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.
