Halp! (iPhone problem)

[Shining Raichu]

OK so this is kind of a "first-world" problem as far as tech problems go because it isn't actually affecting the function at all, but just today my iPhone has started vibrating at random intervals when it's not even giving me a notification about anything. I've killed all the apps I had running to see if that helped at all but it's still doing it :/

inb4 something stupid I've overlooked.

 

[donavannj]

Is it in silent/vibrate mode and you're bumping the volume down button unintentionally? My phone vibrates like that whenever I accidentally bump that button on the outside of the phone and the phone is already set to vibrate.

 

[Archer]

Is it switched to silent? If so, if you return to standard/loud mode, do you get the same thing (or any audio )?

Have you turned it off since the issue arose? Probably worth a try (hold lock button until red slider appears, but you know that)

 

[Nihilego]

Mine does this sometimes when I've got it set to receive mail from the Mail application.

 

[Chuck̄]

does anything show up in the notification center when it vibrates?

Also, if you're still on version 5.0 or 5.0.1, it may be vibrating to alert you that there's an update available.

 

[Shining Raichu]

Yeah it's constantly switched to silent because whenever somebody hears me get a message they're like "ooh who's that from?" and it's nobody's goddamn business lol. So the vibration could be in place of audio, but it still doesn't explain why it's happening randomly without me doing anything.

I tried turning it off and back on as Archer suggested and it didn't do anything either :(

@Chuck, nothing's showing up in the notification center when it vibrates; though I haven't updated from 5.0 yet and the red (1) has been above the Settings app for over a week now so that could be it. But why would it have only started happening yesterday if that were the case?

EDIT: Thank you so much everybody but Razor Leaf has solved the mystery haha.

 

[Blackhawktom]

My phone also does this. I have discovered it was caused by installing AW-Open from cydia.

 

[Serene Grace]

Sometimes this happens to me when I put my iPhone in my pocket because of the silent switch being activated by the rim of my pocket. However if it happens while it's in your pocket unexpectedly, then I have no knowledge for reason as to why.