I'm sorry if this has been asked/answered before, but I didn't find anything. Anyway, when I receive a call and slide to answer if my phone is locked or pressing the green button if my phone is unlocked there is always this 1 or 2 second delay before I can hear the person who called me and before they can hear me. It's weird so I was hoping somebody has an answer or a suggestion as to what should I do about it. Thank you for reading guys
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Strange lag/2 second delay when answering an incoming call on iPhone 5(verizon)
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I get this intermittently, too. I've submitted a bug to Apple feedback. Perhaps you could do the same. If there are enough complaints Apple may fix it:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
I don't think it's an Apple issue and it seems to be a problem not only to Verizon but also to AT&T. My friend has a Verizon Galaxy S3 and it seems to be doing the same. My sister's iPhone 5 on AT&T is the same thing.
I get the lag on my 4S on at&t. It didn't do it on my 4. A friend with the 4S has the same issue as well.
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My 4S does it, hubby's 5 does it and we're both on AT&T. It's been this way for quite a while now, though I can't remember if his 4 had the same issue. I think it's the phone service, not the phone, but I could be wrong.
I imagine it's some chip that's being used in multiple devices that causes it on multiple services.
I was just about to make a post on this...
So, yeah, I have this too.
On top of that, people can't understand me well - sometimes at all - if I'm just talking into the phone. However, if I use a headset, the voice quality is excellent.
I am wondering if Apple has something wrong with their new 3-microphone noise-cancelling setup.
So, yeah, I have this too.
On top of that, people can't understand me well - sometimes at all - if I'm just talking into the phone. However, if I use a headset, the voice quality is excellent.
I am wondering if Apple has something wrong with their new 3-microphone noise-cancelling setup.
I have this on AT&T. It didn't do it on my previous generation iPhones. I also remember this happening years ago in T-Mobile with a Sidekick.
I think it happens to my wife on her 4s (verizon) cause every time I call her it's
ring
ring
ring
... (silence)
...
...
her: "Helllloooo???"
me: Hi Honey, I've told you 100x that you need to wait a second before you say hello because the person on the other end can't hear you right away....
I think it's MORE frustrating that she can't just work around the issue by waiting, literally, 2 seconds before saying hello...
For what it's worth, it used to happen on her old Galaxy as well so maybe it's a trait of cell phones? I don't know.
ring
ring
ring
... (silence)
...
...
her: "Helllloooo???"
me: Hi Honey, I've told you 100x that you need to wait a second before you say hello because the person on the other end can't hear you right away....
I think it's MORE frustrating that she can't just work around the issue by waiting, literally, 2 seconds before saying hello...
For what it's worth, it used to happen on her old Galaxy as well so maybe it's a trait of cell phones? I don't know.
No, it's not a trait of cell phones - or of networks. At least properly working ones.
I suspect there's an issue in the noise cancellation - the phone may be trying to get a baseline of signal (your voice) to noise (not your voice) and it takes too long to do so.
I get this on Verizon with my old Samsung Zeal dumb phone as well. I have just gotten in the habit of no rushing to start talking after I've answered the phone.
Might be a call setup thing.
In any case, I've had this on my 3GS, my 4, my 4S and now my 5, so I've just gotten used to answer, pausing for a second or two and THEN saying "Hello?"
In any case, I've had this on my 3GS, my 4, my 4S and now my 5, so I've just gotten used to answer, pausing for a second or two and THEN saying "Hello?"
My iPhone 4S and 5 both do this, I believe it to be AT&T. I can't recall if my 3GS or 1 did this, I had actually stopped thinking about it, I've just become accustomed to pausing for a moment after answering, although its more like one full second.
Same here. Never had the issue till the 4S. I distinctly remember my friend getting uber pissed when he got the 4S because it was doing that. It drove/drives him nuts.
IP5, AT&T
Does anyone on this thread have Onavo installed? I used to have the same issue with the 1-2 second delay as well as issues with delayed receipt of voicemails until 2-3 days after the call actually came through. Also, had an issue where, after rebooting the phone, I would be unable to connect to data network for ~10 mins. I uninstalled the Onavo profile and delted Onavo from my phone and it has resolved all my problems. Hope it helps!
Does anyone on this thread have Onavo installed? I used to have the same issue with the 1-2 second delay as well as issues with delayed receipt of voicemails until 2-3 days after the call actually came through. Also, had an issue where, after rebooting the phone, I would be unable to connect to data network for ~10 mins. I uninstalled the Onavo profile and delted Onavo from my phone and it has resolved all my problems. Hope it helps!
I had a 3GS and 4 on AT&T and never has this issue. Damn, my phone is otherwise perfect, but this delay drives me nuts sometimes. I'll make a trip to apple store and see if those einsteins can do something about it... Nobody I know has this delay when answering the call
I noticed this even on my 4S. But it wasn't always like this. I have at&t.
Either they changed something, or there is something in ios thats making it do it.
I don't have any experience with other phones with this problem, so i can't comment if its an iphone only thing or not.
I literally got into a fight with my fiance because of this once.
It seemed like everytime she calls me, i'd pick up and it would go like this:
me: Whats cookin good lookin
Her: ......
me: babe?
her: ......
me: hello?
her: ......
me: HELLO!!!!!!
her: Hey hun
me: WHY THE HELL DOES IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO ANSWER ME!!
Either they changed something, or there is something in ios thats making it do it.
I don't have any experience with other phones with this problem, so i can't comment if its an iphone only thing or not.
I literally got into a fight with my fiance because of this once.
It seemed like everytime she calls me, i'd pick up and it would go like this:
me: Whats cookin good lookin
Her: ......
me: babe?
her: ......
me: hello?
her: ......
me: HELLO!!!!!!
her: Hey hun
me: WHY THE HELL DOES IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO ANSWER ME!!
I know! I got my phone through company because I work as a tech/customer support and I get a lot of calls a day. Every time somebody calls me I feel like a moron uttering 'hello' hello for few seconds until my Edison iPhone patches me through.
Noticed this issue when I switched to IPhone 5/IO6. My wife has the same issue with same hardware/OS config. The issue is pretty consistent. We have AT&T.