Hi David. Actually, the Braille Sense will connect in iOS 5.0, but not 5.1. Also, even in 5.1, it will still connect, but you will not be able to use any of the input keys for commands. It will only function as displaying the first 32 cells of whatever VoiceOver is reading. Unless the firmware version 7.0 has made it so that you cannot connect to 5.1 at all? I was running the prior firmware version when I ran in to snags with 5.1. Thank you for the word of warning about the Spring Board, it's good to know.
Scott On 1/17/13, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > As I have stated several times, crashing the springboard has a slight chance > of corrupting some data. Use at your own risk. Apple does not officially > support the procedure, and blocked it when VO is not running. I suspect it > working when VO is running was an oversight that is low on Apple's list of > things to correct considering how few people use VO. > > Unfortunately, the proper reboot/warm reset of holding the power and home > buttons for 10 seconds has a small chance of causing VO to reset in to the > off position and reset three press home to no action. This necessitates > using either iTunes, or a sighted person, to start VO again. In my testing, > I found this deactivation of VO to occur around 10% of the time, and is only > the case in iOS 6. It works perfectly in iOS 5. > > As for Braille Sense, Braille Sense will not connect in iOS 5, no matter > what you try. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 18/01/2013, at 9:21, Scott Davert <scottslistm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> To answer your question about what exactly the spring board reset >> does, all I can tell you is that I've had this issue with braille >> devices giving the error of not being able to load the driver, and it >> has fixed them. It will not wype any data or settings. Sorry, I'm not >> exactly sure what it technically does, I just know it works for me. >> >> Scott >> >> On 1/16/13, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> If you are running iOS 6, there is a small chance that performing an >>> official Apple reboot, holding in the home and power buttons for ten >>> seconds, will cause Voice-Over to turn off. If this happens, you will >>> need >>> to either have a sighted person activate Voice-Over for you, or activate >>> Voice-Over using iTunes. >>> >>> Pressing the power button rapidly six times when VO is running causes >>> the >>> springboard (the user interface) to suffer a fatal crash which forces >>> the >>> iPhone to turn off and back on. This only works when VO is turned on, and >>> is >>> the only reboot method that caused some minor data corruption on my >>> iPhone >>> about a year and a half ago. Since this crash is not officially endorsed >>> or >>> recommended by Apple, be aware you are taking a slight risk if you use >>> it. >>> >>> As to your problem getting a Braille Sense connected, you must be >>> running >>> iOS 6. If you are running iOS 5, the Braille Sense will not connect no >>> matter what you try. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 16/01/2013, at 12:13, "Ahmed Khater" <aakhater....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello again, >>>> >>>> My friende uses Braille Sense Plus with firmware version 7.0. However, >>>> I >>>> got really confused! which function does the springboard process, >>>> involving the press of the power button 6 times, exactly do? causes a >>>> total loss of data on the iPhone or preserving data and restoring >>>> iPhone >>>> to its factory status when it had been used for the first time? >>>> >>>> Advice please before we dare to make a reset to the iPhone. Your help >>>> is >>>> highly appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Best Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ahmed Khater >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> aakha...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It's always hope that gives meaning to life >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: David Chittenden >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:52 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: A problem Pairing Braille Sense Plus with iPhone 5. >>>> >>>> Funny you should say that crashing the springboard by pressing the >>>> power >>>> button six times in rapid succession will not cause any loss of data >>>> considering that it is the only method which has ever caused loss of >>>> data >>>> on my iPhone. >>>> >>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 16/01/2013, at 7:23, Scott Davert <scottslistm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi. >>>>> Also, try doing a Springboard reset on the phone, by pressing the >>>>> power/lock button 6 times quickly. This will not cause you to lose any >>>>> data. >>>>> Also, with regard to the Braille Sense plus, is your friend using the >>>>> latest firmware (v. 7.0?) If not, that could also be the issue, as >>>>> earlier firmware versions had problems. >>>>> >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On 1/15/13, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Well, I don't know about the BrailleSense, but on the iPhone there >>>>>> are >>>>>> two forms of reset. Reset all settings and erase all content and >>>>>> settings. Reset all settings just resets some or all of the settings >>>>>> the >>>>>> user may have customized. Erase all content and settings, however, >>>>>> effectively restores the iPhone back to factory settings, as if >>>>>> powered >>>>>> on for the first time. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Christopher Hallsworth >>>>>> >>>>>> On 13/01/2013 20:31, Ahmed Khater wrote: >>>>>>> Dear list members, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One of my friends has recently bought an iPhone 5 and he is a >>>>>>> new >>>>>>> iPhone user. Things are working well for him so far except pairing >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> phone with Braille Sense Plus. Every time he tries to pair the two >>>>>>> devices, he gets an error message saying “can’t load driver for >>>>>>> Braille >>>>>>> Sense Plus”. Any solution for that? Another question: In iPhone, >>>>>>> does >>>>>>> the reset process mean restoring the phone to its factory settings >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> thus requiring him to re-enter all the information requested when it >>>>>>> had >>>>>>> been used for the first time? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Your help is urgently and highly appreciated, as he is in a dire >>>>>>> need >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> use his iPhone with his Braille Sense Plus unit. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ahmed Khater >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> aakhater....@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's always hope that gives meaning to life >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>> Google >>>>>> Group. >>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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