Help a nOOb: Why Doesn’t My iPhone Ring?

Nicole Martinelli ()

Can you hear me? CC-licensed, Windell H. Oskay, www.evilmadscientist.com

Can you hear me? CC-licensed, Windell H. Oskay, www.evilmadscientist.com

A plea for help with existential ramifications found on Yahoo answers:

“How come my iphone never rings?
I had it six month it never ring, y?”

Additional details:

“It’s on ring. It never rings.”

There are four days left to provide the right answer.

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Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco native who has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. You can find her on Twitter , Facebook and Google+.

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  • http://jacobhursh.info jake

    i know when i first got my iphone i was stumped as to why it was ringing. the little switch button on the left side at the top had been flipped off. i called mac and felt like a dumbass when they told me what the issue was. i know of a few other people who had the same lapse in personal brain activity.

  • http://www.applenext.com enostrum

    It’s a special iPhone.. Hahaha and it’s called Newton Message Pad (the father of the iPhone by the way)

  • JW.

    Simple: I believe it’s coz you gots no friends.

  • Donovan

    Because you’re holding a Newton?

  • Bill

    If this a real post it sounds like there’s lint in the headphone jack. It tricks the phone into thinking you have headphones plugged in. Get some canned air and blow it out.

  • Clown

    This guy’s a troll, unfortunately. Checked his history.

  • dave

    Cuz you’re on the AT&T network! Fewer bars in more places!

  • Charli

    1. you have no friends
    2. you have friends but you forgot to give them your new number
    3. you have the volume all the way down
    4. you have the ringer on mute (look at the side with the flip switch. do you see an orange dot. then the phone is on mute)
    5. you have a deactivated phone. does it say ATT in the top left. does it say any carrier name in the top left. if it says ‘no service’ or ‘no sim’ then you need to have the phone activated.

  • David Fulero

    Because your Newton doesn’t get bars lol
    Dammit now I know why my Macintosh SE doesn’t get internets!