Strange iPhone 3G experience

The other day my wife and I were driving to the store when her phone started to ring. When she looked at her phone she said it was a call from me (from my iPhone) I said what! I pulled my phone out of my shirt pocket and it was locked. When I pressed the HOME button and unlocked the phone, sure enough the phone was calling my wife’s cell phone. How can this be? I have never had anything like this happen in the past with this or my older iPhone. Anyone else experience this?

What firmware version are you running on your iPhone? Go to Settings->General->About->Version. If you aren't running on the newest firmware, I highly recommend you update, because there was a problem with the old firmware that an iPhone would randomly call a person from the contacts. I've had it happen to me, I've read about it happening to other people, and I've read about it in a bug fix on the newest firmware 2.2.1 (or 2.2, I can't directly recall).

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  • Having a great iPhone 3G experience? You're not alone.

    Given that this is a support forum, it's to be expected that it's primarily composed of people with issues with their iPhones. However, since several people in other posts have mentioned they are dropping by here to do some research before purchasing an iPhone, I thought I'd discuss my experience with a new Black 16 GB iPhone 3G.
    Reception
    Reading many of the posts in a few threads, I get the impression that people base their entire opinion of the iPhones reception on the number of bars the screen displays. This is a very flawed method. This [review|http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/iPhone-3G.htm] does a great job of describing why and is a must read for anyone considering a purchase. It's also a must read for those who think their iPhone is defective because it gets 1 or 2 bars while their buddy's Nokia gets 3 or 4. Basically it's up to the phone manufacturer to decide how many bars to display based on signal strength. Some phone makers, like Nokia, are much more generous with the bars than Apple is on the iPhone. The article I linked to uses actual signal strength measurement to compare and shows with identical signals the iPhone will show fewer bars than the Nokia. Bars do not tell the whole story when it comes to reception, and I'll describe my experience with the iPhone which backs up that claim.
    I live in Pasadena, CA. With my original iPhone I got very average reception. In my office, the iPhone was all but unusable, and this was true of most people's phones. Around town reception was all over the place, but generally acceptable.
    With the the iPhone 3G, things have improved. Around town I generally get 3 to 5 bars of 3G reception. In the Old Town area I've got 5 bars. Making calls is no problem, and the voice quality is far superior to my original iPhone. I've had no dropped calls and no service issue. In terms of data, the iPhone screams. Using this [speed test site|http://i.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.html], I'm getting results between 920 and 980 kbps (1275 highest, 580 lowest). In the exact same spots, using my wife's original iPhone, we're getting 70-95 kbps, with several failed tests. That's a huge improvement!
    Moving indoors, the 3G reception drops considerably. In my office, the iPhone switches automatically to Edge. However, unlike my original iPhone, I'm now getting good Edge reception in my office, usually 4 bars. Far more importantly, I can actually make and receive calls! At my home, 3G drops to 1 bar. However, I can still make calls without a problem. Data drops in half, with results between 390 & 550 kbps. This is still much faster than Edge however, but not as fast as areas with better reception.
    Keep in mind that 3G reception indoors is expected to drop. AT&T keeps 3G on the 1900 MHz band, which isn't nearly as good as the 850 MHz band for penetrating buildings. For now, as there are far more Edge phones, AT&T is keeping Edge on the 850 MHz band. As this changes, indoor 3G reception will improve. I read in one of the other forum topics that one poster was furious with Apple and returning his iPhone 3G because he only got 1 bar of 3G service in his basement and he got 5 bars of Edge. He can be furious at Apple all he wants, but AT&T's 3G service, as currently implemented, isn't going to give you good reception in basements.
    In my home and my office I have WiFi, so the 3G reception isn't nearly as critical as when I'm out and about. On the WiFi front, I'm happy to report that the iPhone 3G has improved range. I can actually walk out to my driveway, get in my vehicle, and drive away before losing signal. With my old iPhone, as soon as I closed the front door, the connection to my network was lost. This is a very nice, and unexpected, improvement!
    GPS
    GPS works great, and the "assisted" part really makes a difference. Using the GPS on the new iPhone is much, much more accurate that the old iPhone's methods of locating you. That's not a surprise, but what is surprising is how fast it locates me. Doing a side by side test with a Hertz Neverlost system, the iPhone pinpointed my initial location about 40 seconds faster than the Neverlost. That may not seem like much, but it feels like a long time when you're sitting in the car waiting to move.
    +Creepy side note: I was playing around with the GSP in my house the other day. I zoomed in real close in Google maps and got right on top of my house. Walking from the back of my house to the front, the blue dot actually followed me. Yikes! I can't say why exactly, but it kind of bothered me. I guess I watch too much "24" and the like. :)+
    _Speaker Volume_
    The speaker volume is much improved with the iPhone 3G. If my old iPhone was in another room, there was a better than even chance I wouldn't hear it ring, even with the volume turned all the way up. With the new iPhone, I actually have to turn some of my ring tones down. Calls on the speaker phone are much louder with better clarity. I suppose it'll never be loud enough for some, but it's a big step up from the original iPhone and is just right for me.
    _New Software_
    As this is something available to all iPhone owners, I won't talk much about it, other than to say the app store is simply amazing. I've got 4 screens of apps already (some complete time wasters, some really useful) and the store just launched. With everything 1.0 atm, there are some bugs to be sure, but not as many as I feared. Most apps run great and are very addictive. My favorites include Loopt, Shazam, Pandora, Mobile News, Remote (best app if you have an AppleTV), Tap Tap, and iPint. I can't wait to see what the future holds!!
    Battery
    Battery life has been better than I had expected. I thought I'd have to charge my iPhone at least once, maybe twice, during the day. That's not been the case. If I leave the house in the morning with a fully charged iPhone, it's good for the entire day. This includes a ton of texting, music/audio book listening on my drive, dozens of calls, email, and web browsing. In fact, because it's so new and cool, I play with it much more than I typically would.
    I've got a MobileMe account set up with Push. I get around 20 messages an hour pushed to my MobileMe account. When I wake up in the morning, there will often be 100 messages waiting in my inbox. I mention that to say that even with a lot of pushed email, my battery is still lasting a full day. I should also note that I'm on WiFi most of the day, and keep all services (3G, WiFi, Push, etc.) turned on at all times.
    Issues
    There are a couple of issues, which is to be expected with a new product and new software. I've run into the typing lag issue a few times. It's inconsistent however and not always present. I can usually text and type email without any lag, but if I'm on a web page and typing something into a search field, for example, it can get very laggy. This is something I expect to be fixed in a future software update.
    The iPhone doesn't fit in my dual dock for my Apple bluetooth headset & iPhone and they aren't making a new one!!
    Summary
    I'm very happy with the new iPhone. It's everything I hoped it would be and then some. The 3G service is more than twice as fast for me than Edge, and has worked very well when I've needed to use it. WiFi range is improved. The ringer and volume is better. GPS works well and I will no longer be using a Neverlost system on my business trips. I recommend one highly!

