Hi Michael, I'm wondering if your speaker / earpiece switching bug is the same as the proximity sensor bug many of us experienced when the iPhone 4 was first released. The proximity sensor, which is located next to the earpiece on the iPhone 4, is a sensor that recognizes when some object, usually a person's face, gets close to the earpiece. For VO Users, the proximity sensor is what normally tells the iPhone to switch it's phone audio between the earpiece and the speaker. For both VO and non-BO users, the proximity sensor prevents the User's cheek from "pressing" any buttons on the touch screen whilst the phone is being held against the face. The issue of unwanted earpiece / speaker switching as well as unwanted button presses by the User's cheek were widely reported by both VO and non-VO Users when the iPhone 4 was first introduced. Apple released several IOS 4.x updates meant to address the issue and I was under the impression that the issue was fixed for most folks after one or anoth er of those updates. I almost returned my iPhone 4 back when the issue was making my calls almost unbearable as you mentioned, but one of the IOS updates took care of the problem and it hasn't affected my phone since then except for the following scenario. One of the other common causes of the issue is the use of an improperly fitted case. Any case that protrudes too far below the top edge of the iPhone4 can cause this issue. The first case I purchased for my phone was a leather wallet case and the strip of leather across the top of the screen would constantly cause the phone to switch between speaker and earpiece because of the interference with the proximity sensor. I was able to replicate the issue at will when the phone was in that case. The other 2 cases I've used on my iPhone 4 -- The Speck Pixelskin and the Mophie Juice Pack Plus -- both work fine as their top edges do not interfere with the proximity sensor. One other thing I seem to recall was that a number of folks were able to take their iPhone 4 back to the Apple Store or wherever their point-of-purchase was and get it replaced.
HTH, Bryan >> On 02/01/2012, at 5:08 PM, michael weaver wrote: >> >>> i am thinking of purchasing the i-phone 4 s sometime this year. >>> i think if i don't want to be penalised for upgrading, the earliest i can >>> upgrade is august this year i think. >>> is the 4 s better at dealing with calls while running voiceover? >>> i don't know if this only happens with voiceover users or if it at all >>> affects non voiceover users as well but the 4 is known for switching >>> between earpiece and hands free speaker. >>> apart from of course wearing a headset the only way of avoiding the >>> problem on the 4 is to temporarily switch off voiceover by pressing the >>> home button twice and then having to remember to do the same at the end of >>> a call which is a bit of a nusance. >>> has this problem been addressed on the 4 s? >>> i tried to just disable wifi before calls only that didn't appear to work >>> as a solution to the problem of me either speaking to someone or someone >>> talking to me and parts of the call breaking up because of this switching >>> between the earpiece and speaker when the phone isn't near your ear. >>> as far as i am aware this doesn't happen to a non voiceover user from my >>> experience of temporarily turning it off and someone who borrowed my phone >>> to speak to their mother about an important avon order for work that they >>> were in a hurry to put through because they didn't have access to the <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
