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help with Iphone, may be a noob question (sorry if it is)

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help with Iphone, may be a noob question (sorry if it is)

I love the iphone, definitely happy with it. I just have one problem that i CAN'T figure out. I've tried everything i know, but maybe someone can help me.

When im in the middle of a phone call, i want to lock the screen so i can't accidentally hang up on the person i'm talking to, or press random buttons like mute, hold etc. I can't find for the life of me a way to lock the screen and/or keypad. If someone knows of a way pls let me know.

THe [rfdlink=18]apple[/rfdlink] site mentions that i have to hold the button on the top right down until the screen locks. Unfortunately for me, that doesn't do anything except to give me a prompt to turn the phone off. If i just tap it, it hangs up the call.

Pls help!

Thank you in advance.
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TeejayV wrote: I love the iphone, definitely happy with it. I just have one problem that i CAN'T figure out. I've tried everything i know, but maybe someone can help me.

When im in the middle of a phone call, i want to lock the screen so i can't accidentally hang up on the person i'm talking to, or press random buttons like mute, hold etc. I can't find for the life of me a way to lock the screen and/or keypad. If someone knows of a way pls let me know.

THe apple site mentions that i have to hold the button on the top right down until the screen locks. Unfortunately for me, that doesn't do anything except to give me a prompt to turn the phone off. If i just tap it, it hangs up the call.

Pls help!

Thank you in advance.
Uhh... lol.

The screen turns off by itself when you put it against your ear.
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I don't think this exists... the iphone is made to only react to human fingers, so theoretically your face shouldn't activate any buttons, and therefore does not need a hold. In my experience with my iphone I've never had any buttons pressed on a call, so I suppose it works pretty good.
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my screen doesn't turn off automatically when i place a call. the screen where i have the option to end call, and put on hold, mute, keypad, contacts stays on. even if i'm on the phone for a couple hours. It's never blacked out.

is my phone defective or something?
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TeejayV wrote: my screen doesn't turn off automatically when i place a call. the screen where i have the option to end call, and put on hold, mute, keypad, contacts stays on. even if i'm on the phone for a couple hours. It's never blacked out.

is my phone defective or something?
It has proximity sensors near the ear speaker, so the screen turns off as soon as you bring it to your face.
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matdwyer wrote: I don't think this exists... the iphone is made to only react to human fingers, so theoretically your face shouldn't activate any buttons, and therefore does not need a hold. In my experience with my iphone I've never had any buttons pressed on a call, so I suppose it works pretty good.
Oh but it does :p
TeejayV wrote: my screen doesn't turn off automatically when i place a call. the screen where i have the option to end call, and put on hold, mute, keypad, contacts stays on. even if i'm on the phone for a couple hours. It's never blacked out.

is my phone defective or something?
Probably...

http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/features/sensors.html

Read the bottom.
Proximity sensor.
When you lift iPhone to your ear, the proximity sensor immediately turns off the display to save power and prevent inadvertent touches.
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This could happen due to problems while unlocking the phone (happened to me before) just re-unlock the phone and the problem should be fixed.
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Proximity sensor.
When you lift iPhone to your ear, the proximity sensor immediately turns off the display to save power and prevent inadvertent touches.
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