try to hold the sleep button (top right corner) and the home button (the biggest key) together until the apple logo pops up.

its called a proximity sensor. the 3g iphone has 2 (members, kindly reconfirm this)

anyway it sounds like you might be having a hardware problem; a very sticky and dodgy situation. all illegal unlocked iphone users' worst nightmare!

are you currently using a screen protector? my guess is it might be confusing the sensor. hence if you are desperate, you might wanna try removing it and see (even though this is unlikely)

to reconfirm that this purely a hardware malfunction, (as suggested) the only way is to restore your iphone and make sure that you create as new phone and avoid using the itunes backup file.

sorry to hear about your misfortune and good luck!

im not in a mood to type length instructions for you but if you can visit www.iclarified.com, they have prepared a detailed guide for you.


hint: avoid ziphone. try using +iliberty whenever feasible.

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Jul 26 2008, 12:19 AM

huh? pouch? can you care to explain further?