How to turn off Switch Control???

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

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 9:45 PM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2013 10:08 PM

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!

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