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

Since I got my new iPhone 13pro when I hang up from a call it immediately dials someone else. This is so frustrating especially when I read that this issue has been going on for a long time and Apple hasn't fixed it. I am so sorry I bought a new phone.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

It never happened on any iPhone I have owned (and I have owned most models at one time or another) and it never happened with any version of iOS that I have had installed (and I have had all of them). So the only logical conclusion is that it is something that you are doing as you use the phone that is causing it.

"Just avoid holding it in that way," - Steve Jobs

Rieekan wrote:

People are expressing their frustration with the way the product operates. The hope is that the more people comment on these boards that are supposedly watched by Apple employees, the more this issue will bubble up in their priorities.

The Hosts allow a certain amount of expressing frustration. However, the hope that Apple employees who are empowered to make the change you want will be reading here is in vain. The only employees who regularly, consistently read these forums are the Hosts whose job is to make sure that we follow the rules. If you actually want Apple to know your thoughts, use the mechanism Apple provided for that, the feedback page.

BeansOnToasts wrote:

Found a workaround until Apple adds the delay back...

Go to Settings > Siri & Search > Call Hang Up > Turn on

You can now say "Hey siri, hang up" at the end of a call.

I've not seen this idea in 160+ replies so mark this helpful and bubble to top.

That's a great find.

reaganmariegee wrote:

I don’t understand how Apple programmers haven’t noticed the problem themselves and decided it’s worth fixing. Do they…use androids???

Or, like many of us, they don’t have the problem.

LineKatyne wrote:

I didn't say it was stupid.

I wasn't suggesting you did. I was suggesting that is what came across from the poster who said it was asinine (defined as extremely stupid or foolish).

Steve Jobs thought there was a way to make an interface intuitive, it was fundamental to Apple's founding and product development philosophy.

Mr. Jobs had a lot of opinions, including that Macs shouldn'have keyboards (mice are more intuitive) and iPad's shouldn't have a stylus (fingers are more intuitive). His idea of "intuitive" seems to have been informed by his own ideas of minimalism: fewer choices, as few hardware buttons as possible. He wasn't always right.

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.

Best solution that worked for me is to change the time needed for phone to register the intended button press from like .10 second to whatever the next available increment was. It makes a big difference in my use of phone but it’s worth not making all those unintended calls

For me I changed the time for button to be pressed from .10 second to next available option. Makes a big difference in use of phone but fixed the calling people randomly problem for me. Be perfect fix if they gave more options in the time selection part in smaller increments

Try to change your time for button pressed from the faster setting like.10 seconds to next increment. Worked for me if you can adjust to the whole new feel to the phone but for me worth not calling people and having them call me right back ughhhhh hate that because you know its coming

Very frustrating. I unknowingly called a customer by accident who told me they listened to me talking in my office for a while. Thankfully I didn't say anything negative on the "hot mic", but that could easily have cost me an account or even my job.

I have no idea why Apple isn't fixing this issue.

All they would need to do is leave the phone on the touch pad/dialing screen after the hang up and not close out the dialer to the Recents screen. Or, just close the phone app altogether. Is that so hard?

Have no Apple developers ever experienced this?

I literally fear hanging up the **** phone now.

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.

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.

Antipest1 wrote:

They don’t want to fix it! After All these years since 1st iPhone was released there has been problems with Butt dialing etc.They have it set this way for a reason to catch recordings etc . This **** has gotten all kinds of people in big trouble high ranking officials , teachers , etc. Think of all the things these phones can accomplish banking , GPS , Social media , games , you name it ! But they can’t fix something as simple as this ????

The fix is ridiculously simple: Use the button on the side. And Apple has included it since... well, a very long time.

And seriously, no one is doing this to "catch recordings".

This is happening continually to me as well. Was wondering if it was due to speed of new phones compared to my iphone 11. I always seem to be just a hair late and then have to text person to apologize. Some kind of patch fix would be nice