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Other anyone else get pins and needles when using their iPhone?
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I have the same problem - pins and needles, but not the same as when you have leaned on your arm for too long and it 'goes to sleep'... mine developed soon after I started using a 15" macbook pro, and now also affects me when I use my iphone for more than a minute or two (like when using google maps for directions etc.) With my phone, I have only noticed it affecting my hands when using the touchscreen (no, I am not pressing too hard - just the same pressure as I have always used for the last 4 years).
Several of us on this forum are experiencing the same problem - so obviously it is a real (not imaginary!) issue, and as stated earlier, it is not the same sensation as caused by circulatory interruption (so nothing to do with posture).
Keen to hear any suggestions, or further confirmation fro others as to their experiences of this.
Several of us on this forum are experiencing the same problem - so obviously it is a real (not imaginary!) issue, and as stated earlier, it is not the same sensation as caused by circulatory interruption (so nothing to do with posture).
Keen to hear any suggestions, or further confirmation fro others as to their experiences of this.
Pins and Needles?
Americanize for me please...
Americanize one of the most common American sayings? Sure
Pins and Needles.
I get it when using the phone at a level above my heart, but only after many minutes of use (like 30+). Lower the phone and the feeling goes away, at least in my instance.
Mee too!
Of course it's when I'm multitasking while at my Acupuncture appt.
It could be from holding a bit tight and putting pressure on nerves at the base of the hand where the Median and Ulnar nerves are.
http://health.rush.edu/HealthInformation/mens center/2/19242.aspx
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Easy. You likely have somewhat poor circulation (a lot of people do) and you probably hold your phone vertical.
When I lay in bed and use my phone for a long time my hands/arms start feeling like they're going to fall asleep. It's simple circulation of blood. Heck, if I sit at my desk and prop my arms against the edge of the desk for a long time while I type it will restrict bloodflow and I'll get the same feeling.
Try switching your position of your arms and being more concious of their orientation (vertical, horizontal).
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now that was funny.
When I lay in bed and use my phone for a long time my hands/arms start feeling like they're going to fall asleep. It's simple circulation of blood. Heck, if I sit at my desk and prop my arms against the edge of the desk for a long time while I type it will restrict bloodflow and I'll get the same feeling.
Try switching your position of your arms and being more concious of their orientation (vertical, horizontal).
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now that was funny.
For some reason, ever since I received and began using my 4S, I've been getting an extreme amount of blood flow to my private areas, forcing an erection. I'm not sure why this happens, but it didn't happen with my 4 or 3GS and it definitely did not happen on my old Droid...
[doublepost=1491633489][/doublepost]Me too. Every morning before I get up I go on my phone, and like now it starts after about 4-5 mins of using it. The pins and needles are mainly in the thumb and first two fingers, doctors told a lady she had carvel tunnel, but later in it turned out something much worse. I've only had this since the iPhone 6s I bought 15mnth ago
Are you
Are you, with out realizing, holding your phone too tight. This could cut some of your circulation off to you fingers and give you the "pins and needles" feeling.
right up to the end of my fingers!! I kind of like it in a sad twisted way
Are you, with out realizing, holding your phone too tight. This could cut some of your circulation off to you fingers and give you the "pins and needles" feeling.
I have pins and needles in my fingers and going up my arm It’s terrible I changed my phone back in November.I went to T Mobile to tell them They sent me to the Apple store. I told the guy there what was happening and he took down all details. He told me someone would call me back (that was Tuesday and I haven’t heard from them yet.
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it's a massive issue for me too. I get it quickly and acutely in my fingers, then moving up my arms to my shoulders sometimes. It gets quite painful.
I think it is to do with the electro magnetic frequencies and how they affect our nerves. I am using a sony xperia z5 phone. Came across your post after googling how to solve this issue. Seems not many are aware of this!? I am incredibly sensitive though!
it's a massive issue for me too. I get it quickly and acutely in my fingers, then moving up my arms to my shoulders sometimes. It gets quite painful.
I think it is to do with the electro magnetic frequencies and how they affect our nerves. I am using a sony xperia z5 phone. Came across your post after googling how to solve this issue. Seems not many are aware of this!? I am incredibly sensitive though!
You're replying to someone that hasn't been on these forums for over 7 1/2 years.
They joined, made 3 posts, and vanished.
I think I was, due to the case - needed to grip it tighter as it was a more rounded casing. But now without the extra thickness on the sides (because of a more minimalist case), it's much more comfortable - I can grip it tight, but because the phone's as good as naked, it's much thinner in the hand....fingers are less fatigued.
Hey mate, I feel the same. When I bought iPhone X I my thumbs were numb and weird. Then it stoped for a while and now this is happening to my fingers. Even when I am not using the iPhone they still numb and weird. I cannn't find any answers but I definitely will use my phone less often from now on.
Guys... I really HOPE the person from 6 years ago went to the dr and figured out their issue by now....
Hi I get the same sensation since my new I phone.Have no idea what it is but I get this with my both I phones .
I have read many replies to first person posting this issue ,but many people don’t understand that this is literally by holding a phone and nothing else.It doesn’t have anything to do with a posture.
Try not gripping your phone so hard. You could be cutting off the circulation to your fingers, hence the "tingling feeling".