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My iPhone won’t vibrate any more.
Suddenly, I noticed that I was missing tons of calls. I just assumed it was due to poor reception at work, but the other day I had my phone in my hand while receiving a call, and noticed it wasn’t vibrating any more. I tried resetting the phone, removing apps, restoring. Eventually I just gave it a good hard old fashioned whack and the phone started vibrating when I called it again. In looking at the apple support fourm, I guess some other people are having the same issue. I’ll probably take it in to the Apple Store to see what they say, but this is not a good sign for an 8 month old $400 phone.
UPDATE: Now that I think about it I don’t believe it is vibrating as strong as it used to.
UPDATE2: I made a post to the Apple support forums saying that I fixed the issue by giving the phone a whack, but they deleted the post claiming it was bad advice. I can see their point.
UPDATE3: I posted this 3 years ago, and it is the top source of visits to this blog. Bumping this to the first page since many people found it useful.
Ahhh I want to try it but I’m scared .. Would it work on an iPhone 4
I’m scarred would it work on iPhone 4
I’m scared to break it .. How hard should I smack it
Just wanted to say thanks. Was searching for a while with no luck. I read this, gave it a whack, and it’s vibrating again. For ppl asking how hard just hold it in one hand and act like your giving a high five. Use some common sense, don’t whack it so hard you break it haha, just a slap.
At first it vibrated a little lighter, but it’s back to normal now. Perfect quick and easy fix. I should also note its an iPhone 4.
Thanks again!
I was having the same problem. I just gave it a good whack & it worked. Haha! At first, I thought you guys were joking. Thanks!
Totally shocked that the high gave smack worked! Thanks for the advice:)
My iPhone 4 was not vibrating, I was just about to restore it, when I decided to give it a whack and now it is vibrating again! Thanks.