Power button ends calls on 6s

[eyecrispy]

I noticed yesterday that the power button on my 6s ends phone calls. On all my previous iPhones, I've used the power button to turn off the screen during long conference calls when I have it on speaker. Now it just hangs up my call.

Is this an iOS 9 things? Is there any way for me to turn it off?

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[Beyond Fire]

I just tried it out and it did not end the call for me. I'm using a 6s on 9.0.2. I haven't seen any settings that can be changed regarding this either, maybe someone else knows.

 

[Sekelani Zwambila]

When I press the power button it mutes the phone when it rings.


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[nikkisharif]

I've had this happen a few times on iOS 8. Hasn't happened on 9 yet.


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[eyecrispy]

It's annoy bc it happened 3 times on a work conference call. I just wanted to turn off the screen while I drove to conserve battery. It's strange that it does different things for different folks. I've never heard of it muting the call. That's odd too.


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[TheodoreEinstein]

That's so strange. There has to be a work around because I would imagine you're not the only one who wants the display off during a call.

I forget this from time to time when on calls too, and I've had the same thing happen.

How long are you on the calls before you click off the display? Also, are they directly to speaker, or are you turning it on after answering on the earpiece?

For me, once I have it on the call normal, I hide the keypad, turn on speakerphone, and then it seems to let me put the display to sleep.

 

[Beyond Fire]

It's annoy bc it happened 3 times on a work conference call. I just wanted to turn off the screen while I drove to conserve battery. It's strange that it does different things for different folks. I've never heard of it muting the call. That's odd too.


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Maybe a workaround you can try is turning the phone face down so the proximity sensor kicks in?

 

[eyecrispy]

That's so strange. There has to be a work around because I would imagine you're not the only one who wants the display off during a call.

I forget this from time to time when on calls too, and I've had the same thing happen.

How long are you on the calls before you click off the display? Also, are they directly to speaker, or are you turning it on after answering on the earpiece?

For me, once I have it on the call normal, I hide the keypad, turn on speakerphone, and then it seems to let me put the display to sleep.

I usually turn the display off pretty quickly. I mostly do this when I'm on a conf call for work, which usually lasts an hour or more. I dial in and once connected, I turn off the screen. The last one I did on my 6s hung me up three times before I realized what had happened. Really frustrating. Seems that different folks are getting different behaviors on their devices, which is even more frustrating. Would be nice if they had a setting to allow us to control how we want it to behave.

 

[Star-Shooter]

I haven't had this problem yet

 

[blambtn]

I use the power button to mute phone calls that I don't want to take but don't want to hit the fu button.

 

[eyecrispy]

I haven't had this problem yet

So if you are on a call and you press power, it just turns the power off and the call continues?

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

So if you are on a call and you press power, it just turns the power off and the call continues?

That's how it works for me. Just tested it. It'll hang up on the call if my phone is in the process of dialing someone, though.

 

[Ledsteplin]

So if you are on a call and you press power, it just turns the power off and the call continues?

Have you tried turning it off from Assistive Touch in Accessibility? Go to Settings >General />Accessibility >Assistive Touch >Toggle on > Tap button> Tap device> Tap lock screen

 

[eyecrispy]

Have you tried turning it off from Assistive Touch in Accessibility? Go to Settings >General />Accessibility >Assistive Touch >Toggle on > Tap button> Tap device> Tap lock screen

Too much trouble.

I'll tell you what did happen, though. Last night, I tested on both of my daughters' phones (5c and 5s) and they both worked the way I wanted ---- While on a speaker call, the power buttons turned the screen off. Then they called me and I did the same thing on my 6S and it worked! No clue why. Nothing has changed.

This morning, I had to hop on a conf call on my way to work and it worked fine as well. Pressing the power button did not hang up my call. I'm annoyed that it's flakey. I'm happy that it at least seems to be working as I remembered from my previous iPhones.

 

[nr2d]

Could it be how long you press the button. I know that if I just "tap" the power button my screen goes off but if I hold it long enough, maybe 2 or 3 seconds i receive the shut down screen.

 

[eyecrispy]

Could it be how long you press the button. I know that if I just "tap" the power button my screen goes off but if I hold it long enough, maybe 2 or 3 seconds i receive the shut down screen.

Yes. Long pressing always gives you the slide to power off option. I don't long press. I just press the power once and let go.


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[EmceeGeek]

That's always happened. It doesn't happen with headphones in.

 

[eyecrispy]

That's always happened. It doesn't happen with headphones in.

What doesn't happen with headphones in? I had a headset on this morning and the screen turned off (instead of hanging up) when I hit the power button.

This evening, I had it on speaker and it worked the same way.

A few days ago, the power button hung up the call.

Really strange.


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[EmceeGeek]

What doesn't happen with headphones in?

The power button doesn't hang up the call when you have headphones in.

 

[poohs220]

I have the iPhone 6s Plus and my phone has hung up while on a call, using the speaker, and tapping the power button (not holding it down) as well. Also, when I have my phone on speaker and I want to turn the speaker off during the call, my device hangs up as well. I don't know how to fix it, or a work around for either.