Auto reboot disables my automations. Any workaround?

[pgoelz]

I have a pair of automations on my iPad that control the smart plug its charger is plugged into. Its mission is to sit for sometimes up to a week or two plugged in but in standby. The automations start charging at 80% and stop charging at 90%.

All was fine until Apple introduced the auto reboot. Now after a period of three days of inactivity, the iPad reboots, which disables my automations until I actually unlock it. As a result, the battery slowly discharges until empty. Or worse, if the reboot occurs while charging it will charge to 100% and stay there..... exactly what I was trying to prevent. Thanks Apple..... NOT.

Is there any workaround that would keep my automations active after an unattended reboot?

 

[ATmahe]

I‘m basically in the same boat, but with an iPhone which I only use for my work SIM and SMS forwarding.
I didn’t find any solution🙁

Hope someone comes up with a trick.

 

[pgoelz]

Well CRAP! I really despise it when a security feature (needless in my case) removes functionality. Thanks Apple, you're doing it wrong 😉 I'll at least file a feedback.

 

[BBDDVV]

I have a pair of automations on my iPad that control the smart plug its charger is plugged into. Its mission is to sit for sometimes up to a week or two plugged in but in standby. The automations start charging at 80% and stop charging at 90%.

All was fine until Apple introduced the auto reboot. Now after a period of three days of inactivity, the iPad reboots, which disables my automations until I actually unlock it. As a result, the battery slowly discharges until empty. Or worse, if the reboot occurs while charging it will charge to 100% and stay there..... exactly what I was trying to prevent. Thanks Apple..... NOT.

Is there any workaround that would keep my automations active after an unattended reboot?

Would you be willing to share that automation script? Have been looking into getting exactly such an automation running, but failed to get there...
I do you the iPad I'd run it on, but want to prevent it from always charging to 100%...

Thanks in any case!

 

[pgoelz]

I'd be willing to share if I knew how 😉 How do you share an automation?

Note that for this to work reliably on a device that sometimes leaves the house, you also need a hub that can control the outlet when the device is on cellular and not on WiFi. Otherwise, if the battery reaches the threshold to start charging while not on WiFi, the command to turn on the smart plug fails.

SOOOO much easier on my iPhone 16 with built in charge limiting.... a feature that was at least a decade late.

 

[BBDDVV]

I'd be willing to share if I knew how 😉 How do you share an automation?

Note that for this to work reliably on a device that sometimes leaves the house, you also need a hub that can control the outlet when the device is on cellular and not on WiFi. Otherwise, if the battery reaches the threshold to start charging while not on WiFi, the command to turn on the smart plug fails.

SOOOO much easier on my iPhone 16 with built in charge limiting.... a feature that was at least a decade late.

argh, just noticed that only shortcuts can be shared, not a personal automation :-(

I totally agree about the charge limit that can be set on a recent iPhone!

 

[outie2k]

This issue has been driving me crazy. I have 3 old iPhones I use for work and only use for text message forwardings and require wifi due to poor reception. They are plugged in the whole time. 2 of the phones kept losing wifi every 3 days so the text forwardings stopped working as well. 1 of the phones was an iPhone 7 so it does not have iOS 18.1 and always stays connected. I could not figure out why.

I finally realized 2 of the phones restarted automatically when I heard the charging sound tonight. Found out it's the 72 hour inactivity-reboot feature introduced in iOS 18.1. Trying to find a way to disable or workaround but that doesn't seem to be a solution.

It's real problematic when I am out of the country. If anyone knows a workaround please kindly share it! TIA.

 

[ATmahe]

I can relate, this should be an option to enable/disable in the privacy/security section of the settings app.

 

[pgoelz]

Any update? Anyone? Has anyone discovered a way to disable the 72 hour inactivity reboot?

The charge limit feature on my iPhone 16 and 17 solved it for those devices but my rarely used iPad upstairs uses the same smart outlet automation to limit charging. The automation runs fine for 72 hours and then the device reboots. Since the automation will no longer turn the charger on, the device slowly discharges to zero and shuts off. I cannot express how STUPID this is. I love the build and generally the overall quality of my several Apple devices but dangit,the "Apple knows best" mentality should NEVER get in the way of FUNCTIONALITY.