Your iPhone could save your life if you learn to use its emergency features, USA Today

How your iPhone could save your life By Kim Komando, Special for USA TODAY Updated 10 minutes ago It's hard to imagine leaving the house without a cell phone. Most of us feel naked and alone without our phones, disconnected from the world. We feel, in a word, unsafe. The truth is, your mobile

How to keep your phone (and fingers) from freezing this winter, iMore

How to keep your phone (and fingers) from freezing this winter By Luke Filipowicz, 5 Jan 2018 Although Christmas has come and gone and we are securely into 2018, many of us still have to deal with a few months of cold, snowy, and windy weather. Using your phone outdoors can be tricky - and

Re: How to get to archived?

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How to get to archived?

Hi, How do you get to emails in gmail on the iphone that you have archived. A friend of mine who uses an iphone and gmail said he has archived some emails but he cannot find where or how to get to the archived emails. Any suggestion on how to do this would be appreciated. Mr. Ed -- The

Re: IPhone 6 has died, how to invoke DF you?

you might have to start the iTunes application. If the phone is not detected in there, then call Apple tech support via their disability assistance hotline. I had this issue happen on a 5S and iTunes wouldn't see the device. So, I called apple and they walked me through the procedure. -eric

Re: youtube live tv

you might have to download and setup with ggoogle home in order to get the chrome cast device to interface wit the youtube tv app. I had to do this on my iPhone, and after that was done, signing in on the youtube tv app was simple and worked. I can't say the same for the chrome app on my

iPhone 6S see my Wifi and connects to it; but not to Apple or iCloud, etc.

We successfully backed up my data from my 5S to the 6S. When I give my newly-acquired 6S my iTunes & iCloud password, after a little time, it returns with: “verification failed. There was an error when trying to connect to the Apple ID server.” (Niehter my PC nor my iPhone 5S have this problem.

RE: voiceover

I have also had this happen from time to time. I ask Siri to turn voice over off, then asked Siri to turn voice over back on. This seems to work for me. God bless! Paula and Garçon From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Janet Bell Sent: Friday,

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List, I am using Ipad second generation and Iphone 8 plus. I am about to go on a trip. If I purchase an apple keyboard, do the things I know as a non Braile user work with the keyboard commands I know? I am only concerned as I hear list members who use Braille keyboard give commands that I do

Re: voiceover

It hasn't happened to me in a while, and unfortunately it may not help the situation as described, but I have had VoiceOver stop talking for no known reason and that three-finger double tap started it talking again. VoiceOver going silent for no known reason happened to me much more when I was

RE: voiceover

It only interprets a 3-finger double tap as a 3-finger double tap if it's done that way. If you are trying to turn screen curtain on or off with a 3-finger triple tap and don't tap 3 times cleanly it may register only as a double tap in which case Voiceover would say "Speech Off" and at that

Re: voiceover

When it occasionally says screen curtain on after a brief pause, I also assume it has somehow temporarily lost focus and has had to restart itself. I don't know what causes this, it doesn't happen often. If VoiceOver stops talking and doesn't come back on, it is worth trying the three-finger

Raydem keyboards

I just got one of these keyboards last night. It is a full-sized keyboard like the Logitech k810. That is what it reminds me of. Has anyone had any experience with one of these keyboards? I’m having a problem with it sticking randomly. I wrote their tech support and have not heard back yet.

Re: Recognizing Photos in Other Apps

I can't do it in either Facebook Messages or Dropbox. On 1/5/2018 2:41 PM, Fazil M. wrote: I get my photo from WhatsApp recognized by Seeing AI just fine. Thanks! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of K. Scott Carlson Sent:

A couple of Apple Questions.

