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iPhone 5 Makes A Rattling Noise
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The difference between rattling noise in my experience is that... if you just tap near the camera and if it rattles, that is normal...
but if you shake it near your ear, and it rattles... that's not normal...
I had my first iphone5 that rattled when I shook it (even a gentle side to side motion)... the genius there said it's the power button...
The replacement I got now does not make any noise except when I tap he back camera.
I have the rattle too but it's def. the power button, unless there are 2 separate things rattling. Should I exchange it? Phone seems to work just fine. If I tap it, it rattles, if I shake it, it rattles. But i can feel the power button moving.
My problem is that I don't have an Apple store in my city, just best buy.
I can handle the rattling if it's not a real issue. The sound doesn't bother me, but if it could be something more, how do I go about it? Mail it...?
My problem is that I don't have an Apple store in my city, just best buy.
I can handle the rattling if it's not a real issue. The sound doesn't bother me, but if it could be something more, how do I go about it? Mail it...?
Do you have any idea on how many iPhone 4S's have loose/rattling power buttons? Some just are loose. As long as it works, your good to go.
Good. I'm actually one of the few that doesn't want to go through the hassle and don't care about the rattling as long as i know it's superficial.
By the way, for future reference, what would I do if I had an issue? As I said no genius bar here in Savannah. Just best buy and Im guessing we have some authorized apple repair shop here as well, albiet not an apple store. Kinda confused on what I'd do to take care of an issue under apple's warranty.
Thanks
Goto the apple store and shake every iphone 5, I think most if not all should rattle. The White ones seem to rattle less for some reason, maybe just the production line differences
Good luck. Save yourself the time, headache, ans stress and stop at #2. They all do it, some to lesser degrees than others. But they all do it. If everything else is fine on the device, I would recommend stopping at #2 lest you get one without a rattle but some other, more severe defect.
hopefully your auto-focus is working properly (as the rattle is a design implication) and your hearing is OK. Every single 4s and 5 that I've ever touched has had a rattle near the camera lens to some degree.
My autofocus works fine, so I am a bit concerned that I may be losing my hearing... I just made an appointment with my ENT thanks for the heads up
Good call.
You could ask someone else to tap the back just below the camera and listen for the rattle.
Who cares if it's there though? If it works fine...
It's my experience that the majority of them make some kind of rattle noise. As stated, I have yet to find one that is SILENT (and I've tested a lot of them). If it makes noise and you don't hear it but it works fine... sweet!
Mine Rattles something awful. I tried to have it replaced and apple genius told me it was normal it actually was the vibrate motor. I am going to try to get it swapped again. The rattle has gotten worse and everytime I am on the phone the buzz is awful and even rattles when I have the call on speaker phone. def not normal.
My first phone rattled quite a bit. If you shook it lightly you could hear the rattle quite a bit. New one is better since the only way you hear the rattle is by tapping that back of the phone gently. However, it no longer rattles from just moving it around so I am happier. Not happy to hear the rattle still, but happier.
the way i see it is that if the Genius acknowledges that its an issue that warrants a brand new swap and has no problem with swapping it out until I find one that I am satisfied with, why not take advantage of it? I forked over several hundred dollars for a top quality product and I am entitled to said product.
...if they were adamant about not swapping, then i'd just go home happy. So either way, win/win.
I am disappointed that this issue has not been formally addressed by apple just to clear up the confusion. Given that many - especially apple employees, claim its either 1) the vibrating motor, 2) the lock button, 3) loose camera.
My camera lens rattles. Doesn't bother me though. Where I work 4 people besides me have the new iPhone. Every single one rattles in some way. Either the camera or the power button.
iPhone 5 annoying rattling sound
Guys, Im having the same problem!! :"(
I have recently bought my iPhone 5, and then suddenly I noticed that when shaking it is making a little rattle, its kind of something is loose inside it. I've hold down the sleep, silent, + and - buttons while shaking and still making this rattle sound. I'm certain its something inside it, like the accelerometer, compass, or any other, and it has never fell down to the ground.
Once this iphone is still under Apple's Limited Warranty, i must exchange it with a new one, or apple wouldn't accept to exchange an iphone just for a noise?
thanks !
Guys, Im having the same problem!! :"(
I have recently bought my iPhone 5, and then suddenly I noticed that when shaking it is making a little rattle, its kind of something is loose inside it. I've hold down the sleep, silent, + and - buttons while shaking and still making this rattle sound. I'm certain its something inside it, like the accelerometer, compass, or any other, and it has never fell down to the ground.
Once this iphone is still under Apple's Limited Warranty, i must exchange it with a new one, or apple wouldn't accept to exchange an iphone just for a noise?
thanks !
yeah, I also got the annoying rattle. I can't figure it out if its the vibration motor or the camera, but it feels like it's coming from top left corner (viewed from the front).
I know it's a bit late but I had my 4S today and I have the same thing. I admit I have a little bit of ocd but I only really notice when I'm in a really quite enviroment. Other than that I don't even hear it when outdoors or in a loud area 