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

I have the same problem. I make a call, end the call by pushing the red button. My iPhone 13 Pro Max will then make a random call from my contacts even while sitting on my desk. If I see it before the person answers, I will hit end again. The person calls back later to see what I wanted. If the person answers, I explain that my phone did it. My phone continues to make another call. Very frustrating and time consuming. For such an expensive phone, one would expect it to work as good, if not better than previous versions of the iPhone. I have had iPhones from the birth of the iPhones and never experienced this before.

I also had an incident when I yelled out to my wife in a store "where are you" and with my phone in my pocket, Siri answered "I am right here!"

Note: All of the calls above were made by selecting the contact, and not by using Siri

Apple, please fix this problem!

I'm struggling with this, too on my XS. I have "solved" the problem by not hanging up. Very annoying! Especially when the remote end does not hang up within a few seconds.

Is there a workaround of sorts?

Happens to me daily. So, so frustrating. The unfortunate person that always gets called now expects my calls are accidental. Yesterday he commented, "So you're actually calling me this time?"

Apple, please fix this. It's very frustrating.

This happens to me as well and it's VERY annoying.

I think the best fix would be to have a switch that lets the user have a delay after the black "calling screen" closes, and during this delay the screen is unresponsive to touch, or maybe just the area of the screen right under the red "hangup" button. I think to let the user adjust the time of the delay would also be a good idea. Have this delay be switchable, because everyone wouldn't need it, and have it adjustable in length of delay. I wouldn't think I would want mine any longer than 0.5 seconds, but it would be nice to be able to adjust it some.

Apple, are you listening?

I'm not joking, can I pay some developer from Apple to fix this? It's so bad!

Can someone name some developer or people inside Apple who use Twitter ore something? Maybe more easily to reach them there?

I suppose it's not possible to make a app that's prevent this?

Yes... this really should be flagged and resolved quickly. I am sure that before there was a delay between the hangup and the appearance of the phone screen or ability to dial. 500ms would probably be about where it needs to be, but I'd be fine with a one second delay.

Ugh... what a bad bug!

Same problem. And my 1st iphone. Someone needs to throw a if statement in there for that hang up from the distant end.

Not even a good work around…but I’ll throw a browser page up instead of the call app after I get on a call. Then when I go to hang up that button isn’t starring me down like a matador.

I'm frustrated by this as well. If you're reading this too, leave a comment and click on the I have this question too buttons to help get this on Apple's radar.

I feel like I'm playing the old "No you hang up first, no you" game.

Yep! I accidentally call my Mother-in-law EVERYTIME someone is quicker on the (hang up) draw than I am. Is there a way to change which screen the defaults too after a call disconnects? (rather than my contacts)

This issue has been plaguing me since iOS 15 released and I finally decided to check if I was the only one and wow apparently not lol. I've had some really embarrassing moments thanks to this. I'm not sure you can really call this a bug but it's definitely something Apple overlooked during their testing. I'm really surprised a solution hasn't been given yet by Apple but maybe there just hasn't been enough people vocal about it. I've essentially been quiet about it for months because I mostly thought it was my fault.

This is still an issue. I've been under the impression for the last several months that it was just me... apparently not.

As others have suggested here... either delay the call window from closing so fast or change the "touch to dial" to slide to dial. Simple fix for such an annoying issue. @apple help create a better user experience

Same here on my SE. I accidentally call my boss 2-3 times a day. Now I just stare at the red button for 10 seconds before I hang up. That helps, but doesn’t solve it. Sometimes, I still get the timing wrong. It’s very frustrating. I’m relieved to see it’s not just me, but man, is it infuriating (but not shocking) that Apple hasn’t fixed it. I’ve been pretty done with them ever since they removed the original headphone jack. It’s like Apple is hellbent on making life MORE difficult for us. Technology is supposed to be helpful. Apple is more concerned with being uselessly “innovative” than listening to what we actually want or need.

Same issue. Very surprising and very disappointing to have no response at all from Apple when so many people are having this problem. If anyone from Apple is monitoring this please respond. Your “community” is getting pretty upset. If you are working on a solution, just say so. But SOME response is called for.

Bobdc6 wrote:

I do appreciate all of you highly knowledgeable people who volunteer your time to help us out with these frustrating Apple things( no sarcasm).

And I appreciate robust dialog (no sarcasm).

The solution is so easy for Apple to implement too: have a feature you can toggle in call settings so a prompt asks you to confirm your call. It takes just a second press of a button, but can save you from infinite embarrassment of dialing someone at the wrong time.

Back when my life was easier using an Android, the app was called Call Confirm. No such app exists afaik on iPhone.