Blackberry Making Auto Calls
February 18th, 2010 | Published in Devices | 21 Comments
Blackberry Curve is a pretty slick smartphone, and my girlfriend Tara definitely likes her 8900, no question about that. As for me, I don’t have anything against it, except it has the nasty habit of making inadvertent phone calls from inside her purse. It doesn’t happen very often, but it has happened more than once over the past four months that she’s had this device.
What particularly sucks about these auto calls, is that the device will randomly pick any number from your address list, making no distinction between your close friends, distant relatives and business contacts. I first realized that the problem exists when a buddy of mine called me on my cell phone in the middle of our driving through the countryside. He said that Tara had made repeated calls without saying a word, until it dawned on him it must have been an out-of-the-purse incident, so he dialed my number and let me know of the problem.
Obviously, the problem has to do with the unlocking sequence, “* + the call button”, which turns out to be too weak as a means of protection, given the gazillions of keystrokes that the phone receives when kicking around in your pocket or the purse. Is there anything that can be done to prevent these annoying auto calls from happening? I asked this question at a cell phone shop in the mall, and the sales guy promptly replied. “Just put it into standby, he said, and you’ll be good”.
Will I, really? You see, after you’ve shut off the device, bringing it back to life takes even a simpler action, just a short pressing on the power button! How could this possibly be safer?
We did give it a try, though, and sure enough, it didn’t take long before it happened again. Now we are at a loss: is there a real bullet-proof method of securing the keys so the phone does not come on by itself? If you know of one, please share your secret with me, I will greatly appreciate that!
February 25th, 2010 at 8:16 pm (#)
That can really be annoying and a waste of you call time. Maybe you can buy a hard cellphone purse, so that is won’t get press when inside the bag.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:36 pm (#)
I’ve had my phone take pictures when on my belt. I’ve no idea what sets it off.
March 4th, 2010 at 2:38 am (#)
To be honest with you, every cell phones likes to make autocalls. Even my Samsung DUOS which I have finally bought, known for it tight key, is calling my friends when I don’t know about it)))) However, I keep my phone in a pocket of jeans.
March 9th, 2010 at 9:14 am (#)
Boy this post sure hits home. My wife’s blackberry calls me just about every day. She has my number in the first spot on her favs. There is a key lock button, but it is at the very bottom right corner of the menu and my wife never locks the keys. It’s the users fault not the phone.
Most of the time it is very annoying to get a call and hear her gabbing with colleagues or friends, but every once in a while I hear some interesting things. I know I’m eavesdropping, but if she would lock the keys it wouldn’t happen. I usually just turn it off and don’t even tell her anymore.
March 15th, 2010 at 6:56 pm (#)
Sometimes that is embarrassing too. I also think it is a good idea to keep it in a hard cellphone bag. But the disaster is when children reach it; they can do anything if it is unlocked.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:48 am (#)
I have heard about this flaw as well. I would love a fix! Your pic on this blog is awesome!
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March 31st, 2010 at 10:17 am (#)
Pocket dialing is one of the reasons I doubt I’ll ever give my old flip phone.. The only problem I have with my phone is that I sometimes hang up when trying to answer it..
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August 5th, 2010 at 7:44 am (#)
That can really be annoying and a waste of you call time. Maybe you can buy a hard cellphone purse, so that is won’t get press when inside the bag.
August 12th, 2010 at 10:28 am (#)
Get a hard phone case.
August 18th, 2010 at 2:07 am (#)
I have a blackberry and it sometimes calls the last number, other times takes pictures…. I guess i need a bag/case for it.
August 18th, 2010 at 2:04 pm (#)
If the buttons are that easy to press, I’d also suggest a hard phone case.
August 19th, 2010 at 12:23 am (#)
Has your girlfriend tried locking the keypad when not in use?
It works for me. That is when i remember to lock it!
August 20th, 2010 at 2:41 pm (#)
No phone can compare to the yucks of the IPhone 4. It calls people while you are on the phone as well as drops calls! So I can feel your pain.
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November 12th, 2010 at 10:07 am (#)
With the new blackberry os update the unlock button is the mute button on top of the phone. You’ll never have that problem again.
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November 30th, 2010 at 10:21 pm (#)
I have never had this happen to any mobile phone I have ever had – until I got a Samsung Jet earlier this year. It’s only happened a couple of times, and I don’t know how as it is unlocked by touching a small area of the touchscreen.
Oh well, apart from that I like it and it hasn’t happened in a while…
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