PM, lang...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,
Every once in a while I go into my Gmail Junk folder using the native mail app 
on my phone.  It’s amazing what I find in there sometimes. Unfortunately, I 
keep finding stuff that is posted to this list that should have gone directly 
to my inbox but it is routed to the junk folder instead. So why is Gmail doing 
that? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom


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RE: What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I don't use Gmail much, but I find they filter out a lot of messages which 
shouldn't be. We have the ability to send sales receipts to a customer from our 
point of sale solution, but whenever a customer has a Gmail address I usually 
warn them that it is quite likely they may have to look for their receipt in 
their junk mail/spam mailbox and more often than not when I send just normal 
email and I later hear from the customer they didn't get it, it ended up in 
their Gmail junk mail box. I am not saying Outlook is perfect here, but it is 
definitely quite rare this happens and then usually pressing Shift + F10 on the 
message, arrowing to "Junk" and selecting "This is not junk" does the trick, it 
moves the message back to the Inbox and at the same time adds the email address 
to the safe senders list. Of course this has to be done on a computer using 
Outlook or on the new Outlook app as there is no such option in the Mail app of 
the iPhone.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Chela 
Robles
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 1:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

Good to know, I’m not the only one having this issue and it’s weird because I’m 
using the native mail app on the iPhone can’t see spam mail at all folder 
regarding the folder until I go on the website for Gmail on the chrome browser 
on my laptop since I use Windows 11, that’s what I do and then I look and see 
some of these Threads that or supposed to go to my inbox directly as well in 
the spam so it’s not just you having this issue I think it’s very interesting. 
Do not know a solution other than two unmark from spam.
Sent from my iPhone


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Hi all,
Every once in a while I go into my Gmail Junk folder using the native mail app 
on my phone.  It’s amazing what I find in there sometimes. Unfortunately, I 
keep finding stuff that is posted to this list that should have gone directly 
to my inbox but it is routed to the junk folder instead. So why is Gmail doing 
that? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom


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Re: What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

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So I know you guys are aware of the Facebook messenger issue I did find a way to report it through meta-accessibility at least that’s what they’re calling themselves now. Here’s the website.facebook.comSent from my iPhoneOn Jun 19, 2024, at 12:57 PM, lang...@gmail.com wrote:Hi all,Every once in a while I go into my Gmail Junk folder using the native mail app on my phone.  It’s amazing what I find in there sometimes. Unfortunately, I keep finding stuff that is posted to this list that should have gone directly to my inbox but it is routed to the junk folder instead. So why is Gmail doing that? Any ideas?Thanks,Tom   



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RE: Question about Voiceover?

[Carolyn Arnold]

Oh, I addressed this on the wrong list. 

Yes, Richard had a great idea. I moved Pitch from 50 to 70%, and I can hear 
better, when on phone conversation. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Flor Lynch
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 6:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Question about Voiceover?

Ultimately, though, if that doesn't work, the too-loudness problem is probably 
third-party at the other end of the phone line.


On 6/18/2024 10:35 PM, Carolyn Arnold wrote:
> OK, I'll try higher and see what happens, thanks.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Turner
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2:49 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Question about Voiceover?
>
> Pitch does not increase the sound, but perhaps one person hears a different 
> pitch better than another pitch.  So, experimenting with the pitch could help.
> I know people who can hear higher pitches better, and others who hear lower 
> pitches better.
> No harm in trying.
>
>
>
> Richard, USA
> "It's no great honor to be blind, but it's more than a nuisance and less than 
> a disaster. Either you're going to fight like hell when your sight fails or 
> you're going to stand on the sidelines for the rest of your life." -- Dr. 
> Margaret Rockwell Phanstiehl Founder of Audio Description (1932-2009)
>
> My web site: https://www.turner42.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Carolyn Arnold
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 11:42 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Question about Voiceover?
>
> How could pitch increase the sound of Voiceover, when I am on a call?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Robert Doc Wright
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 9:46 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Question about Voiceover?
>
> If its the tone that is giving you a problem then then go into voiceover 
> speech and change the pitch.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Carolyn Arnold" <2carolynarn...@gmail.com>
> To: "viPhone" 
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 4:51 PM
> Subject: Question about Voiceover?
>
>
> Do any of you have a hard time hearing Voiceover, when on a phone call, say 
> at the pharmacy, when they are giving information and you want to punch in 
> the number for something or doctor clinic, when you want to punch the number 
> for the nurse's extension? I have a real hard time, and I've tried with Audio 
> Ducking off and with it on, no help.
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Re: What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

