iPhone calling people randomly?

[WolfSnap]

Friend of mine tells me that his iPhone 6 Plus is randomly placing (and receiving) phone calls. It shows that he called me at 8:23am, and that I called him too... Always FaceTime audio calls....

My phone shows a missed call at 8:23am, but that I didn't call him at all.

Has anyone heard of anything like this? Phantom phone calls placed/received from iPhone 6 Plus?

He's changed his iCloud password already, as well as re-registering the FaceTime service. Rebooted and is already on 8.1

Firmware issue? Software? Is this a known bug in 8.1?

 

[GoCubsGo]

Are you two ever drink at 8:23 am? Usually that is the source of my mysterious phone calls.

 

[smallbizmom]

Having same issue

Phantom calls in and out. Muting during calls for no reason. Dialing during calls. Craziness! And this is all with my phone either on speaker and sitting on my desk (in other words, I'm not even close to touching it), or via bluetooth in my car (again, not touching device). It's happening more and more and really starting to create embarrassing business situations!

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Phantom calls in and out. Muting during calls for no reason. Dialing during calls. Craziness! And this is all with my phone either on speaker and sitting on my desk (in other words, I'm not even close to touching it), or via bluetooth in my car (again, not touching device). It's happening more and more and really starting to create embarrassing business situations!

Is your phone plugged in? Do you have 'hey Siri' turned on?

 

[foneguru]

Same thing happened to me today.... My colleague and I both got phone calls from our Iphones simultaneously. Both of us were not even touching the phone, and they were present on the table. When we receive the call, its just white noise

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Is he at least sleeping his device before pocketing it (to prevent pocket dialing)?

Some people don't do this and they of course pocket dial.

 

[foneguru]

Like I said, we bought had placed our phones on the table. It was not pocketed. Phone screen was shutoff just before we both started receiving the call

 

[Newtons Apple]

Off topic but if I could get rid on the "unknown" caller calls trying to sell me health insurance, I would be happy. Thanks obama!

 

[zorinlynx]

Off topic but if I could get rid on the "unknown" caller calls trying to sell me health insurance, I would be happy. Thanks obama!

Hah, I get those too.. but in Spanish!

 

[Jake212]

Not sure where prople got to with this thread, but this is real. My phone called three others between 1am and 3am.
I was asleep.
For the sceptics, i dont drink and i have no know cases of sleep walking.
It is on iOS 8.2 and was plugged into the charger. Anyone have any updates?

 

[bigdaddy223]

Make a genius bar appointment.

 

[dave2010]

I am getting these. I think it is dialing businesses from my Google maps or other apps.
I just assumed I'd accidentally tapped a hyperlink at one stage and it took a while to put the call through.

It is very confusing looking at an unknown number on the screen and not knowing if it's dialing in or out.

 

[Donoban]

Friend of mine tells me that his iPhone 6 Plus is randomly placing (and receiving) phone calls. It shows that he called me at 8:23am, and that I called him too... Always FaceTime audio calls....

My phone shows a missed call at 8:23am, but that I didn't call him at all.

Has anyone heard of anything like this? Phantom phone calls placed/received from iPhone 6 Plus?

He's changed his iCloud password already, as well as re-registering the FaceTime service. Rebooted and is already on 8.1

Firmware issue? Software? Is this a known bug in 8.1?

The marriage ender. Get rid of it ASAP.

 

[Bullm00se09]

Friend of mine tells me that his iPhone 6 Plus is randomly placing (and receiving) phone calls. It shows that he called me at 8:23am, and that I called him too... Always FaceTime audio calls....

My phone shows a missed call at 8:23am, but that I didn't call him at all.

Has anyone heard of anything like this? Phantom phone calls placed/received from iPhone 6 Plus?

He's changed his iCloud password already, as well as re-registering the FaceTime service. Rebooted and is already on 8.1

Firmware issue? Software? Is this a known bug in 8.1?

I am having the same issue, but I don't think its doing it from my facetime. If anyone has information on how to fix this I'd be grateful.

 

[RandySea]

My 5SE phone was on one kitchen counter. Screen locked. I was at different counter making coffee, not talking. Suddenly I heard the phone say: "Calling John Jones mobile."

John Jones is in my contacts, but I have never called him. I have Siri turned off, too. Here's a fix I found on another site. I applies to an earlier iOS, but it was easy to find the equivalent in 9.

However, you can stop calling from the lock screen:

1. Open Settings
2. Open General
3. Open Passcode Lock (which is named Touch ID & Passcode on newer devices)
4. Turn off Voice Dial

Now, if you press it, it will tell you calling is disabled. Not perfect, but better than calling random numbers.


