I am trying desperately to turn off Switch Control on my iPhone and nothing so far has worked. I have tried clicking the Home button three times, and the option of Switch Control comes up with a check beside it, but with no way to turn it off. Siri when asked to disable switch control will say "Which setting?" which will only bring me to Accessibility but I still can't click anything! Any suggestions appreciated.
iPhone 5, iOS 7
Nevermind, I figured out how to do it by trial and error.
If you are wondering how to turn off switch control with a frozen screen, here's how I did it:
-Ask Siri to "Turn on Voice Control." (She'll turn on/off Voice Control but not Switch Control- go figure.) IOS 7 will not allow both Voice Control and Switch Control to operate together, so when Voice Control is on, Switch Control is off and vice versa.
-With Voice Control on, go to Settings/General/Accessibility. To tap on options, you must tap once to select it in a black box, then twice quickly to execute it. To scroll, you must use three fingers instead of just one.
-Turn off all swiches so the Switches option has a 0 next to it in Switch Control, then turn it off. Tada!
Thank you! The triple click didn't work, the voice control request didn't work, as my screen was locked and it said it needed the passcode first. But asking for assistive touch worked!
But now it is saying it cannot locate my face. I got it working on the first try though.
Here is what you EVERYBODY WEATHER YOU HAVE WIFI OR NOT OR SIRI OR NOT WHEN YOU IF YOU CAN SEE THE SWITCH CONTROL OPTION SLOWLY TURN HEAD TO THE LEFT IT SHOULD ACTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE ANY SETTING YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED
Turn your phone out and and then on again make sure you hold the home button down all the time until the phone is fully off , turn back during this time constantly tap the home button on and off , this will turn off switch control
This was very hard to figure out , when the lock screen is locked nothing worked, so I used my head as a movement .
First hit the home button 3 times a screen comes up that says... invert colors and switch control , move your head to the right to move the highlight area to the switch control , once there .. move your head to the left ,it should take the checkmark out of the box that says switch control ...Done! It worked for me hope it works for you .
you are very amazing person
I mean don't use the same finger you use to unlock your phone.
Thanks Chicoenigma; that worked perfectly. This was driving me crazy.
Thank you so much! This is the only thing that worked for me!
but what if your phone is locked because it keeps asking for a passcode
My settings allow access to Siri when my phone is locked. If you restart your phone, you can quickly put in your pass code before the switch control kicks in.
i go to setting and i cant turn it on
my iphon is locked i cant enter the passcpde due to switch control on what i do
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you can try 'triple-click' Home button, it would turn off Accessibility, so you can return to normal usage of touchscreen.
OMG thank you!! I was begging for answers on how to turn it off!
Hey thanks buddy that is the exact thing cheers
How to turn off Switch Control???
