Macbook Air suddenly goes to sleep

Sometimes when I'm using my Macbook Air in bed in my lap the screens goes dark and it goes to sleep on its own.  I think it may have something to do with having my phone in my pocket at the same time.  Has anyone else experienced this?

Yeah I've noticed that about my MBA too.  Not sure why it happens though.

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    Redwizard wrote:
    Went to apple store genus bar thye changed some settings and got rid of some program.   But it still doesn't sleep.  if I close the lid at night it stay on all night with thw fan running.
           Bring it right back to the Apple store and tell them what they did to try to fix the problem did not work..  They are responsible for fixing it since it is still under warranty.

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    Common problem, for which Apple have yet to produce a solution.  It is said that they are working on a firmware update that will address it but this has been talked about for a long time and still no update.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5118135?start=0&tstart=0
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5475679?start=0&tstart=0
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5495588?start=0&tstart=0
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    Some persons have claimed a "bare metal restore" of the operating system resolved the problem but others have tried this without success.

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    I asked the question in the Mac Pro forum by mistake.. Hopefully I can get some input here?
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    There is a lot of good advice here:--->>
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2416586&tstart=165
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  • New Macbook Air keeps restarting from Sleep.

    Hi all,
    Hope you can help.
    In the last few days my laptop has crashed from sleep showing the message: "your mac has restarted because of a problem".
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    Fri Mar 28 23:26:39 2014
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80144dbe2e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f95ff7b91, type 0=divide error, registers:
    CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000109df1000, CR3: 0x0000000016aea000, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
    RAX: 0x000062e080000000, RBX: 0xffffff80e6101000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
    RSP: 0xffffff812e9639c0, RBP: 0xffffff812e9639e0, RSI: 0x00000000000afc80, RDI: 0xffffff8026f5bed8
    R8:  0xffffff8014ad2b30, R9:  0x00000000002932e0, R10: 0xffffff812e963a90, R11: 0x0000000000000000
    R12: 0xffffff80e6103038, R13: 0xffffff8026f5bed8, R14: 0xffffff7f9602c410, R15: 0xffffff80276cda00
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    0xffffff812e963650 : 0xffffff8014422fa9
    0xffffff812e9636d0 : 0xffffff80144dbe2e
    0xffffff812e9638a0 : 0xffffff80144f3326
    0xffffff812e9638c0 : 0xffffff7f95ff7b91
    0xffffff812e9639e0 : 0xffffff7f95ff7071
    0xffffff812e963a20 : 0xffffff7f95ff5f46
    0xffffff812e963c90 : 0xffffff7f95fdbcac
    0xffffff812e963d80 : 0xffffff7f95fe49ac
    0xffffff812e963dd0 : 0xffffff7f95fe4ed0
    0xffffff812e963e20 : 0xffffff7f952d2484
    0xffffff812e963e60 : 0xffffff7f952d183e
    0xffffff812e963e90 : 0xffffff7f952cdb4a
    0xffffff812e963ef0 : 0xffffff80148ae020
    0xffffff812e963f30 : 0xffffff80148acac2
    0xffffff812e963f80 : 0xffffff80148acb97
    0xffffff812e963fb0 : 0xffffff80144d6ff7
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             com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f952c3000->0xffffff7f952fafff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f94abb000
             com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul(8.2.4)[9DFF991C-E8DD-37EB-A1D2-9325D 260E880]@0xffffff7f95fd5000->0xffffff7f96030fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f94abb000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f95257000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(98.14)[30D694F4-CF00-3CC3-9732-C6DEB6986B5 7]@0xffffff7f95ee6000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(23)[D203F7D3-47CA-382B-B401-8535CD4CBC49]@0xffff ff7f95246000
                dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.4.35)[E4C033B8-08F5-34D3-8720-C105D48F0B C4]@0xffffff7f95fcf000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f952c3000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
    Mac OS version:
    13C64
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000014200000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8014400000
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    Hello robsone88,
    It sounds like you are getting this Kernel Panic when your computer goes to sleep. I recommend startign by performing a Disk Verification, and repair with the following article:
    Disk Utility 12.x: Repair a disk
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
    Print this help page so you can refer to it later. (You don’t have access to Disk Utility Help when you restart up your computer in the next step.)In the Disk Utility Help window, choose Print from the Action pop-up menu (looks like a gear).
    Choose Apple menu > Restart. Hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys as your computer restarts.When you see a white screen with an Apple logo in the middle, you can release the keys.
    Click Disk Utility, and then click Continue.
    In the list at the left, select the item you want to repair. (Be sure to select an item that’s indented to the right in the list, not an item at the far left.)
    Click First Aid.
    If Disk Utility tells you the disk is about to fail, back it up and replace it. You can’t repair it.
    Click Repair Disk.If Disk Utility reports that the disk appears to be OK or has been repaired, you’re done. Otherwise, you may need to do one of the following steps.
    If Disk Utility reports “overlapped extent allocation” errors, two or more files occupy the same space on your disk, and at least one of them is likely to be corrupted. Check each file in the list of affected files. If you can replace a file or recreate it, delete it. If it contains information you need, open it and examine its data to make sure it hasn’t been corrupted. (Most of the files in the list have aliases in a DamagedFiles folder at the top level of your disk.)
    If Disk Utility can’t repair your disk or it reports “The underlying task reported failure,” try to repair the disk or partition again. If that doesn’t work, back up as much of your data as possible, reformat the disk, reinstall Mac OS X, and then restore your backed-up data.If you continue to have problems with your disk, it may be physically damaged and need to be replaced.
    If the issue persists, I would next take a look at the following article to help you troubleshoot kernel panics, and unexpected restarts named:
    OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem."
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4636
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    Regards,
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