When I've exited out of my home screen and my iphone is password locked, I have the problem of pressing the home button while my phone is in my pocket, thus bringing up voice dial when I don't need it. How can I completely disable the home button when my iphone is locked so that I don't have to constantly cancel an erroneous voice dial action?
iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.3
If you have a psscode on your phone and Siri is enabled (which should disable Voice Control) you can set Siri not to work when the phone is locked (Settings>General>Passcode Lock>Allow Access When Locked>Siri>Off).
If you have a psscode on your phone and Siri is enabled (which should disable Voice Control) you can set Siri not to work when the phone is locked (Settings>General>Passcode Lock>Allow Access When Locked>Siri>Off).
There are two things that can happen when hitting the home button while the iPhone is locked, the first I don't mind, the second is the very problem I'm trying to correct.
Originally, holding down the home button for a second while the iphone is locked would launch the Siri voice command. I disabled Siri thinking that would solve my "pocket dial" problem, but now the phone simply enters into the "voice control" command when the home button is inadvertantly held down for a second. I have disabled the voice control option through my settings, but stupidly enough, the phone still enters into this screen when the home button is held down only to inform me that voice control has been disabled! I am trying to completely disable the home button so that it does NOTHING when the phone is locked and only becomes active again once the password is enetered and the screen is unlocked.
Just hitting the home button when the iPhone is locked turns the iPhone's screen on with the slide to unlock prompt.
Not sure what setting I have different on my iPhone, but when the passcode lock is enabled with my iPhone, pressing and holding the home button does nothing. When the passcode lock is enabled, I can double tap the home button to bring up the music play option but that is it.
How are you pressing and holding the home button for a second or two or double-tapping the home button when the iPhone is in your pocket?
Not sure how either one can be by accident.
There is no option to disable the home button.
What truly frightens me sometimes is that I have most of them memorized. I hesitate to think what great things I could do with all that space in my brain if it weren't occupied by the minutia of a cell phone operating system. 😉
Wonderful Meg! Thank you for sharing some of the cellphone operating system controlled space in your brain with me. I get a similar techo-synesthesia but with a gmail-like arranging of my thoughts and memories...here's to the fast approaching singularity! Thanks again,
I too have this issue and tried Megan's suggestion but the menu on my iPhone 4S iOS 7 - does not have this option( i.e. Settings>General>Passcode Lock>Allow Access When Locked>Siri>Off) on the menu
Is there another way of disabling the very irritating tendency for the Siri to burst into life and ask a question randomly in one's pocket or at other times? ( i.e. even when passcode locked)
I use Siri all the time but not for asking questions - only for dictating text messages at which it is brilliant!
Best
MS
I'm unable to get anything to come up when pressing the home button after the passcode lock is enabled.
There it is - I'm a little lazy today to check my iPhone settings.
Thanks.
How can I disable the home button when my iphone screen is locked?
