You could also add a pass code to your phone. That way somebody either has to know your pass code or be smart enough to figure out how to get around it.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > You are in a way, of course somebody has to first have your iPhone and if it > is locked it needs to be unlocked before they can go look through your > contacts. I guess you could always label your bank's telephone banking number > Uncle Bob in which case it is even less likely somebody would open Uncle > Bob's contact entry to see what numbers it may contain. > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Fazil > M. > Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 8:22 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: programming extra numbers into a contact, was RE: Using Your > iPhone Without a Touchscreen > > Won’t you be exposing your sensitive information to a vulnerable situation by > doing this? > Thanks! > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2019 8:04 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: programming extra numbers into a contact, was RE: Using Your iPhone > Without a Touchscreen > > I was going to stop adding to this thread, but I have to say, it isn’t that > difficult. > Let me try to explain it differently. > When you add a new contact, or add a phone number to a contact, you can build > in pauses for numbers like when calling the bank to check your balance, or > calling a conference line, etc. A comma puts in a short pause and sometimes > you may need two or three commas to pause long enough before entering the > code or next set of numbers. The layout on the numberpad is as follows. > Line one, 1, 2, 3. > Line 2, 4, 5, 6. > Line 3, 7, 8, 9. > Line 4, Star, 0 Pound, > Line 5 Shift, plus, delete. > That last line is a bit lower on the screen. > > When you activate the shift key, the numberpad will be this: > Line 1, 1 dimmed, 2, dimmed, 3 dimmed. > Line 2, comma, 5 dimmed, semicolon. > Line 3, Star, 8 dimmed, number sign. > Line 4, shift, plus, delete. > > You only have 4 lines of symbols. The dimmed ones simply mean they are not > available once you activate the shift. > > So, if I am calling my office to get voice mail, I would call something like: > 541-888-8888 then wait for the recording to say to enter my extension, so I > would enter 971-123,4567, then a shorter pause when it asks me to enter my 4 > digit pin, 1,2,3,4 followed by the pound sign. > > The way that would look when I am finished is: > 541-8888-8888,,,971-123-4567,1234# > > If you do not have punctuation turned on, it is: > 541-888-8888 comma comma comma 971-123-4567 comma 1234 number sign. > > It looks wordy and is when trying to explain it, but once you have > experimented a few times, I hope you find it useful, > Richard > > > > > “Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been and a spirt is a drip under > pressure.” – Bruce U. Utah Phillips > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > goshawk on horseback > Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 7:45 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen > > same here, I couldn't even figure out those instructions given. > also, certainly with telephone banking, a lot only ask for certain digits > from a pin these days, and they ask for different digits for every call. > > Simon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Angie Nutt > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2019 2:15 PM > Subject: Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen > > That sounds like too much trouble to me. :) > > > > > On 4 Jan 2019, at 12:40, Ryan Mann <rm...@technologyisawesome.com> wrote: > > There is a way that you could add your bank to your contacts and have it > automatically put in your bank account number. When you are creating the > contact, put in the bank’s phone number. After the number, put in a few > commas then type in whatever you would normally put in after the bank’s phone > system answers. > For example, if you normally put in your account number then press pound, put > in pen, press pound again, you would put in the following as the phone number: > Bank phone number,,,accountnumber#,,,yourpen# > You put in the comma by double-tapping on Shift then finding comma. You need > to do this for each comma. > > Sentfrom my iPhone > > On Jan 4, 2019, at 5:19 AM, Arlene <arlenes71...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > When we go out I always take one of our button phones, there are times we > need to check our bank balances and it's more doable with the buttons. With > inputting the numbers from the screen, you would need to be real quick for it > to work, and some of you might be quicker than me at doing that. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Angie Nutt > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2019 3:36 AM > Subject: Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen > > In my job I come across plenty of people who have either tried and don’t like > the touch screen or have tried and just can’t get on with it. While I > personally use the touch screen most of the time I can appreciate why buttons > are useful as in making phone calls and I would probably find it quicker but > I don’t use my iPhone as an actual phone that often. I am of course referring > to numbers not in contacts being quicker to type on a hardware keyboard. I > also know quite a few who really loved their original RIVo and those who have > the RIVO 2 seem to feel the same. Personally, I just couldn’t get my head > round it; it just isn’t for me. > > > > > On 3 Jan 2019, at 16:09, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > I think I heard about this before and maybe this is a newer version, but for > the most part I am amazed at how much trouble people go to and how much money > they spend to take away the strength of the iPhone or, for that matter, other > advanced smartphones. I understand that there might be a few cases where a > person for whatever reason can't touch the phone, e.g. if they are > quadriplegic, have no hands etc. Apple and now Google have put a lot of very > smart people to work to come up with this incredible way to make touchscreen > devices extremely accessible, apps like Flicktype make typing very efficient > with a bit of practice yet some people still think they are better off trying > to avoid touching that screen as much as possible. 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