RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Thanks much, Sieghard. Is swipe up same as flick up that we do when select a month or a day? Or is it like as we move icon to icon? Or, is this like dragging/rubbing my fingertip on the screen-surface starting from the bottom edge of the screen and drag it to the middle of it? I am very sorry

RE: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
The Airpods Max here in Canada are $779 + taxes, since in Ontario you have 15% HST that means you would pay $ 895.85 for them. The Airpods Pro are $329 + taxes and the Airpods Third Gen are $239 + taxes, still 274.85. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of mich

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
There is no need for sunshine, just do it in normal indoor lighting and it's fine. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: January 1, 2022 2:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Face ID Revisited I set mine up in bright, afternoon

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Fazil, You may want to go back and see your Hindi-speaking Apple employee and ask her to teach you the gestures to go to the home screen and bring up the app switcher. Once you learn them they will be second nature and you won't even think about it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Fazil, the camera sees a lot, just don't hold it too close to your face. I just did a few tests, if I held it really close like just the length of a finger away from my face, it didn't work,. I then moved it a bit further and it unlocked, it seems 6 or 8 inches is even enough, but then I also

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
And let's not forget that many iPhones may be stolen for parts, the fact is that if an iPhone has a passcode nobody will get into it, after all, even the government has a lot of problems to gert into a locked phone, but that doesn't mean they can't sell the screen and battery etc. to a repair

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I wouldn't count on that, any respecting iPhone thief would be very easily find out how to disable Voiceover and once Voiceover is turned off, screen curtain disappears into thin air. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: January 1, 2022 12:42 PM

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Fazil, after you wake up your phone you first have to swipe up from the bottom of the screen. If I hold my iPhone in front of my face with the screen locked and then press the side button the lock screen comes up but nothing else happens. As soon as I touch near the bottom of the phone and

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Yes, I have successfully completed the two-step-process of face ID training and Voiceover confirmed the successful completion of the training process. Thanks! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2022 6:55 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Have a look at the bose noise cancelling headphones. The qc45 or the new ones which are something 700 And they are a lot cheaper than the apple max things. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Saturday, 1 January 2022 2:36 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com;

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Fassle, Just wondering if you have voiceover on when you are trying to setup face id? My phone the 13 pro max and the earlier 11 pro max let me know with voiceover when my face was out of alignment with the camera So if you listen to the voiceover prompts aas you setup face id It should let

Apple Watch Series 7

2022-01-01 Thread Andrew Roberts
Hello everyone and a very happy New Year to you all. For Christmas I was given an Apple Watch series 7. I couldn't wait to set it up and I had no problem pairing it with my phone and getting it all working. It has been working perfectly until today but this evening I have encountered a

Re: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I use my bose NC700 headphones. They sound very good to me. I've been using a set of anker headphones lately, and they also work very well when listening to audio dramas, or bard books. It all depends on what you can afford. I'm not saying that I'd never purchase a pair of airpods max, but

RE: The Native Mail App

2022-01-01 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Lynn, Find the App Store icon on your home screen and execute it. Place focus on the bottomline toolbar and swipe right to the last button on the right which is Search and double tap. Just below the status bar which contains time, etc. and is at the top of the screen is a search field or

Re: Can anyone send me a list of idiot-proof instructions for the gestures I need to know for an IPhone with no physical home button please?

2022-01-01 Thread Lynn Schneider
I am resending this message from Richard because it saved my bacon while I was trying to learn the gestures without the home button on my new iPhone 13 Pro. Since many of us may have gotten new phones without the old faithful home button over the holidays, thought I would re-post. Thanks

Re: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Alex Stone
Yeah, that’s exactly what I thought! Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Jan 2022, at 22:10, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > Right; it needs to see your face. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Alex Stone >

Re: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Cris Ali
True, except that if the sighted person knows how to turn voice over off with the side button three clicks, or familiar with the ability of siri to turn voice over on or off, the screen curtain becomes useless. Even with the screen curtain on, the minute you turn voice over off, the screen

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Carolyn
When phone is unlicked, swipe up from the bottom until you hear the first pop sound. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Fazil M. Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 4:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Face ID

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Carolyn
I set mine up in bright, afternoon sunshine on the west side of the building one afternoon. Now, it doesn't matter if I am in light or dark, dark glasses or not, it works. It does have to align with the face though. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Carolyn
Right; it needs to see your face. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Stone Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 3:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Face ID Revisited Carolyn, I read on a list the other day

Re: The Native Mail App

2022-01-01 Thread Donna Casteen
Lynn, Have you checked in the library for the mail app? To get to the app library swipe past your last page of apps. If it isn't there or you can't find the app; Here is the link to the app in the app store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mail/id1108187098 Donna > > For some reason, I have

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Thanks much, Lynn. It, indeed, is a big consolation and great commiseration to know that you are not alone suffering this…….*smile). I find the keypad with relative ease. How do you go to homepage once the phone is unlocked? Thanks! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lynn Schneider

Re: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Lynn Schneider
Fazil, if it is any consolation, I am having the same struggle with face ID. I have mastered the gestures to get to things without the home button, but face ID continues to bedevil me. Interestingly, sometimes it will work with no problem and I have no idea why, but mostly, I cannot unlock my