    KBeat wrote:
    It's great to see that narcissism is alive and well (Raul, I'm thinking of you buddy). Apparently if Raul's iPhone isn't working, then no one has an iPhone that is working. If you think your iPhone is working, then it's because you're an idiot who doesn't know how to make or receive a phone call properly.
    Unfortunately many posts of people who claim to have no issues with their 3G iPhones sound pretty much the same.
    "If my iPhone 3G is working, then nobody can have one that is not."
    "If you think your iPhone is NOT working, then it's because you're an idiot who doesn't know how to make or receive a phone call properly."
    "If you think your iPhone is NOT working, then it's because you're an idiot who doesn't know squat about cell networks and 3G.
    Please note, this is not aimed at you, but a general observation.
    If their Iphone 3Gs work great then all of them have to work great and those of us who have a really bad iPhone 3G experience are just too dense to use them, are one the wrong network, clueless about 3G or generally just technologically challenged dimwits who don't understand neither the wonderful world of 3G nor how beautifully the iPhone 3G works, even when it doesn't.
    Again, I had more dropped and failed calls with the iPhone 3G in four hours than I had with My Nokia 6280 on the same 3G network in almost two years. The network is also very clearly not overloaded, since I never had another another dropped or failed call after yanking SIM card out of the IDoorStop 3G and putting it back into the Nokia.

