[Electronics-talk] Do you use an antivirus with your iPhone?

[George]

Thank you, Steve.

This is a good point. I hadn't thought of that.

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "George via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Do you use an antivirus with your iPhone?


> George,
>
> If you have a dealer near you, I think it would be worth bringing your 
> phone in and have them run checks on it.
> From your description of how you use your phone, it seems unlikely to me 
> that you have a virus, especially given
> that IOS 8 is so new.  In addition to IOS 8 bugs, it is possible that you 
> have bad memory that is causing a
> problem.  Especially if your phone is still on warranty, it would be good 
> to make certain that there isn't a
> memory or other hardware problem.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:32:41 +0900, George via Electronics-talk wrote:
>
>>Thank you, Ray, for the information.
>
>>  > George, based on your description, I'd say you have a corrupt install 
>> of
>>the latest IOS.
>
>>  Well, it worked perfectly ok after I installed the latest version, some
>>days ago, but, suddenly, it became impossible to use Voiceover and siri
>>anymore, yesterday.
>>  My wife can use it, apparently without any problem; it's just that
>>VoiceOver doesn't talk and Siri plays tricks.  That's why I think it might
>>have a virus.
>
>>  > To put your phone in to UDF mode, press and hold down both the power
>>button and the home button for longer than ten seconds. Your phone will 
>>then
>>go in to a condition where the only option is to hard reset or cancel.
>
>>  I did that and the phone restarted automatically.
>
>>  > There is another way to do this.  First, turn Find my phone off on 
>> your
>>phone.  Then, completely shut it down.  Now, with one end of the cable
>>plugged in to your computer, plug the other end in to your phone while
>>pressing down the home button.
>
>
>>  Well, I think I have no other choice than doing so.
>>  I would like to avoid it if possible, but...
>>  Do you think there's no other way around this?
>
>>  Thanks,
>>  George
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