iPhone X Bug Leaves Some Users Unable To Answer Calls (betanews.com)

Mark Wilson writes: A number of iPhone X users are complaining about a bug that leaves them unable to answer incoming calls. Reports of the bug are spreading through Apple's support forums, and the company says it is looking into the problem. People who are experiencing the bug say that when they receive a call, their iPhone X rings, but the screen does not wake up. While the problem has been around for a couple of months, complaints seem to be growing in number at the moment.

Comments

Not a bug - a feature

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

>> a bug that leaves them unable to answer incoming calls

Can I get this ported to my Android phone please? 85% of my inbound calls are from spammers looking for truck drivers. (Thanks, someone who once used my number in a form somewhere.)

Meh

[burtosis]

I think phones have been on a steady decay of actual performance as a phone ever since they stopped using sensible antennas. Not to worry, I'm sure those people were just answering it wrong...

Re:Meh

[sremick]

Seriously. I miss the days when an external antenna connector was standard. I loved plugging in my +7db gain antenna mounted on my car and going from 1 bar to 5. It was often the difference between being able to use the phone and not.

Considering there's still several 30-60 min driving stretches around where I live where there's virtually no cell reception, and such things would be still quite useful in 2018. Probably going to need to invest in a re-radiating booster but that's not as efficient, elegant or inexpensive. And it's not going to get any better as we push towards cell technologies that use higher frequencies without the range or penetration as what we have now (let alone 15y ago) and require even MORE towers when issues prevent enough towers going up for even ubiquitous 2G coverage.

Re:Meh

[burtosis]

You probably have already but this tip:

Open up the Phone app and dial in *3001#12345#* , then hit Call . Field Test Mode will open up immediately and you'll see the signal strength in dBm in the upper left corner of the screen. Tapping the number (or baubles) will toggle between dBm and little baubles

Is pure gold on iPhones because when you have a real signal strength reading you have a much better idea of how well your phone is receiving and where dead spots are.

Re:fuuuuck

[TWX]

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Re:oh, so you want to take calls on your 'phone'?

[TWX]

Probably because the features that a handheld computer with 24/7 radio communications to the Internet offers is a total paradigm-shift over using something roughly the same size for simple voice communications.

Mind you, it's a pretty miserable failure for the device, first and foremost thought of as a phone, to fail to function as a phone.

Is the phone function now secondary?

[QuietLagoon]

Has the phone function of smartphones been relegated to a secondary tier of performance and quality? I mean, who releases a phone that doesn't do phone calls? Really.

Re:fuuuuck

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