iPhone 13 – Touch it with my face at all and everything goes south
August 4, 2024 4:10 PM Subscribe
It’s really getting frustrating, and it’s not just my face; I slide it into my pocket and it seems to enjoy digging around and changing all my contacts. This is fairly new behavior, I don’t need a new phone, this phone does everything I need it to do and does it well except that it’s gone pretty well berserk here recently.
Do I need to saw off my cheek maybe? Is there some mysterious sensitivity setting somewhere that I don’t know about, hidden out in some God only knows where location. Help?
Do I need to saw off my cheek maybe? Is there some mysterious sensitivity setting somewhere that I don’t know about, hidden out in some God only knows where location. Help?
You may not have this luxury for reasons, but my default is to disable siri and make sure I hit the rightside button to put me into ‘need face or passcode mode’ every time I put the thing in my pocket. Especially when hiking or biking.
posted by drowsy at 5:40 PM on August 4, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by drowsy at 5:40 PM on August 4, 2024 [1 favorite]
Won't help with the face part, but as a temporary workaround for your pocket, if you set your phone to lock with a PIN, and hit the side button to sleep it before putting it in your pocket, that should put an end to those shenanigans.
posted by xedrik at 5:41 PM on August 4, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by xedrik at 5:41 PM on August 4, 2024 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Check settings: Adjust how iPhone responds to your touch.
-- Turn off Tap to Wake. On a supported iPhone model, you can prevent touches on the screen from waking iPhone. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch, then turn off Tap to Wake.
posted by Iris Gambol at 12:12 AM on August 5, 2024 [1 favorite]
-- Turn off Tap to Wake. On a supported iPhone model, you can prevent touches on the screen from waking iPhone. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch, then turn off Tap to Wake.
posted by Iris Gambol at 12:12 AM on August 5, 2024 [1 favorite]
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posted by dancestoblue at 10:33 PM on August 9, 2024 [1 favorite]
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