[Chela Robles]

Good to know, I’m not the only one having this issue and it’s weird because I’m using the native mail app on the iPhone can’t see spam mail at all folder regarding the folder until I go on the website for Gmail on the chrome browser on my laptop since I use Windows 11, that’s what I do and then I look and see some of these Threads that or supposed to go to my inbox directly as well in the spam so it’s not just you having this issue I think it’s very interesting. Do not know a solution other than two unmark from spam. Sent from my iPhoneOn Jun 19, 2024, at 12:57 PM, lang...@gmail.com wrote:Hi all,Every once in a while I go into my Gmail Junk folder using the native mail app on my phone.  It’s amazing what I find in there sometimes. Unfortunately, I keep finding stuff that is posted to this list that should have gone directly to my inbox but it is routed to the junk folder instead. So why is Gmail doing that? Any ideas?Thanks,Tom   



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What's Up With GMail's Spam Filtering?

[lange85]

Hi all,

Every once in a while I go into my Gmail Junk folder using the native mail
app on my phone.  It's amazing what I find in there sometimes.
Unfortunately, I keep finding stuff that is posted to this list that should
have gone directly to my inbox but it is routed to the junk folder instead.
So why is Gmail doing that? Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tom

 

 

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Re: Walmart Black Friday deal

[Robert Doc Wright]

I use my 10R for music and reading books. I saw no since in buying a Victor 
Reader since my 10R can do everything it can do and more.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Sieghard Weitzel
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 10:33 AM
  Subject: RE: Walmart Black Friday deal


  You can always send your iPhone 15 Pro to me, I assure you I would use it 
as my daily iPhone 🤣

  I don't even know what to do with 2 iPhones, never saw a reason why I 
should have 2 devices, I once did that and kept an older iPhone and after a 
few weeks I decided there really was no point since I never used it anyways.





  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Vicky Collins
  Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 12:10 PM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: Walmart Black Friday deal



  Of course, grin, you're right. After all, I could just go and buy myself a 
$500 Walmart E gift card, but where is the fun in that. I can assure you, 
though, that I always put my designated amount into my money market/savings 
account each month before doing something impractical like this. My sighted 
sister likes to joke that I always manage to keep her in iPhones. And in 
fact, just as I kind of suspected, she very quickly made that iPhone 14 Plus 
with its much bigger screen her daily iPhone, and she relegated the iPhone 
13 Mini that I gave her last year to a backup iPhone. She is also giving me 
back the iPhone 11 I gave her two or three years ago, and I'm going to trade 
that in at Apple for an Apple E gift card for myself.



  As for myself, believe it or not, I'm currently using as my daily iPhones 
a 12 Mini and a 13 Mini. I had originally planned to start using my 15 Pro 
and trade in my own 13 Mini for an E gift card with Apple when the battery 
Reached 80%, and it's now at 82%. I had also planned to trade in my iPhone 
12 Mini, where its battery is also at 82%, for an iPhone 15 when its battery 
reached 80%. But now with the new upgrades coming this fall  only being on 
the iPhone 15 Pro models, I'm just not sure what I'm going to do. And of 
course, grin, there's always the Walmart gift card promotion to think about 
around this coming Thanksgiving.

  Sent from my iPhone





On Jun 18, 2024, at 1:34 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:



You sure go through a lot of trouble for a $500 Walmart gift card; in my 
opinion it's never wortthwhile buying something to get something else if you 
don't really need or want the item in the first place, but as I said, just 
my opinion.



From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Vicky Collins
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 7:27 PM
To: VIPhone 
Subject: Re: Walmart Black Friday deal



Well, here I am at this late date replying to my own message again, and 
I'm replying on the web since I no longer have the original email I sent, so 
who knows how it will turn out. But I learned some things that I didn't 
realize along the way, so I figured I would just, hopefully, finally 
complete this journey with the phones from Walmart and pass along my 
experience as well.

