what the heck is going on w my mini3

[Gordo08]

This is bizzare. this afternoon it crashed and everything was gone. I took it home and tried to restore on my mac, it crashed again and now when i power it up Siri is talking to me about the touch screen, where the home button is , switching from landscape to portrate. It asked me to enter my pass code but it just repeats the numbers, and starts like it is narrating page 4 of some user guide.

not sure what did or how to fix it, thoughts???

 

[giradman]

Hello and welcome to the forum! You've given us little information to help: 1) What iOS is installed on your device; 2) Did you recently do any updates or app installations (iOS was just updated); and 3) Was the iPad damaged, i.e. drops, liquids, etc.?

Just for starters and if not already done, try a 'RESET', i.e. hold down both the ON-OFF & the HOME buttons until the Apple logo appears (may take 10 secs or so), then release both; allow the iPad to reboot and let us know if this helps - if not then repost - good luck. Dave

 

[J. A.]

Welcome to iPadForums, Gordo08!

It looks like you've enabled VoiceOver on your iPad. Everything works different when you use VoiceOver. You tap once to select, then double tap to open/use.

The easiest way to disable that feature is through iTunes:
Connect your iPad to the computer, open iTunes if it doesn't open when you connect your device. Select your device and go to Summary. There, under Options, you'll find "Configure Accessibility". Select it. Then make sure to click "Neither" in Seeing, and to save this setting, click the OK button.

That done, it should be disabled. Just make sure you didn't select it as Accessibility Shortcut on your iPad. Go to the Settings app on your device, go to General - Accessibility. Scroll to the bottom, to Accessibility Shortcut, and make sure it's not checkmarked, or else a triple click of the Home button will enable it again.

Hope that helps.