RE: Sharing my Vaccine Card Via WhatsApp?

2021-11-16 Thread Fazil M.
Thanks much, Sieghard. Actually, I am supposed to upload it to a website of Saudi government who wants its visitors to be fully vaxinated. Thus, I thought I should WhatsApp it to my friend who would help me fill out this paperwork. Lets suppose if he is using my phone to complete this

RE: Face ID performance was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Or you have to own and wear an Apple Watch which is protected by a passcode and which is unlocked. If you allow the Apple Watch to unlock your phone then as long as it is on your wrist you can unlock your phone while wearing a mask, but you can't authenticate purchases. Of course if you have an

RE: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
But it would appear this is an issue fairly unique to you or a very small group of people because I have not seen this mentioned on Applevis and neither have I noticed any issues with any of my 2 mail accounts I have set up. I also don't recall seeing messages on this list about it.

RE: Sharing my Vaccine Card Via WhatsApp?

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Fazil, Why on earth would you want to share your vaccine passport with anybody? That is completely private and confidential information and while you have to show it when required, you definitely wouldn't want to share it with anybody via WhatsApp. The only reason I can think of why

Isn't changing the subject line like I am doing now the same as Hijacking the thread?

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Christopher, you say the problem is that people hijack a thread without changing the subject line and here I was under the impression that changing a subject line is the same as hijacking. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent:

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Bill Gallik
I contacted Apple support earlier today; the support tech suggested all sorts of possibilities, all options I had already tried to no avail. She even ran a diagnostic on my iPhone 8 to make sure the sensors were still functioning properly. They were. At this point I’m going to deploy one of

Sharing my Vaccine Card Via WhatsApp?

2021-11-16 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, Group. I have my Vaccine card in my Wallet. Can I share it via WhatsApp? If yes, how can it be done, please? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Kimberly
Probably not because my issues are not exchange related. But it was a good thought. Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.—Martin Luther King Jr. > On Nov 16, 2021, at 8:36 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Kimberly, >

RE: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Kimberly, There was an issue with microsofts exchange 365 services mainly calendar today with IOS mail app, Any chance this is related to your phone? I have not been noticing mail related issues on my phone. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kimberly

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Kimberly Gardner
It doesn't seem to matter whether there are other apps running or if mail is the only app in the app switcher. Apparently the mail retrieval problem is an actual thing because there are various solutions proposed all around the net so I know I'm not the only one who is having this issue. But

Face ID performance was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Alan Lemly
James, Yes, Face ID works perfectly well with small changes in your appearance and in dimly lit rooms. The only thing that thwarts it is wearing a mask as in these pandemic times. You have to type in your passcode when wearing a mask. Alan Lemly -Original Message- From:

RE: What has Face ID VS Touch ID have to do with Siri? was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread scribbles.mn
However, no matter how often people are asked not to do this, they either rudely ignore the request or don’t bother to read the message! Marie -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 2:07 PM To:

Re: Phone Messages Help Please.

2021-11-16 Thread Esther Levegnale
Hey, Joshua! Good to hear from you. Sometimes Siri is temperamental. It works at times, then it doesn't. I'm wondering if he's getting dementia! Haha! I'm in the market for a new phone, but I like the size of my 7+. I'l go to the Apple store and see what they can offer. I think I'd like

RE: AirPods question

2021-11-16 Thread Simon A Fogarty
I could be wrong, But I don't think you can, I thought by default the pods had the phone as default device, But with the airpods everything is synched to each device via the apple id used on the phone, But I think if you paired the airpods to your mac computer They are still going to use

RE: new iPhone

2021-11-16 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Ok, thanks allan, Guess it’s not available down under. Cheers. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2021 4:19 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: new iPhone Hi Simon, BARD is the download service of the National Library Service

RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah I as said have only struck issues with sun glair for face id, I set my 13 pm up in the middle of the night and always wear sunglasses, And have no issues with it -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2021

RE: What has Face ID VS Touch ID have to do with Siri? was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yes, I understand and agree with you Richard. I was just lumping in two similar issues. I don't recall the history of the thread well enough to know if it was a gradual or subtle shift in topics or if it was more abrupt. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook -Original Message-

Re: What has Face ID VS Touch ID have to do with Siri? was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Richard Turner
That should have been Christopher, sorry about that. Richard “What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin website: www.turner42.com (Sent with my blue iPhone 13 Pro) > On Nov 16, 2021, at

Re: What has Face ID VS Touch ID have to do with Siri? was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Richard Turner
Charles, changing the subject line doesn't change the Change the thread. So, if I begin deleting all the messages with the subject line; Siri is acting crazy again; and someone had started a new conversation just by changing the subject line, that message will be deleted along with the rest

RE: What has Face ID VS Touch ID have to do with Siri? was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Yes, Richard is correct, but the problem isn't that people are chatting or talking about issues that are off topic. The problem is that people are hijacking a thread without changing the subject line or starting a new thread. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook -Original

RE: What has Face ID VS Touch ID have to do with Siri? was RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread davycuppens
Richard is completely right in his opinions. If you want to chatte rand tel blablabla start a whatsapp group or simply a chatlist. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: viphone@googlegroups.com Namens Richard Turner Verzonden: maandag 15 november 2021 22:31 Aan: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: new iPhone

2021-11-16 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi James, I expected your BARD books might already be unzipped since that was required for using them on a Victor Reader Stream. I agree that as long as NLS BARD is operating and available, re-downloading the book again is much faster than attempting to rezip and transfer them using an iPhone

