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always on display turning itself off after 16.2
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hey guys... for some reason it all started working as expected a couple of days later.. panic over as far as I am concerned 
Wiped my phone and set it up as new in the hopes that this issue might be remedied for whatever reason.
No such luck. Really hoping 16.2.1 fixes this.
EDIT: since wiping the phone and setting up again from scratch, the AOD now turns itself off way more often. It used to only happen in dark rooms late at night. Now it happens much more frequently. Ugh.
No such luck. Really hoping 16.2.1 fixes this.
EDIT: since wiping the phone and setting up again from scratch, the AOD now turns itself off way more often. It used to only happen in dark rooms late at night. Now it happens much more frequently. Ugh.
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Agree 100%. I've tried working this through by reporting it to Apple, and then speaking to a couple of different advisers (one who claimed he would see it through, and then stopped writing back).
One of the reasons I bought it a 14 is for the Always on Display, which I expected to always be able to refer to at night while it was on a slow charge stand.
This really is BS; I don't need the Apple engineers to tell me about all the fancy ways they have concocted to conserve power, etc. If I want it to stay on all night, it should do that.
This is absolutely, positively false advertising that they don't allow it to stay on.
There should be a setting, so if you want it to always stay on, it always stays on! Don't need the engineers to tell me when it goes dark
I agree. 2 nights running I've listened to podcasts in bed with the lights off and both times my phone went blank. Although the first night it actually stayed on for over an hour, but last night it went off in seconds! There's no consistency!
Nope. I think it’s dumb Siri thinking it’s learning your habits. Never ever works with anything it suggests.
I don't have an Apple Watch and am constantly dealing with the AOD turning off in relatively dark spaces.
I wish I was able to control this "while" - I spoke to the Apple genius, and they don't know what the duration is.
My screen stays on for hours and goes off at some point at night...
It also goes off when you cover the proximity/light sensor.
The issue described in this thread must be a bug and hopefully not a hardware issue.
I hate that this is happening, but I’m glad it’s finally getting traction on my apple forum post and this post.
This is really annoying and makes no sense to turn off automatically at night. Or maybe the sensor that turns off the display in your pocket is too sensitive (not sensitive enough?). It sure would be nice to look over and see the time on the phone without touching it.
Or we should have options to determine the AOD instead of apple and their coding controlling it for us.
This is really annoying and makes no sense to turn off automatically at night. Or maybe the sensor that turns off the display in your pocket is too sensitive (not sensitive enough?). It sure would be nice to look over and see the time on the phone without touching it.
Or we should have options to determine the AOD instead of apple and their coding controlling it for us.
Not false advertising. Works as advertised on my 14PM.