my IPhone XR locks when in my pocket. I’ll be walking pull my phone out to make a call and there’s a message saying phone is disabled try again in 5 mins. This is the second time it’s done this. Screen is not cracked or been repaired in any way.
Anyone else with this problem any reason or fixes?
iPhone XR, iOS 13
I'm having the same issue for a few weeks now - I wonder if it is something to do with the software update that happened in July?
My phone will unlock in my pocket, skip songs, stop podcast episodes that I am listening to, also have had the locked screen like you mentioned about twice now.
At first I thought it was my phone hitting my leg but proved that theory wrong, then I thought it was my headphone jack that was the problem, but now I'm not so sure...
It could be ghost touches, screen somehow detects taps inside your pocket, which turn it on, then bad codes get entered multiple times, leading to a timeout. I've had this happen with some of my pants.
As a workaround, you can try turning off Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap to Wake.
Lol ....
If it’s “ghost touches” tapping the screen I wonder if I can train this ghost to find different cells to play with while in my pocket other than my phone.
Haha 😃
To be clear, by ghost touch 👻 I mean that maybe it comes close to your skin, which triggers the screen like hands would.
IPhone XR locks in pocket
