For the second time in a few days, my iPhone 11 Max Pro, which was sitting in a phone holder on my bike, started calling 911 on its own. Before initiating the call on its own, a siren like sound went off and it began the call. I got the call stopped but the police then called me to find out what was going on. Very embarrassing. Has anyone experienced this?
Hey there Billmisretired,
We understand you're experiencing an issue with your iPhone 11 Pro Max making emergency calls, and we'd like to share a resource that can help.
Check it out here: Use Emergency SOS on your iPhone
Specifically, take a look at the section below:
"Here's how to make the call on iPhone 8 or later:
Since this occurs while riding your bike, it may be that the phone holder is pressing the side button and one of the Volume buttons, causing this to occur. If you'd like to disable this feature, check out the "Turn off Auto Call" section.
Take care!
Hey there Billmisretired,
We understand you're experiencing an issue with your iPhone 11 Pro Max making emergency calls, and we'd like to share a resource that can help.
Check it out here: Use Emergency SOS on your iPhone
Specifically, take a look at the section below:
"Here's how to make the call on iPhone 8 or later:
Since this occurs while riding your bike, it may be that the phone holder is pressing the side button and one of the Volume buttons, causing this to occur. If you'd like to disable this feature, check out the "Turn off Auto Call" section.
Take care!
Buried deep in the link provided is:
On iPhone 8 or later, you can choose to call [911] by pressing the side button five times ...
This might seem a pretty “hair-trigger resistant” setting to prevent inadvertent calls.
Iphone 11 Pro Max called 911 on its own twice now
