Plagued by phantom cell phone rings?

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I know...I know,,,this probably belongs in Random Discussion because really it could happen to anyone AS or not......but um....do you ever find yourself plagued by phantom cell phone rings.....I can't stop hearing them...It has me constantly checking my phone...It drives me nuts....like my brain is causign the melody to repeat in my head....anyone else have this problem?

Yeah sometimes. I carry mine in my back pocket, so usually I can just touch it and see if it's actually ringing.
And just as often, I miss it when it's really ringing.

I hear cell phones ringing (sometimes phantom, sometimes not) too! Usually, they belong to other people though....mine has such distinctive rings, I know it's not mine!

Mine will do that too, it always happens when I am driving truck, my phone is also set on vibrate, so I know its ringing but when I answer no one is there.

Yeah, I get that...i once heard my phone ring three times while driving, it was on the back seat...but when I arrived and checked it, there were no missed calls... It's really annoying! Quite often I will think I hear it ring but it's not. Doesn't happen with text though, I suppose because it's not an electronic beepy-type? Seems to make a difference...

It seemed to happen more with my last phone, i dunno if it's maybe the different tone of it? The ringtone that I have is the same one carried over, but as it's MIDI it sounds a bit different.

The damn things drive me crazy

Quite mad, actually...

I am always hearing them and worse a lot of modern music uses ringtones within it as samples.

Ha HA Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha .....

My phone doesn't vibrate..it is one of those "Cheaper" Cricket phones where you get a choice of about 36 different rings.
I have had this problem with other phones in the past, but this one is particularly bad...
I have tried to curtail it from happening by frequently changing the ring...but then I could never hear it...so I switched it back to the only ring I half enjoy...

After posting this thread, I heard my phone ring from where it was plugged in under the bed...just very faintly....

I will hear it ring inside my backpack while I am riding my bike....

I heard it ring in my purse on the bus.....always when it is out of sight..

Though speak of the devil, i just hear it sounding like it was in the distance when I have the thing right in front of me....



I just wonder what the scientific explanation for it is....

I kind of experience that. My phone is on vibrate, but it's a loud vibrate so i can easily hear it. Yeah sometimes when I'm focused on something else I think I hear it... but not really. I tend to keep it faced towards me wherever I leave it in my room so I can just look at and see if it lights up if someone is calling without to get up and check it out of paranoia.

um....I also hear the phantom buzzing of my boyfriend's phone that is on vibrate....