It’s still not working for me no matter which of the steps above I do. The most ridiculous thing about this is that it makes no difference if I toggle the Always On setting on or off. It is a dummy button that does nothing different either way.
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iPhone 14 Pro Standby Mode on iOS 17 at night - turns off after 10-15 seconds
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Mine (iPhone 15 Pro)is working better, but not perfectly.
Standby works in a light room, with the bright display. When the room darkens the display turns red, as it should. The display goes blank after a brief interval. Touching the display turns it back on, and it then remains on.
I doubt that is how Apple thinks it should work.
I have Standby on, Night Mode is on, and Motion to Wake is off.
The technician had me turn off Standby, do a hard reset, and then turn Standby on again. That sequence might be important.
The first time I tried resetting I only turned the phone off, instead of holding the button until the Apple logo appeared. Doing the reset correctly probably helped.
Standby works in a light room, with the bright display. When the room darkens the display turns red, as it should. The display goes blank after a brief interval. Touching the display turns it back on, and it then remains on.
I doubt that is how Apple thinks it should work.
I have Standby on, Night Mode is on, and Motion to Wake is off.
The technician had me turn off Standby, do a hard reset, and then turn Standby on again. That sequence might be important.
The first time I tried resetting I only turned the phone off, instead of holding the button until the Apple logo appeared. Doing the reset correctly probably helped.
Glad to see I am not the only one with this issue. Sorry guys, but misery loves company.
Spoke with Apple via chat 2 days ago and they had me hard restart phone for this issue - no help.
Called yesterday and spoke with tech moron for 20 minutes while he tried to figure it out. I finally said thanks and hung up after he asked me if I was talking about the "main clock" on the lock screen. This was after he had already asked me if it worked in ios16 and I told him it wasn't a feature until 17. Ugh
I have tried everything that you guys have posted, and I'm with "Ihavequestions". Nothing works for me either. As soon as it gets dark and the clock turns red, it blanks out after a minute or 2 without motion activating it.
Spoke with Apple via chat 2 days ago and they had me hard restart phone for this issue - no help.
Called yesterday and spoke with tech moron for 20 minutes while he tried to figure it out. I finally said thanks and hung up after he asked me if I was talking about the "main clock" on the lock screen. This was after he had already asked me if it worked in ios16 and I told him it wasn't a feature until 17. Ugh
I have tried everything that you guys have posted, and I'm with "Ihavequestions". Nothing works for me either. As soon as it gets dark and the clock turns red, it blanks out after a minute or 2 without motion activating it.
The fact that it turns back on with motion, even from far awayl tells me it is by design, unfortunately.
Mine is being very temperamental too. The night before last (Fri into Sat) the phone turned off the display in night mode after a short period of time and woke when it detected motion. This is the behaviour I want. Last night the display stubbornly remained on all night regardless of what I tried. It's interesting that people are getting such inconsistent results with no idea why one person gets one experience compared to another getting a different one.
One of the beauties of Apple iPhones and iPads is(was) that they just work. This is the first really odd experience I’ve had with them.
I’m curious if people posting here are all using iPhone 14 or if some are using iPhone 15. The thread title refers to iPhone 14, but I found it looking for help with my 15.
Morning Update #1
After implementing "DamonsIphone" recommendation to delete the health data, etc. on page one, it finally stayed on all night.Couldn't believe it as this was the first time since the install of IOS17. Not sure why that works, but apparently it does. If I get 2 nights in a row, I will post back tomorrow.
Thanks DamonsIphone!
After implementing "DamonsIphone" recommendation to delete the health data, etc. on page one, it finally stayed on all night.Couldn't believe it as this was the first time since the install of IOS17. Not sure why that works, but apparently it does. If I get 2 nights in a row, I will post back tomorrow.
Thanks DamonsIphone!
I have an iPhone 15 Pro. Tonight it's switching off as I'd like it to. What have I done differently? Nothing as far as I can tell.
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I like the AOD is off at night while stand by so the light would disturb my eyes when waking up during the night for any reasons. I think as long as this no display during
stand by does not bother you and does not cause any issues with your phone operations, it should be fine. If you are really concerned, contact Apple Support because they are the Subject Matter Expert of the product😊
At the end of all of this, three things come to mind:
1. It's a brand new feature, so it's not truly mature, nor is its documentation, nor is support for it.
2. The variations in peoples' experiences does suggest it has bugs.
3. I imagine we're going to see changes in the next few update cycles, as Apple made a big deal about this.
4 (of 3). Reading over the threads about this, everyone's expectations for it differ a bit.
I hope that updates will make the configuration of this feature highly configurable, from whether it shuts off at all to the color of the night mode display (or perhaps to leave the color alone and set the brightness), to more content types (I'd love to see a standby use for this in the car, where it just sits there and projects the current map with no navigation).
1. It's a brand new feature, so it's not truly mature, nor is its documentation, nor is support for it.
2. The variations in peoples' experiences does suggest it has bugs.
3. I imagine we're going to see changes in the next few update cycles, as Apple made a big deal about this.
4 (of 3). Reading over the threads about this, everyone's expectations for it differ a bit.
I hope that updates will make the configuration of this feature highly configurable, from whether it shuts off at all to the color of the night mode display (or perhaps to leave the color alone and set the brightness), to more content types (I'd love to see a standby use for this in the car, where it just sits there and projects the current map with no navigation).
Update #2. Thank to the ideas from a few on this forum, Standby is finally working the way apple says "it should", which is to stay on all night. 2 nights in a row now.
I too hope Apple makes this more easily usable and makes it work both ways for people that want it. From what I can tell thus far, the Always on Display selection has no use at this point on a iPhone 14 pro. At least not for Standby.
I too hope Apple makes this more easily usable and makes it work both ways for people that want it. From what I can tell thus far, the Always on Display selection has no use at this point on a iPhone 14 pro. At least not for Standby.
Mine just stayed on all night as well 2 nights in a row. The only thing I changed was turning off my "Do Not Disturb" nightly focus but that might just be a coincidence. When I first put it on Standby, the screen flashed on and off and then stayed at the clock, but only for a minute or so, and then it turned off! I tapped the screen and it came back on to Standby clock mode and stayed on all night! YAY!
Has anyone tried to update to the 17.1 beta and see if the behavior changes? I kind of think that it turning off might be intentional, OLED can retain images that fade by no longer showing the image, and the sleep focus turning off the AoD on both the iPhone and Apple Watch makes me think they use that to mitigate this issue.
I have the beta, still turns off. I'd be worried about burn in but there is the AOD that never turns off and no burn in. Usually there is a little pixel shift built in, at least my S20FE was like that.
It is all stated in my first post. Follow DamonsIphone instructions on page 1
Not true, as then it wouldn't stay on all the time in daylight if it was a "burn-in" issue. Do what DamonsIphone said and it will work. I tried everything else and spoke with apple multiple times. They are clueless, but deleting the Health info and rebooting, etc. (follow the steps) worked for me.
In daylight you’re pretty likely to pick it up and change the state of the screen occasionally. Overnight? Not so much…
Considering how hard it is to get the state to remain on that might be the actual bug.
Could be a bug, for sure. Considering the amount of people that are having different experiences with this function. Plus, Apple techs seem to be clueless about it too. However, when you read the statement from Apple about what Standby is suppose to do, it is clear that it is SUPPOSE to stay on at night.
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-standby-iph878d77632/ios
Hallujuah!Coming in 17.1![6bf9b9dabf1d563801f0db72c6423ca6.jpg]()
This should solve many of the problems that people are having with this feature!!