  • Great iPhone 3G Experience - Andrew at Pacific Place in Seattle

    I know that Apple and AT&T have been taking a lot of hits about the 3G launch, but we went through it today and I gotta say - it was flawless.
    My husband and I arrived at Pacific Place at 5:45 this morning. We were about sixth in line when we got there, and the line started right next to the door of the AT&T store. By about 7:00 am, the line went into the garage, along the wall and almost, but not quite, out to the street. By 8:45 am, the line was halfway down the block.
    At 8:55 am, the AT&T employees came out and did a bunch of cheering, which gave me the chance to see whether my favorite AT&T employee was working. My favorite's name is Andrew. He's smart, friendly, and no-nonsense. He doesn't sell you things you don't need, and he lets you know if he really thinks you are making a bad choice. When he's busy, he doesn't chit chat, he just gets stuff done. If it's not too busy, he'll take the time to go over cool things you can do with your phone that you hadn't thought of or he'll discuss the pros and cons of different accessories you're thinking about buying. I love him. When he recommends that I buy something, I don't really doubt whether or not I need it - he's always been right and I have never once felt "up-sold" by him.
    Anyway, they opened the store at 9:02 am and as people were entering they were directed to go to specific AT&T reps. When we walked in, I asked if I could choose my own and then chose Andrew. True to form, Andrew had us out of there in five minutes flat - WITH a working iPhone 3G!! He didn't waste a single minute - as soon as we walked up and told him what we wanted (new iPhone 3g for me, transfer my old one to my husband), he had asked a runner for the phone and a sim card, and had our account pulled up in a hurry. Quick questions about the texting plan, answered our questions about transitioning, then he slapped down two covers on the counter, "Pink or black?" I chose black, it was in the bag, and we were out the door.
    When we got home, we were able to get right on iTunes, synced everything up, and we were both ready to go.
    I can't imagine a better transition from the old phone to the new one, and my husband is really excited to be an iPhone owner now. There were no problems at all.
    I know that typically it makes more sense to post when there's a problem or a concern (happy people are too busy off being happy to bother posting), but I wanted to post this because it was such an easy and pleasant experience. Yay iPhone!

    KBeat wrote:
    It's great to see that narcissism is alive and well (Raul, I'm thinking of you buddy). Apparently if Raul's iPhone isn't working, then no one has an iPhone that is working. If you think your iPhone is working, then it's because you're an idiot who doesn't know how to make or receive a phone call properly.
    Unfortunately many posts of people who claim to have no issues with their 3G iPhones sound pretty much the same.
    "If my iPhone 3G is working, then nobody can have one that is not."
    "If you think your iPhone is NOT working, then it's because you're an idiot who doesn't know how to make or receive a phone call properly."
    "If you think your iPhone is NOT working, then it's because you're an idiot who doesn't know squat about cell networks and 3G.
    Please note, this is not aimed at you, but a general observation.
    If their Iphone 3Gs work great then all of them have to work great and those of us who have a really bad iPhone 3G experience are just too dense to use them, are one the wrong network, clueless about 3G or generally just technologically challenged dimwits who don't understand neither the wonderful world of 3G nor how beautifully the iPhone 3G works, even when it doesn't.
    Again, I had more dropped and failed calls with the iPhone 3G in four hours than I had with My Nokia 6280 on the same 3G network in almost two years. The network is also very clearly not overloaded, since I never had another another dropped or failed call after yanking SIM card out of the IDoorStop 3G and putting it back into the Nokia.

  • My pleasant iPhone purchasing experience.

