I've also heard that if you press and hold one of the volume buttons and the power buttons you can end up dialing 911. I think you can disable this Emergency SOS settings.
> On Oct 28, 2018, at 7:40 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > > In iOS 12, hitting the power button 5 times quickly does the emergency SOS > and calls 911 and anyone else you set up as emergency contacts. > Richard > > > > "It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books > which are your very own." __ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > On Oct 28, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Cris Ali <filasti...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Mary and all, >> Finally I got my phone working. >> I went to the apple store and they gave me a new phone. They tried to >> restore my iPhone several times and it remained stuck in the same place I >> saw in my home when I tried to set it up. >> The technician did not want to waste too much time. She gave me a new >> phone. The new one works seamlessly. The only mistake I made is to dial >> 911 by mistake. I still do not know what I did exactly to make such a >> mistake, but I hope I won’t do it again. >> >> As far as the transfer of my apps and keyboards, everything went well. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Cris >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mary >> Otten >> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:40 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the >> problem is! >> >> Wow, Chris! What a hassle! I certainly hope they get this sorted for you. >> Mary >> PS do you use the Arabic keyboard on your phone? If you do, I will be very >> curious how that transfer works for you, since my second language keyboard >> is no where and evidence, although it is said to be so into settings. That >> switch were you switch from one keyboard to another while in it and it is >> simply not there. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 27, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Cris Ali <filasti...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks Arlene, >> In fact I tried every trick in the book and none worked. The problem was >> not in starting up Voice Over, That was easy. The problem is that voice >> over dies in the middle of the set up process and the iPhone freezes. >> Last night I called the Apple disability support. The technician and I >> spent over an hour trying to find a fix to no avail. >> I gave her access to my laptop and also gave her access to my phone camera >> and we tried very hard to get the setup of the new iPhone going, but we >> failed. >> Tomorrow I have an appointment with the apple store in my area. Hopefully >> they will be able to figure out the problem, or give me a new iPhone. We >> shall see! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Cris >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Arlene >> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 6:15 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the >> problem is! >> >> Cris, I don't know if this will help, but this is what we did with our ipad >> when we didn't have anyone hear to get the ipad going. When we got our ipad >> about a year ago I tripple tapped the home button on the ipad and it began >> talking. I don't know if this will work with the phone, and if nothing else >> as worked yet, maybe you could give it a try. Another thought, you might >> want to install itunes on your computer, if you don't already have it >> installed, hook your phone up to your computer and see what you could do to >> get your phone going. You probably have a solution by now with listers that >> have responded to you, but I hope you could find a solution soon, and let us >> know how you like your new phone. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Cris Ali >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 7:51 PM >> Subject: Unable to do anything with my iPhone. I am not sure what the >> problem is! >> >> Hi folks, >> I bought a new iPhone XR and I can’t set it up. >> First I tried the quick start as suggested by apple by putting it next to my >> old phone, , and it did not work. >> I then tried to set it up using the iTunes to no avail. >> Now I am stuck. I can’t even get it to go into recovery mode to wipe it >> clean. >> What do you suggest I do? >> When I do the command for recovery mode, I get a message on iTunes telling >> me that iTunes cannot connect to the iPhone until I enter a passcode. Try >> again or cancel. >> I never had a problem like this with apple products. 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