Is pressing the home button 5 times really a safe option what are some other solutions that anyone has? also what is re-spring?
On Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:11:39 PM UTC-7, Joshua wrote: > Hello. As far as I know, pressing the power button five times to > respring is quite safe. I have done it several times, and have > never had a problem. Also, its a lot quicker than rebooting the > device. > Another tip: You can also restart your springboard using siri. > To do this, just start Siri and say "restart." Obviously, this > won't work if siri is frozen, but I figured some people may find > this interesting. > Josh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <ra...@raulgallegos.com <javascript:> > To: vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > Date sent: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:32:20 -0400 > Subject: Re: Siri freezing when using voiceover > > Hello Josh, Siri can only officially work on iPhone 4S. Aso, > it's > questionable as to whether pressing the power/sleep button so > many times > is a safe respring. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > That awkward moment when you're at a friends house, and their > parents > start screaming at them...And you're just, like, there. > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > On 8/19/2012 11:13 PM, Joshua Klander wrote: > Hello. This is quite interesting. I guess this bug doesn't > just apply > to jailbroken iPhone 4 users. I recently installed Siri on my > iPhone 4, > and I have also noticed this bug. Unfortunately, I don't > believe there > is a permanent fix for this. When this happens, the way I > usually fix > it is by restarting the springboard. You can do this by quickly > pressing the power button five times in a row. > hth > Josh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marissa Solaun" <solaunma...@gmail.com <javascript:> > To: <vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > Date sent: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:35:16 -0700 > Subject: Siri freezing when using voiceover > > > I am writing to find it if any other members have had issues > with Siri & > Voiceover working together using the Iphone 4s? I use voiceover > constantly > however I have noticed that when using Siri with Voiceover > continuously > that > Voiceover will say "listening" and that Siri will freeze, no > tone will be > emitted to indicate that Siri is "thinking". I do have hints > turned off on > Voiceover, and I guess if I needed to I could use Siri like a > sighted > individual but I would prefer to use the two accessibility > features > together. I am curious if this problems cause is specifically > do to > Siri or > Voiceover. > > I have read that you can flick around the screen using Voiceover > while > pressing the volume up button and that sometimes will fix the > issue, > unfortunately I am not so lucky... A temporary fix I have come > across > is if > you turn on Airplane mode on/off it will reset the network and > that will > bring Siri back online. I did report this issue to Apple > Accessibility and > they will investigate the issue. > > In the meantime if anyone has found a more permanent solution to > this > problem please do not hesitate to share. > > Marissa > > -- > > > > -- > > > --
