Have you tried turning off the phone by holding down the lock button for 3 seconds, letting the phone power off then plugging it in. While the phone is plugged in, restart the phone by holding down the lock button for 6 seconds. After a short time the phone will vibrate and VO will come on.
I hope this helps. Kimber Sent from Kimber's iPhone > On Feb 8, 2014, at 12:35 PM, "Terrie Terlau" <terrie...@twc.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > I am sorry if this message comes through twice. I checked the archives on > line and did not see it there and it did not come to my inbox, so am sending > it again in case it did not arrive on the list. > > I'm running iPhone 5 with iOS 6; have not updated yet. However, when my > phone recovers, I will do so posthaste! I suspect that I would have more > options for fixing the problem described below with iOS 7. > > Last night, I launched File Browser and all functionality except Siri, the > alarm, and making phone calls with Siri is gone. I can't shut the phone > off; I have no sounds except with Siri; I have no speech from VO except with > Siri where VO works fine with all the gestures. I can call out by telling > Siri to call a contact. After that, I have a working keypad where I can dial > extensions. I can receive calls and while I am talking I have VO and > gestures work. However, when the call ends, everything is dead again. > nothing else works except that I get the buzz tone when I put the phone on > mute. > > I thought I knew how to reboot -- holding down the home and on-off buttons > at the same time for several seconds. I have done this several times with no > affect. I have also charged the phone all night and there is no change. > Siri can't look things up on the web; when I ask her to tell me how to > reboot the phone, she goes to the web and then I have the totally silent > screen with no voice and no sounds. > > If anyone can help, I would very much appreciate it. If a power user can't > help in an email, I can call someone's phone with Skype on my PC and would > pay for an expert's time if this was not a quick fix. Thanks very very much! > After I recover from this, I am going to update!!!!!!! > Thanks again for your help, > Terrie Terlau and a Very Sad iPhone -- or is that a very sad Terrie Terlau > -- or both . . . > > -- > 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.