Alternatively, if you just want to stop Siri pocket dialing, you can turn Siri back on, and then on the Passcode Lock screen,you can disable access to Siri from the lock screen. That prevents Siri from appearing when locked completely. Might be a better solution if the pocket dialing is your underlying issue.

I just made this setting change. There is no easy way to test. Maybe tomorrow when I make coffee again I'll see what happens.

 

[ielessar]

Are you using a shared iCloud account?

 

[Ihateiphones]

Friend of mine tells me that his iPhone 6 Plus is randomly placing (and receiving) phone calls. It shows that he called me at 8:23am, and that I called him too... Always FaceTime audio calls....

My phone shows a missed call at 8:23am, but that I didn't call him at all.

Has anyone heard of anything like this? Phantom phone calls placed/received from iPhone 6 Plus?

He's changed his iCloud password already, as well as re-registering the FaceTime service. Rebooted and is already on 8.1

Firmware issue? Software? Is this a known bug in 8.1?

My IPhone can enter a 6 digit passcode then randomly select people to FaceTime. Always happens when in a pocket. Last upgrade caused phone to turn off every 4 keystrokes. Vendor unable to figure it out. Ended up with a new phone being issued. Cannot turn off upgrades so have to deal with annoying request by Apple phone twice daily to ignore.

 

[darelldd]

My wife's Iphone 6.

Screen locked with passcode and/or fingerprint.

It calls my daughter while sitting in my wife's front pocket. Wife in front seat of the car, daughter in back seat. Daughter hangs up on mom. Five minutes later, wife's phone call's daughter's phone again. 10 minutes later, wife phone calls her boss. On day, the phone called me six times in the space of an hour. The whole time, my wife's phone was sitting on her desk while she was out to lunch.

It is maddening. And of course the suggestion to "lock the phone" doesn't help us.

 

[Floris]

Friend of mine tells me that his iPhone 6 Plus is randomly placing (and receiving) phone calls. It shows that he called me at 8:23am, and that I called him too... Always FaceTime audio calls....

My phone shows a missed call at 8:23am, but that I didn't call him at all.

Has anyone heard of anything like this? Phantom phone calls placed/received from iPhone 6 Plus?

He's changed his iCloud password already, as well as re-registering the FaceTime service. Rebooted and is already on 8.1

Firmware issue? Software? Is this a known bug in 8.1?

My friend did the same. She came from Android where the home button needed a truck to be pressed. To the iPhone 7 plus, where all she needed to do is be gentle and short .. She didn't realise the was triggering siri and it picked up what was going on in the room and tried calling people due to it.

 

[MICHAELSD]

Same thing happened to me today.... My colleague and I both got phone calls from our Iphones simultaneously. Both of us were not even touching the phone, and they were present on the table. When we receive the call, its just white noise

Happy Halloween.

 

[Goatllama]

Happy Halloween.

This whole issue is actually just an extremely drawn-out "who was phone" joke perpetrated by the phone companies.

 

[blindkarma]

Just had this problem. Mentioned on several forums, but I don't see any specific solutions.

I have an iPhone 6s running iOS 10.3.1. I was driving with the phone charging and connected via Bluetooth, plus Google Maps open for directions home. Siri came on with no prompt from me. Odd since I didn't think I was talking to myself to activate Siri. It happened a few more times. 20 minutes later the phone dialed my mother which was the last number called. I disconnected it, only to have it dial again 5 minutes later. I power off and back on. 10 minutes later, it dials Mom again. After another 5 minutes I get an emergency alert with thermometer graphic, saying the phone is too hot and must cool down to work again. Never even heard of that! The iPhone was in direct sun, but seriously, isn't that normal? So did the hot iPhone cause repeated redialing from my phone? Can a hot phone also activate Siri all by itself? Or is something else going on similar to other reports above?

 

[Leonard1818]

Ever lost phone or had it stolen? I can see this happening if someone has an old phone of yours or his.

 

[IdkWhatImDoin]

Not sure where prople got to with this thread, but this is real. My phone called three others between 1am and 3am.
I was asleep.
For the sceptics, i dont drink and i have no know cases of sleep walking.
It is on iOS 8.2 and was plugged into the charger. Anyone have any updates?

Sign out of the Apple ID being used on your iPhone by going to Settings > Facetime and tapping on your Apple ID at the top.

 

[C DM]

Sign out of the Apple ID being used on your iPhone by going to Settings > Facetime and tapping on your Apple ID at the top.

What would that do in relation to what was posted and quoted?