[mac4theblind] Re: turning off assistive touch on an iPad

  • From: Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 11:40:04 -0800

Nope did not work. I double tapped home and nothing happened. The icon is still 
there in the middle of the screen. and the status line is above that.

Here is an audio boo explaining the issue. it's like it is frozen and the 
screen won't even lock.

http://boo.fm/b1144690

Hth.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 11:24 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> actually, it's not that hard to get to if you're sighted.  Can you operate 
> assistive touch, if so, double tap home.
> 
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello to all. Some how a family member turned on assistavfe touch. I don't 
> know how aw it is is pretty hard to get to. lol!
> 
> anyway I tried to turn it off but all that's in the middle of the screen is  
> the assistive touch icon. I can't access settings or anything like that. 
> Hitting home key does nothing and even the screen won't lock. It just dims. 
> 
> any help would be appreciated as I know how to use assistive touch but it 
> never acted like this on my phone.
> 
> The iPad is running ios 6.0.1 I believe and I have voice over on.
> 
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