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iPhone making random calls

My son and I both have iPhones. He got his on day 1, i got mine 2 weeks ago. Today while he was sitting right next to me, his phone called me three times without him dialing or doing anything. Twice it rang with his set ringtone; the third time was the default ring set on my phone.

Then when reviewing my call history today, I saw that my phone had made a call to someone in my contact list, but I didn't make the call. The party heard me in the background, said he talked but I didn't respond. At the time the call was made, the phone was in the console in my car. Nobody touched it.

Anyone else experiencing this or do I just have some ghosts hanging around playing with my head??

Posted on Nov 21, 2007 3:01 PM

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Apr 23, 2008 4:20 AM in response to Bonnie Goldman

As I wrote previously, the only number my phone ever phantom dials is to re-dial the last number I called.

As an ugly fix, I have added 'this phone' to my favorites list, and call it after making any other calls. As a result, when it phantom dials, it only ever calls itself (which, of course, fails).

It's still making phantom calls (which I can see in recents), but at least I'm not broadcasting private conversations or being billed.

Of course, any invalid phone number, which will not result in charges will do.

iPhone making random calls

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