iPhone Has to be the most annoying bug

[GreyOS]

The OS can't affect the technology of the screen.

No but it can have a poorer lockscreen which requires too minimal a gesture to unlock or a huge target zone in which to do that gesture to unlock. If the OS allowed you to unlock a phone with the lightest and briefest tap that it could detect anywhere on the screen that would be a problem with OS having a stupid lock screen. It's an extreme example, but it shows that it's conceivable that a update to iOS could bring on different behaviour like this.

 

[FlatlinerG]

There is one obvious test here and that is to restore it to 6.1.x and see if it continues to happen with the shorts you wear everyday.

 

[C DM]

There is one obvious test here and that is to restore it to 6.1.x and see if it continues to happen with the shorts you wear everyday.

Seems like that test was already performed, technically speaking, since the poster mentioned this didn't happen when the phone was running iOS 6 and the same shorts were used in prior instances.

 

[ijohn.8.80]

This is annoying as hell, what can i do to mend this?

Try turning your phone the other way around so the conductive screen faces outwards and away from your body.

 

[FlatlinerG]

Seems like that test was already performed, technically speaking, since the poster mentioned this didn't happen when the phone was running iOS 6 and the same shorts were used in prior instances.

But we could call it coincidence until he puts it back to iOS 6 and reports on whether or not the issue still occurs.

 

[EmbraceTheOne]

Turn it around?

 

[C DM]

But we could call it coincidence until he puts it back to iOS 6 and reports on whether or not the issue still occurs.

How so? If it didn't happen with iOS 6, and now happens with iOS 7, why is that just coincidence? Are you saying that something just happened to happen with the phone at the exact time that iOS 7 wasn't installed to make it work differently, and would have happened the same way with iOS 6 anyway at that time? Now that would be quite a coincidence.

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Try turning your phone the other way around so the conductive screen faces outwards and away from your body.

Turn it around?

The downside there (and potentially a big one) is that there's more of a chance of something coming in contact with the front of the pocket and thus the screen of the phone (through the thin layer of clothing), compared to not much of a chance of that when the phone faces the inside and is against the body (through a thin layer of clothing).

 

[FlatlinerG]

How so? If it didn't happen with iOS 6, and now happens with iOS 7, why is that just coincidence? Are you saying that something just happened to happen with the phone at the exact time that iOS 7 wasn't installed to make it work differently, and would have happened the same way with iOS 6 anyway at that time? Now that would be quite a coincidence.

I don't understand how you can't see my point. The poster is claiming that this is an iOS 7 issue. How can we effectively determine that this is an iOS 7 issue and not just a coincidence? Answer: remove iOS 7 from the device. If the issue still persists, then it was not iOS 7. If the issue is resolved, then it was an iOS 7 software issue.

Fairly straight forward troubleshooting.

 

[C DM]

I don't understand how you can't see my point. The poster is claiming that this is an iOS 7 issue. How can we effectively determine that this is an iOS 7 issue and not just a coincidence? Answer: remove iOS 7 from the device. If the issue still persists, then it was not iOS 7. If the issue is resolved, then it was an iOS 7 software issue.

Fairly straight forward troubleshooting.

That is certainly a way that would show it. However, if this wasn't an issue all along prior to installing iOS 7, and suddenly became an issue right after iOS 7 was installed, doesn't that say something? Can it be a coincidence? Sure, perhaps. Is it more likely connected to iOS 7 being installed given that it started happening right after it was installed? Yes, that seems at least somewhat more likely than simply a coincidence.

Now, sure, if you want to rule out statistical anomalies and be even closer to being 100% sure, yes, I would agree, it would make sense to get iOS 6 back on and give it all a try again (and perhaps even then put iOS 7 on again and check again). That will make it even more likely.

 

[Smokedoutstaley]

Ive switched back to iOS 6 to see if it would be a coincidence and somehow my phone messed up the same time i installed iOS 7. My phone never unlocked once in my same short pockets (just like before i updated). Then i installed iOS 7 again, pocket unlocking is back at it again. It's definitely the lock screen sensitivity imo. I sent apple a bug report, just hoping its fixed soon.

 

[dominic252]

You aren't alone. I noticed this when someone is calling me and I reach in my pocket to get my phone, I have already answered the phone call by touching the screen

 

[C DM]

You aren't alone. I noticed this when someone is calling me and I reach in my pocket to get my phone, I have already answered the phone call by touching the screen

Strange, that seems to still require the same kind of swipe as it did in iOS 6 and before (even though it looks different).

 

[mirzank]

hey to the poster who for no reason is calling BS on other peoples issues, i'm calling BS on you calling BS.

I just posted a thread with exactly the same issue.

Have been on the iphone bandwagon since the 3g, upgrade every year, and NEVER EVER have i ever pocket dialled anyone, sent random sms'es, or any issue of this sort really.

My habits haven't changed since ios 2, and they sure as hell didn't suddenly change in the 3 days since beta 1.

