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savitia10 Author

Level 1

25 points

I can't swipe to unlock my phone or even turn it off :(

I recently upgraded my phone to iOS7 and I've been having a few screen freezing problems but the one I'm having at the moment is that my screen won't seem to unlock. All of my buttons and switches work. All I can do on the screen is swipe down from the very top to see my notifications, swipe up from the bottom to see all my other utilities, but it won't let me tap on anything, it wont let me swipe across to see anything else or change anything. I tried turning off my phone but it won't let me swipe from left to right or the other way. I've even tried asking siri to do a few things but she's not really helpful since my phone is locked. My battery is almost fully charged so waiting for it to go down might take a little too long and I'm not at home so I can't plug my phone into my computer. Any help would be very useful.

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 24, 2013 2:11 PM

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rgalinsky

Level 1

14 points

Posted on Dec 21, 2013 1:26 PM

I've done that and it doesn't work. There is a white line box around the 'slide to unlock' and a box around the red 'slide to power off' I've restarted the phone several times holding down the home and sleep buttons together. Now what?

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achp718

Level 1

0 points

Dec 11, 2014 10:23 AM in response to savitia10

Same thing just happened to me. All I did was use another line to call the iphone and it allowed me to answer the incoming call! VIOLA! It works!!! so happy right now. Good luck to all!