You may be onto something here as well. Might be worth a try for those who are having these kinds of issues to disable Notification Center (and perhaps Command Center) from lockscreen and see if that might help.
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More pocket dials in 3 days than I've had in 5 years
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I'm having the same issue as the TS, and I haven't changed anything since I got the original iPhone and until now. I've now deselected access to Notification Center from the lock screen and I hope that helps. Freaking annoying...
I say, bring back the "Slide to unlock" specific area..!
I say, bring back the "Slide to unlock" specific area..!
Everyone is missing the obvious solution: Hit the sleep/wake button to sleep it before you put it in your pocket. You should be in the habit of doing it whenever you're finished using your iPhone anyway to conserve battery life.
Turn your phone around so the screen is facing outwards when it is in your pocket.
Yes like i mentioned twice already, i already do this.
But i also mentioned that my habits haven't changed suddenly in 3 days. even though i press the power button, sometimes i'm sure i forget to.
Also its not just that the key presses happen when the phone hasn't been put to sleep. youre phone wakes up and is open to accepting screen input when you are receiving a call, an sms, email, or any kind of notification, or generally push notification from any of the dozens of apps that send me push notifications.
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horrible "solution". most of us put the pohne in our pocket screen inside. If for no other reason than thats the natural way that you use the phone and then put in your pocket. also screen outside means possible damage if you bump into anything.
I have to wonder though if you work for apple. your solution is similar to "you're holding it wrong".
I guarantee you once ios 7 goes public this WILL be a problem for more than a few people. people won't have an issue with the icons or the changes or anything though that people here are complaining about. but pocket dials they will 100% complain about.
I have the same issue (but passcode locks). I find placing the screen away from my leg when in my pocket prevents this.
Hopefully Apple will change the whole screen slide in future updates.
Edit: didn't realise there was a second page to this (hence the repeat of the above)
Hopefully Apple will change the whole screen slide in future updates.
Edit: didn't realise there was a second page to this (hence the repeat of the above)
Since I've had iOS 7 beta I haven't had an issue with pocket dialing at all. Never had any issues with pocket dialing on all the iPhones I've had also.
Same here. I don't get how this is happening. Are people wearing tight trousers or playing with the power/home button in their pockets? I just don't get it.
I was putting my phone in top first as I was listening to music and the headphone jack is on the bottom. Walking pressed the top into the bottom of the pocket activating the lock button to present the screen. Walking was then activating slide to unlock.
Fortunately I was only locked out of my phone rather than it being wiped. I've resorted to turning the screen away from my leg now, when I remember.
The screen also comes on when you get notifications.
I can't stand that, so I turned all of mine off except phone calls and reminders. Nothing else needs to ever wake my phone or display on my lock screen. I dunno how people can stand getting so many notifications, like from stupid games and all that stuff.
Don't forget, the screen also gets woken up on its own with notifications, which can be quite a lot depending on what notifications you have set and how often they come in.
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I disable quite a few from appearing on the lockscreen (or even as banners/alerts), but for a fair number of apps I leave it there too (phone, reminders, calendar, messages, VIP mail, and various other apps that I want to have updates from in a more immediate fashion).
Touché but even then my screen doesn't unlock. I also run a lot while phone is in pocket with a lot of notifications coming in (enabled, not that I'm popular haha) and still nothing.
i haven't had any pocket dials but my iPhone screen has been unlocked and had emails with random words and txts with a few letters and spaces. but no dialing.
Seems like it's not an issue for you. That said, it does appear that there are people who didn't have this issue who now seem to experience it since installing iOS 7 (beta 1), so something has changed.
But with iOS 7, when the screen is on (and locked), you can still access the pull-down notification center and pull-up control center. I think you can also tap message notifications to reply.
Lots of things that completely defeat the purpose of a lock screen to begin with.
this is very odd... i also sent my location through whatsapp a bunch of times. thats really odd that we both sent the same thing...i mean thats very specific localized random pocket button presses.
I keep my phone in my front pocket. I've never pocket dialed, pocket texted, or pocket unlocked, or pocket erased my phone.
What are you people doing in your pockets? Nevermind, don't tell me.
What are you people doing in your pockets? Nevermind, don't tell me.
ever since mid 2007 i had an iPhone and i never had a problem with pocket dials until ios7. The probably cause id the ability to unlock/swipe left to right from any part of the lock screen and not just the lower segment bar as previous iOS versions had.
so yes, the original poster may be right as i've dialled numerous times already without knowing
so yes, the original poster may be right as i've dialled numerous times already without knowing