I don't think its an accessability issue. I've never seen this problem on a 4, 5 or 5s.
On 9/26/13, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > I did have this happening a bit in iOS 6 with my 4S and it can be hardware > related since there is a proximity sensor in the phone. However, it might > be > a bit worse in iOS 7 although there haven't been many people reporting this > from what I have seen. Anyhow, there is nothing you can really do except > that you can of course avoid it by using a headset or I guess you could > turn > Voiceover off with a triple click home before you pick up the call, but > then > of course using a 2-finger double tap wouldn't work to pick up the call and > the triple click home to turn off Voiceover doesn't work after you pick it > up. > On my 4S I find that it often happens right at the beginning of the call > and > after a few seconds it sort of settles down. I have a 5S on the way and > hopefully it won't be an issue with it. > > I would report it to Apple Accessibility if you are sure this never > happened > before you upgraded. In fact, if you agree with the way I feel, I would > probably suggest that they take this automatic switching out of Voiceover > completely. It's easy enough for example in apps like Skype to switch to > speakerphone by tapping on the Speakerphone button and I don't see why we > can't do this like anybody else with the regular Phone app. I am sure Apple > thought they want to make this easy for a blind person so they don't have > to > find the Speakerphone button, but if anything they could implement a "Shake > to Switch" feature or maybe a custom gesture would be possible, like > drawing > an "S:" during a call would toggle speakerphone. > . > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Martin Nelson > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:49 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: problem when answering calls > > Hi, Everyone. I am using an iphone 4s. With the update to ios 7 I find that > when I answer a call the speaker activates even though I have the phone to > my ear. It takes a few seconds for the ear piece to kick in. This appears > to > be a bug with io 7. Is there a way to fix this? > Thank you. > Regards, > Martin Nelson > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
