Getting button presses when phone held to face

[retrospek]

Anyone else with this issue on iPhone 4.

When I'm on a call my face is activating the buttons on the screen (such as mute !)

I never had this issue with 3GS.

Seems like the proximity sensor isn't working correctly.

 

[OasisNYK]

You shouldnt be holding a cell phone up to your face on a regular basis, you technically should be using a wired headset...

But I wonder if its just something in the 4.0 software they need to tweak? Seems like there are some bugs that have to be fixed so its not out of the question.

 

[paulyras]

I'm having the exact same issue, but I keep hitting speakerphone. I think you're right about the proximity sensor not working well. I hope this is a software fix. I don't want to deal with a swap and fast.
Let me know if you come up with any ideas...

 

[-aggie-]

I assume you’re not covering the sensor with a case? It does sound like your proximity sensor is messed up. I wouldn’t think this could be fixed by a software update.

 

[MRSooner]

I'm having the same issue! Very annoying!

 

[Ntombi]

You shouldnt be holding a cell phone up to your face on a regular basis, you technically should be using a wired headset...

Who the hell says so?

Yes, I'm having the same issue. It's the only problem I've found with this phone so far, and I hope there's a fix soon.

 

[chrfr]

I too have the problem. In the 3 phone calls I've made, I accidentally pressed the FaceTime button, muted another call, and for the 3rd call, I ended the call and called back, without ever taking the phone away from my face. This is a far worse annoyance than having to hold the phone a specific way.

 

[robotkiller]

Anyone else with this issue on iPhone 4.

When I'm on a call my face is activating the buttons on the screen (such as mute !)

I never had this issue with 3GS.

Seems like the proximity sensor isn't working correctly.

Used to have this problem on my Droid - which was way worse in this regard than the iPhone4. I haven't had any problems so far.

 

[ringemaster]

I've had this issue too.....only I found out after being on hold w/Apple for 25 minutes. When he finally picked up on the other end I got a 'Hello? Hello? F***in A. [Click]"

 

[Blueline29]

I had this happen on 1 of about 10 calls this afternoon so far. It was an important one; luckily, all I ended up hitting was 5# and didn't hang up on the guy.

 

[Jnyce]

In another thread it was stated that the placement of the the proximity sensor was the culprit of said issue. I found that when you adjust the phone to a almost vertical angle the problem doesn't occur anymore. YMMV

 

[lorenwade]

You shouldnt be holding a cell phone up to your face on a regular basis, you technically should be using a wired headset...

WTF - Seriously?

Wow. It's a phone first. It's meant to be used as a phone. Technically, you should be able to hold it up to your face to use it before the ability of using it as a headset.

 

[flavamactop]

You shouldnt be holding a cell phone up to your face on a regular basis, you technically should be using a wired headset...

But I wonder if its just something in the 4.0 software they need to tweak? Seems like there are some bugs that have to be fixed so its not out of the question.

What? I also recommend never breathing through your mouth, and only through your nose.

 

[LadyC]

This happened to my boyfriend and I today - his ear started pushing the number keys (owww loud DTMF tones), and when I took the phone away from my ear my contacts were up, with the green bar at the top saying return to call. Very strange.