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I have an iPhone 4s that appears be in a handicapped mode.
How do I get it out?
Reset does nothing.
sliders do not work; some work if tapped twice.
Cannot get to many settings.
Cannot advance screen downward.
Speech describes each action.
the active button has a black boundary.
iPhone 4s, iOS 9
Then you aren’t pushing fast enough. However, there are other ways to get out of accessibility mode. First, note that anything that you would do with one tap now requires 2 taps, one to select the control and the second to choose it. Knowing that, go to Settings/General/Accessibility and turn off the problem setting. Or connect it to iTunes on your computer, and there will be a button in iTunes for editing accessibility.
Are you talking about the Home button at the bottom of the phone? I don't see how anyone could push it any faster than I am.
When I go to Settings, I cannot advance the screen downward to get to General. How do I advance the screen?
Thanks for your help!
The Wi-Fi issue is unrelated. Is the Bluetooth switch also not responding? If it’s both switches you may have a failed radio chip in the phone; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth share that circuit. If it’s just Wi-Fi first try just restarting your phone. If that doesn’t fix it go to Settings/General/Reset - Reset network settings. This will delete all of your “known” Wi-Fi networks, so you will have to re-enter passwords, but you won’t lose any data.
The wifi slider does not move. If I click on bluetooth, the little clock runs forever, So it looks like the radio chip is defective.
I also reset the network settings and that made no difference. Thanks very much for all your help!
Bob
Turn off everything, but start with VoiceOver and Spoken Content (I’m looking at iOS 13, which you don’t have, so your settings may be different).
Triple-click the HOME button.
Unfortunately triple pushing the Home button does not do anything.
Try triple-clicking faster.
No change. The main screen just goes temporarily to the right after 2 pushes, then returns after the 3rd push.
Scroll the screen with 3 fingers
OK I can get to Accessibility now. But I don't see anything there that would turn off the behaviors I am seeing.
Bob
It worked! I am amazed that turning off the voice fixes everything! Thanks!
But now I cannot turn on wifi. The slider does not move no matter what I do.
Bob
That worked! I am amazed that turnihg off the voice fixed everything.
But now I cannot turn on the wifi. The slider does nothing, no matter what I do.
Bon
How to get out of handicapped mode iphone 4s
