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My rMBP is Ringing when a call comes into my iPhone

rocknblogger

rocknblogger

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So as the title says, when a call comes in to my iPhone my rMBP starts ringing before the iPhone. It's a pleasant sound but this only started about a week ago. The first time it happened I was going nuts trying to figure out where the sound was coming from. After the third call I realized it was incoming calls that were doing this.

I called my iPhone from the house phone and sure enough my rMBP started ringing before the iPhone.

What is this? Has anyone experienced this?
 
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Stetrain said:
Does it sound like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1mlponX_jw

That's just normal cell phone / speaker interference, it seems to be more prevalent with GSM/Edge connections.
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No it doesn't sound like that and it's not interference. It's a melodic ring. Something like when you get a FaceTime call but different. I tried opening FaceTime and messages but neither showed anything regarding incoming calls. As a matter of fact a few minutes ago my wife called me and I heard the rMBP because it was fairly loud (I was in another part of the house). When I reached my office the iPhone just started ringing. This is quite bizarre and I have no idea what to do or why it started.
 
* Do you have any VOIP or similar software? Skype? Viber? Etc...
* Does it get turned off if you mute your speakers?
 
AlphaDogg said:
Is it that beeping that repeats itself for about 10sec before your phone rang?
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Yes thats the sound.
fratey said:
* Do you have any VOIP or similar software? Skype? Viber? Etc...
* Does it get turned off if you mute your speakers?
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I have Skype installed but not running.

No that it makes a difference but full specs are:
Early 2013 rMBP
16GB RAM
512 SSD

Currently running in clam shell mode but it happened when operating normally. As a matter of fact I only started using clam shell mode 2 days ago.
 
That's friggin weird. Do you have some sort of carrier software installed on your mac? I know here in Canada we have carrier apps we can install for checking voicemails and other stuff tied to your number through a PC.

Maybe there's something similar for US carriers that you installed that allows for notification of incoming calls?
 
adnbek said:
That's friggin weird. Do you have some sort of carrier software installed on your mac? I know here in Canada we have carrier apps we can install for checking voicemails and other stuff tied to your number through a PC.

Maybe there's something similar for US carriers that you installed that allows for notification of incoming calls?
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Nope nothing like that. And to the next poster, no one died here as far as I know :eek:

This is bizarre. I have no idea how to stop it. Actually it's not too bad because it gives me a heads up that a call will be coming in but I want to know what the hell it is. And FYI I can replicate it every single time. Both from a land line and a mobile phone.
 
rocknblogger said:
Nope nothing like that. And to the next poster, no one died here as far as I know :eek:

This is bizarre. I have no idea how to stop it. Actually it's not too bad because it gives me a heads up that a call will be coming in but I want to know what the hell it is. And FYI I can replicate it every single time. Both from a land line and a mobile phone.
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Open activity monitor, change "my processes" to "all processes" and post screenshots of all running processes here. Maybe that can help us single out the source.
 
rocknblogger said:
Nope nothing like that. And to the next poster, no one died here as far as I know :eek:

This is bizarre. I have no idea how to stop it. Actually it's not too bad because it gives me a heads up that a call will be coming in but I want to know what the hell it is. And FYI I can replicate it every single time. Both from a land line and a mobile phone.
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Might be a longshot, but bring up activity monitor, line up the tasks with highest CPU usage then make a phonecall to yourself.

You might see a process startup that you might be unfamiliar with that spikes the CPU for a few seconds.
 
Okay, I finally figured it out. It was Google Chrome and the new Hangouts feature. Evidently you can take a voice call from a landline or a cell phone as long as you are logged into Google+.

It's actually a very cool feature though I wish they explained it a bit better when they activated the new hangouts feature.

I always had Google+ and had it open quite a bit but this is the first time ever that my computer rang (Before my iPhone).

So, the mystery is solved. I suppose some folks will hate this and some will find it useful. But whatever the case give it a try, it is pretty cool.
 
I found that video actually pretty funny. A creepy ring 10 seconds before a call, who wouldn't love that?!
 
rocknblogger said:
Okay, I finally figured it out. It was Google Chrome and the new Hangouts feature. Evidently you can take a voice call from a landline or a cell phone as long as you are logged into Google+.

It's actually a very cool feature though I wish they explained it a bit better when they activated the new hangouts feature.

I always had Google+ and had it open quite a bit but this is the first time ever that my computer rang (Before my iPhone).

So, the mystery is solved. I suppose some folks will hate this and some will find it useful. But whatever the case give it a try, it is pretty cool.
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Glad you finally figured it out !
 
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