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ufomism

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Jan 20, 2022
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Woke up in the middle of my sleep yesterday to a faint beeping noise. Couldn't figure out where it was coming from until I realized the beeping came from the earpiece on my iPhone 13 mini that I keep across the room while I sleep.

There were no notifications on my phone (disabled), no open apps, and both silent mode and sleep focus were enabled. I was not charging my phone (I know you can get a warning beep if there's dirt/debris stuck in the charging port when charging).

Only thing that stopped the beeping was turning off the iPhone (adjusting volume, opening apps, etc. didn't do anything).

Recording of the beeping: https://vocaroo.com/1dPo4pmcPQer

Any ideas? Anyway to look at the logs from when it happened (can only see current logs in Configurator/Xcode)?

Thanks!
 
The same thing happened to me a few times with my iPhone 8! The first time it was 1,5 years ago, around 01:30 a.m. My phone was on silent, I was in bed, and suddenly I heard that faint beeping, just like in your audio file. I had no clue where it was coming from, until I realised it was the phone! Turns out my Dad was sending me some messages on WhatsApp at that exact time. I have no idea why the phone was beeping, when it was on silent mode…
The same thing happened once or twice again, but I cannot remember if I received any notifications or it was just out of the blue. Weird for sure!
 
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The same thing happened to me a few times with my iPhone 8! The first time it was 1,5 years ago, around 01:30 a.m. My phone was on silent, I was in bed, and suddenly I heard that faint beeping, just like in your audio file. I had no clue where it was coming from, until I realised it was the phone! Turns out my Dad was sending me some messages on WhatsApp at that exact time. I have no idea why the phone was beeping, when it was on silent mode…
The same thing happened once or twice again, but I cannot remember if I received any notifications or it was just out of the blue. Weird for sure!
Thanks, so maybe one of my apps was doing a background refresh and playing the sound. It went on for about 30 minutes before I stopped it lol. How long did yours last?

If you do a Find My, Play Sound is it the same sound?

Thanks, I thought about that too, but the Find My sound is different and it sends you an email notification whenever the play feature is being used so I would have known if it was that.
 
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