Q: how do you turn off voice control?

You're confusing Voice Over with Voice Control.  Triple clicking has no effect on Voice Control.

You should lighten up.  No one comes here for abuse....just help.

If Apple was designed to put the device owner in the driver's seat these problems would vanish.

I and my husband thank all those who kindly shared their knowledge and experience in the quest for a solution to this design problem.

Like your new identity.

Thanks for this. I think it really might solve the crazed pocket dialing issues I've been having. Voice Control does seem to be the issue, especially when I'm in a noisy environment.

I agree with Shelley.

After reading this thread which was relevant to myself, modular747 comes over as maybe someone who should get out more & with an absolutely horrible Mr Knowitall attitude.

If you're going to post modular747, try & not be yourself.

BradCol wrote:

 

I found the solution. Because I have an iPhone 4S with Siri, I turned Siri on, a passcode on, then deactivated Siri from the lock screen.

 

Deactivating Voice Control from the lock screen doesn't work, but Siri does.

How did you deactivate Siri from the Lock screen?

Settings>general>passcode lock. Turn it on & pick a pass code (or just enter your passcode if one is already set). Then, on the same screen, turn Siri off.

giraffepicturehead wrote:

 

then deactivated Siri from the lock screen

You mean stopped Siri from working on the Lock screen. I thought you meant while on the lock screen, you deactivated Siri.

Regardless, with Voice Control (not Siri) activated, it takes us back to the original post.

Hi Chris.  That quote you just attribute to me, I can't see ever having been said so not sure where you got it from?

Anyway, I think it has been established that you cannot disable Voice Control for the Lock Screen, though if you enable Siri (therefore making Voice Control redundant), you can then disable that for the Lock Screen.

Whilst you correctly point out this is not a solution to the 'subject' it is a good solution to the actual problem described by the OP and experienced by many others, which was the phone listening for voice commands whilst it was locked and accidentally activated.  Hence I pointed out in a previous post that perhaps the subject was misguided, the solution, however, remains good.

giraffepicturehead wrote:

 

Hi Chris.  That quote you just attribute to me, I can't see ever having been said so not sure where you got it from?

Okay. I asked BradCol how he did it then you responded. I didn't pay attention that it wasn't actually BradCol who responded.

NOTE for 4S users:

This is the complete and correct answer to problem, where Siri/Voice control accidentally activates in pocket (with iPhone 4S).

(From RykerDJ:)

You go to settings>general>passcode lock. Turn it on. Pick a pass code. Then, on the same screen, scroll down and click Siri, turning it off.

Sadly this does not work on iPhone 4 because you cannot enable Siri on it.

Do you have an iPhone 4-specific solution?

Just want to clarify, does this solution with Enabling and then Restricting Siri will drain more battery (or generally make the device slower) becasue Siri will be enabled?

Same problem, iphone4s

Now sorted easily this way:

Settings

General - turn Siri On

Go back to settings screen

General, then Passcode, enter your simple 4 digit code or other passcode.

Underneath the box which explains a simple pass code,,there is the sentence Allow access when locked.

Underneath this it says Siri, tap it to turn it on, when dome another button appears for voice dialing which by default is on.

Tap the voice dialing to turn it off, then tap Siri button to turn it off.

Go back to settings then press the home button to close the screen.

Press the phones Lock button,top right and the job is done.

This only stops the home button from turning voice activation, it does not stop iphones which are randomly dialing numbers with nonuser input.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

M

Thank goodness you have sorted this out. It has been a major pain in the butt for me as I bought a military grade case to protect my pride and joy and it has a raised button over the home button and it dialled evryone every time I bent down to tie my laces. Finally got around to looking up if anyone had sorted it..... Bless you!