iPhone Screen constantly stays lit

Go to Settings > General > Auto-Lock.

The Auto-Lock setting is the setting for this.

If set to Never, the screen will stay on and not auto-lock or go to sleep after a designed period of time of inactivity.

What is considered a need or want is in the eye of the beholder.

Why do you need to have Auto-Lock for the iPhone?

So the screen turns off automatically after a designated period of time without having to select the sleep/wake button to turn the screen each off and every time. If you don't need or want to use the auto-lock feature, you don't have to use it - turn it off.

And you can turn the screen off without using auto-lock (which turns the screen off automatically after a designated period of time with various options) by selecting the sleep/wake button to turn the screen off which can be used with auto-lock enabled also.

I suggest you spend a little time and read the iPhone's user guide before coming to a user to user help forum announcing what you think is stupid especially when you don't know what you are speaking about.

The only app that can run in the background with the iPhone is the Mail application - checking for new messages or via Push access. If any and all apps were allowed to run in the background with the iPhone locked, the battery would be drained in short order even with the just the screen off.

If this is what you need or want and if a very important need or want, you need to switch back to using a "normal" phone that provides the same - for use as a remote for VLC and Squeezebox.

I think we misunderstand each other.
I don't wanna use auto-lock, but when I disable it, the screen never goes out. I have read the manual, but I can't find a solution for this problem.

I use the phone as a remote for VLC and Squeezebox. This is why I don't want it to lock after a few minutes, but at the same time, I don't wanna leave the screen on all the time, because it drains the power.

Then select the sleep/wake button when you want to turn off the screen with auto-lock off.

Auto means automatic and if auto-lock is off, you must lock the screen or turn the screen off manually.

It is one or the other.

The only app that can run in the background with the iPhone is the Mail application - checking for new messages or via Push access.

In addition to Mail... SMS and the Phone app, run in the background.

Safari and the iPod app also stay running until another app requests enough memory to cause them to shut down.

If any and all apps were allowed to run in the background with the iPhone locked, the battery would be drained in short order even with the just the screen off.

That assumes they're actually doing something behind the scenes. An app that's "running in the background" isn't necessarily taking up CPU time (e.g. Safari), just RAM.

What I provided regarding apps "running in the background" was not correct. Of course the phone and SMS "apps" run in the background, and it is possible to play music with the iPod while the screen is off or with the iPhone locked.

This discussion is in reference to using the iPhone as a remote - with the remote function running in the background or behind the scenes for VLC and Squeezebox with the iPhone's screen off or with the iPhone locked.

Do you have an an answer for this - for the specific topic at hand? Can a 3rd party app run in the background, or more accurately, can a 3rd party app run actively in the background performing the designated tasks for the app while the iPhone's screen is off or when the iPhone is locked?

I think not, which is what this person wants.

Last.fm keeps right on streaming music when the phone is locked, IM+ doesn't log me out if I lock the phone when it's open.

The question is this - why do you care if the phone locks? Why does it matter if the remote stops functioning? Even if it doesn't stay running, it will re-open instantly and you can continue from there.

Last.fm keeps right on streaming music when the phone is locked, IM+ doesn't log me out if I lock the phone when it's open.

The question is this - why do you care if the phone locks? Why does it matter if the remote stops functioning? Even if it doesn't stay running, it will re-open instantly and you can continue from there.

Last.fm keeps right on streaming music when the phone is locked, IM+ doesn't log me out if I lock the phone when it's open.

The question is this - why do you care if the phone locks? Why does it matter if the remote stops functioning? Even if it doesn't stay running, it will re-open instantly and you can continue from there.

A solution would be to ask the particular application programmer(s) to disable auto-lock so it keeps running (as movie players and games do), and then turn off the screen backlight after a period of inactivity.

Strangely, while it's okay to turn off the autolock, any app that messes with the screen brightness will be rejected by Apple.

This is so stupid. Why do you need to have Auto-lock on your phone?
I really hope Apple will make it possible to turn the screen off without using auto-lock.

Uhhhh..... hit the lock button?

????? Accomplishes the same thing as auto-lock.....

I know how to lock it. The point is, that I don't want it to be locked 🙂