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From: Mark on 1 Mar 2010 11:08 On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:00:13 +0000, zoara wrote (in article <333776475289151210.768241me18-privacy.net(a)news.individual.net>): > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message and >> the >> phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't >> remember how I got it going again though. > > Just a thought (which no-one else has suggested yet); were you low on > battery? The iPhone will shut down the app and then the phone when you > get too low, and it does feel sudden and spontaneous... > >> I have hardly any extra apps on it as yet. > > That won't make a difference as to how crashy the phone is (though the > individual apps may be crashy - but they'll just dump you on the home > screen). > >> It's also done an odd thing where a thing like a volume(?) scale >> appears >> on the home screen (the one with the world on it). >> >> Anyone seen this? > > This sounds like the volume control - ie what pops up onscreen when you > hit the volume rocker in any app, but your later description - "an odd > thing that spontaneously appears at the top of the screen with a beeping > noise" - sounds very different and not like something I've seen before. > Does it look like the volume control? > > Oh, wait a minute. Start some music playing, turn off your iPhone using > the top-left button, turn it back on with the same butoon and - without > sliding to unlock - double-tap the home button (the one on the front). > Is that what you're describing? That's the lockscreen media control, > used to pause, play and change volume without unlocking and opening the > iPod app. > > -z- Or even without starting music first. Did it look like this? <http://img.skitch.com/20100301-x9bg8uymggmehwxehrqq89ay88.jpg> If so, it /is/ the double-home-button-tap iPod control. Cheers ... Mark
From: bella jonez on 1 Mar 2010 11:42 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message > > > and > > > the > > > phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't > > > remember how I got it going again though. > > > > Just a thought (which no-one else has suggested yet); were you low > > on > > battery? The iPhone will shut down the app and then the phone when > > you > > get too low, and it does feel sudden and spontaneous... > > But it won't start it again though. > > > Oh, wait a minute. Start some music playing, turn off your iPhone > > using > > the top-left button > > You have a top left button? > I meant to ask that.
From: Mark on 1 Mar 2010 12:05 On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:42:59 +0000, bella jonez wrote (in article <853838858289154222.539919bellajonez-yahoo.co.uk(a)news.individual.net>): > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message and >>> the >>> phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't >>> remember how I got it going again though. >> >> Just a thought (which no-one else has suggested yet); were you low on >> battery? The iPhone will shut down the app and then the phone when you >> get too low, and it does feel sudden and spontaneous... > > The battery was getting lowish but not on red. > > > I have hardly any extra apps on it as yet. >> >> That won't make a difference as to how crashy the phone is (though the >> individual apps may be crashy - but they'll just dump you on the home >> screen). >> >>> It's also done an odd thing where a thing like a volume(?) scale >>> appears >>> on the home screen (the one with the world on it). >>> >>> Anyone seen this? >> >> This sounds like the volume control - ie what pops up onscreen when >> you >> hit the volume rocker in any app, but your later description - "an odd >> thing that spontaneously appears at the top of the screen with a >> beeping >> noise" - sounds very different and not like something I've seen >> before. >> Does it look like the volume control? >> >> Oh, wait a minute. Start some music playing, turn off your iPhone >> using >> the top-left button, turn it back on with the same butoon and - >> without >> sliding to unlock - double-tap the home button (the one on the front). >> Is that what you're describing? That's the lockscreen media control, >> used to pause, play and change volume without unlocking and opening >> the >> iPod app. > > Genius! Tried that and that's what it is. > > I would snip this but am finding select command tricky - seems to either > want to select one word or the entire post, not just the bit I wanted. Yup - you can move the markers (end-points)... Cheers ... Mark
From: zoara on 1 Mar 2010 20:52 bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message > > > and > > > the > > > phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't > > > remember how I got it going again though. > > > > Just a thought (which no-one else has suggested yet); were you low > > on > > battery? The iPhone will shut down the app and then the phone when > > you > > get too low, and it does feel sudden and spontaneous... > > The battery was getting lowish but not on red. Most likely not that then. I'd follow advice elsewhere then and not worry about it unless it keeps happening, at which point you go and make angry faces at an Apple employee. > > Oh, wait a minute. Start some music playing, turn off your iPhone > > using > > the top-left button, turn it back on with the same butoon and - > > without > > sliding to unlock - double-tap the home button (the one on the > > front). > > Is that what you're describing? That's the lockscreen media control, > > used to pause, play and change volume without unlocking and opening > > the > > iPod app. > > Genius! Tried that and that's what it is. Oh, good. > I would snip this but am finding select command tricky - seems to > either > want to select one word or the entire post, not just the bit I wanted. The blue handles on the currently-selected text can be a fiddle, but it eventually becomes easier. NewsTap has a "quotes" button (top right as you're composing) which removes quoted text but is fiddly in different ways. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 1 Mar 2010 20:52
Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:00:13 +0000, zoara wrote > > > Oh, wait a minute. Start some music playing, turn off your iPhone > > using > > the top-left button, turn it back on with the same butoon and - > > without > > sliding to unlock - double-tap the home button (the one on the > > front). > > Is that what you're describing? That's the lockscreen media control, > > used to pause, play and change volume without unlocking and opening > > the > > iPod app. > > > > -z- > Or even without starting music first. Yes, but if you aren't playing music then it becomes the lockscreen media control of randomness, as it seems to forget what you were last playing more often than it remembers. This was improved (drastically) in some recent update but it still catches me out once in a while, enough that I don't trust it. However, I suspect that this is because I'm a naughty lad and have jailbroken it; presumably whatever process keeps track of playing music gets quit due to lack of resources after it's been unused for a few minutes, thanks to the stuff I have running in the background. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |