My 3g iphone can't vibrate when sms or call come in although i set the vibration is on for both silent and non silent mode...
Have anyone meet this problem before? What can I do now? Pro give me some advise...

New set?before this it able to vibrate?

is your unit JB?

yea..new set..before this can use..and it is JB using Quickpwn..

if i were to make a guess, (assuming that you have not dropped your iphone or had an impact on it prior to this), i would think that the JB app modifications could have messed up the main frame.


to eliminate this possibility, simply do a complete a restore without using the backup and set up as a new phone.

have you restarted?

Of couse i wont drop my babe!
so mr rabbit u means i need to restore my iphone again?
sorry..
what u means by simply do a complete a restore without using the backup and set up as a new phone.

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Added on September 28, 2008, 3:07 pmThis is first thing i do when i realized this problem occur

This post has been edited by geo-milano: Sep 28 2008, 03:07 PM

Bro,rejailbreak ur phone again.it might be the firmware problem.
i dont think its the hardware problem.

ya..i'm trying now..
Yesterday night i was update my iphone sofware using cydia..maybe it cause this problem.

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Added on September 28, 2008, 3:20 pmi rejailbreak using quickpwn..still cant...
issit possible need to restore my firmware using itune?

This post has been edited by geo-milano: Sep 28 2008, 03:20 PM

say no to JB

i fully restore still cant...zzz
duno what is the problem

If even after restoring the problem remains,most probably should be the hardware problem already.

are you sure a new set? Or already used by others before. Not vibrate nothing to do with JB.

you sure you only use it in appropriate way (*cough cough)?

anyway kinda scary to hear this issue, although i'm not iphone user (probably soon-to-be) and not iphone expert either so wish you good luck.

ealier before jb it was fine n suddenly after jb was nt working...n after restore still not vibrating...
then u hv 2 call crxr...hardware issue...he can most likely solve it...
it is a very weird prob ya...

enter DFU mode to restore, this will ensure any previous modification to system file will be replaced using original....and don't use restore from backup

example of modified firmware symptoms after normal restoring/upgrading an official firmware/custom FW, u'll still get some of the setting of ur previous firmware, such as MIM, numerical battery etc...even on non-JB FW

so use DFU mode to restore

This post has been edited by psyeo: Sep 28 2008, 10:11 PM

@geo-milano
This might not be a hardware problem. Did u install something from Cydia (or installer) to modify the vibration pattern? This could be a corrupted SystemSoundVibrationPatterns.plist in the Celestial.framework. Try replacing the plist file with the stock ones and see how it goes. If you restored the phone but sync the old setting then that should answer the question why it still persist even after restore. Syncing with old preferences/backup will copy the old (corrupted) settings (plist files) back to the phone.

Aiyaaa ... one more post. Break vows again.

means i should not using restore mode thru itune? I'm using iphone firmware uploaded by apple.
I don use any to do with my vibration part...
to DFU pwnage still haven out, only can use quickpwn, but quick pwn only for JB..issit have any other ways?

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Added on September 29, 2008, 8:09 amI dun modify vibration thing, but i will try ur method to solve this problem..I'll find SystemSoundVibrationPatterns.plist and replace it...hope it just software caused.

This post has been edited by geo-milano: Sep 29 2008, 08:09 AM

u dont need pwnage to enter dfu mode..., u will still be restoring it from itunes, but ur iPhone need to be in DFU mode...google on the steps required for DFU mode...i believe iclarified should have a guide on it

@Geo-milano

If your phones still doesnt vibrate after those method described by others,im sure its hardware problem already.
just go lowyat and repair it.there is a shop in the 2nd floor that repairs iphone.

i'll try after work, if there is cause by hardware problem.. you know how much roughly need to repair?
thanks for your info.

Hi bro,sorry im not sure how much is needed for repair coz i've never repair my iphone before.but i think u should probably prepare rm100-rm200 for repair.iphone is not normal phone and its hard to get parts for it.anyways,good luck with it.

I highly doubt that it is related to hardware... Sounds like it is related to firmware..have similar problem back in my custom fw2.0.1 after installing some of the stuff from cydia. Normal restore doesn't eliminate the problem, dfu mode restore will do the job

I remember him using a cracked version of SwirlyMMS which he insensitively mentioned it quite loudly in the SwirlyMMS post.

Maybe this could be the cause. Who knows.

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 29 2008, 03:48 PM

davidgary73 is right in a way that 99.9% of my first gen iphone malfunctions were caused by 3rd party apps gathered from installer or cydia.

i restore in DFU still cant ! still no vibrate! omg ....
confirm hardware problem?

u did not restore the backup to ur phone rite? after restoring in dfu mode...
if so, hardware lo

if reallly is hardware problem then headache edi, if this is the root cause, issit can get warranty from Singtel( I brought from there last month).
Either warranty or repair , it goes last..
Now i m thinking upgrade to 2.0.1 to see how...
How you guy think? or still have any possibility to let me test?
Thank for opinion and help.

2.0.1? what firmware are u on now? update to the latest a.k.a. 2.1

i using 2.1 now...i means i wan try downgrade to 2.0.1 to see this issue can be solve or not.
U think got any related?

Geo, last time this problem was happened to my 1st gen iphone too.. I sent to a service center in digital mall.. they told me repair cost RM200+

After that, i sent the phone to my supplier there, they helped me to restore everything then the vibration is working after that.

Try full restore .if problem still there,then sure need hardware repair already

ask you're seller to do full restore.

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Added on October 1, 2008, 1:38 amask you're seller to do full restore.

This post has been edited by baretta: Oct 1 2008, 01:38 AM

Y ask seller?

Bro,sorry cant help u already.i've tried my best.

i had meet with cxrx, he told me my vibration is fine..just inside there jam jam dei..then he put some oil then is working fine..
this is a weird case for me...can say not a software problem and half hardware problem...

strange hardware problem, haha...anyway glad that u solve it dy...


should we setup a thread for troubleshooting?

So cxrx applied some KY on the vibrator and it's ok now?

he knows wat he is doin..
glad ur baby in tip top condition now...
*touch wood*

yes..working fine now...thanks for everybody opinion here...
haha..what is KY?
i m glad too...

Google for KY Jelly. Has some important uses

KY Jelly - The product is now more widely used as a sexual lubricant. It does not react with latex condoms or silicone rubber-based sex toys. While not recommended for ingestion, it has a sweetish taste, so as to not interfere with oral sex.


OMG?! dun tell me that thing in my phone >.<"

so purpose of this thread? KY jelly thread?
since ur phone had been fixed back to tip top condition, i do suggest that you close this thread up.

how can this thread goes to ky jelly, irelihavenoidea