I don't know what to do. I recently got a replacement iPhone (under warranty), and the screen has been acting really weird - moving by itself, things moving on its own (for example, in the SMS Messages list, the 'Delete' button would constantly appear and then disappear, like I was swiping it). I have tried a restart but it still is acting weird, and I think it made an international call all by itself. I'm really unsure what to do, and I'm not sure if I did anything wrong, because this is really weird and I have never seen this before.Thanks! Iphone 6 possessedAfter another 2+ hours on the phone w/ a Verizon rep, they have decided to send me a new one. Pretty much wiped out this morning and a big chunk of yesterday afternoon dealing with endless telephone efforts to fix the problem.

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I haven't had this much downtime since I was a fetus. I guess my mistake was in not going directly to a Verizon store and making a scene. I thought this would save me a trip. I guess it did, but I sure don't think it saved time! If the next one doesn't work, I'm going to try to dig up my old Palm Pilot. After another 2+ hours on the phone w/ a Verizon rep, they have decided to send me a new one. Pretty much wiped out this morning and a big chunk of yesterday afternoon dealing with endless telephone efforts to fix the problem.

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I haven't had this much downtime since I was a fetus. I guess my mistake was in not going directly to a Verizon store and making a scene. I thought this would save me a trip. I guess it did, but I sure don't think it saved time! If the next one doesn't work, I'm going to try to dig up my old Palm Pilot.

I don't know what to do. I recently got a replacement iPhone (under warranty), and the screen has been acting really weird - moving by itself, things moving on its own (for example, in the SMS Messages list, the 'Delete' button would constantly appear and then disappear, like I was swiping it). I have tried a restart but it still is acting weird, and I think it made an international call all by itself. I'm really unsure what to do, and I'm not sure if I did anything wrong, because this is really weird and I have never seen this before.Thanks! Post Merged, Jan 10, 2016 -My IPhone 6 plus started acting like it was possessed several weeks ago and I couldn't replace it right away (actually still using it). It would start texting randomly and other things but the most annoying is that the touch screen would not work when I most needed it like when someone was calling I could not answer. I discovered that by hitting the phone hard on a flat surface (with the touch screen facing up) the phone starts working fine.

Sometimes it goes for days and sometimes for a few minutes, but it works every time. Post Merged, Jan 10, 2016 -My IPhone 6 plus started acting like it was possessed several weeks ago and I couldn't replace it right away (actually still using it). It would start texting randomly and other things but the most annoying is that the touch screen would not work when I most needed it like when someone was calling I could not answer. I discovered that by hitting the phone hard on a flat surface (with the touch screen facing up) the phone starts working fine. Sometimes it goes for days and sometimes for a few minutes, but it works every time. I don't know what to do. I recently got a replacement iPhone (under warranty), and the screen has been acting really weird - moving by itself, things moving on its own (for example, in the SMS Messages list, the 'Delete' button would constantly appear and then disappear, like I was swiping it).

I have tried a restart but it still is acting weird, and I think it made an international call all by itself. I'm really unsure what to do, and I'm not sure if I did anything wrong, because this is really weird and I have never seen this before.Thanks!

Post Merged, Jan 10, 2018 -Hi, my phone started doing this shortly after Thanksgiving. The reason I am on this site is because I was looking to see if others are having this problem. I have talked with my carrier a couple times and have talked with others that are the kind of people that read up on the latest. The consensus is, Apple is making the iPhone 10 or X. It’s like a thousand dollars. It apparently uses a different hardware or software. What ever it is.

So for some reasons not understood. Something about the new version would make the batteries on older iPhones run down. So all these latest downloads have been to “fix” a problem that was not there until Apple wanted more money and power to create this new beast that’s messing with some of the older iPhones. I am not sure why it’s not all iPhones, why it’s being selective. I haven’t read it myself, but I have heard a lawsuit is being made against Apple for this.

I have seen a few news alerts on the subject. I do not have a lot of time to invest in learning anymore. But I believe this is the problem.

What am I going to do? I can’t seem to buy anything older than the iPhone 8 at any retail establishments except Walmart.

That means going to straight talk or A T & T. But I have also heard if your lucky enuf to get a new ( not refurbished) 6, it won’t have this problem because it hasn’t had the downloads.

