Thank you all for your input. Looks like you're right and it's a hardware issue...what a nuissance! Oh well, not much to be done other than deal with it. I'm sure I'll be back with some other silly query once I get this fixed. :)
All the best to everyone, Michelle David Chittenden wrote: > The screen is deactivated by the proximity sensor when the iPhone is at your > ear. Either your iPhone's proximity sensor is not working (which means you > need to take the device back to the store for servicing / replacement), or > you are holding the iPhone at an angle which is not blocking the proximity > sensor. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 09/03/2013, at 8:14, Michelle McQuigge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I just yesterday upgraded from a 3gs to an iPhone 5 and couldn't be > > happier with the switch...except for one key point. Whenever I try to > > have a conversation on the phone, I seem to trigger voiceover at every > > turn. My cheek will activate the keypad, the slightest movement of the > > phone against my ear will send it into speaker mode, voiceover babbles > > constantly, etc. I know using headphones is one sollution, but I don't > > always want to do this. Attempting to lock the phone resulted in the > > call being terminated. I had hoped that acquiring a case this morning > > would mitigate some of these issues, but no dice. Any advice you can > > offer would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Michelle > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > > Google Group. > > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "VIPhone" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
