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Weird Bubble Sound Happens Randomly

every once in a whiel, randomly, my iphone will make a weird bubble sound. it's not the sound that it makes when you send a text message, it's some other sound.


but it happens randomly. i can't figure out what's triggering it. and nothing happens when it makes this sound. the screen doesn't turn back on, i get no notification, no text, no email, no messages from anything, nothing from any of my apps


i have no idea what this random sound is. does anyone have any idea what this is or what it means?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on May 16, 2012 9:07 PM

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Posted on May 16, 2012 9:45 PM

The developers know about it. The last post in the thread above points to the following:



Here is the response from Life360, we found the culprit.


Charles K., May 04 01:30 pm (CDT):

Hello,


Thank you for your feedback. This noise happens when an error message populates in the application. We have passed your feedback onto the developers to see if they would like to change the noise or remove it completely. Thank you for using Life360.


Charles



Apparently there is no notification bubble since the noise is associated with something that is not supposed to happen. It's a bug.


Mystery solved.

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May 16, 2012 9:45 PM in response to bradhotdog

The developers know about it. The last post in the thread above points to the following:



Here is the response from Life360, we found the culprit.


Charles K., May 04 01:30 pm (CDT):

Hello,


Thank you for your feedback. This noise happens when an error message populates in the application. We have passed your feedback onto the developers to see if they would like to change the noise or remove it completely. Thank you for using Life360.


Charles



Apparently there is no notification bubble since the noise is associated with something that is not supposed to happen. It's a bug.


Mystery solved.

Nov 12, 2013 2:39 AM in response to bradhotdog

i also get a sound i don't have life360 but have skype. however, by what i read mine doesn't fit the sound descriptions it doesn't have any bubble sound to it nor any page turning. i can only describe it by saying that it is a 1 maybe 1.5 sec sound which reminds me of what i hear in between news segments on euronews' satelite tv. and it happens even when skype is uninstalled.


anyone?

Jul 21, 2012 12:10 PM in response to bradhotdog

Hello, I have noticed the strange trumpet duh-duh followed by a bubble noise that sounds like sonic the hedge hog is drowning over the past few days. I haven't heard this sound before until recently. I've noticed it when using Safari but I cannot be certain what is causing the sound. Anymore information regarding this error message would be appreciated. I've thought about removing any apps that I've installed over the past week, I'll wait to see if anyone else knows more about the strange sound.

Nov 6, 2013 7:20 PM in response to kolgreat87

Yes, Yes, Kolgreat!! I get the page-turning sound every day at 1:00pm!!! OMG, I've been Googling this for weeks and yours is the first comment I've seen with the same issue. Of course, that doesn't help either one of us because we don't know what it's from. But at least now I know that there isn't a gremlin in my phone reading the newspaper! 😝

(And I do not have Life360. So it is not the bug described above.)

Nov 12, 2013 4:21 PM in response to nwriko2

The exact same thing is happening with my phone. I wasn't sure how to describe the sound, but you said it perfectly. I have no idea why it keeps happening. It started about two weeks ago and the sound has randomly played several times for no apparent reason. There are no alerts on my phone and no apps are running when it makes the noise. I don't have life360 or skype so those aren't the problem. I have reset my settings so I'm hoping that may solve the problem, but it is getting very frustrating, especially when it goes off at 3am! I would love any other suggestions!

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