Apple’s iOS is renowned for being polished and for offering access to a plethora of useful features. While iOS might be a premium mobile operating system, this doesn’t mean that it is perfect. There are still a couple of flaws in iOS and people who use older iPhones are the ones who have to deal with them most of the time. One of the most annoying issues that iPhone users need to deal with is random vibrations. Sometimes, iPhones will start vibrating for no real reason.

As you can imagine, having an iPhone that starts randomly vibrating is not only annoying but also confusing. You will continuously have to check the screen for notifications or missed calls. On the bright side of things, there are some fixes that you can try. With that said, today we are going to show you exactly what you need to do in order to fix iPhones randomly vibrating.

#1 Force Restart the Device

There are multiple ways to fix the random vibrations and we are going to start with the easiest method. The first thing that you want to do when you notice that your iPhone is vibrating for no reason is to force restart the device. Follow the steps below if you are not familiar with how to force restart an iPhone.

1. Quickly press and release the Volume Up button;
2. Do the same with the Volume Down button;
3. All that is left now is to press and hold the Power button until the Apple logo appears on the screens.

#2 Shut Down All Apps

The most common reason why iPhones start randomly vibrating is when apps are left open. This can happen to anyone and the best way to make sure that apps are not causing issues is to shut them down. Luckily, force quitting apps on iOS is super simple and anyone can do it in a couple of seconds. Follow the steps below if you are not familiar with this process.

1. Swipe up from the gestures bar and hold your finger on the screen;
2. The app switcher mode will now be enabled and you can swipe up on the app that you want to quit or all of them.

#3 Clean the iPhone

Apple is equipping all its latest iPhone models with waterproof protection. However, this is not the case for the older models and getting them wet can lead to many problems such as the random vibrations for example. This is why we are advising everyone to make sure that their iPhone is completely dry and that there is no liquid running inside the system.

#4 Check for Software Updates

Another super simple yet effective method of fixing iPhone problems is to download the latest software update. Apple is continuously rolling out software updates that introduce improvements to its mobile operating system and download the latest ones should always be your top priority.

To make things even better, all of Apple’s latest updates are rolled out via official OTA (over the air) channels. Therefore, the only thing that you will need to do in order to access the new update is to open the Settings menu, access the General panel and then tap on Software Update. All that is left now is to check for any new updates and to download them.

#5 Disable Mail Notifications

Even though most native iOS apps are great, there is one that is infamous for the problem that it causes. We are talking about the mail app which is known to send late notifications on emails. The notifications can and will enable random vibrations and this is why disabling mail notifications is a good idea if your iPhone is randomly vibrating. We know that you don’t want to forget about your emails and this is why we are going to provide a guide that shows you how to disable only the vibrations from your mail notifications.

1. Open the Settings menu;
2. Select Sounds & Haptics;
3. Select New Mail;
4. Set the Vibration setting to “None”.

Since we are showing you how to disable vibrations from the mail app, let’s also check out how to disable all vibrations that iCloud’s mail app might send to your iPhone.

1. Open the Settings menu;
2. Select Notifications;
3. Select Mail;
4. Select iCloud;
5. Select Sounds – Vibrations;
6. Now set the Vibration setting to “None”.

#6 Turn Off All Vibrations

Did you try all the methods featured on our list and your iPhone is still randomly vibrating? There is one final option that is guaranteed to work, but it does have a downside. You can get rid of random vibrations by disabling them all. The problem with this method is that you will no longer feel vibrations when you receive important notifications such as texts or phone calls. Nonetheless, follow the steps below to disable all vibrations on your iPhone.

1. Open the Settings menu;
2. Select Sounds & Haptics;
3. Turn off the toggle for Vibrate on Ring and Vibrate on Silent.

Final Words

These have been our top six methods to stop your iPhone from randomly vibrating. We hope that at least one of them worked for your iPhone and that you no longer have to deal with random vibrations. If you have any other methods that might help our readers, please let us know in the comments.