iPhone radiation hurting my leg?

I don't understand why no one believes you? I've had the original iPhone since it came out last year. I always keep it in the right front pocket of my jeans. For the last 3 months or so I've a tingle/vibration on my leg where the phone sits when the phone isn't even in my pocket anymore! I don't keep it on vibration when I carry it with me but sometimes I feel my leg vibrating.
Should I be worried? It's freaky. I'm trying to keep it in my bag but old habits are hard to break.

I can see this thread becoming very, very long.............. 😀

stop wearing such tight pants, the combination of tight pants along with a phone in the pocket, is cutting off the blood circulation


seriously, it has nothing to do with your phone...other wise your head would probably hurt as well

darkspym7 wrote:
Haha...no

Please don't respond unless you are willing to answer my question seriously.

I love my iPhone and was willing to camp out for it and have rejected any claim to radiation from cell phones causing health concerns in the past, but then I felt pain in my leg that only appears to be there when the phone is there.

Turn the "vib" off...

OK, I'll bite and hope this isn't just a troll. Seriously, there's no conclusive evidence that radio emissions from any device can cause any sort of physical harm to the human body. And no evidence at all that any such could cause pain in the musculature and if it could any cell phone would be equally liable. Most likely any cause of pain would be due to constant pressure from the phone. Take it out of your pocket and carry it elsewhere. BTW, a wallet can similarly cause such pain. And it could be referred pain from somewhere else and just seeming to appear at the point of the phone. Nerve irritation can show up as pain away from the actual location of the irritation.

darkspym7 wrote:
My leg sometimes bothers me when I keep my iPhone in my pocket. I'm curious if this has anything to do with the radiation it's putting out.

My last phone sometimes did the same (it had around the same SAR level), but I've never experienced anything else with my previous phones.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

Hello Chris,

Our company develops Health products and we've seen lots of data that suggest that some people are sensitive to radiation poisoning. If you feel weird of funny with the device near your leg or body part. then I suggest you do the following to protect yourself

1. Stop using electronic devices (computer, iPhone, etc)
2. Consult your doctor to discover the exact cause. It could be a specific frequency.

CNN published an article about this, you can search for it there. Their article was about Cell Phones and cancer.

darkspym7 wrote:

So I decided to test my iPhone in Airplane Mode, and I felt the same pain.

Try carrying it while off, too. Turn it on like once an hour for messages and then back off when it goes into your pocket. That'll nail down whether the issue is at all electromagnetic or simple physical-based discomfort.

darkspym7,

The screen is passive and senses the electromagnetic field your body puts out. It doesn't broadcast anything for the screen to work.

A cover over 4 mm thick is enough to prevent it sensing you finger.

The proximity sensor uses pulses of light in the infrared spectrum, similar to that put out by a remote control.

Bluetooth, WiFi, and Cellular signals do use radio which is a form of radiation. (Light is also a form of radiation) However, they are in the same frequency bands that have been used for years, sometimes with much higher power levels than a cell phone. The majority of studies find no link between cell phones and health risk, except the distraction factor while driving.

In order to test if having it powered off truly makes a difference would require a blind test. Have somebody else power it on or off, without telling you before you carry it. Repeat multiple times. The key is isolating the human factor by not knowing if it is on or off when you are carrying it, or even being told it is one way or the other, and could be the other. For example being told it is on, when in actuality it is off. However to be truly effective they would have to do so without indicating they were misleading you on the status.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

Yes I can see how your leg could begin to hurt. I know ever since I owned my iphone I had a direct hit on two houses I own from hurricane Ike. I think the radio waves told the Gulf waves exactly where to go. I've literally owned 50 or so phones and never had any hurricane hit my houses. There has to be a connection to the iphone. Hopefully Apple is working on a fix.

I suggest a visit to the Doctor!

Open Terminal, type in:

emacs

Hit enter, and then press X and Escape together. At the M-x prompt, enter:

doctor

Then:.... My iPhone is hurting my leg!

:P

"My leg sometimes bothers me when I keep my iPhone in my pocket. I'm curious if this has anything to do with the radiation it's putting out."

If you wrap your head in aluminum foil, it will protect your brains from the same radiation.

Seriously speaking, it appears that most of the post here are spoofing you. This is really not the forum to get qualified advice on the subject. The human body is an amazing thing and some of us are more sensitive than others. There are one or two links listed in the post that address your issue. I suggest you do some research from other sources to get more information. Bob

For the last several days I've been having pain in my leg. I would describe it almost as surface burn. The phone doesn't get hot, so it's not that. It's just sore to the touch on the skin. It's not a deep pain. It's a surface pain. I was just chalking it up to something weird, like maybe I had rubbed up against something. But, just a few minutes ago I was walking and the friction of my pants rubbing against my leg was bringing me some discomfort. I put my hand in my pocket and realized it's right behind where my phone sits a lot. So I did a google search and came across this thread.

Interesting, no doubt.