I agree, it sounds like a software issue. In my case, VO occasionally dies and is restarted.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Dec 2013, at 10:27, Grant Hardy <grantha...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Since getting my iPhone 5S in mid-October, I’ve had a total of three random > reboots on my iPhone 5S. The first time was when I was listening to an > audiobook and the screen was locked. The audiobook abruptly stopped out of > the blue, and after 30 seconds I heard “VoiceOver on, screen curtain on” and > was back at the lock screen. Touch ID was disabled, as it normally is > whenever the phone is restarted. I went into settings, general, about, > diagnostics and usage and took a look at the diagnostic logs. I’m not privy > to the exact meaning of the logs, but it appears that I had a full kernel > panic which seems to be a term that operating systems use to indicate that an > error or problem took place, which cannot, or should not, be recovered from > without a reboot. > > Since then, I’ve had two more kernel panics (which I’ve verified by reading > the diagnostic logs). Both times, I’ve simply been lying in bed with the > phone charging and have been awoken to VoiceOver saying (VoiceOver on, screen > curtain on). > > The first time this happened I actually was within my 30 day return window, > but I called Apple and they ran remote diagnostics and said that my phone was > fine and that it had been a hardware issue. However, as I say the problem has > happened a couple of times since then. I suppose the reason for this message > is to firstly ask whether others have experienced the same issue on their > iPhone 5S, and also whether there’s a way to tell whether this is a software > or a hardware issue. I’ve discussed this issue with a few people who suggest > that maybe this is simply a software issue caused by drivers or bugs owing to > the switch to 64-BIT code. What do you guys think? > > Grant > -- > 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.