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Thanks much Carolyn. Does face include the portion from the chin to the forehead including lips, nose, cheeks and earlobes,, right? Thanks! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2022 12:43 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Alex Stone
Carolyn, I read on a list the other day someone saying that it worked for them with the phone facing at their chest, but I’ve always done it the way you do. Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Jan 2022, at 20:40, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > The ear piece should be about to the level

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Carolyn
You punch in your numbers you set for the passcode. I have a six number code; my husband just has four on his tablet. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Fazil M. Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 3:21 PM To:

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Carolyn
My husband, who is pretty good with tech stuff, says that if a sighted person tried to steel my phone, it would be pitched into the garbage, because of VoiceOver and, when I have it engaged, Screen Curtain. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Carolyn
The ear piece should be about to the level to the top or a little above the nose. The phone should be held out about a foot opposite your face at a level, where you entire face is in focus of the phone. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, Cris. How do you unlock the phone with the passcode? I, for instance, ask Siri to launch Messages for me and she wants me unlock the phone first with the number pad on the screen. I type the passcode and Messages app opens. But I can not go to homepage from there. Again I have to ask Siri

Re: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Alan Lemly
Cris, I guess I see your point but you seem to be sacrificing a lot of convenience for the supposed risk. Only you can assess the reel risk to which you're exposed but unless your thief also gets your passcode or takes your face too, it seems unlikely they'll gain access to all your stuff.

Re: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Cris Ali
I used face id for less than one month, then I decided to switch back to setting a code because I believe it is much safer. I use my phone for a lot of financial transactions, including banking, shopping, stocks etc… If a thief got hold of my iPhone, all of what he needs to do is to direct the

Re: Bluetooth Headset recommendation

2022-01-01 Thread Andy Baracco
The Aftershokz products have improved greatly since they were first released. They used to be made of a cheap plastic that would easily break. Also, there was a great deal of audio leakage. I recall sitting next to someoen on a bus and he was singing along with my music. The new Trekz line is

RE: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Should the earpiece in front of my upper lip or my nose or somewhere else? Thanks! From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of regina alvarado Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2022 10:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Face ID Revisited Fázil, just keep trying my friend. I think

Re: Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread regina alvarado
Fázil, just keep trying my friend. I think you either have it tipped back too far or you’re not putting it at the right distance from your face. If you have attention turned off it’s just a matter of putting it just about 10 inches from your face. I had a terrible time at the beginning.

The Native Mail App

2022-01-01 Thread Lynn White
For some reason, I have lost the native mail app on my iPhone 12 pro Max. I can get siri to open it but with some type of error message. I've looked for the app in the Store but can't find it. How do I bring this back and how can I make sure that it is on the home page? Thanks as always. --

Face ID Revisited

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Hi Group. I am having problem with using Face ID to unlock my iPhone12. I successfully complete two steps of setting up face ID and double tapped Done Button and iPhone says face ID is ready to use. Attention is off too. I am unable to unlock phone with face id. Any more tips to unlock phone

RE: Is E-SIM Intact?

2022-01-01 Thread Fazil M.
Thanks much, Sieghard. Yes, I got a new one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 10:55 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Is E-SIM Intact? I believe you may have to get a new one, but I'm not entirely sure, easiest way

RE: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread mich verrier
I also agree with that as well and speeking as a Canadion yes I agree it does cost more hear in Canada then it does in the US. And let's also bring in to the situation those of us who live on fixt incomes like Ontario Disibillidey support and live on like my self 700 a month for paying bills

RE: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I agree with that, but it also depends on whether you are talking about technology which is what I would call essential and technology which is less so. I need my iPhone for many things every day so it better be in top shape, but while for me a set of wired Earbuds are essential, a $700

RE: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
True, and a very good point. This is why I don't presume to tell people what they should or shouldn't do and whether a particular product is worth the money or not. In addition to not knowing what other people's financial situation is, I also don't know how important different features are to

Re: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread 'Mervin Keck III' via VIPhone
I like the Sony WH1000XM4. It is very comfortable. Has great sound. Normally retails for $349 US. However, I got a Black Friday deal for two of them for my wife and I. They were $100 off for several weeks over the holidays. Merv > On Jan 1, 2022, at 10:07 AM, Anthony Vece wrote: > >

Re: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread Anthony Vece
Everyone may not have the financial resources or the budget that you have. Happy new year Anthony Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro!!! > On Jan 1, 2022, at 9:51 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > > True, everything will be better in a year or two but then that's a year or > two I'll be using even

RE: A reason not to spend the big Bucks for Apple Airpods including Airpod Max or at least not yet

2022-01-01 Thread Christopher Chaltain
True, everything will be better in a year or two but then that's a year or two I'll be using even older technology while I keep waiting. I'm not saying people should never wait. It obviously depends on how long you'd be waiting and how unhappy you are with what you have now. I tend to keep my

Re: Bluetooth Headset recommendation

2022-01-01 Thread Marco Curralejo
They are not meant to be for music. I'm not sure why it some people don't get this. On January 1, 2022 09:38:09 Richard Turner wrote: I did a demo of the Aftershokz OpenComm headset on my web site. It is under the demos and walk-through page. http://www.turner42.com/DEMOS.html Richard