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today my iPhone decided to vibrate and then the flashlight was going on and off like a siren and made a alert sound I’ve never heard before and then stopped I look to see if there’s any kind of notification emergency there was nothing does anyone know why it would do that or just decided to freak out?

iPhone 12

Posted on Jan 6, 2022 8:36 PM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2022 10:26 PM

Smart Phones neither have the intelligence nor has the hostility. Hence we need to look at our device settings and the way we synchronise our smart phones with Mac/PC/iCloud and also how careful are we in sharing our sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jailbreak
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Is this your corporate iPhone? Do you have any profile installed by your corporate / organisation / enterprise / School Management? Then please contact the system administrator of your corporate / organisation / enterprise / School Management. If you have installed it on your own --> Install or remove configuration profiles on iPhone - Apple ...


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Jan 6, 2022 10:26 PM in response to Rawest14

Smart Phones neither have the intelligence nor has the hostility. Hence we need to look at our device settings and the way we synchronise our smart phones with Mac/PC/iCloud and also how careful are we in sharing our sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jailbreak
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Is this your corporate iPhone? Do you have any profile installed by your corporate / organisation / enterprise / School Management? Then please contact the system administrator of your corporate / organisation / enterprise / School Management. If you have installed it on your own --> Install or remove configuration profiles on iPhone - Apple ...


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