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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/tgalvin1999 on 2026-07-07 03:44:04+00:00.

Obligatory this happened a few weeks ago. I have a Samsung phone which are notorious for doing weird things when they get hot. I work in a warehouse which often gets hot and my phone was in my pocket. Somehow this sentient piece of crap decided to bypass my screen lock AND swipe to confirm AND dialed the EMS SOS line on my phone.

So naturally they send someone out to my workplace because I'm not responding. Before the police get there I see my phone called EMS and immediately start to panic but can't exactly call them back. The night manager leads the police up to me and I immediately walk up to them absolutely apologetic saying my phone got hot in my pocket and dialed EMS. The officer thankfully took it in stride while trying not to laugh and mentioned it happens all the time. All that night I had coworkers coming up and ribbing me for it.

TL;DR Phone decided to call EMS for no reason other than it was a sentient piece of crap and decided I needed to be embarrassed.