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After the changes I have effected while trying to get to know my phone (which was a bad mistake, I will not repeat that for sure!) the touchscreen has changed completely and lost sensitivity. Everything has become very slow and e.g. to get the password in I first have to touch the number for a long moment and then the panel where the point is showed in. Once I get into the phone I cannot get to other screens than the start screen. There, only sometimes I cannot get into the apps. I have managed to open SMS and the browser. The others are just indicated by a voice but I cannot use them.
I hope I can undo the changes by getting back to settings. The problem is: I have no idea how to get back to settings as I cannot get anywhere but to the starting screen...
I am very happy for your help!

It seems you have accidentally turned on the experimental accessibility features (namely the screen reader for blind users). I did this on a Flame with v1.4 and it was so buggy I could not get back to settings to turn it off. Depending on what version of Firefox OS you are using - you may be able to get back into Settings to turn off accessibility. The way the navigation works for the screen reader is to swipe right (or left to go back) to have the focus set to a new object on screen, then after the computer reads out the item - you can double tap anywhere on the screen to select it. If you are lucky you can slowly navigate to the Settings and Developer Menu and retoggle the Accessibilty setting off.
If not, then the only way I know (and I'm a Firefox OS newbie) is to re-flash your phone. I got stuck with this and had to reflash version 1.4 over it. This means you will LOSE your data if you do it. I reflashed the phone, a Flame (your mileage may vary with your device), by pressing the Power button + VolumeUp + the Home button until I saw the Thundersoft logo - then you should get a menu which you can select "wipe data/factory reset" and then like 30 sec later phone is fine - but you are back to scratch.
Sorry if this doesn't apply, or if you need to salvage data - perhaps someone more knowledgable can reply?

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My questions are: What are the best settings for ripping cd's in the AAC format?
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