How to Avoid Accidental Back-to-Back Calls on iPhone 13 Pro Max

Phantomcall wrote:

Bought a new iPhone 14 which automatically calls last number rung when red button pushed. I see this complaint has been occurring for at least 3+ years and still no fix from Apple. Wake up Apple, l am fed up apologising for errant calls due to your poor software.

Tell Apple:

Product Feedback - Apple

Meanwhile, use the sleep/wake button to end the call.

Hello smrschippers,

Have you tried clicking the iPhone Power Button to end a call? Using the Power Button should not allow the iPhone to call anyone else.

I have not experienced this issue on my iPhone13PM.

I have this problem too. It’s so annoying. It usually happens after making a call from my favorites list. What I had to do was place insignificant phone numbers in the 3 spots beneath the red hang up button if that makes sense. I placed the kids school numbers and our insurance company numbers there because an answering recording picks up first and that gives me time to hang up before getting to a real person. Wish Apple would just fix the issue.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

You didn’t read or didn’t understand the reason this happens. If you tap to hang up, but the other party had hung up first, the button turns to a Call button, and it will call the last number called. So the other solution is to wait a couple of seconds before tapping the red button.

Wait a couple of seconds? That's a workaround! Who has that kind of time to waste? ;-)

I might have a alternative to a solution for the moment.

If you want to end the call, do not press the red hang out button, just press the power button. I know it locks the phone but its the only thing I can think of for now

Best workaround I found is to shorten the Favorites List to not show more than about 8 so there's not a contact selection under the red hang up button.

Use power button to end your call. Not ideal but does the job of ending the call without the risk you mention.

I now hang up my XR using the side button, I never touch the red button since it often initiates an unwanted call.

Ok, don’t hang up at all. The phone will hang up by itself.

You can use the power button to hang up.

I don't know which you reply you're referring to. How I end calls varies. Most often, I use the red button on the screen. Sometimes I use the button on the side of the phone. Sometimes the other person hangs up first.

if You’re not being a part of the solution, go where you can be of good use.

No one participating here in these forums can make the phone magically work differently than Apple has made it work. So, you're options are to be more careful about ending the call or to use the button on the side of the phone. Or to use Siri.

You should also let Apple know your thoughts on the matter. The feedback link has been provided.

It didn't used to happen, it's a (relatively) new issue; It started happening in either iOS 14 or 15. Call someone you're with and watch them hang up the phone. The split second they hang up, the phone will immediately close the phone call screen and take you back to where you were before. All other phones (And iPhones before they introduced the issue) have a half second, or second delay where the phone app says "Call Ended" before closing the phone app.

For a YouTube example: watch?v=jpvmf446jjA

I've tested it on friends X and newer phones as well and it does the same thing.

Next time you're with someone that has your number, have them call you, answer, and then watch your phone as you have them hang up. There will be zero delay before it goes back to whatever previous screen the phone was on.

You don't have an issue calling people back accidentally because of how you use the phone or you have superhuman reflexes to see the hang up button disappear and stop your thumb from pressing where it is. Every single iPhone a friend has, I've tested it on and it does it.

Friend of mine said he never had the issue, tried it on his phone and it works the same as mine. It is how iOS operates because it doesn't show "Call Ended" anymore like it used to.

New video comparing how it works on Android (And should now/used to work on Apple) and how it works on iOS now: watch?v=7EIEnpNLtA4

End calls with side button

That's not what that video was about, it was showing the difference in length between the "Call Ended" message staying up on Android vs iOS. On iOS the call ended message disappears almost immediately and goes to the previous screen. On Android (And how it used to work on iOS) there is a ~2 second delay before the phone call disappears from the screen. If both sides of the call go to hang up at the same time, and the other phone hangs up slightly before you, you can accidentally redial the number under the hang up button.

I feel like you're gaslighting me, but here is another video showing the actual accidental redial happening: watch?v=k3c4dW-QSLo

This is done on an iPhone 8, but I've tested it on iPhone 14, 13, and X as well and it does the same thing. My friend on an iPhone 13 said it didn't happen to him when I described the problem; Next time I saw him, I showed him it happening on his phone. He doesn't have an issue with it, like the two of you, but that doesn't mean the phone doesn't operate the same way. This is an iOS "feature" so it happens on all iPhones that can run iOS 15 (Maybe 14) and newer.

Idris, the phone does do it. I'm not telling you to change how you use your phone, but if you try it for yourself, you'll see the phone app disappears immediately when the other end hangs up. If you're hanging up first, it won't happen to you; It happens when the other side hangs up first while you're going to hang up