Anyway, as I mentioned below in an earlier message, one of the iPhones I 
purchased on the installment agreement was a 14 Plus. And the more I thought 
about it over the few months while I was paying on the installment 
agreement, I decided that since I had already gotten what I really wanted, 
meaning the $500 Walmart E-gift card, that I would just give the 14 Plus to 
my sister and think about getting myself another smaller iPhone. Thus, since 
I had kept the installment agreement more than twice as long as the two 
months I was required to keep it, and since the AT&T phone unlock policy 
said in part: "Paid off early: The wireless number assigned to the device 
must be active for at least 60 days," I thought I could just simply pay off 
the installment agreement, wait for that payment to post, and then request 
that AT&T unlock the phone.

Well, was I ever wrong! And to think I had already given my sister the 
phone! For, when I went to the AT&T unlock portal and gave the phone IMEI 
and the rest of my information, I was told that they couldn't unlock the 
phone, saying something like they didn't recognize the IMEI as being on 
their network. And seeing as the 14 Plus was still in its unsealed box when 
I gave it to my sister, I guess that makes sense, even if I did kind of 
assume that the IMEI would've already been associated with AT&T because of 
the installment agreement for that 14 Plus that I had with them.

Now I didn't know what to do as I certainly didn't want to ask my sister 
for the phone back and tell her that I would be happy to give it back to her 
to use on Verizon after I had activated it and used it myself on AT&T for a 
couple of months. So I finally decided to look around on the web and see 
what I could find about getting the phone unlocked either by AT&T or a third 
party. And while I was doing that, I thought to use one or two

RE: Walmart Black Friday deal

[Sieghard Weitzel]

You can always send your iPhone 15 Pro to me, I assure you I would use it as my 
daily iPhone 🤣
I don't even know what to do with 2 iPhones, never saw a reason why I should 
have 2 devices, I once did that and kept an older iPhone and after a few weeks 
I decided there really was no point since I never used it anyways.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Vicky 
Collins
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 12:10 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Walmart Black Friday deal

Of course, grin, you're right. After all, I could just go and buy myself a $500 
Walmart E gift card, but where is the fun in that. I can assure you, though, 
that I always put my designated amount into my money market/savings account 
each month before doing something impractical like this. My sighted sister 
likes to joke that I always manage to keep her in iPhones. And in fact, just as 
I kind of suspected, she very quickly made that iPhone 14 Plus with its much 
bigger screen her daily iPhone, and she relegated the iPhone 13 Mini that I 
gave her last year to a backup iPhone. She is also giving me back the iPhone 11 
I gave her two or three years ago, and I'm going to trade that in at Apple for 
an Apple E gift card for myself.

As for myself, believe it or not, I'm currently using as my daily iPhones a 12 
Mini and a 13 Mini. I had originally planned to start using my 15 Pro and trade 
in my own 13 Mini for an E gift card with Apple when the battery Reached 80%, 
and it's now at 82%. I had also planned to trade in my iPhone 12 Mini, where 
its battery is also at 82%, for an iPhone 15 when its battery reached 80%. But 
now with the new upgrades coming this fall  only being on the iPhone 15 Pro 
models, I'm just not sure what I'm going to do. And of course, grin, there's 
always the Walmart gift card promotion to think about around this coming 
Thanksgiving.
Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 18, 2024, at 1:34 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:

You sure go through a lot of trouble for a $500 Walmart gift card; in my 
opinion it's never wortthwhile buying something to get something else if you 
don't really need or want the item in the first place, but as I said, just my 
opinion.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Vicky 
Collins
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 7:27 PM
To: VIPhone 
Subject: Re: Walmart Black Friday deal

Well, here I am at this late date replying to my own message again, and I'm 
replying on the web since I no longer have the original email I sent, so who 
knows how it will turn out. But I learned some things that I didn't realize 
along the way, so I figured I would just, hopefully, finally complete this 
journey with the phones from Walmart and pass along my experience as well.

