Self-dialing phone

A friend's mobile (cheapo PAYG Samsung) just rang me. Her phone logged
the call, mine logged the receipt, but we were chatting at the time, so
there's no way she could have made the call herself.

Is there some sort of autodial facility that might explain this?

Thanks, Rob

In article <4e451c82$0$1295$c3e8da3$40cdd511@news.astraweb.co m>,
Rob <ngonly@gmail.com> wrote:
>A friend's mobile (cheapo PAYG Samsung) just rang me. Her phone logged
>the call, mine logged the receipt, but we were chatting at the time, so
>there's no way she could have made the call herself.
>
>Is there some sort of autodial facility that might explain this?

Basic speed-dial facilities, (push a number key and hold it in on most
phones), or put the green button to dial the last number called/dialled
type of thing - almsot all phones have a facility like this.

It probably autodialled by an accidental button/screen touch before the
screen/keyboard lock kicked in.

Surprised this is the first time you've had it happen - I've had it happen
a few times - answer the call, then hear weird sounds in the background,
depending on where the phone is (pocket, bag, etc.) and what the person
is doing - walking, driving, etc.

Gordon

"Rob" <ngonly@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e451c82$0$1295$c3e8da3$40cdd511@news.astrawe b.com...
>A friend's mobile (cheapo PAYG Samsung) just rang me. Her phone logged the
>call, mine logged the receipt, but we were chatting at the time, so there's
>no way she could have made the call herself.
>
> Is there some sort of autodial facility that might explain this?

When my company gave me a phone it was one that didn't "auto" keyboard lock
like my own phone did.

With both in my pockets I would frequently end up with one phoning the
other.

tim

"tim...." <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:9akr74Fp8nU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Rob" <ngonly@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4e451c82$0$1295$c3e8da3$40cdd511@news.astrawe b.com...
>>A friend's mobile (cheapo PAYG Samsung) just rang me. Her phone logged the call, mine logged the receipt, but we were chatting at
>>the time, so there's no way she could have made the call herself.
>>
>> Is there some sort of autodial facility that might explain this?
>
> When my company gave me a phone it was one that didn't "auto" keyboard lock like my own phone did.
>
> With both in my pockets I would frequently end up with one phoning the other.
>
> tim

I had one dial the emergency services whilst in my pocket.
A keyboard lock not generally stop this.

--
Graham.

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On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:20:19 +0100, "tim...."
<tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"Rob" <ngonly@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:4e451c82$0$1295$c3e8da3$40cdd511@news.astraw eb.com...
>>A friend's mobile (cheapo PAYG Samsung) just rang me. Her phone logged the
>>call, mine logged the receipt, but we were chatting at the time, so there's
>>no way she could have made the call herself.
>>
>> Is there some sort of autodial facility that might explain this?
>
>When my company gave me a phone it was one that didn't "auto" keyboard lock
>like my own phone did.
>
>With both in my pockets I would frequently end up with one phoning the
>other.

I had a phone that had an auto keyboard lock and was a slide type. It
still managed to make unwanted calls when in my pocket.
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In message <j23edr$5f6$1@profound-observation.eternal-september.org>, at
15:47:10 on Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Graham. <me@privacy.com> remarked:
>
>I had one dial the emergency services whilst in my pocket.

The emergency services have a name for these calls (which are made with
monotonous regularity): "handbags".
--
Roland Perry

In message <8xlmeQI+GaROFAfZ@perry.co.uk>, Roland Perry
<roland@perry.co.uk> writing at 22:57:18 in his/her local time opines:-
>In message <j23edr$5f6$1@profound-observation.eternal-september.org>,
>at 15:47:10 on Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Graham. <me@privacy.com> remarked:
>>
>>I had one dial the emergency services whilst in my pocket.
>
>The emergency services have a name for these calls (which are made with
>monotonous regularity): "handbags".

I heard that if it's from a man's pocket, it's called a 'Dictaphone'
--
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Kelmscott Ltd useful, or believe to be beautiful' William Morris

On 12/08/2011 15:20, tim.... wrote:
> "Rob"<ngonly@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4e451c82$0$1295$c3e8da3$40cdd511@news.astrawe b.com...
>> A friend's mobile (cheapo PAYG Samsung) just rang me. Her phone logged the
>> call, mine logged the receipt, but we were chatting at the time, so there's
>> no way she could have made the call herself.
>>
>> Is there some sort of autodial facility that might explain this?
>
> When my company gave me a phone it was one that didn't "auto" keyboard lock
> like my own phone did.
>
> With both in my pockets I would frequently end up with one phoning the
> other.
>

Well, this one is set to auto lock (but not password protect) and it
hadn't been used for several hours. It takes at least two clicky keypad
presses to reach autodial. Odd!

Rob