Re: Tripple
Outi Foote
Hello. I don't know if anyone has experienced this before with other Iphones but this is a first for me. I received my Iphone 12 last friday and powered it on to set it up. While I can't read the screen, I could tell that the phone had booted up. Once that happened I tripple clicked the side button but voiceover didn't enable. I had to get assistance setting up the phone. Once I was loged in and the icloud backup was downloaded, the phone came up talking and I was able to use it. i did have to enable the accessability shortcut manually so now tripple clicking does work. I'm wondering though if anyone has experienced this with other models or if this is iphone 12 spesific. The phone came with Ios 14.1 already installed so it didn't need to update. Thanks.
All the iphones I've had sinse my 4s up until my 10r had tripple clicking in order to set up the phone useing voice over. I wrote my message though because I wasn't sure if this is a bug introduced in the 12 or if it's an issue that's come up in other models at randum.
Hey.
I have just set up my iPhone 12, and I had no issues activating voiceover by tripple clicking the side button, so, don't panic.
What happend to you, then?
Possibly you unlocked your new device, started the setup process, then locked the screen and tried turning voiceover on, maybe you didn't noticed you were on the configuration screen yet.
In some cases, not sure why, tripple clicking the side button doesn't work after the first attempt to set up the device. If you don't turn VoiceOver on the first time, it could not work.
So, basically, be careful and activate voiceover on as soon as possible.
I received my new iPhone 12PRO on Monday and could surprisingly get it up and running all by myself. As for the tripple-pressing of the side button, it did what it was expected to, even though I had to flick around the screen to set my language preference and start the configuration process!
When I received my 12, tripple clicking the side button enabled VoiceOver just fine. But as Troy stated, if you have a computer running either Windows or macOS, you are able to connect the iPhone to the computer, then launch iTunes.
Now I have Windows, and I'm not sure if the macOS variant of iTunes has the same layout, so I will attempt to be as specific as possible.
1. Find your device. On Windows this is usually a section with a bunch of checkboxes. Click space to bring up the iPhone.
2. Scroll down and you should find something like Configure Accessibility. From there you can toggle several accessibility enhancements.
Then disconnect your iPhone (best to use the Eject button to avoid corruption of data) and continue setup.