Auto lock in iPadOS 15 no longer can be set by user

Forgot to mention, that is only on iPad, can't find it on the iPhone. I did find how to "un-silence" Unknown Callers and turned that feature off - more is not necessarily better for everyone- just saying...

Well, I did resolve my Focus issue- I turned off Focus on the iPad and the iPhone, and turned off share between devices... that fixed it perfectly. I also left Screen Time off, turned off notifications on all my apps except for Code Red (disaster warning code).

If your technology is controlling your behavior, beware- the technocrats got you... the new diagnoses for this century will be hunchback disease, ocular irritability, advanced debilitating arthritis of the hands, and psych dysphoria requiring heavy medical drug amelioration...

Would be sensible for the auto-lock timer button in the Display and Brightness settings to say “disabled in low power mode” when this is the case, rather than presenting an unresponsive option button.

What a **** stupid thing to do. Taking control of a device we paid for out of our hands. If you’re using a program then the auto. Lock is not problem. However, this is problematic when you are doing some research on the website when your screen goes to sleep.

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I have this problem and it is stopping me from doing my work. I can't believe Apple is making this not possible, It is extremely annoying. it is more than annoying. It is stopping me from using this device.

My issue is that I can no longer change auto-lock to never on ios 15.0.2. options are 30 seconds - 5 minutes and not a never options.

You are a genius! Thanks for the easy fix

please let us set our own auto lock time for iPads…2 minutes is ridiculously annoying!

Thank you!!!!

This information helped me fix mine. Thanks.

merek2445 wrote:

My issue is that I can no longer change auto-lock to never on ios 15.0.2. options are 30 seconds - 5 minutes and not a never options.

Do you have a work email account setup? Most company email accounts will remove never from the options and you would need to remove that email account to get that option back.

Yes same issue here. Just updated it to iPad15.2 and I am using iPad Pro 12.9 4 gen. (Also i am playing music from the Apple Music app connected to a jbl xtreme2. )

and I don’t think it cut off when not on the music app.

hope this helps someone.

-best

bamm3r