Accidental calling of favorites on hang up on my iPhone

Reposting what I sent to a similar thread because this flaw is frustrating:

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.

Whoever you're talking to will obv hear it, so I wouldn't use it for calls other than family and friends, but a late night call to the wife will no longer end with accidental calls to co-workers from the favorites screen.

FWIW, the side lock button to hang up is hit or miss for me (mostly miss) and no, I've not got it disabled.

CPHMKH wrote:

Worst UX I have had with the iPhone - please fix asap. Happy to help you Apple if needed

Apple isn't reading here for feedback or suggestion. Use the feedback link provided above if you want Apple to know your thoughts.

I have the above issue, add call prompt (optional) or else make it like swipe instead touch to make a call

Or else use your 3D/Heptic and then have call options ( this can also be optional)

This issue is going on for almost a year!!!

It does that on my XR too. But if the other one hangs up before I do, my screen is supposed to go back where it was before I took the call. So if I do end a call, I first look for the end button before I touch the screen to avoid calling someone I don’t want to call.

I have had the exact same problem and has found no solution online. I ended up creating two fake contacts in my phone called “misdial thwarted” 1&2 and then I put those two contacts on my favorite list, positioned in that 7th and 8th spot so they will fall right under the end call button. It’s not fool proof, if you’ve scrolled down your favorite list before the call that you are now ending, but it is pretty helpful. I do wish Apple would come up with a solution to this

My work-around to this ANNOYING issue is to add my own number as a favorite right where the hangup/dial button is. On my phone that's 9th place from top. That way if I mis dial my favorite, it will be just me :-)

I would suggest a possible solution for Apple:

Revert the screen back to something else other than our favorites after call disconnect.

I have the same problem and I’m looking to get a different brand of phone because of it!!!!! It drives me crazy! I can’t believe how much these phones cost and then they do this! Get it together Apple!

I agree, Apple fix this problem.! The suggestion to have you immediately go to the home screen after you end a call or having the favorites screen be on a delay so it takes a moment to load after an end call. This is ridiculous. Nobody should be accidentally dialing someone because they ended a call.

I’m having the same issue. I hang up and then touch the screen and accidentally call someone on my favorites list. I’ve created a workaround. When you hang up a call the phone goes to the last tab you were on: favorites, recents, contacts, etc. I’m now starting all calls from the contacts screen so when I hang up it goes back to the contacts screen. Touching the contacts screen opens a contact, but it doesn’t call them. To get my “favorites” to the top of the contacts list, I put an “AA” in front of the last name. Now if I accidentally touch the “touch” screen the phone doesn’t call someone. I won’t use the favorites or recents screen again until Apple fixes the issue.

This has become so annoying. I’m accidentally dialing people in my recents multiple times per day. I just came back to iPhone after leaving them for two years. This is making me regret that decision. This can easily be fixed by either A.) making the call function from recents a swipe instead of a tap, or B.) defaulting to the Home Screen after a call. The call function is TOO SENSITIVE. Please Apple, this is is simple. Fix it! Tip: I’ve had to start training myself to dial out of messages instead of recents. It’s been working so far. But on a phone this smart, I shouldn’t need a work around.

Still an ongoing issue but recently I tried just pressing the power button on the right and it ends the call right away. Will be using this method until they figure it out. Hopefully IOS 17 make this go away. 🤙🏾

100% agree with this frustration. And I would add that those of us expressing it here are a small fraction of those experiencing it. Literally everyone that I have ever mentioned this to says to me, “Oh my God. Absolutely, that is the most frustrating thing. It happens all the time!”

This is an operational problem that actually pertains to the core function of a phone operating as a phone, to wit: not initiating a new call when ending a call.

Please pay attention to your customers and fix this. I don’t need more emojis. I need to not accidentally call my clients on the weekends when hanging up with my wife.

100% agree. related to this, after finishing a call in my favourites it returns to favourites screen which has resulted in dozens of pocket calls… not just because of the hang up issue you mentioned. It would be better just to return to Lock Screen after a call.

would be great if @Apple saw this

Meeeee tooooooooo!! What’s weird though is this has only started happening recently. I don’t think I’ve changed anything I’m doing, but I’ve accidentally called people multiple times just in the last week.