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Every once in a blue moon when I pick up my locked iPhone (which auto-locks in just 30 seconds) and engage the home button just as the screen comes alive from t
by daneel_w 4y ago
Every once in a blue moon when I pick up my locked iPhone (which auto-locks in just 30 seconds) and engage the home button just as the screen comes alive from the gyro sensing movement, it unlocks on its own. It just flashes the PIN dialog and slides right onto the home screen. I don't use Touch ID, and never stored my print with it even once to test the feature/hardware. It's been happening ever since iOS 11, with both my 1st gen. iPhone SE and my current iPhone 8.
- MPSimmons 4y agoDo you have an Apple Watch? My phone unlocks as long as I'm nearby, wearing the watch and have it unlocked.
- macintux 4y agoBut the Watch tells you it’s unlocking the phone.
- snazz 4y agoAnd unlocking with the watch only works on Face ID iPhones to make it more convenient when you're wearing a mask.
- anonomousename 4y agoAnd it doesn’t do a super great job at it - often times the underside of a table, or sofa cushions will trigger it
- daneel_w 4y agoNo Apple watch, and it can happen without the phone being connected to anything Bluetooth/Wi-Fi.
- system2 4y agoYou better record and show it to people if possible.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- vitiral 4y agoDelete this comment and write a bug, you could get $100k
- copenseethe 4y ago
- daneel_w 4y agoI reported it years ago but the report was ignored and closed, possibly because I could not provide a reliable/reproducible procedure for triggering it.
- metalforever 4y agoYeah I’ve seen this too.
- jquery 4y agoThis sounds like a UI race condition and actually gives me more confidence in the iPhone (unlike the Pixel, the unlock state isn’t tied to UI elements). Unless of course you can do this long after it locks…