VoiceOver turns screen to black and can't be deactivated

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VoiceOver turns screen to black and can't be deactivated

FREAKY: iPhone screen goes to BLACK after I try nifty but bugged VoiceOver function. All buttons are active but in DARK, BLIND mode. Can't see anything on the screen and can't turn VoiceOver off!!!

I just restored the iPhone...

iMac 24" 2.4 GHz + MacBook Pro 17" + iPhone 3GS, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 18, 2009 11:36 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 18, 2009 12:08 PM in response to Jim VanLeeuwen

Thanks, Jim. Problem solved. It was scary though. I first went through the whole search for Settings on the phone, with a totally black screen, as if I were blind... Then, using VoiceOver in total darkness, I was able to tap my way to deactivate VoiceOver - and the screen lit up immediately again.

I later discovered that, in VoiveOver mode, You turn the screen off when you "Triple-tap with three fingers." So that's what I must have done inadvertently at some point. What I didn't know was "Triple-tap again with three fingers to turn on the display again."

Thanks again. - Laurent

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