I don’t know if all this is true, but it’s what I have gathered in information. I hope this helps you.

I love my iPhone, but am not sure I like or respect Apple anymore. You can buy an iPhone 6 at Walmart for straight talk forb199.00 in Oregon and 149.00 for another smaller iPhone that hooks up with AT@T. I can absolutely say for certain that (in my case at least) this is not a hardware issue. It has nothing to do with solder joints or batteries etc.

The operating system itself is absolutely corrupt (whether by malware or otherwise), as the issue transfers from one phone to another via iTunes backup. (Whether back to the same iPhone or a new iPhone).I have no idea what the actual issue is (I'm not an Apple user, just bought a new iPhone 8 plus for my mom to replace her iPhone 6 plus).

I can say that she has mentioned/complained for years about her phone 'acting up' but I didnt think much of it as everything 'seemed' normal when I checked out the phone casually.After using it for the afternoon/evening, trying to properly transfer her data to her new phone, I see now that I was wrong, and that there is for sure something seriously wrong with her iOS. (as I said, even after setting up on the much newer phone, after multiple resets, the iPhone 8 plus exhibited similar random issues that are very subtle and periodic. (as in it 'seems fine' but it definitely is not fine).What (to me at least) is most concerning is that there is little valid info on this issue (at least after a casual search, I imagine there is more somewhere). That's why I took the time to reply to this thread to both confirm to the people that are experiencing similar iOS 'weirdness' that it isn't just you and you are correct, there is a problem.

And to the others that replied by attributing this to other commonly known Apple phone issues such as the battery or 'touch disease' etc., those are completely separate issues.I am somewhat in the IT industry and have used PC's, Macs, Android and a bit of iOS all my life. This is the first I have seen an issue quite like this, (although it does exhibit similarities to some sort of low-level malware that is running either as a layer/filter which periodically results in weird anomalies seen/experienced or it is right at the core/kernel level, as the anomalies experienced make no sense otherwise.Either way it is very concerning as clearly there is code running that is not Apple's that is affecting core aspects of the OS. (unless the OS itself can become minorly corrupt and still function as 'mostly normal', but I don't see how because there would have to be more errors and crashes etc. And these issues have continued after multiple iOS updates).The symptoms this phone exhibits (the brand new iPhone 8 plus) (after restoring the iPhone 6 plus backup to it) after 4 hours of observation are: (of which almost all of the time has been spent in settings)1. Significantly faster battery drain2. Phone gets warmer than normal3.

Things that just worked a minute ago (like going down a menu in settings, take much longer, or don't work at all). Then the next time, work and respond normally.4. Screen scrolling can 'lag' for no reason with nothing running. (as I said this is my mom's phone and she literally had no apps on it other than Facebook and the weather network. Keyboard entry just seems different.

(but I haven't spent enough time with it to say what's different, maybe just laggy.)7. Weird random screen 'glitches' like the home screen background slowly moving down the screen. Barely noticeable unless you stop and watch it move.8. Certain text fields in settings are now a grey, and a grey 'bar' sometimes exists at the top of the screen (at least on the home screen) (yet the iPhone 8 plus before being 'restored' to was running the latest iOS (12.1.2), as was the iPhone 6 plus before it was backed up, so there should be no differences like this).Issues my mother has 'complained' about over at least a year (maybe longer).1. Poor battery life.

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(I also thought it was cause of the Apple battery issue, but I can say for certain that battery drain increased significantly after restoring the backup from the iPhone 6 plus)2. Very random lockups.3. Voice call and texting issues4. Excessive cell data usage (which we attributed to her texting pics more often)4. Wierd things she couldn't explain.Probably a few other things too, but it seemed to work fine, or was fine after a reboot.As I said, it definitely is not.My solution is to do a completely clean install and put only her pics and contacts back on the phone and see if that works.

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I am also going to change her passwords on absolutely everything. As I said, I have no idea what the actual issue is, and I honestly don't want to have to find out. Because the fact the symptoms experienced are so subtle is. Definitely not good in my opinion.I may play with her old phone when I have time to see what I can find out about what is actually going on with it. (although the better idea is probably to just wipe it too).Anyway, that's all, hope someone finds this info somewhat useful.