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Gerardo Corripio
No such problems here either! Have you tried restarting (turning off/on), the phone? Sometimes these restarts help solve little glitches like the one described. Good luck! Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > El 16 nov 2021, a la(s) 11:37 a.m., Sieghard Weitzel >

RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Carolyn
Right. When I set mine up, I had streaks in my hair and no permanent wave. Now I have gray hair and a permanent. The thing works. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bentleyj1...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021

RE: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I don't have this issue at all with my iPhone 11 and iOS 15.1. Have you checked to make sure the setting which controls this in Voiceover Settings > Audio is not turned off? Also, you can always just plug in the Earpods or use any other wired or Bluetooth headset as a work-around. -Original

RE: new iPhone

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I thought you can access any of the BARD books at any time on their library? Anyways, I found that while there are definitely some improvements especially in the last 2-3 years so many of these incredible features Apple announces are really just relatively minor things or things which benefit

RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Face Id works in absolute pitch darkness and yes, small things like wearing glasses, having a 3-day beard or even more, all of that doesn't matter. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of bentleyj1...@gmail.com Sent: November 16, 2021 8:16 AM To:

RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Keep in mind that often phone prices remain the same or more or less the same even if storage goes up. At one point we started out with phones like the 3GS and 4 and maybe even still the 4S which started with 8 Gb, 16Gb and 32GB, then 16Gb, 32Gb and 64Gb were the normal, later it went to 128Gb

RE: weirdness with VO and asking Siri to spell

2021-11-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You should at least report this as well via Apple's regular feedback mechanisms because this isn't really an accessibility issue. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: November 15, 2021 1:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: weirdness with VO and asking

RE: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread mmmat
Before you do that, try waking up the phone first. If the phone is asleep, it will not switch to speaker. I hit the power button once and that wakes up the phone and then it will switch to speaker. If you have a home button, try hitting that first then moving the phone away from your ear.

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Bill Gallik
Huh, if that don’t beat all. Maybe I’ll try a reset and hope that resolves the problem with auto routing to the speaker! If that does resolve the issue, I’ll be sure to note that to the list. * * * * * * * * * * * * - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "I LOVE living, I have some problems with my

RE: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Richard Turner
I am not experiencing the issue with moving the phone away from my head and it going to speaker. It works fine on my 13 pro running iOS 15.1. Richard “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only

RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread bentleyj1952
So, it doesn't matter when you make small changes like wearing a cap or how your hair is fixed? And, face I D works in a dimly lit room? Just curious, James B -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 9:42 AM To:

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Bill Gallik
One very annoying property of iOS15.1 is that the feature of switching to SPEAKER automatically during a telephone call when you move the phone away from your ear seems to be badly broken. There was a thread in this list discussing the matter where it was suggested that a single finger right

RE: new iPhone

2021-11-16 Thread Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
That is a very cool feature that I didn't realize the Bard Mobile app had. Thanks for mentioning it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 2:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: new iPhone

RE: Siri is Acting Crazy Again!

2021-11-16 Thread Carolyn
You just hold the phone out from you at the level of your face, maybe 15 inches. The thing works, dark or light, with or without dark glasses. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bentleyj1...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, November

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Pete Nalda
Yeah, in relation, mine seems to stall when moving to next messages. Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter: @lpnalda > On Nov 16, 2021, at 8:50 AM, Kimberly Gardner > wrote: > > Your mileage may vary, but ever

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Pete Nalda
You get a nasty black screen if you touch the upper to Bring up call controls, and it will also blink. I don’t know what this will do for voiceover users but it’s hell for zoom users Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda

Re: new iPhone

2021-11-16 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Simon, BARD is the download service of the National Library Service available to print impaired citizens of the USA. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone with Outlook for iOS From: viphone@googlegroups.com on behalf of Simon A Fogarty

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Stewart McKay
thanks richard.  i will check it out. On 11/16/2021 9:48 AM, Richard Turner wrote: I recommend you read the Applevis.com blog that came out when 15.1 was released. https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-releases-ios-151-and-ipados-151-bringing-many-fixes-voiceover-and-braille-users Richard

RE: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Richard Turner
Do you have lots of apps running in the app switcher when you have trouble getting mail? Richard "Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." ~ John Ruskin My Web

RE: AirPods question

2021-11-16 Thread Richard Turner
Have you tried going into Bluetooth settings on your phone and forgetting the airpods? I don't have this issue since I have a Windows computer. Richard "Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only

Re: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Kimberly Gardner
Your mileage may vary, but ever since updating to iOS15 my SE 2020 has had problems retrieving email. The problem is hit and miss in that sometimes everything works just fine. But at least every two or three days I need to fiddle with the phone to get email to download. By fiddle I mean either

RE: IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Richard Turner
I recommend you read the Applevis.com blog that came out when 15.1 was released. https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-releases-ios-151-and-ipados-151-bringing-many-fixes-voiceover-and-braille-users Richard "Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating;

IOS 15

2021-11-16 Thread Stewart McKay
Hi: I just got notification that IOS 15.1 is available for download. Can anyone tell me what i need to be aware of as far as issues with it?  I will be upgrading from 14.8.  So any help is appreciated.  thanks stew -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone

AirPods question

2021-11-16 Thread 'Kristeen Hughes' via VIPhone
I realize that syncing across devices with AirPods can be a beautiful thing, but is there any way to make sure this doesn’t happen. If I want to use the pods, for example on my Mac mini, I will get a message, or a phone call, or an alarm will go off on my iPhone, and the connection

RE: Siri not letting you send messages?

2021-11-16 Thread chrisjudge1967
That was happening to me quite consistently until I updated to IOS 15. It seems to be working correctly now. Chris Judge From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Adam Morris Sent: November 13, 2021 2:53 AM To: viPhone