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It's one thing that iPhones are prone to this attack. It's another thing that Apple confuses people with disabling Bluetooth. I always need to go to settings -
by mo_42 3y ago
It's one thing that iPhones are prone to this attack.
It's another thing that Apple confuses people with disabling Bluetooth.
I always need to go to settings -> Bluetooth to really turn it off instead of using this pull-down menu.
I assume many non-technical people don't understand this difference.
So it seems like a violation of UX principles that only makes users feel to be in control.
- karlgkk 3y agoIt’s probably because they get a ton of tech support claims. Honestly, I appreciate the feature, I pretty much always want this stuff on.
- vladvasiliu 3y agoI actually think this is worse. If you want it on, leave it on. With this, they're in a weird state where they're not off, but they won't connect to anything, either.
- chatmasta 3y agoI don't know. If that were the case, why not support long-pressing bluetooth in control center to get the option to disable it completely?
- vladvasiliu 3y ago> I assume many non-technical people don't understand this difference. I hate as much as you do that I can't just turn off BT (nor WiFi!) from the pull-down menu. But at least on current iOS (17.1), when you "turn off" the BT a message pops saying "disconnecting BT devices until tomorrow"). Ditto for Wi-Fi. Also, when "disconnected", the icons don't look like the others when they are "off" (white background instead of dark gray). They actually look like other icons in the control center when they're turned on! Like the battery saver or flashlight. They also change to a different icon (barred BT symbol and fully dark) when you switch off BT in the settings. I'm pretty sure this has been the behavior for a while, since my older iPhone 7 had it too, and was stuck on iOS 15 IIRC.
- chatmasta 3y agoThis annoyed me too, so I made a shortcut for disabling Bluetooth and put it on my home screen.
- mo_42 3y agoCan you explain how to do this?
- LopovJack 3y agoDownload iOS Shortcuts app and search online for shortcuts that disable Bluetooth and WiFi. There are many versions.
- chatmasta 3y ago1. Use iOS shortcuts app 2. Create shortcut in the "Widgets" folder, which simply runs one action: "Turn Bluetooth Off" 3. Long press home screen to add widget, then select shortcuts widget