[Colorado-Talk] Using Assistive Touch to Restart Your iPhone

[Ileen Gallegos]

Thanks Curtis. This is going to be so awesome.

Have a great day, Ileen Gallegos

> On Jan 19, 2022, at 4:06 PM, Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Greetings and salutations:
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> This email is aimed at those of you who use iPhones and find that restarting the iPhone by holding down the side button for many seconds is a task that you would rather not perform. The following instructions assume that you are using VoiceOver.
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> 1.      Go to Settings, > Accessibility, > Assistive Touch.
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> 2.      Flick right with one finger to the Touch icon and perform a one-finger double-tap.
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> 3.      Flick right to Assistive Touch and perform a one-finger double tap.
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> 4.      On the screen which then appears, Assistive Touch shows as being off. Turn it on by performing a one-finger double tap.
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> 5.      Now, flick right with one finger until you hear “Single Tap”. Perform a one-finger double tap.
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> 6.      Flick right with one finger until you hear “restart”. Perform a one-finger double tap to activate this.
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> 7.      Go back to your home screen. You should be able to find an assistive touch icon in one of the corners of the screen, possibly the lower right corner. You cannot flick to this Assistive Touch icon, unfortunately. You need to slide your finger around to find it. I am told it looks like a brown dot.
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> 8.      If you perform a one-finger double tap on the Assistive Touch icon, a restart dialog appears asking if you really want to restart the iPhone. Double Tap restart, and the automatic recycle will proceed.
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> For me, using the Assistive Touch icon to restart my iPhone makes restarting a breeze.
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> With kind regards,
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> Curtis Chong
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