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Screen time incorrectly showing 24 hours of usage each day.

I awoke this morning to find a notification from the Screen Time showing it was up by 130% this week. What I've found is that since the 23rd of October it thinks I've been on my phone for 24 hours a day.

In reality I only use my phone for about 4 hours per day as well as an iPad that I use for about 3 hours per day.

On the iPad, everything in Screen time appears normal and accurate. On my phone however, it shows me being on the YouTube for 24 hours a day, obviously which is impossible. Furthermore, I only watch YouTube on the iPad anyways.

Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it? Is YouTube running without my knowledge? Should I just turn off screen time and forget about it? Anything will help.

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 1, 2020 7:03 AM

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TownBidness

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Posted on Dec 23, 2020 1:36 PM

I've had the same issue. First it was the Safari Browser showing constant usage for 10 straight hours on the website Business Insider. I reset my phone and that fixed the bug. Then a few days later it did it again only this time it said I was using the Medium app (Which is not installed on my device) all day long which, of course, I wasn't. I read an article in Medium earlier that day and it apparently tricked my phone into thinking I stayed on Medium all day long. Definitely a bug in ios. Hoping for a fix soon.

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