Since it came out i've made about a dozen pocket dialed calls, sent a few garbled sms'es, gone to the emergency screen and tried to dial random numbers, locked my phone a few times for too many unlock attempts, and sent my location once in a whatsapp message. oh and those calls...two were to x-gf's, and the location on wahtsapp was to the worst possible person on my addressbook. its like my iphone is really trying to F with me.

And as for the claim that its tight pants... well let me tell you i'm on vacation this week and i've been wearing very lose pj's. i don't think they make hipster tight pj's where i am. Also went out wearing khakis and jeans (not the skinny variety)... my phone ALWASY goes into its own pocket with no keys or ANYTHING else.

this is getting ridiculous. My phone is set with a passcode lock, but i also set it to activate the code only after 5 minutes inactivity (its been the same setting for years... nothing has changed in my habits in the past 3 days )

I swear once my phone was just sitting on a table and i picked it up and saw 3 dialed and cancelled calls. maybe i just didn't notice them earlier but it seems like it just dialled sitting there.
I love the new slide anywhere lock screen, but seeing all these issues i am really admiring those initial ios designers for the foresight and ingenuity of having a slide to unlock localized in a specific area.

 

[Holty123]

You're holding it wrong!
lol
sorry

 

[jayenh]

Keep your phone somewhere else :roll eyes:

Wow, this is as bad as "you're holding it wrong". How silly of someone to expect to be able to put their phone in their pocket :rollseyes:

 

[mirzank]

Wow, this is as bad as "you're holding it wrong". How silly of someone to expect to be able to put their phone in their pocket :rollseyes:

that comment must be a distant relative of the "hey if you want more than 4 hours battery life, turn off data, turn off gps, turn off everything, turn off your phone, it will last you weeks" comment.

Hey i have a better solution. Don't want your phone to unlock in your pocket? I have a solution. leave it at home. problem solved.

 

[qtaran111]

Yep happened to me too last night. I took my phone out of my pocket and it was disabled for two minutes due to too many incorrect passcode tries.

I thought I'd turned the screen off, but hadn't. The iOS 7 swipe to unlock is now so simple that the brush of my leg through pocket material of my shorts is enough to move to the enter passcode screen and same effect means my leg is entering incorrect passcodes.

Not a bug, but more a behavioural thing to get used to.

 

[dominic252]

Strange, that seems to still require the same kind of swipe as it did in iOS 6 and before (even though it looks different).

Yeah I have no idea why or how it's happening, but it is

 

[Smokedoutstaley]

My phone is back at it again after putting it upside down, facing the other way. 5 minute disable time.

 

[mrapplegate]

Wow, this is as bad as "you're holding it wrong". How silly of someone to expect to be able to put their phone in their pocket :rollseyes:

In all seriousness it's a beta. OP is the first I have heard of having this problem. It's a legitimate solution to his problem.

 

[3460169]

I've had similiar issues using Siri via the wired earbuds with the remote button (iOS 6). If I have the phone in my shirt pocket (facing in or out, doesn't seem to matter) and activate Siri w/ the remote, she'd immediately be deactivated by the on-screen mic button. Perhaps too much static in my body or clothes. But I bet the proximity sensor could be leveraged in a useful way...

 

[err404]

Strange, that seems to still require the same kind of swipe as it did in iOS 6 and before (even though it looks different).

In iOS 7 there are many more gestures that will activate functionality from the lock screen. In addition to swiping up and down, the main side swipe is far easier to execute. For example you can drag a steeper diagonals and the starting point can be anywhere on the screen.
If a lock screens purpose is to prevent accidental input, then the iOS 7 implementation fails.
I always thought that the "slide along a path" that iOS 1 implemented was brilliant. It addressed a real issue in a seamless and nearly fool proof maner. As you begin adding more to functionally to the lock screen, the design gets further away from its purpose. Honestly if you want to add that much functionality to the lock screen, just get rid of it. Lock screens are turning into a second Homescreen.

 

[stephen1108]

I have the same issue too, especially with answer calls. It's FAR too sensitive. It's gotten to the point where I have my password lock set for immediate so my phone doesn't unlock while it's in my pocket and start doing things I don't want it to.

 

[Jimbo47]

As everybody else said, you're holding it wrong.. or rather.. pocketing it wrong? I don't know. Technically if the screen is facing out, there shouldn't be anything to interact with the screen unless you walk with your hands down to your sides and slightly in front with your palms or wrists resting on your pocket directly over the screen. Which in that case, you're just weird and/or awkward. Who walks like that?

 

[johndallas999]

Im at work a lot and use my phone and never had an issue with pocket dialing or butt dialing but ever since i upgraded to ios7, whenever i get a text or email, my pocket decides to literally press all over the screen causing my phone to text people, call numbers, facetime, take photos, and email (all the things thats happened to me so far) without my knowledge. Ive recently added a lock screen but now it just locks my phone from too many attempts almost always. This is annoying as hell, what can i do to mend this?

I've noticed this as well on the new version. Very annoying