Isn’t the point of a Lock Screen, it’s meant to be locked. I’ve accidentally gone into edit mode while holding my phone….just saying!
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The Lock Screen!
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Thats a stuff which also concerns me. Every launcher in Android has this a lock to prevent edit.
Lock should be removed only when I.e. you enter Home Screen and press something to edit Lock Screen.
Looks like Apple decided to make editing Lock Screen the worst way and do it only on Lock Screen when device is unlocked.
I don’t believe their testers has not found that’s a not correct behavior as it’s triggering unwanted edits. That’s critical bug / behavior of system 🐛
If somehow phone change stuff in pocket / have screen issues you will have difficult enter Home Screen due to opening damn edit mode all the time.
Lock should be removed only when I.e. you enter Home Screen and press something to edit Lock Screen.
Looks like Apple decided to make editing Lock Screen the worst way and do it only on Lock Screen when device is unlocked.
I don’t believe their testers has not found that’s a not correct behavior as it’s triggering unwanted edits. That’s critical bug / behavior of system 🐛
If somehow phone change stuff in pocket / have screen issues you will have difficult enter Home Screen due to opening damn edit mode all the time.
You can't edit the lock screen while the phone is locked. Seems like all you people don't really lock your iPhones. 😆
That’s right, but if you have Face ID, and you unlock the phone and then keep finger or fingers on screen then it will unlock (current currect behavior).
I had this unwanted edit several times when out of sudden had to grab phone when unlocked on lockscreen when had to move myself a bit in public transport handling phone onehanded
I am not sure how it will work in pocket when you have Apple Watch nearby, so came with this idea.
I had this unwanted edit several times when out of sudden had to grab phone when unlocked on lockscreen when had to move myself a bit in public transport handling phone onehanded
I am not sure how it will work in pocket when you have Apple Watch nearby, so came with this idea.
So your iPhones wasn't actually locked in the end, because you unlocked it with Face ID and didn't lock it again with the sleep/wake button.
Obviously it’s unlocked, unintentionally, but still I think this needs to addressed…because it’s an annoyance.
I can't think about any realistic scenario, where someone would hold an iPhone unintentionally to his face. 🤔
Come to think about it: Sometimes I'm just sitting there minding my own business and BAM!! ... unintentionally iPhone in my face.
I was just coming on for this! I have Always on Display off, but Raise to Wake on so when I am walking with my phone in my hand, it activates to customize the screen. The sensitivity is a little too sensitive and annoys me since I have been engaging it all day.
Sometimes when I am holding my phone and it is facing up (I have even had it happen at a slight slant), it will unlock if it catches my face correctly. I do not even have to be looking right at it. This used to happen all the time before I upgraded phones.
Personally I think it should be something you change in the settings exclusively.
There should be! I think the old way to customize was fine, but it seems they want people to focus more on it so make it easier. It definitely needs to be looked at by Apple though.
Lock screen - Charging % !!!
In iOS 15 and iOS 16.0 the lock screen showed the charging percentage, for me readable without glasses. Now this in 16.02 is gone; I have to pick the phone up, unlock it, put my spectacles on! to check in the phone widget the charging status.
True, there is a charging widget for the locked screen, but this is ridiculous small along to the ridiculous big clock...
Maybe is there a way to bring back the Charging % on the locked screen ???
In iOS 15 and iOS 16.0 the lock screen showed the charging percentage, for me readable without glasses. Now this in 16.02 is gone; I have to pick the phone up, unlock it, put my spectacles on! to check in the phone widget the charging status.
True, there is a charging widget for the locked screen, but this is ridiculous small along to the ridiculous big clock...
Maybe is there a way to bring back the Charging % on the locked screen ???
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Same here since iOS 16 it’s so easy to end up in edit mode it’s getting quite annoying, as soon as I’m holding my phone in my hand for a short period of time, i feel the haptic feedback and know I’m in edit mode. so I look at the screen and it’s ready to change the wallpaper etc.
both myself and the missus are getting this multiple times per day.
it’s too easy to do that’s the problem.
both myself and the missus are getting this multiple times per day.
it’s too easy to do that’s the problem.
Yes extremely annoying…but according to one poster almost impossible 🙄
But can you think of any realistic scenario where FaceId would unlock the phone even if you weren't holding it to your face?
Because I've had that happen to me countless times. So much so that I've come to hate FaceId with a passion and to buy an iPhone SE just to get rid of it.
While we’re on the subject, been meaning to post for a while, I do find it slightly annoying you can’t adjust the volume for anything playing while in the lock screen.
Yes it’s only one touch or swipe away, but I found it more reassuring and maybe aesthetically pleasing when it was there in front of your view while the phone was locked.
Yes it’s only one touch or swipe away, but I found it more reassuring and maybe aesthetically pleasing when it was there in front of your view while the phone was locked.
I'm not sure what you mean. The volume buttons work when my phone is locked and playing music. I don't even have to turn the screen on, let alone unlock it.