iPhone 4 vibrates in my ear and makes audible sound while on call

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iPhone 4 vibrates in my ear and makes audible sound while on call

Ever since I did the 4.2 update if I am on a call and message comes in, the phone vibrates in my ear and plays an audible sound that everyone around me can hear and also my caller. First time it happened it scared me so much I about dropped the phone. Now it just makes me mad. When the 4.3 update was released, I was hopeful this "bug" would be fixed. No such luck! Has anyone experienced this? Is there some way to stop the phone from doing this and have it just do the "soft" tone that only I can hear? I went to the apple store and the guy I spoke with suggested just turning off the vibrate. That is not the solution. What about the sound that it plays? Am I supposed to turn that off too? Then it wouldn't make any sound or vibrate. Niiiiiice! Just what I need. A phone that doesn't ring or vibrate.
Someone HELP!

Thanks!

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Mar 15, 2011 8:15 PM

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Answer 1

deggie

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Mar 15, 2011 9:15 PM in response to HarleeAngel

My iPhone 3G did this long before version 4.2. You can turn the ringer volume down. Or ask Apple to include some user options: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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Answer 2

Mar 16, 2011 6:09 AM in response to HarleeAngel

Yes, I get this too. Incredibly annoying. And I also don't know how to fix it!

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Mar 16, 2011 6:26 AM in response to HarleeAngel

I started a thread like this with my 3Gs iPhone. My solution was to disable the "Vibrate" feature under "Settings, Sounds, Silent" and when I get a phone call I just use the "silent/vibrate" switch on the side of the phone and it turns off all the sounds. Just make sure that you have the "Vibrate" under "Silent" turned off. That fix works for my iPhone 4 as well. Hope this helps.

Here's my thread from a while back: "http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2314868&tstart=0"

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HarleeAngel Author

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Mar 16, 2011 7:30 AM in response to HarleeAngel

I use the silent switch on the side of the phone everyday. So disabling the vibrate option in silent mode won't work for me. I have reported it as a bug to Apple. I consider this a bug because I have asked other iPhone users if they have this problem and some have and some have not. Seems to be pretty random. This is the only phone I have ever had to vibrate and play sound while on a call. This is an iPhone and my expectations for it are held to a higher standard than others.

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Mar 31, 2011 5:06 PM in response to HarleeAngel

Same issue and I hate it, and sadly no fix yet. I submitted a bug as well.

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Jun 10, 2012 6:28 AM in response to HarleeAngel

I know this is an old thread but.... I've been having this problem again with my iPhone 4 "iOS 5.1.1". It's SO ANNOYING!!! Anyone have any suggestions? I want my phone to vibrate when I've flipped the switch but not in my ear when I'm on the phone in a call. This has GOT to STOP!!! I'm going to contact Apple about it again.

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Jul 10, 2012 12:27 PM in response to HarleeAngel

This is still a huge problem for me! Another thing I've noticed is when I have "Siri" read text to me, when the "speak selected text is enabled" she reads it. But then when I get a call or sound notification it sounds like a low bitrate sound. My only solution to fix this is to briefly play a iPod music track for a second and then stop it and the sound goes back. Seems to be some major bugs. I guess I've learned to live with them.

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