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Call she never made

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Ameliant · 27/02/2019 10:45

My DS is having problems due to her call log showing a 4 minute call to someone she regularly rings, at a time she couldn't have made it. Anyone wiser than me about this sort of thing? How is this possible?

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MaiaRindell · 27/02/2019 11:41

I think, even in her bag, something could have pressed up against your DS's phone and accidentally called.
Is it an iphone? Mine used to have a corruption where it randomly dialled the first person in my directory or my last dialled number. It went on for years on and off, and was because of a corrupt update. It also had something to do with wireless updates at my home which I never understood. It happened every time a new update was released when. Eventually I had to get it completely reset by connecting it to itunes by the Apple store.

DontCallMeCharlotte · 27/02/2019 11:49

I quite often get calls from my brother's back pocket.

needthisthread · 27/02/2019 11:53

Why is it a problem?

WinnieFosterTether · 27/02/2019 11:54

The most obvious answer would be that she did make the call but you missed her doing so because you were engrossed in the film, went to get a drink, went to the bathroom, etc.

howmanyusernames · 27/02/2019 11:59

My husband calls me all the time from his pocket or bag.

Do either of you have kids? Often my son will be holding my phone, and I later realise he's called people or even managed to switch off my 4G! He's 1, he hasn't 'done' this and I've been with him watching all the time, but it's happened.

HappyLife21 · 27/02/2019 12:02

Mysterious.

Katterinaballerina · 27/02/2019 12:02

The most logical explanation is that the call was made either by her, by the phone being knocked accidentally or by accidental voice call (fuck you Siri.)

If you are dealing with a very odd, controlling, gaslighting person there is the possibility that if they accessed her phone they set up a fake call log.

HyggeHeart · 27/02/2019 12:23

is it the call log on the phone? if so I would check it against the actual phone bill when times can't be fudged. Then you'll know if someone created a fake call on her phone.

Raspberry10 · 27/02/2019 12:24

Do you mean there’s a call log on her phone or in the billing? I haven’t looked at a call log in forever. Why is it a problem? Did her friend get the call? Do they remember any of this? Phone’s date system is probably wonky, did it change properly when the clocks did?

SemperIdem · 27/02/2019 12:27

I don’t think a call log can show a call that hasn’t been made at all, no.

Katterinaballerina · 27/02/2019 12:29

Yes it can but it would have to be a very odd person to do this to someone’s phone.

Tara336 · 27/02/2019 12:31

I had something similar when I was on EE I would quite regularly get people I didn’t know text me and thank me for the photo! It was always a picture message I was meant to have sent and always different people receiving them. Nothing ever showed on my bill though it was all very weird

HollowTalk · 27/02/2019 12:31

Who is the person she is supposed to have called and do they say there was a conversation?

What exactly was happening (in reality) in the moments she was supposed to be making the call? Can you track it back?

Newsername · 27/02/2019 12:33

I lost my iphone over the weekend and made calls from my iPad. They showed up on my phone when I found it. Is her phone linked to a tablet?

Cleffa · 27/02/2019 12:35

Is it an iphone? My gran has an iphone for which my aunt is in charge of the contract.

At one point there was an odd crossover with the accounts and my gran was receiving messages and seeing calls my aunt had made, maybe something like that if there is more than one phone in the same contract?

downcasteyes · 27/02/2019 12:36

Are you absolutely certain she couldn't have made it? Neither you nor she left the room to do a wee, or to get a cup of tea, or anything like that?

I ask because I have a friend whose brother was accused of harrassing someone else by phone, and a family member swore something similar - they were together, it couldn't have happened, it must have been a pocket dial etc. But it turned out that he did have time while the person he was with went to the loo, and he eventually admitted it.

Cleffa · 27/02/2019 12:36

What about the call log on the recipient phone? Does it show a received call at the same time?

Katterinaballerina · 27/02/2019 12:43

The most logical explanation is usually the right one.

ReaganSomerset · 27/02/2019 12:45

If a romantic partner is demanding this information, I'd advise your DSis (presuming that's who you're on about) to contact women's aid. Also signpost her to the freedom programme.

Kahlua4me · 27/02/2019 12:53

Can she ask the recipient of the supposed call to check their call history to see if it arrived there at said time?

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Ameliant · 27/02/2019 13:00

Obviously I can't give details of someone else's life, but thankyou to everyone who replied. I'm drawing my own conclusions from what's been posted and have to leave it be now. Thanks again.

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GiantButtonsAreMyFave · 27/02/2019 13:37

I’d assume the phone has just voice dialled that’s all? My kids are often mucking about (they are both under 3) somehow they can get the phone to voice dial (I’m not entirely sure how to do it and no idea how they manage it as the phone is locked?!) but it can ring anyone, one of them can’t even talk yet so it’s not like he’s saying actual names to call!

Fairenuff · 27/02/2019 13:40

OP says ds but refers to the person as female so I'm thinking sister rather than child.

GerryblewuptheER · 27/02/2019 13:44

Someone's been checking up on her

ARandomPoster · 27/02/2019 14:50

I was once out with a friend. We were eating a picnic lunch, sitting still when her phone rang. She looked at the screen and with an exclamation of surprise she showed me her screen. I was ringing her.

But my phone was in my bag a couple of metres from where we were sitting. No one had gone near it for several minutes. She answered the call and when we picked up my phone it was connected to hers.

I really can happen.

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