Hi Dave, you're probably touching the home button twice quickly but
not pressing on it. On the IPhone 6 and 6s series, that enables one
handed mode which squashes everything on the screen down to the bottom
half of it so you can reach it all with the thumb of one hand. HTH

Rylan

On 11/13/15, Dave Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I can't always make this happen, but I've noticed for a while now if I just
> touch the home button with one finger; I don't actually press the button,
> but just slide a finger across it, I hear a resulting whoosing sound. I've
> never read any explanation of this anywhere, so can someone tell me what
> that means?
>
> I haven't registered my fingerprint on the phone because I don't really
> have
> any faith in the technology, but I do wonder what that gesture and
> resulting
> whoosing sound actually accomplishes.
>
> Thanks for an explanation if anyone has it.
>
> 73,
> Dave
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