Anyway, as I mentioned below in an earlier message, one of the iPhones I 
purchased on the installment agreement was a 14 Plus. And the more I thought 
about it over the few months while I was paying on the installment agreement, I 
decided that since I had already gotten what I really wanted, meaning the $500 
Walmart E-gift card, that I would just give the 14 Plus to my sister and think 
about getting myself another smaller iPhone. Thus, since I had kept the 
installment agreement more than twice as long as the two months I was required 
to keep it, and since the AT&T phone unlock policy said in part: "Paid off 
early: The wireless number assigned to the device must be active for at least 
60 days," I thought I could just simply pay off the installment agreement, wait 
for that payment to post, and then request that AT&T unlock the phone.

Well, was I ever wrong! And to think I had already given my sister the phone! 
For, when I went to the AT&T unlock portal and gave the phone IMEI and the rest 
of my information, I was told that they couldn't unlock the phone, saying 
something like they didn't recognize the IMEI as being on their network. And 
seeing as the 14 Plus was still in its unsealed box when I gave it to my 
sister, I guess that makes sense, even if I did kind of assume that the IMEI 
would've already been associated with AT&T because of the installment agreement 
for that 14 Plus that I had with them.

Now I didn't know what to do as I certainly didn't want to ask my sister for 
the phone back and tell her that I would be happy to give it back to her to use 
on Verizon after I had activated it and used it myself on AT&T for a couple of 
months. So I finally decided to look around on the web and see what I could 
find about getting the phone unlocked either by AT&T or a third party. And 
while I was doing that, I thought to use one or two of the IMEI check sites to 
see if they would confirm for me that the phone was indeed locked to AT&T.

When I ran a check on the IMEI, it told me, among other things: "Carrier: US 
Reseller Flex Policy
Next Tether Policy: 4000."
And when I researched that further, it sure looked like to me that it was 
saying that the phone was shipped to me from Walmart as unlocked, but it was 
set su

Re: apple watch typing

[Robert Doc Wright]

I tried that first and Apple watch ID was grayed out.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Chris Chaffin
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 8:19 AM
  Subject: Re: apple watch typing




  First, I would try signing in using the watch app on your iphone.
  Open Watch App.
  Swipe and double tap General.
  Swipe and double tap on Apple ID.
  You should be able to sign in there.
  Afterwards, restart Apple watch.  This should sync with your watch.


  There is also a flick type keyboard for the Apple Watch.  It is still not 
the easiest thing to use since the screen is so small, but you can also 
download that app to your watch to use in the future.


  Hope this helps.


  Chris




On Jun 19, 2024, at 8:01 AM, Robert Doc Wright 
 wrote:



My watch wants me to type in my ID. I cannot find a keyboard. My phone 
states that I can use my iOS on screen keyboard but there is not one there. 
Am I to turn on something in accessibility?
**
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wait on the blessing he has in store for me!

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Re: apple watch typing

[Chris Chaffin]

First, I would try signing in using the watch app on your iphone.Open Watch App.Swipe and double tap General.Swipe and double tap on Apple ID.You should be able to sign in there.Afterwards, restart Apple watch.  This should sync with your watch.There is also a flick type keyboard for the Apple Watch.  It is still not the easiest thing to use since the screen is so small, but you can also download that app to your watch to use in the future.Hope this helps.ChrisOn Jun 19, 2024, at 8:01 AM, Robert Doc Wright  wrote:






My watch wants me to type in my ID. I cannot find a 
keyboard. My phone states that I can use my iOS on screen keyboard but there is 
not one there. Am I to turn on something in accessibility?
**God has a plan for me. I may not see it 
right away but I'm willing to wait on the blessing he has in store for 
me!
 
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apple watch typing

[Robert Doc Wright]

My watch wants me to type in my ID. I cannot find a keyboard. My phone 
states that I can use my iOS on screen keyboard but there is not one there. 
Am I to turn on something in accessibility?
**
God has a plan for me. I may not see it right away but I'm willing to wait 
on the blessing he has in store for me!

*
Family times theatre
https://radio.goldenstreams.net:8020/stream.mp3
We now have a LadyA skill: ask your smart speaker to enable wrightjams 
FamilyTimes
Ask your smart speaker to open  wrightjams FamilyTimes
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http://www.wrighthere.net



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