"Scared to death!
My iPhone calls itself at two in the morning! ! "
This morning, netizen "Yiyi!" wrote about an experience he had in the early morning: "I was sleeping soundly when I suddenly heard a burst of background music and voice on the phone saying 'The user you dialed is currently unavailable.' I was awakened. When I got up, I saw that it was my phone making calls by itself! I was really shocked…I immediately checked on the social platform. There are many people with this problem!"
The netizen said that at that time, her phone was charging on the desk by the window, the screen was locked, the Internet was turned off, and the sleep mode was turned on. The automatically dialed number was the number of the courier boy she had dialed during the day. "My system is iOS 26.1, and I don't have any other operations. I was really frightened in the middle of the night, and my back felt cold! I even woke up from my drowsiness."
On social platforms, there are many netizens who have had similar experiences.
Some netizens said: "The Apple phone suddenly called someone on its own in the middle of the night. The call lasted for 47 minutes. It woke me up! I turned on the sleep mode and put the phone on the bedside table without touching it. The number started with 400 was dialed by me around 1:30 noon, but I also made several other calls later. The 400 robot talked for 47 minutes. I woke up when I heard a sound and found that the phone was making a call. It was so scary!"
Some people also contacted Apple customer service at that time, and the solution given was to force restart and update to the latest system.
The reporter's inquiry found that in November last year, many users reported on social platforms that after updating their iPhones to iOS 26.0.1, the phones automatically made calls to strangers in the middle of the night while the screen was locked. The people being called included couriers, merchant customer service, etc. Some older iPhones that have not been updated to the latest system also have similar problems.
Netizen "Yiyi!" consulted Apple experts. Apple experts said that it is recommended to upgrade the system to iOS26.3. "The latest system can repair abnormalities." Netizens expressed their concerns about account security, and Apple experts said it had nothing to do with the account.
Apple experts also recommend going to the "Settings – Face ID and Password" interface and turning off the following options. If the problem is still abnormal, you can contact the engineering department for investigation:
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