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Nov 2020 My iPhone X has suddenly started making cricket sounds and running water sounds when no apps are running

My iPhone X has suddenly started making cricket sounds accompanied by running water sounds that start when no apps are running in the past week (since Nov 1, 2020 approximately). It is really weird and very disconcerting. I am running the latest version of iOS for the iPhone X and it is supposed to be doing automatic updates, although I have noticed that those, too, are not happening as they should. I have tried restarting it several times via the Control Center and it has not stopped the cricket and water running sounds from intermittently happening. And once they start, the only thing that makes them stop is to Restart my iPhone X, but that does not stop it from happening again.

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Posted on Nov 6, 2020 8:45 PM

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Posted on Nov 13, 2020 7:49 PM

I discovered it was due to a recent app that I had downloaded on the advice of Apple Editor's Choice -- the Calm app apparently makes soothing sounds when it thinks you might need them. Freaked me out. Did not do a thing to calm me.

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Nov 13, 2020 7:49 PM in response to alp1116

I discovered it was due to a recent app that I had downloaded on the advice of Apple Editor's Choice -- the Calm app apparently makes soothing sounds when it thinks you might need them. Freaked me out. Did not do a thing to calm me.

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Nov 6, 2020 8:54 PM in response to alp1116

(Apologies for the pun) This sounds like a rather strange issue. If restarting does not remedy the issue, my recommendation would be to attempt restoring to a backup dating before this issue occurred (assuming you have a backup). Or if you want to be even more thorough, you could completely erase the phone, test, then restore to a backup and test again. This would essentially do a complete, full cleanse and reinstallation of iOS, thus it should solve any software-related issue(s).

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Nov 2020 My iPhone X has suddenly started making cricket sounds and running water sounds when no apps are running

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