Hello and a belated happy new year to all list members. I shall soon be taking delivery of an Apple Watch a present from me to me. Firstly I read that Watch OS4 slows down devices is this still the case? Obviously I don’t know what version will be pre-installed on the watch so thoughts

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RE: Recognizing Photos in Other Apps

I get my photo from WhatsApp recognized by Seeing AI just fine. Thanks! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of K. Scott Carlson Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 8:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Recognizing Photos in

Re: From computer to Voice Stream Reader

Just so you know what to look for if you want to buy it, it is called Voice Dream Reader. Take care, Lois From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 12:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: From computer to Voice Stream Reader Easiest way is with Dropbox. From:

RE: voiceover

The closest thing I've experienced to this so far is VoiceOver going silent for a few heartbeats and coming back on. Reminds me of an issue that was more prevalent back on my 4S and iOS 5 and 6.x. Back then though, VO would stay quiet for around thirty seconds or so. Now like I say, it's a

RE: From computer to Voice Stream Reader

Easiest way is with Dropbox. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Supernaw Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 9:17 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: From computer to Voice Stream Reader Hi, I am thinking about buying Voice Stream Reader. One

From computer to Voice Stream Reader

Hi, I am thinking about buying Voice Stream Reader. One question I have is how to get material from my computer to Voice Stream Reader on my phone? Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: voiceover

This happened to me just the other day. I could not get VO to come back and had to get my sighted husband's help. Very strange. On 1/5/18, Tom Rash wrote: > I pretty routinely clear out my app switcher, and this still happens > occasionally. > > > > > > From:

RE: Finger print problem again, or still

When Touch Id first came out I also thought it is better to scan multiple fingers and to even scan the main finger twice or three times. When I did that I had similar problems as you describe, I then deleted all prints and just scanned my main finger using one of the available fingerprints and

Recognizing Photos in Other Apps

All, Is it possible to recognize photos with Seeing AI from with any app or do you *have* to save it to photos first? It makes the process a lot harder and clutters my photo library. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions

Apple: Mac And iOS Vulnerable To Meltdown And Spectre Flaws

I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App Apple: Mac And iOS Vulnerable To Meltdown And Spectre Flaws by Scott Neuman NPR - January 5, 2018 If you thought your MacBook or iPhone would be immune to the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor flaws acknowledged earlier this week by Intel,

RE: voiceover

I pretty routinely clear out my app switcher, and this still happens occasionally. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Janet Bell Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 5:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: voiceover I honestly don’t know

Re: voiceover

Hi Tom, glad I’m not the only one. thanks for your input. From: Tom Rash Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 1:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: voiceover I have had this problem recently as well. I usually do a triple tap of the home button and then do that triple home button again,

Re: voiceover

I honestly don’t know as I don’t close them very often these days. From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 1:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: voiceover I have not seen that here and this prompts me to ask which apps are running at the time this

Re: voiceover

I have not seen that here and this prompts me to ask which apps are running at the time this happens? From: Janet Bell Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 08:02 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: voiceover has anybody had a problem with voiceover just going off without warning. this has

RE: voiceover

I have had this problem recently as well. I usually do a triple tap of the home button and then do that triple home button again, and it usually comes back on. Why it does, this,? Who knows. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Janet Bell

RE: Finger print problem again, or still

I understand the problem of fingers not being perfect for recognition. That’s why I at least do two or three different fingers so I can alternate when necessary. This has always worked for me up until a couple of months ago. Even if I try multiple recorded fingers. From:

voiceover

has anybody had a problem with voiceover just going off without warning. this has happened to me a few times in the last 24 hours. I have managed to switch the phone off and back on again and it is ok but is there anything else I can do to stop this happening. Janet -- The following

youtube live tv

Hello, I am having difficulty installing the youtube app on my iPad. I have it on my iPhone but when I download the app on my iPad I can’t sign in to my account. I would appreciate help with this problem. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times. Thanks much. -- The following

RE: Finger print problem again, or still

I confirm a fingerprint problem with my 6S Plus. My fingers are dry, chapped, and sometimes cracked or have healing scabs in the winter. However, I have been treating them diligently, reducing this, and also redid my finger prints on the phone. I had good results for about three days and now I

RE: Finger print problem again, or still

My problem just started about a month or so ago. It’s been fine prior to that. Could it possibly be this slowing down certain iPhones thing that is going on? I mean, My iPhone works in every other way. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kathy

Re: solved problem syncing music on iPod from iTunes

Hello Alan Yes, I do have apple music switched on. The interesting thing is that I switched apple musuc off but I still have the library heading and the iCloud button. Regards Fanus From: Alan Lemly Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 8:00 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: solved

IPhone 6 has died, how to invoke DF you?

Hi, I have had this happened once before, but on my for S. No it has happened on my six, so I need to use the DFU protocol. I know that I have to plug it into the computer, but what else? Thanks, in desperation, Sandy Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all