SGS3 spontaniously answering

[glen]

I swear my phone spontaniously answered 2 times today.
Anyone else have that trouble?

 

[glen]

No one else with this trouble?

 

[lopri]

Ghosts?

 

[Fardringle]

So someone calls and your phone automatically answers? Sounds like you have an app (or phone setting) configured to do that.

 

[vshah]

maybe there's an "answer on flip" or "answer on (physical) pick up of phone" setting?

 

[gorcorps]

maybe there's an "answer on flip" or "answer on (physical) pick up of phone" setting?

There's a ton of motion control options in TouchWiz (if the OP has the stock or TW based rom installed). IIRC one is answer call when you pick it up, which I think is based on the accelerometer and proximity detector.

 

[glen]

It answered while sitting on a table, and it was my boss

 

[Zaap]

Never had this problem- would be really annoying. I agree it's probably some app setting somewhere that picks up if that app is running.

 

[vshah]

are any of those motion settings enabled?

maybe the proximity one is, and you have a bad proximity sensor?


download a logcat application from the market and check the system logs just after this happens. maybe they will provide some insight.

 

[glen]

are any of those motion settings enabled?

maybe the proximity one is, and you have a bad proximity sensor?

aaah, how do I check that again?

download a logcat application from the market and check the system logs just after this happens. maybe they will provide some insight.

Will do!

 

[isekii]

I think you can also answer with a voice command.

 

[glen]

Phone did it again today. I don't know how to turn off voice answering, and certainly not sure that is why it is answering, but that sounds reasonable.

 

[wirednuts]

wipe os now. the feds are watching you

 

[wirednuts]

I think you can also answer with a voice command.

a good prank i guess would be to set someones phone to "aww f*ck". that way when an ex girlfriend calls it will answer before they can hit ignore

 

[Oyeve]

Holy water. Quick! before the pope retires and renders the water useless!

 

[Markbnj]

Just poked around my stock Verizon S3, and I don't see any motion options for answering. I also don't see any call settings options for auto-answering.