Q: iPhone4 Voice Control turns on by itself
New problem today with my iPhone4, which has been very reliable except for the power button having died 6 months ago: today, Voice Control keeps spontaneously activating when I am doing something with the phone (and I am definitely not holding down the POWER button long enough for normal Voice Control activation). I powered down the phone and it went into restore mode (again, I'm sure I did not deliberately do anything more than power it off and then plug in to turn it back on). During the long 1st sync after the forced restore to my backup, it spontaneously turned on voice control without me touching the phone in any way.
Is this a sign of the Home Button dying, or a classic sign of impending phone failure?
I have no desire to update my phone as it otherwise has worked just fine, and a new model means new connectors (having to carry separate cords for the phone and pad when traveling with both), and other new compatibility problems.
The key question is, take to 3rd party to have buttons repaired/replaced (Power and Home at one go), take to Genius (will they do anything try to sell me an iPhone 5?), or....?
I did scout the forum for iPhone4 & Voice Control turning on spontaneously, and see some threads suggesting cleaning ports for short-triggering lint etc. After the very very long sync is done, I may try that, but I'm reluctant to mess more with it because tomorrow I will be in need of a reliable phone for long duration hands-free use session--don't want to risk another restore going wrong and having a dysfunctional phone for the day.
Posted on Jul 14, 2014 6:55 PM
Well that's great news. Now what computer specs do you have? iTunes shouldn't take too long, it takes my Mac less than an hour for syning my 5,000 song library.
Posted on Jul 15, 2014 3:23 PM