diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/call/CallAudioManager.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/call/CallAudioManager.kt
index cae4dde30..8048c298c 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/call/CallAudioManager.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/call/CallAudioManager.kt
@@ -118,8 +118,11 @@ class CallAudioManager(
     }
 
     fun stopRingbackTone() {
-        ringbackTone?.stopTone()
-        ringbackTone?.release()
+        try {
+            ringbackTone?.stopTone()
+            ringbackTone?.release()
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+        }
         ringbackTone = null
     }
 
@@ -355,7 +358,10 @@ class CallAudioManager(
     }
 
     private fun stopRingtone() {
-        ringtone?.stop()
+        try {
+            ringtone?.stop()
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+        }
         ringtone = null
     }
 
@@ -376,7 +382,10 @@ class CallAudioManager(
     }
 
     private fun stopVibration() {
-        vibrator?.cancel()
+        try {
+            vibrator?.cancel()
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+        }
         vibrator = null
     }
 }
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/call/CallActivity.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/call/CallActivity.kt
index a82a2ce6d..0d9b8ebe6 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/call/CallActivity.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/call/CallActivity.kt
@@ -207,8 +207,28 @@ class CallActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    @OptIn(DelicateCoroutinesApi::class)
     override fun onDestroy() {
         unregisterPipReceiver()
+
+        // Safety net: if the Activity is destroyed while a call is still
+        // ringing/offering, ensure the call is hung up so audio stops.
+        val manager = ActiveCallHolder.callManager
+        when (manager?.state?.value) {
+            is CallState.IncomingCall -> {
+                GlobalScope.launch { manager.rejectCall() }
+            }
+
+            is CallState.Offering,
+            is CallState.Connecting,
+            is CallState.Connected,
+            -> {
+                GlobalScope.launch { manager.hangup() }
+            }
+
+            else -> {}
+        }
+
         super.onDestroy()
     }
 
diff --git a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/call/CallManager.kt b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/call/CallManager.kt
index f5493923b..2ff076835 100644
--- a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/call/CallManager.kt
+++ b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/call/CallManager.kt
@@ -505,9 +505,12 @@ class CallManager(
             }
         }
 
+        // Transition immediately so the UI stops ringing/ringback before
+        // the (potentially slow) signing + relay publish completes.
+        transitionToEnded(callId, peerPubKeys, EndReason.HANGUP)
+
         val result = factory.createGroupHangup(peerPubKeys, callId, signer = signer)
         result.wraps.forEach { publishEvent(it) }
-        transitionToEnded(callId, peerPubKeys, EndReason.HANGUP)
     }
 
     fun onPeerHangup(event: CallHangupEvent) {