I bought mine 3 days ago and it just keeps turning off randomly… I think it does it more when the enviroment is dark. It’s literally such BS that the most marketed feature of this year’s iPhone doesn't work as intended. Just wait till September when Tim Apple unveils “our most advanced Always on Display that actually stays on this time”
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always on display turning itself off after 16.2
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Damn…can’t even submit proper feedback because the most recent version of iOS to choose from is 16.0.2 - good grief.
I was having this issue, where it would keep turning off display especially at night after around 9pm.
I turned off my sleep schedule for another reason, which was set to start at 11.30pm, but this actually stopped the shutting off and the AOD stayed on all night, until I went to bed and it turned off after about 15 mins of inactivity! Will do more testing but maybe the sleep schedule was making the algorithm think it will turn off aod when getting close to sleep time or something??
I turned off my sleep schedule for another reason, which was set to start at 11.30pm, but this actually stopped the shutting off and the AOD stayed on all night, until I went to bed and it turned off after about 15 mins of inactivity! Will do more testing but maybe the sleep schedule was making the algorithm think it will turn off aod when getting close to sleep time or something??
I don’t have a sleep schedule setup…but I do think it has something to do with the specific time of day. My display only starts turning off after 10 or 11pm.
EDIT: scratch that. It’s 5:45 and I’m at work and in a fairly dark room and this piece of crap is constantly turning itself off. What a wonderful feature - the “always off” display. Great.
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Strange. Mine hasn’t turned off at all at night now for 2 days since I turned off sleep schedule. It’s definitely something to do with the software trying to second guess when you want it going off at night hours, very frustrating! Typical apple though, thinking they know better than you how you want your device to behave
Same here. Worked perfectly before 16.3, and now suddenly turns off in dark environments (living room when watching TV).
Yeah same. Most of this thread seems to have experienced it with 16.2, but it’s curious that the AOD seemingly worked fine for some people with 16.2 but then started turning off with 16.3
Went to bed last night (10pm ish) and put my 14 Pro Max on the MagSafe charger in all dark room and the screen immediately shut off. Took it off the charger and placed it back on and same thing happened again. Tried to take a video with my iPad but it was too dark.
Edit: On 16.3
Edit: On 16.3
After reading this thread, I tried turning the lights on in my otherwise dark living room (when watching TV). As a result, the AOD stayed on (waited for 30+ minutes).
When I turned the lights off and put my phone to sleep, the AOD shut itself off within minutes, sometimes even seconds.
When I turned the lights off and put my phone to sleep, the AOD shut itself off within minutes, sometimes even seconds.
Not to the extent it has been since 16.3. On 16.2 it would take a few more minutes before completely shutting off the screen. Now it is almost immediate.
I think it could be the light sensor is set to shut the screen off at too high a light level, obviously it is supposed to shut off when zero light like when it’s in a pocket, but in software they should tweak it so it doesn’t shut off too quick in low light conditions
It could also be an issue with the sensors themselves, some may be reporting less light than there actually is
It could also be an issue with the sensors themselves, some may be reporting less light than there actually is
This is exactly mine's behaviour as well! It has to do something with the light!
I placed a card over the sensors (iPhone 14P) and the display went dark immediately. Removed the card and AOD came back on. Brightness of AOD is a function of the ambient light. I guess this is the way it should work but not exactly the way Apple describes it.
Yeah, I think the brightness sensor needs to be tweaked. The AOD is supposed to turn off when the phone is inside a pocket or covered up…but, as it currently stands, it seems that the phone thinks it’s darker than it really is. That’s why the display keeps turning off in dim environments. It should really only turn off in pitch black environments.
Anyone else find that sometimes when the screen goes blank and then you switch the lights on again, the screen stays blank?
I keep saying that in this thread (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/aod-and-proximity-sensor-iphone-14-pro-max.2373915/) about the AOD and sensors but no one seems to care and comment.
A sleep schedule is something you have to set up in the first place, in the health app and you set up time to start and stop, it’s like do not disturb but with options for alarms etc.
apple have said that the phone has a mind of its own when it comes to AOD, and it when it thinks you don’t want it it will turn off! It also likely takes into account any schedules you have set up to make it think you want the screen to go off after a certain time