VoiceOver - issue with ending phone calls

hello,

i sometimes have this problem when i don't give the screen enough time to wake up. I have found that counting to two after moving the phone away from my ear helps. In a pinch, i will just move my finger around until i find the button to end the call.

I hope that helps.

I occasionally had this problem when I had my iPhone 6. As mentioned, it seemed to be related to the timing when the phone switched to speaker mode. Now that I have my iPhone 8, I've not experienced this problem at all. It switches to speaker mode very quickly. This is just one of the several reasons why I'm so glad I upgraded to the iPhone 8. Using the phone as a phone is actually pleasurable now.

Hello,

I’ve noticed this on different models of iPhones. Some would go dark while a person is talking and suddenly the phone is locked. Other times, the screen would go dark and VO is no longer in focus.

What I suggest is to press once on the lock/sleep button then two finger double tap.

HTH and good luck.

I have a Iphone SE aswell. This has occasionally happened to me too. I'm guessing sleep mode is on. I just hit the home key once or twice and keep 2 finger double tapping untill it hangs up.

I don't know why they changed this, but in earlier versions of iOS, while holding the phone up to your ear, you could hit the lock button on the phone and it would end the call. Sadly, Apple seems to have done away with that option.

If memory serves, you change the audio destination from automatic to I think either speaker or ear, and then the lock trick should work. I to, hate when you can't just, hit a button to end it. I don't like looking odd, by double tapping iwth two fingers. If there is a "sighted" way of doing this, I prefer that. Just sayin, to each their own.

Use the power button whenever you can to end calls. Don't know if this works with iPhone 8 but it works fine with iPhone SE. Greetings.

Brian: I too have an SE. You can press the sleep/wake button on the top of the phone twice which will also end a call.

I'll admit that even I am a little confused about the exact procedure to end calls.

First of all, it's been my experience that ending a call successfully depends on whether the call is on speaker or not. Put another way, I was never able to use the 2 finger double tap to end a call if it wasn't on speaker phone. However, if the call was on the earpiece and not speaker, I never found the correct technique to terminate the call with the side button. It just seemed to lock the phone without terminating the call. Even the above responses aren't clear. One indicates a single tap of the side button is sufficient, another indicates it requires a double tap of the side button.

So, just how does one terminate a call using the side button and does it make a difference whether the call is on speaker or not? Also, does it make a difference whether the phone was locked when the call was answered? Will someone please explain exactly how and when to use the side button to terminate a call? Thanks.

I have an IPhone 8, running IOS 13. Once I am on a phone call, Voiceover often doesn not respond. It sometimes works after I tap twice. Sometimes it does not. Possibly the phone is sleeping. Also, When I'm on a call, my wireless keyboard does not work with my phone. The home button does not activate Siri.

Works here. I can double tap with 2 fingers and it works, I can end phone calls, have even triggered the hang up by lightly touching the phon with the fleshy part of my hand. Maybe I'm too fleshy. Lol!

I find that if I disable the automatic sleep timer (set lock screen time to never), this problem goes away. I routinely press the power button to lock my screen anyway since I don't want the phone to be active all of the time<smile>.

Agreed. I always set my auto lock time to never like you Curtis, and this issue goes away. Any time I want to end calls, I just pull it from my ear, then phone goes on speaker and do magic double tap, and it always works.

Hi all,

Thanks Kurtus, for your suggestion about setting the autolock setting to Never. My iPhone 7 sometimes doesn't lock automatically on its own, anyway.

For those who want to use the sleep/wake button to hang up phone calls, go to VoiceOver settings and double tap on audio. Then, turn autoselect speaker during calls off. It worked for me.

Serena