    I got a real kick in the gut at the iPhone launch, but the lovely sales rep really "went on a limb" to get me an iPhone.
    Optus were taking pre-orders for existing customers, so I got one. A week before the iPhone was due for release, I called them to say that I was going away, and asked if I could take my receipt to another Optus Store, the sales rep on the phone said yes.
    I stood in line for countless hours, and when it was my turn, they checked the receipt, then their list and said "you can't get one today because you haven't nominated us as the store you would be purchasing from."
    I told them that I called and HQ said that it was allowed, so she let me get one. Because I didn't nominate the store, they couldn't give me a 16GB model, they said only an 8GB model.
    I accepted it (and died a little cause it was not the model I wanted) and while I was with the rep waiting for the Optus system to give me an account activation code, we got talking (no, this is not a love story).
    I told her that I really wanted a white 16GB model, so she says "hang on a second, I'll check to see if there are any."
    She came back a minute later clutching a white 16GB iPhone and said that this was the only white 16GB that wasn't reserved for customers who nominated the store.
    In the end, I got what I desired thanks to the help of a dedicated sales rep and love my new iPhone 3G to death.
    Did anyone else get a fantastic stroke of luck during their purchasing experience?

    Any chance you tried to reboot your computer as well? Sometimes if there are other issues (such as programs that didn't fully close, etc) my machine will cause iTunes to act a little strange. A reboot of the machine, restart of iTunes and restart of the iPhone all at once might fix your issues.
    Here's to getting it all worked out!

  • Strange iPhone 4 factory unlock problem.

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    There was an article on this at MacWorld ("Two steps forward and one big step backing up"). Seems that you're not alone.
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    I reside in Pakistan and had a friend order an iPhone 5S "T-mobile" (A1533-GSM) mid-October 2013 directly from Apple website in USA which came installed with a T-Mobile nano-SIM. I took this SIM out before turning on the phone and inserted my SIM (another Pakistan GSM carrier) and went ahead with normal activation of the iPhone. It worked fine and accepted my GSM carrier.
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    Then why are you asking us? Apparently you have the answer you want from the Apple specialist. We have supplied you with the information that we have. There is nothing more we can tell you at this point.
    Cheers,
    GB

  • My iPhone Volume Experience!

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    Overall I'm very pleased and glad I bought it. I was previously using LG phones on Verizon. If you make a direct comparison with those phones the iphone is quieter and by that I mean with the volume maxed out on both the LGs are louder. However I never used those phones maxed out, they would have been too loud with very distorted audio. If I compare the iphone's volume to the actual level I used on the LGs it's about the same and quite acceptable. One thing I've realized only recently is that if you change audio functions- ipod, speakerphone, blue tooth or the receiver on a call- the volume drops and can be adjusted up by the rocker switch. I had assumed that if the volume slider in the sound screen of settings was set to max all sounds would be at full volume all the time. This may be a design feature to protect your ears and/or speakers on the phone.
    Once I realized this I make certain that I use the rocker to adjust the volume one way or another with whatever way I'm using the phone. I have found that in general call volumes are the same as I've been used to and interestingly depending upon whom I'm talking to I sometime actually decrease the volume. This may have something to do with the phones my friends are using. Most of the people I speak to say I sound more clear and distinct. I've been to two different Apple stores in my area and experimented with their phones and I've experienced pretty much the same thing with them.
    The ringer volumes are definitely quieter on the iphone. On mine the two loudest are the old phone ringer and the digital one which is the loudest but also very annoying so when I use the ringer I use the old phone one. However 90% of the time I have it set to vibrate only. Speakerphone volume also has been good especially if I lay the phone flat on a flat surface such as a table top near me. I know that there are many people to whom the volume is unacceptable and that certainly was a concern of mine prior to purchase but based on my experience with my own and with the phones at the store I do feel confident that most of the phones have acceptable volume, if there is a software update that increases the volume great, if not I'm happy with where it is now. For those whose volumes are truly unacceptable I feel that it's specific to that phone and not indicative of an inferior design. For those who may have hesitated in buying the phone because of this issue as I did, I don't believe this should concern you.
    John
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    When I first posted this only the first paragraph showed up in the post. Not sure why the rest is not showing up.
    Message was edited by: Pappasbike
    Overall I'm very pleased and glad I bought it. I was previously using LG phones on Verizon. If you make a direct comparison with those phones the iphone is quieter and by that I mean with the volume maxed out on both the LGs are louder. However I never used those phones maxed out, they would have been too loud with very distorted audio. If I compare the iphone's volume to the actual level I used on the LGs it's about the same and quite acceptable. One thing I've realized only recently is that if you change audio functions- ipod, speakerphone, blue tooth or the receiver on a call- the volume drops and can be adjusted up by the rocker switch. I had assumed that if the volume slider in the sound screen of settings was set to max all sounds would be at full volume all the time. This may be a design feature to protect your ears and/or speakers on the phone.
    Once I realized this I make certain that I use the rocker to adjust the volume one way or another with whatever way I'm using the phone. I have found that in general call volumes are the same as I've been used to and interestingly depending upon whom I'm talking to I sometime actually decrease the volume. This may have something to do with the phones my friends are using. Most of the people I speak to say I sound more clear and distinct. I've been to two different Apple stores in my area and experimented with their phones and I've experienced pretty much the same thing with them.
    The ringer volumes are definitely quieter on the iphone. On mine the two loudest are the old phone ringer and the digital one which is the loudest but also very annoying so when I use the ringer I use the old phone one. However 90% of the time I have it set to vibrate only. Speakerphone volume also has been good especially if I lay the phone flat on a flat surface such as a table top near me. I know that there are many people to whom the volume is unacceptable and that certainly was a concern of mine prior to purchase but based on my experience with my own and with the phones at the store I do feel confident that most of the phones have acceptable volume, if there is a software update that increases the volume great, if not I'm happy with where it is now. For those whose volumes are truly unacceptable I feel that it's specific to that phone and not indicative of an inferior design. For those who may have hesitated in buying the phone because of this issue as I did, I don't believe this should concern you.
    John
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    It's still not letting me add the additional text.

