Why is my iPhone drunk?

[joy]

Symptoms:

1. The volume level does not correspond to the setting.  The sound is LOUD but the sliding bar tells me it should be quiet.

2. It seems to play whatever ringtone it feels like.

3. When I'm on Safari, I regularly get bumped from whatever page I'm on to an advertisement page, a poll about my Safari experience (with a chance to win prizes!), or the App Store.

Can iPhones get viruses?  Is my life being hacked rightthissecond?

[Daikoku]

This is weird. Mine was doing odd things a while ago. It would randomly call people while sitting on my desk (It once left my friend a 3 min message of me teaching), or Siri would randomly turn on and tell me the time and temperature, or it would just start playing music and wouldn't let me turn the music off. I took it to the Apple Store. They did a diagnostic then ended up needing to replace my phone.

Good luck with the demon living in yours.

[joy]

Apr 23, 2015 17:55:56 GMT -5 Daikoku said:

Good luck with the demon living in yours.

Ha.

My husband's phone was doing this a few months ago.  It would just call me in the middle of the day.  I would send him screen shots of my missed calls to prove that it happened.  His response was always "But!  It was sitting right next to my desk!  I didn't touch it!!"

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Sounds like faulty wiring.

[SheilaTheTank]

Try a hard reset. If that doesn't work you may need to get a replacement.

[joy]

Apr 23, 2015 18:01:13 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Try a hard reset. If that doesn't work you may need to get a replacement.

Um...  how does one do this?

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 23, 2015 18:02:27 GMT -5 joy said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:01:13 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Try a hard reset. If that doesn't work you may need to get a replacement.

Um...  how does one do this?

Copied and pasted:

How to reset

You should reset your device as a last resort and only if you can't restart it.

To reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

[SheilaTheTank]

Apr 23, 2015 18:05:35 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:02:27 GMT -5 joy said:

Um...  how does one do this?

Copied and pasted:

How to reset

You should reset your device as a last resort and only if you can't restart it.

To reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

This may erase everything. I don't remember if it does or not on iphones. 

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Maybe don't reset unless you have all personal stuff saved in other places.

[joy]

Apr 23, 2015 18:07:11 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Maybe don't reset unless you have all personal stuff saved in other places.

I back my phone up on my computer.  If it does erase everything, shouldn't I get it all back once I plug my phone back in to my computer?

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 23, 2015 18:06:48 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:05:35 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Copied and pasted:

How to reset

You should reset your device as a last resort and only if you can't restart it.

To reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

This may erase everything. I don't remember if it does or not on iphones. 

I think it does.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 23, 2015 18:08:09 GMT -5 joy said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:07:11 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Maybe don't reset unless you have all personal stuff saved in other places.

I back my phone up on my computer.  If it does erase everything, shouldn't I get it all back once I plug my phone back in to my computer?

I wouldn't bet on it. However, I do not know the answer to this. Sorry!

[joy]

Apr 23, 2015 18:11:00 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:08:09 GMT -5 joy said:

I back my phone up on my computer.  If it does erase everything, shouldn't I get it all back once I plug my phone back in to my computer?

I wouldn't bet on it. However, I do not know the answer to this. Sorry!

Do you have an iPhone?  It backs up everything on your computer (through iTunes) or on the Cloud (don't get me started).  If you get a new phone or something, you can plug your new phone in and then ask it to restore your phone.  All your pictures, contacts, texts, etc... all of it is put back on.  It's kinda great.

I would imagine the same thing would happen after a reset.  But, now y'all made me nervous!

[SheilaTheTank]

Apr 23, 2015 18:07:24 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Sorry your phone is fraked up, Joy.

UO: Windows phone for lyfe!!!

FUCK YEAH!

[joy]

My brain is at max capacity. I can't learn a new phone system. Don't make me.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 23, 2015 18:13:08 GMT -5 joy said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:11:00 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

I wouldn't bet on it. However, I do not know the answer to this. Sorry!

Do you have an iPhone?  It backs up everything on your computer (through iTunes) or on the Cloud (don't get me started).  If you get a new phone or something, you can plug your new phone in and then ask it to restore your phone.  All your pictures, contacts, texts, etc... all of it is put back on.  It's kinda great.

I would imagine the same thing would happen after a reset.  But, now y'all made me nervous!

No, I don't. But that does sound nice...as long as it works. If it has been around for a while, then I would trust it. Do you know for sure what all is backed up? I would just double-check that before proceeding.

You're essentially reformatting a computer.

[joy]

Apr 23, 2015 18:16:48 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:13:08 GMT -5 joy said:

Do you have an iPhone?  It backs up everything on your computer (through iTunes) or on the Cloud (don't get me started).  If you get a new phone or something, you can plug your new phone in and then ask it to restore your phone.  All your pictures, contacts, texts, etc... all of it is put back on.  It's kinda great.

I would imagine the same thing would happen after a reset.  But, now y'all made me nervous!

No, I don't. But that does sound nice...as long as it works. If it has been around for a while, then I would trust it. Do you know for sure what all is backed up? I would just double-check that before proceeding.

You're essentially reformatting a computer.

Ooooooh.  Okay, this makes much more sense.

Yes, I know for sure what it backs up.  I've used it several times when I've gotten new phones.

I might try it.  This thing is pissing me off.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 23, 2015 18:18:18 GMT -5 joy said:

Apr 23, 2015 18:16:48 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

No, I don't. But that does sound nice...as long as it works. If it has been around for a while, then I would trust it. Do you know for sure what all is backed up? I would just double-check that before proceeding.

You're essentially reformatting a computer.

Ooooooh.  Okay, this makes much more sense.

Yes, I know for sure what it backs up.  I've used it several times when I've gotten new phones.

I might try it.  This thing is pissing me off.

1...2...3...DO EET!

[goldenlove3]

I don't think a hard reset is the same as a factory restore which will wipe the phone clean. It's more like holding the power button down on a PC to force a reset.

Also, is there a new iPhone coming out soon? Always seems like older phones start to crap out right before a new one is released. It's a conspiracy!!

Edit: OK don't listen to me. I guess it does wipe your phone clean. I don't know iPhones.

[thechickencoop]

Did you fix it? H has the...6s? Whichever one is ginormous, and he just had to get a replacement because it had a mind of its own - would randomly call numbers, if he tried to spin the screen it would exit whatever app he was in, it would open stuff out of the blue, all sorts of crazy. They told him he needed to swap it. Of course, because it's my H, nothing was backed up so he has spent the last week trying to get everything backed up (no clue why it took forever?), and now has a new one with no problems. Apparently is was some sort of known, ongoing issue though.

P.S. I love my Galaxy.

[akraus2015]

I just had to hard reset my fiance's phone yesterday because it wouldn't move from the home screen. He didn't lose any of his stuff. Mine was acting funny today so I did the update finally and it's back to normal.