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How to exit double-tap mode???

On a brand new iPod Touch (purchased March '11) it will no longer swipe to unlock the screen, nor swipe to scroll, won't swipe between screens, etc. It WILL work fine by double tapping the icons. How do I exit double-tap mode and get the Touch back to swiping again?

Thank you,

RPQ

Lenovo R500 Core 2 Duo, Windows XP Pro, - LCII, IIci, Quadra 950 (with the lock and key) and 30GB iPod Classic

Posted on Mar 20, 2011 4:46 PM

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Bennie Roys

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Posted on Mar 20, 2011 6:13 PM

Someone has enabled voiceover mode, but since you don't hear it, "speak hints" must be disabled. You will have to double-tap to go through all these steps, It's part of the "Voiceover" feature. To get back to normal go to Settings, General, Accessibility which is at the bottom of the page. On that page at the top you will see "Voiceover". If it is on, and it sure sounds like it is, you will have to double-tap to turn it off. Now all should be well.

Peace.

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TaraLST

Level 1

4 points

May 6, 2012 9:26 PM in response to RPQ

Another thank you for this.

My daughter inadverntantly updated her 3rd Generation Touch to iOS 5.1; we had been keeping the unit at an older version of iOS since nothing in the update was particularly relevant to the iTouch 3. The update itself activated the VoiceOver mode.

Luckily, a quick half-hour of googling found this answer and solved the problem.

-- Tara

Jun 13, 2013 4:36 AM in response to RPQ

Thanks for this-

I have an iPhone 3GS with IOS 5 on it and got into this mode as well with the grey boxes and double clicking required for everything.

The triple clicking of the home button fixed it for me (didn't have to go into settings).

How good is the internet!

Dec 25, 2013 5:15 PM in response to Bennie Roys

I just want to say thank you, you saved an 8 year olds christmas! not sure how she turned the setting on but glad you could save me from the return lines tomorrow!!! Thanks a million.

Bakfin

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Feb 26, 2016 11:12 AM in response to Bennie Roys

This worked perfectly!

Jul 2, 2016 8:02 AM in response to RPQ

try three fingers to swipe down in settings . disable voice over . its worked for me....

How to exit double-tap mode???