    I'm replying to my own message to (hopefully) add the text that is missing from the original post-hope this works.
    Overall I'm very pleased and glad I bought it. I was previously using LG phones on Verizon. If you make a direct comparison with those phones the iphone is quieter and by that I mean with the volume maxed out on both the LGs are louder. However I never used those phones maxed out, they would have been too loud with very distorted audio. If I compare the iphone's volume to the actual level I used on the LGs it's about the same and quite acceptable. One thing I've realized only recently is that if you change audio functions- ipod, speakerphone, blue tooth or the receiver on a call- the volume drops and can be adjusted up by the rocker switch. I had assumed that if the volume slider in the sound screen of settings was set to max all sounds would be at full volume all the time. This may be a design feature to protect your ears and/or speakers on the phone.
    Once I realized this I make certain that I use the rocker to adjust the volume one way or another with whatever way I'm using the phone. I have found that in general call volumes are the same as I've been used to and interestingly depending upon whom I'm talking to I sometime actually decrease the volume. This may have something to do with the phones my friends are using. Most of the people I speak to say I sound more clear and distinct. I've been to two different Apple stores in my area and experimented with their phones and I've experienced pretty much the same thing with them.
    The ringer volumes are definitely quieter on the iphone. On mine the two loudest are the old phone ringer and the digital one which is the loudest but also very annoying so when I use the ringer I use the old phone one. However 90% of the time I have it set to vibrate only. Speakerphone volume also has been good especially if I lay the phone flat on a flat surface such as a table top near me. I know that there are many people to whom the volume is unacceptable and that certainly was a concern of mine prior to purchase but based on my experience with my own and with the phones at the store I do feel confident that most of the phones have acceptable volume, if there is a software update that increases the volume great, if not I'm happy with where it is now. For those whose volumes are truly unacceptable I feel that it's specific to that phone and not indicative of an inferior design. For those who may have hesitated in buying the phone because of this issue as I did, I don't believe this should concern you.
    John

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    Same issue over here... It startet with this weird mute button behavior, but now, after startup, it's like if the volume button is pressed permanently (symbol on screen). So i have to hit the mute button - and the symbol of max volume disappears. After this, i'm able to mute the volume (hardware button) but once the volume is on minimum, i can't raise it up no more. I have to do this in the settings with the software button.
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  • IPhone 3GS  OS 4.0.1 - *****! ruing completely my iPhone User Experience

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    if you have a whole day out of the office or you are going out of home for the whole day -
    forget about your iPhone (with OS 4.0.1). its going to consume its battery completely half
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